Tour of the year: Bolshoi and Mikhailovsky in America Alexander Genis: Today, Ach will open the last in 2014 release of the “New York Almanac”, in which the musicologist Solomon Volkov, we talk about the news of cultural life, which it is seen from New York. Solomon, a year is coming to an end, it is time to name the main musical event of the year. What did you choose this year?

Ukrainian soldier Nadezhda Savchenko The Moscow City Court today will consider the complaint about the extension of the arrest of the Ukrainian military personnel of Nadezhda Savchenko, who is accused of involvement in the murder of Russian journalists near Lugansk. Savchenko rejects all the accusations. Earlier, the Moscow Basmanny Court left her in custody until February 13.

Princess Christina with her husband, picture of 2010 The sister of the King of Spain Philip VI Princess Christina will appear before trial with her husband - on charges of tax fraud. This was announced on Monday by the court of the city of Palma de Majorca. The decision of Judge Jose Castro does not comply with the recommendation of the prosecutor’s office, which on December 9 asked to judge only the wife of the princess, and only to oblige her to pay a fine.

On the ways of Russia's exit from the crisis provoked by the annexation of Crimea and the war against Ukraine we are talking with the former Prime Minister of Russia, the co-chairman of the Party of Folk Freedom (Parnas) Mikhail Kasyanov.

Navalny brothers in the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow Facebook and Twitter refused to block the pages of supporters of Alexei Navalny On Monday, media , citing the sources of the Rain TV channel, made that Facebook and Twitter refused to further block the pages of supporters of the opposition of Navalny.

Denis Meanov The court of Kopeysk, the Chelyabinsk region, recognized Denis Mechanov, the former head of the colony number 6, where two years ago there was a mass riot of prisoners, guilty of exceeding official powers and the illegal production of weapons. The court will announce the chosen measure of punishment to Mechanova on Tuesday.

Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs detain Pyotr Pavlensky after he cut off part of the earlobe, sitting on the wall surrounding the Serbian Judicial Psychiatry Institute as part of the protest "Segregation" On Monday, at a meeting of the City Court of St. Petersburg, the city prosecutor’s office revoked its appeal submission to the decision of the Dzerzhinsky District Court on the conduct of a stationary forensic psychiatric examination of the activist Peter Pavlensky.

How to avoid the collapse of Russia? We speak with the former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kasyanov. The delight of the people in connection with the seizure of Crimea, the support of the war with Ukraine in the Donbass are replaced by bewilderment and depression in connection with the collapse of the ruble, the depression, the depression, and the daily increase in prices.

Nadezhda Savchenko in court The lawyer of the Ukrainian military personnel of Nadezhda Savchenko - Mark Feigin intends to convince his client to stop the hunger strike , which she holds since December 15. Savchenko protests against the non -ordering of her in the pre -trial detention center of the necessary medical care and stated earlier that the action would become unlimited if the court leaves it in custody .

“VKontakte” received more than 50 requests from Roskomnadzor for Sunday with a demand to delete pages, groups and events that mention the word “Navalny”. This was announced on his page on the Web by its co -founder and former technical director Nikolai Durov (brother Pavel Durov). He refers to informed sources and believes that the leadership of VKontakte will respond to the requirements of Roskomnadzor today, after a meeting with shareholders.

In the program "Roads to Freedom" we talk about how interethnic relations in Ukraine have changed against the backdrop of the Maidan and who created the myth of the anti -Semitic mood of the participants in the "Revolution of dignity". The guest of the program is the chairman of the Association of Jewish organizations and communities of Ukraine Joseph Zisels.

New York almanac of tour of the year: Big and Mikhailovsky in America Christmas in the province of extraordinary Americans Vladimir Morozov The centenary of Dylan Thomas in New York Conversation with the poet Vladimir Gandelsman

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