Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday passed on Thursday, and the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels celebrated the iconic composer’s in truly modern fashion: by exhibiting artist Terry Adkins’ 2004 work ‘Synapse’ – a video depicting Beethoven’s frumpy visage morphing into that of a young black man with dreadlocks. The …
Read More »Society that no one asks, must choose whom to believe less
In a situation with the Khabarovsk Governor, we see a lovely example of when society, which, however, no one asks, should choose someone who believes less “authoritative” to the businessman close to Zhirinovsky or at least “authoritative” bodies. I would like to say — eat each other, but the problem …
Read More »The government had their say, now it is the turn of society
The results of the vote are declared, they are completely predictable and completely useless. The government had their say, now it is the turn of companies. In the coming days we will better understand the real scale of fraud, coercion of voters and other manipulations. But we can already say …
Read More »The society does not believe in nullification
The Kremlin provides the appearance of power, but can not generate confidence in the procedure. St. Petersburg 1.1 million voters — 28% of the total of 28 June have already voted (early) for amendments to the Constitution. The vast majority of them “state employees” and pensioners: the first city government …
Read More »Andrey Zvyagintsev: the power of the society explicitly States that freedoms can not see him
26 Jun in the Meshchansky district court of Moscow was announced the verdict for the defendants in the case, “the Seventh Studio”. All the defendants, except former employee of the Ministry of culture Sofia Apfelbaum, was found guilty of fraud in especially large size. Kirill Serebrennikov and Yury itina was …
Read More »There is no escape, yet this society continues to exist
We have the power less disgusting than society. Power, sooner or later, reveals its own deformity. Power, in any case, not forever, as history shows. And the company insists on its cultural exceptionalism, but it creates such monsters, against which monsters Goya seem to be angels. Here no one is …
Read More »Example of understanding between the government and the society
Now I will explain what the understanding between the government and the society I want to in Russia in times of crisis. Like this: According to ARD-Deutschlandtrend, 72% of German citizens are satisfied with the crisis management of the government of Merkel. Unity on this issue is non-partisan in character …
Read More »How to stop the transformation of Russia into a society of executioners and victims, advocates torture
“People are condemned on the bare testimony — no common sense” How to stop the transformation of Russia into a society of executioners and victims, advocates torture Defendants in high-profile criminal cases often claim to torture during the investigation. One of the clearest examples was the case of “Network” (an …
Read More »“In society there is an understanding that in this way the government protects only itself”
Sociologist Lev Gudkov about the meaning and consequences of the act about people registered as foreign agents On the website of the movement “For human rights” published a letter from 59 Russian human rights activists, cultural figures, academics and journalists addressed President Putin. It contained a request not to sign …
Read More »Over 70% of Russians believe that the interests of the authorities and society are not the same
The vast majority of Russians believe that the interests of the authorities and people are not the same, as officials and politicians almost never interested in life of ordinary citizens. This is evidenced by the results of the survey “Levada-center”, writes “Interfax”. 30% of respondents said that the interests of …
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