How the real problems of Russian culture differ from the problems that the newly created society of Russian literature is going to solve The President and Patriarch are ready to protect Russian culture from external and internal enemies, Moscow, May 26, 2016 Let's talk about good.

From Gennady Rozhdestvensky to Vladimir Yurovsky - concerts where a forgotten classic is being revived Gennady Rozhdestvensky celebrated his 85th anniversary, but is not going to retire-the anniversary became the reason for the next series of educational concerts One of the most authoritative conductors of Russia, Gennady Rozhdestvensky just celebrated the 85th anniversary-as usual by a series of concerts, each of them offers the public something sensational.

On May 25, when Ukraine and the West celebrated the release of Nadezhda Savchenko, Azerbaijan had its own reason for joy: journalist Khadija Ismail was released from prison Khadija and I are of the same generation and even managed to work in the same publication, she is a professional of the highest standard (I know that in a journalistic environment it is not customary to praise a colleague).

On May 25, the Afghan Taliban * chose a new leader - a Pashtun theologian The new leader of the Taliban * maulavi (high-ranking theological title. - NT ) Haibatullah Akhundzada today is probably the most unfortunate person in Afghanistan. And his misfortune is not only that, as another "commander of the faithful", he has been a potential target for American drones for several days now.

Alexey Navalny and Grigory Yavlinsky, quite recently implacable rivals, are negotiating joint actions in the elections to the State Duma. Why is the "apple" Party of Progress - recognized The New Times At the rally “For Home Elections”, Grigory Yavlinsky (left) and Alexei Navalny (in the center) were already standing nearby.

How Nadezhda Savchenko was greeted in Kyiv Talk that Nadezhda Savchenko will be exchanged has been heard in Kyiv for several months now. But that's what the conversations are, even if they came from diplomatic circles, including those tied to the Minsk and Normandy formats. US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland spoke about the possibility of an exchange after her visit to Ukraine at the end of April.

*“Chronicle of current events”-a typewritten human rights information ballot, distributed in Samizdat in 1968-1983 “I just talked with Zhenya on the phone. The pressure is high in the morning, they gave a pill. He eats nothing, drinks water.

On May 22, the widely announced primaries of United Russia took place.

Mikhail Baryshnikov returns to his native language - so far in the play by Alvis Hermanis “Brodsky/Baryshnikov” on the stage of the new Riga Theater Mikhail Baryshnikov returns home to Riga, where he was born, with one suitcase and is alone on an old glazed veranda Mikhail Baryshnikov nevertheless returned to Russia, this is a failed fact.

On May 26, Dmitry Nekrasov, the former secretary of the opposition coordination council and candidate for State Duma deputies from the Yabloko party, left the country at night, with the telephone turned off and went through Belarus to Lithuania.

Why Putin suddenly became a humanist and what awaits Ukraine now For many days now in Kyiv there has been only talk about the release of Nadezhda Savchenko. Everyone asks the question: why did this happen? Why did Putin suddenly decide to demonstrate humanism, which, as we know, is generally unusual for him. And by the way, if someone remembers the story of the pardon of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, for me personally it is still difficult to explain.

On May 25, Senator Elena Mizulina proposed "returning to the discussion of the issue of lowering the age of criminal responsibility for minors" Inspiration did not come to the senator (and in the recent past, to a Just Russia deputy) from scratch. The reason is a peppy report from the Investigative Committee: law enforcement officers managed to figure out the recently famous “Eva Reich”. Eva Reich is one of the heroines of Novaya Gazeta's sensational investigation of the Group of Death.

Aphorisms, thoughts and maxims of outstanding Russians, worthy of going down in history, collected The New Times Granite and boots The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and part-time head of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev has long dreamed that his words “cast in granite” be cast. Since December 2009, experts argue, what would it mean, and the politician ... the politician works. And it seems that he finally managed to give rise to aphorism, which will remain in history.

Nadezhda Savchenko flies to his homeland, May 25, 2016 On May 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned Nadezhda Savchenko. Not asking for mercy, which did not admit guilt and openly mocked over Russian justice, the Ukrainian pilot went on board the presidential airliner sent for her to Rostov-on-Don and left for her homeland. At the Kiev airport, Borispol was met by a jubilant crowd: journalists, politicians, ordinary citizens of Ukraine.

On May 22, the Cannes Film Festival ended with an unexpected scandal, albeit behind the scenes: the jury awarded films that no critic or viewer considered the best Usually, when they talk about politics at festivals, nothing negative is put into these words. Taking into account the current agenda is the duty of any sane review. But never before has it happened so declaratively as at Cannes 2016.