The Republican Party of Russia (RPR) has officially merged into a new political organization with PARNAS, RIA Novosti reports . This decision was taken at the Republican Party convention. Vladimir Ryzhkov, Mikhail Kasyanov and Boris Nemtsov were elected party chairmen. This is reported by Interfax . The congress also elected the political council of the party, consisting of 45 people representing most regions of the country.

Photo: Evgeny Feldman - "New" The famous festival of rock music, created by our Radio in 1999, will be held, as usual, from July 6 to 8 in the Tver region. Every year, in a large field near the Bolshoi Zavidovo, tents are smashed by tens of thousands of spectators from all over the country - the flags of various cities of Russia, from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, are fluttering over the tent camp. This year, the organizers divided the speakers into "format" and "non -format".

I do not believe in the transformation of the Putin system from within, which many progressive-minded officials speak about so much and with such conviction in private. In order for the system to transform from within, one necessary condition is needed: the desire of the boss. For example, under Alexander I (or Catherine II), the Russian system was transformed from the inside, because Alexander I wanted it that way.

Leonid LOPATNIKOV, Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Leading Research Fellow at the Institute for Economic Policy. E.T. Gaidar We have not heard of fines for police misconduct during mass events. On the contrary, they heard something about apartments for the injured riot policemen - not for the injured demonstrators, who were also many ... The asymmetry in the position of the two sides is striking ... I remember once, when I was in Paris, I met a demonstration.

The Hives «Lex Hives» The gap of five years after the release of the album is too long for almost any musician, especially for bands like The Hives, whose members know who they are and what exactly they do so well that it would seem that they can compose their own ironic and bright songs. in the style of "garage punk" right in a dream.

Photo: "New Gazeta" The story of Bastrykin’s apology caused very contradictory, simply polar grades of our readers. Someone in the comments on the message of reconciliation wrote: “I am interested in the attitude to the event of other NG employees, colleagues of Muratov. Are everyone satisfied with such a “victory”? ” Our opinions - here, we spoke out, we appreciated the results of an unprecedented event. The assessments are personal, because different. But - our opinion is common, consolidated.

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With his report, which took almost an hour to read, Mitrokhin apparently finally convinced everyone that it was necessary to vote for him: so much so that no one else dared to stand as a candidate. Yabloko outlined a work plan for the future: with almost the same composition, but with updated goals.

In Poland, the alleged organizer and 20 other participants in the attack on Russian fans at the Euro 2012 football championship were detained, Maciej Karczynski, press secretary of the Warsaw police, told reporters on Saturday. “20 people have already been detained, 13 of them in Warsaw, people have also been detained in Bydgoszcz, Katowice, Kielce, and Lodz. One of them, presumably, encouraged the others to attack.

The head of the Federal Security Service for 5 years does not execute a court decision and must already be prosecuted (Article 315 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Because of his inaction, the family of a military officer with a disabled child in a month and a half may be on the street The head of the Federal Security Service for 5 years does not execute a court decision and must already be prosecuted (Article 315 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

A minibus and a passenger car collided in the Yaroslavl region, killing three people, RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. “As a result of a collision between a minibus and a Zhiguli passenger car, nine people received injuries of varying severity. Three people died,” the press service said. The accident occurred near the village of Shalaevo. The circumstances and causes of the accident are established.

A new art hit "Brave" was released. This is a funny and instructive fable, created on a steep batch from the motives of Andersen's fairy tales and medieval Scottish ballads and legends. A new art hit "Brave" was released. This is a funny and instructive fable, created on a steep batch from the motives of Andersen's fairy tales and medieval Scottish ballads and legends.

The Saudi Arabian authorities have announced the death of Saudi Crown Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. This is reported by Interfax with reference to Al Arabiya . The prince died at the age of 78 in the United States, where he arrived for a medical examination in March 2012. The prince became heir to the throne at the end of October 2011 after the death of his elder brother Sultan.

Sergei Mavrodi said that the resumption of the work of the MMM-2011 project, payments for which were frozen at the end of May due to large-scale panic, is no longer possible, and there will not be enough money to settle accounts with all its participants. It is reported by RIA Novosti . “The regime of calm, in fact, was introduced so that everyone would calm down.