The legend of the Russian advocacy - about lawyers, judges and modern Russian interpretation "Presumption of innocence" The legend of the Russian advocacy - about lawyers, judges and modern Russian interpretation "Presumption of innocence" Charm, erudition, mind, energy and slightly male narcissism ...

A police officer in Kyiv told the special correspondent of Novaya Gazeta why he was not going to follow the orders of his superiors to storm the Maidan A police officer in Kyiv told the special correspondent of Novaya Gazeta why he was not going to follow the orders of his superiors to storm the Maidan - Can you introduce yourself? - Investigator of the Kiev GUMVD police lieutenant Andrei P. ( opens and shows the certificate . - P.K. ). I am still an active employee.

The country's richest people consider it unacceptable to "participate in a magnificent, but Egyptian funeral ceremony," writes Zerkalo Nedeli-Ukraine. “He (Yanukovych) is not digging his own grave, but a brotherly one,” one of the largest businessmen told reporters.

The Moscow Savelovsky Court arrested three extortion suspects, during whose arrest two policemen were killed. According to RIA Novosti , the detainees are 27-year-old Andrei Vorobyov, 28-year-old Anatoly Bortnikov and 40-year-old Dmitry Vladimirov. The detainees will remain in custody until February 13. Recall that two police officers died during an operation to detain alleged extortionists in a parking lot near a McDonald's fast food cafe on Leningradskoye Highway.

For more than 20 years, Mandelstam Days have been held all over the world. In Moscow, on the anniversary, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the death of the poet, "Days" will consist of a large program: exhibitions, conferences, a Mandelstam evening, a concert, an excursion and a traditional meeting at the monument to the poet in Moscow.

At the rally "Let's Save Ukraine!" , organized by the Party of Regions on Saturday, in Kyiv, on the European Square, there are more than 50 thousand people. People continue to come up from above, from the side of the government quarter - Grushevsky Street. Between EuroMaidan and the rally of the Regions, on Khreshchatyk, there is a police cordon and a barrier of police buses. They don't let anyone in except journalists.

Accused of organizing the murder of Novaya journalist Igor Domnikov hopes for a “fair verdict” Accused of organizing the murder of Novaya journalist Igor Domnikov hopes for a “fair verdict” 8 years in a strict regime colony was requested last week by the prosecutor's office for Pavel Sopot, considering his unconditional guilt in inciting a brutal beating in 2000 by a gang of "Tagiryanovskie" journalist "Novaya Gazeta" Igor Domnikov.

China's Chang'e-3 spacecraft landed on the moon tonight. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Chinese TV channel. This is the first landing of a Chinese spacecraft on the surface of the moon. So far, China has not made such landings. The satellite landed on the surface around 21.10 local time (17.10 Moscow time). Lunokhod, moving at a speed of 200 meters per hour, will have to explore the geological structure and substance on the Earth's surface.

In the Irkutsk region, an accident occurred, as a result of which a Land Rover SUV collided with a Honda car. The mayor of the city of Angarsk, Vladimir Zhukov, was allegedly driving the SUV, RIA Novosti reports . The GUMVD in the Irkutsk region confirmed the fact of the accident, but did not specify the names of the participants. The only thing, the representative of the GUMVD said that the man who was in the jeep refused to be examined for intoxication.

Investment climate between "Lavrenty Palych and boring Scandinavian democracy" Reasons for doubt are given by the passage from the message dedicated to the fight against offshore companies. Curiously, the president lashed out at them after toasting them about progress in improving the business climate. Putin did not notice the contradiction.

The New Times magazine was ordered to pay a million rubles to judges of the Moscow City Court The New Times magazine was ordered to pay a million rubles to judges of the Moscow City Court On Friday, the Presnensky District Court of Moscow fully satisfied the claim of federal judge Dmitry Gordeyuk and Secretary of the Scientific Advisory Council at the Moscow City Court Yuri Bespalov against our colleagues, Novoye Vremya magazine and its columnist Zoya Svetova.

For the dispersal of the Euromaidan on November 30, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Vladimir Sivkovich, the head of the Kyiv police Valery Koryak and the head of the Kyiv city state administration Alexander Popov will be punished. Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka said that it was they and Koryak's deputy Petr Fedchuk who gave the command to beat the students. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine with reference to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Pshonka.

Report of the Interregional Human Rights Association "AGORA" on the persecution of civil activists in the Kuban Since it became known in the summer of 2007 that Sochi would host the Olympic Games, dozens of civil activists in the Krasnodar Territory have faced detentions, searches, criminal cases, lawsuits, trials, arrests and beatings. They were accused of extremism, "piracy", fraud and even damaging the fence out of hooligan motives...

The disaster at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station may happen again The disaster at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station may happen again One of the seven defendants in the case of the man-made disaster at the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP, which claimed 75 lives, injured and maimed 85 more people, Andrey Mitrofanov, former first deputy director of the HPP and its chief engineer, said at the trial in the Sayanogorsk City Court that the investigation had not fulfilled

Today, at the age of 93, the honorary director of the Mayakovsky Theater Mikhail Petrovich Zaitsev died. This was reported to RIA Novosti in the press service of the theater. Zaitsev has been the director of the theater since 1976. The employees of the Mayakovsky Theater express their sincere deepest condolences to his family and friends. In 1942, Zaytse graduated from the acting department of GITIS, and worked as an artist at the Stanislavsky Moscow Drama Theater.