A prominent figure in United Russia and the State Duma, Lyubov Slizka, announced the need to move on to the appointment of heads of municipalities. Slizka spoke in the sense that if the mayor is appointed by the governor, then the mayor will think about the work of janitors and sewers and will not meddle in politics. It is obvious that United Russia dreams of turning Russia into a country of appointees, where they serve not voters, but bosses.

Strictly speaking, the court was considering the claim of the prosecutor's office against the minister's wife, who on occasion bought five land plots of 41.5 thousand square meters. meters in the water protection zone. The lawsuit came after a wave of protests by citizens dissatisfied with the monetization that swept across the country. Then it seemed that Zurabov would be extreme and would be fired.

Coriolan I went to the theaters on a student ticket, but, of course, did not go to the gallery, but, having waited for darkness, I made my way to the stalls, where there were always free places from the unsuccessful “armor”. Thus, I ended up in the stall of the Moss Council Theater, where the Armenian theater played the Shakespearean Coriolan - in Armenian, with Russian translation.

Yuri Kravchenko, one of the main suspects in organizing the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000, was found dead at his dacha near Kiev. This death turned out to be very timely. The direct perpetrators of the murder of Gongadze - employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - have been arrested and are giving evidence. It is clear that they did not hide from whom they received the order.

“The meetings, accompanied by joint prayer, took place in an atmosphere of brotherly love, with frankness in discussions and a common sincere desire to overcome divisions,” said an official statement following the results of the next round of negotiations between representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Church Abroad, which ended today.

The leader of “Walking Together” Vasily Yakemenko told the interested public about his new place of service. He was now set to carry out the next important project of the Kremlin. Called - "ours." The previous project - those very “walking together” - failed with a bang. In a good way, the deputy head of the presidential administration Vladislav Surkov, of course, was supposed to drive this Yakemenko for the security forces to drive mutual and not let him on a cannon shot to the Kremlin.

In Yerevan, Vladimir Rushailo said that progress is taking place primarily in the field of “fair and exhibition activities.” In particular, in Moscow at the All-Russian Exhibition Center there are pavilions of Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine. It’s strange that Rushailo forgot to mention the “Friendship of Peoples” fountain.

Sergei Mironov decided to educate journalists from Germany and tell them about the features of the Russian political system. It turns out that democracy does not suffer at all due to the fact that governors are now appointed by the president.

A bill called the Democracy Advancement Act has been introduced into both houses of the US Congress. In accordance with it, the American government must provide real support to movements fighting for democracy. It is proposed to create a special department in the State Department, and departments at the US embassies. The only question is how to combine the promotion of democracy with friendly relations between the American president and foreign leaders who trample on this very democracy.