On August 24, the Norwegian court sentenced to 21 an Anders Breivik prison, 77 people accused of murder. Thus, the court recognized the Norwegian terrorist to be sane and appointed him the maximum punishment. And Brayvik’s corner had already informed reporters that his client was satisfied with the sentence and would not appeal him. Breivik will be kept in the Ila prison, where he had already spent more than a year since the arrest.

It is not clear what the metropolitan “guide park” can be called the “analogue” of the British original. In fact, they are completely opposite. But links to “Western experience” are attracted by the authorities, because they allow us to “rationally” explain decisions without finding a public consensus. It seems that the authorities want good, they simply perceive rallies as a type of leisure of citizens. The metropolitan authorities decided on rallies.

The new chairman of the highest certification commission (VAK) was the director of the Department of the Ministry of Education and Science Economist Felix Shamkhalov, RIA Novosti reports. The corresponding order was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Shakhmlov will be replaced by the dean of the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University Mikhail Kirpichnikov in this post.

On September 20, 2012 (Thursday), as part of the Public Lectures project, Polit.ru was Alexander Friedrikhovich Filippov , Dokt. social. Sciences, Ordinary professor of the Faculty of Philosophy, Head. Department of Practical Philosophy of NIU-SHE , head of the Center for Fundamental Sociology of IGITI . Lecture theme: where politics lives. "Public Lectures" Polit.ru "are held with the support of: Briefly about the lecture : A few years ago, giving the lecture “Discourse about the state” , A.F.

France President Francois Hollande deprived the Order of the Honorary Legion of the British fashion designer John Galliano due to anti-Semitic statements, the official printed body of the country's government reports. The corresponding decree was signed on August 20 by Olland, which is the grandmaster of the order. Thus, couturier is deprived of the right to wear a distinctive sign that indicates belonging to the order.

The Governor of the Moscow Region Sergey Shoigu is ready to find a common language with the Unified Candidate from the opposition for the post of mayor of Khimki Evgenia Chirikova, if she works effectively at her post, Kommersant writes on Friday.

September 6, 2012 (Thursday) as part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Higher School of Economics and the opening of the lecture season “Polit.ru” 2012-2013. In the park to them. Gorky will take place in the open -air lectureur . Venue: Green lawns at the pioneer pond and the cinema "Pioneer". Free admission.

Oleg Epidian Forward, to a single system of all indicators The Ministry of Economic Development promised that it would develop a system for monitoring risks based on advanced indicators, "which would allow to predict the onset of the crisis in Russia in advance" (reported "RBC Daily" by the deputy minister A. Klepach). It is reported that " the basis of advanced indicators will be laid data on transportation on railways and electricity consumption ." Probably, the more burning, the less crisis.

Scientists from the Institute of Radiophysics of the Clinical Center of the University of Lausanne will conduct, at the request of the Palestinian authorities, a radiological analysis of the remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, AFP reports . Experts will have to find out whether there is an increased concentration of the substance polonium-210 in the bones, hair and nails of the former leader of the autonomy, with which, according to Dov Suhi Arafat , he was poisoned in 2004.

An unidentified man shot and killed at least four people and wounded more than five near the Empire State Building in New York, AP reports . Police and the FBI arrived at the crime scene within minutes and killed the shooter.

The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCOR) asked to commute Pussy Riot's sentence, although it condemns their punk prayer service in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, RIA Novosti reports , citing a statement from the ROCOR signed by Archpriest Nikolai Artemov. The ROCOR regrets that the “PR campaign at the expense of the church” caused such a stir and support from the public, in particular from artists, musicians and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The Ministry of Finance proposes to legally equate impersonal metal accounts, the volume of which now exceeds 160 billion rubles, to bank deposits. The bill is posted for discussion on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development. According to Kommersant , if it is accepted, Citizens who store saving in banks in the form of an account for a certain amount of gold or platinum will receive state guarantees similar to deposit.

A few days later in Russian bookstores, memoirs of Mikhail Khodorkovsky will appear on sale. According to New Gazeta , the autobiography of Prison and Volya was written in collaboration with journalist Natalya Gevorkyan. Khodorkovsky himself asks not to consider the “prison and will” a full -fledged autobiography or summing up the results. According to him, time has not yet come for this.

At yesterday's meeting of the Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC, unites more than 90 Internet companies), Internet companies agreed on a position on a law that protects children from dangerous content, write Vedomosti (No. 159, dated August 24). The entire project will be finalized by Monday. During the discussion, a dispute came out whether it is necessary to classify the register.

The World Organization at the UN for Culture, Education and Science UNESCO does not like the permission to build the Gazprom Lakhta Center, issued by the authorities of St. Petersburg. Recall that the authorities of St. Petersburg issued a building permit by ignoring the protests of the city-defenders and the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.