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«When [Russian] parent companies withdraw part of their net profit, they do not confront with our agreements with Russian businesses, Belarusian and international laws. However, it would be desirable of profit made here is directed in the first place at the development of production and capacity, which create this profit. Re-investment should be taking place in the first place,» Myasnikovich said. Talking about the Belarus-Russia relations, he stressed that there is no need to revise the agreement on the union state of Belarus and Russia. In the view of Myasnikovich, the Belarusian and Russian working groups that have been negotiating those matters could have all the issues finalized by 8 December. There is no need to introduce a single currency either because there are no equal conditions for economic entities and no unified legislation. «It will simply make no sense. It could even be harmful,» Myasnikovich said.

Belarus jumped impressive 14 places to be named the 72nd most innovative country. The Global Innovation Index 2019 released on Wednesday says that despite signs of slowing economic growth, innovation continues to blossom. Switzerland was named the most innovative country in the world, a position it has held since 2011, followed by Sweden, the U.S., the Netherlands, and the U.K., Finland, Denmark, Singapore.

Жители страны-соседки злорадствуют по поводу и без. Однако за пять лет ничего нового они не придумали. По-прежнему объектом их нападок выступает Крым.

СИМФЕРОПОЛЬ, 24 июл – РИА Новости Крым. 21 июля на Украине состоялись внеочередные выборы в парламент страны. Борьбу за 424 депутатских мандата вели почти шесть тысяч кандидатов. В этом перечне фигурируют и уроженцы Крыма, которые какое-то время жили и работали на полуострове, а также те, кто волею судеб так или иначе был связан с этим регионом, занимая здесь различные государственные должности. В основном это политики и общественники, которые не приняли результаты мартовского референдума 2014 года и воссоединения Крыма с Россией, выехали на Украину и заняли жесткую русофобскую позицию. 

Мнение киевских политиков о Крымском полуострове, который не принадлежит Украине, никого не интересует, сказал "РГ" депутат Госдумы РФ от Севастополя Дмитрий Белик.

Независимый немецкий журналист Макс ван дер Верфф в течение пяти лет вел собственное расследование о крушении "Боинга" на Украине. В своем документальном фильме он по сути опровергает выводы международного следствия о причастности РФ к трагедии. При этом он раскрыл некоторые, действительно сенсационные подробности – после крушения самолета блок НАТО намеревался отправить на юго-восток Украины тысячи военных. Однако против этого решения выступила Германия.

According to the Russian media Kommersant, it was known about the pollution of Russian oil by organochlorine in Druzhba pipeline two weeks before Belneftekhim filed the relevant complaint. According to the publication, the Volgograd oil refinery of Lukoil recorded harmful impurities on April 4. This lasted until April 12. There was an appeal to the enterprise Transneft-Privolga in this case. Both Transneft and Lukoil acknowledged that there had been such a problem, but it was not related to the subsequent problems at the Druzhba pipeline. How organochlorine compounds could have got into oil was not explained. A Kommersant source claims that it's standard practice to supply oil to refineries with a slight excess of organochlorine content. On April 19, the Belarusian side reported that the Druzhba pipeline had poor quality oil (the content of organochlorine was many times higher than the permissible norm). The transit of oil to Europe via Belarus was stopped. Interestingly, Russia considered that oil was polluted on purpose (according to the investigation, it was done to conceal the theft) and initiated a criminal case. Due to the fact that the polluted oil spoils the process equipment at the refineries, Belarusians are waiting for compensation, but the exact amount of losses is still unknown.

And a 39-year-old former collective farm director with a deep, nasal voice and a knack for populist pronouncements won the first — and so far only — democratic presidential election in Belarus. Alyaksandr Lukashenka was sworn in on July 20, 1994, beginning the first of five presidential terms — and counting. Europe and the world have undergone startling transformations over the last quarter-century but the presence of Lukashenka has been a constant. Or has it? The wily leader of this resource-poor nation of 10 million bordering Russia, Ukraine, and three European Union and NATO countries has proven endlessly flexible in his constancy, turning his country into a textbook example of adaptive authoritarianism. To the surprise of most observers, the political neophyte Lukashenka proved from the beginning to be an adroit politician with formidable instincts. At a turbulent time he tapped a vein of conservatism in Belarus, whose citizens overwhelmingly voted against the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 1991 referendum and have often sought stability but had to settle for stagnation. He moved quickly to lay the foundations of the authoritarian system that has become entrenched under his rule by holding a constitutional referendum in 1996 that extended his term to 2001, gave his decrees the force of law, and gave him virtually complete control over the state budget. With these powers, he quickly established personal control over all key institutions — the judiciary, election commissions, unions, law enforcement and security agencies, all major media, and so on.

