Russia to supply military equipment to Tunisia

Russia will supply military equipment to Tunisia as part of security assistance efforts, Tunisian Foreign Minister Mongi Hamdi said on Thursday.

The supplies will include bullet-proof vests and night-vision devices, he told the Express FM radio.

The Russian government has also agreed in principle to provide a 500 million U.S. dollar loan to Tunisia.

Hamdi, who arrived in Moscow on September 2 on a working visit, has held talks with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The discussion focused on the situation in the Middle East and North Africa.

Russia demands investigation of photojournalist murder

 

Moscow demands from Kiev investigate properly the murder of Andrei Stenin, a photojournalist of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.

On Wednesday, Rossiya Segodnya Director General Dmitry Kiselyov said Andrei Stenin had been killed in Ukraine a month ago, which has been confirmed by an expert examination.

“The information, made public by the Rossiya Segodnya news agency that is also based on the forensic examination of Stenin’s remains, carried out by the Russian Investigative Committee, suggests that this was another barbarous murder — the work of Ukrainian security forces and the National Guard fighters who controlled, according to eyewitnesses, the territory in which cars came under fire, including the vehicle in which Andrei Stenin’s body was found,” the ministry said.

Putin and Poroshenko to negotiate steps to stop bloodshed

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone negitiations with his Ukrainian counterpart Petr Poroshenko,  Dmitry Peskov, said on Wednesday.

“[The two leaders] continued to discuss Ukraine’s military and humanitarian crisis,” Peskov said.

“The heads of state exchanged their views on top priority measures for stopping the bloodshed in that country’s south-east,” the press secretary said. “[Putin’s] view on possible ways out of this crisis situation largely coincides with that of the Ukrainian president.”

Overnight to August 27, after consultations involving Customs Union, Ukraine and the EU, a meeting between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine took place in Minsk. The conversation behind closed doors lasted for almost two hours and became the first negotiations between the two leaders. Before that, Putin and Poroshenko contacted in Normandy in June 2014, but then it was a brief talk “on the move” with participation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande. In addition, the two presidents had telephone conversations.

Putin expects common sense from members of sanctions war

States initiators of sanction wars are sustaining damage themselves from such policies but common sense will take the upper hand sooner or later, Russian President Vladimir Putin believes.

“As for trade and economic restrictions, damage from this will eventually be borne primarily by those who are conducting such policies,” Putin said at a meeting with Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli.

The meeting was held after Putin launched the construction of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline intended to pump natural gas to China under a $400 billion contract signed between Gazprom and China’s CNPC for a period of 30 years.

Putin expects common sense from members of sanctions war

States initiators of sanction wars are sustaining damage themselves from such policies but common sense will take the upper hand sooner or later, Russian President Vladimir Putin believes.

“As for trade and economic restrictions, damage from this will eventually be borne primarily by those who are conducting such policies,” Putin said at a meeting with Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli.

The meeting was held after Putin launched the construction of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline intended to pump natural gas to China under a $400 billion contract signed between Gazprom and China’s CNPC for a period of 30 years.

Putin expects common sense from members of sanctions war

States initiators of sanction wars are sustaining damage themselves from such policies but common sense will take the upper hand sooner or later, Russian President Vladimir Putin believes.

“As for trade and economic restrictions, damage from this will eventually be borne primarily by those who are conducting such policies,” Putin said at a meeting with Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli.

The meeting was held after Putin launched the construction of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline intended to pump natural gas to China under a $400 billion contract signed between Gazprom and China’s CNPC for a period of 30 years.

Putin expects common sense from members of sanctions war

States initiators of sanction wars are sustaining damage themselves from such policies but common sense will take the upper hand sooner or later, Russian President Vladimir Putin believes.

“As for trade and economic restrictions, damage from this will eventually be borne primarily by those who are conducting such policies,” Putin said at a meeting with Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli.

The meeting was held after Putin launched the construction of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline intended to pump natural gas to China under a $400 billion contract signed between Gazprom and China’s CNPC for a period of 30 years.

Putin expects common sense from members of sanctions war

States initiators of sanction wars are sustaining damage themselves from such policies but common sense will take the upper hand sooner or later, Russian President Vladimir Putin believes.

“As for trade and economic restrictions, damage from this will eventually be borne primarily by those who are conducting such policies,” Putin said at a meeting with Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli.

The meeting was held after Putin launched the construction of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline intended to pump natural gas to China under a $400 billion contract signed between Gazprom and China’s CNPC for a period of 30 years.

Medvedev to take part in the meeting of the CIS Heads of Government in Minsk

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will take part in the regular meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Government in Minsk on May 30, which will discuss the socio-economic development of the Commonwealth countries and their interaction in the field of innovation cooperation, the government official told RIA Novosti.

At the meeting there will be signed six international agreements, including the agreement on cooperation in the exchange of scientific and technical information, information interaction in the field of transport security and cooperation in the field of navigation support of the CIS armed forces.

In Minsk, Medvedev also planned a series of bilateral meetings with heads of the CIS governments. It is not specified who the head of the Russian Cabinet is going to talk to.

Kyrgyzstan and Russia intend to share information on illegal migrants

Kyrgyz authorities and Russia intend to cooperate in the exchange of information on illegal migrant workers, it was announced on Friday during a visit to Bishkek of head of the Federal Migration Service Konstantin Romodanovskiy.

The First Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Tayirbek Sarpashev told the head of the FMS about the work of the Republican Headquarters on implementation of the unified state register of population and collecting of biometric data of the population.

For his part Romodanovskiy noted that “the collection of biometric data and the transition to biometric passports is extremely relevant and necessary” and Russia is ready to provide all necessary assistance to Kyrgyzstan in this sphere. According to him, the FMS has collected biometric data of 2,531,000 citizens of Kyrgyzstan.