The Union of Right Forces will call on its supporters to boycott the elections in those regions where the party was denied registration, Novye Izvestia reports. A statement calling “not to participate in lawless elections” appeared on Monday. As a result of the boycott, the Union of Right Forces intends to appeal the legality of the powers of the elected deputies and prove the unconstitutionality of the abolition of the voter turnout threshold.

The head of the Republican Energy Commission of Ingushetia, Batyr Kurkiev, has died in Moscow. On February 19, Kurkiev was beaten at the Sukharevskaya metro station by a group of teenagers; a week later he died in the hospital, Kommersant writes. The Moscow representative office of Ingushetia is convinced that the official became a victim of skinheads. The investigation adheres to the same version. What's next? In the best case scenario, several skinheaded guys will be put in the dock.

In Poland, investigations are currently underway into the collaboration of Catholic clergy with the communist-era secret police SB. The president of the Conference of Superiors of Women's Religious Orders of Poland, Sister Jolanta Olech, said that the SB made attempts to recruit agents from among the 27,000 Polish nuns.

It depends on everyone, but it can be difficult for me to understand where the news comes from. Sometimes a serious and significant event, not even an event, but a process, is not reflected on television screens and in newspaper pages for years. The opposite happens just as often - something not so important suddenly attracts the attention of journalists. It happens that the involuntary newsmaker himself is surprised: “What are you, gentlemen, asking about?

The last permutations in the executive system gave rise to the next discussions on the subject of the balance of power in the Kremlin and the government - the presidential elections are approaching, and the “one hundred percent” successor is not visible.

Chairman of the Supreme Arbitration Court Anton Ivanov proposes to create a special body that would consider all administrative cases involving officials, Vedomosti reports. According to the authors of the concept, Russians can already choose where to complain - to the court or to a higher authority, but the majority go straight to court. Dubious statistics: it is more common for us to complain to one boss about another than to go to court.

“Free Russia”, following “Fair”, held its own press conference today.

In his opinion, a woman in a civil marriage “does not believe a man and will not believe him.” “She will be left alone with the child if her “comrade” suddenly changes his mind and leaves. She will have to raise the child alone all her life,” he noted. It is interesting that Eduard Rossel's statements completely contradict his own life experience.

On February 27, a press conference of the leaders of the Other Russia took place in Moscow. It was attended by the leader of the United Civil Front Garry Kasparov, the leader of the National Bolshevik Party Eduard Limonov and the leader of the Vanguard of Red Youth movement Sergei Udaltsov. They told reporters that following the “March of Dissent,” which will take place on March 3 in St. Petersburg, protests will take place in other regions.

According to Komsomolskaya Pravda, firefighters determined that the fire had caught fire inside the house. When examining the ashes, a pistol was found, from which members of Andrei Nikolaev’s family were allegedly shot. Spent cartridges were also found there. Most likely, the wife and children were killed long before the fire.