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Showing posts with label News from Russia. Show all posts
Brezhnev recognized as the best ruler of Russia
Russians named Leonid Brezhnev, the best ruler of
Russia in the XX century, according to the survey, "Levada-Center".
To Brezhnev are positively 56 percent of those surveyed had a
negative - 29 percent. In second place - Vladimir Lenin: 55 percent -
in favor, 28 - against. Third place went to Joseph Stalin - it
assessed positively, exactly half of the respondents, and 38 per cent
- in the negative.
Brezhnev, who served as general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in the years 1966-1982, was the personification of the "era of stagnation" - the period over which management has grown old, not only the country but also the entire Soviet system. But if he remembered one decrepit old man, collecting awards and read the speech on a piece of paper, then the other Brezhnev - an active and even democratic leader
Brezhnev, who served as general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in the years 1966-1982, was the personification of the "era of stagnation" - the period over which management has grown old, not only the country but also the entire Soviet system. But if he remembered one decrepit old man, collecting awards and read the speech on a piece of paper, then the other Brezhnev - an active and even democratic leader
Putin refused to grant amnesty to employers
Vladimir Putin called
"raw" and worked through a draft resolution on amnesty
businessmen proposed by the Commissioner of businessmen Boris Titov.
As reported on Friday, May 24, the newspaper "Vedomosti",
the point of view of the Russian president expressed during a meeting
with businessmen, who spent the day before at the Voronezh plant
"Voronezhsintezkauchuk."
Putin invited the authors
of the initiative to work on it with experts and prosecutors. "Not
all business groups, subject to amnesty defined. And there are
financial fraudsters, and sitting there for criminal export of
dual-use materials that can be used to make weapons "- quoted by
Russian President newspaper" Kommersant ".
The publication also
reports that Putin has promised to consult the government about the
possibility of an amnesty.
Boris Titov took the
initiative to hold a large-scale amnesty to employers at the
beginning of May 2013. She was supposed to be timed to the
entrepreneur, which is celebrated on May 26.
Expert Council of the
Ombudsman offered to release convicted of economic crimes, it refers
to the 53 articles of the Criminal Code, including such as "fraud,"
"embezzlement," "property damage by fraud or breach of
trust."
On January 2013 in Russia
there were 13,600 inmates for economic crimes.
On the
"Voronezhsintezkauchuk" Putin came to meet with
entrepreneurs, as well as to open the line for the production of
advanced polymer materials for road paving.
In the Far East, there was a strong earthquake
In the Far East, there
was an earthquake. Its hypocenter was at a depth of about 600
kilometers under the sea of Okhotsk, according to the U.S. Geological
Survey. The magnitude of the earthquake was estimated at 8.2.
The same estimate is available on the website of the European Monitoring Centre for earthquakes. There's also stated that the nearest population center to the epicenter of the earthquake - Esso Kamchatka. According to the Geophysical Service of Russian Academy of Sciences, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka earthquake of magnitude 7.5.
Tremors were felt residents of Novosibirsk region, as well as the edges of the Krasnoyarsk and Kamchatka and Sakhalin. Residents of Moscow also reported that some buildings swayed, including downtown.
Emergency declared tsunami threat off the coast of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. Residents urged to climb the hill.
According to the MOE, the earthquake in Kamchatka, no one was hurt. Destruction is also no.
The same estimate is available on the website of the European Monitoring Centre for earthquakes. There's also stated that the nearest population center to the epicenter of the earthquake - Esso Kamchatka. According to the Geophysical Service of Russian Academy of Sciences, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka earthquake of magnitude 7.5.
Tremors were felt residents of Novosibirsk region, as well as the edges of the Krasnoyarsk and Kamchatka and Sakhalin. Residents of Moscow also reported that some buildings swayed, including downtown.
Emergency declared tsunami threat off the coast of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. Residents urged to climb the hill.
According to the MOE, the earthquake in Kamchatka, no one was hurt. Destruction is also no.
In Moscow, died Pyotr Todorovski
In Moscow on May 24 at
the age of 87 years died, the director and screenwriter Peter
Todorovski, RIA Novosti reported. Death to Life News publishing
director has confirmed his wife Mira Todorovskaya.
