April 16 is the day of solidarity with Vladimir Akimenkov , one of 27 people who pass through the so -called “swamp business” - the most massive and loud political criminal case of recent years. Akimenkov Vladimir Georgievich. June 10, 1987 Status: the charge was charged under part 2 of article 212 of the Criminal Code Arrested until June 10, 2013 Location: SIZO-5 "Vodnik" Lawyer: Dmitry Agranovsky Activist of the "Left Front".

Ty... And Belykha, it turns out, will not be in Kirov these days. And I thought that he would meet Nemtsov and me, give us a sightseeing tour of the city, and tell us about our achievements. Surely, in connection with the trial of Navalny and the large influx of guests from Moscow, he has matured a plan for an infrastructure leap... That is, it turns out that the guests are on the doorstep, and the owner is out of the house! Somehow this is not in our style, not in Vyatka...

Around Russia Boston Marathon: Stability Verification April 16, 2013 Andrey Soldatov, Irina Borogan Whoever those who arranged explosions in Boston during the marathon were, they achieved the main goal - the first terrorist attack in the United States after September 11, 2001 became the main world news.

Around Russia About Russian and Western views on national interests April 16, 2013 Andrew Wood A live exchange of views between David Kremer and Lilia Shevtsova , on the one hand, and Thomas Graham , on the other, came to the time. Some arguments in the dispute, as it seemed to the author of these lines observing from the outside, darken the importance of the discussion itself.

In the Kremlin Cosmonautics Day against the background of a recession April 16, 2013 Vladimir Volkov The Russian economy is rapidly slowing down and in the absence of new incentives in the fall may be in a state of recession, last Friday the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Andrei Belousov said. The warning sounded on the day of astronautics, when the space industry was promised new giant injections.

The government admitted that Smolensk activist of the Other Russia Taisiya Osipova, sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony for allegedly attempting to sell drugs, was kept in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the city of Smolensk in improper conditions and is ready to pay her 4,600 euros in compensation. This was reported in a declaration sent to the European Court of Human Rights, the Public Verdict Foundation reports.

Around Russia Strategic RealPolitik, mentoring or new Entente? April 16, 2013 Nikolai Rozov Not being a patented expert in the field of international relations, neither, moreover, a “strategist”, I respond to the call of Lilia Shevtsova , since I have been dealing with the problems of war , geopolitics, geoculture and geoeconomics for many years as the most important areas of historical macrosociology .

Two explosions occurred at the finish line of the Boston marathon. According to the latest data, three people were killed and more than 140 were injured. Among the dead is an eight-year-old boy. This is the largest terrorist attack in the United States since September 11, 2001. Two explosive devices were located close to each other, in crowded areas. In addition, police found five more explosive devices in the vicinity and defused them on the spot.