Police officers Starkov and Ryabov - both serve in the private security department at the Department of Internal Affairs of the Basmanny District of the capital - attacked 12-year-old schoolboy Nikita Gladyshev. The boy was detained at the entrance of his house, severely beaten and taken to the police department in handcuffs. It is not even clear what was the reason for such atrocity. Now the boy is in the hospital with a severe concussion. What will happen next is unclear.

An open secret has been revealed! The Russian national football team will indeed be led by Dutch coach Guus Hiddink. What everyone knew and had known for a long time was confirmed by himself. Let the RFU now pretend that it is the first time it sees and the first time it hears. This is pure superstition. The issue has been resolved, and the signature on the contract, apparently, is really nothing more than a formality.

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, held on Tuesday, instructed the working group of the World Russian People's Council to develop a draft document outlining the Orthodox view of human rights and dignity. Wonderful are Your works, O Lord. Over the past year, as the press has repeatedly reported, the analytical group of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate has been working on a document outlining the Orthodox view of human rights.

On April 13, 1991, Pope John Paul II founded two apostolic administrations - the European and Asian parts of Russia - in Moscow and Novosibirsk. In 1999, the European one was divided into northern and southern, and the Siberian into western and eastern. There were four temporary administrations. In 2002, they were transformed into full-fledged dioceses, forming a new Catholic province.

The head of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation addressed the State Duma with a proposal to “legally remove the dollar and euro signs from use in Russia.” And at the same time, prohibit deputies and the government from publicly uttering these words. In his opinion, the use of names of foreign currencies degrades the dignity of the ruble. Indeed, the whole country has long been in the US. thinks, and this is probably not entirely normal. Just what do words have to do with it?

The club was headed by one of the most active and, we would add, aggressive representatives of the Orthodox community, press secretary of the Union of Orthodox Citizens Kirill Frolov. The program of action is appropriate: the formation of an Orthodox mediacracy and the ousting of “anti-church forces” from the media. In turn, TV commentator Mikhail Leontyev said that one of the main advantages of the press club is that it is “a product of absolute self-organization...

"Are you still breathing?" - "I breathe." “And if you squeeze it a little more?” “Well, if only a little.” - "So normal?" - "No, bad." - "That is, do not breathe?" “I'm not breathing anymore.” - "Listen, but he seems to have died ... well, it is ..." The Russian political practice of recent years, characterized by a massive attack on democratic principles, is about to be enriched with a new plot.

Yesterday, April 12, 2006, the Moscow City Court confirmed the legality of the decision to arrest the accounts of the Open Russia Foundation, previously adopted by the Basmanny court. A picket was organized in front of the court, representatives of the ATP, the OGF and the “Conscience” group took part in it. At the court hearing was attended by Boris Nadezhdin, Irina Khakamad, Harry Kasparov.

The government approved a law banning the use of Nazi symbols. An administrative fine will be introduced: from 10 to 25 minimum wages for citizens, from 20 to 50 minimum wages for officials and from 200 to 1 thousand minimum wages for legal entities. A strange way to fight extremism and national hatred. Probably such a law is needed.

45% of Russians surveyed in March by sociologists from the Yuri Levada Analytical Center are ready to support changes to the Russian Constitution that would allow Vladimir Putin to serve as president for more than two terms. Only 24% of Russians are categorically against it.

In Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh region, a native of Vietnam, Russian citizen Tran Ngoc Binh was killed. He died from injuries received as a result of being beaten by a group of young men. The attack took place on April 6, and people started talking about it only now. The murdered man was trading at the market. A criminal case has been opened regarding the murder, but there is no talk about murder on ethnic grounds yet. Last October, a Peruvian student was killed in Voronezh.

Today, a draft amnesty has been submitted to the State Duma to coincide with its own centenary. We love amnesty - it’s a popular move, seemingly noble and very appropriate for the holiday. The amnesty may include from two to three thousand convicts and from 10 to 15 thousand persons under investigation. The amnesty will affect older people and pregnant women.

Today's visit by IAEA head Mohammed ElBaradei is the latest attempt by the world community to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue through diplomacy. At the same time, Russian officials continue to stand up for Iran - apparently confident that an Iranian bomb, once in the hands of terrorists, will not fly at them personally.