Report from the drone flight zone Checkpoint of Russian peacekeepers in the Gali district Other worlds. It seems that Georgia and Abkhazia are on different planets, and Russian state propaganda is in a completely different universe. The New Times correspondents found out on the spot what was really happening in the Caucasus Sukhumi - Gali - r. Enguri If you believe the reports from the screen, Georgia is already on the verge of war with Abkhazia. In fact, everything is not as we are told.

Bread, olive oil and wine - such is the ancient triad on which the Mediterranean world rested. The New Times understood the nuances of wine culture and the medicinal properties of wine When there is no wine medicines are needed. Talmud Antibiotics cure people, but make them happy only wine can make them.

From time to time such important events happen in life for the sake of which the usual course of life is violated. A wedding, a funeral, a change of government, a reassignment of the presidential administration...

The Rising of the Star Valeria Gaius-Germanica There are no Russian films in the 2008 Cannes competition, but they are in parallel programs. Here is the drama "Shultes" by Bakura Bakuradze, and the acting debut of the documentary filmmaker Sergei Dvortsevoy "Tulip", and the diploma "Gata" by Diana Mkrtchyan.

How Rumor Makers Became Real Political Players Rumors have become an invariable component of modern Russian politics, and “rumor makers” have become real political players. How rumors about appointments to the highest government posts evolved and did they reflect reality - analyzed The New Times Just as the new premier himself is densely shrouded in the sociological adoration of the masses, so is any arrangement of power he undertakes with wildly circulating mutually exclusive rumors.

“We need to agree on common rules of political struggle” On May 17, the National Assembly, an alternative proto-parliament, met for the first time in Moscow. It included representatives of the opposition of the widest political spectrum: from nationalist patriots to human rights activists, from socialists and communists to liberals.

Vitaly Mutko's career take-off secrets The new Russian government is not full of sensationalism. But one thing is indisputable: the appointment of Vitaly Mutko, President of the Russian Football Union (RFU), as the new Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy In his first speech in his new capacity, Vitaly Mutko said that the corresponding proposal was made to him on May 6 during a personal meeting with the then two presidents - Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.

About the causes of earthquakes and the devastating tsunami in Myanmar, The New Times wrote in No. 17–18 of April 28 and No. 19 of May 12 , 2008 The elements broke out: a devastating tsunami killed up to a hundred thousand inhabitants of Myanmar, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 points destroyed cities in southwestern China - more than 50 thousand people died, according to the latest data.

Pavlovsky vs Belkovsky How will Medvedev and Putin cooperate? What awaits the country with the new structure of power? Political scientists Gleb Pavlovsky and Stanislav Belkovsky argued about this in the editorial office of The New Times. The question that preoccupies everyone: who will rule? Gleb Pavlovsky: It is strange that people who swear allegiance to democracy are preoccupied with the question: who is the boss? There is an element of neuroticism in this.

A rather strange and contradictory feeling - to be in Berlin on the week of Victory Day. All the more strange when you are Russian for them. There is no difference: Ukrainian, Moldavian, Tajik - all the same Russian.

May Day demonstration in Prague: hope for "socialism with a human face" still remains 40 years ago in the Kremlin, Leonid Brezhnev said: "We will not give up socialist Czechoslovakia." It was the verdict of the Prague Spring On May 4, 1968, a party and government delegation from Czechoslovakia arrived in Moscow.

Dick Advocaat - The New Times "The bosses of the club advised me to swear in Russian." The Russian football club took the second UEFA Cup in four years. So, we are now among the European club elite? But Dick Advocaat, the coach of the winning Zenit, is not completely sure about this yet. This is your first European club title, isn't it, Dick?

Secretary of the Security Council of Georgia Kakha Lomaya — The New Times Relations between Russia and Georgia are again at the boiling point. Russian peacekeepers brought additional forces into the territory of Abkhazia. Seven Georgian unmanned aircraft are already reported from Sukhumi. How this new round of confrontation could end - Kakha Lomaia, Secretary of the Georgian Security Council, explains to The New Times Will there be a war?

Opinions of the members of the National Assembly What is the purpose of creating an alternative proto-parliament? What results are expected by the delegates?

Van Cliburn — The New Times This year the International Competition named after P.I. Tchaikovsky celebrates its 50th anniversary. This musical review is one of the most famous in the world. The winner of the first competition, held in the spring of 1958, the American pianist Van Cliburn gave an interview to The New Times Were you afraid to come to Russia in 1958? The country was behind the Iron Curtain, and in this situation it was difficult to count on victory...