17 марта газета опубликовала статью Галины Столяровой, посвященную, прошедшему 9-10 марта в Москве, Международному форуму "Гражданская восьмерка -2006". Автор отмечает, что обсуждение итогов данного форума состоялось в минувшую среду в ИА"Росбалт"(Санкт-Петербург).
В статье"NGOs Try To Advise G8 States" она пишет:"Alexander Sungurov, president of the St.Petersburg Center for Political and Humanitarian Studies "Strategia", said he was encouraged to see that the forum's section on education devoted much attention to civil education programs.
"Things like teaching human rights to the police are crucially important in Russia today", Sungurov said. "An international council is needed within the Civil G8 to exchange such programs between the eight participating countries and evaluate each country's efforts".
In Sungurov's opinion, police violence and ethnic hatred are the two major problems facing Russia's civil society at present.
"Civil education programs must target these issues as a priority", he said. "We have much to learn from the other members of G8 about efficient ways of explaining to citizens why they need to take part in elections or confront racism or religious intolerance".
The St.Petersburg Times