Two events almost coincided: Putin’s trip to Auschwitz, where, of course, all the appropriate words about the Holocaust will be said, and the letter of 20 deputies of the Duma to the prosecutor’s office demanding “close the Jews”.

Less than two weeks had passed since the appearance in the Rus Pravoslavnaya newspaper of a letter from deputies to the Prosecutor General calling for “to ban Jews,” when supervisory authorities warned the editors that “they cannot leave the fact of publication without consequences.” The newspaper has long had a bad reputation, and Patriarch Alexy II has repeatedly stated that the publication “discredits the church.” But, who knows, if it weren’t for Putin’s need to go to Auschwitz, would the

Apparently, in Guinea-Bisau, monetization of benefits according to the Russian model began. Previously, the government of this country has committed itself to provide its young citizens with free training in Russia, and now it has abandoned it - it does not send money. In general, not everything is safe with the economy in this hot country. Some time ago, the Guinea-Bisau Embassy in Moscow was even forced to move from the mansion in the city center to a three-room apartment.

The Russian delegation at the PACE session responded to the report on the Yukos case by German representative Sabine Leuthäuser-Schnarrenberger and to the subsequent tough resolution of European parliamentarians. The Russian delegation was offended. The consequence of this resentment was proposals to cut subsidies. Well, how else, in fact, can we respond to the impudent desire of the Europeans to prohibit us from imprisoning businessmen and taking away their companies?

The style of the new Ukrainian president is not a day without a sensation. Moscow had not yet had time to digest the appointment of Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister when Yushchenko announced his intention to revise the agreement on the Common Economic Space signed by Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine. The Kremlin remembered this document when they wanted to demonstrate their successes in integrating the post-Soviet space.

According to police officials, the new service is recruiting experienced operatives with at least 5 years of experience. This means that the special unit will not only be engaged in the physical protection of the president, but also perform more complex functions, possibly similar to those that General Korzhakov had under Yeltsin. The representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is confident that there will be no contradictions between the departments.

It is not enough to take television away from the oligarchs; it must also be given into the right hands. Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov has prepared a draft government decree on the creation of an all-Russian TV channel “Zvezda”. The military department, confident that only it can teach citizens true patriotism, is not the first time it is going to start broadcasting. However, each time the military did not have the money for this.

The fact that the event to remove money from the poorest segments of the population, by irony called monetization, will turn into another demonstration of absolute incapacity and security of the entire Russian government from the very beginning. The degree of confusion and inadequacy of representatives of our ruling circles illustrates at least the fact that our officials cannot realize the obvious: people protest because they have reached the last limit.

This assault was indeed successful when compared with previous operations of special services in the North Caucasus. The security forces did not immediately begin storming the apartment where the militants were holed up; it took them a long time to force them to surrender. And the house itself survived, and, probably, it can be restored. Finally, this time there was no need to use tanks. One thing is bad - as before, law enforcement officers only got the corpses of militants.

In his accusatory speech at the conference of the Association of Control and Accounting Bodies, Luzhkov hinted at the dishonesty of the chief monetization specialist. Yuri Mikhailovich asked the question: “Why are medicines purchased through insurance companies and why does Mr. Zurabov impose on all regions the purchase of medicines through insurance companies?” We don’t doubt for a second that Zurabov will find a worthy answer.

According to border guards, the Chinese came for scrap metal, which was turned into former defensive structures and observation towers on the Russian-Chinese border. How the Chinese planned to transport the collected scrap is not explained. One of them was armed with binoculars and a camera. Apparently, the amount of abandoned iron we have is such that scrap metal exploration has already been started in China.