In society "When to leave the ship to Rat, if she is a captain?" April 25, 2013 Viktor Shenderovich One of the most asked (me) questions: why are you no longer making the “Cream Sour” program on Echo of Moscow? And every time I honestly answer: because it is impossible for the hundredth time to find new words for a joke about the same thing! False in the eyes, rudeness in the face, yard revenge, corruption, xenophobia, protection of spirituality by the forces of mummers ...

In the opposition Day of Oleg Arkhipenkov April 25, 2013 Oleg Morozov April 25 is the day of solidarity with Oleg Arkhipenkov , one of the defendants in the “swamp business” - the most massive and loud political criminal case of recent years. Arkhipenkov Oleg Yuryevich.

In society The game with the sacred April 25, 2013 Boris Kolymagin The church fills the ideological vacuum. This statement, beaten in different ways, has long become a common place of politicians. So Ilya Yashin recently began his video message from him, at the same time opposing the strict anticlerric rhetoric. Like, not everything is so hopeless inside the church fence. But few people focus on the fact that the Russian Orthodox Church also fills the cultural vacuum.

The case of theft from the Kirovles company continues to be considered, for which Alexey Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov are accused of theft. On April 24, the court, having rejected the defense’s requests to extend the period for familiarization with the case, to return the case to the prosecutor’s office, and to challenge the judge, listened to the representative of the injured party - the head of the department of state property of the Kirov region, Pavel Smertin.

The Moscow City Court sentenced Konstantin Lebedev, accused of organizing mass riots on May 6 on Bolotnaya Square, to two and a half years in prison. The trial took place in a special order - accelerated, since Lebedev made a deal with the investigation and admitted his guilt.

In the economy Holy simplicity April 25, 2013 Vladimir Volkov One of the main witnesses in the case of billions of embezzlement in Rosagrolysing, General Director of Vita LLC Sergey Tsvetkov is ready to return to Russia and testify to the investigation. In his defense, he said that he was only the nominal manager of his enterprise, whose activities had the most vague idea.

Magistrate Court No. 379 of the Presnensky District of Moscow sentenced the Golos association, which monitors elections, to a fine of 300 thousand rubles for non-compliance with the law on foreign agents. An international award was recognized as payment from the world’s backstage, which “The Voice”, however, refused. The organization intends to challenge the court's decision. However, the head of the association, Liliya Shibanova, does not rule out that “Golos” will have to be closed.