Last year, it began under the sign of strengthening the Internet censorship, continued with repression against bloggers, and ended with American sanctions against the leadership of the GRU for hacker attacks on the servers of the Democratic Party during the presidential election campaign. At first glance, all this does not sound too happy, but several reasons for optimism in the future remain.

Around Russia The results of the year. Year of sensations and risk January 5, 2017 Alexey Makarkin 2016 became sensational for the modern world. At first, Braxit, then the election of Donald Trump by the president of the United States, and throughout almost the whole year - the leadership of Marin Le Pen in French presidential ratings. Only in December she was bypassed by the new favorite of the legal entities of Francois Fillon.

In society How to destroy a mafia state. Georgian experience January 5, 2017 Peter Filippov For the past last years, I have been interested in those who visited Georgia: how are things, did the society returned with the departure from the power of Saakashvili and its associates to the orders of the mafia state, in which those in power are rich at the expense of tribute from citizens and business? They answered me - no. Georgia is not Russia.