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Alexander Skobov. Photo from the site www.freevoice.ru *But the boss cannot be smart, Because it cannot be.* Alexander Galich a flurry of literary images caused me in the recent article by Irina Pavlova the opinion of the American historian Richard Pipe that Russia needs Peter. But I'll start in order, without emotions and not with Russia.

On March 2, the current and future participants of the Grani-TV project gathered in the Mayak Moscow club. The event was held under the slogan "We do not play in the box." It was attended by Lyudmila Alekseeva, Irina Yasina, Mikhail Kasyanov, Vladimir Ryzhkov, Dmitry Muratov and many others. We bring to your attention a fragment of Viktor Shenderovich's speech. Photo report Radio Liberty report

Victor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko. Photo from Newizv.ru The Ukrainian side should not aggravate the disagreements in negotiations with Gazprom on the repayment of debt for the consumed gas. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko at a meeting with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

Maxim Reznik. Photo from the site lenizdat.ru The leader of the St. Petersburg branch of the Yabloko party, Maxim Reznik, was detained on Monday night. As the Echo of St. Petersburg reports, he is still in the 76th police department. He was detained near the party’s office when he tried to separate the fight. The police detained him "as a participant in the brawl." According to Reznik, he is charged with resistance to police officers.

The emblem of the US State Department The US presidential administration George Bush critically evaluates the presidential election in Russia, but is ready to work with Dmitry Medvedev. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the official representative of the State Department.

Gas burner. Photo from Interfax.by Gazprom reduced gas supply to Ukraine. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced on Monday by the official representative of the Russian holding Sergey Kupriyanov. According to him, gas supply is reduced by 24 million cubic meters per day. This is 25 percent of the total gas supplied by Russia. Between the press secretary of Naftogaz of Ukraine, Valentin Zemlyansky said that deliveries were reduced by 30 million cubic meters per day.

The Mi-17 helicopter. Photo from the site avia.russian.ee In the disaster of the Mi-17 helicopter in the east of Nepal, two Russians and a citizen of Belarusia, RIA Novosti, with reference to the representative of the airline, reported. The dead are the crew commander Mi -17 - Sergey Orezhenko and Bortmeikhanik Nikolai Yamshchikov. The deceased resident of Belarus is the second pilot Dmitry Malyshev. The total number of cream victims was 10 people.

The march of disagreements in St. Petersburg on March 3, 2008. Photo by Elena Lanskaya In St. Petersburg, about two thousand people entered the "march of disagreements" authorized by the authorities. As the correspondent of the Grani.ru reports, among the participants of the action was the leader of the DDT group Yuri Shevchuk. The "marsh of disagreements" passed along the route from Greek Avenue along the 4th Sovetskaya Street and ended with a rally in the Chernyshevsky Square.

Dmitry Volov with five illegally issued ballots. Photo from the blog of Ilya Yashin The Yabloko held an action in Moscow and St. Petersburg to verify compliance with the election law. On the day of voting, the party activists went around several sites and received ballots without absenteeism. About the results of the St. Petersburg campaign was told on the air of the television channel, the leader of the local branch of the party Maxim Reznik.

Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin. Photo from the site rb.ru The Russian voting ended in the Russian election. According to the results of the counting of 38.4 percent of the ballots, the candidate from United Russia Dmitry Medvedev is gaining 67.14 percent of voters, reports the Central Election Commission. The Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov is gaining 18.8 percent, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky - 11.33, self -nominated Andrei Bogdanov - 1.33 percent of the vote.

Elena Bonner. Photo from the site www.vestnik.com Human rights activist Elena Bonner called unreasonable the requirements of supporters of the former presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan to hold new presidential elections. "The candidate from the opposition lost. It is also necessary to lose with dignity," the statement that came to the editorial office of the Grani.ru said. In her opinion, the Armenian opposition behaves irresponsibly.

Valery Serdyukov. Photo by ITAR-TASS The administration of the Leningrad region intends to form lists of people who did not go to the elections on March 2. According to Rosbalt IA, this was stated by the governor of the Leningrad region Valery Serdyukov. He explained that this would be done in order to understand why the person did not come to the polls.

The traffic police officer. Photo from the site www.belgorod.ru An explosive device weighing more than a kilogram was seized by traffic police officers when checking a car in Moscow. As ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the traffic traffic inspectorate, on Sunday evening the inspectors stopped the VAZ-21103, in which there were two men-residents of Tula and the Moscow Region.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Shot CNN The leader of the presidential race among the American Democrats, Senator Barack Obama said that he was disappointed with the Russian presidential election. “These elections were not completely free and honest due to the lack of free press, as well as the opposition of opposition figures and political parties,” the Obama statement, which his headquarters sent Reuters after the announcement of the victory of Dmitry Medvedev.