The Presnensky Court of Moscow found two policemen guilty of negligence that led to the death of former submarine officer Alexander Pumane. The senior duty officer at the Presnensky District Department of Internal Affairs, Joseph Smereka, was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. The head of the Department of Internal Affairs, Andrei Semigin, received a suspended sentence of 2 years. However, the direct culprit of the death remained unknown.

The Supreme Court of Russia has again overturned the acquittal pronounced by the Moscow City Court against the transplant doctors of the 20th hospital in Moscow. The criminal case was sent for a new trial to the same Moscow City Court, but with a new composition of the court. The episode, for which three doctors could end up behind bars, occurred back in November 2005. The doctors are accused of trying to illegally use human organs for transplantation.

The US government asked Russian officials to once again agree on issues that the Russian Federation considered had already been resolved. Vladimir Putin announced this at a meeting with Russian entrepreneurs. America insists on the right to create branches of Western insurance companies and banks in Russia. To which Russian diplomats do not give consent. That is, Russia’s entry into the WTO, predicted in the coming weeks, is postponed at least until the end of the year.

Deputies of the State Assembly of the Altai Territory are very careful people. In their work, they pay attention to every little thing that, at least purely hypothetically, could interfere with their fruitful work for the benefit of the inhabitants of the region. So, on Wednesday, parliamentarians decided not to work at all. The reason for the forced day off was a rare astronomical phenomenon - a total solar eclipse.

From the election struggle, everyone is very tired. I, I am in a place to meet the voters, were waiting on December fourth. The responsible for drowning me in shit was also tired. On the Kremlin website Electorat.info, two months with an enviable regularity of the adjustor, a corrector, overwhelming, overdoing the adjacent letters “U” and “X” in the name “Govorukhin”. It turned out very pretty. (As they say, trifling, but nice).

The Russian-Italian forum, within which the round table is held, opened in Rome on October 1, 2004. The goal of the project is the development of bilateral relations, an informal dialogue between representatives of the public of both countries. The round table involves not only clergy, but also secular scientists and journalists. In particular, representatives of MGIMO, the Russian Foreign Ministry, and the universities of Florence and Turin will come to Rome.

The method of exchange of Russian duty, invented by the Russian president, will probably be included in the textbooks of economic history as an amazing misunderstanding. If earlier the Russian leadership tried with all his might to knock the money out of the debtors, and when they were not returned in cash, it agreed on the return of debts with goods, then Vladimir Putin came up with an absolutely incredible way to repay the debt - Russian goods.

Mere leadership of United Russia in all legislative bodies of the country is no longer enough. After the elections of deputies to regional parliaments and by-elections to the State Duma, the secretaries of the Adyghe, Kirov and Altai branches of the party were given strict penalties. Despite the unconditional victory in almost all regions, the voting results did not fully satisfy the United Russia leadership.

Under the pretext of fighting extremism, the authorities may launch a campaign to suppress political dissent on the Russian Internet. Amendments to the law “On Combating Extremist Activities” provide for the prohibition of the use of “public communication networks for carrying out extremist activities,” Novye Izvestia writes today. Those electronic information resources that are used to distribute extremist materials or even simply provide links to relevant sites will be prosecuted by law.

Society and the Church in Russia are still in the grip of such a grave illness that the scale of it is not even fully realized, said Prof. Zubov. However, he believes that national revival has begun, and the processes are most active among young people.

The results of a study conducted by the Yuri Levada Analytical Center indicate that the president is in first place in terms of trust (56%), followed by the Church (38%). State security agencies and the media practically shared third place, 23 and 22%, respectively. The army is slightly behind them (20%), the government is far behind (14%), and political parties have the support of only 4% of Russians. That is, the attitude towards the notorious paternalism has not gone away.

There was a Soviet film about an exhausted playwright who couldn’t find a theme for a play. He travels to different places, normal life goes on next to him with its living problems - and he gets drunk, misbehaves and whines: “There is no topic, there is no topic.” I remembered this while listening to Evgenia Albats’ program on Echo. Beaten Democratic leaders come to her and whine about how they can unite/disunite.