A person is bigger than money. It is more than life's comfort, benefits, dachas, Kremlin receptions and the opportunity to touch the hand of the first persons. Dignity is more important. Principles are more important. Non-participation in meanness is more important. Exactly this was proved by the judge of the Constitutional Court Anatoly Kononov, who from January 1, 2010 will vacate this place for someone else.

What to expect from the new leadership of the Culture TV channel Dialogues of monkeys. For the second week in television circles, the topic for discussing number one is a change of leadership on “Culture”: instead of Tatyana Paukhova, who sat in the chair of the editor -in -chief of the editor -in -chief of almost 11 years and left for a promotion, the former deputy general director of VGTRK Sergey Shumakov was the head of the channel.

The Hague court is preparing to consider the claim of Yukos shareholders against Russia It's about 100 billion. In January 2010, the Arbitration Court in The Hague will start considering on the merits the claim of foreign shareholders of Yukos against Russia. Foreign investors demand compensation for the illegal expropriation of the assets of Khodorkovsky's oil company in the amount of $ 100 billion.

New Gas War between Gazprom and Europe Take it or pay. A new gas war is brewing between Gazprom and Europe. For the first time, its main characters are not neighbors in the CIS, but European energy holdings. The first salvo has already been produced: on December 1, Gazprom refused the German company E.on to revise the terms of the contract for the supply of Russian gas.

On a “direct line” with the people, and before that, even during a visit to France, Vladimir Putin harshly commented on the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and made it clear that he would not see Khodorkovsky free in the coming years Vladimir Putin to Mikhail Khodorkovsky December 03, 2009 Known the person involved is in places of deprivation of liberty by a court verdict.