Around Russia The West seems to have agreed to leave Assad in power December 18, 2013 Alexander Golts At the moment when Vladimir Putin Zadorogoy bought Ukrainian President Yanukovych, the Kremlin seemed to have won another diplomatic victory. Western diplomats were first clearly understood by representatives of the Syrian opposition: the dictator Assad could remain in power in the future. The Jordanian correspondent of Reuters said this, referring to his sources among opposition.

In society The rights we are deprived of December 18, 2013 Petr Filippov Nothing contributes to the policy of the whip, Like a gingerbread The bearer of sovereignty and the only source of power in the Russian constitution is its people. He hires managers - the servants of the people. In the language of lawyers, the people are principal, and the authorities are its agents.

After the statement of Obama that he will not go to Sochi, but instead of him there will be gays and lesbians in the US delegation at the Olympiad, we can definitely say that this is a boycott. So far, the German President and even the French leader refused to do not have special weight from a trip to the games - these were just unpleasant studs for Putin.

In society Dissernet and justice December 18, 2013 Andrey Rostovtsev Once it was supposed to begin. Sooner or later, but according to the logic of things, this could not happen. The authors of scientific papers, convicted in vast incorrect borrowings, went into a counterattack. And the beginning of this new phenomenon in our society was laid by the judicial community.