Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia appointed Chairman of the Council for the Promotion of the Development of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday morning appointed Mikhail Fedotov, Secretary of the Russian Union of Journalists, Chairman of the Council for the Development of Civil Society Institutions. He will replace Ella Pamfilova at this post, who left her post at the end of July this year.

The social agenda for the next few years will be the most important for the authorities. Experts in various fields of politics and economics may disagree with this thesis and give their own list of priorities: for example, the modernization of the economy or the reform of the army and law enforcement system. But it is enough to get acquainted with the federal budget for 2011-2013, the draft of which the government has just approved.

The curtain remained. A visa -free entry into the European Union is a long and so far the unrealistic dream of Russian citizens. The leaders of Russia and the EU are negotiating, signing declarations about intentions, but even the inhabitants of the Kaliningrad Exclave are not able to achieve border controls. Our country remains one of the most unattractive points for foreign tourists on the map , and even Moscow is absolutely not adapted for receiving foreign guests .

Will Ukraine wait for mutuality from Europe On a neutral strip. Ukraine has become the first CIS country, where citizens of Europe - for five years - can travel without visas. How the indigenous residents and guests of visa -free paradise on the Dnieper feel - The New Times found out Walking somehow in the evening Kyiv, he accidentally met a Moscow friend. Cheerful, joyful, she walked with a boyfriend in Khreshchatyk and called me. We talked. The boyfriend turned out to be a Czech.

How to carry out a performance across the border The drama of the absurd. Performances and exhibitions get stuck on the border-because of the ridiculous rules and illiteracy of customs officers An exhibition of paintings by French classics from the Parisian Center Georges Pompidu will open in the Hermitage not on the 5th, as planned, but on October 13.

* * In Europe, a few Orient Express is in a hurry by train. So the French named the new train, which runs along the Moscow -Nanitsa route since September 23. The path from the capital of Russia to the azure bank takes 52 hours. The pleasure is quite expensive - twice as much as the aircraft. But there is a rare opportunity to comfortably drive through seven countries along the favorite route of the pre -revolutionary Russian nobility.

A few months before my father's death, Count Orlov was appointed to replace Benckendorff. I then wrote to Olga Alexandrovna, asking if she could get me a foreign pass or some sort of way to come to Petersburg, so that I could get it myself. O.A. answered that the second was easier, and a few days later I received from Orlov the "highest" permission to come to Petersburg for a short time to arrange affairs. [...] At the end of November, I went to St.

The diary of the lieutenant. Fighters of the Moscow riot police are engaged in illegal part -time jobs - this follows from the working records of an officer of the unit, which were at the disposal of The New Times. The diary, like a number of other letters, evidence, entered the editorial office after the publication of the material “slaves of riot police” .

Visa abolition is our national project Prisoners of Europe. The abolition of visas threatens to become our next national project. So far, only Kaliningrad has risen to fight the consulates. But the westernmost region of Russia is fighting not only for itself. So why does Europe postpone our “visa dossier” year after year? “Kaliningrad is a prisoner of Europe” is the name of the action organized by the regional public organization “Justice”.

Walk with a foreigner in the capital Dutchman Deniel de Swart believes that Moscow is poorly adapted for tourism Moscow for Muscovites.

Russian inhospitry became the parable of Dangerous and inhospitable. By 2020, the capital will receive twice as many tourists - 10 million people annually. Such ambitious plans were published by the Moscow Tourism Committee. But while foreigners go to our country is not too willing: to relax here is expensive, troublesome and uncomfortable. Why are they in no hurry to Russia - the New Times found out For the last 5–7 years, entry tourism in the Russian Federation is hopelessly stagnating.

Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia appointed Chairman of the Council for the Promotion of the Development of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday morning appointed Mikhail Fedotov, Secretary of the Russian Union of Journalists, Chairman of the Council for the Development of Civil Society Institutions. He will replace Ella Pamfilova at this post, who left her post at the end of July this year.

Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia appointed Chairman of the Council for the Promotion of the Development of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday morning appointed Mikhail Fedotov, Secretary of the Russian Union of Journalists, Chairman of the Council for the Development of Civil Society Institutions. He will replace Ella Pamfilova at this post, who left her post at the end of July this year.