The Russian economy has adapted to the sanctions regime and low oil prices. The geopolitical situation is normalized. The financial sector is stabilizing, the ruble does not suit the somersaults, inflation is reduced, and the banking system is preparing to reduce loans. Already in the second half of the year in Russia, recovery growth may begin, which will continue next year, and, of course, in 2018.

What will be Russian-Ukrainian energy ties? Did Naftogaz won at Gazprom? Vitaly Portnikov is talking with the president of the Globalistics Center "XXI Strategy" Mikhail Gonchar

This week, a lot was discussed on the Web - from the "golden youth" on Gelendvagen to the deadlines for the repost of VKontakte. But the main "hit" was Putin's visit to Athos

Kovalevsky Forest The shares organized by the St. Petersburg Scientific and Information Center "Memorial" began with a rally on the Voskresenskaya embankment, after which its participants-several dozen people-lowered a wreath in the Neva: flowers on the water-a symbol of memory of those whose graves were not preserved. According to Tatyana Voltskaya, then the ceremony of laying flowers in the Solovetsky stone on Troitskaya Square was held.

Sergei Shnurov sang a song “In St. Petersburg - Drink” at a concert in Novosibirsk, despite the protest of local Orthodox activists and the warning of the mayor of Anatoly Lokty. The Orthodox on the eve of the cord of the cord wrote letters to the prosecutor’s office and the city administration with a request to prohibit this, in their opinion, "offensive and provocative song." And the mayor warned the group on compliance with the legislation and not to express himself at the concert.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky The former oligarch compared the current autocracy in Russia with the Board of the General of Secretary Generals under Soviet power Mikhail Khodorkovsky intends to return to Russia in the future, but admitted that changing the regime is a matter of long -term perspective. In an interview with Euronews, the former head of the Yukos said that the main question for him is to create a political team that can support the necessary reforms after changing the regime.

Farid Seyiful-Mulukov Recently, Seyiful-Mulukov has become the third of the deceased famous Soviet TV presenters and international In Moscow, at the 86th year of his life, Farid Seyiful-Mulukov died-an international journalist, an orientalist-Arabist, a host of television programs on Soviet television. This was reported on the website "Vesti.ru" on Saturday.

The funeral of Father Alexander me. 1990. Photo by Sergey Immortal KGB and the death of Father Alexander Me Yakov Krotov: This release of our program is devoted to the problem of the murders of the clergy in modern Russia. Our guest is Sergey Grigoryants , the organizer of the conference "KGB and the Church", held in the early 90s, and the historian of the special services Andrei Sobolev (passage from the USA). Let me explain what I mean by modern Russia.

Vitaly Portnikov: Does Ukraine really do not depend on Russian gas supplies? We invited to the studio of the famous Ukrainian energy expert, the president of the Globalistics Center "XXI Strategy" Mikhail Gonchar . The famous Russian journalist Julia Latynina in Novaya Gazeta summed up the results of these years after the Maidan, and she was attracted by what was concerned with the energy. She said that this is Waterloo, which Ukraine arranged for Gazprom. Do you agree with such an assessment?

Marina Davydova Marina Davydova - about the freedom of the Vienna festival and the campaign against the new theater in Moscow In the neighborhood in the capital of Austria, two festivals are hosted - the annual Vienna festival Wiener Festwochen and the Feelrussia festival organized by the Ministry of Culture of Russia.

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When will pensions be canceled in Russia? Sergey Medvedev: To many Russians, the future future is in a rather dangerous, undesirable appearance, in the form of various announcements about what will happen to their pensions. If you look at the public statements that sound in the past few months, then increasing the retirement age and the abolition of the funded part of the pension, and the question of the fact that there will be no indexation of pension payments is discussed.

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Temur Chkheidze - about cinema, theater, illusions, compromises and post -Soviet syndrome Temur Chkheidze, People's Artist of Georgia and Russia, laureate of the 1986 Lenin Prize for the film "Your Son, Earth!", Where he played the role of the secretary of the district committee. In Soviet times, he headed the Marjanishvili Theater, after the collapse of the USSR in different years was the chief director and artistic director of the Tovstonogov BDT in St. Petersburg.

Ella Pamfilova at one of the recent meetings of the CEC According to the head of the department, the Central Election Commission is prepared to draw up their own rating of violations of electoral legislation in the regions The chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Ella Pamfilova said that on the eve of the elections to the Russian State Duma on September 18, the CEC will try to prevent the abuse, which in the previous campaign led to wide protest actions.