US Secretary of State Colin Powell gave a sign to Moscow - the November hugs of Putin and Bush can be materialized in a bilateral agreement on a reduction in strategic weapons. The White House gave in to the Kremlin’s requests and agreed to draw up partnerships with him. Supporters of cooperation with America in the Russian ruling elite had a chance to move from sluggish defense to active actions. And they have someone to defend them.

www.fuckru.net There is such a dream of a nightmare: to suddenly wake up and see - everything is fine. Miracle! The horrors, threats, all kinds of troubles and surprises disappeared, only joy, hopes and continuous pleasures ahead. Something similar seemed to happen to our country in the late 80s of the 90s.

Tatyana Dmitrieva. Photo www.serbsky.ru Since Orwell, it is known how useful to the state is the controlled past. Just ten years ago, no one argued that in the Soviet Union, punitive psychiatry was used to combat dissent. Today it is at least doubtful. And the people who denounced the crimes of psychiatrists in the service of the KGB are now justifying them.

Colin Powell. Photo AP The US Congress has begun discussing the federal budget for the 2003 FULT FURGENT year. As a single document, the budget that prepares the White House, collecting applications of federal departments, has no legal force. Legislators accept each of its articles separately in the form of a bill on allocations, having previously studied the issue in specialized committees.

For a week now, observers have been animatedly commenting on the initiative of the General Council of United Russia, which proposed to make radical changes to elective legislation on January 31. On February 1, the proposals of the General Council were supported by the centrist fractions of the Duma.