Pskov journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva was found guilty of justification of terrorism. The second Western District Military Court sentenced her to a fine of 500 thousand rubles. The prosecutor's office demanded a real six -year period and a ban on the profession. However, the ban on the profession is gradually introduced by an obvious order.

A review of the book of Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes “Light deceiving hopes. Why is the West losing the struggle for democracy ”(Alpina Plisher, July 2020) Advertising poster of the film "Frankenstein", 1931 Reading books by the Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev is always interesting. And his new work , written in collaboration with American colleague Stephen Holmes, does not disappoint, although the main subject of analysis of the authors is just disappointment.

- Granddaughter, I forgot again: what is the name of that German doctor, from whom I am crazy? - Alzheimer, grandmother! Alzhe-Ja-Mer! Oygen Bracht. The coast of oblivion (1889) The cruel joke, put into a subtitle, could well serve as an epigraph for one of the chapters of the book “This is my horse: the science of memorization and forgetting” (comes out in July at the Alpine Non-Fixing Publishing House).

The political system of the Fifth Republic is very different from parliamentary democracies in neighboring Great Britain, Germany, Italy or Spain. In these countries, the government’s resignation happens either due to the loss of the parliamentary majority (defeat in the elections, the collapse of the ruling coalition), or due to the change of leadership in the Party of Power. Nothing of the kind happens in France.

Israeli scientists have found that oxytocin can cause aggression. How will this affect its pharmaceutical use? Photo: pixabay.com During quarantine (self -isolation), many couples were forced to spend time in each other's company. This affected the relationship of some beneficial - they felt that their love was "rebooted." Others immediately after the removal of restrictive measures filed a divorce (or parted). The number of cases of domestic violence has increased significantly .

On July 2, 2020, at 10 a.m. Moscow time, the CEC of Russia reported that all 100% of the protocols from the polling stations were calculated and the results of electronic voting were summed up. This, of course, is the fastest counting of the longest vote. According to the CEC, for 7 days of the electoral marathon (from June 25 to July 1), the amendments voted 77.92%. It seems that this is a record “approval” for all 29 years of the existence of the Russian Federation. Drawed from the heart!

The Russian government met the results of the past vote - indecently loud even by Russian standards. In the Kremlin, the results were announced with a triumph, and in parliament they offered to make on July 1 a holiday. The harmonious background for such celebrations, according to the logic of things, was to be an overview of the national achievements of the president - taken at least from the speeches of previous years.

On June 8, protesting supporters of Black Lives Matter captured several quarters in the fashionable area of ​​Seattle and organized a “zone for protests” there, free from police violence. The city authorities retroactively agreed to give them a chance - the first days all this was more like a huge music festival than the commune of left -wing terrorists. However, soon people began to die in the “Free Zone”.

They will most likely not dare to plant Prokopyev for a real term. They will look further, once they will find-someone more controversial.