Russian Pen-Center advocated the freedom of utterance On Wednesday, May 7, the non-governmental organization of the Russian Pen-Center, which protects the rights of journalists and writers, published the statement “We are for freedom of utterance and against violence”. Colta.ru gives the text of the application completely: To tell the truth and create meanings is a professional and civic duty of a writing community, writers and journalists.

The International Festival "Commission" was first held in Moscow in 2002 at the initiative of the commander Hikhus and curator Natalia Monastyreva. The goal of the "Commission" is the promotion and development of the art of a comic book in Russia.

Tsoi wall will appear on the Internet © Shablin.spb.ru The Council of Deputies of the municipal district Arbat approved the project to create an online version of the Victor Tsoi walls, reproducing the Tsoi memorial wall on the old Arbat in the center of Moscow. The site is planned to be launched on the day of the death of the musician - August 15.

The Auroraw St. Petersburg Quartet, which is played by experienced musicians from Half Dub Theory , Kirov , “Torks-on-Cruche”, “Pole” and the Nina Karlsson group, was recognized as Time magazine Out Moscow ”is one of the promising Russian groups of 2014.

Composer Alexander Flyarkovsky died Today, May 8, composer Alexander Flyarkovsky died in Moscow at the age of 82. It is reported by Interfax . Alexander Georgievich Flyarkovsky was born in 1931, graduated from the Moscow Church School (1949) and the Moscow Conservatory in the composition class (1955). In 1955, Flyarkovsky’s song “Your Window” received a premium of the competition for the best song about Moscow.

The current culture of offended feelings came to us not from Soviet times.

Certificates from hell The book that I should talk about is not like anything we read before. I do not think that it will be possible to find some row in which it could be placed. For the first time in Russian (and relatively recently in European languages), notes and evidence of the members of the Aushvitz-Birkenau camp for the Sonderkom for the Sonderkemk is published in the most complete volume. What is the Sonderkandrd (Sonderkando) in the death camp, who are these people?

Doctor of Historical Sciences Askold Igorevich Ivanchik sets out his version of the sudden reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences - its causes and consequences for Russian science. © Julia Ryzhenko / Colta.ru how the wounds were arranged The Academy of Sciences was founded by Decree of Peter I 290 years ago.

The Group "Gelatin" arranges a laboratory in Moscow From May 12 to 16, the Multijan Laboratory of the Autrian Art Group Gelitin (“Leivatin”) will work in the State Gallery on the Holler. The main event of the “Night in the Museum” campaign on May 17 will be the premiere of 20 new objects created by participants in the experiment.

Peter Gabriel canceled a concert in Kyiv The concert of the British musician Peter Gabriel “Back to Front”, which was supposed to be held at the Sports Palace in Kyiv on May 10, was canceled for security reasons. As reported on the website of Peter Gabriel, the decision was made so late because until the last moment there was a hope that the show would still take place. “Due to the ongoing instability in Ukraine ...

Schoolchildren offer to teach literature on a single textbook © Madeinpiter.ru Members of the Commission on Culture and Preservation of the Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation propose to create a single textbook on literature, forming among schoolchildren “The idea of ​​moral values”. “For the first time we are trying to build a system of teaching the subject.

Public against the monument to Mikoyan in Yerevan © Wikimedia Commons A group of public activists turned to the leadership of Armenia demanding that the decision of the Council of Elders Yerevan on the installation of the monument to the Soviet statesman Anastas Mikoyan in the city of the monument to the city of the monument to the city.

United Russia will protect children from distorting patriotism The State Duma introduced a bill on the ban on the distribution of information among children, "denying or distorting patriotism." According to Forbes.ru , the same punishment is provided for violation of the ban as the distribution of other harmful information among children, in particular, the motives for the use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco.