December 12, 2012, 20:29 Politics Repeating what was sent Experts did not see anything new in Putin’s message and noted that he preferred to avoid rough edges Ekaterina Vinokurova close 100% Vladimir Putin, in his first presidential address after a four-year break, focused on domestic problems, only briefly dwelling on issues of international politics.

They say that devastation is in the heads, and in general, everything bad is first in the heads, and only then spreads from them to the country, forcing it to experience one trouble after another. But it also happens exactly the opposite. The country is now clearly entering a withdrawal stage caused by underconsumption of the petrodollar drug. This is a crisis, and a long and difficult one at that.

Russia needs to modernize its political system, but those who receive money from abroad cannot participate in the political process. “Change and modernization of the political system is natural and even necessary, but paying for the thirst for change by destroying the state itself is unacceptable. The whole history of our country, the whole history of Russia simply screams about this,” he said, adding that a figure who receives money from abroad cannot be a politician.

Vladimir Putin, who is currently delivering a message to the Federal Assembly at the Kremlin Palace, instructed the government to prepare a project for introducing an educational component in schools. “The students themselves and their parents have become much more demanding. Schools must keep up with them, and in a good way they must be ahead; we need to return the spiritual value to the school,” the president said.

December 12, 2012, 15:32 Politics Obama's Syrian Opposition The United States recognized the National Coalition of the Syrian Opposition Polina Matveeva close 100% The United States recognized the National Coalition of Opposition and Revolutionary Forces as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. There is no question of military support from the United States for the opposition fighting Bashar Assad, President Barack Obama said.

Filming of the documentary film “Term” was suspended due to a search and interrogation of director Pavel Kostomarov . This is stated in the authors' commentary on the last episode of the project. “The events of recent days related to the interrogation of Pavel Kostomarov and the search of his home have seriously damaged our project, violating the main principle of high-quality documentary filmmaking: the author should not be a participant in the events.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a message to the Federal Assembly. During his address, the head of state raised the issue of democracy, emphasizing that Russia has a special democracy. “For Russia there can be no other political choice other than democracy. Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions. Democracy is respect for existing laws, rules and regulations.

December 12, 2012, 09:50 News The head of the Mozhaisk district administration, against whom a criminal case was opened, was dismissed at his own request The head of the Mozhaisk district administration, accused of negligence leading to the theft of budget money, has been relieved of his post, told Interfax . a source in the city administration “ Mikhail Reshetnikov was dismissed from the Moscow state civil service on his own initiative,” the source said.

The former chairman of the Committee on Energy and Engineering Support of the Government of St. Petersburg, Oleg Trishkin , was detained as part of a case of theft in the housing and communal services system, the website of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs reports . “In the course of operational investigative actions against members of an organized group who are suspected of theft of funds from the budget of St.

The father of Evgenia Vasilyevna, accused in the Oboronservis case, stated that most of the jewelry seized from her apartment was costume jewelry. According to RIA Novosti , he said this on the air of the Ekho Moskvy radio station. “Gold and diamonds are mystical. And much less than the 1.5 thousand items under discussion were seized. The lion's share is jewelry. There are no diamonds there, there is rock crystal,” said Vasiliev, noting that not all of this jewelry was intended to be worn.

During the announcement of his message to the Federal Assembly, President Vladimir Putin said that the obvious problems in Russia are the low efficiency of government and corruption. He identified the criteria that should become key for the new model of public administration. According to him, it is necessary to orient all parts of the state mechanism towards achieving a result that is transparent to society and introduce new forms of control over officials.

Global development is becoming increasingly uneven, and the entire world is facing upheaval. announced this President Vladimir Putin when announcing a message to the Federal Assembly. “A lot has been done in the first 12 years of the new century. A hugely important stage in the restoration and strengthening of the country has been created.

December 12, 2012, 17:44 Cars AvtoVAZ will register in Holland Renault-Nissan and Russian Technologies officially created a joint venture to manage AvtoVAZ Sergey Gusarov close 100% Signing an agreement to create a joint venture to manage AvtoVAZ Stanislav Krasilnikov/ITAR-TASS The Renault-Nissan Alliance and the Russian Technologies State Corporation have officially created a joint venture to manage AvtoVAZ.

Pensioner Cecilia Jimenez, who damaged a 19th-century fresco in Spain, put her paintings on eBay , writes The Guardian . She posted a painting of her hometown on eBay, with the highest bid so far being €620. You can also buy a reproduction of the “restored” mural on eBay for $18.99 or a printed T-shirt for $15.95. The Guardian notes that the proceeds from the sale will not go to the pensioner herself, but to a Catholic charity.

December 12, 2012, 21:33 Business Svyazinvest goes beyond the presidential term The reorganization of Rostelecom through the merger of Svyazinvest does not fit within the one-year deadline allotted by the president - by March 2013 Alina Chernovanova close 100% The reorganization of Rostelecom through the merger of Svyazinvest does not fit within the one-year deadline allotted by the president - by March 2013 Vladimir Astapkovich/ITAR-TASS The reorganization of Rostelecom through the merger of