Exhibition "Pre -Raphaelites: Victorian avant -garde" In Moscow, in the Pushkin Museum on June 10, a unique exhibition “Pre -Raphaelites: Victorian Vanguard”* was opened Dante Gabriel Rossetti. "Beloved" *Pre -Raphaelites in Moscow - a project implemented jointly by A.S. Pushkin, London Gallery Tate, Alisher Usmanov’s charitable foundation “Art, Science and Sport” in cooperation with the British Council. This is the largest exhibition of Preseparataalite artists over the past thirty years.

On June 6, the preliminary hearings “Twelve Affairs” began in the Moscow City Court.

Sobyanin's resignation and heroes of the upcoming battles for the mayor's chair The mayor of Moscow will be elected two years ahead of schedule - September 8, 2013.

How will you solve the issue with the municipal filter? Two weeks ago, we began to negotiate. Now we have an agreement with about 60 municipal deputies. We have many supporters, almost all activists of the Moscow branch of the Green Alliance are municipal deputies. The Moscow branch is headed by Alexander Lawdyrin, who is also a municipal deputy in the Voikovsky area. It turned out that my classmates at the institute are deputies.

How do you intend to overcome the municipal filter? I will use all the possibilities to break through the filter. It is necessary to create a precedent. Now I already have 30 municipal deputies who are ready to put a signature for me. The work is in full swing: we are looking for email addresses and phone numbers of deputies - this is not so easy, because a single base does not exist. I will contact everyone - the deputies do not necessarily be opposition.

On June 2, Moscow's Basmanny Court arrested Said Amirov, the mayor of Makhachkala, for two months. The investigation suspects the mayor of involvement in organizing the murder in December 2011. Head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Soviet District of Makhachkala Arsen Gadzhibekov “A disabled person in a wheelchair has already visited us,” an employee of the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center tells me.

On June 6, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled on a complaint filed by the family of the first president of Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, who was assassinated in March 2005. The judges ruled: Russia is not responsible for Maskhadov's death.

Why did the president announce a divorce and how it will affect his ranking - The New Times survey The news about the divorce of the Putin, about which they themselves informed the camera "Russia 24" in the evening of June 6, in the lobby of the Kremlin Palace, where they watched the Esmeralda ballet, blew up the global information space. And it is clear why: everything that happens with the head of state is a factor in politics.

How will you solve the issue with the municipal filter? Two weeks ago, we began to negotiate. Now we have an agreement with about 60 municipal deputies. We have many supporters, almost all activists of the Moscow branch of the Green Alliance are municipal deputies. The Moscow branch is headed by Alexander Lawdyrin, who is also a municipal deputy in the Voikovsky area. It turned out that my classmates at the institute are deputies.

How do you intend to overcome the municipal filter? I will use all the possibilities to break through the filter. It is necessary to create a precedent. Now I already have 30 municipal deputies who are ready to put a signature for me. The work is in full swing: we are looking for email addresses and phone numbers of deputies - this is not so easy, because a single base does not exist. I will contact everyone - the deputies do not necessarily be opposition.

Will you be elected mayor? Yes, I will. How? There are two options: self -nomination or from the party. The first requires the collection of signatures - more than 70 thousand, but this is not the main problem - you can collect. The problem is that the Moscow election commission of all the candidates from the opposition has always been withdrawn by signatures. Since the People’s Alliance party is not registered, another possible option is to advance from the RPR-Parnas.

About the journalistic courage of the state channel, Putin's family demobilization and spiritual bonds Brave people work for VGTRK.

Interview with a defector 13th world chess champion-about why he has become a defector and why dissidents in different countries of the world need to unite against dictators *Gambit - a reception in chess, when one of the rivals donates a figure to capture the center or to exacerbate the game. Harry, have you really emigrated? Well, this is a semantic question. What is emigration? Have you left Russia and are not going to appear here in the near future?

Report from the streets of the rebellious Ankara In Turkey, the confrontation between the prime minister and the people continues. Recep Tayyip Erdogan does not want to retreat, he calls the protesters “extremists” and “looters” and advises to go home. The Turks are in no hurry to disperse: three demonstrators have already become victims of clashes with the police. The New Times watched the Turkish revolution at one of its hottest points - Ankara This is Istanbul, the square is tax.

The preliminary hearings began “The affairs of the twelve”. Reporting The New Times On June 6, the preliminary hearings “Twelve Affairs” began in the Moscow City Court.