Sergey Parkhomenko , journalist, public figure: After the arrest, I experienced a bunch of completely new feelings for myself, acquired new experience and a very large amount of information about how this whole industry of intimidation and discrediting of people works. I am absolutely convinced that we are talking about a conveyor belt, about industrial production, which has its own specialists and its own division of labor.

The Russian authorities began to punish those who decided to support the "Prisoners of Bolotnaya." 10 days of arrest for the allegedly rendered police resistance were received by political activists Nikolai Lyaskin, and a member of the Federal Political Council of the Solidarity movement Nadezhda Mityushkin, Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 7 days of arrest, and Boris Nemtsov - 10 days.

In society Mediafiya. Shame February 25, 2014 Igor Yakovenko Today, the word "Maidan" has entered all the languages ​​of the world. As a little earlier, the Russian words “pogrom”, “satellite”, “perestroika” entered into all languages ​​of the world. Language interventions cannot be organized, they cannot be paid, they occur naturally, as the reaction of mankind to the contribution of one or another people to world civilization.

The first thing that is striking about this sentence is its political balanced. This is not the verdict of an independent court, which analyzes the evidence, gives the prosecution and defense and makes a decision based on the result of the competition. It is clear that there was no competition, and it is clear that the sentences that were announced were born not in the court, but were lowered from above. Because they are very balanced.

There is no doubt that, as a percentage of the total number of people released, the arrests on February 24 were the most widespread in the entire history of Russian protest in recent years. Yesterday’s vintilovo, as they say, “a fan from the belly,” when literally everyone was being shoved into paddy wagons (except infants in strollers), perfectly illustrates the psychological state of the top of our government. In a word, Ukraine made an impression!

Around Russia Curved mirrors of Russian politics: South Caucasus February 25, 2014 Alexander Ter-Gabrielyan Among many events of the fall of 2013, the signing by President of Armenia Sergey Sargsyan the agreement on the entry of his country into the customs and Eurasian unions remained almost unnoticed.

From Crimea, one is followed by one another more alarming. It is there, as far as one can understand, the traces of the fugitive Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych are lost. The troops of the State Duma deputies arrived there, who, according to individual local journalists, immediately promised Crimeans a relief design of Russian citizenship.