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In Moscow, the “No Flashing Lights” protest will take place on Saturday, May 27, on the Ring Road. Meanwhile, Russian State Duma deputy Vladimir Ryzhkov is seeking consideration of the law “on eight flashing lights” (reserving the right to a flashing light only for top managers). The law has already been submitted to the State Duma twice and was rejected. Moreover, the wording, as usual, is absurd - they say, first calculate how much it will cost the state.

Surprisingly, the story with Khodorkovsky also has positive aspects - now we know more about what is happening in the zone. Moreover, under the influence of Khodorkovsky, something is even changing in the colonies. Today, the Supreme Court once again confirmed that the procedure under which convicted persons do not have the right to meet with lawyers during working hours violates human rights and is contrary to the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Today in Sochi there will be another rehearsal for the G8 - the Russia-EU summit. This time it won’t be done with smiles alone – the issues on the agenda are the most pressing. First of all, energy - they will again talk about how Russia is a “reliable supplier”. And they will also remember about democratic reforms, which do not exist, and Belarus and Dad will emerge. They are also planning to sign an agreement on easing the visa regime, which is good news.

Yesterday, the Moscow City Duma adopted in the first reading the draft Moscow Code of Administrative Offences. They thought about the law for a year and a half, the authors assure that it will be a “legal bestseller.” They decided to regulate absolutely everything that interferes with the lives of Muscovites - liability is provided for fortune-telling, begging, pestering citizens in public places, roofs of houses not cleared of snow, refusal to admit a child to school.

At a day-long meeting of experts to prepare for the religious summit, Metropolitan Kirill expressed fears that “if it is allowed to insult religion, then it is impossible to keep people from interethnic conflicts - they begin to kill and maim each other based on nationality.” As such an offensive example, it is true , for some reason he brought up the film “The Da Vinci Code.” Christianity is an international religion. Who can have claims against whom?

Yesterday, the Kremlin, which bravely entered into a battle with the United States to regain its title of superpower, demonstrated its strategic weapon, chosen by it to restore order in tiny Georgia.

The agreement on easing the visa regime between Russia and the EU countries, as expected, will be adopted. At the summit, representatives of Russia and the European Union discussed all points of the future agreement; EU Commissioner for Foreign Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner said that the agreement would be signed this evening. Now the cost of a Schengen visa for Russians will be €35. For some categories of citizens, the procedure for obtaining a visa will be simplified.

More than 60 religious leaders from all over the world came to the talks. Metropolitan Kirill, who opened the meeting, outlined the main task - to bring to the attention of politicians a “global vision” of what is happening in the world from the point of view of the global religious community. Otherwise, until the thunder strikes, no one is particularly interested in the opinion of the churches. It's a mess, says the bishop.

On May 26 at 1:30 p.m., a protest action against the conviction of Lydia Popova will begin near the Ostankino court. An elderly woman who tried to stop illegal dog catching is accused of beating two young police officers. The trial is taking place with many violations. Even Popova’s “terrible weapon” – a bag of food – was not identified by all prosecution witnesses.

Sergey Glazyev, co -chair of the Rodina faction, about the state of health of the nation: To the extent that the Duma powers allow us, we raise health protection issues daily, argue with the government, convincing the authorities of the need to improve and the healthcare financing system, and increase the efficiency of the industry.

It’s been almost a week since part of humanity went to the front to defend “basic values” from the feature film “The Da Vinci Code.” Citizens of almost all continents of the planet are participating in the battle to ban it, except perhaps Africa and, perhaps, Australia. Let the reader correct me if this is not so.