More than a year and a half ago, the mayor’s office launched the “Active Citizen” project with fanfare. The electronic referendum system immediately began working at full capacity. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin proudly tweets about more than 250 “management decisions in the field of transport, education, and improvement” made with the help of “Active Citizen.” Everything about this story is perfect from beginning to end.

Photo by Eddie Opp / Kommersant Why not use the Active Citizen project when selecting targets for the next Russian attack aircraft? More than a year and a half ago, the mayor’s office launched the “Active Citizen” project with fanfare. The electronic referendum system immediately began working at full capacity.

Twice over the past two years, the Russian president has asked the Federation Council for permission to use the Russian Armed Forces outside the country. To put it simply, at the beginning of hostilities, that is, war. In 2014 - in Crimea, in 2015 - in Syria. The war in Crimea, fortunately, did not involve any bloodshed, but logically developed into a bloodbath in the Donbass. No one understands what will happen in Syria yet.

Sergey Venyavsky / Kommersant The bottom of the crisis, promised by Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukaev four months ago, is not yet in sight Twice over the past two years, the Russian president has asked the Federation Council for permission to use the Russian Armed Forces outside the country. To put it simply, at the beginning of hostilities, that is, war. In 2014 - in Crimea, in 2015 - in Syria.

Do you remember 1997? Question for those who are older: what about 1989? Years before the start of deep economic crises, which then developed into political and social ones. One crisis buried the Soviet Union. On the wave of something else, Russia moved from a weak, but federal and democratic model to a unitary and authoritarian one. What was 1989 like?

Photo by Yuri Abramochkin / RIA Novosti An economic crisis in itself is not a sufficient condition for a systemic crisis. But without it, systemic cataclysms usually do not start Do you remember 1997? Question for those who are older: what about 1989? Years before the start of deep economic crises, which then developed into political and social ones. One crisis buried the Soviet Union.

It seems that the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions have narrowed the space to one eighth of the land. At the border, prohibited products will be destroyed “by all known means,” as Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev clarifies.

Alexander Yalovoy/Kommersant It seems that the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions have narrowed the space to one eighth of the landmass At the border, prohibited products will be destroyed “by all known means,” as Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev clarifies.

Photo by Vasily Shaposhnikov / Kommersant Since parliament is not a place for discussion, the competition for the construction of its new building turned out to be appropriate The urban environment has a unique ability to record time. And not only the aesthetics and architecture of monuments, the convenience or discomfort of urban spaces, the utility and technology of transport highways. No less interesting than the results in urban projects is the process of their implementation.

Photo Kommersant “You, Forbes, are an atavism of the 2000s. And if the tail does not fall off on its own, it is docked.” This is a small quote from a conversation with a knowledgeable hardliner. And here’s another: “All these atavisms of the 1990s and 2000s are a luxury that we cannot afford in a state of war.

Photo by Dmitry Lekai / Kommersant The situation with the Dynasty Foundation as a special case of the root problem of the current state structure of Russia “You, Forbes, are an atavism of the 2000s. And if the tail does not fall off on its own, it is docked.” This is a small quote from a conversation with a knowledgeable hardliner. And here’s another: “All these atavisms of the 1990s and 2000s are a luxury that we cannot afford in a state of war.

The average age of participants in the Russian Forbes “Twenty” is 53.5 years. Just five years ago, with an average age of 45, the Russians were the youngest national team on the Forbes global list. Not so anymore. The average representative of the Chinese or Brazilian list is already younger than the conventional Russian competitor. Among other things, the aging of Russian billionaires raises the inevitable question of heirs.

Photo Bertrand Desprez / Agence VU / East News Rich kids not only have no ambition to do something cool, but also no fear of losing what their dads have acquired. The average age of participants in the Russian Forbes “Twenty” is 53.5 years. Just five years ago, with an average age of 45, the Russians were the youngest national team on the Forbes global list. Not so anymore. The average representative of the Chinese or Brazilian list is already younger than the conventional Russian competitor.

Photo DR The President of Russian Railways in an interview with Die Welt and Forbes - about the reaction of Western business to sanctions, the harm of privatization, Ukrainian risks and Putin as a cementing factor In mid-April, Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin met with representatives of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and then answered questions from the German publication Die Welt and the Russian magazine Forbes .

Does business have a homeland? An abstract question in an interview, which used to be usually crossed out due to a bunch of general, often meaningless words in the answer, suddenly turned into a sensitive topic that almost all businessmen now avoid. So, what is a home country for a business? Place where the company is registered? Where are its main production facilities and personnel? Or where the main taxes are paid?