That's just now the whole depth of this expression has come. This is about what a small war with Georgia ended for Russia. The first is who with us. In this war, there were only Cuba and even (and not at once) Hugo Chavez. Even the Old Man, instead of the proletarian fist to shy around the table in support of the big brother, took and released the opposition Kozulin, immediately on our filth background, gaining political points for himself. And the whole world ... the world condemned.

Nun Maria Skobtsova wrote in one of her articles that the Orthodox cause is a phenomenon for Orthodoxy that is, in general, unknown. Everyone knows what a Catholic cause is, what a Protestant cause or action is, but no one knows what an Orthodox cause is. And so, in the 30s in Paris, she made such a prophetic attempt to reveal this matter, devoting herself to caring for the homeless and needy, saving people’s lives during the occupation of France by the Nazis.

I’m glad that I put my 3 kopecks into the treasury of Russian politics: according to the information I have (if I’m wrong, let my comrades correct me), my article “Two Thorns” played its role. The leaders of the democratic opposition probably wanted to make a joint statement in any case, but perhaps this thorn - the accusation of inability to DO ANYTHING TOGETHER - played a role and accelerated the process a little. If so, very good. But if it didn’t matter, it doesn’t matter.

A representative of the Russian General Staff has finally confirmed what the media have been reporting for more than a week: conscripts took part in the military operation in Georgia. Previously, the Ministry of Defense assured that conscripts do not participate in hostilities. Moreover, some representatives of military commissariats said that this was prohibited by law.

On the day of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Transfiguration Commonwealth, which includes about 25 brotherhoods from different cities of Russia, celebrated the opening of its cultural and educational center. Five years ago, the community acquired a plot of land and a dilapidated house to boot, almost without a roof, cut off from communications. It was a former rural school, built on the site of the Kvashnin-Samarin estate that burned down during the Great Patriotic War.

Around Russia This is an absurd, absurd war ... August 20, 2008 Daily Journal In his house in Marie Otar Ioseliani is in constant contact with Tbilisi. "This is an absurd, absurd war." “My relatives,” he says, “they say terrible things. The military law is already in force, we are victims of crazy military aggression. They are very pessimistic. The situation can only worsen,” the Georgian director repeats.

Events in the Caucasus literally “made” Ukrainian political life in this sultry August, filling the media space and, ultimately, relegating local stories to the background - be it feuds over the budget, PR on the Transcarpathian flood, and finally, another Independence Day with a military parade gradually being prepared. At the same time, by and large, Ukrainians were of little interest in the history of the conflict, both old and fairly recent.