On Wednesday evening, the premiere of the next domestic series “Special Purpose Prison” was supposed to take place on the Rossiya TV channel. But it didn’t happen: instead, viewers of the second channel saw another series - “Bodyguard”, which had already been shown by the channel. According to Kommersant, the film was taken off the air due to objections from the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) of the Russian Federation.

Throughout the year, Russian counterintelligence has been making accusations against British intelligence. During this time, so much material has been accumulated that it is already possible to try to restore the “handwriting” of MI6 as it is seen in the FSB. There are at least three scandals involving accusations against British intelligence: the spy stone, the speech of Andrei Lugovoy and the surrender of Vyacheslav Zharko.

At the recently concluded fourth annual All-Russian scientific and theological conference in Nizhny Novgorod, which this time was devoted to the topic “The Orthodox Church and the state in the historical fate of Russia,” he made report and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Alexander Konovalov.

The election campaign has officially begun in Ukraine, but at first glance, nothing is happening in Ukraine. Or rather, everything is happening, but the election campaign is not happening. Viktor Yushchenko dismisses governors, goes to Hungary and congratulates Viktor Yanukovych on his birthday. Battles continue around the thrice-dissolved Rada, which continues to function despite everything.

On May 28, 2007, at the initiative of the Action Committee of the All-Russian Civil Congress, the action “SEARCH FOR BLACK LISTS” began. The point of the action is to force law enforcement agencies to admit that “blacklists” of so-called extremists really exist.

The administration of Nalchik refused to authorize the Council of Elders of the Balkar people for the rally. The story is painfully familiar: the Council of Elders protests against discrimination against the Balkar people, demands the implementation of laws and (this is truly terrible extremism) regularly asks the authorities where the three billion dollars allocated for the restoration of the republic have gone.

The world has truly changed. Today, weak states have become more dangerous than strong ones. Experts write with alarm about the general decline in controllability. International regimes are not respected, weapons of mass destruction are spreading, terrorists are weaving networks that are becoming ever more frequent and strong. They especially talk about the so-called failed states, they are also failed states. There's a problem with handling.

This whole story has been making us laugh for two years now. Our film didn’t come out a year and a half ago for exactly the same reason. Mr. Kalinin, head of the Main Directorate of Execution of Punishments (GUIN), banned the showing of anything related to the prison. And this is all the more strange because we sent the script for reading, moreover, he himself allowed us to film in that same “five” (a prison for prisoners with life sentences).