On May 1, the opposition was allowed to march and sing On May 1, the Solidarity movement will hold a procession from the Dobryninskaya metro station to Bolotnaya Square. Approval for this form of mass action was received from the mayor's office in the middle of the week. The start of the demonstration is scheduled for 12.15, and at 13.00 the “Festival of Arts and Protest” will begin on Bolotnaya Square. Leaders of Solidarity will speak at the rally, and a brochure by B. Nemtsov and V.

The Moscow City Court recognized the activities of the Slavic Union, whose leader made a report in the State Duma, as extremist On Tuesday, the Moscow City Court recognized the activities of the Slavic Union, an organization that openly professed “national socialist ideas similar to the ideology of fascist Germany,” as extremist. It was headed by Dmitry Demushkin, known for his ability to create an atmosphere of high-profile scandal around his organization.

Last week, the court reviewed the sentence of anti-fascist from Vladivostok Yuri Mishutkin. The anti-fascist used a knife in self-defense and received a prison term for it. One of the attackers survived - and for this the anti-fascist received a second term Last week, the court reviewed the sentence of anti-fascist from Vladivostok Yuri Mishutkin. Two years ago, he was attacked by far-right groups, leaving two of the attackers injured. One is fatal.

Who ordered Nikita Tikhonov to kill Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova After the arrest of two suspects in the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova, two types of quick conclusions appeared in the press and in public statements by public figures: the crime was solved or scapegoats were found. There is no basis yet for these two polar opinions. The guilt of those arrested has yet to be proven, most likely in a jury trial.

The fate of Andrei Lugovoy again came into the spotlight during the visit of the head of the British Foreign Office to Moscow. “The UK is strongly opposed to the trial for the death of Alexander Litvinenko taking place in Russia,” Foreign Secretary David Miliband said after talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. According to him, London is waiting for a constructive response from Moscow regarding the extradition of the main suspect - former FSB officer, Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoy.