TOP News June 17

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Digest "Polit.ru" is a selection of the most noticeable news of the outgoing day. Today, Russian athletes were removed from participating in the Olympics due to doping, the media reported the proposal of the US State Department to bomb Assad’s troops in Syria, and Vladimir Putin called on the EU to abandon sanctions.

Athletes from Russia were removed from the 2016 Olympics

Russian athletes with a decision of the International Association of athletics federations were removed from participating in the 2016 Olympic Games due to doping. In the near future, IAAF will announce this officially at a press conference. The disqualification of the All -Russian Athletics Federation is upheld.

Putin: When you know that they eat doping, it is immediately uninteresting to watch. pic.twitter.com/djh3ip8dbn
- The fastest elephant (@fastslon) June 17, 2016

We took out these topics about doping when they will begin to conduct the legalase of the Olympiad, without restrictions and doping control? It will be great!
- Dmitry Jedichevy (@metallcorn) June 17, 2016

The media learned about the draft State Department to change the regime in Syria

John Kerry. Photo: us department of state

American newspapers wrote that almost fifty employees of the State Department signed a document calling for strikes by the Syrian regime. They consider this path the only way to defeat the Islamic State terrorist group (prohibited in the Russian Federation). “The inability to stop the egregious abuses of Assad will only strengthen the ideological attractiveness of groups such as IG, despite the fact that they suffer tactical failures on the battlefield,” the document says. Its content was criticized in the Kremlin and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and US Secretary of State John Kerry called the appeal important and promised to get acquainted with him.

Assad strikes would be a defeat of US diplomacy, a sign of political powerlessness and the help of ISIS and al-Nusre. Very bad recommendation.
- Alexey Pushkov (@alexey_pushkov) June 17, 2016

Putin urged the EU to abandon sanctions

Vladimir Putin. Photo: Sharifulolin Valery, © TASS/www.forumspb.com

President Vladimir Putin turned to the EU with an appeal to cancel sanctions. He noted that the party needs to return confidence and restore the level of interaction. According to him, Russia was not the initiator of "today's collapse, discord and problems." Putin noted that Russia is confidently looking into the future and urged to think about creating a large Eurasian partnership, which would include the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Belarusian, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia), China, India, Pakistan, Iran and the CIS.

The meeting ended, the people went to the exit, and Putin and Renzi spoke for several minutes on the stage.
Not talking! pic.twitter.com/cf1gqfwlh1
- Dmitry Smirnov (@Dimsmirnov175) June 17 , 2016

Wi -Fi at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum works without Russian censorship - prohibited sites are opened without proxy.
- Kirill Martynov (@kmartynov) June 17, 2016

UN Secretary General refused to respond to criticism of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine

After criticism of the Council of Ministers of Ukraine at the UN words of the Secretary General of Pan Hi Muna about the decisive role of Russia in the settlement of Syrian and Ukrainian conflicts in the organization said that he would not abandon his words. This caused a new wave of indignation and Kyiv, and an official note of protest was sent to the UN. Ukraine claims that after criticism, Pan Hi Muna, the text of his speech on PMEF was still changed, and now it is read differently.

EU Council extended sanctions against Crimea for a year

The Council of the European Union decided to extend sanctions against Crimea and Sevastopol for one year - until June 23, 2017. They provide for a ban on imports in Europe of Crimean goods, as well as European investments in Crimea, including the provision of services, for example, in the field of tourism, the acquisition of real estate on the peninsula, and financing business. European courts are prohibited from entering the ports of Crimea and Sevastopol. The media also reported on the decision of the EU to extend for the year of sanctions against Russia.

The EU of the EU Chizhov about the extension of sanctions against the Crimea: and we did not expect anything else from them! pic.twitter.com/8zlsiezdjs
- Dmitry Smirnov (@Dimsmirnov175) June 17 , 2016

Durex introduced documents for registration of condoms in Russia

Durex condoms, the company entered the Roszdravnadzor documents for registration of products after a scandal with their ban. The documents were received on the day when the department announced the ban on sales. In Roszdrava it was noted that they had only a partial suspension of condom supplies. Officials promised to consider the company's documents on time. But in the Duma complained that Durex disappeared from the sale of a local store a month ago.

TOP-5 information farmers for 5 years #DUREX #Roszdravnadzor Pic.twitter.com/nebrpvz7ha
- Mediaology (@Medialogia) June 17, 2016

The Russians detained in Cologne were charged

Six detainees in the German Cologne due to a fight with Spanish tourists Russians are accused of three articles of the Criminal Code of Germany. They face 3 to 10 years in prison. The charges are made under the articles: “Violation of public order”, “Paying bodily harm” and “Police resistance”. Russia stated that it would think about the issuance of fans after the details of this case are known.

Kudrin called the collapse of the ruble with a shame of economists

Alexey Kudrin considers the devaluation of the Russian ruble shame. He noted that economic authorities are responsible for this. According to Kudrin, the phenomenon itself means that "we cannot create stable conditions for business - both for technology import and export." He called for reducing the country's dependence on oil.

"Kudrin called the collapse of the ruble course with a shame for the economic authorities."
Who does he say that? Main analysts? pic.twitter.com/exsbie3inl
- Markethell (@markethell) June 17, 2016

Set the date of elections to the State Duma

President Vladimir Putin set a date for the State Duma. They will pass on September 18. The decree has already entered into force, thus, in Russia announced the start of the election campaign. On June 22, Putin himself holds the deputies of the current convocation on their last meeting before the holidays.

The elections are announced. We want to participate. Open appeal to Putin, Medvedev and Pamfilova https://t.co/mszhjd4c19 pic.twitter.com/zg8cupxcaa
- Alexey Navalny (@navalny) June 17, 2016

Readers "Polit.ru" opposed renaming in honor of Kadyrov

Polit.ru conducted its traditional survey on the VKontakte social network, dedicated to the decision of the St. Petersburg authorities to appropriate the bridge across the Duderhof Canal named after the first president of Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov. Our readers answered the question of how they would relate to such an renaming in their city. You can see the results of the survey here .

Maxim Shevchenko explains that the Kadyrovs were not killed by Russian soldiers, but only the "Yeltsin", so everything is ok. pic.twitter.com/i65eyirwtf
- Roman Dobrokhotov (@dobrokhotov) June 17 , 2016