Grigory Yavlinsky. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru Daniil Kotsyubinsky, a member of the St. Petersburg branch of Yabloko, called on the leader of the party Grigory Yavlinsky or to leave the process of secret negotiations with the Kremlin and tell in detail the party to the content of the meeting with President Putin on March 12, or leave the post of chairman of the party, reports the Internet publication of Zaks.ru.

Nikolai Mitrokhin. Photo: Radio Liberty The other day, in Moscow on Slavyanskaya Square, Orthodox public movements held another rally for the introduction in schools at the initiative of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Filming by Andrey Hammer. See also: The intelligentsia of St. Petersburg asks Putin to help Reznik Provocation at a picket in support of Reznik (video) Actions in defense of Reznik (video) Mikhail Borzykin on the Reznik case (video) Maxim Reznik in the Grani-TV project Boris Vishnevsky: Why Reznik was imprisoned Campaign for Reznik

Leo Rubinstein. Photo by the border.ru With muddy waves of the Internet, a wonderful document was nailed to the shore, striking in social optimism, so seemingly inappropriate in our cloudy time. Reading it, you understand that not everything is so sour and tedious in our country. That there is another place of active civil position, and an unbiased view of life, and healthy criticism, and the willingness to resist the inevitable, seemingly evil.

Evgeny Grigoryev. Photo from the site "Gazeta" The director of the Serp and Hammer plant, Alexei Maksimov, was charged with the murder of the prosecutor of the Saratov region Evgeny Grigoryev. In total, four defendants were charged in this case, Interfax reports with reference to the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office.

Kosovo Serbs protest against the independence of Kosovo. Photo by ar Several hundred Serbs in the Kosovo Mitrovitsa attacked cars of special police police forces, transporting Serbian lawyers detained for the seizure of court buildings, 20 people fled. According to RIA Novosti, this was reported by the Belgrade news agency Tanyug with reference to one of the released.

Soldiers KFOR and burning gearbox. Photo by ar NATO will "strengthen the mandate" of international peacekeeping forces in Kosovo. As RIA Novosti reports, this was announced on Monday by the official representative of the Alliance James Appuray.

Tokyo exchange. Photo from the site Yahoonews The decision of the US Federal Reserve System to reduce the accounting rate on primary loans led to the fall of Asian exchange indices. According to RBC, trading in Japan opened by the collapse of the Nikkei index by 3.3 percent. Already in the first minutes after the opening of the Nikkei trading session, he fell 1.25 percent, and then collapsed to 11833.79 points.

Paul and Heather McCartney The famous musician Paul McCartney is obliged to pay his ex -wife Hiser Mills 24.3 million pounds. Such a decision was made on Monday of the London Royal Court, reports Reuters. The court also made a decision regarding the fate of four -year Beatrice, the only common child Mills and McCartney, but his details have not yet been made public. The history of the McCartney divorce has been stretching since May 2006.

Orphanage. Photo from the website Spounison.spbu.ru In the Krasnoflotsky district of Khabarovsk, a criminal case has been instituted against employees of a correctional boarding school suspected of cruelty with pupils. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced on Monday by the representative of the prosecutor's office of the Khabarovsk Territory.

March 15, 2008. St. Petersburg, European University, round table "Power and Culture". Photographed by Andrey Hammer. See also: Yuri Shevchuk at the European University Discussion: Andrei Konstantinov, Yuri Shevchuk, Mikhail Piotrovsky Save the European University! EU website

I riots in Lhasa. Shot of Chinese TV The Governor of Tibet Tsyanba Punkog said that Chinese soldiers did not use firearms to suppress protests. At the same time, as the Air Force reports, he said that 13 Tibetans died as a result of the riots. Meanwhile, the Tibetan authorities in exile claim that 80 people died in the clashes, another 72 were injured. The riots in Tibet lasted last week.

Metropolitan laurel. Photo from the site www.rusk.ru In the American city, Jordanville died the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad Metropolitan Lavr. As RIA Novosti reports, he was found dead on Sunday morning. The condolences in connection with the death of Metropolitan Lavra was expressed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II.

March 15, 2008. St. Petersburg, European University, round table "Power and Culture". Photographed by Andrey Hammer. See also: Discussion at the European University (Mikhail Piotrovsky, Andrei Konstantinov, Yuri Shevchuk) Dmitry Bykov at the European University Yuri Shevchuk: "They left me no other choice" (performance on "Grani-TV") Yuri Shevchuk at the "March of Dissent"

Skinheads. Photo from the site www.sem40.ru In Moscow, four suspects of beating a student from Nigeria were detained. According to ITAR-TASS, this was reported in law enforcement agencies of the capital. On Saturday evening, four young people beat a citizen of Nigeria, a student of the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples, on the stairs of the Prague metro station. "The victim received a traumatic brain injury, bruises and was hospitalized.