In the Kremlin Without brakes May 5, 2008 Alexander Golts Recently, I am increasingly remembering the same episode from my favorite childhood film "Adjutant of his Excellency." The young officer from the white counterintelligence joyfully reports to the many -handed boss that he knocked out the necessary confessions from the suspect.

The New Region agency reports that on May 1 of this year, a DPNI march took place in Moscow. Before the start of the march, the organization’s leader, Alexander Belov, warned his colleagues: “Throw your hand up not with an open palm, but with a fist. Otherwise, I won’t be able to do anything if the police want to talk to you.” The same agency reports that during the demonstration, DPNI activists marched, shouting: “Glory to the Russian people!

Honorary citizen of St. Petersburg Mikhail Bobrov wrote an open letter of apology to Governor Valentina Matvienko. On the pages of St. Petersburg Vedomosti Bobrov asks for forgiveness both for himself and for other “honorary citizens of the city who so imprudently signed a letter in defense of the cultural and historical center of St. Petersburg. “On our part, Bobrov admits, there was haste and inattention.

No wonder, it is not without reason that they say that hope dies the last. Sometimes she lives even when the one who hoped, and the one on whom. It lives more virtual than the smile of a Cheshire cat, and more painful than phantom pains. Well, at least recently - the leader of Muslim Karelia demanded the abolition of B. Moiseev’s concerts in the republic.

The concert is dedicated to the memory of three Orthodox priests - Fr. Georgy Chistyakov (1953-2007), Fr. Alexander Geronimus (1946-2007) and Fr. Ilya Shmain (1930-2005). The program includes the favorite works of pastors: J.S. Bach. The cantata “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” (BWV 12) and the motet “Jesu, meine Freude” (BWV 227), as well as the oratorio “Seven Words of Christ on the Cross” written in their memory by Ivan Velikanov (grandson of Father Ilya Shmain) and "Funeral".

We have been monitoring the destruction of St. Petersburg for many years - the list of destroyed houses has been kept since 1986. Just a few days before Valentina Matvienko’s appeal, we summed up the results, followed the trend of recent years and realized that the picture is terrible. That's why we published these lists. Of course, there may be inaccuracies: dates of construction, demolition, name of the architect, etc. But overall, they certainly reflect the overall picture.