In society Elder in the post -Soviet society October 29, 2009 Alexey Makarkin The personality of the confessor of the Holy Bogolubsky monastery Archimandrite Peter (Kucher) attracted public attention in connection with the scandal associated with the shoot of one of the pupils who lived in this monastery. The sympathies of various public groups have been polarized.

The head of Rosstat, Vladimir Sokolin, is not an oppositionist. He is an official. But he is also a conscientious statistical professional. In modern Russia, it is difficult, almost impossible, to combine this. Therefore, Sokolin leaves. Leaving, but remaining in the “system,” he nevertheless makes public the reasons for his departure and his disagreements with the current policy of the Russian state regarding statistics.

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov intends to file a civil lawsuit against Novaya Gazeta for protection of honor, dignity and business reputation and compensation for moral damage. According to his lawyer Andrei Krasnenkov, Kadyrov is demanding a million rubles from the newspaper (one ruble from each issue) for the article “Vienna Murder” dated February 4, 2009 about the murder of former Chechen militant Umar Israilov, in which the Chechen leader may have been involved.

In the Kremlin To make the secret obvious October 29, 2009 Alexander Podrabinek Even the most flexible and soft among people who are critical of power are inclined to admit: the latest elections have become an apotheosis of mockery of the electoral system and the institution of parliamentarism. The authorities in response to numerous accusations only frowning menacingly and grumble that it was better to prepare for the election campaign and send more observers to polling stations.