The weekend was marked by “Baikal” - throughout Russia there are protests against the construction of an oil pipeline near the lake. According to environmental activists, no state-of-the-art protection systems can protect against the terrible consequences of a disaster if it happens. As is our custom, people turn to Putin personally, and along with requests to “move the pipe,” there are also demands for the president’s resignation.

The President of Kyrgyzstan arrived in Moscow today on his first official visit. The situation for Kurmanbek Bakiyev is not simple: unrest within the country, discord with the United States - Kyrgyzstan tried to raise the rent for the use of the Ganci airbase by the Americans. Apparently, they will try to persuade the Kyrgyz president to finally expel the American military from the country, as well as to create special conditions for Russian business.

In society Church myth of modern Russia April 24, 2006 Alexey Makarkin Often you can hear that the Orthodox Church almost determines the ideology of modern Russian power. However, if you start understanding the problem, it turns out that this is far from the case. On joyful Easter days, it's time to get rid of the usual stereotypes and look at the question, based on facts.

The Presidential Control Department (CU) is preparing a report on the results of the implementation of last year’s Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly. Kremlin controllers discovered negative trends in the country's economy, as well as growing corruption and bureaucracy. All failures are associated with government activities. At the same time, the security forces are praised, and so is the parliament.

The Union of Armenians of Russia expressed deep indignation at the murder of a first-year student at the Moscow Institute of Management, 17-year-old Vahan Abrahamyants at the Pushkinskaya metro station. The youth tragically died on Saturday during a brawl. A student from a Moscow school has been detained on suspicion of murder. The prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under Article 105 of the Criminal Code of Russia ("murder"), but the motives for the crime are not yet clear.

According to the financial reports that the parties provided to the Central Election Commission, 36 officially registered Russian parties spent 1.6 billion rubles in 2005, and United Russia alone spent about 990 million rubles. This is another reason to think about how many parties we have and what kind of democracy we have.

Tomorrow “We”, together with other democratic movements, will organize a picket in support of Svetlana Bakhmina. This story excited many: in the YUKOS case, Bakhmina was made a hostage; her example was used to show how ordinary people can suffer because of the oligarchs, forgetting what the court ultimately punishes. She was not allowed to communicate with the children, the process was delayed, and now the sentence was 7 years in prison.

When you look at what the deputies are doing, what laws they compose, on what issues they act at meetings, at the first moment you even begin to be angry: are there no more urgent problems in the country? And then you understand: they solve those issues that are able to solve in principle. Apparently, the Public Chamber will also solve only those issues that can solve - without the risk of being quickly dissolved.

As if it is necessary. His Holiness Patriarch approaches the president and tells him what he, Vladimir Vladimirovich, his Excellency, performs everyday feat, but how people rejoice, but how good everything is, and several years ago no one would say that. And the servant of God Vladimir, who is not a boss to the Patriarch, favorably accepts a speech that is not very similar to the words of the shepherd.