Chairman of the Committee of Civil Initiatives Alexey Kudrin predicts: Russians will stop trusting NPOs because of inspections. “We expect significant losses in funding for NPOs in 2013 due to changes in government policy. Moreover, there is an outflow of not only foreign funds, but also from Russian sources, as mistrust arises: “Maybe we will finance the wrong thing? Maybe we will be misunderstood?” Interfax quotes Kudrin.

The former candidate for mayor of Zhukovsky, nominated by the Civic Platform, businessman Igor Novikov, who, according to official data, lost the election to Andrei Voytyuk , filed the first application with the Zhukovsky City Court demanding that the election results be canceled.

March marked a year since Putin returned to the presidency, and Dmitry Medvedev headed the government and (a little later, in May) United Russia. I remember these days well: there was a feeling of impending change in the air, and it seemed that the authorities were morally prepared for them. While still president, Medvedev initiated a number of political reforms and voiced the concept of “Open Government”.

Russia will not extradite citizens wanted on suspicion of a crime to other countries if they ask to be recognized as refugees, or if they are aware of the possible use of torture against them in their homeland.

General Director of the Hydrometeorological Bureau of Moscow and the Moscow Region Alexey Lyakhov believes that May in Moscow may be snowy. “In May, negative temperatures at night are possible until the last days of the month. Cases of snowfall in May were registered not so long ago,” he said. “I will not say that this will happen this year, but in the last 10-15 years in Moscow there were such cases." In the coming days the snow will melt, but not too actively.

For history. Home of the official website of the TFR. And there is an official video . Home Site of the Administration of the Novgorod Region. Today is one news from the life of the governor. The Ambassador of Belarus congratulated him on the day of the unity of the peoples of Belarus and Russia. On the website of the Novgorod Regional TV, the commentary of the governor for some reason was overwhelmed. Try it . Maybe I'm not going there? But all this is even clear.

Everyone is familiar with the Live Journal diary service. What is happening in the LJ administration is simply unclear. Firstly, about the functions. There is such a function as mass mailing. This pleasure costs 5 US dollars. The user must purchase a paid account for the community. And then this function will become available to him. BUT... For such mass mailing, my diary was frozen as soon as I published the survey: “What to expect from the authorities?” One might consider this a coincidence.

The results of the mayoral elections in Zhukovsky did not suggest any sensations. 11 candidates is a “conversation for the poor” performed by one of the structures of the vertical power called the electoral commission. All sane Zhukovites understood perfectly well that there were only three real contenders for the post of head of the city: Andrey Voytyuk, Igor Novikov and Alexander Anikanov.

In Barnaul they say goodbye to actor Valery Zolotukhin: dozens of people came out on Thursday, April 4, to the Altai Youth Theater in Barnaul. The ceremony began at 11 am local time, at 8.00 Moscow time. Vehicle traffic along Sovetskaya Street adjacent to the theater was blocked, and the line of people wishing to bid farewell to Zolotukhin stretched for several tens of meters. People keep coming. The civil funeral service will begin at 15.00.

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, accused of murdering his girlfriend, will be allowed to participate in the World Athletics Championships, which will be held in France in July this year. The championship is held by the International Paralympic Committee. The committee's leadership has already prepared documents that will allow the athlete to participate in competitions in Lyon, The Telegraph writes on Thursday.

Photo: Alexey Filippov/RIA Novosti The President of the President of the Rights of the Child, the lawyer, TV presenter and writer Pavel Astakhov is known for what can say - how to cut off. Publicpost recalled the most vivid performances of Astakhov in recent years.

The Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of Russia, Pavel Astakhov, proposed creating a Council for Family Affairs. A new organization could study all legislative initiatives in the family sphere. “I wanted to propose creating a new council from the active members of our meetings - a council for family affairs under the Commissioner for Children's Rights. We already have a public council and an expert council.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, the director of the Slavyanka OJSC branch, Yuri Gudzenko, is suspected of fraud on an especially large scale, as a result of which the state suffered damage of 2 million rubles. A criminal case has been opened under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation based on facts of non-fulfillment of contracts for servicing military camps, official representative of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin told Interfax.

A 17-story building is being built next to kindergarten No. 19, on Kozlovskaya Street in Volgograd . A construction site, a pit behind a fence, and a skyscraper are unlikely to improve conditions for children in kindergarten. The developers are MKL Plus and NVSS. Irina Kharkova: “Kindergarten No. 19 in the city of Volgograd is attended by special children (autistic, etc.). At the moment, construction of a residential building has begun near the kindergarten.

In the city of Korkino, Chelyabinsk region, students were served meatballs with glass for lunch in the canteen; one child was hospitalized. The Korkinsky prosecutor's office organized an inspection of the provision of children's meals at school No. 10 after the mother of one of the students contacted the department, the press service of the regional prosecutor's office reports.