Ведь вот достойные люди, которые сочли, что в интересах общественного блага им лучше согласиться на участие в роликах, они ведь знают, что в случае отказа они бы потеряли: кому-то не додали бы обещанного, у кого-то отняли бы уже даденное. И они решили защитить свое дело. Но ведь есть, вероятно, люди, которые на это не согласились...

The political reforms that President Dmitry Medvedev has announced and that have now been outlined in two pieces of legislation already presented to the State Duma are the chief reply of the “government” to the demands of the “angrycitizens.” By protesting against rigged elections, the people are demanding what in the end people demand from authoritarian regimes: political rights. What did this reply consist of exactly?

Did the Kremlin’s dwellers want the result to be predictable? That’s what they got. The main takeaway is not that the elections (despite there being no choice involved) in Russia took place, but that the results announced are illegitimate...

During the holidays, on the way back from my country house, I pulled into the nearest petrol station, for such was my habit, and all the more so this time since the advertised price (24 roubles 90 kopeks) pleasantly surprised me. On the...

Last week, everyone was discussing the lessons taught by the Jasmine revolutions, especially that in Egypt. Liberal partisans threatened their opponents with the inevitability of democracy, whereas the henchmen of tyranny intimidated their...

A statement issued by the Council of Judges on the impermissibility of public expert evaluations in high-profile court cases throws into bold relief the condition of our court system and the phase of the crisis into which the second...