The former governor of the Altai Territory and assistant to the plenipotentiary representative of the Russian President in the Siberian Federal District, Alexander Surikov, has been appointed the new ambassador of Russia to Belarus. Thus, the position, vacant since July 2005, is finally filled. On July 15, ex-governor of the Saratov region Dmitry Ayatskov was appointed ambassador. But after harsh statements against the Belarusian president, his diplomatic career quickly ended.

“The recruiting army needs ministers and generals. Russia needs an army of volunteers! ”,“ Ivanova - resign! ”,“ We ​​don’t want to fight for Gazprom! ” Today, after a wild and tragic story with a soldier Andrei Sychev, under these slogans, it seems to me that any person of democratic beliefs will probably subscribe. God be with them, with political views. Anyone in whom there remained a fraction of conscience and moral feeling will subscribe to them.

According to the head of the Main Directorate of Educational Work of the Armed Forces, Nikolai Reznik, the experiment with the introduction of the institution of military clergy should most likely begin in the Airborne and Strategic Missile Forces. That is, the elite units of the Russian army. But things there are already quite good: the most ordinary military units, where cases of hazing and other outrages are frequent, need priests much more.

The tragedy of Sychev and Fars with “human rights activists-werewolves”-two projections of the same problem: man and state. The state in Russia good for 1000 years looks at its fortress subjects as cattle, slaves, penny screws. Extreme forms are where a person is in the full power of the state (army, prison). Kings, dynasties, generations of thieves around the throne, laws, borders of Russia, forms of ownership - but this remains unchanged.

The day before, the results of the work of the capital's courts over the past year were summed up. Speaking with the report, the Chairman of the Moscow City Court, Olga Egorova, said that she was generally satisfied with their work, noting that the processes in Moscow are proceeding better and faster than before. After which Egorova named a whole list of courts that spoil the positive picture of the justice system in the city.

Andrei Sychev's first night in the Moscow Burdenko Hospital passed without any emergencies. “Adaptation is within normal limits for his condition, which is still serious but stable,” Major General Vyacheslav Klyuzhev, the head of the clinic, said on Wednesday. A whole series of examinations is scheduled for today, based on the results of which doctors will decide on the course of treatment.

According to the adopted amendments, the called subscriber will not have to pay for incoming telephone calls, including from landline phones to mobile phones. The only exception will be cases when the connection is established with the help of a telephone operator and with an agreed payment at the expense of the called subscriber. The changes will also affect fixed-line city communications.

The dear to the Russians Ostap Bender, to declare the war of Denmark, put forward this reason: "I will appoint you the authorized prophet and declare a sacred war, jihad. For example, Denmark. Why did the Danes tortured their prince Hamlet?" Now you don’t have to look for an excuse. In February 2006, the “caricature scandal” that became the world has already become universal overcolled to Russia.

The head of Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko, spoke in favor of the need to reorganize the civil nuclear energy industry and proposed creating a vertically integrated holding company similar to Gazprom in the gas sector. It is this structure that will make it possible to increase the competitiveness of the industry at the global level, the head of Rosatom is confident. Kiriyenko proposed calling the new structure “Atomprom”. Evgeniy Adamov wanted to create an organization under this name in 1998.

Having failed the sewing exam in the colony, the ex-head of YUKOS had the opportunity to master a more dynamic profession. According to the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, Mikhail Khodorkovsky may soon begin to bake bread or be appointed bread cutter. Such work is considered a privilege in the zone. Prisoners mainly bake bread for the colony, including for sale through the prison store. And on holidays they also bake buns.

The main task of the department will be to uncover attacks on collectors, employees of security companies and citizens transporting large sums of money. As they say in the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department, the reason for re-establishing the unit was the increase in the number of killed and wounded as a result of such crimes, large material damage and their low detection rate.

“Today, the decision (to ban the work of Danish organizations in Chechnya - “EZH”) is final, but there is always a positive. The only issue that needs to be resolved is the transparency of the work and an apology to the Muslim world, in particular to the Chechen people, for... the cartoons ", Chairman of the People's Assembly of Chechnya Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov told Interfax today. “Whoever wants to come to work, let them cooperate with the authorities, register.