The Khimki City Court recognized Evgenia Chirikova, the leader of the movement “In Defense of the Khimki Forest” and the main opponent of the current mayor, as a legitimate candidate in the election of the head of the city. This is the second such trial. At first, the local election commission refused to register Chirikova, but on February 6 she had to obey the decision of the Moscow Region Electoral Commission, which overturned the decision to refuse registration.

A procession in memory of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova will take place in Moscow on February 15. It will begin at 14.00 at the House of Journalists. The organizers plan to walk from Arbat Gate Square to Pushkin Square, and a rally agreed with the authorities will take place in Novopushkinsky Square from 15.00 to 17.00.

Any news about Abramovich is news. Any news about Chelsea is news. Any news about Hiddink is news. What can we say if the news is about all three at once! As recently as Monday morning, there was absolutely nothing to suggest that Hiddink was leaving for Chelsea. No rumors, not the slightest hint. And on Tuesday, the English club got a new coach, and the Russian national team had a coach... no, they have the same coach, but it was still a big sensation.

There is such a way of shooting from a pistol-“in Macedonian”: from both hands. Looking at the rapid and at the same time stable speed melting of Russia's international reserves (in January-more than 40 billion dollars, for five months-more than 200 billion dollars), there is a feeling that they are eaten “in Macedonian”-in two spoons. In fact, the picture is even more interesting: they do not eat “in Macedonian”, but “in Putin” (or “in Kudrinsky”?)-into three spoons.

On January 13, 2009, Chechen Umar Israilov was killed in Vienna, having filed a complaint with the European Court in which he accused Kadyrov of personally torturing him. The Vienna police have already detained 8 people in this case, a scandal began, and soon the testimony of a certain Artur Kurmakaev, given by him on June 10, 2008 to the Vienna police, came to light. I quote verbatim: “I also want to state that I saw a list of 5 thousand Chechens at Kadyrov’s residence in Gudermes.

In the opposition Twenty years later. From under the plates February 13, 2009 Alexander Ryklin If you try to summarize the last, undoubtedly brilliant text of Leonid Radzikhovsky, published in the “Daily Journal” (he never allowed himself to evaluate the work of the authors of “Hedgehog”, but there’s nowhere to go), then the oppressive feeling of hopelessness by will, first of all, pushes into the surface of consciousness this most merciless “prayed”.