On March 27, 2013, the Duma finally adopted amendments to the law on gubernatorial elections, allowing regions to decide for themselves: to elect or appoint. If direct elections are cancelled, the new procedure for appointing regional heads becomes so corrupt that all political strategists and election commissions are simply resting. It’s hard to imagine how much money will have to be given to local parliamentarians in order to get into the coveted top three contenders?!

Subjective review of Arseny Gonchukov’s film “The Final Stop” I consider it my duty to say in advance: the topics of rallies, the ideas of social-nationalists, life around football and the migration policy of our state are not within the scope of my interests. I don’t go to rallies, I don’t take part in the struggle for ideas, I don’t even play or watch football. But, despite all of the above, the film “The Final Stop” by the young Moscow director Arseny Gonchukov did not leave me indifferent.

An official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that, judging by the US reaction to inspections of the prosecutor's office of NGOs in Russia, the States intend to interfere in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation.

Valery Zolotukhin died in the hospital. Taganka Theater actor Felix Antipov told the Kommersant FM radio station about this. Valery Zolotukhin underwent examination at the Institute of X-ray Radiology. His condition was stable and serious. Doctors discovered Zolotukhin had Alzheimer's disease and a brain tumor. During the examination, he fell into a coma. Until his last days, Zolotukhin was conscious and managed to say goodbye to his family. Doctors did not dare to perform surgery on the actor.

The Kaliningrad artist Mavi draws painted nesting dolls, divided children and decapitated theotokos with babies. She believes that at first glance at first glance social street art raises topical topics-from the question of religion to the problem of pedophilia. Mavi does not like to adhere to one style in the drawings - its technique combines the use of colorful Russian folk ornaments and restrained Japanese minimalism.

The DPRK announced that it is ready for war with South Korea if a provocation occurs, the North Korean Central News Agency reported. The original text of Pyongyang's statement said that North Korea would act under martial law in the event of a provocation against it. The North Koreans made this statement in response to joint military exercises between the United States and the South Korean army, which they are conducting near North Korea.

The former head of the newspaper Gazeta.Ru, media manager Mikhail Kotov will become executive director of the production center of the RIA Novosti group from April. Kotov himself announced this on his Facebook page. “This is really a challenge for me - I’m sure that there is a lot of interesting and exciting work ahead. There will be a place to apply knowledge and experience, and on the other hand, to learn something new, to discover the unknown.

The Supreme Court of Bashkiria convicted Ufa resident Gulnara Safina, who killed her friends’ one-and-a-half-year-old child by throwing him out of a window, said Elena Makushina, assistant to the chairman of the Supreme Court of Bashkiria. Safina fully admitted her guilt in committing the crime, Interfax reports.

Photo: PublicPost Collage The enormous scandal that occurred in the American state of Georgia strikes the Russian reader primarily not because of its scale, but because it happened in America and not in Russia, where they are already accustomed to the falsification of certificates, diplomas and dissertations. Last Friday, 35 Georgia education officials were charged with years of rigging test scores.

The artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater ballet troupe, Sergei Filin, will undergo a complex operation to transplant eye tissue. Filin will be operated on in Germany, Interfax reports. “There will be a very large operation on the right eye for tissue transplantation. Doctors have high hopes for this operation,” said Filina’s lawyer Tatyana Stukalova. She noted that before the complex surgical intervention at the beginning of the week, doctors will perform a preparatory operation on Owl.

Photo: Andrey Korshunov/Kommersant Actor Valery Zolotukhin died in hospital at the age of 71. This was announced by Taganka Theater actor Felix Antipov. Zolotukhin had Alzheimer's disease and a brain tumor; the operation could not be performed. Zolotukhin could not move, then lost the power of speech and fell into a coma. Today the actor passed away.

Photo: Reuters The news that the DPRK declared war on South Korea spread throughout the world due to the fact that Western media inaccurately translated a statement from the North Korean Central News Agency. The original text of Pyongyang's statement said that North Korea would act under martial law in the event of a provocation against it.