VLADIMIR PUTIN,PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA:Meeting with permanent members of Security Council

The President held a meeting, via videoconference, with permanent members of the Security Council.
January 28, 2022
14:00
Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region

Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov.

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues.

By and large, the Security Council of Russia and its regular meetings prepare strategic planning documents in a variety of spheres. But today we will talk about foreign policy, an area of the Security Council’s direct responsibility.

The Foreign Ministry has prepared an updated draft of the Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation. It is certainly a strategic planning document. The Foreign Ministry took into account the recent global changes, including changes that took place in international politics over the past five years.

The report will be delivered by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Let us proceed...

U.S. Department of Labor:update

 

Secretary Walsh announced a national effort to expand access to good, equitable union jobs and highlighted how we’re supporting workers, families and businesses.  U.S. Department of Labor January 28, 2022 How we’re improving job quality across the nation Last week, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh delivered a keynote address that highlighted the current labor dynamics in the U.S., unveiling the Good Jobs Initiative, a national effort to improve job quality and create access to good-paying jobs. He also described the department’s efforts to support workers, families and businesses by protecting workers’ health, putting more money in workers’ pockets, expanding high-quality training for good-paying local jobs, modernizing our unemployment insurance system and more. Learn more about the Good Jobs Initiative. Watch Secretary Walsh’s speech. New report highlights shortcomings in providing mental health and substance-use disorder benefits Health plans and health insurance issuers aren’t delivering parity for mental health and substance-use disorder benefits, according to a new report. Read the press release. Learn why Secretary Walsh is committed to making mental health parity a priority. See how our Employee Benefits Security Administration is ramping up enforcement of the law. Encouraging vaccination in mining communities COVID-19 vaccines help prevent severe illness. Learn how we’re bringing free, voluntary vaccination clinics to mining operations in Kentucky and Arizona, where vaccination rates are reportedly below 60%. Raising the wage for federal contract workers Starting Jan. 30, 2022, the minimum wage for federal contract workers will increase to $15 per hour. Affecting more than 300,000 workers, this raise comes at a time of historic federal investment in our nation’s infrastructure that will help create millions of new jobs in construction and related industries. Advisory highlights Burma’s labor rights abuses and business risks Since a February 2021 coup, the Burmese military regime has targeted the country’s labor union movement, outlawing 16 labor unions, attacking striking workers, and arresting many union leaders and members. A Burma Business Advisory issued this week highlights the risks of doing business due to corruption, illicit finance and human rights abuses in the country. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT $7.2 million recovered A Virginia medical staffing agency must pay more than $7.2 million in back wages and damages after denying overtime to 1,105 certified nursing aides, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses. Back wages We filed suit against a federal contractor that failed to ensure its subcontractors paid 4,047 employees as required at 88 Iowa sites, resulting in $3.3 million in back wages due. Retirement restored Sixteen people in a retirement plan sponsored by a now defunct California construction company will receive nearly $1 million in assets after our investigation. Safety citation OSHA has cited a Chicago-area pizza manufacturer after a worker was fatally injured while cleaning a machine in July 2021. Overtime wages A Brooklyn bus and shuttle service must pay $742,500 in back wages and damages to 368 shuttle drivers, following an investigation and litigation. IN THE NEWS USA Today: How can US solve 'Great Resignation'? Create better jobs, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh says CNN: Biden administration takes new steps to address job quality amid record-setting resignations   Questions? Contact Us

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services :update

 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2023 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 1 and run through noon Eastern on March 18, 2022. During this period, prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to complete and submit their registrations using our online H-1B registration system. USCIS will assign a confirmation number to each registration submitted for the FY 2023 H-1B cap. This number is used solely to track registrations; you cannot use this number to track your case status in Case Status Online. Prospective H-1B cap-subject petitioners or their representatives are required to use a myUSCIS online account to register each beneficiary electronically for the selection process and pay the associated $10 H-1B registration fee for each registration submitted on behalf of each beneficiary. Prospective petitioners submitting their own registrations (U.S. employers and U.S. agents, collectively known as “registrants”) will use a “registrant” account. Registrants will be able to create new accounts beginning at noon Eastern on Feb. 21. Representatives may add clients to their accounts at any time, but both representatives and registrants must wait until March 1 to enter beneficiary information and submit the registration with the $10 fee. Prospective petitioners or their representatives will be able to submit registrations for multiple beneficiaries in a single online session. Through the account, they will be able to prepare, edit, and store draft registrations prior to final payment and submission of each registration. If we receive enough registrations by March 18, we will randomly select registrations and send selection notifications via users’ myUSCIS online accounts. We intend to notify account holders by March 31. An H-1B cap-subject petition, including a petition for a beneficiary who is eligible for the advanced degree exemption, may only be filed by a petitioner whose registration for the beneficiary named in the H-1B petition was selected in the H-1B registration process.

