Russia and Israel are linked by centuries-old ties. Although the concept of a modern Jewish state, its spirit, was formed at the very end of the 19th century in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russian and Polish Zionists became the “brains”, “arms” and “muscles” of Israel. Today, Russia's presence and influence in Israel is enormous. This includes the Russian-speaking population of the country, and the presence of Russian culture, media, and billions of dollars in capital investments.

Journalist Andrei Soldatov has been summoned for questioning to the FSB Investigation Department in Lefortovo. Soldatov was summoned as a witness regarding the publication of an interview with defector Sergei Tretyakov. Sergei Tretyakov, an SVR officer, defected to the US in October 2000. In 2008, journalist Pete Earley’s book “Comrade Jean” (Tretyakov’s code name in the Foreign Intelligence Service), based on the revelations of a Russian intelligence officer, was published in America.

Just ten minutes ago I left Lefortovo - the action lasted almost 4 hours. This is really a criminal case against Tretyakov. It turns out that on the basis of his book, the FSB decided to conduct an investigation. Here's the story. I have no right to comment in detail on the conversation with the investigator. The prospects for this case are not clear to me, since the person being investigated is in the United States.

It seems that I have drawn out this series so much that the forecast is gradually turning into a commentary. But let the reader not worry. I promised myself to write exactly 21 episodes (as a child I loved to play the corresponding card game). Moreover, the last article has already been written. And I will, of course, return to forecasts. However, mixing “fairy tales and stories” has its advantage: life corrects forecasts.

The Movement Against Illegal Immigration (MAI) may cease to exist. According to Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the reason for the disagreement was the decision of the movement’s leader, Alexander Belov-Potkin, to conduct registration and survey of members of the organization. The day before, a meeting of the DPNI leadership was held behind closed doors. As a result, the central council of the organization was dissolved until the summer, and the leader was given the status of interim leader.

On May 22, the head of the Department of Contemporary Trends at the State Tretyakov Gallery, Andrei Erofeev, was charged under the notorious Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. He is accused of inciting religious hatred - humiliating Christians, “especially Orthodox Christians.” Erofeev was given a written undertaking not to leave the place. “We don’t usually do this, but here, you understand, this is a political matter,” the investigator told him.

The victims remind the former Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation about violations of their rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. A representative of the security forces, former Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov, former Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation, became the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Southern Federal District. Mr. V.

Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Journal Alexander Ryklin Dear Alexander! One of the most important decisions of the conference of democratic forces on April 5, in which both you and I took an active part, was the commitment (proposed in the final resolution by V.L. Sheinis and me) to stop “public unfriendly polemics between democratic forces.” I emphasize here the word “unfriendly” - since polemics, of course, are not only possible, but also necessary.