A stainless Damascus steel knife from a company that owns the original technology, and an illegal saber from a “garage” gunsmith. Blacksmiths in Zlatoust work for collectors, Russian security forces, and the King of Jordan. But it will not be easy for new gunsmith merchants to turn their town into the Ural Thiers or Solingen.

702 1 min. ... Humble Korea has a treasure that it willingly shares with the whole world - taekwondo. For Koreans, this is not only a hand-to-hand craft, it is an art. In fact, “taekwondo” is simply deciphered: “tae” is a leg, “kwon” is a fist, and “do” is the way to comprehend the truth. Koreans comprehend this truth on a national scale - taekwondo is taught in every school.

"United Russia" decided to become a people's party United Russia took a course towards nationality at the XIV Party Congress, which in the 2000s declared social conservatism as its main principle.

Russia, which has banned the import of Lithuanian dairy products from today, has strengthened control over the import of meat and fish from this country. “Rospotrebnadzor sent a letter to the customs authorities about the need to strengthen control, not only over dairy products, but also over meat and fish produced in Lithuania,” RIA Novosti quotes an informed source.

The head of the Gunibsky district of Dagestan is suspected of misuse of 6.6 million rubles. “The head of the municipal formation “Gunibsky district” Pakhrudin Magomedov spent budget allocations in the amount of more than 6.6 million rubles. for purposes not provided for by the conditions for their receipt,” RIA Novosti quotes a message from the supervisory agency.

Columnist Dmitry Butkevich studies an unusual rating - the best auction results of artists from the “orbit of Russian art.” Topping the list is Natalya Goncharova and her work “Flowers,” sold in 2008 in London. I found another funny rating from my friends on the site artinvestment.ru and decided to share it with you - “Top 20 auction results of artists in the orbit of Russian art.” Of course, I would like to note: they won’t say a word in simplicity.

On October 15, Vladimir Sorokin’s new novel “Telluria” is published by Corpus Publishing House. The day before, the writer gave an exclusive interview to our magazine Vladimir Sorokin (pictured) believes that reality cannot be described using one single language Photo: Konstantin Salomatin, Kommersant / buy photo — On Facebook or Twitter over the last year and a half, you can constantly see the phrase: “it’s just Sorokin,” “just like Sorokin” — to describe some kind of everyday absurdity.

Saint Petersburg It seems that the leaders of the TVME project are making a typical mistake for Internet startups - while developing a very promising idea, they did not pay enough attention to its design into a specific product ready for sale to the end consumer, they did not conduct consumer research and do not know what they want. Relevant work should be carried out at the start of the project, and not when a certain set of services is already being introduced to the market.

Judge Alexander Kokotov spoke out against the dismissal of officials for political reasons The Constitutional Court (CC) refused to check the norm of the law “On the General Principles of the Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation,” which allows deputies of municipal entities (MUs) to dismiss elected mayors early due to an unsatisfactory assessment of their performance.

One of the central themes of the APEC summit, which will be held on October 7-8, will be the struggle between two regional trade associations. One of them is promoted by the United States, the other by China. Russia is not yet participating in this fight.

286 1 min. ... The socialist authorities of France are not abandoning their attempts to prohibit the owners of private companies from closing factories in France. At the end of last year, it was for this purpose that President Francois Hollande summoned the head of the ArcelorMittal concern, Lakshmi Mittal.

Turkish authorities have decided to build a two-meter wall along one section of the Turkish-Syrian border, the Turkish publication Hürriyet reports, citing government sources. Work on the construction of the wall began in the suburbs of the Turkish city of Nusaybin, 12 km north of the village of Qamishli on the Syrian side. "We have not had any security problems in the Nusaybin area until now. But in this area it is very easy to cross the border unnoticed," said a Turkish government spokesman.

Pavel Medvedev, financial ombudsman: Previous photo Next photo 1 / 2 Photo: Kommersant / Valery Levitin Photo: Kommersant / Valery Melnikov 1. Everything will be bad with the ruble, but not in the next month. Never before has oil been expensive and the ruble has fallen. The ruble is no longer affected by events in the USA or Europe; we are developing internal causes that will destroy everything around them. But in October the ruble will fluctuate within the current range - 32.4-32.8. 2.

Four-time Olympic champion in synchronized swimming Anastasia Davydova (center) and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin (second from right) during the start of the first stage of the Olympic torch relay across Russia on Red Square Photo: Kommersant / Alexander Miridonov / buy photo

Deputy Prime Minister of the region Alexey Chibisov today summed up the visit of Minister of Agriculture Nikolai Fedorov to the region on October 4-5. He noted that in recent years there has been a reduction in milk production, but only in the private farms of Perm residents. “This speaks about the standard of living. With a salary of 20 thousand rubles. the need to keep your own cow disappears.