Cossacks beat demonstrators on Pushkinskaya Square in Moscow, May 5, 2018 The hereditary Cossack tells Radio Liberty how the Cossacks attacked the demonstrators in the center of Moscow are connected with the FSB and how under whose leadership they were preparing for the action of Alexei Navalny's supporters "He is not a king for us." Cossacks who have beaten the Nagays of the participants of the action "He is not a king" on Pushkinskaya Square, not a new instrument of Russian authorities to

Book Review of Marina Efimova Alexander Genis: The movement against sexual harassment grew into a new round of feminism. Within the framework of this current, a female contribution to culture is reassessed. For example, the Nyt newspaper now places the obstacked obstacles to outstanding women who have not been honored with this honor at one time. Ach is also involved in this process, thanks to the portrait gallery of writers performed by the host of our column "Book Review" Marina Efimova.

How do the world and Russia meet Victory Day? - discuss Igor Yakovenko, Yuri Veksler.

Vladimir Putin took office for the fourth time. The solemn ceremony was held in the Great Kremlin Palace. Putin took the oath in the presence of the heads of the Constitutional Court, the Federation Council, State Duma and five thousand guests.

Cats Istanbul Films with Andrei Zadansky Alexander Genis: In today's issue of “Films”, its leading director Andrei Zagdansky will tell about a sweet film that found an enthusiastic audience among fans of the main characters of the picture “Kedi” dedicated to the cats of Istanbul. But before you pass the microphone to Andrei, I, as a proud owner of two cats-Abyssins, want to say a few words about cats and the Internet.

In Saratov, the police detained Mikhail Murygin, the coordinator of the headquarters of Navalny, during the live broadcast of the local television channel "Open Channel". The studio discussed the results of the protest campaign "He is not a king for us." Police said that Murygin was suspected of violating the organization and holding of the action. He was taken to the Volzhsky district police department.

In recent years, the Russian political protest in recent years has abruptly younger. Since last spring, they talked a lot about students and even schoolchildren on the actions of Alexei Navalny. And the Saturday action "He is not the king" only confirmed this: people who are ready to go to inconsistent actions are really very young. Dozens of photographs of very cruel detentions flew around the Internet, in which the police drag into the auto -zaks of very young guys.

On Monday evening, the American rock musician of Armenian descent, Sergey Tankyan, who supported by deputy Nikol Pashinyan, the protest movement in Armenia arrived in Yerevan. The last time Serge Tankan was in Armenia in 2015. Then he, along with the world-famous rock band, System of a Down gave a concert on the Republic Square in Yerevan. Pashinyan himself and hundreds of his supporters went to the meeting at Tankyan at the Zvartnets airport, Radio Azatutyun reports.

Julia Samoilova performs in Crimea While the country with intense attention pushed to the screens, trying to guess whether Medvedev would be appointed again by the prime minister or not, another exciting event went a little into the background. However, still ahead, the climax is only on Saturday! #Eurovision PS, do you feel it? The smell of valerian, a sea of tears and a bunch of indignation. What is this? This Evrondel began.

Alexey Malobrodsky at a meeting of the Basmanny Court, April 27, 2018 The investigation re-asked the Basmanny court to transfer the former director of Gogol-Center Alexei Malobrodsky under house arrest. This was reported by the press secretary of the court of Juno Tsarev. The meeting is scheduled for May 10. Malobrodsky is accused of embezzlement of budget funds allocated by the theater company "Seventh Studio", founded by director Kirill Serebrennikov. He does not admit his guilt.

Almost 1,600 people were detained throughout Russia on May 5 at the shares “He is not a king for us”. The protesters were beaten by the police. In Moscow, people who came to the rally beat the “Cossacks” by Nagayki. Participants in a peaceful action, including minors, received all kinds of injuries. In Krasnoyarsk, a physical education teacher, one of the local universities, Natalya Podolyak was detained for trying to help a person who had lost consciousness during the detention.

Venedikt Erofeev, 1988 A part of the text of the Elena Shubina publishing house, the biography of Venedikt Erofeev, appeared on the network. This was announced on his page by one of her authors Oleg Lekmanov.

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The radical Shiite movement "Hezbollah" announced its victory in the parliamentary elections in Lebanon. The leader of the movement Hassan Naselllah announced the achievement of the goal. How many places the Islamic movement and his allies will receive in the Lebanese parliament, his leader did not say, the German wave notes .

Central Park Central Park and its inhabitants Alexander Genis: There was no such winter yet, they say New York old-timers. I myself say. For 41 years I have not seen anything like it. Back in April, a snowdrift spent the night at our porch. The most annoying thing is that I know how it ends - hasty heat. What I do not like in New York is confusion with the seasons. There are one less here less than it should be: autumn, winter - and at once in summer.