If you had asked me where to start with judicial reform and how to deal with judicial arbitrariness, I would have found something to answer. And I think, not only me, but those who have at least once encountered the relatives of those convicted by Russian courts, that in different cities and villages they knock on the thresholds of government institutions, abandoning their careers, losing their health, and sometimes their heads.

According to the human rights organization Human Rights Watch, the European Union, during the summit with Russia, should demand that it stop putting pressure on civil society and crimes in Chechnya. Such demands are contained in the organization’s statement issued on June 25. According to human rights activists, to date the European Court of Human Rights has found Russia responsible for violations in Chechnya, including torture, disappearances and executions, in 34 cases.

The country loves large and strong, but the attitude to small and medium -sized businesses worsens According to the Levada Center, Russian society already in 2006 overcame its attitude towards entrepreneurs, which arose after the “case of Yukos”. Before the default, in 1997 this attitude was generally negative: 34% of Russians believed that businessmen’s activities were for the benefit of Russia, and 49% - which harms it.

“Why depict poverty, and poverty, and the imperfection of our life?..” Beloved Nikolai Vasilyevich is right - as always. Indeed, what is the use of writing about the mafia - as if readers don’t know everything anyway... No, sir, people need to be inspired, again, according to Gogol: “Where is the one who, in the native language of our Russian soul, could tell us this almighty word: forward?

It is a pity that Russian football players did not beat the Spaniards. However, what happened when we reached the quarter-finals and then beat the Dutch goes far beyond purely football. The country rejoiced. On Arbat there was a queue for a guy selling Russian flags. Both in the city center and in the dormitory Mitino, people took to the streets, as they say, in one impulse.

In my opinion, Bishop Diomede is increasingly turning into a cult figure for the entire so-called right-wing Orthodox opposition. Depriving him of his dignity in this sense will not change anything; rather, it will even stimulate the process of confrontation begun by the Chukchi archpastor. Which in this case, it seems to me, would be optimal. In my opinion, it was wrong to resolve such an issue at a large forum that meets once every four years.

The Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church at its final meeting on Friday decided to defrock Bishop Diomede of Anadyr and Chukotka unless he repents. He was given until the next Holy Synod. The Council participants voted for this decision with an absolute majority (with only three abstentions). He is charged with disobedience to the clergy and activities that “contain a violation of canonical norms...