United Russia will have to learn to negotiate with competitors and generally get used to the fact that its rivals will not be removed from the elections. According to the Vedomosti newspaper, the upcoming regional elections on October 11 will be held according to new unspoken rules: the oppositionists will not be disturbed, that is, they will not be removed from the elections at the registration stage on orders from above.

Novaya Gazeta announced on August 12 on its website that “following a number of international human rights and charitable organizations, it has decided to suspend the activities of its journalists covering events in Chechnya.” The editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov, clarified in a conversation with an EZh correspondent that we are talking not about suspending, but about limiting the publication’s activities in the republic.

In the Kremlin Personal secrets of the bosses August 12, 2009 Stanislav Belkovsky In the era of monetorism, that is, the total power of the money, the state man must be silent, hidden and faded. Really large officials do not strive for excessive publicity. For money is the sacred substance of this world - as you know, they love silence. And why make noise, attracting attention to yourself and your affairs? Those who are supposed to know a lot about you also know so.

In uniform Tonkin legislation August 12, 2009 Alexander Golts The Russian government continues to extract lessons from the victorious war with Georgia. Dmitry Medvedev made amendments to the State Duma to the law “On Defense”, which extremely expand the grounds for the use of troops abroad.

In the economy Big Cherkizov war August 12, 2009 Julia Latynina A search was again held in the Prague restaurant: Telman Ismailov, the owner of the Cherkizov market, was again gutted. The misfortunes of Ismailov are usually associated in the press with the Mardan Palace hotel in Turkey. The opening of this supers-to-rush establishment, during which Monica Bellucci led Ismailov by the handle of the grandson of Ismailov and to which half-hillwood arrived, clearly caused rabies in Vladimir Putin.

When making this decision, no one consulted with me, although it was I who was involved in activities in Chechnya and spent a lot of effort to open this activity after the death of Anna Politkovskaya, gaining the trust of people who can already trust few people in the current situation in Chechnya . They didn't ask me. There will always be events happening in Chechnya that will require our coverage - if we don’t cover them, we won’t be called a newspaper.