Mikhail Kasyanov wants to remove from the election - and in FIG? Well, Mikhail Kasyanov will participate in the elections, pick up his 2%, to whom will it hurt? On the contrary, this legitimizes the elections. Surprisingly, almost simultaneously, January 21, another event happened, very similar - Russia filed a search for Mikhail Gutseriev, accused by the Tver court of fraud and laundering money. This cannot be called a particularly smart move.

The Central Election Commission has no doubt that 2 million 67 thousand citizens of our country really gave their signatures so that Kasyanov would be nominated for president. Only 213 people can be removed from this figure - this is the number of signatures made by another person. These signatures can be considered defective. All other “incorrect” signatures are a technical defect.

Today the Central Election Commission is due to issue Andrei Bogdanov, the leader of the Democratic Party, a certificate of registration as a candidate for Russian president. Among the two million signatures collected in his support, only 3.12 percent were defective. Bogdanov’s successes are especially noticeable against the backdrop of the troubles of another self-nominated candidate, Mikhail Kasyanov. More than 15 percent of his signatures turned out to be false.

"Three poor monks entered a rich city." Thus begins one of the miniatures of Felix Krivin, whose heroes alternately experience the fortress of faith in the inhabitants of the city. The first announces to the townspeople that pants should now be worn over their heads. After a while, the second calls not to forget about the legs. And finally, the third monk declares that having a head will not put on her pants.