Around Russia Analogies and hyperboles November 13, 2014 Alexander Osovtsov They say that between two opposites The truth lies. In no way, a problem between them lies. I.V. Goethe Not so long ago, I promised to write about how technically, from my point of view, it should be solved the problem of Crimea after the collapse of the Putin regime.

When in Moscow it was everywhere planted with hydrogen sulfide, the pessimists immediately found in this phenomenon confirmation of their long -standing guesses about the imminent offensive of the Apocalypse, the end of the ruling regime and the collapse of the newly -made empire.

“The Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station, with the participation of Putin, returned to its design capacity five years after the accident.” This is how you see Putin, who, having become puffed up, personally issues kilowatts... And it’s impossible to even understand without context whether the authors of the title were joking - or whether they were serious. Because those who made the selection of football news playing on the monitors of Vnukovo Airport were certainly not joking!

In our country, it is not so difficult to predict the future. Feel free to voice the worst script - and you can be sure: it will certainly be implemented. Immediately after the “Valdai” speech of Vladimir Putin, I suggested that the growing confrontation with the West would make the Russian nuclear policy more adventurous.

Around Russia Putin's diplomacy of the gunboat November 13, 2014 Alexander Golts Russian diplomacy of the era of Putin V.V. It is becoming more and more diverse. At the APEC summit, she was enriched with the fact that the first person of the state ran after the American president in order to pat him on the shoulder. But, it turns out, in our arsenal there are other, more effective means.