The Chelyabinsk authorities did not follow the bold example of their Samara colleagues and decided to ban the “March of Dissent”. By tradition, the procession is prohibited, but a rally is allowed on May 19 - it will take place at the monument to Kurchatov, reports Ekho Moskvy. Press secretary of The Other Russia Lyudmila Mamina said that it is not clear on what grounds the march was prohibited, because the application was submitted on time.

Deputy of the Dubovsky District Duma of the Volgograd Region, Anatoly Beev, took the initiative to elect Lyudmila Putina as President of Russia in the spring of 2008. Beev has already managed to do a lot: a public organization “For Putin!” was created in Volgograd, a “Kremlin picket” was held, a letter was sent to the president’s wife asking her to agree to run for president of the Russian Federation. “Our thought is clear,” says the press release from the Lyudmillo-Putin team.

The head of the department, Vladimir Deytsev, said that this is the first case in his practice. He tried to explain that this was not a handout, but honestly earned money. But the woman was adamant. “I believe that ... the church parish, apparently, incorrectly explains the essence of pension provision. The state returns what people have invested in the state during their working lives...” said the official. Perhaps the pensioner is outraged by the size of the “return”?

The leaders of the Other Russia and the journalists accompanying them were kept in Sheremetyevo for five hours. After which everyone was released and their passports were returned. In total, 25 people did not get on today’s Moscow-Samara flight; of the 27 detained “dissenters,” only two German journalists managed to fly away. It is noteworthy that according to the protocol, air tickets were confiscated from only 13, including Gary Kasparov, Eduard Limonov, and Lev Ponomarev.

The “March of Dissent” in Samara is almost complete; the streets around “Ladya”, where the dissent gathered, are blocked by a cordon and watering machines. According to Marina Litvinovich, about 500 people took part in the march (other sources give a figure from 50 to 250 participants).

Garry Kasparov, Eduard Limonov, Lev Ponomarev and other representatives of the “Other Russia” still remain at Sheremetyevo airport. Some time ago, forensic experts arrived in the waiting room where they are located, who were called by representatives of the special services. They are trying to prove that the tickets purchased for the Samara flight are fake.

The executive director of the UCF, Denis Bilunov, was released half an hour before the start of the “March of Dissent” in Samara - for the second time today. Bilunov was kept at the station for about two hours; for an hour he was not allowed to see his lawyer, was not allowed to call and report his arrest, was searched without a protocol, etc.

The former head of MENATEP, Platon Lebedev, won a lawsuit against an investigator from the Prosecutor General's Office. The investigator refused to check Lebedev’s alibi for the new charges; more precisely, Karim refused to make a request about Lebedev crossing the Russian border. The investigator's actions were declared illegal. This year, the court has already satisfied one of Lebedev’s complaints against the actions of investigators from the prosecutor’s office.

The Russian Federal Customs Service filed a claim with the Moscow Arbitration Court against the Bank of New York in the amount of 16.5 billion euros. The lawsuit by the Russian Federal Customs Service stems from a money laundering case dating back to the mid-1990s. The conflict seemed resolved: the American investigation ended in 2005, when the bank admitted to criminal actions and reached a settlement of $14 million.

Denis Bilunov, one of the organizers of the “March of Dissent,” detained yesterday in Samara, has been released. He was detained on suspicion of transporting counterfeit money - Bilunov brought 95 thousand rubles with him to Samara.