The first two stages of the rally called "election of the President of the United States" have been overcome. The results are the exact opposite of what experts and sociologists predicted. The first two stages of the rally called "election of the President of the United States" have been overcome. The results are the exact opposite of what experts and sociologists predicted.

How to save and increase your savings Where to put something ... Last year's surge in inflation for many has become another reason to think about how to protect their savings. Fortunately, in recent years, quite a lot of investment tools have appeared. The New Times, together with analysts from financial structures, tried to figure out how to more reliably preserve and increase savings.

La Stampa columnist Lucia Anunziata: "revolution of flowers" transformed into the power of conservatives In the primaries of the US Democratic Party, the exhaustion of the political establishment, born in the 60s, is clearly visible. "Sixties" step on the heels on all fronts.

Party lost, country won Democracy instinct. Two decades ago, in the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev's will to power arose the idea of ​​alternative elections. The one that is now profaned At the end of January 1987, the Plenum of the Central Committee was held.

The authorities showed democratic activists - who is the boss in the house Night with the law. I have already gotten used to the detentions of my daughter (any Russian who actively exercises his constitutional rights quickly becomes a delinquent). However, the daughter was also taken in Belarus, so she is an international crime.

Well-dressed models should talk about democracy Mother-in-law and prisoner of Azkaban. Blue ones, they are eggplants, in the Georgian version they are prepared as follows: eggplants are taken, cut in layers and fried in oil. Separately, a special dressing is prepared from grated nuts and Georgian spices. I'm preparing the shipment. My wife could cook, but this woman betrayed me.

In the case of The New Times journalist Natalia Morar, who is banned from entering Russia, some clarity has finally appeared A Moral behavior. In the case of The New Times journalist Natalia Morar, who is banned from entering Russia, some clarity has finally emerged. The Russian consul in Moldova received a notification from Moscow that Morari was banned from entering the country. “This has never happened before,” the consul admitted in an interview with The New Times.

Eight corporations invest in open hockey league project Hockey was already our national sport: 1972, the legendary USSR-Canada Super Series Hockey as a new national project. While the Russians long and difficultly moved from the meeting of the New Year to Christmas and from it to the meeting of the Old New Year, the Russian hockey championship entered, as it turned out, its last year. This fall it will be replaced by the Russian Open Hockey League (ORHL).

On the first working day of the new year, official inflation data for the previous 12 months was released. Prices for goods and services included in the inflation basket rose by 11.9%. This means that ruble savings have depreciated by almost 12% (there is nothing to say about dollar "pods": for the year, each dollar brought its owner 2 rubles of net loss - another 7.5%).

They choose - we look They choose - we look. According to the All -Russian sociological survey, 72% of Russians surveyed by sociologists, a month ago, were sure that the first viciner and officially appointed successor Dmitry Medvedev would win in the presidential election on March 2, 2008. According to the possible candidate from the opposition, the former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, many Russians do not know at all when the presidential election will be.

Television is a factor in politics, it's as banal as the fact that milk is white Television is a factor in politics, it is as banal as the fact that milk is white. Authoritarian politicians in every corner of the world, from Venezuela and Peru to Singapore, China and Turkmenistan, are blocking the opposition's access to the media, and especially to television. Our country is no exception. But is the presence or absence of free TV really that important?

The Kremlin may bet on Tymoshenko Breathing one gas. Yulia Tymoshenko celebrated the assumption of the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine by fulfilling her promise to return Soviet deposits in Sberbank, for which queues had already lined up, and by dismantling with Naftogaz Ukrainy. The next step is gas negotiations with Russia. And here surprises await everyone: an alliance of two prime ministers, Tymoshenko and Putin, may soon be formed.

"Main minus: we failed to build good relations with Russia" President-elect of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili offered his opinion on the results of the elections in an interview with The New Times Mikheil Saakashvili - Natalia Morari Mr. President, let me congratulate you on your victory in the first round. However, as you know, the opposition is going to prove that the results are falsified and intend to push for a second round. Your Answer?

To comprehend a phenomenon means to build it into a mental scheme. The way people explain the world does not contribute much to understanding the world, but to understanding people. For example, A.S. Pushkin writes that during the cholera quarantine, Pskov peasants, meaning to defend the Orthodox people from infection, tore to pieces five German doctors who had the stupidity to go to them to help. What does this fact give to the understanding of cholera? Nothing.

$100 per barrel of oil - this started 2008 Oil tsunami. $100 a barrel of oil - that's how 2008 started. The psychologically important mark has been overcome. A few days later, a new sensation appeared: oil contracts with delivery dates at the end of 2008 reached $ 200 per barrel. How long have triple-digit oil prices come to us? Or is it a typical “bubble”, which, as you know, tends to burst?