We are publishing fragments of the interrogation of State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev in connection with numerous rumors about his testimony to the investigators of the Investigative Committee. Foreword from the Editor While preparing the materials, we drew attention to the fact that the goals of the announced march on May 6, which attracted tens of thousands of people to participate in it, diverged from the goals of a number of opposition leaders.

On the table Minister of the Interior Sometimes between the quality of the law and the quality of law enforcement practice lies a whole abyss. The law may be wonderful, but you will face it in practice ... As they say, "the king complains, may the psar do not complain" Photo: Evgeny Feldman - "New" Sometimes between the quality of the law and the quality of law enforcement practice lies a whole abyss. The law can be wonderful, but you will face it in practice ...

Thinking about what Russia's special path should be is as uninteresting as proving that it doesn't exist. It is curious to understand something else: why do so many people among us believe in a special way? It is worth delving into the mental histories of other countries, as it immediately becomes clear that it is the search for a special path that brings peoples together. Thinking about what Russia's special path should be is as uninteresting as proving that it doesn't exist.

Bright Way: from Alliluyeva to Yarova What is common between the divorce of Vladimir and Lyudmila Putin and rumors about the nomination as a candidate in the mayors of Moscow from the “Civil Platform” Irina Prokhorova instead of her brother Mikhail Prokhorov? In both cases, a woman plays a role in politics. But ... subordinate.

Heading: "I answer!" Here is a questionnaire that we asked friends of the editorial office, prominent politicians, and cultural figures to fill out 10 years ago. In the year of its 20th anniversary, Novaya chose a number of, in our opinion, outstanding contemporaries to repeat this poll.

New Arcade Fire album to be released later this year Arcade Fire are recording a new album Canadian musicians are working on new material at DFA Records in New York. “These guys know very well what exactly they need, so no producer in the usual sense of the word has almost no meaning for them. I just had no idea what I would do with them in the studio.

The investigative department of the ICR for St. Petersburg has terminated the criminal case against the founder of the social network "Vkontakte" Pavel Durov, who shot down a traffic police inspector in the center of St. Petersburg in April, the press service of the department . reports today Recall that earlier Pavel Durov claimed that he was not driving a white Mercedes that hit a traffic police inspector.

The police, together with the FSB and the FMS, detained several hundred people today in a prayer room in the south-east of Moscow, Interfax reports . “In the Pechatniki district, law enforcement officers conducted searches in a prayer room, as a result of which 300 people were detained, 170 of whom are foreign citizens,” the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow told Interfax.

Public space is a place where citizens can have a conversation and exchange arguments Public space is a place where citizens can have a conversation and exchange arguments In 19th-century novels, the word "public" meant "light" - something like the local aristocracy. A whole layer of Russian classical literature is built on the irony about this "public" - from Dostoevsky to Leskov.

More than three dozen teachers of the GTsDYUTT (the city Center for Children and Youth Technical Creativity) do not want to “optimize”, or, in other words, to shrink. The protest against the reduction is expressed in the fact that after the order on it, signed on June 3 this year, they continue to go to work. Firstly, says the chairman of the trade union committee Elena Tsykunova, the decision of the mayor's office is illegal, and secondly, it is immoral.

The prosecutor's office of the Tatishchevo district began an investigation into the discovery of ampoules with the vaccine thrown into the forest. Unknown people tried to destroy preparations intended for vaccination of children and adults against measles, tetanus, hepatitis, BCG and influenza. According to Roman Yakovenko, deputy prosecutor of the Tatishevsky district, the ampoules were found in the forest on the outskirts of the ZATO Svetly.

On June 7, rallies were held in Moscow and Elista in memory of Larisa Yudina, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Sovetsvkaya Kalmykiya Segodnya and leader of the Kalmyk Yabloko, in connection with the fifteenth anniversary of her brutal murder. This sad anniversary has become an occasion to remind again: the masterminds of this crime remain at large. So far, the possible involvement in the murder of the former president of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has not been investigated.

On Saturday, June 8, in the city of Udomlya, Tver region, a “day of Russian anger” will be held, which will take place due to the aggravated ethnic conflict there. Nationalists from different cities of the region, as well as from both capitals, are going to take part in the action. Messages are actively circulating on social networks calling for support for the action.

A storm warning has been issued in the Moscow region, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to the weather bureau. A storm is approaching from the south of the region. Perhaps the fall of weakly reinforced structures, billboards, breakage of power lines. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the storm could cover the Moscow region in the coming hours.

Russia is ready to replace peacekeepers from Austria in the Golan Heights at the request of the UN. This statement was made today by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Given the difficult situation that is developing today in the Golan Heights, we could replace the Austrian contingent leaving this region on the line of demarcation between the troops of Israel and the Syrian army.