The leader was leaked Ukrainian nationalists made a “gift” to Ukrainian communists: in several cities of the country, they established gilded statues of pissing Stalin - in the image and likeness of the famous Brussels “pissing boy”. The Communists took this as hooliganism and political provocation, and the nationalists say that they protested against the celebration of the day of victory over fascism. According to news agencies, the right -wing radicals relate to this holiday, as the legacy of "Soviet imperialism."
Not sleeping, artist The Sotheby's auction set a new record - the work of Roy Liechtenstein “Sleeping Girl” (1964) was sold for This, of course, is less than $ 119 million for the “scream” Munk, but sensational for American pop art. Liechtenstein became famous for starting to draw, increasing pictures from comics with a raster effect.
Books go to the network Over the past three years in Russia: - by 30% (up to 245 rubles from 189 rubles) the average price of the book in central book publishes increased - the market of printed books and brochures decreased by 20% - the volume of the electronic book market increased 12 times Source: Rospping, report "Book market of Russia"
Tretyakovka in a cage With a draw in the first party, the match began in Moscow for the title of world chess champion between the winner of the title of Indian Vishvanatan Anand and Israeli Boris Gelfand. The last time the Russian capital received a similar match 27 years ago: then the dispute for the crown was Harry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. To hold the current meeting, the main museum of the city was chosen - the Tretyakov Gallery. The prize pool of the competition is $ 2.55 million, it was provided by the Russian businessman, chess philanthropist Andrei Filatov.
The reform was brought to naught The Democratic Party of Andrei Bogdanov became the first batch to receive the license of the Ministry of Justice after the entry into force of the new law initiated by Dmitry Medvedev. The fact that the Ministry of Justice decided to start the mass registration of new political agencies with the odious DPR (earlier a license by decision of the European Court restored the Republican Party Vladimir Ryzhkov), which over the past years of its life played the role of the Party party for truly democratic associations, allows you to imagine the Presidential Administration intends to turn the future political field of the country. Unlike the law on parties, with which it is now more or less clear, the law on the return of the elections of governors will enter into force only on July 1. Not everyone shines to choose the heads of their regions: over the past, the Kremlin managed to change the leaders of more than two dozen subjects since December 4. Dmitry Medvedev began the mass clearance of the Governor Corps, Vladimir Putin continued it: immediately after the inauguration, he accepted the resignations of the Governor of the Samara Region Vladimir Artyakov, the head of the Republic of Mordovia Nikolai Merkushkin, President of Buryatia Vyacheslav Nogovitsyn and the Governor of the Leningrad Region Valery Serdyukov. The latter honestly explained the reasons for his departure: "I resigned so that there were no direct elections."
In 2011, the military expenses of Russia were calculated by the Stockholm International Institute for Research of the Supri World Problems (Sipri). In terms of the amount of expenses, our country is in third place in the world after the United States and China ($ 711 billion and $ 143 billion, respectively). But Russia is an absolute leader in the pace of military expenses: over the past year they grew by 9.3%, which for the first time allowed it to get around the UK and France in the Sipri rating.
Bobby strikes In London, the largest for the history of England and Wales was a strike of police officers - 30 thousand officers took to the streets. The police budget is reduced by 20%, which involves a reduction in about 16 thousand people. Some of the demonstrators (exactly 16 thousand) were in black caps, the rest in the whites to show how many police officers will be fired.
