First of all, it is necessary to understand that the leaders of the three opposition parliamentary parties under Yanukovych were not “leaders of the Maidan.” Maidan rather tolerated them as the political wing of the protest, realizing that these were the only people with whom the authorities were ready to conduct at least some negotiations.

Many hotheads in Kiev label the Moscow Patriarchate: “ideological accomplice of the aggressor”, “fifth column”... However, one cannot help but admit that with his current non-participation in the confrontation, Patriarch Kirill did everything he could so as not to inflame passions. Suffice it to recall that he was not present in the Kremlin at the signing of the agreement with Crimea. Of course, we can say that his silence is forced.

In society The elections of candidates will be held in Moscow ... for candidates March 27, 2014 Dmitry Oreshkin The elections will be held without the slightest restrictions. To become a candidate, you need to be nothing - to be older than 21 years and have no criminal records. If you correspond, then nothing prevents you to try to win voters.

Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, DPRK, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua, Syria, Sudan ... No, this is not the latest list of international outcasts. This is the latest edition of the Russian list, sorry for the expression, allies. 11 states dared to openly support Moscow’s position on the annexation of Crimea. I feel, Vitaly Churkina will heal. Where did Argentina go, whose president the day before (according to the Kremlin press service) warmly supported the capture of the peninsula?

On March 24, 2014, by order of the rector of MGIMO, the professor of this university historian A.B. Teeth. The formulations of the official message on the MGIMO website are not in doubt that Professor Zubov was dismissed for his political views and public criticism of state power decisions. The Council of the Free Historical Society considers this to be egregious violation of academic freedoms and a direct threat to the community of historians and teachers of Russia.

In society Russian science: Life after RAS Reform March 27, 2014 Igor Kharichev Russian science, despite all the efforts of officials, still exists. We can say that the patient is rather alive, although the conditions for its existence are very unfavorable. Yes, the prestige of the scientist is unacceptable for us, but there are people for whom scientific search seems to be the most important thing. It is the scientific community that thinks about how to save domestic science.