Choose governors learn again In the middle of the void. On October 14, residents of five Russian regions - the Amur, Belgorod, Bryansk, Novgorod and Ryazan regions - have to choose governors for the first time since 2004. Already now, a week before the day of voting, it is possible to state: the Institute of Direct Governor's elections, resurrected in the last days of the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev, has not become an instrument of competitive political struggle.

Moscow and Minsk on the verge of discord WTO effect. Moscow and Minsk - on the verge of serious discord. The relations of Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko were never particularly benevolent, but the new conflict can overshadow all previous trade and oil and gas “wars”.

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Imagine the situation: a single day of voting, and the convict Mikhail Khodorkovsky wins the election of the mayor of Segezha. And in Velsk, Platon Lebedev becomes mayor. And in tiny Talitsy, where there are four zones, a local experienced convict and businessman Alexei Kozlov is elected the head. Newly elected mayors are given the Internet, a special mayor's website, to which everyone, including jailers, has access.

Diary of Zara Murtazalieva "I returned to another country." Chechenka Zara Murtazalieva, arrested on fabricated charges on March 4, 2004, was released in 8.5 years. During this time, a lot of things happened in Russia: in February 2006, Ramzan Kadyrov was appointed President of Chechnya, in April 2009 the regime of a counter-terrorist operation in the republic was canceled, in March 2012, Vladimir Putin became the president of Russia for the third time ...

On October 10, the Moscow City Court examined the cassation complaint about the sentence to three girls from the Pussy Riot group convicted of Punk-Moleben in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

Corruption scandal in Greece "Business 32." The next scandal collapsed to Greece, barely choosing from the debt pit: three former ministers are accused of laundering € 10 billion from 2005 to 2008. And this is while the government in compliance with the requirements of Brussels plans to save € 11.5 billion on social expenses.

Director Dito Qintzadze - The New Times "I am not a politician to go around sharp corners." The International Film Festival in St. Petersburg twice celebrated the German-Austrian film “Invasion”-a masterly shot thriller about how the dilapidated castle of a lone elderly German gradually captures a crowd of strange marginals. For the best male role, Merab Ninidze was awarded; A special mention of the jury was awarded the leading actor Burghart Klaussner.