The story of a blogger, known by Nick Top_Lap, made a lot of noise. He hung a proclamation in his blog, a complete mat and protest. A.A. Vediktov, editor-in-chief of Echo of Moscow, caught it from the network and sent it to the press service of V.V. Putin. Then miracles went, the essence of which is mysterious. In any case, an answer came from the press service soon. Not handwritten, electronic, but, without a doubt, personally belonging to Putin.

Another story about the persecution of a person who wrote something wrong in a blog about the head of the region. Not long ago, the former press secretary of the former President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, Irek Murtazin, was sent to prison because of a blog entry where it was reported that the head of the republic had died.

In uniform Hopelessness August 12, 2010 George Satarov Borrowing from Marx, I will say: “Nothing human is alien to me,” including a herd feeling. Obeying him, I join in the “discussion” around the bill “On the Police”, started by Medvedev a day before the two years of announcement of the invasion of Georgia. But this is by the way. I join this discussion when a lot of fair critical assessments have already been given the bill.

In the Kremlin Warranty period August 12, 2010 Natella Boltyanskaya Dear Mr. President! I already have a sad experience in writing to you, which was removed by a bad moderator from your blog. And the sore, you know, does not let go ... but let's in order. It’s embarrassing about the police with the police, do you, excuse me, seriously count on the implementation of this law?

On August 12, Moscow police detained the organizers of the unauthorized “Day of Wrath” action, Left Front activists Sergei Udaltsov and Konstantin Kosyakin, when they were just heading to the site of the action. They were tied up right in the underground passage. The third organizer, the leader of the movement “For Human Rights” Lev Ponomarev, was detained a little later; he managed to reach the square and gave an interview to journalists for about five minutes.

Borrowing from Marx, I will say: “Nothing human is alien to me,” including a herd feeling. Obeying him, I join in the “discussion” around the bill “On the Police”, started by Medvedev a day before the two years of announcement of the invasion of Georgia. But this is by the way. I join this discussion when a lot of fair critical assessments have already been given the bill. Joining the choir of indignant voices, I want to pay attention not to the content of the bill.

A group of American analysts and leaders of human rights organizations sent an open letter to US President Barack Obama, in which they harshly condemned the detention of people on July 31 at a rally in defense of the article of the Constitution that ensures freedom of assembly, and other recent actions of the Russian state that restrict civil liberties and human rights. Here is the full text of the letter: «August 11, 2010 Dear Mr. President!