In the 85th year, the famous scientist and TV presenter Sergei Kapitsa passed away Even a brief list of his titles inspires respect. Sergei Kapitsa is a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, professor, chief researcher at the Institute of Physical Problems, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a laureate of numerous scientific awards. He was the son of the famous father: Academician Peter Kapitsa was a Nobel Prize laureate, a famous experimental physicist and engineer.

"Are they seriously?" - This is the main question that hung in the air this summer. “Seriously” - in the sense they really are going to drive the country by the flags or even the “prickly wire” or so, while they only scare? The authorities are in no hurry to answer.

Judges of special appointment. The controllability of the Russian court ceased to be a secret long before the Pussy Riot process and the arrests of those who were (or were not) on Bolotnaya Square on May 6. But under whose dictation the verdict was written, personal responsibility for him always falls on the judge.

18 months after the fall of the Hosni Mubarak regime, political tension in Egypt does not subside: on August 12, the newly elected Isismist President Mohammed Mursi resigned the omnipotent Minister of Defense Hussein Tantavi, who controlled power in the country over the past year. What will the army answer?

The Slovenian philosopher and culturalist on the eve of his visit to Russia spoke about the Pussy Riot case Pussy Riot participants are accused of blasphemy and hatred of religion? The answer is simple: real blasphemy is a state accusation itself, which imputs a crime on the basis of religious hatred of what was obvious by a political act of protest against the ruling clique.

Is it worth waiting for new processes? Facial amendments. In a matter of weeks before the summer holidays, the State Duma in a hurry considered and adopted several legislative initiatives at once, which caused a wide public outcry: laws were tightened for participants in rallies, the media, Internet sites and non-profit organizations. Is it worth expecting ships - found the New Times The speed with which the State Duma deputies submitted and adopted new laws is amazing.