52 1 min. ... If someone considers the decision to divide Microsoft and generally punish it to be wrong and stupid, in response one can note that the American authorities in this case seem to be protecting the rights of consumers. Logic dictates that any consumer has the right to buy what he wants, and no one should force anything on him. If someone considers the decision to split Microsoft to be correct and wise, one can object to this that the rights of manufacturers seem to be violated here.

560 2 minutes. ... The best comment that can be written after reading this wonderful document consists of two words: “comments are unnecessary.” However, there are questions that are worth trying to answer. First: isn’t this “misconception”?

4K 4 min. ... In front of all of Russia, the president took an oath to defend the country and uphold the Constitution. We decided to find out how seriously citizens take this ritual. Evgeny Mikhailov, governor of the Pskov region. Now just words are enough for me. Not even an oath, but an ordinary word that seals all obligations. No one has asked me to take an oath for a long time. And it would be frivolous on my part. Alexander Muzykantsky, Minister of the Moscow Government.

685 1 min. ... Last week, the proletariat and capitalists celebrated May Day, brilliantly confirming Lenin’s thesis that the developed stage of capitalism is accompanied by an intensification and deepening of the class struggle. Trotskyists, communists, Maoists and representatives of environmental movements staged riots dedicated to International Workers' Day in almost all the leading business centers of the planet.

76 6 min. ... Few people know that a cultural revolution awaits Russia. There has been a debate about this for a month in Alexander House. Old and new cultures fight tooth and nail. Once a week, artists, writers, theater and film directors, museum workers, heads of cultural institutions, various officials and economists are invited to the Alexander House on Yakimanka. The composition of the guests changes every time.

658 2 minutes. ... 1941 Moscow militia June 22, 1941. Fascist bombers over Kyiv September 1941. Artists of the Maly Theater are preparing to defend the fatherland 1943 Residents of liberated villages return home 1942 Partisans on the crossing Without date. Location unknown 1945 Majdanek concentration camp. From the funds of the State Archive of the Russian Federation 1942 From the front line to the medical battalion May 1945. Berlin 1945 Location not specified.

148 5 minutes. ... Week 02.05-08.05 2000 mission Impossible Aslan Maskhadov still insists on holding peace negotiations with Moscow. He said he was continuing preparations for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he called “a hostage of Russian generals” who do not want to end the war. However, presidential aide Sergei Yastrzhembsky said that the federal center has no contacts with Maskhadov’s representatives.

410 1 min. ... On May 5, the Bolshoi Theater hosted the largest premiere in recent history: the famous French choreographer Pierre Lacotte recreated Marius Petipa’s first full-length ballet “The Pharaoh’s Daughter” especially for the Moscow troupe.

50 1 min. ... Gubernatorial elections will be held in St. Petersburg next Sunday. Despite all the efforts of the Democrats, there is still only one favorite - the current head of the city, Vladimir Yakovlev. This is evidenced by the results of a telephone survey conducted last week by Gallup St. Petersburg. According to sociologists, 66.7% of voters were ready to vote for Yakovlev, and only 7.8% for his closest rival Igor Artemyev (Yabloko).

332 4 min. ... The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Canada “The return of the capital to St. Petersburg... will be as symbolic an attempt to turn to the West as Lenin’s decision to turn in the other direction was.” The Boston Globe Boston, USA "In the new Russia, the Tatars are plotting a revolution Kazan, Russia. Every Thursday night, members of the December 16th Club run past bank security guards and rush up the stairs to a secret meeting point.

29K 44 min. ... There is no signature on the document from which “Vlast” is publishing selected passages today. We don't know if it's approved or not yet. But the very fact of developing such a program for reforming the presidential administration is important. The names of administration units, their number and internal structure may change, but the main message of the program will most likely remain unchanged.

503 5 minutes. ... By the time this issue of Vlast reaches the reader, Vladimir Putin will have already resigned. Seeing off the first Russian prime minister to become president, we decided to remind readers what kind of head of government he was. The prime minister in modern Russia faces, in essence, only three main tasks: managing the budget, negotiating with foreign creditors and developing a macroeconomic program. Let's look at how Putin dealt with each of them in order. Budget.

806 13 min. ... State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznev proposed moving the Federal Assembly to St. Petersburg: they say that in Moscow deputies live and work “in very inconvenient, unsuitable premises.” Vlast correspondent Leonid Berres went to find out what was forcing deputies to flee Moscow. To begin with, I called my friend, an assistant deputy: “What’s wrong with your premises? Is it really that bad?” It turned out it really didn't matter.

51 1 min. ... Last week began with Russia simultaneously increasing pensions, gas prices and electricity tariffs. On May 1, two pension decrees of Vladimir Putin came into force. One of them increases compensation for those who are paid based on the minimum pension amount (these are mainly working pensioners).

7K 8 min. ... There is at least one place in Russia that can be turned into a paradise. That is, all its residents will not do anything, but will receive $1000 a month. We are not talking about an oil village in Siberia, but about a state farm named after Moscow near Moscow. Lenin. At the state farm named after. According to Lenin, every peasant is a dollar millionaire, or more precisely, a half-millionaire. His fortune is estimated at about half a million dollars.