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Yastrzhembsky: Yeltsin was excruciatingly difficult to beg for loans to Russia President Boris Yeltsin was painfully difficult to elicit multi-million dollar loans to Russia from the West. This opinion was expressed on air RTVI Sergei Yastrzhembsky, who from 1996 to 1998, he was the press Secretary to Yeltsin. Upstairs Yastrzhembsky noted that in the late 1990s a barrel of oil on the international arena was worth little, and Russia was a very difficult situation, so Yeltsin had to ask the West loans. “He did it with a heavy heart always. And for him, for a man independent, proud, and very proud, to contact with these requests was extremely difficult. But he knew that in those conditions it was vital,” — said the diplomat. Even Yastrzhembsky said that the President did not consider Russia “in isolation from Western partners.” “Yeltsin was important to create a favorable atmosphere for his successor Vladimir

Putin’s approval rating showed maximum growth in two months Moscow. August 31. INTERFAX.RU the approval Rating of Russian President Vladimir Putin showed last week the maximum growth over the past two months, according to the poll made Friday to “Interfax”. Upstairs According to the researches, during the period from 20 to 26 August, the activities of the head of state approve of 66.1% of Russians (the minimum level was in late June and 62.5%). The approval rating of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has also increased slightly to 33.3%, the highest level since June of this year. Newsthe fate of the official. The politicians who entered the rating of influential Russian The work of the Cabinet of Ministers with the approval perceive 39.3 per cent of respondents, which is one percentage point above the maximum level of the last two months. According to VTSIOM, the list of politicians with the highest

The US imposed sanctions against Russian research Institute of molecular electronics WASHINGTON, 31 Aug — RIA Novosti. Russian research Institute of molecular electronics is included in the sanctions list of the U.S. Department of Commerce as an organization that is not in the interests of national security and foreign policy of the United States. Upstairs As follows from the document office, which will be officially published on 4 September, the organization “is not in the interests of national security and foreign policy of the United States.” Inclusion in the list of the Ministry of trade prohibits trading operations of American individuals and companies with the organization. According to the website of JSC “NIIME” the organisation is a leading research centre “Group NIIME” in the industrial holding “RTI” (AFK “System”). Enterprise “Group NIIME” constitute one of Russia’s largest complex for carrying out of scientific-technological research in the field of micro –

Four countries acceded to the sectoral EU sanctions against Russia BRUSSELS, 31 Aug — RIA Novosti. Montenegro, Albania, Norway and Ukraine joined adopted on 5 July the EU’s decision to extend economic sanctions against Russia until 31 January 2019, said on Friday the press service of the EU Council. Upstairs Fifth of July, the EU Council issued a decision to extend economic sanctions against Russia for another six months, until 31 January 2019. Measures directed against the financial, energy and defence sectors, as well as dual-use goods. They were first introduced on 31 July 2014 for a period of one year and reinforced in September 2014. “The candidate countries Montenegro and Albania, Norway, as a member of the European economic area, as well as Ukraine align themselves with this statement. They will ensure that their national policies conform to this Council decision,” — said in a statement on Friday the