One hundred days of loneliness. SUP bought the entire LiveJournal from SixApart. What's next for bloggers? Egor Bykovsky editor-in-chief of Vokrugsveta.Ru It was a long time ago, a very long time ago. So long ago that only the most ancient old people remember it. This was when the Internet was still small and computers were big. It was February 2001, gloomy and chilly.

In search of lost pudding. Traveling in English cuisine in the same boat with a dog Montmorasey “Fish and fried meat are served for breakfast. Lunch happens at an hour and consists of four dishes. At six o’clock - lunch: soup, snack, hot, game, salad, sweet, cheese and fruits. And finally, at ten o’clock - a light dinner of several meat dishes. ” Jerome K. Jerome. "Three in the boat, not counting the dog" Published more than a hundred years ago, the story of Jerome K.

Gazprom may lose sales market Team Gaza! given to everyone. Russia believes that high oil prices are here to stay. And since the cost of gas depends on the cost of oil, Gazprom will sell "blue fuel" to the CIS countries at inflated prices.

Fedor Lukyanov Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine The stable abbreviation UDI (from the English Unilateral Declaration of Independence - unilateral declaration of independence) has enriched the world lexicon with the light hand of the Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, Ian Smith. 42 years ago, he bypassed London and announced the sovereignty of this British colony.

Theatrical novel. A scandal erupted in St. Petersburg: from January 1, 2008, the entire troupe of artists of the Theater-Festival "Baltic House" was fired, only those actors with whom the theater management signs contracts for showing the performance will be employed in repertory performances. The events in St. Petersburg testify that the theatrical reform is beginning to be implemented. Its goal is to free the state from the need to finance a huge number of theaters in our country.

“Ready to lose to Russia again” The draw for Euro 2008, held in Lucerne, named the opponents of the Russian national team in the first stage. Guus Hiddink's team was drawn into Group D with Greece, Sweden and Spain. The remaining quartets were distributed as follows: group A - Switzerland, Czech Republic, Portugal, Turkey; group B - Austria, Croatia, Germany, Poland; group C - Holland, Italy, Romania, France.

According to various estimates, administrative resources and direct falsifications could bring United Russia from 6 to 20 million votes. The New Times figured out how the constitutional majority of the party in power was formed The executive director of the Golos Association, Lilia Shibanova, says that in terms of the scale of violations, the past vote surpassed everything that has happened in Russia's short recent history.

Igor Nikolaev Director of the Strategic Analysis Department at FBK The election period is a special time. Despite the predictability of the current elections, the psychology of a temporary worker is still felt by the power structures. First of all, of course, we are talking about the executive branch. Although the legislature also has it. The first is increasingly coming out with legislative proposals, the adoption of which is clearly calculated on the fact that you just need to “be in time”.

Self-portrait. 1961 Father. 1981 Passion for man. 1959-1960 On the eve of his 75th birthday, artist Boris Zhutovsky opened an exhibition of works created by him over the past half century at the Romanov Gallery. All are exhibited for the first time - with the exception of four, which were placed at the famous exhibition in the Manege in 1962. Those that provoked the wrath of Khrushchev.

Vadim Solovyov, head of the legal service of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation - on violations during the elections Over the past eight years, the methods of fraud have become much more sophisticated and thoughtful. If earlier we recorded the usual alteration of protocols plus the impact on voters through slander, today we can say that a state system has developed and a state policy is being pursued to obtain the result that the ruling party needs. This is the worst.

179.5 is not Fahrenheit. The price of gas for Ukraine for 2008 seems to have been agreed upon: from January 1, the price of fuel will rise by 38% - from $130 to $179.5 per thousand cubic meters.

One of the main collectors of assets in favor of the state is the owner of Basic Element, Oleg Deripaska. His likely victory in the dispute over Mikhail Prokhorov's blocking stake in MMC Norilsk Nickel will be another step towards the creation of Russia's largest mining and smelting company and the nationalization of another key sector of the national economy.

Moreover, if there were no corruption in Russia, building an “innovative” model of the vertical of power a la Putin would be impossible Corruption is the Archimedean "fulcrum" against which the vertical of power rests.

Handbook of time: "Dictionary of prison-camp thieves' jargon" (Publishing house "Edge of Moscow", 1992). And what you order to do - you need to master. Otherwise, how else to understand the current rules of the game without rules? And to understand what guides those who are at the top of the group hierarchy - "authorities", and those who are below - "muzhiks", "activists", "goats", reds?

Hugo Chavez lost. Considering the personal popularity of the President of Venezuela, who in advance declared the forthcoming vote "the most important in the history" of the country, plus the administrative resource, his victory in the December 2 referendum seemed to be predetermined. Did not happen. Why? And, most importantly, why did Chavez admit defeat?