In the Kremlin Putin in the astral December 16, 2011 Julia Latynina Putin is in the astral. He honestly went to the people and tried to explain in a friendly conversation what was happening - and it became clear that a man was in the astral. Most of all I liked two things - that McCain was sitting in the pit at the Vietnamese and went crazy there and that Gaddafi killed foreign special forces.

There is no doubt that the best news of the outgoing week is the coordination of the rally on Sakharov Avenue on December 24. It seems to me absolutely true that the applicants of an important event did not rest against the address (they also asked for Vasilievsky descent or Manezhnaya Square) and agreed to the third option. Experts vying began to guess whether the upcoming rally would become even more numerous or, conversely, people's enthusiasm will decline.

A man whom I knew well and whose courage and professionalism I sincerely admired died tragically - the general director of the Svoboda Slova company, founder and in 2005-2006 editor-in-chief of the Chernovik publication Khadzhimurad Kamalov. The newspaper he created is undoubtedly one of the freest and most honest in the Russian Federation, one of the pillars of civil society in the Republic of Dagestan.

The week enriched the opposition with two, at least, useful slogans for the rally on the 24th. After the publication of the already legendary issue of Kommersant-Vlast, “people with fresh, healthy faces” will say “Khutin Puy,” especially since he himself... Putin says that this only makes him happy.

The second meeting of the Organizing Committee of the rally “For Fair Elections,” which was to be held on December 24 on Academician Sakharov Avenue, did not take place.

The dismissal of the editor-in-chief of Kommersant-Vlast magazine Maxim Kovalsky has been cancelled. He leaves, but by agreement of the parties. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to Demyan Kudryavtsev, general director of the Kommersant publishing house. At the same time, Kovalsky may even collaborate with a publishing house. The decision to dismiss was canceled by Kudryavtsev with the consent of the board of directors.

...the last days: all this, all twelve years, was not demagoguery. He really is. And when in 2000, after curses from the widows of the Kursk, he said, “they picked up people for ten dollars,” and now, when he is looking for payment from the State Department on Bolotnaya Square, he acted and acts quite sincerely. He really does not allow the thought of other human motivations. Well, this is what grew up on the outskirts of the Leningrad Big House...

In the Kremlin A hat without a hare December 16, 2011 Vladimir Nadein Competition is useful even to Putin. For twelve serene years, he is a flabby skills and mind. The rallies of recent days shook the leader. Not that a completely new Putin appeared before the country. However, before the tenth meeting of the leader with the people, an urgent intellectual lift was held, which partially corrected his boring appearance. He, of course, lied, but not as recklessly as usual.

Late in the evening of December 15, the founder of the Chernovik newspaper, published in Dagestan, Khadzhimurad Kamalov, was killed. As the Caucasian Knot reports, the murder was committed near the publication’s office - Kamalov went outside to see his friend off. He was shot 14 times. According to preliminary data, one person shot, he was wearing a mask. The online publication notes that this method of murder is not typical for militants.

Former Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin again spoke out on important issues, including those related to his interaction with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. In an interview with RIA Novosti, he responded to the context in which Putin mentioned him during a direct line with the population.

New Russians start and win DECEMBER 16, 2011 SVETLANA SOLODOVNIK On December 15, 2011, at the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Nice, the official handover of the keys from the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation to the new rector of the cathedral, Archpriest Nikolai Ozolin, took place, the Church Herald reports. The Russian delegation was headed by Sergei Bolkhovitin, Deputy Director of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.

In the Kremlin Presidential filter December 16, 2011 Alexey Makarkin Vladimir Putin on a straight line proposed returning to the election of governors. But with three conditions - only political parties nominate candidates and the president approves, and parties should be represented in the local parliament. It seems that the authorities offers initiatives in the extreme hurry in order to bring down a wave of discontent of the middle layers that have sensed themselves in the middle class.

Statement of the Company "Memorial" On December 4, the State Duma elections were held in Russia. The coordinated work of observers revealed mass falsification during voting and voting. Citizens were convinced: deception and manipulations can be opposed. The shameless falsification caused mass protests that Russia has not seen for many years. The selfless heirs of Stolypin from the ruling party claim that they want to save Russia from great upheavals.