The scandal began in mid-March, when it became known that lands belonging to the Jerusalem Patriarchate were sold (according to another version, leased out for a long time) to Israeli businessmen. Patriarch Irenaeus' role in the deal is still unclear, but late last week 12 of the 18 members of the Jerusalem Orthodox Church synod voted to remove him from the patriarchal throne. The recent scandal with drug trafficking in the Greek Church, now this - isn't it too much for Easter time?

Today, it is sometimes really impossible to understand who is standing in front of you - everyone and everyone is wearing “camouflage”. And now all departments that are not directly related to the Ministry of Defense must submit their proposals for new original uniforms within six months. There is no doubt that firefighters will come up with a very beautiful uniform that will stand out from other law enforcement agencies. The question is, do GUIN employees need such a form?

According to Mr. Kudrin, if the national currency continues to strengthen at this rate, this will inevitably lead to serious problems for our national economy. The strong ruble, according to the minister, makes our goods practically uncompetitive. Moreover, in these conditions, even high customs duties cannot help the Russian manufacturer. So if nothing can help this manufacturer, maybe there’s no need to try?

The Arab's name is supposedly Abu Mujaid, and he, apparently, is a very scary person - an emissary of Al-Qaeda in the republics of the North Caucasus, and part-time member of the terrorist organization "Muslim Brotherhood". But our Alash Daudov, who is Mujaid’s partner, is no stranger. He is the emir of the Wahhabi movement "Amanat" and is involved in a number of terrorist attacks. Their leader, of course, is an Arab. But the bandits’ insidious plans were not destined to come true.

American intelligence believes that North Korea may test a nuclear weapon in the near future. This is allegedly evidenced by satellite imagery. Meanwhile, the other day it became known that the Koreans had removed eight thousand plutonium rods from the nuclear reactor in Yongbyon. Some analysts believe that today North Korea already has eight nuclear warheads. Now, apparently, they will be able to significantly expand their arsenal.

There has been nothing worse in human history than fascism. There was nothing more terrible in human history than the war against fascism, and there was nothing more important than the Victory over fascism. 60 years is the last anniversary when Victory can be celebrated with those who won it. Now they number in the hundreds of thousands. The youngest of the winners is not yet 80 - not very old in modern times. In ten years, even the youngest will be close to ninety.

It so happened that I did not obey the federal and Moscow authorities and did not leave the capital for the holidays. Therefore, willy-nilly witnessed how the anniversary of Victory was celebrated in Moscow. I saw on May 8 an already blocked desert center of the city, reminiscent of more besieged than the pre -holiday capital. I saw stretch marks with the inscription "One at all. One for All ".

Everyone, of course, remembers this phrase from “17 Moments”: “Stirlitz is walking along the corridor. - Which corridor? - Along our corridor. -Where is he going? The direction of movement of KGB Lieutenant Colonel Putin is even more mysterious than the direction of GRU Colonel Isaev. Moreover, M.M. Isaev classically typed a step, as in a parade, and moved straight forward, and V.V.

For two days, Georgian law enforcement agencies did not comment on the incident in the center of Tbilisi and refused to confirm that it was a grenade that was found. Today, Secretary of the National Security Council Gela Bezhaushvili said that an RGD-5 grenade was indeed found fifty meters from the presidential rostrum, which “did not pose any danger, since it was not in a combat position.” I wonder whether this explanation satisfied George W. Bush's security service.

Scientists from Cornell University claim that their invention will help the construction of complex machines in extreme conditions. For example, in space orbit or on other planets. You need to understand it this way: one robot is placed in the spacecraft, which, as necessary, stamps its own kind from scrap materials. In principle, of course, it’s convenient. The main thing is that they all then do not get out of human control, as often happens in movies.