Boris Sokolov. Photo from the site www.open-forum.ru Undoubtedly, the most sensational in the formation of the new government was the appointment of Vladimir Medinsky Minister of Culture. The 41-year-old PR man and political strategist of United Russia and Putin’s confidant in the last election now, apparently, should become an all-Russian propagandist, turning the ministry into his mouthpiece. The ill -wishers of Dr. Medinsky even began to compare it with Dr. Goebbels. Mr.

Moscow, Simferopol Boulevard, May 24, 2012. Alexey Navalny leaves the special receiver after 15 days of administrative arrest for participating in folk festivities. Video "Novaya Gazeta".

Arkady Rotenberg. Photo: Dmitry Dukhanin/Kommersant All roads around Skolkov will be built by Mostotrest, Arkady Rotenberg. As it became known to Vedomosti , on April 25, the then President Dmitry Medvedev signed an order to transfer to the “bridge” to the road construction for several tens of billions of rubles. Rotenberg is a close friend of Vladimir Putin.

Acceleration at the metro "Clean ponds". Hard of video "Novaya Gazeta" video The political crisis in Russia has acquired an irreversible character. This is stated in the report of the Center for Strategic Development, presented on Thursday. Return to the pre-crisis status quo is impossible, the CSR states. For the authorities, the crisis is expressed in a weakening of the trust of the population and in the growing threat of loss of political control.

White House. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru Dmitry Medvedev approved the distribution of powers between deputy prime minists of the new government, reports Gazeta.ru. The First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov will coordinate the work of federal executive bodies and give instructions on the development of the main areas of socio-economic development and the implementation of a unified financial, credit and monetary policy.

"Summer on a summer night" in the English national opera. The frame of the official trailer Pavel Astakhov, Commissioner for Children's Rights, addressed the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky with a request to verify information about depraved scenes in Benjamin Britten’s opera “Sleep on a Summer Night”, staged by Christopher Olden at the Stanislavsky Music Theater. “It is difficult to evaluate this production without looking at it, but the signal from parents came, so we must react.

Mosgordum. Photos of faces The United Russia faction in the Moscow City Duma introduced a bill on the election of the mayor of the capital, Interfax reports. According to the project, the mayor's candidate will nominate a political party or its regional branch. He must receive support for 10 percent of deputies of representative bodies of local self -government and selected chapters of three quarters of municipalities. For candidates, an age qualification is established - 30 years.

State Duma. Photos of faces Civil activist Yevgeny Chirikova, State Duma deputy from Fair Russia Dmitry Gudkov and TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak left the Hall of the Round Table meeting, at which, on the initiative of United Russia, he was discussing the first reading of the bills for violations on mass promotions, Interfax reports. “There is no dialogue here. There is only the desire of the organizers of this so -called“ open rostrum ”to issue a discussion for the dialogue.

Sergey Udaltsov is released. Photo: Openaction.ru The coordinator of the Left Front Sergey Udaltsov on Thursday night was released after 15 days of administrative arrest. According to Interfax, about a hundred comrades were met at the Udaltsov’s special receiver, then he came to the participants in the protest festivities on Arbat. On Thursday morning, Alexei Navalny is released. Like Udaltsov, he was detained during festivities and convicted under an article on disobedience to the police.

Alexander Skobov While moderately liberal public figures enthusiastically discuss the prospects for expanding the space of dialogue with the authorities, the government itself acts with the good old method of the whip and the gingerbread. It accelerates, then does not disperse. Either it adopts a law that actually abolished freedom of assembly, then offers a protesting some guide park. And thoughtful analysts are trying to catch the signal coming from the Kremlin. The signal is actually simple.

Screenshot from the site sergeislaw.org The Association of Students of Leading Universities of the United States College-100 began a campaign for the adoption of the Magnitsky Law in the American Congress and other parliaments of the world, which provides for a ban on entry for corrupt Russian officials, as well as the arrest of their assets.

Hall of meetings of the State Duma. Photo by MK The Fair Russia faction in the State Duma intends to disrupt the adoption of a new law on rallies by making many amendments. According to the deputy of Eser Dmitry Gudkov in his blog, the initiative may support the Communist Party faction. The Socialist -Revolutionaries have already formed a working group of 10 deputies to prepare a thousand amendments for a bill, which repeatedly increases fines for violations at rallies.

Alexey Venediktov. Photo by E. Mikheeva/Grani.ru The editor -in -chief of Echo of Moscow Alexei Venediktov will head a special working group in the Public Council at the Moscow head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which will monitor mass street promotions. This was reported to Interfax by the chairman of the council Olga Kostina.

The head of Rospil Alexei Navalny on Thursday morning was released after 15 days of administrative arrest, reports Lenta.ru. At night, the coordinator of the Left Front Sergey Udaltsov, who had served the same period, was released from the special receptionist. Navalny and Udaltsov were detained on May 8 at protest festivities in the center of Moscow and convicted under an article on disobedience to the police. "International Amnesty" recognized them with prisoners of conscience.

Alexander Schmidt. Photo: BankPravo.ru The Moscow Arbitration Court registered the claims of Gazprombank on the chief editor of the media group Mikhail Prokhorov "Live!" Nikolai Up, as well as to the New Gazeta Publishing House and Rosbalt Media LLC, posting information about the top manager of the company who shot down the child at a pedestrian crossing, the court representative told RIA Novosti.