In society The Internet will not be disconnected yet October 1, 2014 Andrey Soldatov At a meeting of the Security Council devoted to the security of the Russian Internet segment, Putin promised not to limit access to the network. He also assured that the state does not intend to total control or nationalize the Internet, to somehow limit the interests and capabilities of people, organizations and business.

What happened last weekend in Kharkov was the last spectacular chord of the epic Ukrainian Leninopad. It began with the “demolition” of the Mercury monument in Kyiv, and this was in December 2013, in the first weeks of the Maidan, and ended with the “liberation” of Kharkov Square of Freedom.

The last third quarter of 2014 was the worst three months after the 1998 crisis for the Russian currency. The dollar exchange rate over this period increased by more than 16 percent, setting several absolute records and approaching the last day of September to 40 rubles per dollar on the last day of September.