Contents tagged with Medvedev
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Russia prepares sanctions against Ukraine
The draft resolution on anti-Ukrainian sanctions is almost complete, TASS reports citing a source in the Russian government. The document concerns 360 companies and more than 50 individuals.
“Shortly this document will be submitted for the Prime Minister’s signature, and after the signing, it will be published,” he said.
The report does not specify which companies and individuals are listed in the draft resolution. However, according to the interlocutor, “there will be many interesting …
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Russian Prime Minister: USSR lived for decades under sanctions
Russia is not going to persuade Europeans to lift anti-Russian sanctions, said by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the press conference following the talks with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, TASS reported.
“Lifting sanctions is a mutually beneficial matter and we should not persuade our partners to cancel anything, we don’t need it,” Medvedev said.
He also said that “our European colleagues need it, they should start an initiative themselves”.
“If they don’t want to, we …
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Medvedev: sanctions against Russian banks would be a declaration of trade war
The possible imposition of sanctions against the Russian bank sector will become “the declaration of trade war” but Moscow can overcome the limitations, stated Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with Euronews. The Head of the Cabinet of Ministers stressed that the Russian economy “is able to adapt to any forms of pressure.”
“The question is why this [imposition of sanctions] is needed. The answer is that this destroys international order, including international economic …
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Medvedev: Trump unable to improve relations with Russia
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, in an interview with Euronews, said that the U.S. President Donald Trump “hasn’t done anything yet to achieve radical improvement between two countries’ relations.” Prime Minister expressed his doubt that Trump will succeed at improving relations in the future. One of the interview excerpts was published on the YouTube channel.
“He is unlikely to be able to do it because of the pressure that is being put on him,” RIA Novosti quoted the prime minister. …
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Putin approves new Russian government
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has named the members of Russia’s new government. Medvedev presented the new Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin accepted all proposals made by Medvedev, the website of the Russian president reports.
Medvedev proposed appointing Anton Siluanov as First Deputy Prime Minister, who, in his opinion, should also take on the role of the Minister of Finance.
Among other candidates for the posts of vice premiers are …
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Medvedev: tax-free zones will be created in Russia
During an International Legal Forum plenary session in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday, May 16, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev confirmed plans to create special administrative tax-free regions in Russia, RBC reports.
Medvedev stated: “We are planning to create regions with special legal status and special tax regimes in the Primorsky, Krai and Kaliningrad regions; this status will be avaliable on the Oktyabrsk and Russky Islands soon.”
According to Medvedev, the best practices of …
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Putin leaves Medvedev as Prime Minister of Russia
Russian president Vladimir Putin, occupying the office for a fourth term, left Dmitry Medvedev as the head of the government. This was reported on the Kremlin’s website.
Now the State Duma of the Russian Federation must approve Medvedev’s candidacy.
According to the Russian constitution, after the inauguration of the president, the government resigns. Then the president names a prime minister, who recommends to the president candidates for the federal ministers.
Until the new government goes …
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Russian government will resign after Putin’s inauguration
On Monday, the Russian government with Dmitry Medvedev as its head will resign. It is expected that a new head of the Cabinet Council will be appointed the next day.
Citing a source in the State duma, Interfax reported that Vladimir Putin will likely name the candidate for the post of prime minister after the inauguration on May 7. This appointment will be discussed at a meeting of the State Duma on May 8. The United Russia party noted that the State Duma “will undoubtedly support the choice …
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Putin orders World Atlas to be rewritten
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian names on the world's maps are being replaced by foreign ones and encouraged people to not condone the "distortion of geographical truth."
"Today, we are faced with a situation where Russian names, which our researchers and travelers gave in the past centuries and decades, are gradually being ousted from the world map," Putin said during a speech at the meeting of the Russian Geographical Society's (RGO) Board of Trustees, quotes Interfax.
The …
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Russia considers producing counterfeit American goods in response to US sanctions
Members of the Russian State Duma have drafted a bill that suggests permitting manufacturing American goods without needing to obtain a license to use intellectual property. This was proposed as a way of retaliation for sanctions imposed by the United States, Interfax news agency reports.
According to the report, the bill has been drafted by State Duma’s Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin jointly with leaders of parliamentary factions, and does not specify a list of goods that are intended to be …