The last year has been a triumph for populist politicians. Work has already appeared exploring the socio-economic reasons for the spread of populism in Western liberal democracies. But no less important in the triumph of populists is the language they use: it differs significantly from the “classical” political language. One of the main characteristics of the speeches of anti-politicians is their direct appeal to the people, to the people.

Ukraine has closed entry to the city of Balakleya in the Kharkiv region, where artillery depots of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry are burning. About 600 police officers and National Guard servicemen are maintaining order, the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

Customs is ready to forgive half / Andrey Makhonin / Vedomosti If a company or person corrects the customs violation and pays the fine within 30 days after the fine is imposed, the penalty can be halved. The government has submitted such amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses to the State Duma for consideration. Currently, 60 days are allotted for payment of fines.

In Balakleya, where a warehouse in a military unit is burning and ammunition is exploding, electricity and gas supply have been cut off and rail and road transport have been blocked, UNIAN reports . This was announced in Kiev by Deputy Director of the State Emergency Service Department Petro Korotinsky. Electricity supply in the affected area was cut off to prevent an emergency, he explained. "Railway traffic to Balakleya station has been temporarily suspended.

Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky believes that in order to transfer St Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church, all the details should be clearly and thoroughly spelled out in the contract, and if the church violates the contract, the state should have the right to take the cathedral under its control. He said this in an interview with MK.

The fire at the ammunition depots in Balakleya was the result of sabotage, according to Ukraine's Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoly Matios. As reported by the Kharkiv news agency Status quo, he wrote this on Facebook , citing preliminary investigation data.

March 23, 2017, 12:33 / Business Rosprirodnadzor caught Domodedovo partners dumping 50 tons of oil products into a pond undefined Vedomosti Employees of the Rosprirodnadzor department for the Central Federal District (CFD) began an administrative investigation in connection with oil pollution of a pond in the village of Istomikha in the Domodedovo district. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Ecology of the Moscow Region.

In St. Petersburg, on the night of March 23, unknown persons set fire to the door of Alexei Navalny's election headquarters. This was reported on Twitter by the opposition leader's ally Leonid Volkov, who posted photos of the door. According to him, no one was hurt, firefighters put out the fire, "the premises are insured, we will clean up the water from the floor; thanks to the firefighters." According to him, a statement about the arson has been filed.

A mysterious law exempting businessmen from sanctions lists from having to pay taxes in Russia was quickly adopted by the State Duma and it is unlikely that anything will prevent its signing by the president (they say that it was born in the depths of the AP). He creates another figure of default.

Politics The man who carried out the terrorist attack in London was born in the UK and had previously been under surveillance by intelligence services, Prime Minister Theresa May said. She also said he likely acted alone.

Among the versions of the explosions and fire at the ammunition depot in Balakleya in the Kharkiv region, sabotage with the help of a drone and official negligence are being considered. As UNIAN reports , this was stated at a briefing by Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoly Matios. He called sabotage the main version and added that the first interrogations showed that before the fire, the drone's roar was heard at the depot, then the explosions began.

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In the Sverdlovsk region, a court found the former head of correctional colony No. 46 in the city of Nevyansk and three of his subordinates guilty of the death of a convict in the summer of 2015. This was reported by Interfax, citing the press service of the regional prosecutor's office. Ilya Chikin was sentenced to 13.5 years of imprisonment, his former deputy Aleksandr Nikolaev and the former head of the colony's security department Yevgeny Panov - to 13 years.

The Strategic Nuclear Forces (SNF) will be equipped with new weapons as a matter of priority. "We will continue to develop the country's defense potential, equip all types and branches of the armed forces with new-generation weapons and equipment. This primarily concerns the strategic nuclear forces," Putin said at a ceremony introducing officers appointed to senior command positions.

The Ministry of Economic Development has prepared a draft resolution on the transfer of Rosstat to the jurisdiction of the ministry. The explanatory note states that the agency will also be given the functions of developing state policy and legal regulation in the sphere of official statistical accounting.