Monologues for "New". The famous screenwriter and writer asks questions of the authorities and the opposition I'm just advocating honest conversation with people. Especially with those who go to freedom marches without helmets, substituting their precious heads for possible batons. These people are not flutes and neither the Marseillaise nor the American anthem can be played on them. I advocate that the issues of the future should not be decided only by us, writers and journalists...

The head of the Russian government, Dmitry Medvedev, called investigators who came early this morning to search the director of the documentary television project "Term" Pavel Kostomarov "goats" as "goats". Medvedev's words are clearly audible in a video posted by Russia Today. According to Vedomosti , the authenticity of the phrase said by Medvedev was confirmed by the editor-in-chief of the Dozhd TV channel Mikhail Zygar, who participated in an interview with Medvedev today.

The authorities are looking for those responsible for their troubles in the past and sprinkle someone else's ashes on their heads The Russian government has run out of the most important political resource - the PR right to blame all the mistakes on the predecessors. When you rule the country with an almost unchanged composition for the second decade, you simply no longer have political predecessors.

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline. It is reported by "Business-FM" . In the presence of Putin and other high-ranking guests, a solemn ceremony of welding the symbolic junction of the gas transmission systems of Russia and Europe was held at the site of the Russkaya compressor station in the Anapa region (Krasnodar Territory). This is reported by the Information Department of JSC "Gazprom".

Marina BORODITSKAYA: “I buy books for my granddaughter for growth. What if they get banned?" Marina BORODITSKAYA: “I buy books for my granddaughter for growth. What if they get banned?" On a hike for children's books, we went to the Non/fiction fair. On the 3rd, "children's" floor, readers of all ages were led by the hands. Some readers were carried in slings.

Stanislavsky Prize winners announced Stanislavsky Prize winners announced On December 7, the jury of the award (chaired by director Alexei Borodin) announced the names of the new laureates. On the eve of the Year of Stanislavsky (January 17, 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great director), the award changed its format.

Sofya Lysenkova taught thousands of teachers this Photo: "New Gazeta" On December 6, People's Teacher Sofya Nikolaevna Lysenkova died. Primary school teacher with 60 years of experience, she knew how to teach everyone without dividing into “smart” and “unsuccessful” ones. Today, when a paper shaft of stupid reports came to replace the painstaking methodological work at the school, many are surprised: is this possible?

, said on the air of the Russian News Service . The Russian Foreign Ministry has already prepared a "black list" of US citizens who, according to the Russian side, are guilty of human rights violations, Alexei Pushkov, head of the Russian State Duma committee on international affairs “In fact, the Foreign Office has a closed list, just like the US State Department. He is still insignificant.

told RIA Novosti today. Moscow authorities intend early next week to discuss the route of the opposition Freedom March, scheduled for December 15, with the organizers of the action, head of the capital's regional security department Alexei Mayorov “Next week we will meet with them (the organizers) and discuss the details. We need to agree on the event three days before the start of its holding. I think there will be more activity on Monday-Tuesday,” Mayorov said.

Medal from the main ombudsman Photo: "New Gazeta" The former head teacher of school No. 575 St. Petersburg and the former head of the precinct election commission No. 99 received the medal “Hurry to do good” by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation for an active position in defending the rights of citizens. This medal is presented annually for his contribution to the protection of human rights and freedoms Tatyana Ivanova, the former head teacher of school No. 575 St.

Dmitry Medvedev adjusted his image - he began to wear narrow ties. The confidence rating for it is in a lowering trend: 37% on December 2 against 46% in May of this year, not to mention 59% in 2010 (according to FOM). From the rating of trust Vladimir Putin, he lags behind only 6 percentage points. Well, who will remove him from the post of prime minister, as other analysts predict? And most importantly - why?

This afternoon, unidentified persons covered the head of the administration of the village of Karamakhi, Buynaksky district of Dagestan. This was reported to Interfax by a law enforcement source. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the car Toyota Camry, which belonged to the deceased, was fired upon by unknown people from a machine gun on the Kavkaz highway near the village of Agach-Aul, Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan. The car was found around 3:00 pm local time.

Alexander Perepilichny, a Russian businessman who died in the UK and is described by the press as the "chief informant" in the Magnitsky case, has been buried after British investigators took samples for a toxicological examination. today The funeral took place on December 4, according to NEWSru , citing The Times. According to the publication, the ceremony was closed, it was attended only by family members.

In the Moscow region, law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case on the fact of beating a citizen of Ukraine by employees of the department for combating economic crimes and combating corruption of the Shchelkovskoye Ministry of Internal Affairs. As a representative of the department told Interfax , on the night of October 21 in Shchelkovo, during the conflict on the road, a citizen of Ukraine was injured and was hospitalized. He died two days later.

The Investigative Committee for Karelia brought Maxim Yefimov, the author of the text “Karelia is tired of priests”, as an accused in the case of inciting hatred and enmity, as well as humiliation on the basis of religion (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Efimov reported this to the Agora Interregional Human Rights Association, which represents his interests.