In the Kremlin My fellow countryman Vladimir Vladimirovich June 25, 2009 Anton Oresh I sit, read sites, follow the news stream - and suddenly! Putin interrupted the government meeting and drove to the store to personally check at what prices the products of the population are “released”. Already good, I think. But further! Putin went to Perekrestok in Krylatsky! On the autumn boulevard! So this is my store! The one I go to!

In the regions Will there be a new war with Georgia? June 25, 2009 Julia Latynina No later than June 30, the OSCE mission should leave Georgia - Russia laid a veto on all attempts to leave it there. On June 15, Russia also imposed a veto on the draft resolution on the extension of the UN mission.

Despite “signs of improvement,” the Russian and world economies have not yet achieved a sustainable trend towards emerging from the crisis, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told reporters at the UN Conference on the Global Financial Crisis, RIA Novosti reports. There are “very few” positive symptoms, the minister admitted.

In society About old and young democrats June 25, 2009 Alexey Makarkin The hot polemic on the possibility of the transfer of Japan of the southern smoking between the authors of the Hedgehog demonstrated the fundamental difference between the Russian political spectrum and the Western.

Indeed, there are no firm signals that we have already made it out. This is absolutely accurate, I agree with this, although I think that Kudrin is still a pessimist - both by nature and by position, which is what a finance minister should be. Just in case, to avoid a long line at the cash register. But a number of measures that the authorities are taking at least save from fire, from panic and mitigate the impact of problems.

On June 25, the Supreme Court overturned the acquittal of brothers Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov and former operative officer of the Organized Crime Control Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, who were accused in the case of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Thus, the Supreme Court upheld the complaint of the prosecutor's office, which insisted on sending the case for a new trial.