Hearing in world media reports about Russia's blockade of a geographical feature called Georgia, many Americans found themselves confused, not understanding what the Russians were doing in one of the states of their homeland. The Internet was full of indignant messages demanding that the Russian authorities immediately leave the territory of the state of Georgia (in English, its name is homonymous to the name of the North Caucasian republic).

The Russian-Georgian conflict is spreading to all areas of relations between the two countries. The Department of Economic Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has suspended the activities of the Moscow entertainment center Golden Palace. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, numerous violations were discovered in the operation of the casino.

The document, in particular, states: “The educational subject “Orthodox Culture”, in accordance with Article 6 of the Regional Law, has a cultural orientation and involves introducing students to the Orthodox Christian picture of the world using local history materials of the Belgorod region, providing students with scientific knowledge... "and is secular in nature.

Following the introduction of a ban on drinking alcoholic beverages outside designated public places, the State Duma plans to adopt a similar law regarding smoking. “Smoke” may be prohibited in airplanes, waiting rooms, restaurants, cafes and entertainment centers. The officials themselves should become role models. The list of prohibited places may include the Accounts Chamber and the Federation Council.

News on the development of the Russian-Georgian conflict appears literally every hour. The Russian side can speed up the process of withdrawing military bases from Batumi and Akhalkalaki. This was stated by the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense Sergei Ivanov on Wednesday. “We do not see any point in increasing the Russian military presence in Georgia,” he noted.

It is known: foreign policy is a continuation of domestic policy. And the current conflict with Georgia should probably be viewed, first of all, precisely in this plane. What's in "given"? Georgian counterintelligence arrested four Russian officers (plus 13 Georgian nationals) and accused them of engaging in intelligence activities in the country.

It is planned to allocate 48.5 billion rubles for the development of the judicial system. Among the innovations is a change in the procedure for reviewing the jurisdiction of cases between magistrates and district courts. The arbitration will determine the category of cases that are not subject to appeal. A ban will be introduced on the participation in the trial of lawyers - relatives of the judge. All procedural actions will be recorded on camera.

The Chelyabinsk district court sentenced two Troitsk students who were entertaining themselves with telephone terrorism to four and eight months in prison. To serve their sentences, young people will be sent to a colony-settlement. In November 2005, they called the operational support service of South Ural State University and stated that the university building was mined. As a result of the incident, the work of SUSU was paralyzed for several days.

It’s one thing to talk about Georgia from a high rostrum. There you can frown, mint harsh phrases about insulting Russia and take anti-Georgian measures. Of course, the measures taken are amazing. The Crystal Casino, it turns out, was controlled by Georgian crime bosses. It turned out yesterday. And now the unfortunate investigator tells us from the screen the whole unexpected truth about the casino. Next is the Tbilisi Hotel. It turns out that this building was occupied by Georgians illegally.

The agreement was signed by the head of the department, Andrei Seltsovsky, and Archbishop Arseniy of Istra. Previously, everything was based on personal relationships, and the chief doctor could prohibit Orthodox sisters from working in hospitals or from visiting a priest. Now the organization of the activities of Orthodox patronage nurses (there are 11 such services in the capital), charity groups (48) and sisterhoods (nine) will be simplified.

Sergei Mitrokhin, deputy chairman of the Yabloko party, on the joint agreement between Russian parties and public organizations to combat corruption signed on October 3, 2006: The main thing in this agreement is the unification of the efforts of many parties and organizations. No one can cope with the problem of corruption alone. The situation is so difficult that if real political forces do not deal with it now, it will simply destroy Russia. Of course, such a coalition is useful.

Today, near the Profsoyuznaya metro station, he watched a marvelous scene. Two dozen policemen led by the hands of the patrol car of a small, pike Caucasian. The story is quite trivial for Moscow, if not for the text that the detainee pronounced. Turning to one, then to another minister of order, he stainedly babbled: “Why are you guys? I am not Georgian, I am Azerbaijani. Yes, you look at the passport, it is written there.

In the Kremlin The program of the second freshness October 4, 2006 Maxim Blut On the first working day of October, the leader of United Russia Boris Gryzlov presented the party’s program , with which it will go to the next Duma elections. The software application is posted on the site and is a somewhat specific, albeit funny (places) reading. Everything begins with the listing of successes that the country has reached in five years that have passed since the creation of the party.