In fact, it is strange that such a statement was not made by the main or even the tenth person involved in this story, if there is any story there. Here is the first reaction of Vladimir Ryzhkov: “For now there are no such plans. But in a situation where Russia, like air, needs a new democratic party capable of resisting the regime, we do not exclude anything for ourselves. Personally, I have no doubt that in the near future we will have such a party will appear.

“Control of civil society is the collapse of law enforcement agencies,” the President of Belarus said at a meeting with KGB leaders. The frankness of the head of a neighboring state cannot but captivate. We haven’t heard anything like this from Putin, although in today’s Russia the FSB, of course, is a holy cow. Because in Russia this department performs the same function - it protects the government from attacks by the opposition and society.

The new fundamental work of the director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition, Yegor Gaidar, “A long time. Russia in the world. Essays on economic history,” caused a storm of positive emotions among another honored Russian reformer, Anatoly Chubais. According to Chubais, this encyclopedic work has a plot, and a very poignant one - the fate of Russia, its future, its problems.

Firstly, you get purely emotional pleasure from contact with material of such quality, which is rarely found in scientific literature in general. Later, when assessing what gave rise to this impression, you notice several features. The main thing is the planetary breadth of coverage of the subject, both from the point of view of historical experience, which is generalized and logically structured, and from the point of view of the history of scientific thought.

One of the leaders of the Chechen separatists, representative of the State Defense Committee of Ichkeria Movladi Udugov is close to the truth. Saying that Dagestan, Ingushetia, and other republics of the North Caucasus are already “points of concern,” he is not telling us anything new. We ourselves know very well: the war has gone beyond the borders of Chechnya. This is proven not only by hostage takings and explosions.

As expected on the eve of the state visit of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Russia has forgiven this country $10 billion of its $14 billion debt. It is possible that the real purpose of this write-off is the desire to make it easier for Syria to purchase new modern weapons from the Russian Federation. It very much seems that Russia is ready to follow the path of the USSR, which actively armed Arab countries.

It was clear that initiating a criminal case against the “orange lady” was a pure bluff and that Tymoshenko would never be given alive into the hands of prosecutors. Now that it has become clear that she will soon become prime minister, the persecution will naturally have to stop. This is already a matter of technology. However, what is much more important is what position Yulia Tymoshenko will take in negotiations with her Russian colleague Mikhail Fradkov.

He wrote his work, which Yegor Gaidar wrote for 14 years, he addresses the widest circle of readers, emphasizing that his main audience is “those who work or work in the authorities, develop and implement decisions on which the development of Russia depends in the long term.” The book is saturated with facts, statistics and at the same time written in a simple, not overloaded language with a language. Sometimes she is fascinating like a good detective.

Dear friends! Today, the former paper “Weekly Magazine” has acquired a new virtual form, which is what we warned you about at the end of last year. This form and format forced us to slightly adjust our name - “Weekly Magazine” becomes “Daily”. We continue to live and work at the old familiar Internet address: www.ej.ru. That is, in fact, we remained the same old “Hedgehog”. Only more nimble. Now we measure time not in weeks, but in days, hours and minutes.

“The head of the Accounts Chamber, Sergei Stepashin, refused to fulfill Reiman’s order to run on Vimpelcom and decided to clap a door” - so you can summarize the reaction of the Moscow elite to Stepashin’s act.

It’s not in vain that the Kremlin pays money to political strategists - intelligence is worth it. Pavlovsky has already brilliantly demonstrated what the power of the mind is in Ukraine. But now “spring has come to our front” - and in Russia problems have arisen with this damn monetization of benefits. By the way, I can’t help but notice in parentheses. U-di-vi-tel-na-ya still, boorish, I would say, ingratitude of the people! Here, for example, is how security officers monetize benefits nearby.

It turns out that the company’s management values ​​Yuganskneftegaz at $40 billion. It seems that Rosneft can be congratulated: it bought this asset for less than 10 billion. But you should remember: buying stolen goods (what else can you call the auction for the sale of Yuganskneftegaz) is a risky business. After all, theoretically, the true owner can ask for the property to be returned.

“I have no idea who Lysenko is, I’ve never met,” said Garry Kasparov. “But definitely no one authorized him to speak on my behalf, on behalf of Ryzhkov or on behalf of the 2008 Committee.” The issue of creating a unified democratic party has long been discussed in the "Committee 2008". Now the negotiations have entered the final stage. By February 15, this issue must be resolved. Nemtsov and Ivanenko must present a project agreed upon with the leaders of their parties.

Hundreds of thousands of Russian students, as well as their parents, can take a breath. They came out a delay.

Somehow, unexpectedly from all the cracks, Popper Stalin. Moreover, these cracks formed at the same time almost throughout the country. What is called - "From Moscow to the very outskirts." From the capital and start. I will immediately give a quote from Oleg Tolkachev, a representative of Moscow in the Federation Council: “In Moscow, a monument to the leaders of three powers will be erected on Poklonnaya Gora ...