From the editorial office. Last Sunday, November 21, the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov published a list of persons who, in his opinion, are responsible for the strangulation of civil rights and freedoms and constitution in the Russian Federation on the Echo of Moscow blog. This attack thereby became the brightest example of the language of the enmity about which the Russian magazine spoke all the other week, as well as the fact that we urgently need new political correctness.

When entering the magical phrase “power vertical”, search engines give out dozens of sad, places of obscene, but truthful jokes. I really liked one of them: “ What is a“ vertical of power ”in Russia? “This is when the tops mistakenly think that someone is obeying them, and the bottoms are just as mistakenly hope that someone is leading them .” Dmitry Medvedev has long been trying to find a balance in the ratio of the number of officials and the quality of their duties.

From the editorial office. Last Sunday, November 21, the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov published a list of persons who, in his opinion, are responsible for the strangulation of civil rights and freedoms and constitution in the Russian Federation on the Echo of Moscow blog. This attack thereby became the brightest example of the language of the enmity about which the Russian magazine spoke all the other week, as well as the fact that we urgently need new political correctness.

The Russian government masters new forms of interaction with the people. The last novelty in this action was a video conference held by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on November 22. This form of communication with the people was attached to a significant event - the opening of the 83 public reception heads of Russian state. Frankly, the reason is more than significant.

From the editorial office. Last Sunday, November 21, the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov published a list of persons who, in his opinion, are responsible for the strangulation of civil rights and freedoms and constitution in the Russian Federation on the Echo of Moscow blog. This attack thereby became the brightest example of the language of the enmity about which the Russian magazine spoke all the other week, as well as the fact that we urgently need new political correctness.

Public statement Elena Penskaya 11/11/2010 addressed to the rector of the State University - the Higher School of Economics Y.I. Kuzminov and the head of the department of business and political journalism R.I. Batyrshina received a letter from the editor -in -chief of the newspaper "Vedomosti" T.G.

From the editorial office . On November 23, it would have turned 76 years old Konstantin Nikolaevich Belyaev , a poet, performer of romances, thieves and Odessa songs. George Osipov reflects on the contribution of Belyaev to Russian culture and the reasons for the uniqueness of his heritage. * * * After the death of the artist with gradual perseverance, they remind the little things about themselves, those trifles that once only distracted, interfering with focusing on the essence of his work.