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Graduation Congress 
For 50 thousand Moscow schoolchildren on May 25, the last call rang. But traditional festivities of celebrating youth in the central squares did not happen. Red Square from May 24 to 27 was closed to the TRP forum held by the Olympic Committee. The main square of the country was not even saved from graduates, but from the White Defile campaign, which the opposition intended to hold on May 27. OMON was blocked to graduates to graduates from due to the congress of United Russia. How graduates could interfere with United Russia to elect their new leader Dmitry Medvedev is unclear. Although it is possible that in the eyes of the Kremlin officials already white school dresses became something seditious.
Sobyanin is afraid of competitors 
The term of Sergei Sobyanin as mayor of Moscow will expire only in 2015, but even then Muscovites are not destined to take part in the competitive and free elections of the mayor. On June 1, the law will come into force on the return to direct elections of governors, regional parliaments these days actively amend the charters and electoral codes of their regions. The Moscow City Duma did not stand aside, which did everything so that independent candidates could not compete for the office on Tverskaya 13. Firstly, all self-nominated nominations are cut off from the elections in advance, it will only be possible to nominate from the registered political party. Secondly, in the capital the maximum possible threshold of signatures of municipal deputies is introduced, the support of which will need to be enlisted for self-nomination-10%. To date, out of 1,500 municipal deputies, opposition are about a third - 500 people. But only a candidate from the Communist Party can safely count on the required 10% today. For representatives of other political forces, the nomination will become very problematic, if at all possible. Obviously, Sobyanin, who rolled Moscow in tiles for the second year, is not at all sure of the popularity of his decisions and prefers to be insured in advance from the competition so unloved by Putin's officials.
The prosecutor will improve the climate 
The initiative of Vladimir Putin expressed more than six months ago on the introduction of the Institute of the Commissioner for Entrepreneurs - as one of the measures to improve the business climate in the country, expressed more than six months ago. The idea was actively picked up by associations and business associations, and was discussed in the open government. The president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sergei Katyrin and the head of the “Rossiy of Russia” Sergey Borisov were called candidates for the role of the financial ombudsman. But then President Dmitry Medvedev cooled the ardor of enthusiasts: “We have a prosecutor’s office, which is already endowed with all these powers. Maybe we can go on a different path - to create a figure of a special prosecutor. ” And then the special prosecutor was appointed: the first deputy prosecutor general Alexander Buksman became responsible for observing the rights of entrepreneurs in Russia. It was difficult to send a more clear signal to business: Buppman took a direct part in the Yukos case, which complicated the relations of international investors with the Russian authorities. In particular, in 2004, the head of the Department of the Ministry of Justice was a member of the auction commission organizing the sale of Yuganskneftegaz by the Tver company “Baikalfinance Group”. The shareholders of the Brown Yukos, among which were Western investment funds, regarded the transaction as the theft of assets. “It would be ridiculous if it weren’t so sad,” Yevgeny Yasin, the supervisor of the Higher School of Economics, regarded his appointment.
Give the opposition on the head - get an apartment 
Four riot police and two fighters of the 2nd operational regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs improved their housing conditions following clashes with the opposition on May 6 in Bolotnaya Square. It is officially reported that the Moscow City Hall presented apartments with six victims in clashes for employees. Their names and, most importantly, the title is not reported. From which the Internet players concluded that at the next rallies, riot police will either mutate each other to solve their housing problems, or, as it is customary, these apartments will distribute the leadership among themselves, and ordinary fighters will remain with nothing. More importantly, however, the signal that the power gives to the security forces: do not be afraid to beat the opposition and enter into clashes with them, your devotion will be generously paid at the expense of taxpayers from the housing stock of the capital.
In anticipation of a better life
The best life index, calculated by the organization of economic cooperation and development (OECD), was headed by Australia, followed by Norway, USA, Sweden, Denmark, Canada. To draw up a rating, the OECD uses 11 criteria: income, employment, housing, healthcare, education, environment, security, as well as general satisfaction with life, related and friendly ties. The indicators were calculated for 34 countries - members of the OECD, as well as for Brazil and Russia. The total level of life satisfaction in Russia is 5.3 points out of 10 against 6.7 on average in the OECR. Less Russians are satisfied with their lives only by the inhabitants of Hungary - 5.2 points, and Turkey - 4.9. The Russians are not too much: only 0.17% work more than 50 hours a week against 9.47% on average in the OECR. The civil activity of Russians is low - 64% of the population against 73% in developed countries vote. There is even more gap in the “Security” indicator: in Russia, 100 thousand people account for 11.2 murders against 2.1 murders on average in the OECR. It is more dangerous than in Russia, only in Brazil - 22.7 killings per 100 thousand people, and Mexico - 19 murders.