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Interview with Mikhail Gorbachev by The New Times on June 23, 2008 Photo: Roman Goncharov NT: *Mikhail Sergeyevich, you compare the XIX party conference with the ship in the raging sea. Really rocked like that? * Another how. The threat was such that it would flood through the stern, the wave would make everything to hell. After all, they moved steps ... My God, not with steps - steps.

Blues (Dedicated to Hadley Anderson) Ladies and gentlemen gathered here, To be sad, to think, to drink and eat, To breathe and warm the chair with your body, Who is sitting next to you? Maybe it's Death. Majestic blonde with sky blue eyes, In the subway or on the beach, Death awaits you; Married or single, young or old, You will be an obedient boy and do as you say. Death is a harsh judge.

The statement of the Nobel Prize of the World M.S. Gorbacheva and D.A. Muratov regarding the liquidation of the "International Memorial" Photo: Sergey Karpov / ITAR-TASS On November 25, a consideration was scheduled in the court of appeal to the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation on the liquidation of the Memorial*.

How Ella Pamfilova from a convinced supporter of liberalism turned into a defender of the system In the 1990s, Ella Pamfilova was perhaps the most noticeable woman in Russian politics-she worked in the liberal government of Gaidar, criticized Yeltsin for the war in Chechnya, and created her own party. In the 2000s, Pamfilova became the main state human rights activist in the new vertical of power.

New bride “Your mere sight is disgusting, I can’t stand you, You are good for something, but you didn’t please me. Go where you are needed, there is no need for you here.” This is the advice my beloved gave me on the road.

Twelve months already I met Fred There were fights and quarrels, Alas, I lost. In the fields that summer, so sweet, Until the first wet days, Rose Garland went for a walk With the one who is dearer to her. With the one who is nicer, even now, At least she’s not Fred, - Alive is ten times better The one who no longer exists. Fred moved to a new house That house in the ground is open; Rose and I are going for a walk, And Fred sleeps motionless.

Biologist, Chukotka researcher and photographer Anatoly Kochnev - about white bears, walruses and people In 1983, the student of the Irkutsk biofaka Anatoly Kochnev first came to the scientific expedition to Chukotka - and since then he has been returning there almost every year. For more than 30 years, Kochnev has become one of the best specialists in white bears in Russia and their behavior in the wild; He also studied walruses, seals and whales.

1887 Fires burn from Klee to the sky, This is how the counties are sent a signal, Hey south, hey north, return the sign So that the fire burns again. First illustrated edition of The Shropshire Lad (1908), artist William Hyde. The hills and dales here shine, As far as the eye can see - Day to day fifty years ago God saved the Queen. The towers are not visible among the lights Along their native land, So let's not forget the guys, That God was helped.

Alfred Evdard Houseman (1859–1936), who became famous in his native Great Britain for his collection “A Shropshire Lad,” is far from the most famous poet in Russia. It was translated, but little and, unfortunately, not always convincingly. This is understandable. It is almost impossible to fit into the incredibly capacious iambic pentameter, tetrameter, and sometimes even iambic trimeter the entire set of images, allusions, toponyms and other “translation difficulties” in the Russian language.

In Old Oskol, the bodies of two missing girls cannot find for several years. Both disappeared after a meeting with a local policeman In 2014, before the New Year holidays, 18-year-old Katya Kuzmina disappeared in Star Oskol. Soon, the whole city already spoke about this - the girl’s mother began the campaign on the search for Katya and demanded that the investigation work more actively.

Mikhail Gorbachev appeal to world leaders Photo: Reuters Only two months have passed since the beginning of 2020, and the world has already ended up on the verge of a clash with the participation of the great powers. These were real military operations - in Iran, Iraq, Syria. Then the participants seemed to change their minds, moved away from the edge ... What is it? This is the old policy of "Balancing on the verge of war." Dangerous, adventurous policy.

Mikhail Gorbachev-to the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Photo: AP / TASS Published in the magazine Time (in English) and in Novaya Gazeta (in Russian) In November 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, which for decades shared not just the city, but the whole country, all of Europe. It was the year when history accelerated its move. In such historical moments, the level of responsibility and wisdom of the leaders of the states is checked.

This text is published simultaneously in Novaya Gazeta and The Wall Street Journal Photo: Reuters

This text is published simultaneously in Novaya Gazeta and The Wall Street Journal Photo: Reuters George Schulz, William Perry and Sam Nunn published an article in the Wall Street Jornel newspaper, which begins with a harsh warning: “The USA, their allies and Russia were struck by a dangerous political paralysis, which, whether it was mistaken or oversight, could lead to military confrontation and even the use of nuclear weapons for the first time in 74 years of 74 years existence ".