The international human rights organization Amnesty International published a report accusing Russian law enforcement agencies of using torture. According to the organization's materials, the police everywhere beat prisoners with their fists, water bottles, and police batons. In addition, detainees are strangled and tortured with electric shock.

On the eve of the Russia-EU summit, the Russian Veterinary Service preliminary notified the European Commission of the possibility of introducing, from January 1, 2007, restrictive measures on the import of animal products into Russia from EU countries. True, no “reasonable” justifications have yet been come up with: neither benzopyrene nor fusel oils seem to have been found in European meat. The EU is worried and hopes to resolve the problem.

Today, four Limonovites broke into the Mariinsky Palace, where a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg was being held. Chanting “We don’t need such a Legislative Assembly!”, they scattered leaflets; As a result, five protesters were arrested. The essence of the complaints against the St.

Neither the Prime Minister nor the President of Poland, who have angered not only Russia but also the EU with their attempts to bring local claims against the Russian Federation to the EU level, will come to Helsinki for the Russia-EU summit. The summit will take place in Helsinki on Friday 24 November. Polish President Lech Kaczynski will not be able to arrive in Helsinki, as he will be visiting Georgia on Wednesday and Thursday.

On Tuesday, State Duma deputies proposed to revive the honorary title “Mother Heroine,” as well as the Order of Maternal Glory and Motherhood Medals. But what about it? The President said, “demography is our everything,” we must comply. But a medal is a good thing: it’s both honorable and doesn’t hurt the budget.

“The basis for making such a decision was Voronin’s violation of a number of norms of the Law on Advocacy and the Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers,” explained MP legal adviser Ksenia Chernega. Mikhail Voronin defended the interests of the abbess of the Martha and Mary Convent, nun Elizabeth, who was dismissed from her post and accused of financial irregularities. The scandal around the monastery has been going on for almost a year.

We are entering the political finish line. There is only a year left until the parliamentary elections and a little more until the presidential elections. True, this time the parliamentary elections are unlikely to become fateful.

On the eve of the Russia-EU summit, which will take place on November 24, Putin published in the Financial Times about Russia-EU relations. Apart from calls for Europe to “not be afraid” of Russia and lengthy discussions about historical “spiritual” ties, there is nothing particularly interesting there. Just an attempt to soften the situation on the eve of an obviously unpleasant summit.

The prosecutor's office did not find any crime in the “hit list” of 100 enemies of the Russian people, published on the Internet. And she agreed with the authors of the list that this was just a joke. In principle, this is quite logical, if not for one “but”. The prosecutor's office has just completed the investigation into the case of a certain Igor Zaitsev. Mr.

In this way the church intends to make it easier for them to assimilate. About ten Russian seminarians are already learning Chinese; in the future, they will have an internship at the Furuzhen Catholic University in Taiwan. There are also students from China in Russian theological seminaries, 11 people. But while Chinese leaders are now more tolerant of religion, it is unknown whether they will be allowed to serve in their homeland.

Vladimir Putin literally revealed the “secret” during a coordination meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies. It turned out that the security forces have been carrying out the special operation “Energia” for several years “without unnecessary political noise.” During the operation aimed at combating the theft of energy resources, 370 people have already been arrested, dozens have been put on trial, and billions of rubles have been returned to the state.