The human rights association "Agora", which among other things provides free legal assistance to civil activists, received a representation from the Tatarstan prosecutor's office, which states that the association violates the new law on NGOs because it receives funding from abroad and is engaged in political activities. Therefore, according to prosecutors, the association must register as a foreign agent.

In the opposition Maxim Luzyanin's Day April 30, 2013 Oleg Morozov April 30 is the day of solidarity with Maxim Luzyanin , one of those 28 people who became a victim of a fabricated “swamp business”, and the first convicted in this case. Luzyanin Maxim Sergeevich . August 21, 1976 Status: convicted under part 2 of article 212 and part 1. Article 318 of the Criminal Code for 4.5 years - until November 28, 2016 Location: FKU IK-6 UFSIN in the Tula region of Novomoskovsk.

In society Terrorism and religion April 30, 2013 George Satarov The tragedy in Boston and the Caucasian-Islamic trace discovered in it instantly aroused old songs about the Islamic nature of terrorism. In our country, this excitement prompted, for example, the Blog of Protodiacon Andrei Kuraev on the website of Echo of Moscow. The ideas expressed there are not the words and not new.

People who were not too knowledgeable could be surprised by this news, and many even delighted. They reported from Chechnya that for violent actions, for beating a person, Kadyrov was punished for life. That he will never be able to perform his duties again, and his behavior is condemned by his fellow countrymen. And only after reading or listening more closely did citizens learn that although we were talking about Kadyrov from Chechnya, this Kadyrov’s name was Musa.

Around Russia About examination without kneeling April 30, 2013 Petr Verzilov In his article “And once again about Russian“ strategists ”, Alexander Shumilin made an attempt to develop a discussion about the relations of the expert community and the authorities.

The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation did not support amendments to the law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations” and Article 343 of the Labor Code, Interfax-Religion reports. “The concept of the bill needs significant improvement,” says the OP’s conclusion, cited by its press service.

In society Internet censorship for growth April 30, 2013 Irina Borogan Six months have passed since the moment the Internet filtration system, technically designed in the form of a single register of prohibited sites, began to operate in Runet. Today it can already be said that during this time the state managed to convince most international services, such as Twitter, Facebook and Google, to make concessions and block information at the request of the authorities.

In society Artemy Lebedev as a typical case April 30, 2013 Viktor Shenderovich “B ...., why do we have such a UE. A sort of opposition? Against the background of our opposition and its total stupidity, the official power looks like a stronghold of common sense, rationality and restraint. ” Record on the blog Artemy Lebedev On the site of Mr. Lebedev in this epigraph, dozens of other masters from our artistic and cultural elite could be in this epigraph.

Around Russia Indifferent Obama April 30, 2013 Fedor Lukyanov The dispute that the primary in foreign policy - values ​​or interests belongs to the category of eternal. It is especially aggravated in transitional eras, when it is not clear which line of behavior in the international arena should be followed.