“Daily Journal” continues to publish excerpts from the book "Lonely Power. Why Russia didn't become the West and why Russia has a hard time with the West.” The crisis has forced the Kremlin to moderate its belligerence. Well, how could it be otherwise if Russia’s survival depends on when America starts its “engine”. Moreover, it appears that we will have to borrow money from the West again. In short, you need to put on a tuxedo, put on a polite smile and go talk to the West.

Co-chairman of the Right Cause party Boris Titov resigns from his post as chairman of the public organization Business Russia. This organization, as far as one can judge, was considered by the party as a channel for contact with businessmen. And although Titov told Interfax that he was not leaving the organization and would be the head of its coordinating council, it is clear that his influence on the organization will weaken.

On July 3 at 15.00 in Moscow, at the intersection of Kutuzovsky Prospekt and Kievskaya Street (near building 32 on Kutuzovsky Prospekt), an action in support of people in wheelchairs will begin. According to the plan, which Irina Yasina, project manager of the Open Russia organization and activist for the rights of the disabled, writes in her blog, several healthy people will have to sit on wheelchairs and thus try to “live their normal life for a couple of hours.

Monotonously sluggish trial in the second criminal case of M.B. Khodorkovsky. and Lebedeva P.L. somewhat reminiscent of the unhurried flow of the muddy waters of the Moscow River past the Government House and the Khamovnichesky Court towards the Kremlin and further into our boundless expanses.

The magazine “Big City” came up with all this, they initiated it, and we very happily supported them. At first we were planning a small event, but now, after my posting on LiveJournal, it turned out that a lot of people want to come and support. There is only one problem: moving around Moscow is simply impossible for people in wheelchairs.

The former head of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee under the Russian Prosecutor's Office, Dmitry Dovgy, was sentenced to nine years in prison. The jury found strong the prosecution's arguments that the defendant received a bribe in the amount of 750 million euros. The amount of the bribe naturally takes the ordinary man’s breath away. He seethes with indignation and accepts the verdict with satisfaction.

Dmitry Artemyev, who was in military service in South Ossetia, left his unit and asked for political asylum in Georgia. This is confirmed by both Georgian and Russian sources. The headquarters of the North Caucasus Military District (NCMD) says that Artemyev will return soon. The Ministry of Defense reports that they are negotiating the return of the serviceman. A criminal case has been opened.

Around Russia How not to buy a sofa, or Russian-American relations July 2, 2009 Julia Latynina On Tuesday, June 30, on Echo of Moscow, two participants in the Klinch program - Howard Berman, chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, and Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the State Duma Committee - answered the question of Alexei Venediktov: what would you ask Barack Obama? G-Berman asked: “Mr.