A fragment of the reproduction of the picture of Vasily Yakovlev "Passers write to the creator of the Great Constitution" In this issue of the podcast "further in the text" Anna Nemzer analyzes the elements of Soviet rhetoric in modern collective letters. We analyze the letter of the Russian Writers Union regarding the campaign "Total Dictation" and Dina Rubina. The letter of the Union of Writers can be read here The text of Dina Rubina for the action "Total Dictation" - here

Prague, Czech Republic April 30, 2013 Today, Masha Hessen, who has been the director of the Russian Radio Liberty/Free Europe in the last seven months, has decided to leave this post in order to work on a new book. "Masha Hessen, whose labor is marked by many professional awards, will still bring his experience, energy and work in journalism-in the interests of civil society in Russia," said Kevin Klowz, President of Radio Liberty/Free Europe.

My duty ends on the last day of April. Tomorrow, on the morning of the first day of May, I will be with you again. Good evening! Andrey Sharogradsky International Radio Offer Freedom. Author and host of the information and analytical digest, podcast "Time of Freedom"

The government now has a lot of work and hard deadlines. Here is a list of affairs for the summer according to the results of the "direct line". 1. The government should report until May 15 that housing and communal services prices will not rise anymore. 2. Until June 1, it should prepare proposals on how to reduce prices for natural monopolies, that is, for gas and Russian Railways tickets. 3.

During the prosecutor’s inspections in the St. Petersburg Anti -Discrimination Center, Memorial found 8 violations threatening organizations with serious fines. The inspections have been going on on March 26, during this time thousands of copies of documents were demanded, and the heads of the organization spent many hours, answering questions about all the events held "after November 20, 2012", and most importantly, about the sources of financing.

Barack Obama President Barack Obama, recently criticized for unwillingness to communicate with the press, held an unplanned press conference on Tuesday in the White House, which was completely devoted to answers to journalists' questions.

Prague, the Czech Republic on April 30, 2013 today Masha Hessen, who has been the director of the Russian Radio Liberty/Free Europe in the last seven months, decided to leave this post in order to do work on a new book. "Masha Hessen, whose labor is marked by many professional awards, will still bring his experience, energy and work in journalism-in the interests of civil society in Russia," said Kevin Klowz, President of Radio Liberty/Free Europe.

In Amsterdam today, if not unique, then at least a very rare ceremony: the current Queen of the Netherlands Beatrix renounces the throne in favor of the eldest son of Willem-Aleksandra . The outgoing Queen of the Netherlands Beatrix (in the center), her son, the new king Willem-Allexander, and his wife Mácim The center of Amsterdam is filled with many people dressed mainly in orange-this is the color of the ruling in the Netherlands of the Orange (Orange-Nassau) dynasty.

The remains of the queen-mother of Maria Karageorgievich-the Romanian princess and great-granddaughter of the English Queen Victoria, who died in England, were delivered from London to Belgrade. Preparations are underway to reburiate the remains of the member of the royal family of the Karageorgievich dynasty who ruled abroad, who ruled in Serbia and Yugoslavia from 1903 to 1941.

Maxim Luzyanin Maxim Luzyanin, the owner of a fitness club, was detained almost immediately after the events of May 6-May 28. He was accused of attacking the police. After he spent two days in a pre -trial detention center in isolation - neither relatives nor lawyers were allowed to go to him, they did not feed and did not give water - he pleaded guilty. He apologized to the policeman, to whom he knocked the enamel from his teeth in a fight.

How the Russian Hegel differs from itself by German Blog's weekly podcast "Subject of conversation" This week, the leading blog "Subject of the conversation" Vera Shengelia and Olga Serebryany discussed the following three issues in the podcast: 1. What does the icon of slash and remark "crossed out" mean? 2. How does the Russian Hegel differ from itself by German? 3. What did Vasily Rozanov really think about the role of women in society?