The Moscow Zamoskvoretsky Court sentenced Alexei Gaskarov and Alexander Margolin, defendants in the Bolotnaya case, to 3 years and 6 months, and Ilya Gushchin to 2 years and 6 months in prison. The fourth defendant, pensioner Elena Kokhtareva, received three years and three months of probation. She previously pleaded guilty.

Alexey Gaskarov (right), Alexander Margolin (in the center) and Ilya Gushchin The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow sentenced the defendants in the second wave of the “swamp business” Alexei Gaskarov and Alexander Margolin by 3 years and 6 months, Ilya Gushchina - by 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment. The fourth defendant, pensioner Elena Kokhtareva, received three years and three months of a conditional term. Previously, she pleaded guilty.

Putcheists and their supporters have successfully used the benefits of a market economy Participants and accomplices of the August coup are a convincing confirmation of the well -known fact of human nature: a person will always and everywhere be able to adapt. Despite the fact that the majority of those who tried to preserve the alliance from their words and intentions did not refuse, they more than successfully fit into a new reality for them. Here are just a few examples.

Reuters/Alexander demianchuk On the morning of August 18, water was turned off in Donetsk. As the Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Alexander Zakharchenko, said at a press conference, during the battles for the city of Yasinovataya Ukrainian army “deliberately damaged” the power lines that provided electricity to the pumping stations supplying the city with water. The cities of Gorlovka, Enakievo and other settlements were also left without water.

Members and accomplices of the GKChP during and after the coup Members of the GKChP and their assistants: who were in the days of the August putsch and who they became after him* *According to 2011 data Oleg Baklanov (1932) by whom was: Deputy Chairman of the Defense Council under the President of the USSR, a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, a member of the State Emergency Committee.

Professor of the European University in St. Petersburg Vladimir Gelman-about why lies and fear make the Russian regime unpredictable In 1978, French researcher Helen Carrer d'Ankoss published the book “split empire”, where she predicted that the USSR would collapse in 1990. She believed that due to demographic processes in Central Asia, the country could become a victim of a Muslim rebellion under the banners of radical Islam.

Professor of the Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia Geographical Faculty of Moscow State University Natalya Zubarevich - about "food sovereignty" In the global economy, no one lives according to the doctrine of "food sovereignty." To argue with its points, as with any ideology, is useless. To a certain extent, this is a stub of Soviet mentality. Only the international division of labor and competition help the consumer buy what is better and cheaper.

Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow sentenced four defendants in the second wave of “swamp business” Alexey Gaskarov and Alexander Margolin received 3, 5 years of a general regime colony. Ilya Gushchin, who partially pleaded guilty - 2, 5 years of general regime. Elena Kokhtareva, who repented completely, was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months conditionally A picket in front of the building of the Zamoskvoretsky court after the announcement of the sentence.

August 18 17.50 President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev was blocked in his residence (Obraza Object) in the area of ​​the village of Foros (Crimea), where he was on vacation. At 16.32, the head of the government of government communications, Lieutenant General Anatoly Baby instructed to disconnect all Gorbachev phones, including strategic and cosmic communications. Gorbachev’s cottage is surrounded by land and controlled by military boats from the sea.

The New Times went to the Russian farmer and birthday by John Copysk, who assures that he is ready to feed Russia The "food program" is a substitute phrase is again entered into official use. Prime Minister Medvedev said the government is busy developing such a program. The Secretary of General Leonid Brezhnev spoke about Medvedev when the country was in lines: the Soviet food program was adopted on May 24, 1982, but it did not feed the country and did not save the country. What will save?

The New Times went to the Russian farmer and birthday by John Copysk, who assures that he is ready to feed Russia The "food program" is a substitute phrase is again entered into official use. Prime Minister Medvedev said the government is busy developing such a program. The Secretary of General Leonid Brezhnev spoke about Medvedev when the country was in lines: the Soviet food program was adopted on May 24, 1982, but it did not feed the country and did not save the country. What will save?

What people think about sanctions, the situation in Ukraine and the future. Our interlocutors are passengers of suburban trains and passers -by on the streets of Moscow *“Levada-Center”, the survey was conducted on August 1–4, 2014 ** “Levada Center”, the survey was conducted on July 18–21, 2014 *** VTsIOM, the survey was conducted on July 18–21, 2014 ****, a survey of August 3, 2014 According to the latest surveys of sociologists, the activities of Vladimir Putin supports 87 % of Russians*.