On August 5, the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv ruled to arrest the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko. This was done at the request of prosecutor Liliya Frolova. The reason for the request was accusations from Tymoshenko against the current Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who spoke at the trial as a witness. Tymoshenko accused her successor of acts of corruption when he was head of the tax administration.

The St. Petersburg opposition decided to challenge in court the legality of the announcement of elections in two city municipalities with the participation of Governor Valentina Matvienko. The Kirov District Court even accepted a statement from a resident of one of the municipalities, Krasnenkaya Rechka, who demanded that the elections scheduled for August 21 be declared illegal.

In society I tear for Putin - Medvedev Görls August 5, 2011 Anton Orech In response to the creation of Putin’s army, another group of girls created MedVedev Girls community on social networks to support the president and all his undertakings, in particular the recently adopted law that tightens the state regulation of the alcohol industry. I watch this marvelous video message.

In uniform Rudeness and denunciation in one bottle August 5, 2011 Alexander Golts Once upon a time I decided that I would never comment on the texts of colleagues. The case of a journalist is to describe the realities. And to write about how another journalist interprets these realities, in my opinion, rather boring. However, not everyone shares this approach. And periodically I come across a deeply unpleasant assessment of my modest activity.

In the economy Lessons of the failed default August 5, 2011 Maxim Blut Despite the fact that no one believed in the possibility of American default to the end, the drama of the performance, arranged by the Republicans in Congress, could not be occupied.

In the Kremlin The results of the week. My climbing rock ... August 5, 2011 Alexander Ryklin All over the past week, the domestic liberal public with longing and sadness looked at the next twist of our handsome prime minister and his associates according to the power vertical. And not just looked, but also announced the surroundings with loud sobs and moaning, wringing her hands and sprinkled her head with ashes.