Vitaly Portnikov. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru Of course, the Russian Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin doubted the Belarusian solvency not by chance. The best moment is to remind the brothers and sisters in the Union state of the collapse that awaiting them around the corner than on the day of the arrival of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin himself in Minsk, and it was impossible to come up with.

March 17, 2009. Saratov journalists hold a picket in support of Vadim Rogozhin, general director of the Vzglyad media holding, who was severely beaten on March 5. Source: TVSAR.Ru Vadim Rogozhin on the course of the investigation (interview with Radio Liberty)

Vladimir Putin and Kinomechanics. Grani.ru collage Prime Minister Vladimir Putin headed the Council for the Development of Russian Cinematography, according to the website of the Government of Russia. Deputy Putin in the leadership of the Council was appointed Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov.

Nuclear power plant. Photo: Wikipedia Belarus will be able to significantly reduce the consumption of Russian gas due to the construction of the nuclear power plant on its territory, RIA Novosti said the first vice-president of Atomstroyecport CJSC Alexander Glukhov. The Russian Atomstroyxport CJSC, as a general contractor, will erect a nuclear power plant for Minsk with NPC-2006 reactors with a total capacity of 2.4 GW.

Andrey Kostin. Photo from the site www.old.echo.msk.ru VTB President Andrei Kostin asked President Dmitry Medvedev to tighten Russian legislation in terms of debt collection, they write on Friday Vedomosti. Kostin sent a letter to Medvedev with a request to improve the legislation in order to strengthen financial discipline and increase the liability of legal entities for the timely repayment of loans.

The artistic action of the group "Bombils" near the building of the Tagansky court. The fascist is kidding justice. Frame "Grani-TV" The Tagansky court was held in support of the organizers of the Forbidden Art-2006 exhibition Yuri Samodurov and Andrei Erofeev, who are accused of inciting religious enmity using the official position in accordance with Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code.

Moscow, May 29, 2009. In the courtyard of the Tagansky court, before the start of the next hearing on the case of the Forbidden Art exhibition, Orthodox plaintiffs held a picket, and artists held a performance called Fascism Torturing Themis. Photographed by Dmitry Borko.

Yuri Samodurov and Andrey Erofeev in dialogue with opponents at a press conference on the eve of the resumption of hearings in the Tagansky court on the case of the "Forbidden Art" exhibition. Erofeev on the creation of the Committee for the Protection of Culture (video by Grani-TV) Full text of Samodurov's speech Details of the case and statements by human rights defenders Ekaterina Degot about contemporary art

Oleg Shenin. Photo of the newspaper '' Duel '' Oleg Shenin, a former member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU, arrested in the GKChP case, the leader of the Russian Party of the CPSU and a member of the Presidium of the Council of the National Assembly, died on Thursday at the age of 71. This was announced in her blog by one of the leaders of the "Left Front" ex-deputy of the State Duma Daria Mitina.

Sulim Yamadaev. RTVI frame The former commander of the Vostok battalion Sulim Yamadaev will return to Moscow after the completion of the rehabilitation course, which he takes place in Dubai after the attempt committed on him. This was reported to Interfax by the family of the Yamadaev family, called Alexei. According to him, Sulim Yamadaev had to do another operation. At the same time, the interlocutor of the agency noted that the former battalion commander of the East feels “quite normal”.

Alexander Lukashenko. Photo from the site www.newcanada.com President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko criticized the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Russia Alexei Kudrin, who a day earlier doubted the solvency of Belarus. "He was completely consolidated with our scumbags, which here for Western money is to blame and begin to learn to work," BelTA agency reports the words of Lukashenko.

Arrest. Photo from the site www.reestr.org The former head of the department for combating extremism and the protection of the constitutional system of the FSB department in the Volgograd region, Petr Samara, who fled during the escort, was put on the federal wanted list, RBC reports with reference to the press service of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Volgograd Region.

The detention of the National Bolsheviks of the State Duma. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru Five National Bolshes were detained in Moscow at a picket organized by the Moscow department of the OGF, the press service of another Russia reports. The police officers brought them out of the group of picketers without explanation and put them in a car carrier. Subsequently, one of the detainees was released. The remaining National Bolshes was taken to the Chinese Gorod police department.

Chemical troops. Photo from the site www.duty.mil.ru To date, Russia destroyed 36.6 percent of chemical weapons in the country, said Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Khristenko. According to him, by the end of 2009 it is planned to destroy 45 percent of the reserves, RIA Novosti reports. "By the end of 2009, we must destroy 45 percent, and this is 18 thousand tons of poisonous substances located in Russia.

Speech at a press conference on the eve of the resumption of hearings in the Tagansky court on the case of the Forbidden Art exhibition. Statement on the establishment of the Committee for the Protection of Culture Erofeev and Samodurov against obscurantists (video by Graney-TV)