Kirill Kalinin The article of the graduate student of the Faculty of Political Sciences and the sociology of the European University in St. Petersburg Kirill Kalinin is devoted to the study of the influence of social demarcation on the electoral behavior of Russians. Its theoretical basis was the work of Western and domestic researchers. The author formulates hypotheses about the influence of social demarcation on the vote of Russian voters and tests them on the materials of mass surveys.

On Wednesday night in Orel, three suspects in the case of explosion at the bus stop were detained. Among the detainees is the alleged organizer of the explosion, repeatedly a convicted resident of the eagle, who has recently been engaged in entrepreneurial activity. During the searches, the suspects found weapons, drugs and an explosive device.

The heroes of visual agitation for Dmitry Medvedev will be Vladimir Putin and national projects. On February 2, the campaign period begins with the placement on the television channels of short videos. Medvedev will have only two of them. According to Vedomosti , in one of them the successor will appear along with the current President Putin, their appearance will be accompanied by the election slogan “We will win together!”.

The European Union postponed the signing of the agreement on the beginning of the Serbian integration process until February 7, when the results of the country's presidential election will already be known. The decision was blocked by the Netherlands, who refused to sign anything until Belgrade issued General Ratko Mladich to the Hague tribunal.

Sinterra Group of Companies announced the purchase of Kaliningrad communications operators LLC Gazinternet and Euro-Telecom LLC. 100 percent of the shares of both companies were acquired by Petersstar CJSC, the largest alternative fixed communication operator of the North-Western region, which is part of Sinterra. The companies were purchased from private investors at Peterstar's own expense. Gazinternet occupies more than 25 percent of the Kaliningrad broadband access market.

France financial markets (AMF) began an investigation against one of the country's largest banks - Societe Generale, RBC reports. This was reported by the press secretary of the organization Christine Anlade. She did not talk about the details of the work that had begun. However, it is possible that it is somehow connected with the recognition of the Bank of the Bank of Zherom Kervel, made during the interrogation of the French police.

Sergey Markedonov Last week, the presidential election campaign in Armenia reached the finish line. On January 20, 2008, the Central Election Commission completed the process of registering applicants for the highest state post of the republic. On January 21, the election campaign started. Nine candidates are fighting for the right to become the President of Armenia.

The Tver court of Moscow rejected the claim of the proxy of ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov against the activities of the Central Election Commission in the field of coverage of the presidential campaign in Russia, Gazeta.Ru reports. As Polit.ru previously reported, a little earlier, a candidate for president of Russia, Mikhail Kasyanov filed a complaint about the Central Election Commission of Russia in the Tver District Court of Moscow, said Kasyanova, Elena Dikun, Advisor.

The Komi Supreme Court sentenced to seven years in prison with a sentence in a strict regime colony of the head of the representative office of the Russian federal property under the Komi (RFFI) Yuri Gurov for an attempt to receive a bribe, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to RIA Novosti. According to the lawyer Gurov Vladimir Revako, he and his client do not agree with such a severe punishment, and within ten days they intend to file an appeal to the Russian Supreme Court.

During January, in various cities of Russia, shares of the protest of ecologists against the face of Belkov - the cubs of the Greenland Seal. Claims of ecologists consist of two points - the threat of a population of seals and the anti -aesthetic spectacular side of the Providence. With the population of the Greenland seal, the situation is quite good. It is widespread in the North Atlantic and the seas of the Arctic Ocean - Greenland, Barents, Karsk, and White.

The explosion of domestic gas occurred today in a residential building in the Southeast District of Moscow, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax. According to the source in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in Moscow, about 1.45 in the house No. 3 on a watchdog in one of the apartments, an explosion of gas occurred. According to preliminary data, there are no victims, glass is knocked out in the house.

The department for the investigation of especially important cases of the Investigative Department of the IC at the Russian Prosecutor's Office in the Yaroslavl Region opened a criminal case on the fact of falsification of voters in support of the nomination of Andrei Bogdanov as a candidate for the president of Russia, news agency reports.

Today, the Minister of Regional Development Dmitry Kozak at the Russia forum will present the contours of the new regional policy, the newspaper Vedomosti reports. This was reported in the Ministry of Regional Development and the Ministry of Economic Development, its essence is to refuse centralization and the transition to policies to provide regions of economic independence.

President Putin today at a meeting of the Security Council said that the rate of accumulation of harmful substances in Russia is 15-16%, Echo Moscow reports. Therefore, in the country it is necessary to create an effective environmental safety system. Dmitry Medvedev at today's meeting added that since 2000 the number of environmental violations that Russian enterprises have increased by 3.5 times.

The Israeli opposition in the evening of January 30 announced the need for the speedy resignation of the head of the government, Ehud Olmert, reports AFP. This decision is dictated by the conclusions, to which an independent commission on assessing the results of the war in Lebanon in 2006 came. According to the conclusion of the commission, the Israeli political and military leadership in 2006 allowed a lot of miscalculations that led to the "lack of victory" in the Second Lebanese war.