Shame on the whole world. A candidate in the mayor of Sochi was attacked. The police are called three times to the scene, and she says three times that she hears for the first time about the call. The Olympic city demonstrated its readiness to ensure the safety of games. Boris Nemtsov three unknown people spat in the eyes with liquid (presumably - ammonia).

The independent press center hosted a presentation of two reports from the SOVA Information and Analytical Center on the events of 2008: “Problems in the implementation of freedom of conscience” and “Illegal application of anti-extremist legislation.” Alexander Verkhovsky (SOVA Center), Galina Kozhevnikova (SOVA Center) and Dmitry Dubrovsky (Smolny Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg) spoke at the presentation.

The anti-extremist law is no good. We want to prohibit a certain set of actions, strengthen sanctions against them in a special way, and then list these actions separated by commas. The law does not have a general generic definition of what extremist activity is. The list can be narrowed, it can be expanded - this is an eternal field for arbitrariness.

Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said on March 24 that the reduction in value added tax is untimely. Previously, the ministry proposed reducing the VAT rate from 18% to 12%, but now Nabiullina explained that at the crisis stage, due to “lost revenues,” the budget would not be able to cope.

And the year did not have passed how Vladimir Putin left the post of President of the Russian Federation. However, Russian and other elites are increasingly trying to make it clear to the ex-president that he is no longer the owner of the Kremlin and the country as a whole. The obvious example is the Eurovision Song Contest, which this year will be held, as you know, in Moscow. Everyone knows how Putin relates to Ukraine, the Ukrainian language, as well as Georgia and Georgians.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin scolded Ukraine and the European Union for the gas agreement, calling it “ill-considered and unprofessional.” Russia was so offended that it even threatened to leave Eastern Europe without gas again. And the Security Council meeting on March 24, dedicated to the notorious “Strategy 2020,” began with a statement that Russia was postponing intergovernmental consultations with Ukraine.

T What were Nikita Belykh and Maria Gaidar, who joined him, counting on? That the governorship will be cloudless, and the Vyatichi will pamper and cherish them? If the matter had been limited to the fact that Belykh was increasing the level of well-being of the people, and Gaidar was inspecting public baths, then perhaps it would have worked out. But people are so ungrateful and want something all the time. They wanted to hold a gay pride parade in Kirov. What to do?