The last year has finally convinced the society that Russia no longer has parliament. The State Duma turned into a “infuriated printer”, stamping laws on the direction of the executive branch. The last surge of living life was the “Italian strike”, arranged by just Russians* * The New Times No. 20 of June 11, 2012 For more than ten hours, this meeting of the State Duma continued. More than 90 thousand people watched his Internet broadcast live.

What did the change of political leader for France mean On April 22, the current president Nicolas Sarkozy lost the first round of the presidential election, and it immediately became clear: France was waiting for a change of power. As it turned out - and the change of course April, elections. Someone was trying to seal the face of Hollande, Lick Sarkozy. Did not help ...

During the summer protests, poet and left-wing activist Kirill Medvedev was detained among hundreds of others. In the paddy wagon in which he was taken to the police department, he recorded the song "Let's destroy this prison", which instantly became a hit.

On May 8, in Moscow, on the monument to the monument to the Kazakh poet Abay Kunanbaev, an opposition camp was spontaneously organized by the monument to the monument. Representatives of various views came here, hundreds of people argued every day about politics, gave poetry and lectures, played the guitar, spent the night in sleeping bags ... This new form of self -organization for the country and the resistance campaign went down in history as “Occupyabay”.

On the Chistoprudny Boulevard near the monument Abu Theater.doc played his most poisonous political performance* about Polica and Berlusconi Friends-Politics *Review for the performance - in The New Times No. 6 of February 20, 2012 ** From the performance to the play the play is updated, relevant plots are added to it. (Excerpts of December 11, 2012) ** A large room equipped with television studio: television cameras, sofits, reflectors. In the depths of the stage - a large screen, chairs.

Presidential motorcade in empty Moscow The third term of the presidency of Vladimir Putin officially began on May 7, on the day of the inauguration. On the same day, an amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, introduced at the end of 2008, which extended the presidential term from four to six years, earned.

June 11. After a search in the apartment of Alexei Navalny June 2, Saturday A criminal case has been instituted against the secular observer of the Bozhansky. She was suspected that on December 6, during an unauthorized rally on the triumphal square of Rynsk, she allegedly offended the police officer, and having returned from the action, made a record on her blog, also offensive to the police. June 4, Monday The Lublin court of Moscow fined Alexei Navalny for 30 thousand rubles.

Detention in "Jean-Jacques" On the day of the inauguration of Vladimir Putin, OMON fighters suddenly burst into the Jean-Jacques cafe on Nikitsky Boulevard and began to detain people sitting on the summer terrace. The restaurateur Dmitry Borisov and poet Lev Rubinstein tell about what was happening there.

Moscow “is not concerned about the fate of the Assad regime,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference on December 20. Over and over again, blocking the UN resolution in Syria, Russia missed the opportunity to seriously affect the situation in the country where there is a civil war Homs streets * As a result of the massacre, arranged, as the opposition assures, in May, the pro -government militia of Shabikha in the town of Hula died, including 49 children.

Astrakhan: a rally in support of starving people who disagree with the results of the mayor of the city April 1, Sunday In the area of ​​Red Square, 55 people detained 55 people for trying to hold an inconsistent action . The flash mob was called "White Square" and was organized by the movement "for honest elections." Participants with white ribbons took a round dance at the Resurrection Gate. The area itself was blocked in advance.

June 12, 2012: Sobchak and Yashin came for interrogation to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation | | | | --- | --- | | | | | Tatyana and Valery Yashina with her son. Moscow, North Tushino, December 2012 | After the interrogation ended, the investigator asked Ksenia Sobchak to give him an autograph. She wrote: "Alexey!

Letters of the detainees in Bolotnaya and the memoirs of photographers who shot protesters On May 6, a group of 95 investigators from Moscow and neighboring regions was thrown to the investigation of the case of “riots” on May 6 in Bolotnaya Square. For six months, they interrogated more than 1,200 witnesses (almost all - law enforcement officers), conducted searches from dozens of activists. There are 51 victims (among them only two civilians).

May 13. "Walking of writers" in Moscow boulevards May 3, Thursday Dmitry Medvedev awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky the head of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov . The next day, May 4, Churov handed Vladislav Surkov an honorary sign “For Merit in the organization of elections”. May 4, Friday The Bashkir police took off the train and detained the opposition activists who were heading to Moscow to the Million Marsh.