One of the most radical decisions of the new Ukrainian authorities is to reduce the service life from 18 to 12 months. This was stated by Defense Minister Gritsenko. Young Russians, whom our Minister of Defense is threatening to enlist in the army from full-time universities and for two years, can rush to apply for Ukrainian citizenship. This will allow them to serve 12 months in Ukraine and be free from service in the Russian army.

An important question: are Jews bad people or good? Good-looking men are sitting at the table, they don’t shout, they don’t swear, they exchange remarks, politely listen to their opponents, everything is civilized and decent. Meanwhile, two of the participants in this program should already be in a holding cell awaiting trial, and the rest, including the host, a famous writer and the president of the Russian Jewish Congress, should be ashamed for agreeing to talk to the scum.

However, if earlier Basayev died as a result of the operational actions of our security forces, now he seems to have died himself. In short, the bar has been significantly lowered. According to Alkhanov, Basayev had health problems, which is not surprising given his lifestyle. In fact, the possible death of a terrorist is interesting to us only from one point of view - will it affect the situation in the republic? For sure.

Residents of this northern region will very soon be able, with good reason, to look down on the rest of the inhabitants of Russia and, on occasion, casually remark in conversation: “For the rest, they send bosses from Moscow, but we ourselves put our own, no matter what he is, in the position.” However, this state of affairs, one might think, will not last long. It is unlikely that anyone seriously doubts that Russian citizens will eventually regain their democratic rights.

Each time has its own scoundrels. A typical Soviet scoundrel was described in Helman's plays: a whole-nomenclature, which is well functioning in the muddy water of a planned economy, a gray fish with an ideological tint.