When girls from Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison This process raised from the bottom of the swamp of Russian mass consciousness the millennial complexes of the Orthodoxy-self-nationwide, and the “public opinion of Russia” of the 21st century appeared in the image of Gennady Petrovich Kozodoev, aka Gesha, from the “diamond hand”, which is coming under the ringing of church bells with a stick with family cowards wound on it ...

The National Research University "Higher School of Economics-St. Petersburg" conducted an express study in Krymsk and the village of Nizhnebakanskaya. The main conclusion: people trust each other and volunteers and do not trust the authorities at all levels From July 22 to 28, in the city of Krymsk and the village of the Nizhnebakansk Krasnodar Territory, specialists from NIU-VSHE (St. Petersburg) conducted an initiative sociological express-study.

The authorities are looking for a replacement for the "Soviet people" Peter Sarukhanov - "New" In the thirteenth year of the reign, after a difficult and prolonged rise in the country from the knees, the President of Russia suddenly wondered who we are at all and what we are doing here.

Civil servants will be given six months to transfer accounts to Russia and a year to resolve inheritance problems abroad when a new law comes into force that prohibits officials from owning real estate abroad. about this.

Today at exactly 8:15 local time, to the sound of a metronome over the radio, the employees of the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP stopped work for a minute and remembered their relatives, friends, colleagues and friends who died on August 17, 2009. This is reported by the site "Vesti.Ru" . Recall that the accident at the hydroelectric power station then claimed the lives of 75 people. Day of Remembrance for the victims of the tragedy at the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP was held in Khakassia.

A rally in support of a feminist punk band in Barcelona was attended by several dozen people, both Spaniards and Russian activists. Many of them wore balaclavas and colorful tights. The action was organized by the Russian activist Andrey Sidelnikov, who now lives in London and came to Barcelona on vacation.

The broadcast is over. Thank you for being with us today. 20:50 Bogdan Khmelnitsky Bridge from the Khamovnichesky Court is blocked. 20:30 Like the opposition, OMON has one tactic now: to comb the ranks of people who have not wanted to disperse, and grab everyone, "who is taking a little, listen loudly to music or put on a balaclava." 20:12 One of the activists turned on the Pussy Riot disk in his car, which was handed out in the crowd. Activists gather around the car.

The head of the chemical and analytical laboratory of the Penza Research Institute of Agriculture, an expert in the field of Mac and hemp study, Olga Zelenin, recall, was detained on August 15 in the morning on suspicion "in the country of obviously false expert conclusions for requests within the framework of criminal cases related to food poppy." The detention of a 55-year-old woman took place in her apartment, with the participation of riot police, machine gunners and employees of the

Chairman of the Kazan Human Rights Center Igor Sholokhov commented on the incident with the detention of two members of the Public Monitoring Commission for Monitoring Human Rights in Places of Detention Vladimir Rubashny and German Aletkin. Yesterday's detention of members of the POC RT by the colony's employees was explained in such a way that they were taking photos and videos in the territory adjacent (to the correctional institution), - said Sholokhov.

Today at a press conference director of "Mosfilm" Karen Shakhnazarov said that major Russian film studios face a serious crisis. “Cinema is completely switching to digital, and this raises the question of the fate of large studios that were built in the 1930s and 1940s for film films, which were shot in large pavilions, with scenery and exposed lighting. Tsifra does not need this,” Shakhnazarova is quoted by RIA Novosti as saying .

The examination, carried out on the initiative of the Yakimanka police department, did not reveal traces of narcotic substances from the lawyer of the Agora Interregional Human Rights Association Ilnur Sharapov and the surveyor Nikolai Pomeshchenko, who were detained on the evening of August 4 while playing petanque. The police have not yet issued an official apology for illegal detention and suspicion of drug use to human rights activist Sharapov.

On the night of August 16-17, the Russian embassy was attacked by opponents of the ruling regime in Syria, according to NEWSru . A group of people chanting slogans directed against the Syrian government gathered at the walls of the diplomatic mission and began throwing stones at the building. The police did not intervene. It was the consular section of the embassy that was attacked.

President Putin's trust and approval ratings have plummeted since he returned to the Kremlin, the latest all-Russian Levada Center poll (August 10-13; polled 1,600 people, margin of error up to 3.4%) showed, Vedomosti reports . . Favorable opinion about Putin 48% of Russians, unfavorable - 25%. In May the ratio was 60% to 21%; in Putin's first two terms it was on average 65% to 15% (and by the end of 2008 it was even 80% to 10%).

Before Sovetsky District officials refused to give permission for the zombie parade, about 600 people signed up to take part in the event. At first, the local administration did not interfere with them. Her opinion changed dramatically after she was asked not to allow this action by the Omsk and Taurida diocese.

The government of the Russian Federation has approved a bill introducing mandatory direct elections of mayors in all cities of Russia, writes Lenta.ru . The document was submitted in May. It was prepared by the Ministry of Regional Development. Now the government must submit the bill to the State Duma, after which it will be considered by the deputies, who can amend it.