The budget message voiced last Thursday was the next attempt by Putin to at least somehow stir up the government, which is close to the coma, force the cabinet, and not just passively wait for the impending economic disaster and its subsequent resignation. Hence the President’s constant demands to submit to him strategies and plans.

The prospects for the site near the Kremlin, which was once occupied by the Rossiya Hotel, are already more or less without alternative - there will be a park on this site. But not an easy one - for ten billion rubles. At least this is the figure announced today by the chief architect of Moscow, Sergei Kuznetsov. The competition for the best project is already in full swing. Today, six companies will be selected as winners of the first stage.

The elections of the President of Iran led to the cessation of eight years of dominance of the conservative forces in the political life of the country. The victory was won by Hassan Rukhani, who has a reputation as a moderate reformer and a supporter of “warming” in relations with the West.

Two State Duma deputies, Alexei Zhuravlev and Sergei Zhigarev, prepared amendments to the federal laws “On the procedure for leaving and entering the Russian Federation” and “On the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation,” which are designed to combat illegal labor migration into the country. At the initiative of the deputies, all foreigners entering the country from countries with a visa-free regime with Russia will have to purchase a migration bill for 30 thousand rubles.

The human rights center of the World Russian People's Council (VRNS) asks law enforcement agencies to recognize the cartoon “Judas and Jesus” as extremist and remove it from the Internet.