During the era of the Reformation in Western Europe, torn apart by internecine conflicts on religious grounds, the strict principle of “realpolitik” of those years was formulated - “whose power, whose faith.” What is happening in Ukraine reminds me of a return to the norms of German appanage princes.

The past week, without a doubt, was marked by the triumph of the principles of humanism and philanthropy. The presentation of new charges against Mikhail Khodorkovsky almost on the day of his forty-fifth birthday, charges that even surpass the previous ones in their absurdity—isn’t this evidence of imminent changes in our entire law enforcement system, changes that the newly-minted President of the Russian Federation so heartfeltly spoke about quite recently.

Three weeks ago, the head of the Main Directorate of Combat Training, General Vladimir Shamanov, talking to journalists, said: before July 1, the Minister of Defense should be presented with a document outlining the future appearance of the Armed Forces for the next decade. The Ministry of Defense pretended not to notice the general’s words. If you believe the official information, then the top military leaders discussed on July 1 only the social development program for the army.

As part of the events to celebrate the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Rus', the issue of creating a Ukrainian local Orthodox church will be discussed, as reported by Interfax, Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Yuriy Bogutsky. “The issue of the unity of the Ukrainian Orthodox churches will definitely be discussed,” he said at a briefing on Thursday, adding that “establishing dialogue between them will be at the center of meetings and conversations.” Y.

The Chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia Heydar Jemal is preparing an open appeal to President Dmitry Medvedev on behalf of Russian Muslims. This is due to the fact that, according to Jemal, the Muslims of Russia are chosen by political scientists for the role of an internal enemy and are persecuted in ever -increasing size. According to Heydar Jemal, domestic Muslims put forward five requirements for Russia.

The state prosecutor in the trial of Syktyvkar blogger Savva Terentyev, accused of inciting social discord via the Internet, demanded that the defendant be sentenced to a suspended sentence of one and a half years in prison. As Gazeta.Ru reports, this was reported by human rights activist from the Memorial Foundation Ernest Mezak. According to him, prosecutor Lada Luzan stated that the blogger’s guilt had been proven.