For five years, Vladimir Putin tirelessly rebuilt the ideal system of public administration, capable of effectively, without distortion, pursue the policy of the head of state. For the sake of this purpose, he pacified the selfless oligarchs, shoveled the Federation Council, formed a one -party Duma, sought the right to appoint governors, and searched for executive and non -ambitious ministers.

In general, lustration, of course, is a useful thing. It allows the new government to get rid of the burden of the past and start, as it were, with a clean slate. For example, in the Czech Republic, held in 1991, it greatly contributed to the stabilization of the political process and laid the foundation for economic growth. However, it’s worth starting something similar in Russia, and in a couple of days a price list for the services of lustration commissions will appear in the press.

According to the organizers, the event will be held “in a modest but solemn atmosphere.” Leaders of state entities similar to Abkhazia, unrecognized by the world, are expected: the President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity and the head of Transnistria Igor Smirnov. Some State Duma deputies will come from Moscow, and local governor Alexander Tkachev will come from Krasnodar.

In a country with a cold climate and a drinking population, alcohol and vodka are strategic resources. Is it any wonder that the idea of ​​an alcohol monopoly constantly excites the minds of Russian officials of the highest rank.

The communists began their action at noon in their traditional place - on Kaluga Square. Gennady Zyuganov said that in the whole country up to a million people could take to the streets on this day. At 16.00 a protest rally on Pushkin Square with the support of some public organizations will be held by Yabloko. On Tverskaya, United Russia will now convince people of the usefulness of the government’s initiatives. United Russia may have been happy to evade this duty, but the Kremlin insisted.