“For us, any visit by a high-ranking representative of the Roman Catholic Church provides an opportunity to once again compare positions on issues of Orthodox-Catholic relations,” Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, deputy head of the DECR MP, told Interfax. Now opinions are increasingly being expressed that the chances of normalizing relations between churches are growing.

The Central Election Commission registered both nominees from right-wing forces - satirist Viktor Shenderovich and one of the leaders of the “Yes!” movement. Maria Gaidar. The candidates agreed that only one of them would participate in the State Duma elections. Who exactly will be decided by the beginning of next week. In total, 13 out of 44 people who submitted a notice of intent to take part in the by-election were allowed to vote in the 201st constituency.

In society Unstable candle of memory October 26, 2005 Alexander Cherkasov When a figure in camouflage and with Kalashnikov was added to the actors in Khaki costumes, dancing on the stage of the “Pilot Dance” on the stage, not everyone in the hall understood what happened. Some, even after an automatic line, applauded the director's find ...

I read with interest at the Hedgehog forum about the “simplet -up questions”. As always, I learned a lot about myself - a traitor, bought, intimidated, just a bastard. Yes, "happiness is when they understand you." Happy - thanks, dear readers. But you understood me well, and the problem, as it seems to me, is a little worse. I found readers in two quick solutions to the problem of Chechnya. First.

Try to ask others "What is the Nord-Ost?" What will be the first instinctive answer? Almost everything, without hesitation, They will say "terrorist attack" Although three years have passed after the tragedy in the theater center. From this word, chills are breaking through, but not from the association with the cold wind. Few will remember: “There was such a performance” - and immediately after that, as if recovering, is “a terrorist attack”.

Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov proposed returning confiscation as a punishment to the Criminal Code back in the spring. Then the initiative went almost unnoticed. According to some reports, this time it comes directly from the Kremlin. Together with the amendment adopted recently ((http://www.ej.ru/comments/entry/2179/) on the extrajudicial application of tax sanctions, this measure is apparently intended to discourage people from breaking the law even in their thoughts.

As it became clear after ((http://lenta.ru/news/2005/08/30/ayatskov/ incident)) with Dmitry Ayatskov, the key quality of the head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Belarus is the ability not to negotiate, but to remain silent. Apparently, the current assistant to the Russian presidential envoy in the Siberian Federal District and former governor of the Altai Territory, Alexander Surikov, has this skill better than other candidates for the post of Russian Ambassador to the Republic.

“The media supplies terrorists with oxygen, without which they could not survive. They significantly complicate the work of the special services,” said Vladimir Pronin, head of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate, and spoke in favor of banning live broadcasts from the scene of terrorist attacks. Of course, it would be much more convenient if people learned about the terrorist attacks about a week after the events.

A mausoleum of the president’s family was built near the mosque, where the ashes of his parents and two brothers were transferred. State “sacrificial dinners” in honor of holidays and significant dates are also held here.

The prosecution demanded 12 years in prison for the Russian. But the court considered the death of the defendant’s entire family in a plane crash to be a mitigating circumstance and reduced the sentence to 8 years. However, Vitaly Kaloyev was found guilty of premeditated murder. 610 days will be deducted from this period - the time while Kaloev was under investigation and in pre-trial detention.