The Russian Orthodox Church was completely unexpectedly at the center of political struggle. The willingness of the hierarchs to play on one side of the barricades, the antithesis: the traditional values ​​(ROC) VS values ​​of modernization (liberal-democratic opposition)-are surprising, if not anxiety. For the Orthodox are on both sides. In the church environment, they are increasingly talking about a split within the Russian Orthodox Church.

The New Times - Arkady Mamontov There should have been an interview with Arkady Mamontov. In the course of preparing the main topic of this issue, The New Times asked his questions to different aspects of the current confrontation. He also turned to the special correspondent of the Russia 1 TV channel, the author of the program “Provocators-2” with a request for an interview-in any form convenient for him: in the editorial office, in his office, on the set, by telephone.

Content "... and better not come back" reporting from the "Million Marsh" Olga Beshley, Matvey Krylov, Zoya Svetova, Dmitry Tkachev, Sergey Khazov, Lyubov Tsukanova, Boris Unanov briefly The confrontation of liberals, democrats and other foreigners are declared enemies of the Church and the people Witness of the prosecution No. 1 Zoya Svetova, Evgenia Albats, Olga Beshley, Dmitry Tkachev Witness Property No.

Witness of the prosecution No. 1. Alexei Vishnyak: “On February 11, 2011, in the Zaffferano restaurant, Boris Abramovich Berezovsky repeated and showed the iPad, opened and showed:“ Look - Petya Verzilov, look - Tolokonnikov. We will soon begin to act. Soon we will be a lot of things. ” I say: "Boris Abramovich, what will we see?" - “You will see. On the church line we will begin to act.

Witness No. 2. William Dankelli: “In New York, I met with a famous expert in Russian affairs Alex Goldfarb, who was engaged in raising funds in support of Pussy Riot. He told me that he received an e-mail from a familiar musical agent, from whom he learned that there was a PR agency offering him up to € 100 thousand, if he convinces his customers-pop stars to support Pussy Riot.

On September 12, 2012, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s lawyer Mark Feigin told reporters that the name of the television journalist Arkady Mamontov, the author of the Provocateurs-2 program on the Russia 1 television channel, will be included in the Pussy Riot list, in which, by analogy with the Magnitsky list, persons involved in the persecution of the punk group will be included.

291 people - for 150 - against, three abstained (including members of United Russia, Mikhail Moiseev and Boris Reznik, as well as the former head of Putin’s election headquarters Stanislav Govorukhin. Deputy Alexander Khinshtein did not come to the meeting). These are the results of the State Duma vote on the issue of depriving the deputy mandate of the second person in the Fair Russia faction Gennady Gudkov.

In the International Society "Memorial", a presentation of the book of the American urbanist, director of the institute Kennan Blair A. Rula "Washington U-Street, took place. Biography".

September 12, Cairo. The US Embassy is in the clouds of tear gas, which dispersed demonstrators © Moiss Saman/The New York Times Diplomats in fire. In the Arab world, large -scale unrest. The formal reason was the publication on the Internet of an anti -Islamic video mounted in the United States. Attacks were attacked by the US diplomatic mission in Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia ... In Sudan, the Embassies of Germany and Great Britain became targets.

So much cost a popular French publication by the world cover with French billionaire Bernard Arno (the first fortune in France and the fourth in the world, according to the version of the Forbes magazine: $ 41 billion). The Liberacion newspaper is not counting this money due to the fact that the Louis Vuitton Mote Hennessy, owned by Arno, withdrew its advertisement.

The sensation of the week was the meeting of the former editor -in -chief of the magazine "Around the World" Masha Hesse with President Vladimir Putin in his office in the Kremlin. The head of the Russian Geographical Society (also Putin) was saddened by the dismissal of Hesse from the post of the editor -in -chief of the magazine (for refusing to cover the flight of the leader with the Siberlast) and suggested returning and leading the magazine. Hessen refused.

Confrontation. On September 11, the TV channel "Russia 1" showed the program of Arkady Mamontov - "Provocateurs-2". The host immediately set the topic and tone of discussion for the audience: was the Pussy Riot action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior “an act of war against the Russian Orthodox Church or simple hooliganism” and “why did this terrible performance shock our country?” **Further on, Vitaly Milonov, deputy of the St.

Boris Berezovsky - The New Times London's hand. Boris Berezovsky is again declared the main enemy, now - the Russian Orthodox Church. The New Times asked him with addiction.

Report with "Million Marshist" "... and don't come back." The flight of Vladimir Putin on Motododeltaplan at the head of the flock of Sterhov set a tone and became a source of inspiration for the participants of the Million Millions in Moscow, which last Saturday, September 15, opened the political season of the opposition.