At the end of the past week, the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Igor Yurgens, made an almost sensational statement. He claims that Dmitry Medvedev is waging a “quiet war” with the Kremlin security forces. They say that a liberal-oriented president needs to create a coalition, and then he will have a chance in the difficult struggle for the future of Russia.

No matter how intoxicating the “Jewish question” may be, life pulsates faintly even beyond its borders. Likewise, the question of the “mafia that has taken over Russia” is not limited to psychotherapy for paranoid people who are certainly looking for the “Jewish mafia” under their beds. This substitution of concepts is extremely popular, but let’s try to break out of the trap of the adjective “Jewish” and consider the noun itself. An attempt at definition There are many definitions of “mafia”.

When the next crackdown on the “March of Dissent,” criminal cases against dissidents, or a new method of Kremlin political strategists are actively discussed on the Russian Internet, sooner or later a resident of Belarus inevitably joins the conversation with words like: “Why are you surprised? We went through all this a long time ago.” Like, this happened, and that - but in the subtext you can always feel: and when they strangled us, you were silent.

On June 19, RIA Novosti refused to allow UCF leader Garry Kasparov and other participants of the National Assembly to hold a press conference.

For a week now, “leftists” around the world have been celebrating the 80th birthday of Ernesto Che Guevara, the hero of the Cuban communist revolution. More than 20 thousand Argentines took part in the closing of the festival dedicated to Ernesto Che Guevara, held in the city of Rosario, where he was once born. Here in Rosario, the day before, on the square renamed in his honor, a 4-meter bronze monument erected to him was unveiled.

The problem is that when RIA Novosti says that Kasparov had not previously approached or asked about a press conference, it is ridiculous. I remember how back in 2004, when Garry Kasparov headed the 2008 Committee, there was an attempt to organize a press conference at RIA Novosti. But then we were specifically and harshly told that you yourself understand what kind of press conference Kasparov is even talking about. Don't even try.

"United Russia" does not support the proposal to return direct elections of governors, this was stated by the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the party, Speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov. “The system was proposed by Vladimir Putin, our deputies adopted the necessary laws. This is a conscious decision, and we will not deviate from it,” Gryzlov said. The argument is impressive: Putin said that means elections of governors are not needed. But honestly.