In society White ribbons and "football cattle"? June 9, 2012 Anton Oresh The European Championship has begun. These tournaments always begin as just football or just an Olympics, but it is worth our athletes to start winning something like football or conditional gymnastics immediately become more than football or conditional gymnastics. Any success immediately turns into the victory of the whole country. Although the defeat is perceived as a shame precisely national.

Around Russia Syrian question June 9, 2012 Julia Latynina The expectations of Vladimir Putin that he, as in the first two terms, will be accepted as his own in the circle of world leaders, did not materialize. Putin did not go to Chicago for the G8 summit. Putin will not go to London for the Olympics. His first departure abroad was a visit to Lukashenko. But the most, of course, the striking occurred after Putin from Belarus flew to Berlin and Paris last Friday.

In the Kremlin The results of the week. Smerdyakovschina June 9, 2012 Alexander Golts If we talk about the main character, the main driving force of the outgoing week, then it was not Medvedev with his interview to Pozner.