The balance of virtues and vices is clearly in favor of the Nobel Prize winner The balance of virtues and vices is clearly in favor of the Nobel Prize winner Ruslan GREENBERG - especially for Novaya Isn't it strange that the award was not received by an outstanding peacemaker, not a fearless human rights activist, and not even a politician who is awarded from time to time as an advance in the hope of his future effective work in the interests of peace and progress.

Famous artist, scenographer - about how, instead of cultural brands, the country is represented by political brands Famous artist, scenographer - about how, instead of cultural brands, the country is represented by political brands The whole world is collecting brands. Austrians at one time spent a lot of money on not associated with Hitler. They invested billions in the promotion of the Mozart brand.

Former Smiths leader Morrissey stunned by royals' indifference Former Smiths leader Morrissey stunned by royals' indifference Morrissey blamed the death of a nurse at the hospital where Kate Middleton is staying, the entire royal family During a prank hosted by two Australian radio presenters who introduced themselves as relatives of Kate Middleton, a gullible nurse gave over the phone all the details about the health of Prince William's wife.

"Russian" ministers of Israel resign in the midst of the election campaign "Russian" ministers of Israel resign in the midst of the election campaign Israeli Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Avigdor Lieberman has resigned. He faces charges of "abuse and breach of public confidence." A native of the former USSR (Moldova), Lieberman is considered one of the most influential politicians in Israel.

Since the beginning of 2012, 139 journalists have died in the world, this was a record for the entire period of maintaining these statistics, NEWSru reports citing a report by the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), a non-governmental organization at the UN. The current number of media workers killed is a third more than last year, and in general, 2012 was the bloodiest year since the Second World War.

told Interfax today . The Other Russia activist Taisiya Osipova, who was sentenced to eight years in a colony on charges of selling drugs, arrived in a colony in the Tver region, where she will serve her sentence, a representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the region According to him, the convict must choose the recipient of this notice herself. They can be any of the relatives: husband, mother, brother, etc.

In this December, everything is as usual - there is little light, a lack of serotonin. In general, a typical seasonal depression. That is, not at all like it was last winter, when society was awake in the injections of political euphoria. But you must admit that euphoria is not the most reliable compass on a difficult and confusing route. Drangnachkremlin, of course, did not take place. But the experience over the past year has been invaluable. The most written about the authorities.

Today, new amendments were made to the bill, which should become the Russian response to the “Magnitsky law”. They include a ban on the direct adoption of Russian children by American families and a refusal to work with those adoption agencies that match children from Russia to adoptive parents from the United States. The authors of the amendments were LDPR deputies Elena Afanasyeva and Ekaterina Lakhova from United Russia.

Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin opened a criminal case against the judge of the Supreme Court of the Chuvash Republic Andrey Yemelyanov. He is suspected of having committed an accident that resulted in the death of a 34-year-old resident of Cheboksary.

Silvio Berlusconi returns to politics Photo: "New Gazeta" Berlusconi, the “king of populists,” now he is not competing with his historical opponents - sedate communists, but with such a tribune of the people as Beppe Grillo. The basis of the success of the latter was VAFFA-DAY shares (literally “in ... in ... POP-day”)-mass protests on the goodbye of Italy, which ended with the loud "VAFFANCULO!" ("In ... oust!") To politicians, entrepreneurs, officials ...

Today, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow sentenced activist Vera Lavreshina to 10 days of administrative arrest. It is reported by OVD-info . Judge Stekliev found Lavreshina guilty of disobeying a lawful order of a police officer. Lavreshina, who spent almost two days in the Taganskoye police station, went on a dry hunger strike. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 40 people were detained at the Saturday rally. According to OVD Info, there were at least 69 detainees.

In the list of the most expensive million-plus cities in Russia, Khabarovsk took the first place, Moscow took the 4th place in terms of the level of real expenses of the population. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the report "Consumer Price Index", prepared by the Public Chamber. The report analyzed prices in 11 largest Russian cities: Moscow, St.

Today, a millionth resident was born in Voronezh, ITAR-TASS reports . The boy was born in the regional perinatal center to a resident of Voronezh, Svetlana Lopyreva, at 12:10. The newborn weighs 3,350 kg and is 54 cm tall. Mom and baby are doing well On April 10, 2012, Krasnoyarsk became the 14th million-plus city in Russia. This list already includes Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Omsk, Kazan, Chelyabinsk, Rostov-on-Don, Ufa and Volgograd.

The UK may phase out paper banknotes and switch to plastic over the next three years. This was reported today by Gazeta.Ru with reference to the Daily Mail. Money made from plastic is more durable, waterproof and harder to counterfeit, according to British authorities. The Bank of England has already announced a tender for the creation of banknotes from plastic, for this purpose it is planned to spend £1 billion.

The chairman of Moskomstroyinvest, Konstantin Timofeev, said that the city authorities did not make decisions on the allocation of land plots for the construction of new mosques in Moscow. It is reported by Lenta.Ru with reference to Interfax. Earlier today, the Izvestia newspaper published an article about plans to build mosques in Lyublino, Yuzhny Butovo and the vicinity of the Shosse Entuziastov metro station, as well as three other areas that are still unknown.