All news for 20.04.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX

The State Duma prohibited state and municipal employees from having a second citizenship or residence permit abroad. Corresponding amendments to more than twenty laws were adopted today at a parliamentary meeting, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. State Duma deputy, member of the United Russia faction Pavel Krasheninnikov, who presented the presidential bill, said that from now on, candidates for bureaucratic positions will have to choose - work for...

Russia sponsored the “potential enemy” – Turkey – with billions of rubles, suddenly closing transport links with this country. Deputy of Parliament, member of the LDPR faction Vasily Vlasov stated this from the rostrum of the State Duma, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The politician reproached Rostourism for not warning Russian tour operators in advance about the closure of the borders with Turkey. “You and I are faced with a situation...

The American corporation Google has included borscht in the list of historical Russian dishes on its popular Google Arts & Culture service. The product, called “Understand Russia,” was created jointly with the Federal Tourism Agency and compiled an encyclopedia on the gastronomic history of the country and its traditions, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Borscht is named as one of the ten dishes that influenced Russian cuisine. The list includes...

Over the past six months, the share of domestic electronics in the Russian government procurement market has increased significantly. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Oleg Bocharov stated this during a round table in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Last year, laws on quotas for domestic products were adopted. In terms of electronics, this allowed for an increase of more than 70 billion over the past six months...

Moscow allegedly forces representatives of the Office of the President of Ukraine and Vladimir Zelensky personally to withhold information about the negotiation process on Donbass from the public in order to manipulate it through their information channels. This was stated at a briefing in Kyiv by a Ukrainian diplomat, ex-representative of Ukraine at the negotiations in Minsk, former ambassador Roman Bessmertny, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Kyiv, instead of talking...

The Russian Federation can become a world leader in the field of information security, which will protect Russian society, business and the state. The General Director of Positive Technologies, Yuri Maksimov, stated this during the round table, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I sincerely believe that today Russia has every chance to become a world leader in the information security market. Therefore I would...

Violations of the rights of the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine are not only devoid of evidence, they are exclusively an internal matter of the country, in which no one should interfere. The former representative of Ukraine to the EU and NATO, Vladimir Vasilenko, stated this at a briefing in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “What was the basis and reason for Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine? There was a link to supposedly...

Due to offshore zones, Russia annually loses about five trillion rubles a year, which could go to the budget in the form of taxes. MP Nikolai Arefyev stated this, speaking from the rostrum of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to his information, Russian businessmen have registered legal addresses in 84 offshore companies around the world. “We have 44 thousand enterprises registered for...

The Minsk agreements allegedly contradict the principles of international law, so they cannot be a tool for resolving the conflict. The former representative of Ukraine to the EU and NATO, Vladimir Vasilenko, stated this at a briefing in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In fact, under the circumstances under which the Minsk agreements were concluded, they really played the role of an uncontested goal of stopping the aggression, but they were imposed...

Ukrainian politicians themselves “made a mistake” by raising panic at the slightest approach of Russian troops to their borders, contrary to official propaganda that Kyiv in Donbass has been opposing the Russian regular army for seven years. Official representative of the UNM DPR Eduard Basurin stated this in an interview with RT, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I liked it when Ukrainian politicians are asked the question: are you now shouting to the whole world...