Teodora Torrendo

The Russian government denied reports about the possibility of increased personal income tax rate for Russians with high income.

The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov for the first time in recent months goes to visit abroad. Today the Minister is going to Serbia, after which will visit Belarus.

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev spoke about the statements of the former Finnish diplomat about the talks on the transfer of Karelia to Finland. As Gorbachev said in an interview KP.ru he first heard about it.

NATO decided to strengthen the air AND missile defense to counter Russia. This was stated by the head of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, after the first day of consultation of Ministers of the organization.

USA introduced new sanctions against Syria in the framework of the law "Caesar." This was stated by us Secretary of state Mike Pompeo. The sanctions hit Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife.

The representative of the Public chamber of Russia Sergey Ordzhonikidze commented on the statement of Senator Alexei Pushkov about the fate of Karelia during the Soviet era. According to Ordzhonikidze, Finland did not have chances of getting Karelia.

The share of oil in global energy balance will decrease: this will affect and impact the pandemic, and the growing competitiveness of renewable energy sources, said energy Minister Alexander Novak.

Fleet Rosatom accompanying court for the Northern sea route, added a new ladolam. Russian head versatile atomic icebreaker "Arktika" in the autumn will pass in the operation of the state Corporation "Rosatom", said General Director of "Rosatom" Dmitry Medvedev during a working meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order on providing Federal support to medical, scientific and educational institutions.

The decline in oil prices, reduction of export and domestic restrictions due to coronavirus are the main shocks for the Russian economy in 2020, said the Deputy Chairman of the security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in an article for the journal "Russia in global politics".