Around Russia The strange story of Mr. Snowden July 5, 2013 Alexander Podrabinek The story that happened to Edward Snowden was more or less understandable until he flew to Moscow. It was clear that he was an ASA employee, that he gave the press very secret information of his secret service, that the American government dreamed of planting him far and for a long time, and Snowden himself was evading in every possible way. The story is not to say that ordinary, but understandable.

In the case of Alexei Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov, debate has already begun. Before this, witnesses were heard, and the judge of the Leninsky Court of the Kirov Region, Sergei Blinov, refused to question almost all defense witnesses, except for those who came to court themselves. Later, he refused to conduct a forensic financial examination, which Navalny considered a sign that the judge, as he put it, had already been given a flash drive with the verdict.

The Gagarinsky Court of Moscow found Olga Alexandrina guilty of an accident on Leninsky Prospekt on February 25, 2010, who died as a result of the collision. Accordingly, the other participant in the accident - the car of Lukoil vice-president Anatoly Barkov - turns out to be innocent. Previously, many witnesses claimed that it was Barkov’s Mercedes that was to blame, which drove into the oncoming lane and collided with Alexandrina’s Citroen.

The Moscow Regional Court found former Khimki administration official Andrei Chernyshev guilty of organizing an attack on environmentalist Konstantin Fetisov, who was severely beaten in November 2010 and spent a year in a coma. The jury found that Chernyshev acted out of personal interest, wanting to advance his career, and attracted a number of people for a monetary reward to commit the attack. Based on the jury’s verdict, the court sentenced Chernyshev to six and a half years in prison.

In the Kremlin Rogue July 5, 2013 Anton Oresh A crook is not only the one who steals the wallet. And not only the one who stole so much that no wallets are enough to hide everything stolen. Fudies - it is also flashing, deceiving, cunning. So Sobyanin, calling for municipal deputies, so be it, give signatures to Navalny - and there is a typical crook. Because he puts a weakness of an opponent, whom he actually considers the most dangerous.

Navalny just said at the trial that “any absurdity must have some kind of boundaries.”... It seems to me that in the near future Judge Blinov will easily refute this thesis...

It is not entirely clear how to interpret the latest events around the Academy of Sciences. It seems like the high authorities have backed down. Now it is planned not to completely merge the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, but to merge them into one structure, but with the preservation of legal entities. All institutes, divisions and regional offices will be preserved.

... Here, of course, the sticky Moscow heat plays an important role. From her, the abomination of what is happening around is made even more tangible, thick and seems to be completely unbearable. On the outgoing week, the concentration of this abomination for every square centimeter of the average organism of the average, indifferent citizen, seems to have reached the highest indicators for the entire time of the corresponding measurements.

A crook is not only the one who steals the wallet. And not only the one who stole so much that no wallets are enough to hide everything stolen. Fudies - it is also flashing, deceiving, cunning. So Sobyanin, calling for municipal deputies, so be it, give signatures to Navalny - and there is a typical crook. Because he puts a weakness of an opponent, whom he actually considers the most dangerous.

The hearing in the Moscow City Court on the “case of twelve,” separated from the “Bolotnaya case,” did not take place on July 3, because one of the defendants, Sergei Krivov, could not be brought to court. It turned out that on July 2 he was not brought to the hearing of the appeal to extend the accused’s period of detention in custody, but instead of the Moscow City Court, he was taken to the Zamoskvoretsky Court.

In the Kremlin “Despite conservatism and reactionary, this Duma is more like parliament than the previous ones” July 5, 2013 Daily Journal Today, our glorious Duma, which has recently been concerned about a wide variety of groups of the population, forced to talk about itself in the most powerful expressions, holds the last meeting in the season.

Konstantin von Eggert has ceased to be the editor-in-chief of Kommersant-FM. He took this post only in March, replacing Alexey Vorobyov, who had headed the radio station since August 2012. As reported in the Kommersant-FM microblog, the vice-president of the radio publishing house, Maria Komarova, becomes the de facto head of the radio station, and von Eggert becomes deputy editor-in-chief. Komarova came to the publishing house in the spring.

In the economy The end of Russian science is 2. A country without a future July 5, 2013 Igor Kharichev The bill on the reform of the State Academies, like a random brick falling on the head of Russia, shot a storm of indignation. Despite the summer, the scientific community showed noticeable activity.

The main thing is to help and don’t fool yourself JULY 5, 2013 SVETLANA SOLODOVNIK The Russian Orthodox University hosted a presentation of a study by the sociological service "SREDA" on the perception of the image of the Russian Orthodox Church by Russians, reports the portal "Orthodoxy and the World". Service coordinator Alina Bagrina spoke about a survey based on existing experience in studying the perception of the Church at various church events and in expert audiences.

The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, resigned. I asked Putin to grant the request. He agreed, but asked if Yevkurov was going to take part in the upcoming elections of the head of the republic. It turned out - it’s going! Then Putin asked Yevkurov to act as head of the republic until the elections. Reminds me of something. Apparently, this is now the know-how of regional heads who plan to remain in power after the elections.