Duma approved the pre -trial blocking of sites © Channel One Today, December 20, the State Duma adopted immediately in the second and third, final, reading a bill on the pre -trial blocking of sites for calls for extremism, interethnic growth, rogue and participation in mass events that violate the law Amendments are made to the law “On Information, Information Technologies and on Information Protection”, ITAR-TASS reports.

Under the curtain of the anniversary Verdievsky year, the Bolshoi Theater released Don Carlos. For the production, a four -hut Milan version was chosen (there is another five -act Parisian), but still it is a huge canvas that simply bursts from musical beauties, but it requires a large number of powerful voices and titanium behind the remote control. Not every theater can do it. In a large opera did not go for almost 30 years.

The ceiling collapsed in the London Theater © Sky News On Thursday, December 19, during the performance at the Apollo Theater in the London West End, part of the ceiling fell on a balcony with spectators. More than 70 people were injured. According to The Guardian , seven of them received serious injuries. In total, about 700 spectators attended the evening performance on the book of Mark Haddon “The mysterious night murder of a dog”.

“It’s dark in my soul without you for 3 years”, “Everything will be as before 11 months”, “Our love does not know the distance and lattice for 2 years” - typical signatures to the profiles of wives and friends of convicts. Their men are the 800 thousandth population of colonies and insulators.

Julia Lezhneva will open the festival "Opera Apriori" © Decca On February 18, 2014, a solo concert of Soprano Julia Lezhneva in Moscow will open the international festival “Opera Apriori”. Julia Lezhneva will execute the program “From Baroque to Mozart”, accompanied by the Moscow Chamber Orchestra Musica Viva under the direction of conductor Alexander Rudin. The festival will be held from February to June 2014 in the Great Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I.

Colta.ru continues the heading "Likbez" , in which experts share with us their views on the fundamental concepts and phenomena of culture and history. The author of the Pushkin House Andrei Bitov recalls how the common people, nomenclature and writers were living in Soviet times, and also regrets the destruction of the empire. Since I have been writing since 1956, it is important for me to say what happened.

- Marina Filippovna, do you know where today it will be possible to meet Mikhail Borisovich, because the colony today promised to let him go? - I have no idea where and when they are released, we are kept exactly the same ignorance as everyone else. - This is a sudden “pardon” - how do you explain it for yourself? - I have no versions, all the same that is discussed in the media - we think about that. - In the media, the main version is called the Olympics in Sochi. - Maybe so.

Putin signed a decree on the pardon of Khodorkovsky Today, December 20, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the pardon of the former head of the company Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The text of the decree "On the pardon of Khodorkovsky MB" Published on the website Kremlin.ru .

Khodorkovsky flew to Germany © Radio Liberty After the release from the colony, Mikhail Khodorkovsky flew to Germany, where his mother is under treatment. “During the liberation of Khodorkovsky M.B. He asked a personal request for the execution of documents for traveling abroad. -The press Bureau of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation says.

We will not talk about the content of the annual “press conference” of Putin, but about the genre. More than 1300 journalists, 4 hours of communication, about 60 questions. That is 4 minutes on average to the answer. 60 "Lucky" who fell on the Peskov list. Only 5% of participants get the opportunity to "ask their question." Here you have to take all the words in quotation marks-both “press conference” and “ask a question”, and even “communication”.

Cases of a successful return after a long disgrace, link or conclusion are quite rare in Russian history, especially when it comes to an influential figure with a serious political past. How was the fate of those who lost everything overnight, spent many years behind bars or in exile and then nevertheless went free? Vassian (Vasily Patrikeev) The son of the influential prince Ivan Patrikeev paid his career due to the fact that his family unsuccessfully chose the side in the dynastic struggle.

We have been living with them for 14 years. Dwarves, elves, as if flooded from the gum of orcs and other inhabitants of the Middle -earth. Even the third Reich, which, as some believe, became a prototype of Mordor, lasted two years less. “Hobbit”, however,, too, if it does not crack at the seams, then it rolls into a tautology.

Yandex.Musica turned into Winamp Today, December 20, the support of the popular Winamp musical player in the 2000s has ceased. In memory of him, a nostalgic section appeared on the Yandex.Music service. This was reported in the corporate blog "Yandex". On the page “Remembering Winamp on Yandex.Musik”, a computer desktop with the Windows XP operating system is simulated, on which an audio files window opened.

COLTA.RU is launched by the new special project “Shakespeare's season of Alexei Bartoshevich”, dedicated to the 450th anniversary of the Grand Bard of the 450th anniversary of the Grand City of Shakespeare, the Coriah of domestic theater studies, Aleksey Bartoshevich, Lubely agreed to share his thoughts on the premieres of key domestic (and not just) performances staged in the anniversary season on Shakespearean plays.

Maria Alekhina can be released next week © Faktxeber.com Member of the Pussy Riot group Maria Alekhina may leave the colony on an amnesty next week. This was announced by ITAR-TASS her lawyer Petr Zaikin, referring to the leadership of the colony, where she is serving her deadline. Today, December 20, the lawyer visited the Nizhny Novgorod female IK-2 and quit with the deputy head of the colony.