In society The results of the year. Hard year January 5, 2010 Alexey Makarkin For Russians, 2009 was heavy. The crisis continued throughout the year, and December was no exception - rather, on the contrary, it turned out to be a very difficult month. According to the study of the Institute of Economics of the Transition period (IEPP), more than 60% of all Russian companies planned to reduce their employees in December, which is associated with a decrease in demand.

On January 4, a warning strike and rally took place at the University of Printing Arts (MSUP, formerly the Printing Institute, also known as Polygraph), in which teachers, students and graduates of the Faculty of Graphic Arts (primarily the Department of Drawing and Painting) took part. The strikers opposed the management's plans to reorganize the faculty, which, in their opinion, would result in the elimination of art education at the university.

In uniform The results of the year. Special services January 5, 2010 Andrey Soldatov In 2009, the Russian special services graduated with tangible positional losses in key directions. At the same time, the British and Americans were tested (with varying success) new methods in the practice of counterintelligence.

We have exams and consultations as usual, since the session is in progress. Two representatives of the trade union arrived and encouraged a number of students to attend the action, which was held in the courtyard of the institute with vague demands, mainly related to the renaming of the faculty. The children then tried to burn their posters next to the cars. This, of course, is not good.