We have amazing patriots. An ordinary patriot is rooting for the country. It is important for him whether there is justice in the country, whether there are elections in it, whether it has political parties that reflect the will, and not the authorities, and he, for example, is not indifferent to the fact that 100 thousand cars in Russia die an order of magnitude more people than in the United States, and that the average life expectancy in Russia is 14 years less than in the United States.

The Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia, Valery Zorkin, has always given the impression of a kindly and even compassionate person. You won’t see in him either the touchy aggressiveness of Ustinov, or the stony indifference of Chaika, or the rehearsed toughness of Gryzlov. A quiet voice, gentle manners, and if not for the judge’s robe, he would simply be a Chekhovian intellectual. And how did he, with such qualities, end up at one of the pinnacles of the judiciary?

Boris Nemtsov may return to the leadership of the Union of Right Forces and become one of the top three leaders of the party list in the parliamentary elections. Interfax was informed about this by a source close to the leadership of the Union of Right Forces. He refers to the collective opinion of fellow party members, primarily in the regions.

According to police estimates, about 7% of “ideological” homeless people should be isolated from society, which in Russia as a whole will amount to about 300 thousand people.

On Wednesday morning, the Vedomosti newspaper in an article "Their name is known" told the world that on the eve of the Duma elections, parties announced a real hunt for non-party politicians and public figures. “Promoted” names, according to the newspaper, for “small” parties it is a matter of survival, and for large pro-Kremlin parties it is a matter of prestige. For example, it’s offensive to “United Russia” that “Fair” has more figure skating stars, it can’t be that it’s not offensive.

Almost every week, news from Strasbourg is coming, where they consider the "Chechen" affairs. On June 21, the European Court of Human Rights made a decision in the case of Zura Bitieva, last week, July 5, in the case of Ruslan Alikhadzhiev. On July 12, a decision is expected in the Magomadov case. There is no reason to doubt that the decision on this case will differ from the previous ones - the Russian Federation will be found guilty of the disappearance of Ayubhan Magomadov.

This is not the first attempt to tighten legislation - not only the police come up with such initiatives, the Ministry of Social Development (even before the unification) also put forward such a project. The very connection of these two concepts - vagrancy and homelessness - is illegal. Indeed, there are people who choose this lifestyle - and, according to my information, there are about 5% (millionaires say 7%). All the rest ended up on the street and are there not of their own free will.