Directed suffered ischemic heart disease. In the beginning of April Todorovski suffered a heart attack in May, he was treated in one of the capital's hospitals.
Peter Todorovski made more than 20 films, among the most famous works of classic of cinema - "City Romance", "Mechanic Gavrilov's Beloved Woman," "Wartime Romance", "Intergirl", "Encore, Encore".
Todorovski has also written about a dozen scenarios, in particular for the films "Urban Romance", "Encore, Encore". As an operator, he worked on the film "Spring on Zarechnoj Street" and "Two Fedor." In addition, he wrote the music for many of his films.
Peter Todorovski was the winner of the Venice Film Festival in the "Debut", the winner of "Nick", "Golden Ram". In 2000 Todorovski received a special prize of the President of Russia for his outstanding contribution to the development of cinema in 2005, he was awarded the Order "For Services to the Motherland» II degree.
Directed suffered ischemic heart disease. In the beginning of April Todorovski suffered a heart attack in May, he was treated in one of the capital's hospitals.
Peter Todorovski made more than 20 films, among the most famous works of classic of cinema - "City Romance", "Mechanic Gavrilov's Beloved Woman," "Wartime Romance", "Intergirl", "Encore, Encore".
Todorovski has also written about a dozen scenarios, in particular for the films "Urban Romance", "Encore, Encore". As an operator, he worked on the film "Spring on Zarechnoj Street" and "Two Fedor." In addition, he wrote the music for many of his films.
Peter Todorovski was the winner of the Venice Film Festival in the "Debut", the winner of "Nick", "Golden Ram". In 2000 Todorovski received a special prize of the President of Russia for his outstanding contribution to the development of cinema in 2005, he was awarded the Order "For Services to the Motherland» II degree.
The head of the Raiffeisen Bank resigned after checking offshore transactions
The Executive Director
of the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International Stepic (Herbert Stepic)
has resigned, according to Bloomberg. The press-service financial
institution noted that Stepic decided to resign for personal reasons,
and it will consider the application immediately. Prior to deciding
the top management Stepic RBI will continue to perform their
duties.
The day before, on May 23, Stepic in an interview with Vienna's News said that he has an account in a Swiss bank UBS, which he uses for real estate investment management in Singapore. Following the publication of the Central Bank of Austria promised to check the legality of offshore transactions Stepic. He denies that in any way violated the law, points out Reuters.
Previously, transactions with real estate Stepic already been subjected to checks by regulators. As recalled by Bloomberg, the Austrian financial regulator FMA this week finished checking the transaction chapter RBI in Serbia. On any wrongdoing by Stepic in FMA were reported.
The day before, on May 23, Stepic in an interview with Vienna's News said that he has an account in a Swiss bank UBS, which he uses for real estate investment management in Singapore. Following the publication of the Central Bank of Austria promised to check the legality of offshore transactions Stepic. He denies that in any way violated the law, points out Reuters.
Previously, transactions with real estate Stepic already been subjected to checks by regulators. As recalled by Bloomberg, the Austrian financial regulator FMA this week finished checking the transaction chapter RBI in Serbia. On any wrongdoing by Stepic in FMA were reported.
The Ministry of Justice refused to recognize the "Committee against Torture" foreign agent
The Ministry of Justice
of Russia, the audit did not find in the Nizhny Novgorod Branch of
the human rights organization "Committee against Torture"
signs "foreign agent." This is stated in the facebook
defenders. Earlier warning that "the Committee against Torture"
must register with the Ministry of Justice as a foreign agent, the
prosecutor's office issued a Nizhny Novgorod.
In the audit report of the "Committee against Torture", which was held in Nizhny Novgorod branch from April 29 to May 17, said that the costs and activities of the organization's statutes and laws of the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, the audit revealed some irregularities in the organization, such as the failure to inform the change of address of one of the offices, reports "Interfax". With them, human rights activists agreed.
"Committee against Torture" was warned by the prosecutor in April 2013. It said that the organization has received money from foreign sources, and some stocks in which the committee was involved, can be regarded as a political activity.
