Oddly enough, I had a completely normal impression of the meeting. In any case, the conversation was substantive. Taking into account the fact that real steps were taken based on the results of the first meeting, we succeeded in something, now there is an impression and there is even confidence that we will solve some problems - of course, not all - we will solve, and he supports our desire to solve them.

The Russian-EU summit held in Stockholm compares favorably with all meetings in a similar format that have taken place over the past three or four years. It seems that no breakthrough agreements were reached—not to be considered as such bilateral agreements on cross-border cooperation, which could well have been signed at the deputy minister level, and there were no loud assurances of a “strategic partnership.” And yet the atmosphere of the meeting was new, more positive.

Former employee of Bank MENATEP and YUKOS Nadezhda Shek announced at the next meeting on the second case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev in the Khamovnichesky Court that she was summoned for questioning in a certain new case brought against the defendants.

Recently, under the auspices of the National Assembly, the second conference “Russia after Putin” was held, dedicated to the future structure of the country. With the same title, a series of articles previously published in the Daily Journal and on Kasparov.ru , by the leader of the United Civil Front, member of the Bureau of the National Assembly and one of the leaders of Solidarity, Garry Kasparov .

President Dmitry Medvedev met on November 23 with members of the Council for Promotion of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights. The President spoke about pleasant things - he told the council members that he would introduce to the Duma a bill on socially-oriented non-profit organizations, which he spoke about in his address to the Federal Assembly.

Tired of you, enemies, from you, friends And from the evasion of Russian speech ... (Marina Tsvetaeva) The legendary passivity of the carriers of Russian culture, the readiness to endure the coolest injustice until the very latest possibility is customary to explain the “power of the spaces over the Russian soul”: in Russia, unlike Europe, the population was rarely “chased” - almost always where to run, and the country expanded precisely at the expense of such a flight.

We need to control who to give and who not to give. Why did we suddenly decide that everyone can have? IN. Chernomydin There was no less intrigue around the United Russia congress than in the run-up to Medvedev’s Address. In particular, commentators were interested in whether Putin would support Medvedev’s “modernization” initiatives? Supported. But in such a way that it would be better not to support it. Medvedev addressed the party members harshly and assertively.