The negotiation race, in which Russian and American diplomats participated for several months, ended in nothing. They failed to prepare a new treaty on the reduction of offensive arms before the expiration of the START I Treaty.

On Thursday, Vladimir Putin talked with the people for four hours. Are you surprised that the name of the prime minister in quotation marks? Logical. These quotation marks, like four hours selected from the people, require a small comment. Firstly, the communication of Mr. Putin with the people was illegitimate, because it was not clear in what capacity he communicates with the people and why.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree establishing diplomatic relations with the Vatican, providing, in particular, for the transformation of the Russian representation in the Vatican into an embassy, ​​the Kremlin press service reports.

I will say this: if within the next two days Konstantin Ernst is not expelled from the party, expelled from his job, and some worthy criminal case is not brought against him, then the regime is really being covered with a copper basin.

In the Kremlin The results of the week. It’s good to be kisi December 4, 2009 Vladimir Nadein Inspired by 4-hour communication with V.V. Putin Putin is being improved. He can get better to say for hours, without saying anything. His author’s handwriting becomes stricter. The loose scenarios of his meetings with the people are replaced by a supervision, a foreigner-idefix.

Experts have identified a number of violations in the work of the shelter at the St. Bogolyubovsky convent in the Vladimir region, the abbess of the monastery was deprived of guardianship rights, the press service of the regional administration told Interfax on Friday.

In the Kremlin Khodorkovsky and Nevsky Express December 4, 2009 Anton Oresh When the Nevsky Express was blown up, Putin was silent as usual. Perhaps he would not really say anything about it. But, unfortunately, already on December 3, his communication with the people was scheduled. The question of an exploded train was the first to sound. “We have done a lot to break the ridge to terrorism, but the threat has not yet been eliminated. We can be effective.

The normalization of relations with the Vatican is quite likely part of the general normalization of relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and Roman Catholics. It is no secret that the policy of the Russian state towards the Vatican is in one way or another consistent with the position of the Church. Progress in Russian foreign policy means subtle shifts in the church's position. Perhaps we will soon see a historic meeting between the Patriarch and the Pope.