On Thursday there will be another auction for the sale of YUKOS assets - the company's East Siberian assets will go under the hammer. As Vedomosti learned, Rosneft and Unitex will compete for this lot, as in the April auction for YUKOS gas assets. Experts believe that in any case, no matter who wins, part of the trophies - Tomskneft and VSNK - will go to Gazprom, and the rest to Rosneft.

Russia once again confirmed its status of a great power and strengthened the international authority returned to it by President Putin. Soon after the Russian parliament made a statement condemning the transfer of the monument to the Russian soldiers in Tallinn, the valiant defenders of the rights of the Bronze Soldier proved their ability to resist the Estonian fascists. They robbed Wool & Cotton stores, Sportland and Hugo Boss, defeated the wine store and burned cars.

Estonian President Thomas Hendrik Ilves called for an end to “using the memory of war victims for political purposes.” “The story of the Bronze Soldier is over. The bronze soldier and the remains buried next to him will find a new worthy place in the cemetery. Now is the time to stop using the memory of war victims for political or other unacceptable purposes,” the Estonian President said in a statement.

Putin, of course, is offended. Some kind of Estonia, but it allows itself... He, the great president of a great country, did not even serve in it. What kind of country is this anyway? Territory - the cat cried, no oil, no gas. True, for some reason GDP is growing much faster than in Russia. But all this, too, is probably the work of the West. Only to spoil him, Putin.

The head of the Odessa diocese of the ROCOR(L), which unites parishes in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova and opposed the subordination of the ROC MP and for loyalty to the traditional principles of the Church Abroad, by decree of the Synod of Bishops of the ROCOR(L) was transferred to the South American See. In case of disagreement, he was threatened with prohibition from ministry. In response, the clergy of the diocese filed requests for dismissal from the staff.

In the ranking of media freedoms, according to the human rights organization Freedom House, Russia shares 164th place with Azerbaijan, surpassing Brunei, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Swaziland in terms of unfreedom.

“Our people” have set up a tent camp on the border with Estonia and intend to “lie on the road” in order to block the movement of trucks to Russia. Now there are about 40 people in the tent city, 10 tents have been pitched. Meanwhile, the Estonian diplomatic mission says that the Estonian consulate in Moscow will be closed until its picketing stops.

A luxurious mansion of the Yeltsin Foundation may appear in Filevsky Park. The Ministry of Defense transferred its lands to him, and the mayor's office is clearing the territory of the remaining buildings, Vedomosti writes.

On Wednesday morning, the patriarch led a festive service at the Intercession Monastery on the occasion of the day of remembrance of the healer and prophetess Matrona of Moscow. The service attracted many people - not only because the believers wanted to see with their own eyes that Alexy II was feeling normal, but also because the monastery where the relics of Matrona rest is a popular pilgrimage site.

The Estonian Human Rights Information Center sent information about the events of recent days in the republic to a number of international and local media, as well as to international human rights and public organizations. “Our position regarding the actions of the police is supported by the international human rights organization International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF),” said the director of the Center, Alexey Semenov.

Due to the lack of evidence of a crime, the case was closed against the head of the St. Petersburg branch of the United Front, Olga Kurnosova, who was accused of blocking Nevsky Prospekt during the “March of Dissent” on March 3. Kurnosova was detained even before the start of the action - she was accused of crossing the roadway in the wrong place. However, riot police officers invited to court gave contradictory testimony.