An excursion into the history of church collaborationism “Remember the traditional moral values ​​of the church!” I heard this remark full of dignity in one of the discussions about the fate of PussyRiot. But as a historian, what interested me most in that discussion was one thing - what kind of church are we talking about? If about today's ROC, then there must be some kind of misunderstanding.

A public lecture in the "new" anthropologist, linguist and semiotics Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov. Questions are asked by Julia Latynina Photo: "New Gazeta" Over the past few years, due to the achievements of geneticists and archaeologists, our ideas about the origin of a person are changing with kaleidoscopic speed. Julia Latynina talks about this with Vyacheslav Ivanov, a Russian scientist belonging to a very limited circle of the world scientific elite.

The administration of Khimki near Moscow confirmed that the mayor of the city, Vladimir Strelchenko, had indeed submitted his resignation, Interfax reports . At the same time, the administration of the Moscow Region Governor Sergei Shoigu has not yet been able to answer whether the head of the region satisfied this statement. The day before, the head of Balashikha, Vladimir Samodelov, submitted his resignation.

We wish we had more crazy people This is a story about doctors and ascetics. It is they who are increasingly getting into the criminal chronicles. They are called bribe-takers, they are blamed for all mortal sins, including murders - after all, someone must be to blame for everything? Here is another such story. ... "Once upon a time there was one woman," as director Andrei Smirnov would put it. She was and remains an urban lunatic - that is, a person who drives this world to change.

Farewell to him will be held at Moscow State University at noon. The chief researcher of the Institute for Physical Problems passed away today at the age of 84. In addition to doing science, Kapitsa became the founder and permanent host of the program "Obvious - Incredible". He also organized and headed a magazine called "In the World of Science".

The announcement of the verdict for sambo wrestler Rasul Mirzaev, who is accused of murdering student Ivan Agafonov, has been postponed indefinitely, Ekho Moskvy reports . This is due to the decision of the Zamoskvoretsky Court to return the case to the stage of judicial investigation. The next meeting of the Zamoskvoretsky Court in the case is scheduled for Thursday.

Why the London Olympics ended for the Russian team as usual Why the London Olympics ended for the Russian team as usual In the overall standings, for the first time in the history of the Summer Games, we did not get on the podium, finishing fourth. However, in terms of gold medals, our Olympians exceeded the “norm” of Beijing 2008: 23 awards of the highest standard were taken from the Celestial Empire, and 24 from the United Kingdom. Fatherland.

I heard about the proposal of State Duma deputy Franz Klintsevich to correct systemic failures in the space industry by “returning the death penalty for war criminals” on Monday morning in a bathhouse. From the bathhouse shelf, the deputy was supported by a middle-aged and, undoubtedly, educated person who had worked all his life in space rocket science. Klintsevich's interview appeared in Izvestia on Monday morning.

A Just Russia candidate for governor of the Bryansk region, Vyacheslav Rudnikov, proposed holding a symbolic funeral for "hope for free elections." This is reported today by Regnum . According to the agency, real wooden coffins were ordered for the action. The "funeral" will be held on the "significant streets of Bryansk and Moscow", along which the current governor of the Bryansk region, Nikolai Denin, travels.

The attack was carried out by suicide bombers, according to local authorities. According to them, 21 civilians and 15 policemen were killed. More than 60 people were injured. The police shot dead two militants from the group, which consisted of five terrorists. The rest blew themselves up in three different districts of the city of Zaranj. According to the message Echo of Moscow

The Court of Appeal of the Odessa region today rejected the complaint of the defense of Adam Osmaev, the main defendant in the case of the attempt on the life of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and upheld the decision of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine to extradite the native of Grozny to Russia, RIA Novosti reports . In accordance with Ukrainian laws, Osmaev's lawyers cannot appeal the decision in cassation, it has entered into force.

The panel of judges of the Kyiv Court of Appeal released the former Acting Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valeriy Ivashchenko from serving the main sentence. According to Interfax-Ukraine , such a decision was announced by a panel of judges of the Kiev Court of Appeal on Tuesday after considering Ivashchenko's appeal against the verdict of the Pechersky District Court, by which he was sentenced to five years in prison.

The leader of the nationalist association "Russians" Dmitry Demushkin has submitted documents to the election commission of Kaliningrad to nominate him for the election of the mayor of the city, Interfax reports . According to Demushkin, starting today, the activists who nominated the leader of the "Russians" are starting a campaign to collect signatures needed for him in the election of the mayor of Kaliningrad.

Rosneft President Igor Sechin again headed the board of directors of Rosneftegaz. This was reported today by Interfax with reference to the report of the oil company for the second quarter of 2012.

Today, geodesist Nikolai Pomeshchenko, who was counting people at protest rallies, said that a representative of the Yakimanka police department apologized to him on behalf of his superiors for his detention while playing petanque on August 4 and suspicion of drug use. Pomeshenko reported this to the Agora Interregional Human Rights Association.