Γιάννης Σμέρος: Απαιτούμε άμεση αποκατάσταση της ηλεκτροδότησης

 

Γιάννης Σμέρος: Απαιτούμε άμεση αποκατάσταση της ηλεκτροδότησης

 

Η πιο πολυδιαφημιζόμενη θεσμική παρέμβαση του Πρωθυπουργού και της Κυβέρνησης αποδείχτηκε το πιο παρελκυστικό πυροτέχνημα. Το επιτελικό κράτος χάθηκε τη στιγμή που δεν έγινε καμία προσπάθεια ή πρόβλεψη να αναχαιτιστεί η συμφόρηση της Δευτέρας στους μεγαλύτερους δρόμους της Αττικής. Και από εκεί ξεκίνησαν όλα.

 

Οι άνθρωποι δεν μπορούσα να γυρίσουν σπίτια τους, παρέμειναν εγκλωβισμένοι στα οχήματα τους και η συμφόρηση έφερε το δράμα, που είδαμε. 

 

Και αφού τελείωσε η χιονόπτωση και σταδιακά ανοίγουν οι δρόμοι, το μεγάλο πρόβλημα που συνεχίζεται για 5η ημέρα, λέγεται ηλεκτροδότηση. Εκατοντάδες σπίτια στην Ανατολική Αττική παραμένουν ακόμα χωρίς ηλεκτρικό ρεύμα. 

 

Αυτό το χάος, που έχει δημιουργηθεί με ευθύνη του Διαχειριστή του Ελληνικού Δικτύου Διανομής Ηλεκτρικής Ενέργειας (ΔΕΔΔΗΕ) είναι πρωτόγνωρο. Δεν είναι μόνο ότι πρέπει να σταματήσει, είναι ότι πλέον έχει ουσιαστικές ευθύνες απέναντι στους πολίτες και στους καταναλωτές. 

 

Είναι απαράδεκτο, οι πολίτες να στήνονται για ώρες με το τηλέφωνο -που το φορτίζουν στα αυτοκίνητα τους- για να καταφέρουν να επικοινωνήσουν το πρόβλημα τους στον αρμόδιο οργανισμό, ενώ είναι ήδη απηυδισμένοι από την κατάσταση που βιώνουν με την απουσία της ηλεκτροδότησης.

 

Είναι απαράδεκτο, να μην υπάρχει συντονισμένη επικοινωνία με τις Δημοτικές αρχές και να παρατηρούνται άνευ λόγου καθυστερήσεις σε πολλά σημεία, τα οποία ενώ είναι καθαρισμένα δεν εμφανίζονται τα συνεργεία. 

Είναι επιτακτική ανάγκη να επανέλθει σήμερα η ηλεκτροδότηση και στο τελευταίο σπίτι.

 

*Γιάννης Σμέρος

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Είναι αυτονόητο ότι τέτοιες συμπεριφορές βίας και τραμπουκισμού είναι απαράδεκτες και καταδικαστέες και στρέφονται κατά των θεσμών, ενώ δεν έχουν θέση όχι μόνο στον Δήμο Μαραθώνος αλλά και σε ολόκληρη την κοινωνία μας, ειδικά δε όταν προέρχονται από θεσμικούς παράγοντες.

Ως Δήμαρχος Μαραθώνος λοιπόν εκφράζω την στήριξή μου και την αμέριστη συμπαράστασή μου στον Αντιδήμαρχο Πολιτικής Προστασίας κ. Κυπαρίσση και τονίζω ότι συνεχίζουμε τον καθημερινό αγώνα για την επίλυση όλων των προβλημάτων που έφερε η κακοκαιρία με στόχο την πλήρη αποκατάσταση του Δήμου μας σε όλα τα επίπεδα.

Πέρα από κομματικές και πολιτικές διαφορές, τονίζω ότι η βία και η χειροδικία δεν αποτελούν λύση. Οφείλουμε να αντιμετωπίζουμε τα όποια προβλήματα με συνεργασία και χωρίς να ξεχνάμε ότι ο στόχος, δηλαδή το καλό του Δήμου μας, είναι κοινό για όλους.

Έχω δεσμευθεί ότι όταν και το τελευταίο νοικοκυριό ηλεκτροδοτηθεί, θα προχωρήσω σε λεπτομερή απολογισμό όλης της επιχείρησης που είναι ακόμη σε εξέλιξη και στις τέσσερις Κοινότητες μας.


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