Ten years have passed since default, and the economic circumstances in which he took place is unlikely to be repeated. However, it does not follow from this that the default can be forgotten. It seems very important to me to learn from that crisis lessons so that this does not repeat in new, modern conditions. The main lesson of the crisis is to understand what financial responsibility is and what it means to live in the means.

The army is poorly ready for war Weak readiness for a sudden war is the main problem of the Russian army, revealed by the conflict During the fighting against the Georgian Armed Forces, the Russian army lost 74 people killed, 171 - wounded, 19 military personnel were missing. The loss of four combat aircraft was recognized: three Su-25 attack aircraft and one long-range supersonic missile bomber Tu-22. These numbers are not yet final, and they can change, alas, only towards an increase.

Ksenophobic energy accumulated in Russia now has a where to splash out. And we are not talking about theatrical rallies with the participation of Prochrevsky youth or Vladimir Zhirinovsky. We are talking about anti -Georgian and wider, anticaucasian sentiments of ordinary Russians. Some of them, as a character in this reporting photograph, are moving on to “direct action” shares.

The consequences of the war - looking from Tbilisi The Georgian "optics", of course, differs from the Russian. And for the completeness of the information picture, it is necessary. What is the conflict from Tbilisi - the New Times found out Tengiz Ablotia, Georgian journalist: "Nobody takes responsibility from President Saakashvili" The mood of people improved a little after it became known that American troops were heading to Georgia.

Eduard Shevardnadze: “I can’t understand how justified the invasion of Tskhinvali was” Was there a military operation to invade Georgian troops in Tskhinvili justified or is it a political mistake? To answer whether it was worth entering Tskhinvali, I cannot and I have no right. I am no longer the commander in chief and I did not participate in the process of making this decision. I would not go to such aggression and the invasion of Tskhinvali if it depended on me.

Tskhinvali, Tbilisi, Batumi - in Moscow courts It only seems that the Georgian-Yugoosetian war is far away. She is very close, in every yard I signed up for the salon - to paint and get a cut. I have known Masters Marina for a long time. She was Russian, born and raised in Vladikavkaz, married Ossetian, studied in Italy, and working in Moscow. The administrator - the Moscow Georgian Lana - poured me coffee and offered to make a manicure so far: Marina called and warned that she was delayed.

Risk rating of the Russian financial system The New Times using experts is a rating of the main financial risks of modern Russia Today, even a non -specialist is clear that the repetition of a “default” scenario is impossible. The current economic conditions are too different from the then: oil prices are super -high, the budget is surplus, gold and foreign exchange reserves are colossal ... However, it does not follow from this that the Russian economy has no problems.

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Physicist Andrei Linde talks about new discoveries in cosmology We live in one of the small pieces of one of these parts of the world and try to understand and describe the whole.

The threat of death is considered to be a sufficient reason in Russia in order not to observe the rights of a person who threatens death. An example of this is children's resuscitation. According to the law, only the court has the right to separate the child from parents. In practice, each head of the intensive care unit in any children's hospital in the country has such a right They sit at the closed doors of the resuscitation department for days, sometimes for weeks.

Member of the board of "Memorial" Alexander Daniel - The New Times Member of the board of the Memorial Society Alexander Daniel-the son of the writer Julia Daniel and human rights activist Larisa Bogoraz, published on August 25, 1968 to Red Square. At that time he was 17 years old. He shared his memories with The New Times Alexander, what were your feelings of that time? Admiration for the mother, anxiety, or maybe even resentment?

Ben Stiller - The New Times The film “Soldiers of Failure” was released in the Russian rental - a comedy about the war. The New Times met in Los Angeles with the director, the author of the script and the performer of several roles in this film by Ben Stiller You have taken a bunch of duties on yourself: the actor, and the screenwriter, and the director. Not hard? Do you want to repeat such an experience again? You forgot to mention - I am one of the producers. Yes, light madness was in the air.

Rino Barillari in Moscow 76 broken cameras. 11 broken ribs. 162 visit to the hospital. This is the fee for the title “King of the Paparazzi”, which was received by the Italian photographer Rino Barilli in 1988. He forced the most famous people of the planet by surprise, and these shots adorned the best magazines. The exhibition of the world famous photographer opened in Stoleshnikov Lane

Young Czechs forget the Soviet invasion of 1968 Forty years ago, on August 21, 1968, Soviet tanks entered Prague. Prague Spring and socialism with a human face ended. The Czech Republic remembers the events of forty years ago. The main historical heritage of Augustus is the tradition of solidarity.

Medal non -profits of the Russian Olympians Nedobe. Of course, we were warned: in the first week with medals, especially gold, Russia will be tight. But so that so, even knowledgeable people did not assume this. Some kind of system was a failure-entire sports It's a shame that sometimes we give our own - in shooting, fencing, a rod ... But so far the games have not ended, let's refrain from trying to analyze on the run. Our task is to mobilize extremely.