Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in Singapore Pussy Riot members can receive a prize in the Hero of the Year nomination, and Vladimir Putin is nominated for the title of "villain of the year" Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, who were released according to the amnesty of the Pussy Riot group, were engaged in their new project to the prisoners of the “zone of law”, and then went on the first foreign tour - to Singapore, where they were nominated for the Prudential Eye Awards for

Vladimir Lukin Veterans of the Russian human rights movement supported the possible nomination of the ex-head of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Ella Pamfilova to the post of Federal Ombudsman. According to the “Interfax” leader for human rights, Lev Ponomarev, there are three candidates who are ideal for the post of Commissioner for Human Rights: the current Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin, head of the Presidential Council of Human Rights, Mikhail Fedotov and Pamfilov.

Senator Bob Corker - Republican from Tennessi The chairman of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Robert Menendez and the Republican Senator Bob Corker called for the section of the Magnitsky Law, which would allow lawmakers on a two-party basis to offer names to include human rights violators in Russia. Senators said this on Friday, the American media reported.

Police at the scene of the explosion in Kabul, January 17, 2014 In Kabul, at yesterday's explosion, at the restaurant, according to the latest data, 21 people, including 13 foreigners. According to the Afghan authorities, among the dead representatives of the International Monetary Fund in Afghanistan and four UN employees. At least five people are injured.

In Yemen, the Iranian diplomat is seriously wounded. According to the Arab-speaking television channel Al-Jazira, in the capital of the country, unknown people fired at the embassy car when she drove away from the territory of the Iranian ambassador. The ambassador himself was not in it, but another diplomat was seriously injured. His name is not reported. The shooters disappeared. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the attack.

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Russian with Latvian - friendship forever. Kozlov and Kipurs Olympic champions on the definition of unique. But this time visiting the Games at Free - unique in the square, Bobsleist Vladimir Kozlov and Janis Kipurs. Neither before, nor after them, nor in the Soviet, nor in the Latvian, nor in the Russian beobser champions of the Olympic Games.

In recent years, the Internet has become an integral part of political life. But how does the Internet active in the regions differ from the metropolitan? What is its specificity? Do provincial bloggers affect the life of their cities and are their voices heard at the country's level? Is the power of the heroes of social networks afraid and is she ready to go on the Internet herself?

1941, Leningrad On the 70th anniversary of the lifting of the blockade of Leningrad, officials decided to arrange "reconstruction" and release the medal "The winner of the blockade" This anniversary is one of those undoubted, before which they include the heads of the right, left -handed, and statesmen, and anarchists. The blockade is pain, horror, unprecedented tragedy and unprecedented resistance, the price of which, however, preferred to keep silent before perestroika.

In Kyiv on Saturday, three young people - one of them is a girl - were detained by the police for conducting an unauthorized rally at the US Embassy in Ukraine. The Interfax-Ukraine Agency informs that two young men and a girl in underwear stood with posters, demanding an immediate introduction of US economic sanctions against the Ukrainian authorities. The police noted that these persons did not have permission to hold a rally.

Political scientist Vladimir Gelman invited Vladimir Putin to make Ksenia Sobchak his successor, thus solving the problem of the upcoming conflict of “Fathers and Children”, the moderator of the political discussion at the Gaidar Forum, the head of the Perspective Foundation Leonid Gozman pre-interviewed participants in the conversation and found out that the 1st place among the most important events of 2013, experts put “Euromaidan” In Ukraine, then there are Russian New Year's amnesties and

Alexander Pyatigorsk (1929 - 2009) Archive project. Part 46. Freedom in John Dewey's philosophy In this conversation, Pyatigorsk speaks more about politics than in any previous one. That is, he speaks of philosophy, only this type of philosophy and the subject of its attention is extremely interesting in all three contexts of the conversation-general historical, concrete historical and directly-institutional.

Afghan police representative at the venue in Kabul January 17, 2014 The United States joins the international community in condemning the Taliban attack on a restaurant in Kabul, during which 21 people were killed and many were injured. This is stated in a statement by the press secretary of the White House, widespread on Saturday.

Monument to Lenin in Soligalich, Kostroma region Inactive Lenin, Europe without big ideas and an alternative to global capitalism Exactly 90 years have passed since the death of Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin. But sometimes it seems that this historical character lived not 90, but at least 190 years ago - he appears so infrequently in today's Russian and European socio -political discussions. Why did Lenin cease to be relevant? Is modern Russia afraid of the revolution - and modern Europe?

Valerie Trierweiler - companion of French President Francois Hollande - left the hospital Valerie Trierweiler, a companion of France President Francois Olland, who ended up in a hospital with signs of a nervous disorder after the news of the treason, left the medical institution on Saturday. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the French television channel "BFM-TV".