Bishop Diomede of Anadyr and Chukotka, who, by decision of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church, was defrocked for disobedience to the clergy, filed a complaint with the church court. “Vladyka Diomede has nothing to repent of.

Human greed knows no bounds. And the greed of the State Duma deputies does not even know such a thing as borders. If, of course, we are talking about limiting their own appetites. In fact, what the hell are the boundaries? We make our own laws, so why offend our loved ones?

So, Bishop Diomede stated , that “he does not intend to repent of anything, since he does not consider himself guilty.” And he performed the Sunday liturgy, despite the resolution of the Holy Synod to dismiss him from the administration of the Anadyr diocese with a ban on priestly service. The resolution was adopted in pursuance of the decisions of the Council of Bishops, which defrocked the bishop for non-canonical behavior and stirring up schismatic sentiments.

If our players really won the European Championship, it would be like a leap from feudalism to communism. Great success must be the result of work longer than just a month of intensive preparation, during which Hiddink and our players already accomplished almost a miracle. Seize the moment, fans! The last time this happened was 20 years ago, and who knows how long we’ll have to wait for the next time. But what happened was great! Of course, it's a football game.

In the regions About the militants of imaginary and real June 30, 2008 Julia Latynina A week ago, in the center of Makhachkala, Aripa Aliyev, the head of the Buinaksky District Department of Internal Affairs, one of the most impudent and brave cops of Dagestan was shot. This is not the first time the militants attempted Aripa - I remember he told me how they put a bucket with explosives on him, the militant pressed the button - but the day before it rained, and the bucket diverged.

On June 28-29, the V Congress of the All-Russian Civil Congress was held in the Leningrad region. The co-chairs of the congress were elected by secret ballot - they were the leader of the UCF Garry Kasparov, the co-chair of the Voice of Beslan organization Ella Kesaeva, the executive director of For Human Rights Lev Ponomarev, the executive secretary of the Human Rights Council of St. Petersburg Natalya Evdokimova and the director of the Sakharov Museum Yuri Samodurov.

Whatever the amount of this help, I don’t know for sure yet, the first reaction of me and the museum staff, members of the public council and the Sakharov Foundation is great joy and gratitude. Of course, we will accept this help with great gratitude, because, in addition to purely material support, it is also great moral support and high appreciation for our work.