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Kosachev urged the UN Council to change its attitude to Crimea MOSCOW, September 26 — RIA Novosti. The Secretariat and the UN Council on human rights diskreditiert itself, barring Russian human rights activists mention the Crimea, the Council is obliged to listen to messages on the facts of discrimination of Crimeans from Ukraine, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday the head of the international Federation Council Committee Konstantin Kosachev. Upstairs Earlier, the head of the working group on international legal issues at the permanent mission of the Republic of Crimea under the RF President Alexander Moloch told RIA Novosti that the representatives of the Secretariat of the 39th session of the UN human rights tried to prevent the mention in the reports of Russian human rights activists, the words “Crimea”. According to him, human rights defenders, the report proposed to speak of “the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine”. “Thus the representatives

Pamfilova did not rule out holding new elections in the Republic of Khakassia at the expense of the outgoing Governor The Chairman of the Central election Commission (CEC) Ella Pamfilova has demanded to understand the reasons for the refusal of the acting Governor of Khakassia Victor Zimin from the second round of elections of the head of the region. Upstairs According to her, if the reason was not valid, there is reason to claim from him compensation spent on the preparations for the elections money, Pamfilova said at the CEC session on Wednesday. She noted that if the Governor cited poor health, probably health does not allow him to perform the duties of the head of the region before the elections. Two weeks on the organization of the second round was spent 2.7 million rubles, said the Chairman of the electoral Commission of the Republic of Khakassia Alexander Coumarin. The

Nikitin assumed the position of Governor of Nizhny Novgorod region In the past 9 September 2018 the election of the Governor of the region G. Nikitin won, gaining 67,75% of the vote. Upstairs The inauguration ceremony Gleb Nikitin, Governor of Nizhny Novgorod region held in the regional center, the correspondent of Agency “Interfax-the Volga region”. The head of the Nizhny Novgorod regional election Committee Oksana Kislitsyna awarded G. Nikitin the identity of the elected Governor, whereupon he took the oath. Nikitin took office almost exactly a year since the appointment of the acting Governor of Nizhny Novgorod. 26 September 2017 the President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on early termination of powers of the Governor of Nizhny Novgorod region Valery Shantsev and appointed acting head of the region G. Nikitin. In the past 9 September 2018 the election of the Governor of the region G. Nikitin won,

The state Duma approved a pension reform in second reading For the document voted 326 deputies, against — 59, one abstained. The third reading will take place on 27 September. Upstairs The lower house of Parliament has approved all amendments to the bill, which was introduced by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the faction “United Russia”. For the amendment of the President voted unanimously. During consideration of the bill outside the state Duma took action against raising the retirement age. It was conducted by the Communist party. In the plenary hall, a group of deputies from the Communist party, including Valery Rashkin, also staged: they came in t-shirts depicting a crossed-out numbers 63 and 65 (age of retirement in the original version of the bill). Recall that in the first reading a bill on pension reform, the state Duma adopted on July 19. Initially it was assumed that