Apparently, until the Federation Council is completely renewed, Mironov will not calm down. A proposal has been sent to Kalmykia regarding the early termination of the senatorial powers of Levon Chakhmakhchyan, a member of the Federation Council from this region. It is known that Levon Chakhmakhchyan is accused of receiving a bribe in the amount of 300 thousand dollars - the case was opened on Friday.

The first time, Khodorkovsky was sent to a punishment cell for storing documents (this sanction has already been declared illegal by the court), the second - for a cup of tea, and now they don’t even really say why, they only hint that he gave something to someone. Thanks to numerous TV series, we all have a rough idea of ​​what kind of offenses prisoners in colonies commit. What do teas, pieces of paper and gifts have to do with it?

The arrest of the Volgograd mayor Ishchenko prompted conclusions that were somewhat paradoxical at first glance. But only at first glance. The main thing that was immediately discussed was the need to appoint mayors in the same way as governors have recently been appointed.

1. It was under Peter, in the boarding house. Arriving, my wife and I first went out to take a walk along the Gulf of Finland, anticipating, admitting, quiet bucolic joys ... like on the shore of desert waves ... such as unity with nature ... What nature is there! Along the warfare strip is an exemplary trash, as if just here, just on the shore of desert waves, a garbage truck exploded with terrible force.

The 59th World Newspaper Congress has opened in Moscow, and the 13th International Forum of Editors is taking place in parallel with it. An event of this scale is certainly a positive thing for Russia. However, the congress almost began with a scandal: the president of the congress, Gavin O'Realley, was actually forced to remove criticism of the state of freedom of speech in Russia from his report, so as not to put Putin in an awkward position.

Since the end of last week, the upcoming resignation of Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref has been actively discussed. It is being discussed as a settled matter, confirmed by “informed sources” in the Presidential Administration and the government.

The Prosecutor General's Office asks the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court to cancel the court decision of May 25, 2006. Then the court recovered almost 2.8 million rubles from the state, represented by the Ministry of Finance, in favor of Pavel Popovskikh, a former paratrooper twice acquitted in the case of the murder of journalist Dmitry Kholodov.

Four diplomats were kidnapped in Iraq on Saturday, and another Russian embassy employee was killed. There is no news from the kidnappers - the secret services are considering kidnapping for ransom as the main version. At the same time, the media is full of speculation: they say that the kidnapping is an American response to Russia’s “inconvenient” policy in Iraq.

Today, the prosecutor's office of the Volgograd region brought charges against the mayor of Volgograd, Evgeniy Ishchenko, under three articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: abuse of official powers, Art. abuse of power and illegal participation in business activities.