On “Echo” I read a post by Valeria Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya: “We are not participating in elections in the trash heap” and, despite endless respect for the author, I could not remain silent. Why is the voice weak, because, unfortunately, the life of my notes is short and sad, like the flapping of the wings of a mayfly butterfly. But I will still try. Since I’m participating personally, I decided to answer from our “garbage dump”.

The owner and founder of VKontakte, Pavel Durov, removed the scandalous film “The Innocence of Muslims” from his social network, without waiting for the start of court hearings to ban the film. “I watched the sensational “Innocence of Muslims”. Poor, low-budget, non-discussion. Deleted,” Durov said on his Twitter on Thursday.

Police officers and employees of other law enforcement agencies do not violate the law when they use force to protect public order at mass rallies, the plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation ruled on Thursday. In its resolution on the use of legislation in cases involving the use of necessary defense, the plenum indicated that police officers whose actions are lawful do not fall under the relevant provisions of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Must be born in the USA. Or, if you were born abroad, both of your parents must be US citizens. Barack Obama's father, for example, did not have American citizenship, but Barack himself automatically received the opportunity to run for president because he was born in the United States. Republican John McCain, who ran for president in 2000 and 2008, has the opposite situation - he was born in Panama, but was able to obtain American citizenship because both parents were Americans.

The Tver Regional Court today held a closed preliminary hearing in the criminal case of the head of the Konakovsky district of the Tver region, Viktor Krysov, and his deputy, Vitaly Osipov. They are accused of a bribe in the amount of 45 million rubles. According to investigators, Viktor Krysov, Vitaly Osipov and the head of the Zavidovo rural settlement Igor Kalachnikov asked for such a “kickback” for 8 hectares of land.

Russia will not provide asylum to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the event of his resignation and will not call on him to leave, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “No, we will not provide him with asylum,” Lavrov said in an interview with American television journalist Charlie Rose, answering the question of whether Russia will host the Syrian president if he decides to leave. “As I said, he (Assad) was a friend of other countries northwest of Syria,” the Russian minister noted.

On October 23, the Novosibirsk Magistrate's Court will consider the issue of bringing artist Artem Loskutov to administrative responsibility for selling T-shirts with the image of the “icon” in support of Pussy Riot. “Also, with a protocol on violation of the local law for trading in the wrong place, I must appear on October 3 at a commission in the administration of the Central District. This is nonsense, I didn’t stand there with a tray, hangers and a tent,” A.

Photo: Denis Sinyakov (Moscow). "Changing face of Russia" On October 4 , an exhibition of photos of the “minority” will open in the center of documentary photo “Fotodoc”. Then they will award the winners of the photo contest “Minorities” -2012 , which out of 284 applicants have already chosen the jury. Publicpost spoke with the authors of the winning pictures and with the photographer Igor Gavrilov, who was one of those who judged this competition.

Photo: ITAR-TASS More than 500 participants in the Autonomous Crimean Muslim community "Taping" staged a rally against the film "Innocent Muslims" in Simferopol, the Ukrainian site UNIAN reports.

The editorial office of the URA.ru news agency in Yekaterinburg was searched. The editorial staff were locked in the room for about four hours. Aksana Panova, editor-in-chief of URA.ru, told PublicPost about this. The search in the Yekaterinburg editorial office at 126 Mamin-Sibiryaka Street began at approximately 14.20 Moscow time. 9 masked people blocked all entrances and exits from the building. Representatives of law enforcement agencies confiscated mobile phones from editorial staff.

I am often accused of lack of spirituality. They say that you think everything is correct about modern Russia, we are of the same opinion, but there is not a shred of spirituality in your admonitions. And without spirituality, the reader will not understand. I give spirituality. Just now we remembered the pre-revolutionary priests. And Professor Zubov, who was angry at the Orthodox Church for bringing the country to sin. And it's true.

The owner of Prado Cafe in Madrid defended protesters from baton-wielding police. Riots in the Spanish capital occur in protest against budget cuts. Photo: Facebook/Alberto Casillas Alberto Casillas Asenjo heard noise coming from outside his café in Paseo del Prado. He jumped out into the street, folded his hands and shouted to stop the violence. Photo: Facebook/Alberto Casillas Some of the protesters managed to slip into the cafe, but the police were unable to enter the premises.

During the Yamal-Arctic 2012 research expedition, information about the mass extinction of animals or poor water quality was not confirmed, said Dmitry Kobylkin, Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. “We do not see a decline in the animal population due to the powerful expansion of the oil and gas complex on the Yamal Peninsula,” D. Kobylkin said on Thursday at a press conference at the joint press center of the Interfax-Ural and Tyumen Line agencies.

Romeo. (to Juliet) When an unworthy hand rudely I desecrated the holy altar - forgive me. Like two humble pilgrims, lips With a kiss they can sweep away the trace of sin . Juliet. Dear pilgrim, you are too strict To your hand: only piety in it. Saints have hands: they can, it’s true, Touch the pilgrim with your hand. Romeo. Is the mouth given to saints and pilgrims? Juliet. Yes, for prayer, good pilgrim. Romeo. Holy! So let my lips Cling to yours - don’t be unforgiving. Juliet.

In the world of science, academic journals have ruled the roost for decades. Citation indices and the number of publications serve as key indicators of the significance of a work, and its appearance on the cover of a prestigious publication is no less important for a scientist than for an artist - a photograph on the front pages of a glossy press. Only with the development of the Internet the situation gradually began to change.