The coat of arms of the State Academy of Sciences of Russia. Gosnarkokontrol is developing a legal justification for the introduction of an alternative punishment for drug addicts who have committed low crimes. According to Interfax, the head of the Federal Drug Control Service Viktor Ivanov, the offenders-narciers should be able to choose between the prison and the hospital. "These people need to be treated. This is not a consumable part, but an investment in a person.

Dmitry Shusharin. Photos of faces The Decree of President Medvedev on the creation of the commission "On countering attempts to falsify history to the detriment of Russia's interests" in the very first hours after its appearance caused a very violent reaction. It was easy to guess that people of various views would show discontent. Someone seemed to be a ridiculous and ridiculous idea to command history. Someone gasped from the absurd decree content .

A rally for the reform of the police. Photo by Evgenia Mikheeva/Brani.ru A rally against police arbitrariness was held on the Triumphal Square in Moscow, Kasparov.ru reports. About 250 people participated in the action ( VIDEO , PHOTO ). Among the rally participants, leaflets were distributed, which contained the requirements of human rights activists to reform the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Dome of the Church. Photo from the site www.ntrust.ru Former Russian Minister of Health Yuri Shevchenko became a priest - Priest George. According to RBC, he was ordained a month ago and on weekends serves in the Church of St. Nicholas at the Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center, the press service of the Moscow Patriarchate reports. Former minister exterminated the seminary, where he studied for two years.

Zinaida Greek. Photo Meta.kz Moldavian communists could not elect Zinaida to the buckwheat by the President of Moldova in the first round. As RIA Novosoti reports, for this they did not have one voice. 60 deputies of parliament voted for the buckwheat with the required 101 votes. The name of the academician Stanislav Gronypa was also introduced in the ballots. The opposition did not participate in the vote.

Gas burner. Photo from the site Sterhmedia.ru The hotel economy of Ukraine will soon be able to abandon the use of natural gas, RIA Novosti reports . The government on Wednesday will consider the draft integrated program for the modernization and reconstruction of this sector, said Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Sergey Ivanov. Photo from the site "Gazeta" The Bulava strategic missile system for the development of the strategic assignment will not be closed, Vice-Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Wednesday on Wednesday. He recognized the difficulties that arose with the implementation of the program, but assured that so far there is no question of turning work on this project.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. Photo from the site "New Izvestia" The Moscow City Court refused to consider the complaints of the ex-head of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and former head of the Menatep MFI Plato Lebedev to refuse to terminate their second criminal case on charges of theft of oil and tax evasion, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Lebedev’s lawyer Elena Lipzer.

Rules. Frame NTV The government approved the cost of living in the whole in Russia for the IV quarter of last year in the amount of 4693 rubles, the press service of the government reports. According to the Decree of the Government, for the able -bodied population, the cost of living is set at 5086 rubles, for pensioners - 3712 rubles, for children - 4472 rubles.

Alexey Sokolov. Photo Ura.ru The head of the Yekaterinburg human rights organization "Legal Basis" Alexei Sokolov, who was detained and in a temporary detention isolate on charges of robbery, filed an open letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the agency "For Human Rights" reports.

Mikhail Prokhorov. Photo from the site "Norilsk Nickel" The Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District rejected the cassation appeal of the publisher of The Moscow Times and confirmed the legality of the decision, which obliged the newspaper to refute the previously published information concerning the president of the ONEXIM investment fund Mikhail Prokhorov, RIA Novosti reports.

Moscow, Triumphalnaya Square, May 18, 2009. Photographed by Dmitry Borko. Photo report of Graney.Ru

A rally of solidarity on Bolotnaya Square May 1, 2009 Photo by D. Borko/Grani.ru The combined democratic movement "Solidarity" intends to actively participate in the elections of mayors of cities.

The evolution of man. Illustration from the site Restena.lu A group of scientists from the Norwegian Institute of Natural Sciences in Oslo under the leadership of Yorn Hurum announced the discovery of fossilized remains of a mammal who lived 47 million years ago, which, in their opinion, can be considered a distant relative of modern primates (monkeys and humans), lacking a link in their evolution (with this conclusion, not all of the conclusion are far -consistent Paleontologists).

Hasan Huseynov. Photo from the site Lenta.ru The answer of Comrade Stalin to the letter of TT. Putin and Medvedev on the occasion of the publication of the decree on countering attempts to falsify historical facts and events to the detriment of Russia's interests Comrades! Thank you for your letter, transferred to us through the channels of the Comintern in the form of a decree on countering attempts to falsify historical facts and events.