Much to my bitterness, the protest went wrong, in the wrong direction, with the wrong strength and the wrong composition. For good, but infantile young guys, he was a game. For the sticky elite cholesterol, which lives well under any regime, it was an extra opportunity to have fun. For the “reds” and “browns” it was an opportunity to become legitimized in the minds of the masses.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced at a government meeting on Monday, May 21, that he had appointed Dmitry Livanov as Minister of Education and Science, Interfax reports. Dmitry Viktorovich Livanov was born on February 15, 1967 in Moscow. In 1990 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, in 2003 - the correspondence department of the Moscow State Law Academy. Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

The selection of personnel for the New Government of Russia is very reminiscent of one case from school practice. It was the seventh lesson of history in the 7th grade. Everyone was incredibly tired of the spring heat and the fuss that preceded the physics lesson. I say: - And now, gentlemen, we read historical portraits prepared according to the text of the paragraph and historical sources. Today we give a verbal portrait of Elizabeth the First Petrovna.

Photo: Publicpost Collage Author of the article: Evgeniy Natelashvili Music critic Artemy Troitsky and musicians Vasily Shumov (group "Center") and Alexander Lipnitsky (group "Zvuki Mu") decided to record "White Album" as an alternative to "control walks" to support the protest movement. Initially, the musicians discussed the idea of ​​​​walking after writers and artists, but then decided to record an album.

I just wrote about the aimless, from my point of view, OccupyNN, when in Moscow the protest, which took the form of an opposition camp, became completely static and takes place in the spirit of a game of cat and mouse with riot police (I also read about parallels with the Cossack robbers and the pioneer “Zarnitsa” ), a kind of ideal conveyor belt - ex-detainees return to the camp, paddy wagons arrive, take away new detainees, they return, again riot police, "vintage" and so on in a circle.

The new government has been preparing for so long that the announced list will cause a lot of disappointment. Some are disappointed by the “autism” of Medvedev’s cabinet - its composition is not designed for dialogue with society. Others - and they are also right - will not find in it a hint of a new government course. Yes, the new cabinet is the fruit of a compromise... But this is not a compromise of strategies or ideas.

The latest issue of the magazine "Snob" published an article by Ksenia Sokolova entitled "On Roizman's side." The essence of the article is as simple as a shot: the head of the Yekaterinburg Drug-Free City Foundation, Evgeniy Roizman, is a magical man, a specialist in icons, an honest jeweler, an SUV driver, he is - oh, miracle of miracles! — won the war on drugs in a single city, although he used inhumane methods.

Just the other day, an interesting event took place in Moscow, which, under certain circumstances, may have a very interesting legal continuation. Julia Sazonova, a former justice of the judicial section No. 382 of the Krasnoselsky district of Moscow in deployed interviews here and here, spoke in sufficient detail about her former work as a justice of the peace. And about how she issued decisions on administrative arrests of famous oppositionists, including Harry Kasparov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced at a government meeting on Monday, May 21, that Alexander Konovalov has been reappointed to the post of head of the Russian Ministry of Justice, Interfax reports. Konovalov Alexander Vladimirovich was born on June 9, 1968 in Leningrad. In 1992 he graduated from St. Petersburg State University with a degree in Law. Has an academic degree of Candidate of Legal Sciences. Acting State Counselor of Justice of the Russian Federation.

Photo: Olga Allenova The author is a special correspondent for Kommersant Publishing House Yesterday Georgia celebrated the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Caucasian War. In the small town of Anaklia in Western Georgia, not far from the Abkhaz border, representatives of the Georgian government and Circassian delegates from different countries unveiled a monument to the victims of the Caucasian War, threw red roses into the Black Sea and sang Circassian songs.

Remember, in one of the cartoons the owl said to Winnie the Pooh - a week, no less. The publication of SILENCE PU and new appointments in the Russian government looks very strange and seemingly timely. Silence can be interpreted in any way you like, because it is not always a sign of consent; sometimes it only indicates that people are not able to think quickly and make decisions immediately.

Photo: ITAR-TASS The composition of the Cabinet of Ministers was updated by three quarters. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said this at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. According to the prime minister, "these are new people who have appeared recently, or work in the government for the first time." Putin replied to him that all decrees have already been signed.

May 1 – 15 The beginning of May is the time of holidays widely celebrated by the residents of Russia.

Alexey Osin made an extremely strange post today on Echo. The fact that Osin is a supporter of the current government is no secret, and this is his choice, which must be respected. But here are the arguments he gives regarding the World Cup finals that ended. In particular, Osin criticizes opposition-minded sports fans who say that the emotions from victory are no longer the same: “Don’t be happy about your health, don’t get sick! We'll manage without you.

Great Victory or Great Patriotic Sabantuy. When Zhdanov called the Second World War the Great Patriotic War, this hypocrisy did not surprise a single historian, because the hypocrisy among imperial servants has deep roots. What is surprising is that to this day, when there are no kings or Dzhugashvili, they still continue to call the national cataclysm the Great.