TOP-5 news August 31

Polit.ru offers your attention the five news of the day. The selection included the three most read news, one news selected by the editorial office, and the most unusual, in our opinion, news today.

1. In Russia, duties on the import of Moldovan goods began to operate

On August 31, duties began to operate in Russia for the import of a number of Moldovan goods.

We are talking about duties for alcohol, wheat, sugar and a number of other goods. Moldovan products will be subject to customs duties in accordance with the principles of the regime of the greatest favors of the nation.

Previously, food products were imported from Moldova to Russia duty -free, but after Moldova ratified the Association Agreement with the Herosarus, the Russian side revised the principles of free trade.

Editor commentary: The Russian government decided on protective measures for the Russian economy in connection with the ratification of the agreement between Moldova and the EU in July 2014. At the same time, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC, the supranational body of the regulation of the Customs Union) did not participate in the decision -making.

2. The media reported on the intention of NATO participating countries to terminate the agreement with Russia

According to Spiegel , Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Canada advocate the termination of the fundamental act of Russia-NATO 1997. If the agreement is terminated, this will increase the number of military people whom the alliance can place in the territory of Eastern Europe.

Germany, according to the newspaper, opposes the termination of the act.

Editor commentary: Earlier, another German media Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported the intention of the North Atlantic Alliance to place five military bases in Eastern Europe: on the territory of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania and Poland. Journalists report that the alliance can place up to 600 military personnel on each of the bases. The discussion of the project will take place at the summit, which will be held in Wales on September 4-5.

3. Medvedev approved the transfer of weekends in 2015

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the postponement of weekends in 2015.

According to the document, in January 2015 the weekend was transferred from Saturday January 3 - on Friday January 9, from Sunday January 4 - on Monday 4 on May.

Thus, in January 2015, Russians will rest 11 days - from January 1 to 11.

Editor commentary: In 2015, Russians are waiting for 28 days off and holidays: from March 7 to 9, from May 1 to 4, from May 9 to 11, from June 12 to 14 and November 4.

In 2014, the New Year holidays of Rosiyan lasted only eight days - from January 1 to 8, 2014.

Choice of the editorial office

Putin urged to immediately put an end to the war in the east of Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged as soon as possible to stop military operations in the east of Ukraine and begin to prepare for winter.

The head of state emphasized that the priority task is to restore infrastructure in cities where active hostilities were conducted.

“ Putin urged Ukrainians to start replenishing the necessary reserves, carry out the necessary repair, regulatory work and prepare for the autumn-winter period.”

In addition, Putin called on the Ukrainian authorities to initiate negotiations "on the political organization of society and statehood in the southeast of Ukraine."

Editor commentary: Later, the president’s words about statehood were interpreted by a number of media as a call to endowing the statehood of the self -proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. As the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov explained , Putin did not urge to give the statehood of "New Russia", but spoke only about inclusive negotiations within Ukraine.

The trick of the day

Swiss cheese manufacturers fight fakes using genotyposcopy

Swiss scientists check the authenticity of cheeses using a DNA test. To do this, they use ten thousand strains of dairy bacteria.

Switzerland over the past, 2013, earned 604 export of cheese about 659 million dollars. Due to the fakes, the manufacturers of the Emmental suffered losses of 20 million francs. However, due to fakes, which now make up 10% of the total Swiss embroidery on store shelves around the world, cheese manufacturers have lost about 20 million francs over the year

The Swiss authorities gathered the base of strains for about ten years.

Editor commentary: It was previously reported that Russia considered Switzerland as a supplier who could replace the import of goods prohibited for importing into the Russian Federation as a result of the exchange of sanctions with the countries of the European Union. However, Switzerland, which is not in the European Union, does not intend to increase the supply of food products to Russia.