These Gumilyovsky lines (are the knights with a cold heart and dirty hands for them, the ancestors of Nikolai Yezhov, and died the author?) Returned to me, although they never went far and did not go on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the surrender of von Paulus and the network was filled with a great noise not about the name of the city for one week a year-but about the truth, so that our words were “yes Yes, and no, no.

The Supreme Court recognized the deprivation of Gennady Gudkov's powers as a Duma deputy as legal. The former deputy from A Just Russia was denied satisfaction of the complaint. The formal reason for deprivation of the mandate was, as stated by Duma representative in court Vladimir Ponevezhsky, the deputies’ conviction that Gudkov was engaged in business.

This is a provocation of aggression in society. In the context of growing xenophobia in our country and primarily in Moscow, such a measure can only serve to further its growth and the emergence of even greater hatred between Russian citizens and non-citizens. And actually between citizens, too, since the decision about whose documents to check will be made by the vigilante, naturally, only based on appearance.

In society About the fans of egoism 12 February 2013 Anton Oresh On the occasion of a symbolic mark - a year before the start of the Olympics in Sochi - the discussion predictably rose: how much it costs, how billions were stolen, why remove $ 500 from the pocket of every adult Russian to satisfy Putin's ambitions.

The Moscow government has created a special people's squad to fight illegal migrants. Should the Anti-Illegal Immigration Movement be banned? As stated in a statement by the head of the capital's regional security department, Alexei Mayorov, the vigilantes will patrol the streets of Moscow every day, as well as help FMS employees check the registration of tenants and conduct raids in search of illegal migrants at markets, construction sites and enterprises.

In society The departure of the tired dad 12 February 2013 Alexey Makarkin The departure of Pope Benedict has no analogues in modern history. You can, of course, recall the medieval church schism, when two, or even three cardinals were simultaneously considered dads at once. One of them - Gregory XII - resigned his powers at the cathedral in Konstanta in 1415. As you can see, there is nothing to do with the current situation.

The church has become closer to the people by as much as 6% FEBRUARY 12, 2013 SVETLANA SOLDOVNIK 70% see no changes in the activities of the church since the election of Patriarch Kirill - this is less than in previous years, when there were 78-83% of respondents. The most obvious changes in the activities of the church were its rapprochement with the people (this was noted by 10% of respondents, and three years ago by 4%) and the construction of new churches and restoration of old ones (7%).

On February 12, the first meeting of the Commission to conduct a public investigation and assess the events of May 6, 2012 in Moscow was held at the office of the Moscow Helsinki Group. The commission was created on the initiative of the December 12 Round Table .