According to the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, in 2005 the Ministry of Defense caused damage to the federal budget of 1.89 billion rubles. Simply put, this money was stolen. Auditors talk about the need to make financial activities in the Armed Forces more open, otherwise when everything is classified, it is easier to steal.

It turns out that in 2005, the presidential orders voiced in the previous message were not carried out. The presidential control department has found state policy in the field of education, the formation of an affordable housing market, housing and communal services reform, and stimulation of the birth rate to be ineffective. At the same time, inflation rose more than expected - by almost 11 percent. GDP is growing solely due to the export of raw materials, industrial growth has decreased.

On May 4, 2005, two activists of the National Bolshevik Party hung a poster with the text “Putin, leave yourself!” on the building of the Rossiya Hotel in the center of the capital. A criminal case was initiated, and today the court made a decision: the court sentenced Evgeniy Logovsky to 3.6 years of suspended imprisonment, and Olga Kudrina will serve her sentence for 3.6 years in a general regime colony. It's a bit harsh, isn't it?

On May 7 this year, the Central Bank canceled the mandatory sale of foreign currency earnings. Just a few years ago, this measure was listed, if not number one, then certainly in the top five of mandatory economic reforms. Around her they broke spears, held conferences, argued in parliament. Now the abolition of mandatory sales has passed routinely and unnoticed: even more unnoticeable than the reduction in the sales standard to 30% in July 2004.

“The overwhelming majority of delegates reacted positively to the calls for reconciliation made in the reports,” Archpriest Viktor Potapov, chairman of the editorial board for publishing the Acts of the Council, told RIA Novosti. After the speech of Metropolitan Amphilochius (the only delegate of the Council who does not belong to the ROCOR - “EZh”), who reminded that faith and the desire for unity should be above politics, the delegates gave a standing ovation.

A team of mothers from Nizhny Novgorod and a team of students from a women's religious school competed in three competitions: greetings, homework and a music competition. Team "Mother" won. Summing up, the jury members emphasized that the first diocesan KVN was successful, the participants of the game showed artistic abilities, musical talents, resourcefulness and a sense of humor. With the blessing of Archbishop George, next time Nizhny Novgorod priests will compete with seminarians.

Richard Cheney's speech in Vilnius and Astana is directly related to the American version of the struggle. Not political, but wrestling, where they breathe heavily and throw each other onto the wooden floor with a terrible crash. I'll explain the rules because I'm not sure you've ever seen this spectacle. It's very simple: a group of people runs into the ring and inflicts monstrous blows on their opponents, after which it is almost impossible for a person to survive.

It seems that this time Vladimir Vladimirovich failed to become a peacemaker. Despite a meeting in the Kremlin on May 5, when Putin tried to reconcile Chechen President Alu Alkhanov with Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov, the war appears to continue. The Ministry of Press of Chechnya is going to conduct a sociological survey to find out who the population trusts more: Kadyrov or Alkhanov. Three out of seven questions directly ask to choose between the president and the prime minister.

I listened to the presidential address with great curiosity. The intrigue around him was skillfully spun - starting with the postponement. Then the second intrigue is the transfer of the topic. There were “false leaks” - that the message would be foreign policy. Nothing of the kind; it turned out to be DEFAMATORY INDIFFERENT towards the topic of foreign policy. A few stock phrases (not even a single kick towards Georgia!) – and that’s it.

It's finished. The president's annual message has been made public - the people are rejoicing: Putin's speech was interrupted by applause 47 times. What did he say? Not a word about hazing, no specific deadlines regarding national projects, nothing about xenophobia.

Sometimes symbols are quite significant as a memory of the past or a designation of existence, and sometimes... they foreshadow the future. After all, it happens that something invented suddenly materializes and becomes more real than reality itself. For example, for as long as I can remember, on Victory Day - May 9 - something bad is expected in Chechnya.

On the eve of the G8 summit in St. Petersburg, the West is actively establishing contacts with the Russian opposition. I’m probably tired of listening to Putin’s sweet-voiced speeches about how Russia is moving towards democracy. Recently it became known about a meeting between American Deputy Prime Minister Dick Cheney and a mysterious Russian democrat. And today Mikhail Kasyanov will speak in Brussels before members of the European Parliament and the European Commission.

The diocese, created in the early 1960s through the labors of Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom), unites the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain and Ireland and is governed by its own Charter, which follows the provisions of the Local Council of 1917-18. and which has not yet been approved by the Russian Orthodox Church. Bishop Anthony, who preached Orthodoxy beyond national borders, led many Englishmen to the faith.