Putin touchingly emphasized his closeness to the people, saying that he, like every Russian, sometimes has rusty water. But, to be honest, I don’t see anything touching in such closeness to the people. Isn't this a wonderful visual result of a 14-year reign? I couldn’t even ensure the transparency of the water in the tap for myself. Even for Putin, our housing and communal services cannot build a normal water supply system.

Euromaidan is a purely peaceful revolution. But she already has four victims, all with fatal consequences. Firstly, the New Year tree, which Prime Minister Azarov spoke about with such pain. Secondly, the idol of V.I. Lenin, over the destruction of which Dmitry Kiselev shed a tear. Thirdly, the Russian Book Chamber, the remains of which are transferred, perhaps for storage, and perhaps for burial, to the ITAR-TASS agency.

Last Sunday, at the Strelka Institute, a presentation and discussion of the project “The Last Address” was held at the Bersenevskaya embankment, which will become a logical continuation of the annual campaign of the Memorial Society “Return of Names”, during which people read the names of those executed during the years of Stalin's repressions at the Solovetsky stone on Lubyanskaya Square.

President Putin, speaking at the Economic Council on December 4, called for focus on constructive proposals to improve the economy instead of "plunging into hopeless pessimism." The fact is, he explained that to immerse himself in pessimism and “start criticizing everything and everything” - much easier than bear responsibility for changes in the country and do business. How familiar. Especially "bear responsibility." September 13, 1930 Comrade Stalin writes Comrade.

On Sunday, hundreds of thousands of people reached the Kyiv Maidan again. This is eloquently evidenced by photographs. Which completely did not prevent the first channel of Russian television from excluding from its reports, along with the general plans of the center of the Ukrainian capital, and the word “thousands”. Correspondents of this unique media without any embarrassment spoke about the "hundreds" of the manifestants.