In society Superior: Life is more alive? September 11, 2012 Sergey Gogin Three years ago, from the lips of one of the elderly secretaries of the Union of Journalists of the Russian Federation, I heard this statement: "The main task of the journalist is to help my state." It turns out that two decades without the Soviet Union, restructuring and the market did not shake the consciousness of the “Soviet man”, who considers themselves a screw of the state machine.

In uniform Another police September 11, 2012 Kirill Rodionov and Konstantin Yanovsky One of the main problems of modern Russia is the inefficiency of law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement agencies are not able to fulfill the tasks assigned to them, but at the same time endowed with clearly excess powers. The steps taken in recent years by the authorities on the reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are fragmented.

In the opposition Free trade unions need Strike Fund September 11, 2012 Sergey Aksenov There is such a historical phenomenon - “TOBE”. This is the practice of creating legal, controlled by the government of workers' organizations, called by the name of its creator, an official of the police department, Sergei Zubatov.

The US National Archives has published archival materials relating to the execution of Polish officers in Katyn. From them, in particular, it follows that during the war the United States had information about the execution and that Germany was not involved in it, but did not make it public so as not to spoil relations with the USSR.

To begin with, a lengthy quote: “At that moment the King, who was quickly writing something in his notebook, shouted: - Quiet! I looked at the book and read: - “Rule 42. Anyone over a mile tall should leave the hall immediately.” And everyone stared at Alice. “I don’t have a mile in me,” said Alice. “No, there is,” objected the King. “You are two miles, no less,” added the Queen. “I’m not going anywhere,” said Alice. - And in general, this is not a real rule. You just made it up.