Crystal chandeliers sparkled, heavy Kremlin gold shone, but Medvedev spoiled all the solemnity. Yes, he taught us to the fact that his words are not the owner. But this time he surpassed himself. Then they talked about this and wrote a lot. It was as if in his last message the outgoing president almost chopped the entire vertical under the root.

In the Kremlin Putin is cunning December 29, 2011 George Satarov On Tuesday, December 27th, Putin uttered a duty spell, the meaning of which came down to the fact that the protesters did not have a positive program. Since the presidential candidate recently got from protesters in full and without restrictions, I, in contrast, allow myself to speak out extremely delicately. He said - cunning in the fourth degree. First.

Human rights activists report the death of 27-year-old Roman Fomkin, who was arrested on suspicion of beating citizens of Tajikistan and was being held in a pre-trial detention center. According to Ekho Moskvy, according to human rights activists, Fomkin died in the hospital due to an overdose of medications that were injected into him in the pre-trial detention center. They will demand an investigation into the circumstances of Fomkin's death.

Activist of the Ecological Watch for the North Caucasus, defender of the Bolshoi Utrish Nature Reserve Suren Ghazaryan was detained in Krasnodar during a single picket in support of another environmental activist, representative of the Movement for the Defense of the Khimki Forest Yaroslav Nikitenko (who, in turn, was detained near the Tverskoy court, where the coordinator of the Left Front Sergei Udaltsov was sentenced to 10 days of arrest, and subsequently arrested for the same 10 days).

The text of the declaration of voter associations has been published, signed by archivist, member of the International Society “Memorial” Olga Trusevich, head of the movement “For Human Rights” Lev Ponomarev, member of the same movement Alexandra Bukvareva, member of the “New Left” movement Alexander Abramovich, and civil activists. The text says, in part: “The free expression of the people is the only legitimate source of power in the state.

Despite the fact that the picket in support of Sergei Udaltsov and other political prisoners on Pushkin Square was not agreed upon by the Moscow authorities, it is taking place in the form of a meeting with deputy Ilya Ponomarev. About 500 people gathered. The square was cordoned off, but those gathered were left untouched.

It was impossible to hope for anything with this trial, but a person always hopes. It turned out that it was all in vain. Taisiya Osipova, an activist of The Other Russia from Smolensk, was sentenced to ten years in prison. This decision was made by judge Evgeny Dvoryanchikov late in the evening on December 29. The prosecution asked to imprison her for twelve years and eight months.

Around Russia And you have blacks linked December 29, 2011 Vladimir Kara-Murza (ml) The Voice of America asks the Armenian radio: "What is the salary of the Soviet engineer?" After a three -day pause, the Armenian radio gives the answer: "And your blacks are linked." (Soviet joke) The report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation “On the situation with human rights in a number of states of the world”, published this week, should read it to everyone.

In society People and mass December 29, 2011 Dmitry Balburov For Putin, the majority or not? 25-30 thousand people or 80-100 thousand reached Bolotnaya and Sakharov Avenue? Disputes about numbers in different variations covered the thinking part of Russian society. The keyword is thinking, that is, civil society and power. The rest of the Russian people, much more numerous, this topic is uninteresting.

Putin drove himself to a dead end. The rating of the national leader is falling. It is already clear that he will not be able to achieve victory in the first round if the elections are honest. To take and go to the second round with Zyuganov, who may well win due to protest voices? Or decide on mass falsifications in order to ensure a victory in the first round, but at the same time get new mass rallies of protest and the dubious legitimacy of the election? The choice, confess, is heavy.

One of the two sentenced to death in Belarus for complicity in the terrorist attack in the Minsk metro on April 11, Vladislav Kovalev, filed a supervisory appeal to the chairman of the Supreme Court of Belarus. The court considered Kovalev to be an accomplice of Dmitry Konovalov, the second defendant in the case. Both of them were sentenced to death. Kovalev did not admit his guilt.

Ah, this is a sweet word - “negotiations”! This is not a “frontal attack” and not even a “breakthrough of the riot police”. The tongue grind, as you know, not to turn bags.

“The Other Russia” activist Dmitry Putenikhin, aka Matvey Krylov, aka Skif, was released from the pre-trial detention center where he was held after throwing water at prosecutor Alexei Smirnov, outraged by the sentences of the accused in the case of the riots on Manezhnaya Square. At first, following a complaint from the prosecutor, Putenikhin was accused of threatening the life of an official, then the crime was reclassified as simple hooliganism.