In society Climatocracy April 8, 2010 Julia Latynina Consensus is the first refuge of villains. This is a way to avoid discussion by saying that the issue has already been resolved Michael Cruiton In front of the climatic summit in Copenhagen, the head of the IPPC, the railway engineer Rajendra Pachauri, said that in order to save humanity from warming, it is necessary to adjust the number of personal cars, electricity used by guests in hotels, and even cold water supplied in restaurants. Mr.

In the Kremlin An example of lawlessness April 8, 2010 Alexander Podrabinek In our Criminal Code there is a strange conflict: Art. 105 provides for a serious punishment for "murder, that is, intentional infliction of death to another person." Different parts of this article describe various options for this crime and, accordingly, different sentences. Nowhere in the article it is said that the murder may be legal.

We would like, if not to exclude the possibility of consolidation of regions, but for the authorities to ask - not even us, but at least someone who understands. The Center is sensitive about its decisions and tries, once it has made them, to push them through at all costs, which is generally wrong. The consolidation of regions was the beginning of a path, approved at a high level, towards the formation of thirty to forty subjects. No one named specific dates.

The Institute of Contemporary Development (InSoR), whose board of trustees, by the way, is headed by President Dmitry Medvedev, published a report “Unification of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: pros and cons,” in which it was openly announced that the consolidation of regions, begun by Vladimir Putin back in the first term of his presidency, turned out to be meaningless.

In the economy Go to the victory of populism! April 8, 2010 Dmitry Sidorov The globalization of the global economy caused an increase in competition, based both on new ideas moving the market forward and on their undisguised theft or borrowing. The above applies to all countries, from democratic to dictators of any types and characters. At the same time, borrowing ideas often takes on a strange character. There is no need to go far for examples. Take at least Russia and the USA.

Consensus is the first refuge of villains. This is a way to avoid discussion by saying that the issue has already been resolved Michael Cruiton In front of the climatic summit in Copenhagen, the head of the IPPC, the railway engineer Rajendra Pachauri, said that in order to save humanity from warming, it is necessary to adjust the number of personal cars, electricity used by guests in hotels, and even cold water supplied in restaurants. Mr.

In uniform The fight against terrorism: Medvedev is going on the road of Putin April 8, 2010 Andrey Soldatov, Irina Borogan In the week, who passed after the explosions in the metropolitan subway, President Dmitry Medvedev actively invaded the Putin sphere, which is considered the fight against terrorism, and proposed several decisions. They, apparently, must demonstrate that his approach to the problem differs from the former, which, given what had happened, did not clearly justify himself.