The head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade presented his recipes for combating the economic malaise: strengthening the ruble, limiting the growth of tariffs in housing and communal services. It is not very clear how these proposals fit in with the reform planned for the near future in this area, since it is obvious that it will certainly lead to a further increase in prices for services in the housing and communal services sector.

The President of the Republic, Vladimir Voronin, commented on the situation as follows: “This is some kind of conspiratorial PR. These political strategists come in civilian clothes, do not register, hide behind some dubious legends and human rights signs. What kind of partisan underground is this?” However, the head of the neighboring state did not dare to accuse the Russian authorities of trying to influence the political situation in the republic in this way.

The authorities exert constant pressure on any structures and organizations connected in one way or another with YUKOS - this is the purposeful policy of the Russian leadership in relation to our once most successful company. Since the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Open Russia has already been subject to tax audits several times. However, today tax officials have taken on the closest partners of this public organization.

Luzhkov proposes to punish weather forecasters with rubles for bad forecasts, and this is retold as a joke. A person becomes a hostage to his own image. First he puts on a cap, then he breeds bees at his dacha, then he breeds Tsereteli everywhere, and now he wants to be taken seriously? But the mayor of the capital is right! It’s only in the song that nature doesn’t have bad weather, and it’s almost a blessing, and we must also gratefully accept it.

Immediately after Beslan, President Putin said: “Some want to tear off a fatter piece from us, others help them. They help, believing that Russia - as one of the largest nuclear powers in the world - still poses a threat to someone. And terrorism is, of course, only a tool to achieve these goals." For those who did not understand the president, court TV commentator Mikhail Leontyev deciphered it: Beslan was organized by the United States. And he even gave explanations.

These are events related to the shelling from the air of a column of refugees near the village of Shaami-Yurt on October 29, 1999, the killings of residents of the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny in January 2000, and the deaths of residents of the village of Katyr-Yurt in early February of the same year. In all cases, the court ruled in favor of the applicants, finding the federal security forces guilty of the deaths.

But, perhaps, Alexander Dugin, who is convening the founding congress of the Eurasian Youth Union, surpassed everyone. The congress will take place at the Ivan the Terrible Palace in Aleksandrovskaya Sloboda, and the first item on the program is a visit to the torture museum. The country needs new personnel, cheerful and merciless, Eurasians believe. Ruthlessness, apparently, must be taught by Grozny, but gaiety is Dugin’s specialty.

When Russia, France and Germany refused to support the American war in Iraq, all three countries' relations with the United States suffered greatly, although to varying degrees. In accordance with the succinct formula attributed to Condoleezza Rice, France was to be punished, Germany to be forgotten, and Russia to be forgiven.

The President of Bashkortostan, Murtaza Rakhimov, revealed the conspiracy in his own parliament.

The fact that the current Russian government will be engaged in the full -scale revision of the Yeltsin era was clear for a long time. But it remained unclear when exactly the Kremlin would decide to use this, possibly the last resource. If you trace all the serious steps of Kremlin political technologists to maintain the ideas about Vladimir Putin in the Russian people as a fair, honest and effective leader, then two large-scale campaigns should be distinguished.

Now it’s even strange to remember that once the cabinet of ministers headed by Mikhail Kasyanov was called “technical”. Compared to Fradkov's, it looks like an influential and independent institution of state power. Meanwhile, throughout the past year there have been very contradictory rumors about the future of Kasyanov himself. They either said that he would engage in consulting activities, or they foreshadowed his imminent departure into politics.

Dmitry Ayatskov lost the battle for the heart of the president, and he is leaving. Of course, Kiriyenko specifically emphasized that “during the 9 years that Dmitry Ayatskov headed the region, he did a lot of good for it. The region has changed a lot in terms of fame in the Volga Federal District and in Russia...” This is not the case You bet the region gained particular fame when its governor became envious of Monica Lewinsky. I wonder who his successor will be jealous of?

These negotiations were planned at the end of last year. Moreover, the parties planned to hold them in Brussels. However, the Belgian Foreign Ministry then refused entry visas to the soldiers’ mothers. Now they will take place in London. “This meeting should clarify whether the Chechen side is ready to talk about peace and what can be done to stop the war in Chechnya,” Valentina Melnikova, head of the Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers, said at the airport.

While our youth are hiding from conscription into the army in universities and fire brigades, foreigners began to contact military registration and enlistment offices with a request to call them up for service. As many as 12 volunteers showed up at the military registration and enlistment office of the Murmansk region and two of them became contract soldiers of the 200th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Leningrad Military District.

At a government meeting, Gref said: this year will be the year of investment demand. Investment growth will be at least 10%. But in order for there to be growth that is acceptable to the authorities, it is necessary to strengthen trust between the state and business. The famous character Khoja Nasreddin promised the patient relief from the disease, but only if he never thought about the red-bottomed monkey.