Novaya Gazeta reports that its published appeal against the ban on the adoption of Russian children by US citizens, which collected more than 100 thousand signatures and was submitted to the Duma, was lost on the way from the reception of the lower house. No one can clarify the fate of the signatures for the publication. The newspaper correspondent prompted Putin to instruct the Duma to consider this appeal. Attached was a covering letter to Speaker Sergei Naryshkin.

Putin became older and more experienced. His first in the last four years, the press conference was held in a free, clearly not painted communication with hundreds of journalists in advance. Among them were representatives of leading domestic and Russian media, foreign correspondents, guests, mainly women, from fairly remote places of Russia. It was obvious that there were no questions that Putin would be afraid of.

The Presidium of the Moscow City Court has reduced the length of stay of former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and former head of the Menatep MFO Platon Lebedev in custody from 13 to 11 years. Thus, the supervisory appeal of the convicts was partially satisfied. In addition, the amount of allegedly legalized funds in the charge was reduced by two million - which, however, is not related to the reduction of the term.

The week began, I remember, with a discussion of a passing passing trip to Lubyanka. We discussed the format, agreement, it is worth it or not to go out, whether a specific reason is needed or you always need to go out, because there is such a word “necessary”. They wrote about the need to escalate confrontation with the authorities ... And life itself explained everything. Sheas itself showed what to do and what to do.

Among the journalists asking questions to Putin at the press conference was the editor-in-chief of the Chechen newspaper “Kadyrov’s Path” (the full name is “Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov’s Path”, talking about the father of the current head of Chechnya, the former president of the republic, killed on May 9, 2004) Belkis Dudaeva. She asked about the reduction in the broadcast format of the Caucasus radio station and about hotbeds of tension in the region. Putin promised to help.

Despite the fact that the case of an alleged robbery involving the taking of fur hats, which, according to investigators, was carried out by oppositionist Leonid Razvozzhaev, had expired, the Left Front activist was transported from Moscow to Angarsk, where this incident allegedly occurred more than 15 years ago .

In the Kremlin The results of the week. Sepaled like a bow December 21, 2012 Alexander Golts If I were in the place of our eagle, Vladimir Vladimirovich, I would now make a good stick to both PR managers and specialists from the administration.

In the Kremlin National Project "Orphan": Ready for the saw? December 21, 2012 Sergey Gogin Still, journalists are great. At Putin’s press conference, eight journalists, without saying a word, in different variations asked him the same question-about his attitude to the law on the prohibition of adoption of Russian orphans by the Americans. Putin turned around. I went into the unconscious (“I haven’t seen him yet. I don’t know the details. I haven’t seen the text. I have to see it.

December 21 - Stalin's birthday. Some recall this with horror, others with hope, others with indifference. However, the fact that 133 after his birth and 59 years after his death is not forgotten, says a lot. Most people in our country did not live under Stalin, even fewer people saw him alive, and there were no close associates at all. It would seem that it is time to forget or show interest exclusively academic - as a historical villain of international scale.