The conference of the democratic opposition “New Agenda”, scheduled for April 6 in St. Petersburg, is approaching. Can we today do everything in our power to restore the substantive and political unity of democratic forces? Precisely “restoration”; Such unity existed in 1989-91, when democratic forces jointly pushed the CPSU from power and put an end to communist totalitarianism. Or will it all end in mundane chatter about the most important personal and programmatic contradictions?

In society Christian policy: sobering time March 24, 2008 Svetlana Solodovnik Having reassembled a couple of years ago, the Orthodox community with talk about the unsuitability of the “Western model of democracy” for Russia and heading for the “traditional values”, the authorities, nevertheless, not only did not take up the rotation of the elite towards its “vitality”, which some were called for, but also did not bring any of the corporate lusts of the Russian Orthodox Church: did not introduce

Nikolai Avdyushenkov, Dmitry Konstantinov and Anton Lukin were detained near the Tagansky court building. They unfurled the banner “Freedom for the National Bolsheviks” and began shouting slogans, after which they were detained by police officers. Now they are at the Taganskoye police station. As for the verdict itself. Of course, only an acquittal would be fair.

The Tagansky court today sentenced seven National Bolsheviks who were tried for self-defense at the Tagansky court. Roman Popkov, Nazir Magomedov and Vladimir Titov were each sentenced to 2 years and 3 months. Alexey Makarov and Elena Borovskaya - 2 years each. Sergei Medvedev is 2.5 years old, and Dmitry Elizarov is 1.5 years old. The scandalous “Taganka Affair” dragged on for two years. The defendants were found guilty of starting a fight near the Tagansky Court in Moscow in April 2006.

On the debate about the admissibility of criticizing the authorities abroad The other day, a transcript of an interesting dialogue that took place between TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov and political scientist Nikolai Zlobin appeared on the Internet. Throughout the conversation, the interlocutors pretended to be in a heated argument, but on one issue they showed surprising unanimity: “Soloviev: ...We know several fools who complain to the Americans about our lives. Their surnames are well known.

In Ingushetia, in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya, a powerful explosive device was found and neutralized on the market. I must say that in Ingushetia everything happens in some series. At one time, in the fall, in Ingushetia a series of murders of people went right on the streets. The murder scheme in all cases was the same. Due to the administrative border, the White Niva came to the republic, went to a crowded place, a market or a bus stop.

Whoever says what, and even in Russia institutions are more important than personality. Just in the Russian press there were reports of the possible resignation of the chief of the General Staff of Yuri Baluevsky, who allegedly came into conflict with the current Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov.