was posted in "Soviet Russia" as a cover for the "Notes of the Fatherland" supplement On August 19, an anti-Semitic drawing . There are no anti-Semitic statements in the text of the newspaper itself.

Readers of Izvestia from time to time come up with their own proposals for solving the "Chechen" problem and the problem of terrorism. following the example of Israel, to lay responsibility for a terrorist attack on the family of a terrorist: So, for example, on August 7, Natalya Platonova calls, sometimes he lives, communicates with someone, and his relatives cannot be unaware of his intentions.

On August 16, Izvestia published a readers' discussion in absentia on the Yukos problem. Among other reviews was the letter "I'll sit on the sidelines," in which the author Valery Pavlov, explaining his indifference towards the fight, says that, firstly, he has too little information to develop a personal position, and, secondly, secondly, he does not believe the one that is. However, the following passage is found in the letter: “Let’s remember the Russian Forbes lists. Who is there?

An unexpected discussion was caused by the publication of Yuri Vasiliev "Some of the people left" in the 26th issue of "Moskovskie Novosti". It was dedicated to Caucasian doctors working in a Moscow hospital. It was at this hospital that the main flow of the wounded as a result of the terrorist attacks in Tushino fell.

In August, most newspapers responded to the premature start of the parliamentary election campaign and, first of all, to the appearance of numerous billboards with various slogans. It turned out that there are several advertising slogans that none of the journalists writing on this topic passed by. They belong to the Liberal Democratic Party and the United Russian Party (ORP) "Rus", which managed to "mark" the action to return the nationality to the passport.

The newspaper "Izvestia" publishes a series of reports on the problems of drug trafficking and drug addiction. The author of the articles, Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich, considers various issues - from distribution to the ideological justification for drug use. In the first report - "Death of the anthill" - built on an interview with a special services officer, a priest and drug-addicted residents of the city of Kimry, in particular, it is repeatedly emphasized that the gypsies are drug distributors.

On August 24, the Agreement "On Joint Activities of People's Patriotic Forces" was signed, which was joined by 16 political parties, socio-political movements and organizations.

On August 25, a meeting was held between Patriarch Alexy II and the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Mikhail Shvydkoy, at which the issues of creating three series about the Russian Orthodox Church were discussed. The first project is a 10-episode TV movie "History of the Russian Orthodox Church". It is planned that it will be prepared by ORT.

In August, the Interregional Union of National-Cultural Associations of the Kryashens asked Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Alexy II to assist in obtaining the status of a separate nation for the Kryashens. The letter recalls that the Kryashens have been seeking the return of this status for four years, but the administrative bodies of Tatarstan do not recognize this status, arguing that the Kryashens are not a nationality, but the self-name of a group of Tatars professing Orthodoxy.

On August 11, on the front page of Moskovsky Komsomolets, a small note by Alexander Khinshtein "The goal of the martyrs was a nuclear reactor" was placed, in which it is stated that the special services had detained three Chechens the day before, who allegedly were going to blow up the Institute of Nuclear Physics. Kurchatov or some other strategic objects. The authorities allegedly keep this information a secret because they "fear mass panic," but the journalist could not remain silent.

Mark Deutsch's article "Green Terrorism", published on July 17, 2003 in Moskovsky Komsomolets, is devoted to Islamic terrorism. The author, putting in the epigraph the phrase "Most Muslims are not terrorists, but most terrorists are Muslims" , claims that today it is legitimate to say that terrorism today represents only one confession - Islam.

In the 20th of August, the church of St. Blessed Xenia of Petersburg was robbed. According to the Stavropolskaya Pravda newspaper, two intruders broke into a church in one of the districts of Stavropol late in the evening and stole offerings that have recently become customary to give to the icon of Blessed Xenia as a sign of gratitude for the spiritual support received here. In particular, several gold chains, rings, and crosses were stolen. Sources They robbed...

In July, the ORP "Rus" held an action "Your nationality in the passport" - distributed inserts in the passport to those who wished, in which they could enter their nationality. Most of the newspapers that responded to this event did not treat it otherwise than as a farce. However, one can note the difference in the presentation of the material.

On July 10 and 24, Komsomolskaya Pravda published reader reviews of Galina Sapozhnikova's publication "Will Russians Honor the Quran and Eat Rice with Chopsticks?".

On August 12, the newspaper "Soviet Russia" published the text of Gennady Zyuganov's answers to questions from voters from the Moscow region. The note contains a section "Russians as a great nation are not needed by the current government," which, in particular, says: * "Russians are like a people on the edge of the abyss. They are dying out faster ... It is obvious that the current government is afraid of the Russian spirit, the Russian will, the ability to gather and rise.