Around Russia Yes, We Can October 17, 2011 Mikhail Berg It is useful to look at what is happening in America from the point of view of what is happening in Russia. I mean the growth of social protests and the generally unprecedented polarization of society. The most obvious and only seemingly paradoxical is the union of the richest and most well -poor, and on the American account just the poorest, naive, trusting and simple -minded.

Looking at how under the window, probably for the fourth time, they were “repairing” the asphalt in the same place, throwing it into puddles, I thought that there was probably a way to solve one of the main Russian problems, taking the example of Colombia. There, residents of the city of Barbacoas, in protest against the inaction of the authorities in the reconstruction of the highway, declared a sex strike! And it lasted 112 days!

The parents of Granei.Ru journalist Veniamin Dmitroshkin and their disabled neighbor were beaten by the husband of the head of the administration of their village of Zhmurovo, Mikhailovsky district, Ryazan region. As Dmitroshkin’s wife, Granei.Ru journalist Yulia Bashinova, wrote on Facebook, it started when Dmitroshkin’s parents noticed how the husband of the head of the administration, Pavel Likhachev, a successful farmer in the village, was stealing their concrete blocks.

The director of school No. 1308, Andrei Kudoyarov, accused of taking a bribe, died in the pre-trial detention center. He was accused by someone Evgeny Levin, whose son, Gleb, will have to bear not very light karma: after all, because of him, a person died. The story is familiar. Kudoyarov allegedly extorted 300 thousand rubles from Mr. Levin, a businessman, for his son’s admission to school. Levin turned to the cops, and they recorded the extortion process.

Around Russia Embellure forward October 17, 2011 Alexander Golts Last weekend, mass protests again covered the richest countries: the United States, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Canada. Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered at Times Square in New York and in London City, hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Rome. Not without clashes with the police. Just three weeks ago, I saw in New York one of the first manifestations of the Movement “We will take Wall Street”.

Around Russia About the size of the spider and shape of the jar October 17, 2011 Viktor Shenderovich The mail is now electronic, it comes almost instantly. These three letters flew to me at once, the day after the publication on the Radio of the Echo of Moscow Radio of my “special opinion” * about the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko ... Here they are, these letters, with minor reductions. 1. “... I want to ask a few questions and find out your reaction even more: 1.