** President of the Russian Federation and his administration ** Russian President D. Medvedev approved the composition of the Security Council, the Kremlin press service said. Chairman of the Security Council - President D. Medvedev. Prime Minister V. Putin, Director of the FSB A. Bratnikov, State Duma speaker B. Gryzlov, head of the Foreign Ministry S. Lavrov, speaker of the Federation Council S. Mironov, the head of the presidential administration S.

It has already become customary to endow television with limitless possibilities for manipulating people: their worldview, values, consumer preferences, etc. It is assumed that the goal of such manipulation is the complete subjugation of the human psyche in order to achieve one’s own interests. And these interests are of a commercial nature: the more people turn on the TV on a given channel, the higher the rating. Rating is what television operates for, which brings it huge profits.

Neither peace, no war

Dmitry Belyansky Leonid Chernovetsky, known in the Ukrainian political party as Lenya-Cosmos and the mayor of all Martians, will retain the position of Kyiv mayor and, most likely, will not lose control of the City Council-this is the result of the early elections of the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, which took place on Sunday, May 25.

The United Nations said that the Georgian reconnaissance aircraft, shot down on April 20 over the territory of the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia, was destroyed by a Russian interceptor. According to a report published on Monday, the readings of the radar indicate that the aircraft that destroyed the Georgian unmanned vehicle, after the attack, retired towards the Russian airspace.

** President of the Russian Federation and his administration ** President D. Medvedev held a meeting with the chairman of the Union of Journalists of Russia V. Bogdanov . During the meeting, the head of state expressed the opinion that the role of the press in the formation of civil society, in particular, in the fight against corruption can be more active. ** Government of the Russian Federation ** Prime Minister V.

New accents Even the last week, largely dedicated to the new president of Russia’s foreign visits, contained quite significant domestic political and political-economic accents: actions to protect business were continued, work began to implement the pre-election thesis on the rule of law: the creation of an independent court, an attempt to return to the fight against corruption in campaign mode.

Based on the results of the vote count in 103 plots, the current mayor of Kyiv Leonid Chernovetsky leads in the election of the city chairman with 38.59% of the vote. Such data were published by the Kyiv city territorial election commission.

After a series of “color revolutions” of 2003-2005, during which opposition forces came to power, many experts started talking about the beginning of genuine democratic processes in a number of countries. However, over time, it became clear that in most cases the government soon acquired its former authoritarian features, and only in Ukraine did the president have to consciously weaken and limit his own power in order to keep it in his hands.

The Georgian opposition demanded from President Mikhail Saakashvili to "go to the people and admit that the parliamentary elections that were held on May 21 were falsified." As one of the leaders of the united opposition Koba Davitashvili said, if Saakashvili does not fulfill this requirement, "the people will move to where they are sitting now, and there they will require an answer from him." The opposition also warned the Central Election Commission against announcing the results of the

The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine revised the criminal case, which was instituted against the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko from "causing light bodily harm" to the "official crime". It should be reminded of the fight that happened between him and the current mayor of Kyiv Leonid Chernovetsky after a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council on January 18.

The photographer "Polit.ru" Alexei Chesnokov shoots people every day in pure ponds in Moscow.

The Moscow monopolist of fixed communications of the MGTS and the State Holding "Svyazinvest" continue to share income from common property. This year, Svyazinvest, the Ministry of Defense of the MGTS (28% of ordinary shares and 23% of the authorized capital), is again dissatisfied with the size of dividends on shares, Vedomosti write. The net profit of the MGTS for 2007 (320 million dollars) exceeded the predicted one, but the company directed the shares to the owners of shares than a year ago.

On May 21, elections were held in the Georgian parliament, on which the party of the power “Unified National Movement” Mikhail Saakashvili won. Nine political parties and three political blocs took part in the elections. The opposition immediately stated that “serious violations” were recorded in the elections.

The basketball players of the Moscow CSKA became 15-fold champions of Russia. In the final series of playoffs, the army team defeated rivals from the Khimkom near Moscow three times. The control victory was won on Monday, when CSKA outplayed opponents with a score of 88:77. In fact, the team of Ettore Messina this season did not submit to only one tournament - the Russian Cup, whose main prize went to the very “Khimkim”.