Russia ratifies anti-terrorism agreement with EAG January 23, 2013 - 17:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, ratified on Wednesday, Jan 23, an agreement with the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) in the presence of the EAG Secretariat in Russia, RIA Novosti reported. The EAG, established in October 2004, is a Financial Action Task Force (FATF)-style regional body uniting Belarus, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Another 16 states and 17 international and regional organizations have observer status within the EAG. The EAG provides support and assistance to countries in the region to set up an appropriate legal and institutional framework to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in line with FATF standards. The agreement grants the EAG Secretariat and its employees tax, customs and property privileges and immunities on Russian Federation territory. The executive secretary and Secretariat staff members are not subject to criminal, civil or administrative liability for actions performed in execution of their official duties. Partner news  Top stories The bomber set off his explosives outside the gate of the United Nations Development Program base before attackers ran inside. Hamid Karzai accused Washington of mixed messages regarding peace talks with the Taliban, his spokesman said. The deal is estimated at $700mln-$1bln, Vedomosti newspaper reported citing sources in the Russian defense industry. Ahmadinejad will be replaced by Hassan Rowhani as president on August 3 following presidential elections last week.   Partner news |  Latest news Microsoft rumored to look into buying Nokia‘s handset business  The price tag and market position concerns weren’t the only reason the talks fell through, says the sources, without additional details.Megaupload files deleted, Dotcom decries ‘largest data massacre’ "We were never warned about the deletion," Dotcom said, adding that the loss of the files had reduced him to tears.LinkedIn suffers outage due to ‘DNS issue’ "We determined it was a DNS issue, we're continuing to work on it. Thanks for your patience,” the network tweeted."The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini dies at 51 "We're all in shock and feeling immeasurable sadness at the loss of a beloved member of our family," the network said. |
