By the end of September, the Central Election Commission will give an opinion on the possibility of holding a nationwide referendum on amending the article of the Russian Constitution that limits the right of a candidate to be elected president for more than two consecutive terms. The head of the Central Election Commission, Alexander Veshnyakov, announced this on Tuesday.

According to the EZH source, last Sunday Bishop Vasily served the first Orthodox liturgy after a long break in the Church of St. Andrew's in Holborn (a suburb of London). Temporarily services will be held there twice a month. About seventy people were present at the liturgy, about half of them were Russian. Serving with the bishop was Father John (John Lee), the executor of Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom), who was also accepted into the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

And you, my friend the car enthusiast, the one with whom I spend hours jogging in the monstrous Moscow traffic jams, are you filled with a feeling of schadenfreude? Indeed, at this very moment, somewhere near us, a little ahead or a little behind, such outstanding figures of our time are languishing, one might say, the rulers of electoral souls, such as, say, polar explorer Artur Chilingarov, businessman-deputy Vyacheslav Volodin or female deputy Lyubov Sliska .

The gas provided by Gazprom for RAO UES of Russia is not enough. And such a deficiency can cause serious heating problems in winter, which is only a short time away. A way out of the situation was proposed by the head of the Presidential Administration, Sergei Sobyanin, during a meeting where strategies for fuel supply to the Russian energy sector were discussed. It was proposed to use coal instead of gas.

Vladimir Ryzhkov, State Duma deputy, head of the Republican Party of Russia, about the congress of the “Union of Right Forces” and the prospect of creating a new reform party There is a serious demand in society for a strong reform party. People became disillusioned with the bureaucratic hierarchy, which led to enormous corruption in the country. Because of it, there is no reform of the army, no reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there is no control over the bureaucracy at all.

As one would expect, the absolute majority of residents of Transnistria answered “yes” to the question asked during the referendum held on September 17: “Do you support the course of independence of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and the subsequent free accession of Transnistria to the Russian Federation?” It remains to be seen what to do about it now.

Last February, a joke was born in the television community that this season Vladimir Pozner would be nominated for the TEFI Award as the best sports commentator. Vladimir Vladimirovich, if you remember, together with professionals in this field, hosted one of the broadcasts of figure skating competitions in Turin. This joke, as usual, turned out to be only part of a joke.

The SPS Congress determined the party program for the years ahead. The action plan until 2017 should be finally adopted at the congress in November. The Union of Right Forces has a plan of action for the near future. Party leader Nikita Belykh decided to head the party list in the upcoming elections to the legislative assembly of the Perm region in December.

Riots broke out outside the Hungarian Television building in Budapest on Tuesday night. Those gathered demanded the resignation of the government, freedom of speech and press in the country. Mass protests demanding the resignation of the government began on Sunday near the building of the Hungarian parliament.

Former Yukos lawyer Svetlana Bakhmina, sentenced to six and a half years in prison for embezzling funds from the Tomskneft company and tax evasion, asked to defer the execution of her sentence for nine years. Bakhmina does not intend to shirk responsibility. The basis for the petition was maternal feelings. She is ready to serve her sentence after her youngest child turns 14 years old. The application was sent to the Simonovsky court - the same one that convicted Bakhmina in April 2006.

In the next few years, a unified state information system (USIAS) will appear in Russia, with the help of which the authorities intend to control the expenditure of budget funds. Its creation will be carried out, in particular, by the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications, as well as the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation. The enthusiasm of the authorities in their desire to overcome embezzlement is understandable.