Of course, the condemnation of communism is just as necessary as the condemnation of Nazism. But the whole problem is that the legal condemnation of this misanthropic phenomenon must be initiated by public condemnation. In Russia, there was no such condemnation, or, in other words, a moral assessment of the history of our fatherland in the twentieth century, and, judging by the current state of society, there will not be.

The Moscow Patriarchate believes that the current authorities should condemn the communist regime not only in words, but also in deeds. “The condemnation of communism began in the 1990s, but was never completed,” acting acting director told an Interfax-Religion correspondent on Wednesday. Secretary for Relations between Church and Society of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, priest Georgy Ryabykh.

There is no precedent right in Russia. You can’t say here: “According to the verdict of the Uryupinsky court dated 08/20/1972 ...”. Or: “Gentlemen, does it not remind you of this business“ Petrov against Russia dated 05.07.1965 ”?” No, it is strongly impossible to say such a phrase, because this Petrov has long been in prison, and his body was not even given to his relatives. But there is certainly precedent law in Russia. This is a special property.

Around Russia The Foreign Ministry is authorized to frighten July 9, 2008 Alexander Golts The expected and extremely unpleasant event occurred. At the very moment when Dmitry Medvedev, a “smart guy” (according to George Bush), stated that some disagreements are retained between Russia and the USA, the US Secretary of State signed an agreement in Prague on the placement of the radar of the American strategic missile defense system in the Czech Republic.

Employees of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance cannot find documents about the Katyn events that they received from Russian archives in 1992. As reported by ITAR-TASS, the loss of papers from the archives of the institute was officially confirmed by the head of the investigation department, Dariusz Gabrel, speaking to the deputies of the Seimas.

Our security forces have trouble again: on the air of the BBC, a senior officer of the English intelligence services said that the Russian authorities are worth the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. This statement, apparently, will lead to a new wave of angry income to foreigners and reasoning on the topic "Who needed this?" Most likely, they decide that it took BP - here, they say, Russian shareholders get it in Moscow, and the British play the same game in England.

The Syktyvkar city court sentenced blogger Savva Terentyev to one year of suspended imprisonment. The matter is well-known, but let me remind you: Terentyev left a comment on the LiveJournal blog of journalist Suranov about the appearance of the Russian police. A very unpleasant comment.