Features of the Chechen amnesty The case of Zaura Musikhanov at first glance is exaggerated: the Chechen guy went to partisan, then left the detachment and, having heard about the amnesty, appeared with a confession. But received a deadline because he refused to serve Ramzan Kadyrov As the investigation established, Zaur Musikhanov, who was then 21 years old, “on August 7, 2002, at about 12 o’clock, near secondary school No. 6 Urus-Martan ...

Prime Minister Putin called the cost of aviation fuel in Russia "the highest in the world." The largest Russian oil companies are suspected of violating competitive rules. The New Times sorted out who is to blame and what to do Last week, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) opened cases against the five largest vertical oil companies in Russia: Rosneft, Lukoila, Gazpromneft, TNK-BP and Surgutneftegaz.

Many are interested in: what are the festivals for? But for what: if Bakuradze’s debut film “Shultes” is not shown in Cannes, he didn’t get the Grand Prix of the Kinotavra-he might not have got into cinemas. Now I got it, look from July 17 on wide screens. Although the picture is not just non -profit, but an anti -complimental, typical European author’s movie. Smart, leisurely, experimental. Almost all the actors are unprofessional (in particular, the main role of Gela Chitaa). Minimum Saspens.

Investigator Vladimir Soloviev - The New Times In mid -August, the Presidium of the Supreme Court should consider the supervisory complaint of the Imperial House of the Romanovs. Princess Maria Vladimirovna through her lawyer asks to cancel the decision of the previous instances that refused to rehabilitate the royal family shot in July 1918. The Russian Orthodox Church also performed with the same petition.

From Medvedev expected the liberalization of foreign policy. They did not wait. The key message of his performance before ambassadors in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is aggressiveness in defending positions. Concepts and doctrines are accepted when the head of state is changed. It is more difficult with politics.

Who is interfering with the main television prize When for the first time they hinted from the VGTRK that they could leave TEFI, it became clear: something unusual is being prepared. But the Academy did not conclude. Now the output is announced. This is a step towards the destruction of TEFI. The step is meaningful, prudent and conscious. But VGTRK does not yet understand what has hit on its own One of the current time will be the general abolition of the usual human authority as such.

The hope that appeared at the beginning of summer that the mortgage crisis was declining did not materialize. If in June, speaking to the US Congress, the chairman of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) Ben Bernanke claimed that the threat of a recession of the American economy is declining, then his performance before the lawmakers on July 15 was much more pessimistic.

Will the Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert retire? “This is a shame,” so many Israeli media reacted to the exchange of prisoners between Israel and Hizball: two dead soldiers for five Lebanese militants. And if in two months Israel will have a new Prime Minister, as many expect, then this story will become the reason. However, there were many others. In relation to Ehud Olmert, the fifth investigation is underway on charges of corruption.

Why Russian business does not need customers This slogan of the Soviet era seemed to migrate to the Russian market. Although, it would seem, a business focused on consumers should love each client what is called “suction”. However, the waiter is in a hurry in the cafe, in banks - the queues are rude, and in the clothing store they can make a comment for an awkwardly sitting suit. Why is the client, giving his money, it often turns out to be wrong - explored The New Times Evening.

Why won't Anna Netrebko come to Salzburg? “Because it is strong, like love, death” - this is the motto of the current Salzburg festival, founded back in 1920. The guests of this year will be Vanessa Redgrave with a monoscope, as well as Orhan Pamuk with public readings. But not only they determine the program of the most important festival of Europe The festival in Salzburg is akin to the enduring values ​​of Russian literature.

The aggravation of relations between Russia and Georgia in connection with the situation around South Ossetia and Abkhazia is a visual example of how the virtual war is gradually turning into a hot war. The confrontation began as “an invented war” - almost according to the script of the famous film “The Tail wags a dog”.

Egor Gaidar - The New Times The New Times No. 29 of 21 July 2008 The world financial system is going through difficult times. The largest economy - the American - is experiencing serious problems, while the dollar is becoming cheaper. The cost of raw materials remains high, economic growth slows down and inflation is accelerated.

Evgeny Yevtushenko - 75 years. The author of the famous “Poet in Russia is more than the poet” was never content with his “narrow -professional” role. And the time was like that - tribune, civilian. Yevtushenko is an epoch-man. He is an expressor of the mood of his time, and his time, despite the fact that he was a contemporary of all Soviet and post -Soviet leaders, starting with Stalin, is the sixties.

Imagine that the war began and we won. Imagine that all the conceivable and inconceivable goals that set before you, as it is customary to say, “hot heads” in the Russian leadership have been achieved. What had to be done there? To protect compatriots in Abkhazia and South Ossetia? Imagine that compatriots are protected. There are no barriers to trade, tangerines are freely taken from Abkhazia, alcohol from South Ossetia. The independence of the rebellious republics is recognized.

The first aggravation falls on the Georgian-Abkhaz war of 1992-1993. Since the fall of 1992, Georgian artillery began to shell the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation deployed in Abkhazia, and on October 23, 1992, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation allowed to open fire. Since that time, Russian aviation has been involved in hostilities.