Everyone who writes about politics wants to be a seer. Everything is closed there in the Kremlin, they make decisions for themselves and these decisions are not predictable, but this is what makes it possible to fantasize the one who describes this unknown. And every political scientist usually weightily and authoritatively says that it will be so, it will win such and such, and these will do this way, and not otherwise.

Former GRU officer Yuri Kolchin, found guilty of organizing the assassination attempt on Duma deputy Galina Starovoitova, is ready to name the person who ordered the murder in exchange for ensuring the safety of his family and including him in the witness protection program. In 2005, Kolchin was sentenced to 20 years in prison. His lawyer Pavel Zhichkin announced his decision to make a deal with justice.

After the Russian president's visit to Singapore, the Kremlin seems to have found a new inspiring example for moving along the path of modernization. Medvedev himself expressed himself It’s very clear here: “The diversification of our economy, the transition from a raw materials model to an innovation model, is extremely important now.

Fortunately, there was no sensation: the Chairman of the Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin announced on November 19 that from January 1, 2010, when there will be no regions in Russia without jury trials (because such courts will finally appear in Chechnya), the moratorium on the death penalty will continue to apply . Previously, the Supreme Court asked the Constitutional Court to make a decision on this issue, since the moratorium was formally considered valid until this date.

With all my deepest respect for the legal principle of separation of church and state, I must note that in practice this (like any other universal) principle not only provides a solution to some problems, but also creates them, and in considerable quantities; court cases related to the protection of consumer rights often turn into insoluble “incidents” for exactly the same reason.