Alexander Ryklin This year, the new book prize "Politzerosvet" will be awarded for the first time. “After February 24, the conversation about enlightenment is impossible outside the ethical and political context. Therefore, this year a special Polit-Svetvet award was established-for a book dedicated to the current socio-political process and helps to understand its nature, ”says Boris Zimin, the head of Zimin Foundation, with the support of which is presented with Politicosvet.

For a year now, our dear reader, I have been sitting on your New Year's table and trying to cheer you up a little. I am building a festive face, trying to joke, hih and persuade you to believe that the next year will be better than leaving. And now, of course, you already have the right to kick me out the door, because my optimistic predictions have not come true for many, many last years-every new year is invariably worse, harder, darker and more hopeless than the previous one ...

Philanthropist, enlightener, ascetic, faithful servant of progress. About this now in almost every post in my Facebook tape. That's it, orphanes, of course. And it is clear that the age is venerable, and life behind was not at all covered with rose petals, but still woeful ... because how without Zimin? A cozy office on a lighthouse, on the wall a TV with a constantly working channel - sea landscapes one after another.

So far, the attention of the Russian civil society is focused on the monstrous electoral adventure, which is still called the “elections” here, processes were underway at different points in the globe, designed to prove the criminal essence of the regime ruling in Russia. And no domestic propagandists or security forces, no AP or FSB can intervene in them. No "electronic vote" will be used here.

The authorities did not go to any compromises. The strip was carried out thorough and livestock. Not a single candidate whose position on key political issues appears the slightest doubt was included in the new composition of the lower house of the parliament. This time, an electronic vote was used as the last filter.

The electoral revolution did not happen. On the morning of September 20, the State Duma after processing 80 % of the ballots confidently won the United Russia after processing. According to the CEC , during the vote according to the lists, the party of power is gaining almost 50%of the vote, the Communist Party of the Communist Party - about 20%, the LDPR - 7.7%, “fair Russia - for truth” - a little more than 7%, “new people” - less than 6%.

In society You have not loaded YouTube? What an unpleasant surprise! September 14, 2021 Alexander Ryklin The reputation of one of the founders of the journalistic investigative group of Bellingcat Khrista Grozev is such that to his words, without a doubt, it is worth listening, and trusted forecasts. Speaking at the beginning of September at the Lennart Mary conference in Tallinn, he said that the Russian authorities have a technology that could actually cut off Russia from the World Wide Web.

Around Russia Heroes not only do not die. Heroes and do not give up September 7, 2021 Alexander Ryklin Exactly a year ago, the Belarusian politician Maria Kolesnikova was arrested by the Belarusian authorities for, supposedly, an attempt to illegally cross the border. In fact, this happened after the security forces failed to violently expel Mary into the territory of Ukraine - right at the border point, she broke her passport.

In society As in St. Petersburg deputy Vishnevsky was propagated September 6, 2021 Alexander Ryklin Well, what can I say! The cultural capital is a cultural capital. Therefore, do not be surprised that the level of creative thinking here as a whole, of course, is higher than the national average. Last weekend, St. Petersburg opened a new page in domestic political technological practice.

1954 poster. The opposition mainstream today is obvious - in the upcoming September elections, most of those who, as they say, do not support and do not approve of the party’s policy. The anti-Putin coalition of representatives of different movements, parties, social groups and even professional communities in the allotted period will vote in some way. The refuseniks advocated for the boycott of the entire event look marginal. There are few of them.

Gentlemen, we have elections soon! Hooray! And how many marvelous discoveries the election time promises us. It is already only for that to thank the native power, which is still worn with this archaic, long -outstanding format. Last Monday gave us a few marvelous quotes from the performances of the first persons of the state. Let's start, of course, with his (in the sense of the state) of the chapter.

Around Russia You have no, dear West, methods against Vladimir Putin August 24, 2021 Alexander Ryklin Last Monday, the IMF announced that from this day on the distribution of $ 650 billion between countries - holders of quotas of the largest international financial institution came into force. These quotas are calculated according to a rather complicated scheme.

In the Kremlin Vladimir Putin supports the dead and strangles the living August 23, 2021 Alexander Ryklin Well, we are already used to the fact that the domestic repressive machine is gaining maximum move by Friday. Why so, we are unknown. Perhaps this is the heritage of ancient times, when the presidential administration was still experiencing due to a media reaction to certain events.

One gets a steady impression that for the mention that the Islamic Taliban movement is an organization banned in Russia, they will soon give a day ten administrative arrest. But while such a practice has not been introduced, we still allow ourselves to remind ourselves. At the same time, by the way, we will observe the law. Moreover, it, this movement is in the corresponding register since 2003.

The failed coup of 1991 was remembered primarily by the initial doom of the rebels. Those who decided on a coup d'etat should not look sorry. Putchists with their running eyes and shaking hands already at a press conference on August 19 looked so frightened that it seemed-they were victims of an anti-constitutional conspiracy.