On April 8, 2004, the newspaper "Rossiya" published an article by Valery Solovyi "You can't make one horse out of a hundred rabbits", in which the author discusses the present and future of liberalism and liberal parties in Russia (mainly, the author is concerned that after the letter L. Nevzlin has no one to finance the party of Irina Khakamada). “As for the government, ” writes V. Solovey, “there is a deep delusion among analysts and liberals that it is not liberal.

The territory occupied by the zoo will be transferred to the ownership of the Perm diocese. Adjacent residential buildings are supposed to be resettled and in their place to build buildings that correspond to the historical appearance of the city. According to Ilya Shulkin, Deputy Mayor of Perm, a new location for the zoo has not yet been determined, so the return of the land plot to the diocese is postponed indefinitely.

On April 8, 2004, the Rossiya newspaper published an article by Yevgeny Sokolov entitled "War through PR", dedicated to the role of the media in covering contemporary local wars. The leitmotif of the article was the events in Kosovo over the past few years. According to the author, the public opinion, which was negatively disposed towards the Serbs, was formed with the help of skillfully organized propaganda.

" Russian Journal " published an article by V. Biryukov, in which the author substantiates the need to adopt a law on traditional confessions. "The secular nature of the state does not at all imply a secularized society, and the separation of politics and religion does not create guarantees that confessions themselves will not be politicized," V. Biryukov believes, and therefore the state needs to legally regulate religious life.

The community of the Central Mosque of Makhachkala sent a letter to Mayor Said Amirov demanding to close the "so-called saunas", where "blatant debauchery is going on", "young people are corrupted", "prostitution, drug addiction and alcoholism are spreading". According to the authors of the letter, in other cities of the republic there has been a long struggle with similar establishments.

On April 9, 2004, a mass brawl between Udmurt workers and local residents took place in a cafe in the city of Aleksandrov, Vladimir Region. Presumably, the incident was provoked by local residents who attacked the workers of the Vestel-SNG plant, residents of Udmurtia, who were sent to this enterprise. Several dozen people were involved in the fight. Not only fists were used, but fragments of bottles.

On April 8, 2004, the newspaper "Rossiya" published an article by Maria Dmitrieva about the operation of the Spanish police to eliminate the terrorists involved in organizing the explosions on March 11. It is entitled "Friendly Arabs blew up Madrid" . A similar definition appeared in the headline from the testimony of the Spaniards, who described their neighbors, who turned out to be militants, as " "quiet and friendly .

The leadership of the Center for Societies for Krishna Consciousness in Russia stated that the information about filing a lawsuit against N. Narochnitskaya is not true.

On April 8, 2004, in an interview with the Rossiya newspaper, artist Alexander Shilov not only talked about his creative path, but also talked about the fate of his Motherland. In particular, on the question of how he sees the future of Russia, and whether it is worth joining a united Europe, A. Shilov said the following: " I believe that it is necessary to restore the Soviet Union! We must create the greatest, powerful state, similar to the one that was. Stop fawning over the White House.

Vitaly Tretyakov's article "Politics as Theatre", published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on April 8, 2004, is yet another attempt to "decipher" Mikhail Khodorkovsky's letter about the "crisis of liberalism" in Russia. In particular, V. Tretyakov believes that "today and in general it is obvious that this text did not become a really significant political or intellectual event" . This happened for three reasons.

Like earlier Epiphany , Easter has prompted some politicians to voice their understanding of church tradition.

In St. Petersburg, a society of anti-fascists "Punk-Vozrozhdenie" was created in order to protect the city from skinheads. This was reported by the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper on April 9, 2004. A distinctive feature of the appearance of the members of the organization is green laces and stripes "PV" ("Punk Renaissance") on the sleeves of jackets.