If there was any point in the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Moscow, it was so that the Americans could, as they say, see for themselves the delights of the Russian duumvirate, when one rules, but does not decide anything, and the other - like and does not rule, but decides everything Secretary of State Clinton is no longer an intern in politics, and her advisers are people who know well how “yes” and “no” work in Moscow.

Political horror film “This is not a winning party. This is a party of swindlers, thieves, scoundrels, schemers. No country in the world can exist with such a party. It needs to be banned and dissolved,” LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky shouted at the exit from the hall of the State Duma the day after the voting results in 70 regions of the country became known. The unthinkable happened.

United Russia is not the CPSU, it does not exist as an independent political force,” says Simon Kordonsky, professor at the Higher School of Economics You describe power in Soviet times as an administrative market. In the post-perestroika years, its structure changed somewhat - the political element fell out. The last vote suggests that everything is back to normal. No, at that time there was a leading role of the Party, but now there is no leading role of the Party.

Voting in Dagestan Derbent broke the record of cynicism The voting in Derbent, Dagestan, surpassed in its scandalousness even the mass falsifications of the capital. President Mukhu Aliyev, whose chair has long been rocking, has taken unprecedented measures to ensure the re-election of the head of the city, Felix Kaziakhmedov.

Why farewell to Yaponchik has become a national event Death and funeral of crime boss Vyacheslav Ivankov, better known as Yaponchik, became almost the main national news: they talked about it in the news of central television channels, newspapers vied with each other. It seemed that just a little bit more - and the first persons of the country would bring their condolences. Why is the deceased thief in law did not arouse such keen interest among the respectable, it would seem, the public?

Will Russia have to fight Ukraine for a ticket to the World Cup? The first among the second. The Russian national team, although it has the best performance among the teams that took second place in their qualifying groups for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, did not secure participation in the main football forum. Play-offs ahead.

Our country is a commercialized scoop Live like Berlusconi, manage like Brezhnev. The commercialized soviet is the party-state model of modern Russia. The New Times understood its features The one-party system is not the only thing that unites Soviet power with the current one. Although the similarity is fundamental, if we talk about the absence of political discussion and disagreement.

The struggle of clans surrounded by the head of state became the property of the media long before the start of the next election cycle Messenger and drummers. While the main office of the country is preparing a paperweight with which the young president will blot the tears of the opposition that lost on October 11, the Kremlin interiors are blocked off by invisible barricades.

Why are sugar prices rising in Russia? Sahara Desert. Prices for sweets in Russia are growing inexorably. Why - found out The New Times “In our food sugar is getting more expensive all the time: in winter I bought at 21 rubles per kilo, in spring - at 23, at the beginning of summer - at 26, in August after the holidays - already at 28.

Social portrait of the ruling party “Whatever party we build, the CPSU will succeed,” said the unforgettable Viktor Chernomyrdin. What is the party of the new old type - the social portrait of "United Russia" was compiled by The New Times If United Russia sociologists are to be believed, then the party has a pronounced female face: ladies make up 60% of its members.

The Kremlin no longer needs loyal “oppositionists” One of the main sensations of this October is the failure of the LDPR. Supporters of Vladimir Zhirinovsky were pointedly not allowed into the Moscow City Duma and the Legislative Assembly of the Tula Region; only in Mari El did Zhirinovsky’s supporters manage to secure one mandate. They lost in municipal and even district elections.

Instructions for use How to do it. When calculating the votes in the Moscow City Duma, the “Caucasian” method was first used in the capital: it doesn’t matter - no one votes, nor someone thinks. It is not necessary to count at all: the results are recorded in accordance with the order from above For United Russia, the city hall installed 68%in Moscow. At first, no one believed in the possibility of such a result: after all, Moscow, the city of cosmopolitan, to a certain extent, even Western.

Bloc of United Russia and non-party people. "United Russia" took the country. There is not a single regional parliament left in Russia that is not under its control. Only 5 governors still allow themselves not to be members of the party in power.