Finished this epic painting today. HOORAY!!! And a small piquant addition - on the photo is a journalist from the Xinhua agency (China) And this is a journalist from the Japanese publication "Asahi Shimbun" (circulation - 6,000,000). Original

On June 22, all countries of the former Soviet Union celebrate the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow. On this day, June 22, 1941, the German army invaded the territory of the USSR without declaring war. The Great Patriotic War began, in which more than 26 million Soviet citizens died. In Rybinsk, Remembrance Day was celebrated with a rally “Throughout the years, through the centuries - remember!”, the action “Light your candle” and laying flowers at military graves.

Sad news spread across the media on Wednesday, June 20: a rehabilitator of the Evgeniy Roizman anti-drug center, a young drug addict named Tanya, died in Yekaterinburg. On the same day, it was announced that the prosecutor’s office was beginning an inspection of the activities of “GBN”, and two days later Roizman himself announced in his characteristic style: “There was simply a defeat. The police can report anything. There was no assault, because they shit themselves at the last moment...

About 100 civil activists on Saturday, June 23, take part in a rally near the building of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in Moscow in support of oppositionists arrested in a criminal case regarding the May 6 riots in Moscow, said Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov. “Right now about 100 people have gathered in Tekhnichesky Lane. People are lining up in a chain along the perimeter of the Investigative Committee building,” S. Udaltsov told Interfax .

Author of the article: Polina Eremenko An American received the maximum sentence for threatening the creators of a satirical cartoon. A Virginia court sentenced 33-year-old American Jesse Morton to 12 years in prison for promising to “visit” the authors of the cartoon “South Park” Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The cartoon makes fun of religions, political leaders, and show business stars.

Restoration work in the settlements of the Spassky district of Primorye, affected by the explosion of ammunition, will be completed before July 10, said Vice-Governor of the Primorsky Territory Vladimir Balan on Saturday, June 23, during a visiting meeting in the Spassky district. Window and door units are being replaced in houses. At the meeting, representatives of the village administration reported that specialists installed 192 window blocks in the houses of the Sungach military garrison.

Why do people die in rehabilitation centers in Yekaterinburg? An ardent opponent of Roizman’s methods, the poet Dolfinov discusses the death of Roizman’s patient with Publicpost readers. A massive brawl between Russians and Dagestanis happened on July 20 in the outback of the Kirov region, the village of Demyanovo. The local “naked” the Dagestani, and he decided to call his compatriots for help.. The “landing” of the Caucasians agitated the village, local residents began to gather in groups...

The head of Business Russia, Boris Titov, appointed this week as the federal ombudsman for the protection of entrepreneurs, will appeal to President Vladimir Putin with a request for the release of 13 thousand prisoners convicted of economic crimes, Interfax reports. The former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whose prison term expires in 2017, should also be included in the amnesty, believes B. Titov. “This would be good news for the investment climate.

Legal and ethical responsibility for involving children in the reception of St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko during the XVI International Economic Forum lies entirely with the company organizing the event, Andrei Kibitov, press secretary of the mayor, told Interfax on Saturday, June 23. “Responsibility, both legal and ethical, for any actions at the event lies entirely with the winning contractor,” said A. Kibitov.

A resident of Bulgaria asked the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation to look into the investments of State Duma deputy Gennady Gudkov in foreign companies, a source in law enforcement agencies told Interfax on Saturday, June 23. “The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation received an appeal from a Bulgarian citizen, in which he asks to check the legality of the commercial activities of deputy G. Gudkov outside the Russian Federation,” said the agency’s interlocutor.

On the Mozdok-Kizlyar highway in the Naur district of Chechnya, the driver of one of the cars was robbed for 4 million 600 thousand rubles, a source in law enforcement agencies told Interfax on Saturday, June 23. According to the agency's interlocutor, the robbery took place on the outskirts of the village of Mekenskaya. Four criminals traveling in a Zhiguli car stopped a Volkswagen car driven by a commercial company driver.

I enjoyed it. Lyudmila Mikhailovna Alekseeva decided to resign from the Presidential Council for Human Rights. And the cunning, streamlined Fedotov is trying to hold her back. Finally. It would have been like this a long time ago, Lyudmila Mikhailovna! Limonov told you that you cannot cooperate with this government in any form, you are ashamed, ashamed. IMPOSSIBLE. Finally, you too have matured to understand. What kind of human rights protection can there be in a system of total lies?

I look at how Gudkov’s private security company is being deprived of its license and I don’t understand: either we have clinical idiots in power, or they haven’t given a damn for a long time. All the ins and outs are revealed by a simple comparison with the Vityaz private security company - a professional gangster organization that maims people while helping the police restore order (the official position of the Ministry of Internal Affairs).

Today is a holiday in our city of Lermontov. School graduates say: "Goodbye, school."

In Moscow, on June 12, 2012, the united opposition held a march and rally “March of Millions” on Academician Sakharov Avenue, in which about 50 thousand people took part. Among them are parties and social movements of different political beliefs, citizens of different ages, belonging to different social strata. The meeting adopted the Manifesto.