... "telephone law" — or telefonnoye pravo — in which officials or other influential people call judges and dictate the outcome of a court case, she said. Next Front Demographic pressures have now pitted kindergarten construction against park preservation. On April 11, the city passed Law No. 12, which amends laws from 1995 and 2008 to allow city-funded preschool and kindergarten facilities to be built in "nature areas." There has been a deficit of student slots in kindergartens...

... expected to start this week, with Medvedev making his ministerial proposals to President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Shuvalov’s appointment as a key person in charge of bringing presidential initiatives to life might indicate that he is likely to preserve his current position in Medvedev’s new Cabinet, analysts said. Speaking at the first meeting with government officials that he has chaired since taking office last week, Medvedev outlined a range of issues he plans to focus on, which include...

... strategic assets, alongside with 60.38 percent of power giant Rushydro, according to his press secretary Dmitry Peskov. That means that any further privatization will need fresh approval by Putin before it can go ahead. "This decree is aimed at preserving the interests of the state as the main shareholder," Peskov told Reuters. All three firms have been named on recent privatization wish lists, although the multibillion-dollar plan remains in its early stages with a 10 percent sale of lender...

... progress in future work, especially since our people tell us that we, first of all, should be more attentive to society's problems, to the hopes of people who, essentially, shape the authorities," Medvedev said. "On the other hand, we have to preserve the groundwork that has been laid as a result of our work together," he said. Medvedev also wished Putin success in his third term as president and said their partnership, known as the "tandem," would endure. "We have been...

... construction, despite restrictions stemming from the site's historical status in cadastral records. "To overcome that obstacle the tenants filed suit," said Yevgeny Sosedov, deputy head of the Moscow region branch of the All-Russia Society for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments. "Removal of restrictions from the state cadastre … would really free their hands," added Alexei Konevsky, head of land law, real estate and construction practice at the Pepeliaev Group...

... development department on Thursday, the document proposes "attracting private investment from outside the [city] budget for metro system development, including by corporatizing the metro system." It says the privatization would be done "while preserving a controlling stake for Moscow," meaning that the metro would be run by a private-public partnership. The document covers urban planning through 2025 but otherwise doesn't specify a date for privatization. Though it carries no legal weight...

... Kamchatka. Stepan Krasheninnikov, writing in 1755, noted that Itelmen assimilation into Russian culture was already well underway — yet more than 250 years later there are still native speakers of Itelmen and a vibrant group of young people engaged in preserving and revitalizing their culture." In Itelmen communities around the peninsula, in Kovran, Tigil, and elsewhere, this language from Kamchatka's prehistory can be heard.

... from closed artist communities and gradually enters into New York City." The exhibit displays snapshots of Ai's friends, not only in respectable portrait settings, but also lying in freshly wrinkled beds, or in barely there underwear. Ai in no way preserves himself from the scrutiny of the camera. Nude self-portraits show an unabashed desire to view everything from a different perspective. Ai took on the streets of New York with this same unbridled curiosity. Photographs of the AIDS rights protests...

... himself with Leon Trotsky, which caused Stalin to poison Lenin, the historian said. Poisoning, in fact, eventually became one of Stalin's favorite methods of disposing of enemies, Lurie said. "The funny thing is that the brain of Lenin still is preserved in Moscow, so we can investigate," Lurie said. Lenin's embalmed body also still lies on public display on Red Square. Vinters, who reviewed autopsy records and the leader's clinical history, said toxicology tests that might have revealed...

... but were made with foreign funding. On its own, Afghanistan has only managed to make a couple of documentaries over the last decade. The government pays the salaries of Afghan Film's 100 or so staff, but it gives no money toward film production, or preservation. Ahmadi says the archives hold more than 7,000 film cases, containing decades of recorded events in Afghan history, along with 50 or so feature films. Partially ruined during the time of the Taliban, they are now at risk of being lost forever...

... It also provides for the unquestioned supremacy of the country's Communist Party. With some tentative and increasing exceptions, the state owns and runs the whole economy, dictating certain prices and performing commercial transactions; but the state preserves complete sovereign immunity from any debt or legal action, very close to pre-Magna Carta England. Despite Article 57 protecting the confidentiality of mail and telephone communications, the Cuban defense lawyer for imprisoned U.S. businessman...

... longer believe in the centuries-old maxim that the government is always right. They believe in the principles of the rule of law. This is what motivates environmental activists who are defending a forest from illegal destruction, students fighting to preserve historical buildings and demonstrators reading the text of the Constitution regarding the right to assembly to OMON riot police threatening to beat them with truncheons. For these activists and protesters, the law isn't just a piece of paper...

... movement Solidarity is close, giving the protesters access to hot coffee and tea. Within just a few hours, news of the event — already dubbed #OccupyAbai — had spread and was drawing participants. The camp quickly became a "democracy preserve," where every day hundreds of people from every political spectrum gathered. Political lectures and seminars have continued, opposition literature is being distributed, and groups of activists are formed to go throughout the city to recruit...

... Putin and Medvedev have mobilized against the liberal wave is more dangerous to them — and their plan to swap jobs with each other indefinitely — than the liberals and leftists are. Russia can go down three paths: democracy, which would preserve the country and provide prosperity for its citizens; the dead end of Putinism; or an orgy of nationalist obscurantism. Either of the second two scenarios would increase dramatically the likelihood of Russia's eventual disintegration. Georgy Satarov...

... and the mobile operator is approved by the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, a communications giant will emerge in the Russian market that will shape the terms of the 4G market. Further down the line, in the development of 5G networks, this gap may be preserved, which would seriously undermine the position of other players. 446199 446200

... predecessors who found a way to overcome many differences to achieve victory and peace over a common enemy in World War II. In one week, we will mark the 67th anniversary of the end of the last great war in Europe. The peace that was won by force can best be preserved by cooperation. Kevin Ryan, a retired brigadier general, is executive director for research at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and the organizer of the Elbe Group....

... the Special Economic Zone in the Kaliningrad region, as well as for car manufacturers (the so-called "industrial assembly" regime). Nevertheless, it is contemplated that, for residents of the Kaliningrad region, the current regime will be preserved until April 2016 and for car manufacturers, until 2018. It should be also noted that, in Russia and the Customs Union, not all the measures to stimulate the setting up of new manufacturing, including export-oriented and high technology, that...

... deputy to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, covering health care and education since December 2010. For almost a decade until 2008, she worked as Norilsk Nickel deputy director for personnel. Vladislav Surkov, Dmitry Kozak, Dmitry Rogozin and Alexander Khloponin preserved their positions as deputy prime ministers. Surkov will also be the Cabinet’s chief of staff, Putin said. The Kremlin and the Cabinet didn’t spell out any other responsibilities for the deputy prime ministers. Former Deputy Finance...

... followed the example of their foreign counterparts and started to use "m-learning" (mobile learning, or instruction by mobile phone). Leadership and management skills are highly demanded instruction topics. Programs related to the talent pool and preserving the consistency of operations are also once again popular. At the same time, businesses are trying to transition to more economical methods of instruction, such as instruction in the workplace. In 2011, hours of classroom instruction decreased...

... plans for the region "will be enforced in line with the most rigorous ecological standards." "Intense business activity in the Arctic will be beneficial only if we ensure a reasonable and proper balance between the economy's interests and preserving the nature," he said. What's not clear is whether the fragile frozen environment will survive the onslaught of efforts to get at those resources. Rocky Road The Economic Development and Regional Development ministries are holding meetings...