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After winning the election Putin will form new government
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first order of business will be to attend to the implementation of the road map according to the provisions laid out in his message to the Federal Assembly, as well as form a "new team that will go further," as reported by Putin’s Press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with the program Itogi Nedeli (Summary of the week) on NTV.
He noted that the Russian leader will form a new Cabinet of Ministers and presidential administration, "and then move ahead, …
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Kremlin accuses the West of interference in Russian presidential elections
Chairman of the Council of the Federation Committee on Foreign Affairs Andrey Klimov stated that the Council of the Committee has information concerning numerous attempts from abroad to interfere in Russia’s Presidential Elections. Presidential Elections were held in the Russian Federation on March 18, the fourth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the Crimea.
As RIA Novosti reports, according to Chairman of the Federation Council's Commission on the Protection of State Sovereignty, the …
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Ukraine expels Russian diplomats because of Skripal case
Ukraine will join other countries and expel Russian diplomats, stated the Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko.
"In response to a cynical chemical attack in Salisbury, Great Britain, Ukraine, in accordance with a spirit of solidarity with our British partners and transatlantic allies, and in coordination with the EU countries, decided to expel 13 Russian diplomats from Ukraine out of those few still remaining. As you know, our diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation are de facto …
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Russian Ministry of Defense claims Novichok poison that killed Skripal could have been produced in US
Russia has documents indicating that Novichok gas was being developed in the United States, said Igor Rybalchenko, head of the laboratory for chemical and analytical control at the Russian Ministry of Defense, during a broadcast on the Russia-1 television channel, RIA Novosti has reports.
According to Rybalchenko, Russian specialists found informational records regarding an organophosphorus substance with a "strong lethal effect" dating back to 1998 in the Spectral Library of the US National …
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Peskov: newly elected Putin is different from the previous one
Vladimir Putin, as the new president of Russia, has a clear vision of the country's future development and is different from Putin that the voters have been accustomed to see, said Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary of the Russian President, on Sunday, March 25, 2018.
"The new Putin is a combination of whom we know and around whom we unite. He understands what we need in the future. His vision is much broader than of an average voter, and therefore he has an overwhelming support. People know …