"United Russia" threatens officials with the deprivation of foreign villas and bank accounts in order to protect them (the officials) from foreign influence. Patriots from United Russia forget about the numerous indirect relatives of the second and third order, on whom the thieving official will immediately register his foreign movable and immovable property and wave his hand at the would-be patriots.

Man's powerlessness before nature, force and authority gave rise to faith in God, in the devil, Satan, the devil, in power, in priests and shamans, in religion, in the leader and in the collective. From time immemorial, the authorities have made excellent use of this, constantly complicating the structure of power, limiting the education of the population and fighting dissent, resorting to theatrical public actions.

25 young filmmakers from 15 countries will spend a whole month on the road: they set off on a train journey from Moscow to Lake Baikal. The project participants, who arrived in Moscow at the very beginning of the year, met each other for the first time at an evening at the House of Cinema, where the producers of “KinoTrain” Guillaume Protsenko and Tatyana Petrik staged a screening of the film “The Train is on the Way” (dir.

Photo: Reuters The French actress Bridget Bardo said that she would move to Russia after her colleague Gerard Depardieu . The reason is the cruel handling of elephants in France. Bardo published an open letter in which she wrote that she was ready to ask for Russian citizenship and "escape from a country that turns into an animal cemetery." The actress, who is actively protecting animals, demanded that the French authorities save from the death of two elephants from the Lyon Zoo.

Mon Dieu, my compatriot - Depardieu... If a year ago they told me that I would become Monsieur Gerard's compatriot in '13, I would have decided that I would be forcibly deported to France... And now a new word has been coined - “deparde”... Gerard Depardieu. Address to Russian journalists: “Yes, I made a request for a passport and I am glad that my request was accepted. I adore your country, Russia, your people, your history, your writers.

The film "Cirque du soleil: Fairytale World 3D" invites everyone into the mystery of "Cirque of the Sun" (Canada). The official website of the circus in Russian is http://www.cds.ru/ Of course, the world of the circus is a fairy-tale event that all children dream of, for which their parents are nostalgic when buying tickets to performances. Children's memories of fairy tales and mysteries in adulthood often collide with the primitivism of circus programs.

Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky was detained by Cambodian police. The diplomat on duty at the Russian Embassy in Phnom Penh, Galina Goryachkina, told Interfax about this on Friday, January 4. Currently, Polonsky has been released on his own recognizance. This is reported on his blog. According to Cambodian media, businessman Polonsky and two other Russians - certain Karachinsky and Baglay - were arrested by court order. All three were accused of attacking six local sailors.

Many priests (deacons) and those interested are familiar with the text of the oath of appointment, pronounced by a candidate for deacon (priest) before ordination. Just in case, here it is . After pronouncing the oath out loud, the protege had to seal the oath with a personal signature. In general, the meaning of the oath is clear.

I would like to share Lukashenko’s New Year’s address to the Belarusian people. Unlike Putin, he spoke about the real achievements of his country, and did not pour water. And he emphasized how important children are for the country and people. It is a pity that the Russian authorities do not even verbally show such concern for future generations. Original taken from dvdm - But I like this New Year’s greeting from the president! Original

Yes, I made a request for a passport and I am glad that my request was accepted. I adore your country, Russia, your people, your history, your writers. I like making films here, in which I work with actors such as Vladimir Mashkov. I adore your culture, your way of thinking. My father was a communist at one time and listened to Radio Moscow! This is also part of my culture. It's good to live in Russia. Not necessarily in Moscow, which is too large a metropolis for me.

Photo: PublicPost Collage Vladimir Putin has resurrected the long-forgotten genre of “Friends of the Soviet Union” - this is how one can understand the assignment of Russian citizenship to Gerard Depardieu . Among the friends of the USSR there are many of Depardieu’s fellow countrymen - one only has to remember the French writers Aragon, Barbusse, Romain Rolland and even the actor and singer Yves Montant.

Photo: Reuters Vladimir Putin took second place among the most influential people in the world in the list, which was the Eurasian edition of the American Foreign Policy magazine. The influence in understanding the compilers of the rating is the ability to make sole decisions that affect the life and welfare of a large number of people. In fact, the Russian president headed the list of influence, because no one took first place.