Leonid Isidorovich Lopatnikov, journalist and economist, died in the 92nd year of life. Such people are no longer “made”: impeccably honest, professional and interested in work until the last days, absolutely unbending in their liberal and anti -Stalinist views ... Absolutely enchanting people passed away. You can use the simple-income-vulgar expression “The Latest of the Mogican”-and this will be true.

In Siberia, a book and a film appeared very important for Russia The premiere shows of the documentary “Frozen Time” - autobiography of the writer Mikhail Tarkovsky took place. Three dozen years ago, he, the grandson of the poet Arseniy Tarkovsky and the nephew of director Andrei Tarkovsky, left Moscow.

Our fifth power is called the fifth column Our fifth power is called the fifth column. Oh well. Go cheat history There are four branches of power: legislative, executive, judicial and media. However, something else has been forming all over the world for quite a long time: an active civil society. Ecologists, animal rights activists, fighters for the rights of various minorities, anti-war and human rights organizations and so on.

The legendary "iron man" - about why Poland succeeded, but Russia did not In the 65-year-old Bogdan Borushevich, Marshal (chairman) of the Senate, the upper house of the parliament, for some reason I easily recognized the 31-year-old low guy in a regular shirt and in jeans of patches with patterns, which carried bread in the Gdan Gorodeni in August 1980 ... On Warshavskaya Street, Nova is picked up by peripheral vision, I recorded the advertising slogan “The future has a past”.

On May 28, Andrei Borisovich Zubov invited his colleague, doctor of geographical sciences, professor, president of the International Geographical Union, Vladimir Kolosov, to talk about Ukraine again. The theme of the lecture: “East, West, Center, South - Cultural Regionalism of Ukraine. How alternative forms of political worldview in the space of Ukraine developed. ” See the full version on June 3.

Sharapova won a boring match in which her rival Omraechea (Argentina) had no chance and no game won. 0:6, 0:6. Now in the 1/8 finals "Alle, Maria" will play with the Australian Samantha Stosur (#19), who knocked out Dominika Cibulkova (#9) from the tournament today, and four years ago reached the final of "Roland Garros". The match will probably take place on Sunday.

Ukraine announced that it had transferred part of the debt for Russian gas to Gazprom. This was stated by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. At the moment, negotiations between representatives of the Russian gas monopoly and the Ukrainian Naftogaz are continuing in Berlin. “There are no significant results yet, but our Ukrainian partners said they transferred a certain part of the amount,” Medvedev said.

Magomed and Khalimat Rasulov were found guilty of attacking a policeman at the Matveevsky market in Moscow in July 2013, RIA Novosti reports . The Moscow City Court sentenced Magomed to 18 years in a strict regime colony, his wife to 12 years and 6 months in a general regime colony. Earlier today, a judge found the couple guilty. On Friday, the Moscow City Court ruled in a high-profile case of an attack on detective Anton Kudryashov at the Matveevsky market in July last year.

There was everything for the Swiss - a rating, 14 thousand spectators, the history of meetings with Tursunov (4: 0). For Tursunov there was a powerful presentation, a burning desire to go beyond the third circle of Roland Garros at least once in his life, several dozen fans and a new correspondent. So the forces were almost equal. And the first two sets showed this perfectly. True, Federer took his presentations easily, and Tursunov was not very good.

The first verdict in the case of a gang was sentenced, whose leadership is accused of the Kuban United Russia Zirinov The first verdict in the case of a gang was sentenced, whose leadership is accused of the Kuban United Russia Zirinov The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Andrei Miroshnikov, who showed that he was a member of the gang of Kuban deputy of the uninstall Zirinov. For participation in the murders, the judge sentenced Miroshnikov to 14 years in a maximum security colony.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Ukrainian servicemen, soldiers of the National Guard and fighters of the "Right Sector" on the facts of shelling the cities of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Donetsk, Mariupol and other settlements in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, the press service of the department . reports The case against unidentified persons is open under Part 1 of Art.

Photo: Marina Tokareva - "New" New details of yesterday's assassination in the center of Moscow, on Pokrovka Street, announced today the Investigative Committee. According to investigators, Killer was 51-year-old Sergei Telin, the owner of a company providing legal services. Telin gave a confession. His victim was a businessman from construction. Both the criminal and the victim knew each other well and found out among themselves the attitude in court.

US President Barack Obama said that Hillary Clinton could become an effective president if she decides to nominate herself for this post, reports Associated Press. The American president called the relationship with Clinton friendly and said that he had admired her for a long time. Earlier, Obama met with the former secretary of state and potential presidential candidate for lunch. Clinton, however, has not yet announced her intention to run for president.

We, confused by geopolitics, are losing our origins, our small towns, which, by an unknown craft, still keep particles of our history. The two old Russian cities of Romanov and Borisoglebsk (since 1918 - the single city of Tutaev), looking at each other from the steep banks of the Volga, were part of a dozen pearls of the Golden Ring of Russia.

The Euro-Atlantic Community of Democracies represents the most powerful force today The Euro-Atlantic community of democracies is today the undeniably most powerful force in the world today. Democracy, therefore, while looking odd in the eyes of an authoritarian state, is not at all the opposite of force...