In the Orthodox spiritual tradition, the royal path is not a monarchical choice, but an optimal, “golden” solution to any religious and moral problem. On the eve of the Anniversary Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000, there was a tense discussion in the church community on the issue of the possible canonization of the family of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II.

Lawyers for former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky have filed a petition for his parole. The application was sent to the Ingodinsky District Court of Chita. Lawyers are confident that since the application for parole was submitted on behalf of Khodorkovsky by his defense, “neither repentance nor even an admission of guilt” is required from the convicted person himself. On May 31, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that Khodorkovsky could be released early.

Poland and America have reached an impasse in bilateral negotiations on the deployment of global missile defense missiles on Polish territory. While champagne is being uncorked in Moscow and prayers of thanks are offered in Tehran, the geostrategic paths of Poland and the United States are diverging. This is an important development and should not be underestimated.

In the Kremlin The mystery of one line July 16, 2008 Alexander Golts The state whose politics lies in permanent getting up from the knees should not change strategies and concepts. Otherwise, it enables various kinds of critics and renegades to compare the previous doctrinal documents and the current ones, and in this way as a political course changes. But Dmitry Medvedev, I suspect, simply had no choice.

The devil will understand: either the “Stalin scandal” when choosing the “chief Russian” happened because the votes were honestly counted (after all, we are not electing the Duma), or it was even planned in advance - to stir up public interest in this whole undertaking. But even funnier is the struggle for the place of the most beloved between two titans - Joseph the Terrible and Nikolai the Bloody. The battle of nationalist-monarchists with nationalist-Stalinists.

On Friday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed his dissatisfaction with the “highest in the world” prices for jet fuel and promised “personnel solutions” if the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) does not finally pay attention to the problem. The result was not long in coming. As Vedomosti writes, the service responded to the criticism and opened cases against LUKOIL, Gazprom Neft, the TNK-BP holding, Rosneft and Surgutneftegaz.

We are very inspired by the president's statements that the courts should be independent and that he will strive for this, that the rule of law must prevail in the country, so we have hope that the decision will be positive. Hope. According to the law, Mikhail Khodorkovsky can count on parole. If this were not so, we would not have applied.