Once upon a time, the main “professional” toast of human rights activists was “To the success of our hopeless cause.” Over the decades, this matter has not become any less hopeless - at least when it comes to kidnappings and disappearances. It is difficult to find a person who has disappeared in Chechnya; during the second war this is extremely rare. The authorities' responses to our requests or speeches are also infrequent.

Finally, the Kremlin heeded the requirements of the workers!

The general did not specify what the role of the eagles on the caps was. One must think that they are not very important, since the military part with them so easily. The military leader also said that now the height of the cap will decrease by several centimeters. Do you know, dear readers, what this phrase actually means? That the operation to remove eagles from the army is not important in itself - what is important is the consequences.

The Public Opinion Foundation found that 83% of Russians do not dislike Jews. Only 8% admitted that they do not like Jews, and 6% admitted that they have a positive attitude towards anti-Semites. The initiator of the odious letter, deputy Alexander Krutov, also, it turns out, was working on a tip.

The President of Bashkortostan became nervous: what if his immediate superior, Vladimir Putin, reads about the abuses of law enforcement officers against the civilian population of a small Bashkir city, becomes angry with Rakhimov and kicks him out without severance pay. (That is, without the local oil industry.) Hence the extreme irritation towards all these hacks and human rights activists. And, of course, confidence in the existence of a conspiracy.

The news of this came from Lobnya (Moscow region), where the Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation, Yakovlev, at a meeting with the heads of the constituent entities of the Central Federal District, said: the number of citizens using benefits could reach 49 million people in 2005. This is 5 million more than last year. These are the first fruits of the struggle for the transition from benefits in kind to cash payments.

The new novel by the former director of LogoVAZ, Yuli Dubov, “Lesser Evil,” which will be published one of these days by the KoLibri publishing house, continues the previous bestseller of the writer-businessman, “The Big Ration.” One important point, however, has undergone changes: if in the first book the charming leaders of Intercar (LogoVAZ) Platon (Berezovsky), Larry (Patarkatsishvili) and others like them were primarily engaged in solving economic problems, this time they switched to

The provisions of the current law on the consumer basket, adopted in November 1999, became invalid on January 1, 2005. However, due to disagreements that arose in the tripartite commission regarding the methodology for calculating the composition of this basket, amendments to the law remain not adopted. The consumer basket does not make people richer or poorer.

Of course, it would be strange if the head of the pensioners’ party remained in the faction that supported the monetization law aimed at combating older people. So he didn’t stay. True, United Russia activists have already stated that Hartung did not leave on his own, but they kicked him out. But such a purely propaganda technique cannot deceive anyone. Now it is important that others follow Hartung.

63 percent of respondents believe that the wave of rallies against government policies will only increase in the coming months. And more than a third blamed the abolition of benefits solely on Vladimir Putin. In addition, the overwhelming majority of citizens are of the opinion that all upcoming reforms - housing and communal services, healthcare, etc. - will only bring them harm.

This was announced by United Russia member and head of one of the Duma committees Vladimir Pligin. He categorically rejected suggestions that for the sake of pluralism and correct opposition, the party in power is creating a subsidiary right-wing party structure. According to Pligin, within United Russia there is sufficient potential for the formation of a liberal wing.

The other day, two prominent representatives of the Russian political elite - Sergey Shakhrai and Stanislav Belkovsky - literally opened our eyes. It turns out that in 2008, President Vladimir Putin is not going to part with his post. Rather, not even with fasting, but with the main place on our political Olympus. A striking revelation.