Mark Krotov Alexander Genis: Last summer, at the book fair of New York, Russian publishers took place between Saudi Arabia and Nebraskaya, which, alas, corresponds to the ideas of the average American: an endless steppe with oil towers. Worse, this prejudice is often reflected in our literature. Nevertheless, the classic is still the most useful to Russia, represents it in the best possible way and interferes with today's literature.

Nikolai Tsiscaridze, 2009 Nikolai Tsiscaridze may be related to the misadventures of Sergey Filin. About the possible connection of the attempt on the artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater ballet with conflicts between the ballet star and the leader is written today by Izvestia . The publication is relied on on the maintenance of one of the first interrogations of the eagle owl, back in the ward of the Moscow hospital.

Parliament with a filter Varvara Babitskaya: “The state, which in Russia has long been hostile to a person, has recently consistently and petty repressively-it has been showing a creative initiative directed against an ordinary citizen, whom it simply did not notice, but then it saw the Law against Lodges. The law against gays. Law on registration is against everyone who lives somewhere.

Moscow Action Against Firing of Regional Railways Workers Everyone has just discussed the story with a girl, a taxi route who landed her driver and indifferent passengers who did not find 30 rubles to pay for the child’s travel. And also - a story about a person who began a stroke in the subway , but none of the passed by understood this, and the person did not live to the hospital.

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In the court of the city of Stupino, today, the case of the leader of the local "Yabloko" Nikolai Kuznetsov, who is accused of applying violence against a police officer, was considered today. The verdict will be announced tomorrow: @ maxim_petlin, the sentence announcement will be tomorrow at 10 a.m. Therefore, there is no doubt that the sentence has long been ready and will be indictable.

The Pope came with the first sermon, tomorrow he will be intronized - and painstaking work on Vatican reform will begin.

Activists of the unregistered Orthodox public movement "God's will", led by Dmitry Tsorionov (calling himself and known as Enteo), came to the office of the Yabloko party on Pyatnitskaya Street on Friday. Without serious resistance of the guards, they took literature launched at the tables at the entrance (about 50 books and brochures), carried it out into the street and burned in a small metal container in the square near the Novokuznetskaya metro station.

Illustration: Radio Liberty; Photo materials: Getty images/Fotobank The attitude to same -sex marriages is one of the most discussed issues in American society now. The Supreme Court will soon have to evaluate the constitutionality of the ban on such marriages in California and the Federal Law “On Marriage Protection”. Changes in the public consciousness are undeniable here, more and more people support the legalization of same -sex marriages.

Yuri Budanov, 2002 The Moscow City Court formed a new jury collegium, which will be to consider the case of the murder of the former colonel of the Russian army Yuri Budanov in June 2011. The past collegium was dissolved in mid -February, shortly after several scandals related to statements about the abduction and bribery of witnesses.