About 15 activists of the Youth Union “For the Motherland” took part in the rally in defense of Russian lighthouses in Crimea. “We demand that the lighthouses belonging to Russia be returned to the Russian Federation,” said the organization’s leader, Sergei Shargunov. According to him, representatives of the movement submitted an application to hold the action three days in advance, as required by law. However, they never received any official permission or refusal.

Deputy Alexander Lebedev found a way to bring to his colleagues the problem of the spread of the gambling business in Russia. On Friday, he brought to the State Duma building a “one-armed bandit” handed over to him by the parliament of the Belgorod region, where a decision had already been made to move all gambling establishments outside the city limits. At the same time, the deputy stated that he is a supporter of the same law at the federal level.

The message that appeared on the air of the Mayak radio station exactly on Russian Press Day, January 13, was somewhat surprising: “The Gallup-Media company has summed up the results of the television year.

The Duma also rejected amendments reducing the service life from 42 to 36-30 months, depending on the location of its service. Deputies generally have a bad attitude towards alternative service. Some believe that it is corrupting people, others call for bringing the AGES members to shame.

“Based on 10 years of experience of Russia’s membership in the Council of Europe, we can make an unambiguous conclusion that our already high contribution to the budget of this organization does not provide an adequate return,” said Sergei Ryabkov, director of the Department of Pan-European Cooperation at the Russian Foreign Ministry. In 2005, the Russian Federation paid over 25.6 million euros for membership in the Council of Europe; in 2006, this amount will exceed 26.3 million euros.

Russian public organizations, deprived by the new law of the right to receive funding from abroad, can receive financial support at home. Ex-Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kasyanov intends to create a special fund. The fund should become a link between public organizations and domestic business, explained those around Kasyanov. According to Kommersant, it may include about 10 members of the Public Chamber.

The reasons given are varied. First and foremost: an increase in education spending by a third in 2006 - control over this money is of serious interest. But one cannot help but recall the threats of the Union of Orthodox Citizens, which has long wanted to dismiss the minister for his unwillingness to introduce the “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” into schools.

No, well, of course it’s Chubais! Well, who else could have known about 30-degree frosts, and even so long, at a time when the weather was breaking all warm records, and even 20 degrees was long forgotten by Muscovites, nodding to global warming, the greenhouse effect and the Kyoto Protocol. But it turns out that protocol, effect and warming have nothing to do with it. For some reason, Anatoly Borisovich, for his narrow selfish interests, needed severe frosts, and he built them, as promised.

While some former oil industry tycoons are sentenced to while away their days in colonies far from home, other oligarchs who said goodbye (albeit voluntarily) to this area of ​​​​business are celebrated by the authorities for their hard work for the benefit of society. On Friday, President Putin signed a decree awarding the Order of Honor to the Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Roman Abramovich.