“The situation, neither this nor that, excuse the bad manners, cannot continue indefinitely,” Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said at a press conference in Baku. He’s talking about Nagorno-Karabakh, and in order for both to happen at once, according to the minister, it is necessary to urgently send peacekeeping troops there, first of all, of course, Russian ones.

We did not have time to laugh about the marvelous initiative of the Public Chamber, directed against currencies alien to Russian hearing, as the following call is already coming from the bowels of this body: it is necessary to regulate the activities of domestic journalists. It is said - done: the chamber began to develop the so -called charter of journalists. That is, a set of ethical norms and rules that this professional community should be guided.

Andrey Sychev, undergoing treatment at the hospital named after. Burdenko was again transferred from the general ward to the intensive care unit - he again became worse. Sychev’s case is dragging on; they promised to bring it to court by July 15th. Meanwhile, we are constantly learning about new incidents. In one of the Amur military units, private Malik Gadzhibabaev, a native of Dagestan, was beaten to death, and five colleagues of the deceased were detained on suspicion.

This was reported by the Deputy Head of the Regional Department of Education and Science Svetlana Kalashnikova. The Belgorod region was one of the first where, back in the second half of the 90s, the subject began to be taught as an elective. The course was introduced without clear programs and methods. At the direction of the regional administration, teachers were trained by special teams that traveled around the regions and gave 8-hour lecture cycles.

Nothing confirms the rightness of the authorities more than a properly organized scandal. Recently, the last popularly elected governor, Alexei Barinov, was noisily detained. Now a scandal is breaking out around Volgograd Mayor Evgeny Ishchenko; he is accused of involvement in illegal business activities and abuse of his official position. It is clear that Ishchenko’s case will be actively used by opponents of the independence of mayors.

From July 1, the same rules will apply to the circulation of perfumes and cosmetics as to the alcohol market. As a result, in a month the shelves of perfume stores may be empty. After certain provisions of the law on state regulation of the production and circulation of alcohol-containing products (#171-FZ) come into force, a license will be required for the production and trade of perfumes.

The Greek Church is still not legally separated from the Greek state and is on its payroll. But after high-profile corruption scandals in the ranks of bishops, the Greek government is pursuing a policy of gradual separation of the church. Not long ago it announced that it does not intend to be guided by the opinion of the church in its foreign policy. Now here is the law on temples.

On April 19, the State Duma in the first reading considered amendments to the law on confiscation of property - the developers themselves admitted that the law was very vaguely written. And so the deputies spent two months finalizing it and came up with such an idea that they themselves were afraid - consideration of the law was postponed again. The hit of the new bill is an amendment proposing the confiscation of all property of a criminal whose legality he cannot prove.

We tend to go to extremes. Nowadays, the fashion for everything Western, however, has passed and patriotism and the principle of “the fool himself” are held in high esteem, which helps colleagues to bake instructive reports on the topic that, they say, not everything “with them” is smooth, but we ourselves have a mustache and a beard. But from earlier times, some stereotypes have stuck firmly.

The start of the commission's work was timed to coincide with the annual conference of the Sourozh diocese in Oxford (May 26-29). The commission itself began its work on the 27th, after the 29th meeting it was moved to the Cathedral in London. Everyone was given the opportunity to share their vision of the causes of the crisis with the members of the commission. Clergy, laity, and members of parish councils were interviewed.