In Moscow, in the square at the intersection of the Streets of the People’s Militia and Berzarin, the agreed rally against the construction of the North-Western Horde will soon begin. In the previously common leaflets in the area, it is written: - We are against the meaningless expansion of roads and destroying the ecology of the city! - We are against the roads under our windows! - We demand to stop all construction work! - We are for a favorable environment!

I will complete the day with the story of the tragic story, which was remembered today by the inhabitants of the Kurdish village of Khalabzha on the border between Iraq and Iran. 25 years ago, this village experienced what is now considered a worst chemical attack against civilians in human history.

One of the immutable truths: without knowledge of yesterday, you cannot understand today. The presenter Vladimir Toltz is talking about Russia: how its past appears in the present - votes, evidence, disputes.

Fragment of the old postcard, Istanbul In January 1999, I arrived in Istanbul and rented a room with a view of the Golden Horn on the fourth floor of the Buyuk Londra Hotels. The number was handed over to me. There were almost no tourists in the city. The sad porter with the head of the dwarf recognized me, although the last time I stayed in Londra six years ago. In Istanbul, it was not January, but Ramazan, the ninth month of the lunar calendar. Muslims fasted, and restaurants were empty.

The Conclave chose the new dad Gennady and Dmitry Gudkovs are excluded from the Mironov party to replace Pekhting was Malking

The photographer Dmitry Aleshkovsky, who was detained yesterday in Pulkovo for photography, was released. The court underwent consideration of an administrative case to Moscow, Aleshkovsky is still threatened with 15 days of arrest. Aleshkovsky talked about how his and head of the LGBT organization "Equality" Yuri Gavrikov was detained and searched.

“The frost is stronger,” the author of this letter recalls, “and the ice in our town formed a wild. I got to the minibus of the cow on the ice. We are going, I and the driver, in the minibus is empty. Ahead is a cyclist. I say to the driver:“ Wow. ”He:“ This one is going along the edge and day, and the other in the middle, and without cataphs, and not on the road, not the grooves. Further. "Further. I stand near the market at the bus stop - it goes at Motorka (you know, the Soviet" Riga ").

The main spiritual event of the weekend is the first sermon of the new Pope. We will be words of consolation and hopes about the fight against troubles and poverty. At your leisure, you will have the opportunity to think about high, as well as leafing through and listen to the materials of the Armed Forces last week. I will pay attention to the "ballet pair" - an analysis of the situation in the Bolshoi Theater Tatyana Kuznetsova and Marina Timasheva.

The 89-year-old President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe , a man who in the civilized world is considered one of the worst dictators of our time , will remain at the head of state as long as he is alive. This is the main thing that should be noted in connection with the nationwide referendum in Zimbabwe today, which is still considered the most important event in the long and very sad modern history of this South African country.

In Moscow, in the square at the intersection of the Streets of the People’s Militia and Berzarin, a coordinated rally was held today against the construction of the northwestern chord in this area. The gathered citizens say that they do not want to be in the position of people whose houses are located in the immediate vicinity of the Analogue of the Moscow Ring Road.

Residents of the city of Angarsk (Irkutsk region) today protested against raising payments in the field of housing and communal services. The organizers of the rally, members of the Angarsk city branch of the Communist Party, calculated that about 800 hangars gathered for a protest. People were not afraid of a storm warning and a strong wind, and they went out to express their attitude to the housing and communal policy of the authorities of all levels.

The International Human Rights Office "Committee for Protection of Journalists" proposes to pay attention to the fate of freedom of speech and press in Kazakhstan . Blocked website, confiscated equipment, sealed doors to the editorial office-describes the employee of the KZH Muzaffar Suleimanov, the state of the information site Stan.kz.

The Pope Francis - the leader of the most likely influential and rich religious organization of the world, at a meeting with the press, outlined his vision of the Church: “Poor Church, for the poor,” said the pontiff said. ​ He confirmed that he had chosen a name in honor of the Assisian, who lived in the 12-13th centuries of St.

Poverty is not a vice. But often she is humiliating The newly elected pope received the name Francis - in honor of the saint who preached poverty and modesty. The European Union limited the bonuses of top managers of leading banks: in the crisis years, their income seems unacceptable, immorally high. Wealth and poverty are categories not only socio-economic, but also moral. And in each era, society comprehends them differently.