Paris lies through onion soup ## What is full of "womb of Paris." To plunge into the atmosphere of the Paris quarter, which no longer exists, it is enough to cook onion soup When the quarter of Paris, Ventre de Paris, was erased from the map of the capital of France, the whole country was indignant. The architects needed a place for new buildings - expensive houses, fashion cafes and restaurants, trading galleries.

There is no crisis, there is a correction. The world needs a new financial architecture, the Russian Central Bank is unemployed with inflation, and in accordance with GDP per capita, we will soon catch up with Eastern Europe. The chief economist of Troika Dialogue assesses the relationship of world and Russian economies Evgeny Gavrilenkov - Maxim Blante Evgeny Evgenievich, what is the likelihood of a new round of crisis and how does this threaten the global economy?

Erotic corruption thriller ## The war of the security forces is gaining momentum. In order to equalize the bureaucratic weight of the director of the FSB Nikolai Patrushev and the head of the State Directory of Viktor Cherkesov, the president created the anti -drug committee. However, the Chekists continue to fight, and each side introduces new forces into this battle under the carpet. Now the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee recently created with it were seized.

The party of Vladimir Zhirinovsky is considered to be either the theater of one actor, or the program “The Director itself”. Meanwhile, the LDPR is primarily a business with the effectiveness of which few people manage to compete in the State Duma The status of the sole leader - Vladimir Zhirinovsky - is shaken. Next to him, if not flush, then, by the attention of the media, a businessman with a very specific reputation - Andrei Lugova, got close to him.

Our filmmakers have an extraordinary interest in history. And this is understandable, because the state is extremely interested in controlling the consciousness of people with the help of culture. Since 1917, our entire culture has been focused on the implementation of the state order. They give money to order, and this is the most important thing for the current “artists”. An unlimited autocratic state seeks to control everyone and everything.

Clans ## Chekists on the war trail. Who is with whom in this fight? Can a subcover struggle of power groups go into an open confrontation between "bayonets"? What are the combat capabilities of each of the warring parties, The New Times decided to find out in advance The alignment of forces in the "War of the Uniforms" is as follows.

Evgeny Gontmamer, Head of the Center for Social Policy of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences - on directive restrictions on prices for some individual types of goods-let's say, dairy products, only certain of them-there is a certain holding of prices. But you need to make a profit.

The party project of Sergei Mironov, the speaker of the Federation Council and an old friend of Vladimir Putin, began as fun. The famous muskrat evoked laughter from the entire political party, and the extravagant ideas that the leader of the Party of Life (PZh) tirelessly gushed were perceived only as a way to attract attention at any cost.

Letters of Kholuyvy and the songs of love. Four masters of culture are Nikita Mikhalkov, Zurab Tsereteli, Tair Salakhov, Albert Charkin signed a letter on behalf of 65 thousand artists in support of the third term of Vladimir Putin. Kholoi letters have long become quite commonplace. But what is amazing - the deliberate faithfulness is already beginning to cause nausea.

The sharp acceleration of inflation in September-October 2007 was explained, according to the official version, by two factors: a significant increase in world prices for agricultural products and conspiracies between producers and sellers within the country. It turns out that only external factors are to blame. Is it so? Take the rise in world food prices. Has this really affected Russian inflation?

High oil. The recent rally in world oil markets convinced everyone that $ 100 per barrel was not fiction. Today is the question is no longer about whether the hundred -dollar line will be overcome, but when this will happen and what will turn out World commodity markets are experiencing the next wave of growth.

Ivan the Terrible without makeup. The king was not a statesman, and his cruelty was meaningless, the English historian proves The name Isabelle de Madaraga can cause a variety of associations, but you need to have a truly fantastic imagination to guess who it is actually. Isabelle de Madariaga is a British historian, an honorary professor at the University of London and one of the authoritative experts in Russian history.

During direct communication with the population, Vladimir Putin received an invitation to the Dagestan city of Botlikh. Believing that in the near future the president will hardly take advantage of it, The New Times decided to hit the road instead of him Patimat Aliyev, a modest employee of the archive of the district administration, asked her question to the president of the latter, although those who wanted were in abundance. Patimat invited the president to visit.

History for teenagers. The film “1612”, the joint work of producer Nikita Mikhalkov and director Vladimir Khotinenko, shot by state order - “By the date”, the Day of National Unity The historical blockbuster Vladimir Khotinenko is good news for the Russian film industry.

Gazenka Bula. New schemes of gas diplomacy depend not so much on Yulia Tymoshenko as on Viktor Yushchenko The not entirely motivated actions of the Ukrainian Communists, who unexpectedly decided to protest the results of the parliamentary elections in court, are today understandable. At the forefront, the task was to create a temporary vacuum. In which, in turn, almost all participants in the negotiation process to create a coalition and the formation of the government are extremely needed.