In Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan), the next round of negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program ended. This time, according to the estimates of both Western diplomats and the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry , the negotiations were more “rich” than their previous round at the end of February.

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Alexander Pyatigorsk (1929-2009) Archive project. Part 5. Jainism From the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, after the famous works of the German sociologist Max Weber, we know (“we” mean “people of Western culture”) that capitalism has grown from the so-called “Protestant ethics”.

Evgenia Chirikova The main topic of the day of April 6 is the fate of Russian political prisoners, especially the "Prisoners of May 6", who are accused of participating in the riots. In Moscow and several other cities, mass shares were held in protection. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, no more than 600 people gathered for the Moscow rally. Participants estimate the number of gathered at 1500-2000.

The beginning of the political campaign in support of political prisoners in Russia acquired a new meaning after Vladimir Putin’s interview with German television, in which the Russian President actually promised strict sanctions against non-profit organizations allegedly funded from abroad. It becomes clear for any compromise with a civil movement, the Kremlin is not ready.

The program, which is conducted by Priest Yakov Krotov, listen to each other by believers and unbelievers, so that Christians in Russia are not only a majority, but also the workers of the freedom of God and human.

Eduard Limonov will not come today to Pushkinskaya Square, where a rally will be held in defense of political prisoners . And this despite the fact that several of his associates are still behind bars and, as blogger Oleg Kozyrev notes: Having quarreled with the "bourgeois leaders", the leader of "another Russia" turned his eyes to other problems.

“There are no political repressions,” “slaves cannot publish and come up with laws”, “we will free prisoners on May 6” - such posters could be seen by Solovetsky stone on Troitskaya Square in St. Petersburg, where more than 200 people came on this sunny day.