The conditions of service for American soldiers in Afghanistan have become extremely difficult, extreme, and I would even say inhumane. Burger King, Pizza Hut and TGI Friday's kiosks will be removed from military bases in Kandahar and Bagram. Soldiers will not be able to drink non-alcoholic margaritas and other cocktails, coffee or eat chocolate bars. And this is what - the authorities promise to cancel the premieres of films and entertainment shows!

In uniform The results of the week. Agreement about nothing April 9, 2010 Alexander Golts It so happened that Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev told the true truth. When signing a new Russian-American agreement on reducing strategic offensive weapons, he stated that in this case there were no winners or defeated. Indeed, in a situation where nothing changes, no one can lose or win.

Around Russia Kyrgyz coup April 9, 2010 Alexey Makarkin If the Kyrgyz “Revolution of Tulips” of 2005 looked like an imitation of “orange” revolutions (it was dedicated to the parliamentary elections and was a protest against their falsifications), then it is difficult to name the current events in the republic, as a revolution. The clan confrontation superimposed on the failure policy of Kurmanbek Bakiev and led to a bloody denouement.

On April 9, the Duma adopted in the first reading an amnesty in connection with the 65th anniversary of the Victory. According to RIA Novosti, deputies are going to grant amnesty to war participants, home front workers who worked for at least six months in the period from June 22, 1941 to May 9, 1945, and residents of besieged Leningrad. Thus, according to various estimates, from 100 to 200 people will be amnestied.

In the Kremlin ZIS from IT April 9, 2010 Anton Oresh This is it, as the deceased Jackson said. That is, "here are the Ladushki" translated into Russian. The Olympic Committee of Russia gained a new leader. He became Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Dmitrievich Zhukov. Yes, there is still something about a week to nominate candidates for formally the highest sports post in the country, and before the election of the President of the OCD, scheduled for May 20, is generally a wagon.

This is a shame for Russia. True, we are already consuming a lot of shame, but there is also danger here. Lyudmila Alekseeva and I sent a letter to the president, and I think that it was received, since we handed it directly into the hands of Ella Pamfilova. We drew the president's attention to the fact that this is shaking up the situation in the zones.

In the opposition The Moscow authorities licked Kastrovsky boot April 9, 2010 Alexander Podrabinek It would seem that the Russian authorities before the Cuban Communists? It seems that the Castro brothers have not brothers for a long time. Probably, in the prefecture of the Central Administrative District of Moscow, they also thought at first. Therefore, our notification of intention to hold on April 7 from 7 to 8 pm Picket opposite the Cuban embassy in Moscow was accepted without problems.