Civil society is only learning to respond to requests that the authorities have already forgotten how to respond to. More than 800 representatives of various NGOs from all regions of the Russian Federation gathered at the All-Russian Civil Forum "The Agenda of Russia", which gathered on the initiative of Alexei Kudrin on Saturday. Some political scientists have already concluded that Kudrin was trying to create a liberal political party.

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers unanimously decided to "stop the process of preparing for the signing of an association agreement" between Ukraine and the European Union. The government's decision came as a complete surprise. So far, everything has indicated that Ukraine is going to sign this important agreement in Vilnius on 28 November. By making this decision, Ukraine missed a great opportunity to integrate with Europe and modernize its own state.

The European Court of Human Rights stood up for orphans and addressed questions to the Russian government The European Court of Human Rights stood up for orphans and addressed questions to the Russian government Recall that in January 2013 several foreign families appealed to the European Court - at the moment there are 32 complaints in the court.

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, who is now in custody, has announced an indefinite hunger strike, demanding that the authorities sign an association agreement with the EU at the Eastern Partnership summit, which is to be held on November 28-29 in Vilnius, RIA Novosti reports .

Thousands of residents of the Tver region demand from Putin the resignation of their governor On Saturday, November 23, a rally was held in Tver against Governor Andrei Shevelev. The action gathered more than a thousand participants. “If they come for my pigs, I’ll take the pitchfork,” says peasant Fyodor Shaimardanov from the village of Boykovo in the Tver region. Fyodor has a black hat and mustache and looks like a western farmer...

The opening of the exhibition "An attempt at an alternative", held as part of the anniversary of the Taganka Theater, ended with a spontaneous performance by artists protesting against the "invasion" of young directors and playwrights into the theater to develop a program for the anniversary year, RIA Novosti reports . For the exhibition, old posters and photographs in the foyer were replaced with texts reflecting on the fate of the theatre. "What is there to think about! Taganka has a future.

The head of the Vostochny cosmodrome under construction in the Amur region may be appointed on December 9. This statement was made today by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. “I want to go to the Vostochny cosmodrome, I think that it will be mid-December, and the decision will mature at the moment I am there, in the Amur Region. It will be, according to my plans, on December 9, ” RIA Novosti quotes Rogozin .

Another talks with the participation of Russia, the United States and the UN on preparations for the international conference on Syria "Geneva-2" will be held on December 20. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the UN Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi. Recall that today such a meeting was held in Geneva.

"Happy are the have-nots" - this is how the famous Russian lawyer Mikhail Barshchevsky called his book about one of the most unique litigations of the century: the dispute between Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich over the assets of large Russian companies - ORT, Sibneft and RUSAL "Happy are the have-nots" - this is how the famous Russian lawyer Mikhail Barshchevsky called his book about one of the most unique litigations of the century: the dispute between Boris Berezovsky and Roman

The State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia has given an order to curtail rescue operations at the site of the collapse of the Maxima shopping center, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Delfi. Rescuers examined the entire territory of the store and did not find any new victims. Thus, the death toll in the explosion was 54 people. Recall that on Thursday evening, the wall of the shopping center building and the roof collapsed.

The largest European low-cost airline Ryanair is currently negotiating with several Russian airports to open direct flights from Dublin, but it is too early to talk about the exact dates for the start of flights, ITAR-TASS reports citing the head of public relations of the carrier Robin Keely. "Ryanair is indeed negotiating with a number of Russian airports, but at the moment they are purely exploratory in nature," Kiely explained. rates".

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra signed into law a state of emergency in the capital Bangkok, The Associated Press tweeted. The decision to introduce a state of emergency was made by the head of the Thai government in connection with anti-government demonstrations that began across the country last Sunday.

Opposition deputies have submitted a bill to the Ukrainian parliament on amending certain laws regarding a break in serving a sentence, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the website of the Verkhovna Rada. The bill was registered by deputies from the opposition parliamentary factions - Batkivshchyna, UDAR, Svoboda.

The medical board in the military registration and enlistment office can put an end to a career The medical board in the military registration and enlistment office can put an end to a career According to the decision of the commission, in October 2011, Anton Gamov, a conscript of the military commissariat of the Kaluga region for the Maloyaroslavetsky district, was declared "unfit for military service." Then Anton was a fifth-year student of the Faculty of Linguistics of the International