105 5 minutes. ... Bunches of new shoots growing from the middle of a tree branch - so-called spiders - are a typical feature of semi-desert flora Something strange has been happening to Moscow in recent years. In summer it’s stuffy like in the desert, sometimes it’s pouring like in the tropics, in winter it’s slushy, as if the famous Russian frosts had never happened. A complete climatic confusion, and not the capital of the middle zone.

59 4 min. ... The biggest bummer that visited all Russians without exception last week was, of course, another increase in tariffs for train tickets. According to the central television channels, obliging to the government, this message was presented almost as an achievement of the current government, whose rating continues to grow like bamboo shoots.

33 5 minutes. ... Vyacheslav Fetisov (right) is a three-time Stanley Cup winner. He received it twice as a player for the Detroit Red Wings and once as a coach for the New Jersey Devils. On June 14 in Toronto, a special NHL commission will announce the names of players and specialists who will be inducted into the gallery of stars of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto in November. Among the main contenders is Vyacheslav Fetisov.

775 5 min. ... On June 12, 1991, the elections of the first president of Russia were held. “Power” offers readers an article printed in the weekly Kommersant for June 10-17, 1991 and containing both the analysis of the situation and forecasts for the near future. The one in which we now live. According to preliminary data, the president of the RSFSR was Boris Yeltsin, the mayors of the Russian capitals - Gabriel Popov and Anatoly Sobchak.

3K 10 min. ... Numerous relatives of the Nepalese King Birendra, who had gathered at the palace for the traditional Friday party, did not immediately notice the absence of Crown Prince Dipendra. He was just standing at the bar, mixing another cocktail for one of his cousins, and suddenly he disappeared somewhere. The guests did not attach any importance to this - they continued to have fun, not suspecting that they had nothing left to live.

972 7 min. ... The Prince of Nepal, having quarreled with his family, took a machine gun and shot his mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, two aunts and cousin, and then shot himself (see page 36). Do you often quarrel in your family? Yuri Skuratov, former Prosecutor General of Russia. After my scandalous resignation, we not only stopped quarreling, but also became even more united. We have learned to be more tolerant and restrained with each other.

49 4 min. ... On June 6, the State Duma finally and irrevocably allowed the import of irradiated nuclear fuel (SNF) into Russia. The package of relevant bills was approved in the third reading. The prospect of turning Russia into a nuclear dump, colorfully outlined by opponents of the bills, in particular by deputies of the Yabloko and SPS factions, did not have an effect on the majority of parliamentarians.

94 4 min. ... On June 17, the second round of the governor’s election will be held in Primorye. The State Duma deputy Viktor Cherepkov and entrepreneur Sergey Darkin apply for this post. The Kremlin will most likely support the latter, although in the case of the victory, Darkin will be a formal governor, and the ex-head of the region Yevgeny Nazdratenko will remain the real master of Primorye. The first round of elections, held on May 27, brought sensational results.

182 11 min. ... The Central Election Commission begins a new campaign to expand his powers. As it became known to the "authorities", the CEC prepared amendments to the law "On the Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in the Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation", which regulate the procedure for conducting election campaigning. If they enter into force, the results of any elections can be canceled on a completely legal basis.

15K 1 10 min. ... On June 17, 1953, a riot broke out in East Berlin. According to the Soviet version, it was a “fascist putsch” organized by the imperialists. In Western terms, it’s a “provocation of the Soviets.” In his search for the truth, Vlast columnist Yevgeny Zhirnov came across something he didn’t expect. It seems that the uprising itself, its suppression, and the subsequent investigation were needed only to destroy Lavrentiy Beria.

2K 3 min. ... "Kommersant-Vlast" continues its project "Who owns Russia" with a series of publications "10 years of capitalism in Russia." The project “Who Owns Russia” was opened on May 16 and continued on November 14 last year (##19 and 45). This is a series of regularly published publications by authors of the joint editorial office of the Kommersant Publishing House, specializing in one or another industry topic.

500 7 min. ... Sochi beaches during Kinotavr are conducive to complete openness (pictured: Evgeny Zharikov) The XII Open Russian Film Festival and the VIII International Film Festival, founded by the Kinotavr group, are being held simultaneously in Sochi. This year’s entertaining and profitable event for Sochi also successfully demonstrates the current state of our film industry - financially wealthy, ambitious, but creatively rather helpless.

1K 14 min. ... In the sensational portrait of John Sanders, which was found in Canada, Shakespeare literally does not look like himself, or rather, like all his other images. However, the inscription on the back of the portrait should convince us otherwise. It reads: "Shakespeare. Born April 23, 1564, died April 23, 1616, aged 52.

93 11 min. ... On June 16, the first meeting of George Bush and Vladimir Putin will be held in Ljubljana. The most important result of this meeting will be not some agreements, but its very fact. Trying to brush Russia from the game field as an extra figure, the United States has achieved the opposite result - increasing its role and influence in the world, and therefore decided to put the figure in place.

32 6 min. ... Who would doubt that Now the extent of change in Britain will be limited only by the appetites and imagination of Tony Blair Labor won the parliamentary elections in Great Britain. Tony Blair will remain Prime Minister and continue to implement reforms that are turning Britain into a run-of-the-mill European country. No one doubted that Labor would win the elections, not even his opponents.