At the last parliamentary elections, the Russians pulled themselves up in their addiction to the "party of power" to the level of the Pskov region At the last parliamentary elections, the Russians pulled themselves up in their addiction to the "party of power" to the level of the Pskov region The elections to the State Duma held on December 7, 2003 once again demonstrated the political preferences of the inhabitants of the Pskov region.

It is important how to calculate It is important how to calculate Immediately after the end of the voting on December 7, the Communist Party, ATP and Yabloko said that the data that parties receive from the regions significantly diverge from the data that the Central Election Commission quotes.

Pskov human rights activists recalled the ninth anniversary of the war in Chechnya On December 11, 2003, on the eve of the ninth anniversary of the start of the first Chechen war, on the Day of United Action against the War in Chechnya, Pskov human rights activists joined the All-Russian action "Remembrance and Protest", dedicated to the victims of military operations in the North Caucasus. At 6 p.m.

Why don't we treat Russia like an "adult" nation? Why don't we treat Russia like an "adult" nation? "The Washington Post" , USA Anne Applebaum December 9, 2003 It has an army, a stock exchange and a national bank. She has a seat on the United Nations (UN) Security Council, ambassadors in most of the world's capitals and an Olympic champion in figure skating. It has a national flag and enough artificial satellites. So why don't we treat Russia like an "adult" nation?

"Le Figaro" , Laure Mandeville, December 9, 2003 After the triumph of Vladimir Putin's “foot soldiers” in the State Duma, achieved against the backdrop of a heavy defeat for liberals and communists, Russia turned a new page in its history, getting rid of all forms of parliamentary opposition worthy of the name. Politicians who embodied the democratic and pro-Western face of Russian politics are forced to fade into the background. The Communist Party has also become a marginal party.

Unlimited power almost always turns rulers into tyrants "Le Figaro" , France Charles Lambroschini Charles Lambroschini December 9, 2003 The parliamentary elections held on Sunday did not become a model of democracy. After this new triumph of Vladimir Putin, the mystery remains: do the election results mark the end of a decade of immature democracy, or are they just a stage on the road to true democracy?

«Der Standard» , Austria Paul Lendvai, December 11, 2003 Russian schizophrenia - to be between traditions and modernity, between Great Russian nationalism and the desire to be considered a European country - perhaps no one displayed better than the Russian poet and diplomat Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1804-1873) in his famous quatrain: Russia cannot be understood with the mind, with a common yardstick cannot be measured, she has a special become, one can only believe in Russia!

Fear red bags, muddy water and work of Koji Suzuki With Artem Koryushkin Fear red bags, muddy water and work of Koji Suzuki Since ancient times, it is inherent in a person to be afraid of various phenomena of the world. Despite the fact that this fear accompanies a person everywhere, he does not get used to him. People are afraid of the very thought that something scares them.

On December 15, a meeting of the regional election commission was held in Pskov, dedicated to the presentation of a temporary certificate to the candidate who won the election of a State Duma deputy on December 7, 2003 in the 141st single-mandate constituency, Alexei Sigutkin, who received 27.15% of the votes. / PAI A delegation of the Federation Council headed by Chairman of the International Affairs Committee Mikhail Margelov has arrived in Riga.

Veniamin Pinkhasik: "We are not satisfied with the tariff" On December 11, Veniamin Pinkhasik, General Director of JSC Pskovenergo, reported to journalists for his work during the past 11 months of 2003. A CEO press conference can be defined as two pieces of news, one good and one bad. Which one to say first? We started with a good one.

#"Kommersant" found inconsistencies on the official election website 2003 On the eve of the election, the chairman of the Central Election Commission Alexander Veshnyakov noted that Russian citizens will be given a unique opportunity to monitor the progress of voting and counting votes via the Internet almost in real time.

The prosecutor's office of the region conducted an inspection into the fact of violation of the federal legislation on objects of cultural heritage in the course of construction work on the basement of the church of Euthymius in the Snetogorsk courtyard discovered in the area of ​​​​Volkov and Herzen streets in Pskov. Based on the results of the audit on 08.12.2003, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Art.

«Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung» , Germany Markus Wehner, December 10, 2003 A comment Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has elected parliament for the fourth time. The voting was well organized and took place, as far as one can judge, without falsifications. This ends the positive that can be said in connection with the elections. The underestimated, so-called "managed democracy" won.

Classics versus contemporaries Classics versus contemporaries ... Graze, peaceful peoples! The cry of honor will not wake you up. Why do the herds need the gifts of freedom? They must be cut or sheared. Their inheritance from generation to generation A yoke with rattles and a scourge. Pushkin Alexander Sergeevich, poet and citizen, 180 years ago. ** These cruel lines were written in November 1823 by the twenty-four-year-old Pushkin.

The tale of how one people sold themselves into slavery The tale of how one people sold themselves into slavery Remember the bypass about how Ilya Muromets Zmey Gorynych won? So - forget it. There are no more heroes in Rus' Once upon a time there was a small area. And since the country was large, no one paid much attention to this area. Although before this land had a glorious and rich story, over time, its inhabitants acquired a habit of being afraid.