In society In Russia, "autocracy and throne" was officially built " January 19, 2010 Mikhail Delyagin One of the charms of authoritarianism lies in the fact that scientific discussions end with a bossy roar, which approves this or that truth for one or another truth as the final and capital.

On January 19, a new federal district appeared on the map of Russia - the North Caucasus. It is separated from the Southern Federal District, and, according to the decree of President Dmitry Medvedev, it will include Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Chechnya and the Stavropol Territory. Pyatigorsk will become the center of the district.

Around Russia Who won the first round? January 19, 2010 Inna Bulkina The first round of elections of the President of Ukraine brought the results expected and unexpected at the same time. Today (when it would be calculated , the official figures are not declared) we can say that the main sociologists were not mistaken. Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko enter the second round, and the gap between them is about 10%.

Around Russia Tigipko phenomenon January 19, 2010 Alexey Makarkin The results of the first round of elections in the Ukrainian president could be highly likely to be predicted in the fall - Viktor Yanukovych firmly occupied the first place, while Yulia Tymoshenko, finding himself in conflict with the most part of the elite, was more and more behind him and was forced to bear responsibility for the economic crisis.

Stray dogs are shot in the Moscow district of Khoroshevo-Mnevniki. This monstrous activity received wide publicity after it was broadcast on the Rossiya channel in the section “Local Time. Vesti-Moskva” showed a story about the killing of dogs. The local police department accepted a statement from a group of citizens about these crimes. However, on January 18, the killings resumed.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing the resumption of production at the Baikal pulp and paper mill, owned by Oleg Deripaska, which is considered one of the most environmentally harmful enterprises in Russia. The government decree excludes the production of pulp, paper and cardboard from the list of activities prohibited in the central ecological zone of the Baikal natural territory, Kommersant writes.

Ukraine did what we had to do for a long time, and this caused in Russia among liberal minds a sense of approval, mixed with envy. The Ukrainian court officially recognized Stalin and his six minions to the killers, guilty of death from the hunger of almost 4 million Ukrainians, and qualified it as genocide. I always thought that we needed to carry out a similar process.

Around Russia Genocide January 19, 2010 Anton Oresh Ukraine did what we had to do for a long time, and this caused in Russia among liberal minds a sense of approval, mixed with envy. The Ukrainian court officially recognized Stalin and his six minions to the killers, guilty of death from the hunger of almost 4 million Ukrainians, and qualified it as genocide. I always thought that we needed to carry out a similar process.

From the collection "Nobody except me: Stanislav Markelov" I met Stas about five years ago, year in 2004. Stanislav has never been an employee of the All -Russian Movement for Human Rights. I just gave him a room for work for free when I found out that he could not rent an office on commercial conditions. The room was small and not quite suitable for a lawyer’s office, usually they look more solid. It was just a workplace where Stas and one of his assistant were sitting.