Is sin sin? Writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya - about homosexuality and why “deviation from the norm” is also the norm "Marsh of equality" against discrimination of sexual minorities. Moscow, Gogolevsky Boulevard, May 2011 Photo: RIA Novosti There are several different reactions to the phenomenon of homosexuality in the world: from purely negative to indifferent and completely tolerant.

How tolerant law makes people happy The parting word for newlyweds is no different from heterosexual steam photo: Marie Astrid Jamois In 2013, France became the 14th country of the world that legalized gay broca. In only six months since the adoption of the law, 7 thousand same -sex couples legitimized their relationship. One of these 14 thousand lucky was the correspondent of The New Times. ...

The head of the Economic Security Service of the regional department of the FSB, Denis Melnikov, was detained in Krasnodar, Rosbalt reported on Saturday, January 27. The publication cites a source in law enforcement agencies. Melnikov was detained on suspicion of major fraud. According to investigators, he demanded money from company executives who had not repaid loan debts.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has been unable to find evidence of the violent death of former Russian Press Minister Mikhail Lesin. This is stated in the partially published report of the Bureau. FBI experts concluded that Lesin died due to an accident while drinking alcohol. According to the report, the former minister lost his balance and was fatally injured by a blunt object. Mikhail Lesin died in 2015 in New York.

The current president of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, has been re-elected for a new term, the CTK agency reports , citing the country's statistical office. After counting 95% of the votes, his result is about 52%. His rival Jiří Dragoša received 47.8% of the vote and has already lost his mathematical chances to catch up with his competitor. Dragos publicly admitted his defeat. The turnout was 66%. The winner of the presidential election was determined in the second round.

Saturday, January 27 on On Pavel Stotsko and Yevgeny Voitsekhovsky, who achieved recognition in Russia of their marriage concluded in Denmark, they opened an administrative case on deliberate damage to their passports through negligence, Interfax . reports The agency was told about this in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow.

reports on Saturday, January 27 US Ambassador to Russia John Huntsman called on the Kremlin to treat the new sanctions list without emotion, Interfax . According to Huntman, relations between Russia and the United States are "far from exhausted" by this list. “I was reminded of this in Washington, where I was two weeks ago,” Huntsman said. The ambassador added that the US Congress and the executive branch are interested in making relations between the two countries work.

Several people came to the house of Pavel Stotsko, who had previously announced the official recognition in the Russian Federation of his marriage to partner Yevgeny Voitsekhovsky. reports on Saturday, January 27 Unknown people “long and persistently” knocked on the door, and then the Internet and electricity were turned off in the apartment, Rain .

The chairman of the Karelian "Memorial" historian Yuri Dmitriev returned home from the pre-trial detention center on bail, reports on Saturday, January 27, "Rain" with reference to Dmitriev's daughter Ekaterina. “Yes, that’s it, they let him go, he’s at home,” the channel quotes Ekaterina’s words. Yuri Dmitriev was detained in 2016.

reports on Saturday, January 27 Assistant to the President of Russia Vladislav Surkov called the US proposals on Ukraine "much more constructive," TASS . The presidential aide met with US State Department Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker. According to Surkov, the main topic of the talks was the discussion of the Russian initiative to deploy a UN mission in the East of Ukraine. The American proposal, "at least at first glance," looks quite feasible, Surkov said.