A special report from Mariupol, where the elections were torn for “technical reasons”, behind which there are real contradictions A special report from Mariupol, where the elections were torn for “technical reasons”, behind which there are real contradictions A torn pack with just printed ballots was discovered on the printing house of Rinat Akhmetov. Photo: Valeria Ivashkin / especially for "Novaya Gazeta" Last Sunday, elections to local authorities were held in Ukraine.

Record low turnout and habitually violent passions - Ukraine in search of a new local government Record low turnout and habitually violent passions - Ukraine in search of a new local government Last Sunday, regional elections were held in Ukraine. They were attended by 132 political parties out of 142 possible. According to the Central Election Commission, 10 parties failed to properly complete the necessary documents and left the race even before the start.

A hut with a leaky roof on an extinct farm — this is how WWII veteran Ustin Kalutsky, 89, lives in the 21st century A hut with a leaky roof on an extinct farm — this is how WWII veteran Ustin Kalutsky, 89, lives in the 21st century Ustin Pavlovich, a participant in the storming of Berlin, cannot receive the housing promised by the state. Recently, a front-line soldier sent a letter about this to the editor: “ I would very much like, in my old age, to wash in hot water.

The government has submitted a bill to the State Duma, which provides for the suspension of indexing the salaries of officials, judges and military personnel. It is planned that indexing will be suspended until January 1, 2017.

According to the latest data, about 180 people became victims of the earthquake in Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to the Associated Press. Pakistani officials say 121 people have died in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone. In total, 145 people died as a result of the earthquake. The victims of the tragedy in Afghanistan are reported to be 33 people.

From a personal diary August 9, 1999 Monday. In today's issue of "New" the second material of the heading I proposed "XX century. A History Textbook” is about two successful financial reforms in Russia, the “brands” of which were the Witte gold ruble and the NEP gold chervonets, in comparison with the current state of the finances of the Russian Federation. The first publication of the rubric - a spread about what the year 1941 really was - a tragedy, a crime, a feat?

Photo by Oksana Romanova 86-year-old veteran of the Great Patriotic War and labor [1] Ivan Kushov can look for a place near the heating main. Last Thursday, October 22, the Kirov Regional Court ruled to deprive him of his only home.

Four people became victims of an accident with a crane at a construction site in the center of Omsk, reports . the press service of the regional Investigative Committee of the ICR According to preliminary information, a tower crane installed at the construction site of the trade and exhibition complex fell on Toyota RAV4 and GAZ-Sobol cars. The driver, passenger of Toyota and the child who were in Toyota died. Later, the driver of the GAZ-Sobol died in the hospital.

Member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption Anatoly Vyborny appealed to the Investigative Committee with a request to evaluate the statements of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny about the judge of the Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow, reports .

The British Foreign Office does not consider relations between Moscow and London to be frozen, the agency said in a statement cited by TASS. “We do not believe that bilateral relations between the UK and Russia are frozen or in a state of stagnation. Dialogue continues at all levels in areas where there is mutual interest. In confirmation of this, the British Foreign Office recalled the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.

The financial success of the Moscow blogger Ilya Varlamov was greatly facilitated by the arbitration courts of the Omsk region and local media, which without asking reprinted the photos posted on Varlamov's personal page on the Livejournal platform. The Omsk media will have to pay the highest price for a photo of a kitten named Omsk, sold by Varlamov at a virtual auction (the amount of the transaction was not disclosed, but the offer of 185 thousand rubles was not the last).

The international medical organization "Doctors Without Borders" called the accusation of espionage from the authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic false and demanded the return of accreditation for work in Donbass. This was stated to Sputnik by the organization's press secretary, Delphine van Durme.

The police detained an employee of the Investigative Committee, who holds the position of an investigator for especially important cases, for beating a man in the center of the capital. This is reported by the agency "Moscow" with reference to a source in law enforcement. According to the interlocutor, the night before, near the pond on Shmitovsky Proezd, an unknown drunk man who introduced himself as a policeman severely beat the man, after which the victim was hospitalized with a broken leg.

About half of Russians consider the measures taken by the state to combat corruption crimes to be effective. This is evidenced by the survey data of the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM). As follows from the VTsIOM data, the anti-corruption index for the first time in 10 years has moved into the area of ​​positive values.

Oppositionist Vladimir Ionov does not intend to give up single-person pickets because of the attack by activists of the SERB movement. this He stated to Kasparov.Ru. According to Ionov, 75, he will not stop publicly expressing his political position because of the "pro-Kremlin hooligans" who attacked the opposition leader during his solo picket outside the Historical Museum in Moscow. "Life is a fight.