North Ossetia again decided to guard the administrative border with Ingushetia. It is believed that it was from Ingushetia that the militants who carried out the terrorist attack in Beslan entered the republic. The unit that previously guarded the border was disbanded. The fact is that the former head of the Presidential Administration of North Ossetia turned out to be an ardent football fan and all funds, including those intended for border protection, went to finance Alania.

The Iranian parliament has not passed a law requiring citizens of the country to wear marks on their clothing indicating their religious affiliation. Earlier, the Canadian National Post reported that Iran had passed a law according to which Jews will have to wear yellow, Christians - red, fire worshipers - blue tags.

It’s rare, but it happens: Duma oppositionists remember their destiny and try to bite the authorities, although it doesn’t hurt. Member of the Rodina faction Boris Vinogradov prepared a law prohibiting the Presidential Administration from interfering in the internal affairs of parties, non-profit organizations and the media. The project, however, is pure rhetoric - there is a ban, but no sanctions are provided for its violation.

Deputies of the State Duma began to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the proclamation of Russian independence ahead of time. A group of Duma deputies (including Raikov from United Russia, Mitrofanov from the LDPR, Bezborodov from Rodina) came up with an interesting initiative. Cancel the celebration of Russian Independence Day on June 12, and so that the citizens of independent Russia do not suffer, give them another day off - April 12, Cosmonautics Day.

On Sunday night I was lucky enough to see the Eurovision final. That is, not just the final, but the very end of the final, when some countries awarded points to others. So I didn’t have a chance to hear Dima Bilan sing. I haven't heard it before. And I only found out about Eurovision the day before. I only saw some banner on the Internet that this same Bilan did not greet his opponents. I'm gray and uneducated.

I watched Eurovision, listened, and for some reason it seems to me that we don’t have a sense of humor. It is impossible to understand what the essence of this competition is. There are other ways to determine the best songs, artists, and musical trends: charts, sales rankings. None of the Eurovision participants will have either hit parades or record sales. This is not rock, not pop music, it's not even pop.

Previously, there were deceived investors - now there are deceived housing co-investors. On May 19, riot police scandalously dispersed a rally of the “deceived” near the White House, more than 30 people were detained. Today a group of activists intends to meet with the head of the Ministry of Regional Development Vladimir Yakovlev. If a productive dialogue does not work out, investors intend to organize even larger protests.

((http://www.ej.ru/firstReact/20/ Recently everyone wrote about the fact)) that corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, from a prestigious scientific title, turns into another medal for politicians, officials, businessmen and other figures . Of the 262 candidates for the election of new full members and corresponding members to the Russian Academy of Sciences for the title of academician, only 136 can be called professional scientists.

Some power in Chechnya has finally emerged - the survey, which so outraged President Alkhanov, was finally stopped. Citizens were given questionnaires asking them to choose between Prime Minister Kadyrov and President Alkhanov. The President, as it turned out, knew nothing about this, Kadyrov declares that he is also “not in the know.” Apparently, the Ministry of Press of Chechnya itself wanted to find out who the people prefer, for general development, so to speak.

Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic solemnly announced the victory of the supporters of independence. On Sunday, a referendum was held that should decide the fate of Montenegro: at least 55% of the votes are needed in order to gain independence from Serbia. At the same time, the Central Election Commission has not yet published any official results of the referendum. They are expected to appear by Monday evening. But many are already celebrating freedom.

More recently, at the height of the “YUKOS case” and the rethinking of the issue of the degree of vulnerability of Russian business and Russian businessmen, most commentators noted how cleverly Mikhail Fridman and Viktor Vekselberg were able to build a defense by selling half of the TNK oil company they owned to the BP corporation. Thus, they provided the British lord with cover for his oil business.

The unification of the Patriarchal and “foreign” Orthodox churches is being completed. True, it is by no means in an idyllic setting. The All-Diaspora Council shifted responsibility for making decisions to the Bishops' Council, and that, in turn, to the Foreign Synod, which includes only five people, four of them are supporters of unification. After this, opponents of the “Anschluss” will most likely leave the ranks of the ROCOR and join Greek or other Russian Orthodox jurisdictions.

In society Unite quickly and in no hurry May 22, 2006 Svetlana Solodovnik So, the Bishop Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church ended at the end of last week, abroad, approved the phased development of "canonical and Eucharistic communication between the scattered parts of the Unified Russian Church." The wording is diplomatic, you can’t say anything. And the entire message of the cathedral is withstanding the same spirit.