Deputies of the Pskov Regional Assembly vote for one thing, but they get something completely different ... Deputies of the Pskov Regional Assembly vote for one thing, but they get something completely different ... The fifty-second extraordinary session of the regional Assembly, the last in 2005, the deputies began in a cheerful New Year's mood. “Are there any other proposals?” Boris Polozov, speaker of the regional parliament, asked on duty after the agenda was adopted.

"Los Angeles Times" , USA Rajan Menon and Oles M. Smolansky, January 9, 2006 The Russian-Ukrainian conflict over gas prices is over. Ukraine will pay more, but not nearly as much as Russia initially demanded. And that's good news. There is something else to regret: such an outcome cannot be attributed to Western diplomacy. The young Ukrainian democracy deserves support from the West.

Frederick Begbeder: "The end of the lie does not mean the beginning of the truth" Frederick Begbeder: "The end of the lie does not mean the beginning of the truth" "I forbid you to wish for a god will put on the soul." Frederick Begbeder is one of the most famous modern French writers. The novel “99 Franks” was born on the eve of the dismissal of the author from the main place of work - from the Parisian advertising agency.

The end result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, in which President Putin and his controlled Gazprom tried to price Ukraine at $230 per thousand cubic meters for exported gas, is impressive. Especially against the backdrop of the propaganda orgy that unfolded on New Year's holidays on state television channels - ORT, RTR, NTV. The final price for Ukraine, on which representatives of Gazprom and Naftagaz Ukrainy agreed, is $95 per thousand cubic meters. V.

Mikhail Kuznetsov, Governor of the Pskov Region: “In general, the past year was very difficult and busy for me, because we had to completely rebuild the system of work of the regional administration, structural divisions and departments. I hope that the coming year will be much easier, since the algorithm has already been created, and next year we will only have to polish the system and bring the mechanisms to perfection.” According to the PLN, December 30.

Children's books about magic attract adults no less than children Children's books about magic attract adults no less than children “The Chronicles of Narniy: Leo, Sorceress and Plaintic Carder” (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe ), Director Andrew Adamson. The unusual surge of Hollywood film projects according to popular works of British writers begins to alarm.

Andrey Illarionov's resignation was expected exactly a year: since President Putin said that the purchase of Yuganskneftegaz was carried out by "absolutely market methods", and Illarionov called the same deal "the scam of the year." Here, as they say, you can preach atheism, but you can’t work in a seminary at the same time. Probably, Illarionov expected to be fired, even ran into a scandal, because the bigger the scandal when leaving, the higher the status in the opposition.

Following the widely celebrated Day of the State Security Worker, came the day of the trial of Russian federalism. To be more precise, on December 21, the decision on the appeal against the already partially executed sentence was announced.

The program of economic and social development of the Pskov region for 2006-2010 does not answer any of the main issues of regional development The program of economic and social development of the Pskov region for 2006-2010 does not answer any of the main issues of regional development Many have already forgotten (or want to forget) that something similar has already been created only a year and a half ago, only with another governor.

Alexander Stroylo: "It is only not clear for whom I was going to prove all this to whom" Alexander Stroylo: "It is only not clear for whom I was going to prove all this to whom" Perhaps Alexander Stroylo is the most famous and “untwisted” artist of the modern Pskov. At least in the frequency of mention in the media in the context of Pskov, the artist, he is in the first place - try to make such a request on the Internet.

"The Wall Street Journal" , USA David Satter / David Satter, January 3, 2006 This Sunday, Vladimir Putin took over as chairman of the G8, lifting post-Soviet Russia to a new level of prestige and recognition as a democracy. The recognition, we note, is completely undeserved, because Russia is not a democratic country, does not intend to become one, but every day it falls deeper and deeper into the abyss of authoritarianism and lawlessness.

The last session of the Pskov City Duma in 2005 could be completely the last The last session of the Pskov City Duma in 2005 could be completely the last Burular and Disassant, 2005 for the Pskov City Duma ended more than logical: as if summarizing its activities in the new political period (which it is quite possible to count from the end of 2004), the deputies considered the issue of self -building. All these are already last year's affairs.

On December 27, Governor of the Pskov Region Mikhail Kuznetsov took part in a meeting of the State Council on the implementation of national projects. The State Council considered the readiness of the regions to implement four presidential initiatives on additional planned financing of education, healthcare, agro-industrial complex and housing construction from January 1, 2006.

Look, don't come ... Look, don't come ... 2006 came - according to the eastern calendar, the year of the dog. Many have already managed to congratulate their friends and relatives on the onset of "dog life." What will it be? What do we even know about the life of our four -legged friends? In order to answer these questions, we turn to an inexhaustible source of folk wisdom - jokes. Jobs about dogs were not found that a lot, but still more than about cats, crocodiles or, say, cows.