Around Russia Putin in a skirt and eradication of democracy December 30, 2009 Mikhail Delyagin The space of traditional democracies is compressed like shagren skin, and the fact that this is justified by the need to protect and spread democracy is a weak justification.

The illegal demolition of a building takes place on December 30 in the historical center of Moscow. As Ekho Moskvy reported, citing a local resident, the Don-Stroy Development company is demolishing a house on the corner of Khitrovsky and Podkokolny lanes, on the site of the former Khitrovskaya Square. The issue of demolishing this building had already been raised before, but then, under public pressure, the demolition was prohibited.

In the Kremlin To the return of Putin December 30, 2009 Stanislav Belkovsky Every time on the New Year, we have hot talk in Russia about the upcoming return of Vladimir Putin to the presidential post. A year ago, at the end of 2008, Politmond in its entirety reasoned that Putin would return in 2009. And almost at the beginning of the year. He did not return. The devil knows why. At the end of 2009, the same political unit whispers fiercely about Putin's return in 2012.

In the Kremlin Does Putin break the negotiations? December 30, 2009 Alexander Golts The prime minister demonstrated whose words should be cast in granite. Before the president, Sergei Chemezov, the creature of Putin, did not have time, as Vladimir Vladimirovich showed who the master was in the house. Communicating with journalists in Vladivostok, he had a murmur of his might and main on the President’s field.