The political reaction, and this is exactly what the Putin regime has currently turned on, is aimed at intimidating society. And we will not pretend that society was not afraid. Frightened. In response to dragon laws - not a single mass demonstration. The number of arrested after the procession and the failed rally in Bolotnaya is growing - there is no adequate answer. Pussy Riot sits and obviously get a deadline. Navalny walks on the ground of arrest.

People of little faith, but not atheists either AUGUST 13, 2012 SVETLANA SOLDOVNIK Gallup International conducted a study in 57 countries (more than 50 thousand people were surveyed), whose residents were asked the same question about religiosity and atheism, reports the Ukrainian newspaper Segodnya. The top five “most religious” countries included Ghana (96%), Nigeria (93%), Armenia (92%), Fiji (92%), Macedonia (90%).

In society Ecology news August 13, 2012 Julia Latynina Recently, I have been very attentive to environmental rallies in the province. Firstly, because this is the most massive protest movement in the regions. The number of people going to the streets often, as a percentage of the city population, exceeds the number of people who have entered the Bolotnaya.

Novosibirsk artist and actionist Artem Loskutov, who came up with the absurdist “Monstrations” and was repeatedly persecuted by the authorities, including being accused of drug possession (according to his relatives, the charge was falsified), will have to pay a fine for placing posters in defense of Pussy Riot, stylized icons The decision was made by the magistrate court. Loskutov appealed, but the Central District Court of Novosibirsk rejected the complaint.

In the opposition Conscience as an escape August 13, 2012 Dmitry Oreshkin Plato Lebedev is going to gather the deadline. And Gennady Gudkov, on the contrary, plant. There are no contradictions here - in both cases, the court and law enforcement agencies are used to solve momentary political problems. The logic of power is simple, like mooing. In developed countries, according to Pew Research, the image of Russia has significantly worsened over the past year.

Lawyers for the punk band Pussy Riot have begun filing for custody of the members' children. They spoke about this in an interview with The New Times magazine, Lenta.ru reports. The guardian of Hera, the daughter of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Pyotr Verzilov from the Moscow faction of the Voina art group, will be the girl’s lawyer, Mark Feigin.