Жителям российского Крыма шенгенские визы не положены, если крымчане хотят выехать без визы в страны Шенгенского пространства, то они должны предъявить украинские паспорта, заявил посол Евросоюза в России Маркус Эдедер.

«For objective reasons, i.e. contaminated oil, we had to use oil that we extract locally to keep our refineries running. Disrupted supplies of Russian oil have affected our export statistics this year — minus $800 million against last year. Obviously, it was very difficult to cover this gap at the cost of other sectors,» the minister admitted. Euroradio reported earlier that on 19 April Belnaftakhim detected sudden deterioration of Russian crude oil's quality in the Druzhba pipeline. Both Belarusian refineries — in Mazyr and Navapolack — had to reduce their load and suffered losses. Several other countries served by the Druzhba pipeline — Poland, Germany and Ukraine — would refuse from contaminated Russian oil. Clean oil reached the border of Belarus via the Druzhba pipeline on 2 June only.

«Today we have a program. This is more or less a strategic document. And today we have a big volume or, to put it in plain language, a heap of current problems. The Group and the governments see these problems. And we have developed a program, which, according to government estimates, has been agreed upon by 80-90%,» says Alyaksandr Lukashenka. What are these contentious issues or «current problems»? In fact, there are quite a few of them. If we talk about the main issues, it is compensation for the Russian tax maneuver, determination of the gas price for Belarus for the next year, payment of long promised Russian loans. All these «controversial issues» from Moscow, from the representatives of the Russian government, were answered by the following: «First, integration, then...». It seemed that after the talks between the leaders of Belarus and Russia in St. Petersburg, the question of what would come «first» was removed from the agenda, but... The Forum of Regions ended, and the leaders went home, but «current problems» reminded of themselves. «Tax maneuver is a sovereign right of Russia, so it's unlikely to be correct to talk about any „compensation“ for Minsk, we may talk about possible assistance to Belarus in mitigating the consequences of its introduction,» said Deputy Foreign Minister Grigori Karasin to RIA Novosti on July 19. According to Associate Professor of Political Science at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Kirill Koktysh, such a development of events was to be expected. After all, Russia's goal today is to limit any financial support to Belarus. «It will be very profitable for Russia today to reduce the amount of money, which it used to give to Belarus, retaining the existing status of relations. The tactics is simple: pay a little less for the existing union. From Moscow, it sounds like: „First integration, then negotiations on gas prices. The same applies to Russian loans or compensation for tax maneuver. Minsk says that this is unacceptable for Belarus. In Moscow, they rub their hands: “Well, then, no loans and compensation, and pay as much for gas as we tell you! If nothing is done, if there are no counter-proposals and initiatives from Minsk, the Russian government will be able to implement this game. After all, when you remain just an object, you do not offer anything, you do not make any moves in response and just say „this can't be right, it's wrong,“ it won't work, because everyone will play in their favor,...

«Today there are no obstacles to closer dialogue not only on economic but also political matters. Belarus is ready for this. Let us move forward in this direction, without waiting for any kind of event: be it parliamentary or presidential elections. I think our relations are more important than any political campaigns in Belarus or in your countries,” Lukashenka said. The head of state highlighted Andrea Wiktorin's great contribution to the development of relations between Belarus and the European Union. He also expressed gratitude for the financial support that the EU provides to the projects in Belarus, including those to develop infrastructure. Andrea Wiktorin, on her part, said that over the past few years Belarus and the European Union have been able to build a relationship of trust. “We engage in an open dialogue on political themes, economic issues and also on specific, individual matters such as trade, customs, and so on,” she said. Andrea Wiktorin, the current head of the EU Delegation to Belarus, has been nominated as head of the EU Delegation to Armenia. The designated new Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Belarus is German diplomat Dirk Schuebel who currently heads the EEAS Russia Division.

Группа энтомологов из Службы сельскохозяйственных исследований Министерства сельского хозяйства США и Массачусетского университета рассказала о первых результатах использования наездника Spathius galinae, который откладывает яйца в живущих под корой деревьев личинок жука — ясеневой изумрудной узкотелой златки (Agrilus planipennis), признанной особо опасным вредителем лесного хозяйства.

He also said that last year the trade turnover between the countries increased by 9.4%, mainly due to supplies from Russia. This year's trade volumes are slightly below last year's levels. Syamashka believes it will be good if we manage to exceed last year's level. Elaborating on the discrimination of Belarusian products in the Russian market, he mentioned that last year the supply of milk from Belarus to Russia decreased, and this year this situation is still the same. The Russian market is fully or partially closed for 62 Belarusian dairy companies today. About 40 meat processing plants and eight fish processing plants found themselves in the same conditions. «It's nonsense, it shouldn't be like this. Our products are normal and have an appropriate and well-deserved reputation in the Russian market,» the diplomat said, outraged. There are also problems with the supply of Belarusian equipment to Russia. For example, exports of Gomselmash have decreased by 40%. «It is a totally competitive product, but there are barriers,» stated Syamashka.

