Photo by Sergey Belkovsky Our famous fellow countryman, secular portrait painter Igor Belkovsky these days visiting Chelyabinsk with his wife and daughter Nastya, whose fate was followed by the whole country four years ago. On the eve of his 50th anniversary, the artist wants to take a break from the metropolitan bustle, stay with loved ones, look back and thank those who over many years provide moral and material support to the family.

We arrived on the 5th, Sunday. If last year on the way to Kansk they showed a sky with clouds in Cameron’s 3-D , then this year the picture was completely different. You all saw this monstrous haze very well, so in the city it’s one thing to look at it, but when you drive along the highway and see that it naturally hangs in all directions, as far as you can see, over the hills, it becomes much creepier.

The recent incident during Putin’s visit to the monastery on Valaam, when one of the priests unexpectedly tried to “kiss” the President’s hand, caused all sorts of interpretations, and he, in turn, abruptly pulled away. Some bloggers even saw a political motive in this. Well, brothers, you can’t do that. Look for the hidden meaning in every “sneeze.” Your humble servant has already given an ethical and psychological characterization of our leader.

Recently we drank coffee with Oksana @oksanasukhanova . She has been illuminating the Olympics for the second week from morning to evening and at the lighthouse. They spoke, respectively, about sports and countries and came to an interesting (maybe not most original) conclusion. In short, in Britain, they do not expect much from athletes. They are loved in any case - they win medals or not: they support them with all their might in the stands, on the Internet, on TV and in newspapers.

A specialized social hostel for graduates of the boarding home for disabled children "Aistenok" was built in the city of Polessk, Kaliningrad region, Oleg Groznetsky, Minister of Social Policy of the regional government, told Interfax. “Young disabled people leaving a boarding school are always faced with the problem of how to live further.

I don’t know what you see in modern times, what trend, but this is what I prophesy, based on those grains of the future that already live with us. Whether you like it or not, democracies are coming to an end. The general crisis of the world economy and the simultaneous sharp deterioration of the ecological state of the planet will very soon lead to the emergence of tough and even subsequently cruel regimes in Europe.

I remember last summer: it was simply impossible to go online. The replicated horror stories about the “evil Caucasians” awaited network users on every virtual corner. One got the impression of the script of the film “Mars Attacks”: the invasion of Caucasians into “poor Rus'”. And whatever they do, just to shed the blood of the infidel, and rob with aggravated consequences from the cycle of sex scenes.

An interdepartmental commission conducted an investigation into the causes of the accident, which led to the loss of two satellites. After the second turn on of the propulsion system, the pressure in the fuel tank dropped sharply, and the rated thrust was not achieved. The drop in pressure could be caused by several factors - either the presence of foreign objects in the fuel tank, which could cause the main cable to become clogged, or its mechanical damage.

Thirteen residents of a 60-apartment building in the village of Veshki, demolished last week, appealed to the administration of the Mytishchi district of the Moscow region with a request to provide them with new housing, the press service of the governor of the Moscow region reported. “The administration of the Mytishchi district has organized an operational headquarters of eight people with two lawyers who provide all the necessary assistance to the victims.

Three days before the end of the Olympics in London, Russian Olympians won their 12th gold medal and took fourth place in the team medal standings. Since the British team firmly settled in 3rd place with 25 gold medals, Russian functionaries had no choice but to admit the long-obvious failure of the Russian team. The head of the presidential administration , S. Ivanov, said: “It is unlikely that our team will repeat the Beijing result.

“I’m on duty at Nevsky, 46, otherwise they want to read poems about lesbians,” Viktor Martynov, head of the public order department of the St. Petersburg Internal Affairs Directorate, was talking on the phone with a smile on his face. On August 9 , one of the leaders of the St.

The court fined the former head of the Pronsky district of the Ryazan region, Nikolai Maksimushkin, who was found guilty of attempting to take a large bribe, 65 million rubles, which is 60 times the amount of the bribe, the press service of the regional court reported on Friday.

Metropolitan Mercury of Rostov and Novocherkassk may soon have a second residence worth more than 200 million rubles. As Vedomosti writes (www.vedomosti.ru/realty/news/2719331/mirskoj_interes_mitropolita), the regional authorities will give a building for it on Cathedral Square in Rostov-on-Don. The lyceum, which previously lived there, is already removing things. Before the Metropolitan’s arrival, the building will be renovated at the expense of the budget.

Ivanovo textile and clothing enterprises during the period of Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) need increased state support, said the regional governor Mikhail Men at a meeting with the presidential envoy to the Central Federal District Alexander Beglov, an Interfax correspondent reports. Men noted that joining the WTO could exacerbate competition in the textile market and the problem of the remoteness of the production of cotton fabrics from raw materials.

The case of the former editor-in-chief of the Vechernyaya Ryazan newspaper Nikolai Kirillov, accused of inciting hatred on ethnic grounds, has been sent to court, according to the Investigative Committee’s website. “According to the investigation, from 2004 to 2009, the Vechernyaya Ryazan newspaper published articles containing statements aimed at inciting hatred and hostility towards representatives of the national group (Jews), as well as humiliating their dignity,” the report specifies.