Among the cultural objects that are subject to privatization in accordance with the new legislation coming into force in 2008, there will primarily be those that were created as private property: house churches, chapels and estates, said the head of Rosokhrankultura Boris Boyarskov. It will be prohibited to privatize only temple complexes that form the appearance of cities, as well as all objects under the protection of UNESCO.

Trouble came from an unexpected direction. The notorious bird flu, which until now had been roaming somewhere in Europe and East Asia, and in Russia had visited only remote regions, suddenly appeared near the very walls of Moscow, and even in the off season. While sanitary services take samples and destroy birds from infected farms, the population is trying to understand, based on conflicting reports, where to run and what to fear. For specialists, of course, bird flu is not such a new thing.

The “Lukashenko-2008” movement was created in Russia. The main goal is to nominate Alexander Lukashenko for the post of President of the Russian Federation in 2008. The chairman of the movement’s organizing committee, Alexey Kanurin, said in an interview with the Polar Star newspaper that it is necessary to “show people alternative options for the country’s development.” The fact that the idea contradicts the Constitution of the Russian Federation does not bother Kanurin.

On Monday, a Hamas delegation led by Politburo Chairman Khaled Mashaal arrived in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports. The delegates hope that Moscow will help Palestine reach an agreement with Israel. "We highly appreciate Russia's role," Mashaal said. A person in love with the Russian government will say that by receiving representatives of a terrorist organization, Putin is demonstrating independence from the West.

The prosecutor's office has taken on human rights activists - they recently “warned” Svetlana Gannushkina, the chairman of the “Civic Assistance” committee, and now they have taken on the Memorial human rights center. Prosecutors are interested in who and with whose money published a manual for Russians who want to complain to the European Court of Human Rights, writes Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Human rights activists themselves view this check as a form of pressure.

The leader of United Russia, Boris Gryzlov, intends to oust the leader of A Just Russia, Sergei Mironov, from the Federation Council. The scheme is simple: it is up to the St. Petersburg parliament to decide who will represent St. Petersburg in the Federation Council, and United Russia has a majority in it. In this way, Mironov can not only be deprived of the post of Speaker of the Federation Council, but even survive from the big political arena.

Boris Berezovsky has great faith in British justice. So much so that he is ready to pay for the services of the best lawyers for the main suspect in the Litvinenko case, Andrei Lugovoy, if he decides to appear before a British court. As Berezovsky said in an interview with the Sunday Times, he made such an offer to Lugovoy during a recent telephone conversation.

This information was disseminated by the Catholic agency AsiaNews, clarifying that the information was not confirmed by any of the official sources in Moscow or the Vatican. If the information is confirmed, this will be Putin's first visit to the Vatican since the election of Benedict XVI to the papal throne. Putin met with John Paul twice, but - unlike his predecessors Gorbachev and Yeltsin - did not convey an invitation to the Pope to visit Russia.

On the day that the Estonian president vetoed the law, which for brevity can be called the “Bronze Soldier Demolition Law,” messages on a similar topic began to flow from a completely opposite and unexpected place. After studying them, I asked myself: who is the Estonian here? Because the governor of Stavropol Chernogorov was deprived of the title of honorary citizen of Stavropol precisely for the reason why we want to fight Estonia to the death.

In the economy Money does not smell February 26, 2007 Alexey Makarkin In his article , published in the “Daily Journal”, Ariel Cohen says that large Western investors are concerned about the fate of their assets in Russia after the 2008 elections. The concern is completely justified, given that Western investments in the country have really seriously grew. The only question is what strategy investors will be elected and what scenario the development of events seems to them premised.

Mikhail Kasyanov said on Echo-Moscow that there was “no legal or legal need” to summon him to the prosecutor’s office. “10 years ago I testified as a witness in the same case. And I was asked almost the same questions.” The statute of limitations in the case of Andrei Vavilov expires in April 2007, Kasyanov believes that some new case will soon appear.

In society We will not stand for money February 26, 2007 Anton Oresh On Saturday, Sochi was left without gas and warmth. Sochi was lucky. Not because he was left without heat and gas, but because he was left without them on Saturday. The VOC evaluative commission flew out of the city. If this happened a day earlier, the Olympics in the city would end, without starting.

The organizers of the gay pride parade are again calling Yuri Luzhkov to court. They still believe that the mayor of Moscow should “answer” for calling the gay pride parade a “satanic act.” The plaintiffs ask the court to oblige the mayor of Moscow to refute the defamatory information that does not correspond to reality, and to recover from him 100 rubles for each of the plaintiffs as compensation for moral damage. It would be funny...

“People still cannot forget the fear of the nineties, when diocesan centers, libraries, religious schools, and cathedrals were seized. In some places there was a struggle until blood was shed,” the bishop said in an interview with the weekly “Zerkalo Nedeli.” - After this, you will not convince a firmly believing Orthodox person that autocephaly will bring anything good.