With public support for President Vladimir Putin wilting, the Kremlin is considering changing election rules in an effort to secure its lock on parliament ahead of potentially vital decisions that could extend his rule. Putin faces the end of what under the constitution must be his final presidential term in 2024. Though he’s given no public hint of his intentions, aides and advisers are working on ways to allow him to prolong his rule, already the longest since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, according to people involved in the efforts. Maintaining the ruling United Russia party’s two-thirds majority in parliament — necessary for making constitutional changes — could be essential to that. But with less than 18 months to go before the parliamentary vote, United Russia’s popularity has dropped along with Putin’s after five straight years of falling consumer incomes. Amid poll ratings at a 13-year low, the party’s candidates have lost several recent regional elections, despite the Kremlin’s monopoly control of the system. “Today, all the actions and initiatives of United Russia have only one result — an increase in the protest mood in the country,” the Moskovsky Komsomolets daily wrote this week. “In the regions, people avoid it like the plague.” Calling the party “toxic,” the usually pro-Kremlin paper appealed for it to disband.

Украина признала, что в день проведения выборов Верховной Рады не наблюдается увеличения потока выезжающих из российского Крыма на материк.

Лидер политической партии "Голос" Святослав Вакарчук, партия которого по данным экзитполов преодолевает отметку в 5% на выборах в Верховную Раду, заявил, что продолжит выступать с рок-группой "Океан Эльзы". Об этом он сказал на брифинге в штабе партии "Голос", передает "Интерфакс-Украина".

Офис президента Украины Владимира Зеленского будет поддерживать меджлисовские СМИ, в частности телеканал ATR и другие пропагандистские ресурсы, работающие против российского Крыма.

“Our Union Treaty will turn 20 this December. I believe we can’t leave any unsolved issue beyond that date. We are pressed for time. What shall we say when we celebrate the anniversary? There will be nothing for us to say if we fail to resolve all the remaining issues and don’t sign the program shaping the strategy of our joint actions,” President Lukashenko said in St. Petersburg on 18 July. “Therefore, I suggest we sort out all issues before that date within the Supreme State Council and adopt a program that will define our action strategy and resolve current problems,” he added. The Belarusian leader also pointed out that people of both countries had long been looking forward to the presidents to make specific decisions.

‘The tax maneuver’ is “Russia’s sovereign right so it is not right to discuss any ‘compensation’”, Russian deputy Foreign Minister Yegor Karasin told ria.ru. It is only possible to talk about ‘some facilitation of the consequences for Belarus’, he noted. This issue is being worked on and the decision will be ‘complex’, Karasin said. All attempts to assess the situation are untimely, he thinks. A compensation for the tax maneuver may only be given to Belarus after ‘the joint approach to integration is defined’, Russian senior vice PM and Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov said earlier. Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Vladimir Putin have recently met in Saint Petersburg and agreed to decide all points in Belarus-Russia relations by the end of 2019.

Посольство России в Лондоне опубликовало в Twitter карту, на котором полуостров Крым обозначен как территория Украины. В твите приводится цитата министра иностранных дел РФ Сергея Лаврова: "Под давлением Вашингтона, который преследует свои геополитические цели, страны НАТО проводят агрессивную антироссийскую политику. В 2018 году США потратили на это более 700 миллиардов долларов, в общей сложности НАТО - около 1 триллиона долларов, а расходы России, напротив, составили менее 50 миллиардов долларов".

Националисты «великой» Незалежной взбешены пропуском российской телеведущей Даны Борисовой в Киев, несмотря на ее визиты в Крым в 2014 году.

The letter says that as a result of the bad quality oil getting into the Belarusian main pipeline system, the transportation of raw materials to Adamava and Brody was suspended. So far, the transportation in the direction of Adamava has been carried out partially. Due to such force majeure, the Belarusian company lost $23.7 million. The losses were calculated taking into account additional revenues from oil transportation in the reverse direction. Consequently, the volumes of transportation decreased and the level of current tariffs does not allow to cover operational costs linked to the maintenance of the main oil pipeline facilities, as well as the implementation of the technical re-equipment program in 2019. The Russian Transneft has not yet commented on the proposals of the Belarusian side. In April, the Russian oil polluted with chlorides entered the pipeline system in Belarus. In this regard, the transit of raw materials to Europe was stopped on April 24. Supplies of clean oil later resumed, but Belarus still has to clear its pipeline system of substandard oil and this process will only end in mid-August. The annual volume of Russian oil transit through Belarus is about 50 million tons. The proposal to raise tariffs was made in mid-April, and Minsk explained it by the need to preserve the environmental safety of pipelines. However, Russia did not support this proposal, citing its lack of justification. Then the issue of tariff increase was overshadowed after the polluted oil incident.