A number of Russian human rights organizations have taken the initiative to create a Public Tribunal to investigate crimes in colonies and prisons. The Russian correctional system has become closed to civilian control, which is why human rights activists explain the emergence of the Public Tribunal. Such an institution is simply necessary in the current conditions of “overt violence in pre-trial detention centers and prisons,” the NGO said in a joint statement.

I didn’t think about returning to the topic: everything has been said. But there are a few numbers that may be of interest to readers - if they don't know them. On November 8, many media outlets noted a slight sensation - the “Putin and Plan” balloon began to descend, no matter how much all the TV channels blew and cracked their cheeks. Namely: ER's rating fell in October from 56 to 50%. That's what they say, at least, citing data from VTsIOM.

Diplomacy does not exclude, but even presupposes, bargaining. And if desired, the result of any international negotiations can be called a deal. Let's say North Korea bargained and exchanged nuclear ambitions for fuel oil. The Bolsheviks, having concluded the Brest-Litovsk Peace, gave up territory, but retained power. One can recall the Munich Agreement: for the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia - a temporary peace that turned into war. And many other examples.

Andrzej Waida shot a film about Katyn. About Polish officers who were shot near Smolensk, and about their families. About a crime and an attempt to hide it. About people who have chosen different life paths, when the “eyelid-wolfdress” forced them to a dramatic choice. When the survivors could envy the dead, which was no longer painful. Vaida shot a film, not a political one -day one - however, the assumption of the opposite would be an insult to the great director.

In my opinion, the accepted standard of “theology” itself needs revision. It is very loose and incomprehensible. What does the specialty “theologian” mean? Why not a theologian? That is, it is clear why: a theologian is someone who is located inside, he is a person who has a clear confessional affiliation, he is a church member, he is a theologian in this confession. But what a “theologian” is is not clear, because this is a secular specialty. This is a hard-to-limit item.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments to the current legislation giving religious educational institutions the right to receive state accreditation. This makes it possible for graduates of theological schools to work in their specialty in secular institutions, which they could not do before, remaining almost the last dispossessed in society. What will state accreditation look like?

In support of the “Dissent Marches”, which are organized by the “Other Russia” coalition, a Public Council was created, which included: Nikita Belykh, Vladimir Bukovsky, Alexey Kondaurov, Vladimir Lysenko, Lev Ponomarev, Vladimir Ryzhkov, Viktor Shenderovich, Yuri Schmidt, Garry Kasparov, Eduard Limonov. Today they issued a call to all opposition forces to unite and take part in the “March of Dissent” in Moscow on November 24 and St. Petersburg on November 25. FRIENDS!