I’m sitting on the summer veranda of a Moscow cafe with an Armenian friend, eating French salad with goat cheese. Suitable local citizen: - Guys, happy Ramadan to you. Will you give me a hangover?

Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev stated that bribery and malfeasance inherent in the police were not inherited by the police, in other words, corruption has been defeated. “There, behind my back, in the past, there was bribery, abuse of power, corruption and all the negativity, it is not there today,” ITAR-TASS reports his words. Nurgaliev assures that “only the best of the best remain in the new structure.” Wonderfully wonderful, that's right.

The departure of Valentina Matvienko and the prepared appointment of the new governor of St. Petersburg cause certain hopes among the city -protective public - primarily on the ban on the demolition of historical buildings, the construction of skyscrapers and the development of the city center of the city with glass and concrete structures. However, these hopes look ghostly if you analyze the composition of the future parliament of St. Petersburg.

In kindergartens in the Moscow region, elective classes on the basics of Orthodoxy will be held, the region’s Minister of Education, Lidia Antonova, announced on Wednesday as part of a pedagogical forum near Moscow. “In 2011-2012 there is a new milestone, the introduction of classes on the topic “Orthodox culture” in preschool educational institutions. By September 1, a new educational and methodological complex has been prepared for publication,” the minister said.

An unknown person from a car with a flashing light attacked Novaya Gazeta correspondent Evgeny Starshov. As the journalist writes on the publication’s blog, the incident took place on the Moscow Ring Road.

Around Russia "Arab Spring" - a threat to Israel August 25, 2011 Daily Journal After several terrorist attacks against Israel and the response of the army units, relations between the Jewish state and the Palestinian autonomy were aggravated to the limit.

In the economy Tectonic shifts and universal values August 25, 2011 Evgeny Yasin Today, the world economy is experiencing tectonic shifts. We see the visual manifestations of these shifts. I spoke about their inevitability for a long time, now you can check what has been said in practice.