The people's favorite and defender of the muskrat, Speaker Mironov, defended a larger animal here. President! Having scanned and monitored the blue screen, Mironov came to the conclusion that there is “not a single pro-presidential channel in the country!” At this point, to use an old joke, “Soviet television completes its work.” That is, this phrase could be used not as a quote, but as a medical diagnosis and show an act of forced mercy towards Mironov.

I would not connect a possible meeting between the prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine with the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry that a number of Ukrainian politicians may not be allowed into the territory of the Russian Federation. The name of Mr. Korniychuk was mentioned here as an explanation, I would even say, as an illustration. Indeed, Mr. Korniychuk is a representative of the Yulia Tymoshenko bloc in the Ukrainian government, which may also allow us to draw some parallels.

Ukraine responded to the statement of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov that Sevastopol should be part of Russia. Her government is preparing a document on the eviction of the Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol in 2017, in full accordance with the corresponding expiring agreement. Recently, the foreign policy initiatives of Russia (or individual comrades) have sadly followed the same pattern. The authorities are loudly outraged by the demolition of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.

I ended my article with an old saying: “There are two misfortunes in Russia. Below is the power of darkness. Above is the darkness of power.” I completely agree with Mr. Ikhlov and do not consider his article an “objection” to me. He recalled the “darkness of power.” And am I a fool to argue with this, enthusiastically lick the soles of the Kremlin, proving that Russia is flourishing under His wise leadership!

Our long-suffering country, busy with a permanent rise from its knees, was once again humiliated by malicious subversive centers. In the recently published “Rating of Peaceful Countries of the World” (published annually by the British Institute of Economics and Peace and the analytical service of The Economist magazine), Russia took 131st position, only slightly ahead of such states famous for peace and serene life as Sudan, Somalia and Iraq, Iran and North Korea.

Many feathers have already been broken regarding the National Assembly. And what kind! On the one hand, such highly respected analysts as Mr. Radzikhovsky, Ms. Novodvorskaya and Mr. Makarkin paint us the horrors of cooperation with all sorts of dubious personalities, on the other hand, the no less respected Messrs.

“In connection with the decision by the Ukrainian authorities to ban Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov from entering the territory of Ukraine, the Russian side is forced to decide on adequate measures against those Ukrainian politicians who, through their actions and statements, harm Russia,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement released yesterday RF.