According to the amendments to the law on non-profit organizations, those NGOs that receive foreign funding and engage in political activity in Russia, have to apply for inclusion in the special register of the Ministry of Justice and the label itself as a "foreign agent". The law has caused strong criticism among human rights activists and civil society representatives.
In the audit report of the "Committee against Torture", which was held in Nizhny Novgorod branch from April 29 to May 17, said that the costs and activities of the organization's statutes and laws of the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, the audit revealed some irregularities in the organization, such as the failure to inform the change of address of one of the offices, reports "Interfax". With them, human rights activists agreed.
"Committee against Torture" was warned by the prosecutor in April 2013. It said that the organization has received money from foreign sources, and some stocks in which the committee was involved, can be regarded as a political activity.
According to the amendments to the law on non-profit organizations, those NGOs that receive foreign funding and engage in political activity in Russia, have to apply for inclusion in the special register of the Ministry of Justice and the label itself as a "foreign agent". The law has caused strong criticism among human rights activists and civil society representatives.
The network has a fake video swaying skyscrapers in Moscow
There was
a video on YouTube, which show several swaying from side to side of
skyscrapers. In describing the video says that the frame Moscow
during an earthquake on May 24.
However, the video is a copy of another movie, filmed during the earthquake in March 2011 in Japan. Despite this, the video was a fake spread in social networks and media, indicating that the action took place in Moscow.
In particular, it was reported in the Russian-language TV channel tweeted Russia Today (copy of the deleted tweets in the cache "Yandex") and Portuguese microblog portal meteopt.com. In addition, the site of the newspaper "Metro" was published a note entitled "The network has video of the earthquake in Moscow skyscraper sways."
The fake ad was published in BelovMedia account on YouTube. Previously, the author has laid out about a dozen videos. Most of them were unpopular, but one with footage of a meteorite in Chelyabinsk, has gained almost 800,000 views. A link to a video, which allegedly depicted swaying skyscrapers of Moscow, the author published many times in his microblog.
Tremors were observed in several regions of Russia in the morning on May 24, have been caused by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk. In Moscow because of aftershocks were evacuated several buildings.
However, the video is a copy of another movie, filmed during the earthquake in March 2011 in Japan. Despite this, the video was a fake spread in social networks and media, indicating that the action took place in Moscow.
In particular, it was reported in the Russian-language TV channel tweeted Russia Today (copy of the deleted tweets in the cache "Yandex") and Portuguese microblog portal meteopt.com. In addition, the site of the newspaper "Metro" was published a note entitled "The network has video of the earthquake in Moscow skyscraper sways."
The fake ad was published in BelovMedia account on YouTube. Previously, the author has laid out about a dozen videos. Most of them were unpopular, but one with footage of a meteorite in Chelyabinsk, has gained almost 800,000 views. A link to a video, which allegedly depicted swaying skyscrapers of Moscow, the author published many times in his microblog.
Tremors were observed in several regions of Russia in the morning on May 24, have been caused by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk. In Moscow because of aftershocks were evacuated several buildings.
Russia and the U.S. have destroyed four drug laboratories in Afghanistan
Power structures of Russia and the United States conducted a joint operation in Afghanistan and destroyed four drug labs. On Friday, May 24, with reference to the statement by the Director of the Russian Federal Service for Drug Control Agency Viktor Ivanov news agency RIA Novosti.
The operation was still in the Thursday, May 23, in the Afghan province of Kunduz. The number of drug seizures, and other details were not disclosed. It is only known that this operation was the ninth joint operation between the two countries to combat drug production.
On the first joint operation of Russia and the United States was reported in October 2010. Then were eliminated three heroin labs and one - morphine. During the operation was destroyed so much heroin that it would be enough for 200 million doses.
Earlier, in February 2010 it was announced that Russia and the United States reached an agreement on the joint fight against drug trafficking in Afghanistan. Then it was decided that the Russian officers will go to work in the United focal point in Afghanistan.
According to the Federal Drug Control Service, each year from Afghanistan to Russia delivered 21 tons of heroin. Afghan authorities estimate the volume of exports to 95 tons.