In Kiev, the car drove into a crowd of protesters near the government building

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In Kiev, the car drove into a crowd of protesters near the government building KYIV, 6 Jul — RIA Novosti. Porsche Panamera drove into a crowd of protesters near the government building in the center of Kiev, in a car, threw stones, reports the Ukrainian Agency UNIAN, with reference to the eyewitness of incident Denis Krivopalova — assistant Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada. According to the head of the Independent trade Union of miners of Ukraine Mikhail Volynets, veterans of internal Affairs came to the building of the Cabinet of Ministers to demand from the government of recalculation of pensions. They blocked the street Grushevskogo, and blocked departure from the building of the Cabinet. “In front of the Cabinet, where today protesting veterans of the interior, the Porsche Panamera entered the crowd and moved the leg of one of the activists. According to eyewitnesses, the driver smelled strongly of alcohol.

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The Ministry of justice has identified the characteristics of self-employed

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The Ministry of justice has identified the characteristics of self-employed The Ministry of justice of Russia has developed a bill that defines the characteristics of self-employed people. According to the document, the self-employed should not be by individual entrepreneurs and will be required to register. Only in Russia there are from 15 to 22 million self-employed people. The document is published on the Federal portal of projects of normative legal acts. As proposed by the Ministry of justice, the self-employed should be considered “natural person independently carrying out at own risk directed on systematic profit activities in the provision of services, performance of works for individuals based solely on personal labor participation, including in time free from duty under an employment contract”. At the same time citizens must be over 16 and not registered as individual entrepreneurs. On their activities, they will be required to notify the tax authority. The

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The European Parliament called to suspend talks with Turkey on EU membership

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The European Parliament called to suspend talks with Turkey on EU membership The European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution calling on the EU and the European Commission to suspend the accession negotiations with Turkey until the Turkish authorities will not amend the constitutional reform. This is stated in a press release by the organization on its plenary session in Strasbourg published on the website of the EP. The document was supported by 477 deputies, 64 voted against, 97 abstained. MEPs are concerned that Ankara is “retreat from the rule of law, human rights, freedom of speech and fight against corruption”. In addition, the report stresses that if the Turkish government will re-introduce the death penalty, it will lead to the suspension of the negotiations on the country’s accession to the EU. In the resolution it is noted that, despite the policy of the Turkish authorities, Ankara is an important partner

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Russia asked the US about their ideas on the no-fly zones in Syria

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© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS PARIS, July 6. /TASS/. Russia asked the US about their ideas on the no-fly zones in Syria, the answer is not received yet. This was stated on Thursday Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov. “The fact that U.S. Secretary of state said yesterday (5 July), as I understand it, this was a prepared speech. We were not warned that this dedicated could even be reactions to our ideas for the meeting in Hamburg presidents, he said. We’ve already requested, not yet received a response. The question of what a no-fly zone means, because its never about them speech did not go”.

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Chinese book lovers were poisoned because of their own library

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Archive photo A couple in Eastern China were poisoned because of their own extensive book collection. Details of the reports The South China Morning Post. The husband and the wife, who lives in Taizhou (Jiangsu province) constantly coughing, and their child was suffering from a cold. On trips to the doctors, they spent 8 million yuan (nearly $ 1,200), but doctors could not help them. Then the woman thought that the problem may be in the air. At her request the local utility to take measurements and found that all rooms of the apartment were exceeded, the level of formaldehyde. By Chinese standards concentration exceeds 0.08 milligrams of formaldehyde per square metre is considered dangerous. In the bedroom of the spouses, the concentration was 0.1 milligrams, about bookshelves and 0.26 milligrams. Experts counted in the apartment tens of thousands of books — they stood on shelves and lying on the

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The slaughtered bodies of four children and their father found in a house in Georgia

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The one-story house in the U.S. state of Georgia police found the bodies of four children, whose age did not exceed ten years, and their father (he is about 35 years old). Presumably, they were killed, the Associated Press reports. Law enforcement declared that were in the same house the woman called the police on the morning of Thursday, July 6 to report an assault. Arrived at the scene, officers found five bodies. it is Noted that another child was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The offence is committed in the city of Loganville near Atlanta, the capital of the state. According to the police, preliminary evidence suggests that the attack used a knife. Later, the coroner will give a certificate of cause of death. The mother of the kids detained, it is considered suspect. If she’s injured, not specified. It is also not clear if she called the

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Merkel refused to be a mediator between Putin and trump at the G20 summit

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Angela Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel has refused to mediate between the presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Donald trump at their meeting during the summit of “Big twenty”. She said this to journalists on Thursday, July 6, in Hamburg, where he is preparing the G20, reports TASS. The politician added that the settlement of the situation in Ukraine. “We have our own clear stance,” said Merkel. According to her, the Norman Quartet (Germany, Russia, Ukraine, France) jointly with the United States trying to find a solution together. “I see you are not in mediation, and to contribute to the solution of the problem, and this contribution is Norman format”, — concluded the head of the German government. Putin and trump will meet in Hamburg on 7 July. Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov said that it will be a full “sit-down” talks. July 3, Putin aide

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Sands: working dialogue between the leaders of Russia and the U.S. “vital for the whole world”

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Photo: RIA Novosti In the Kremlin expect that the meeting of presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Donald trump will be held in the working key, said the press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov. “The first meeting, the first meeting of the two presidents, that is probably the main thing in this meeting,” — said Peskov in response to the question about the priorities of these negotiations for the Kremlin. The press Secretary of the President leads to RIA “Novosti”. According to him, the working dialogue between the leaders of Russia and the U.S. “vital for the world.” It will help to improve the efficiency of solving the “critical mass of conflicts and problems, which are increasing day by day.” Peskov said that the leaders meeting will be full, but limited in time. “Therefore, unlikely to have the opportunity to fully Express the understanding of President Putin, which

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Peskov said the Kremlin’s attitude to the opinion polls

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Photo: In the Kremlin, “with well-known discounts” refer to the opinion polls and did not comment on the study of “Levada-center”, according to which more than a third of Russians are in favor of a more hard line in domestic politics. “Of course, the data of various polls are taken into account, but with some discounts,” – said at a briefing the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “Of course, all this is subject to interpretation and analysis,” – said the representative of the Kremlin. “Of course, none of these surveys can play a crucial role in determining the real picture and state of Affairs,” concluded Sands. Speaking specifically about the survey “Levada-Center”, press Secretary of the head of state said that the Kremlin had read media reports about it in the digests. Asked to comment on the survey, he replied: “see No need”.

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In the Kremlin commented on the situation around the DPRK

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Photo: MOSCOW, 5 Jul — RIA Novosti. The Kremlin in the situation with North Korea urged to be wary of drastic steps, which may lead to further escalation, told reporters on Wednesday, press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “We are talking about the successive positions of the two parties who do not hide their concern, however, that consistently continue with a balanced, neat line. I urge all to be wary of drastic steps, which may on the contrary lead to new escalation,” — said Peskov. Russian President Vladimir Putin following talks with President of China XI Jinping said on Tuesday that Russia and China have agreed to actively promote the common initiative of the Korean settlement. North Korea on Tuesday tested a ballistic missile “And 14”, which landed in the sea of Japan 300 km from the coast of Japan. In Pyongyang, the missile was declared successful. The missile

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