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Top News February 19
Karl Lagerfeld / Twitter.com Digest "Polit.ru" is a brief selection of the ten most noticeable news of the outgoing day. Today, the famous couturier Karl Lagerfeld died, the topics of President Putin’s message to the Federal Assembly became known, ex-colonel GRU Vladimir Kvachkov was released.
The legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld died
The world famous fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who has been managing the Chanel House since 1983, died at the age of 85. Local media reported that Lagerfeld was taken to the hospital at night on Monday, where he died.
The famous fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld died. He was 85 years old Pic.twitter.com/sbbhk7g3c4
- tape (@oldlentach) February 19, 2019
The media learned the themes of Putin's message to the Fedestobrony
During the message of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Federal Assembly will raise positive topics, including national projects, issues of belonging to the Kuril Islands, Cosmos, Arctic, an alliance with Belarus and volunteering.
Press Conference of V. Putin, December 2018 / Kremlin.ruThe lawsuit against the wall of Donald Trump filed 16 states
Wall built on the border of the USA and Mexico / Flickr.comIn the district court, in San Francisco, a lawsuit was received from the coalition from 16 states to US President Donald Trump with a demand to block the right of the head of state-bypassing the congress-to allocate funds for the construction of the wall on the border with Mexico. According to the applicants, this contradicts the US Constitution, which gives the right to control the budget expenditures the Legislative Assembly.
16 states against Trump California
- Revolutionary thoughts (@vvp2_0) February19, 2019
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Hawaii
Illinois
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
Virginia
Medvedev froze a fee for the placement of MSW
Dmitry Medvedev / Photo: Government.ruPrime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a resolution on freezing a fee for the placement of MSW and in 2019–2023 at the level of 2018 in the amount of 95 rubles per ton. “I have just signed a special resolution, which we freeze the growth of the fee for the negative impact on the environment, that is, we leave the amount of payment for the period from 2019 to 2023 at the level of 2018,” he said at a meeting of the transition of regions to a new system of TRC handling.
The Duma limited the social networks to the military
International Military-Technical Forum "Army" / AGN "Moscow" / Photo: Simonov NikitaThe State Duma adopted in the third and final reading the law on the ban on military personnel and citizens called up for military training, provide the media, distribute by the Internet or provide information that allows you to determine their belonging or purpose to the RF Armed Forces, other troops, military units and bodies.
The State Duma has adopted a law that forbids the military to use smartphones during the service. Also, the military cannot tell reporters and publish information about themselves and colleagues on the Internet https://t.co/hz7ksogof7 pic.twitter.com/qstg9mnfhd
- tape (@oldlentach) February 19, 2019
The State Duma adopted amendments to the law forbid the military to use gadgets in the service, with the help of which you can transfer photo, video materials and geolocation data
- Revolutionary thoughts (@vvp2_0) February19, 2019
The law did not break - not a man!
Vladimir Kvachkov was released
The retired GRU Colonel Vladimir Kvachkov, convicted of trying to overthrow the state system, was released from the Mordovian colony . In connection with the decriminalization of part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the initiation of hatred and enmity, Kvachkov was released from further serving the sentence, which was 8 years by the court sentence.
Which of them is Kvachkov? pic.twitter.com/eahazqsyoo
- Revolutionary thoughts (@vvp2_0) February19, 2019
Survated residents Kuril asked not to give them to Japan
Japanese tank on the Kuril Islands / Pixabay.com 96% of surveyed residents of the southern islands of the Kuril ridge said that Russia should not transfer to Japan the southern islands. Only 2% of respondents spoke out for the transfer of the islands, the same number of respondents found it difficult to answer.
VTsIOM summed up: the position of the inhabitants of the southern islands of the Kuril ridge is unambiguous - 96% of respondents, believe that Russia should not transfer to Japan the southern islands.
- Dmitry Smirnov (@Dimsmirnov175) February 19, 2019
In this poll there was very missing the line “Go with such questions” https://t.co/rrgmahmeua
The Council offered to close supermarkets for the weekend
Grocery store / AGN "Moscow" / Photo: Zykov KirillAleksey Kondratyev, a member of the Federation Council, Education and Culture Council, proposed limiting the work of large supermarkets on weekends, following the example of some European countries. “Let's do it like in the West, in Germany, for example. There is a practice there: at 20:00, large networks are closed and are actually closed until Monday morning, ”Kondratyev said.
Russia became the leader of Eurovision-2019 according to bookmakers
Sergey Lazarev / Wikipedia.orgThe chances of the Russian singer Sergei Lazarev to win in the international song competition “Eurovision-2019” are higher than that of all its competitors, follows from the size of the bets that bookmakers accept. The betting of Russia, which is represented by Lazarev, is 13%, for the victory of Sweden - 9%, Italy - 7%.
Gasoline prices in the regions of the Russian Federation decreased for the first time in six months
Equipment for gas stations / mskagency.ruRetail prices for AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline last week decreased in several regions for the first time since August 2018. The most powerful price fluctuations were in the Central and Southern Districts, in the North Caucasus. In general, the average cost of AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline in Russia decreased by 1 penny, to 42.29 rubles and 45.24 rubles per liter, respectively, diesel fuel was preserved at 47.22 rubles per liter.
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