On New Year's Eve, I would not want to deprive readers of the, in my opinion, fun-the old dispute between the Slavs Ryklin and Radzikhovsky among themselves. But, on the other hand, with the amendment for the New Year, this dispute must be softened. Namely: from the standpoint of my inaction, I fully support the actions of my respected opponent - his participation in the organization of the anti -fascist march.

This week, the next meeting of the interdepartmental working group on religious education of the Commission on Religious Associations under the Government of the Russian Federation, dedicated to the problem of state accreditation of theological schools, is scheduled to take place. The working group was created almost a year ago, after the first discussion of the problem of accreditation at a government commission - then everything ended in nothing.

Yuri Luzhkov thought about the procedure for authorizing mass protests, since the Moscow government received a number of accusations of political bias. Let us remind you that on November 4, actions of communists and nationalists took place, and the anti-fascist march and picket were banned, and only on December 18, the march against fascism did take place.

Governor Valentina Matvienko’s dream of increasing the state status of the Northern capital is beginning to come true. The State Duma Council today considered and supported the proposal of the government and the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg to move the Constitutional Court from Moscow to St. Petersburg. First Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Lyubov Sliska welcomed this idea and promised assistance from deputies in developing a corresponding bill.

Gazprom has long been seeking the opportunity to sell gas at prices determined through bidding. And so the Interdepartmental Working Group allowed Gazprom to sell 5 billion cubic meters of gas at market prices on an experimental basis in 2006. Not everyone will be able to participate in the auction. In reality, gas will not be sold directly to consumers, but to subsidiaries of the Mezhregiongaz electronic trading platform, which resell gas for small commissions.

The decision was made at an extraordinary meeting of the Council Presidium in Moscow.

About 30 National Bolsheviks seized the Nikulinsky court building on Tuesday afternoon. Some of them chained themselves to the fence. Another group climbed onto the roof of the Nikulinsky court building and unfurled a banner “Putin, go away yourself!” With the same slogan, the National Bolsheviks came to the reception of the presidential administration on December 14, 2004.

The legendary founder of the MMM financial pyramid, masterfully advertised in the 90s and burying the deposits of tens of millions of Russians, may remain behind bars longer than the court determined in 2003. As it became known today, on Monday he was charged with new charges under the article of fraud on a particularly large scale. After Sergei Mavrodi familiarizes himself with the investigation materials, the criminal case will be sent to court. This could happen as early as February 2006.

The arrested young man (he is 21 years old) will be in custody for three months. If convicted, the suspect faces between two and 12 years in prison. The detainee has a rather rich criminal past: he had previously been arrested on suspicion of theft, robbery, beating people and breaking into cars.

In the Kremlin How I struggled with fascism - 2 December 20, 2005 Alexander Ryklin The march that the Democrats spoke about for so long took place . A column of manifestants passed along Myasnitskaya street.

In the economy He told Putin "No!" December 20, 2005 Alexander Golts Donald Evans, a former US Minister of Trade, received an offer from Putin, from which, as the Russian president was confident, it is impossible to refuse. In fact, Evans offered the place of the chairman of the board of directors of the oil company, whose assets are estimated at 58 billion dollars.