8 August Russian Foreign Ministry: "The Georgian media's report about the downed Russian military aircraft is nonsense and another provocation by the Georgian authorities." August 9 Colonel-General Anatoly Nogovitsyn: "One of the Russian Air Force planes was shot down." 12th of August 00.47 Prime Minister of Georgia Vladimir Gurgenidze: "Russian troops have entered the city of Poti." 14.01 Colonel-General Anatoly Nogovitsyn: "Russian peacekeepers did not enter the territory of Georgia, not

Combat losses and gains by belligerents Why did the Georgian troops withdraw from the battle so quickly? When did the Russian army begin preparations for the invasion, and is everything so right in it? The New Times tried to figure it out In the post-Soviet space, in terms of the quality of training, the Georgian army was considered perhaps the best.

Whether the oil and gas weapons of Russia will work Suppose for a second that relations between Russia and the West will reach a large -scale confrontation - with the exception of, of course, a military scenario. How can Russia answer?

Troika Dialog's strategy analysts released a review last week on the possible impact of the conflict over South Ossetia on the stock market. There will be no cold war between Russia and the West, but "prolonged tensions" will remain, they say.

The idea to write a financial plan for three five -year periods forward - until 2023 - at first glance looks strange. The practice of recent years shows that even in the annual federal budget, numerous amendments are then made. This forces us to conclude that in conditions when state revenues are seriously dependent on world oil prices and other raw materials, even medium-term planning seems to be something like a useful but practical meaning of training for the Ministry of Finance officials.

What shines on the chest of Russian athletes? No matter how sports officials tuned us to starting pessimism, hardly any of them could have assumed that, joining the last Olympic weekend, Russia would lag behind gold not only from China with America, but also from the UK But we could lag behind more, but Larisa Ilchenko “gnawed” at the finish of a ten -kilometer swim in open water (that is, not in the pool, but simply in the canal), the victory at once at two Britons at once.

“If you are not ready to get up at 7.30 in the morning, then what the hell did you decide to become a volunteer?” - The Italian farmer Antonello Syraguz hung such an announcement in the room, where students who came here from different parts of the world lived to work out of the world and chat. As a student to spend a good holiday with benefit and inexpensively - by personal experience, the New Times found out Natalie (Texas, USA): I have been traveling for six months now.

Prologue April 30, 2008 - an additional contingent of paratroopers (from the Novorossiysk division of the Airborne Forces) was introduced into Abkhazia. On May 14–31 , helicopter pilots of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense (the aircraft of this army fought in Georgia) at the training camp in Nalchik conducted intensive training in high-altitude combat operations: takeoff and landing, landing, evacuation of the wounded, fire support.

According to the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, the Russian Federation's expenses for military operations against Georgia amounted to at least 2.5 billion rubles. per day. This figure includes the cost of sorties of aircraft and helicopters, the operation of armored vehicles and warships during the day, as well as the cost of transferring troops (about 30,000 servicemen) and equipment to the conflict area.

Comments Strogub Talbott and Fedor Lukyanov New Cold War: Myth or Reality already? The New Times was looking for an answer on both sides of the ocean from foreign policy experts in Russia and the USA Strogub Talbott Deputy Secretary of State in the Administration of President Clinton, President of Brookings Institute Is it possible to say that Russia and the United States again ended up in a Cold War? No, no, definitely - no. I will explain why.

Yong Zhang Book “Wild Swans”: The Chinese model is a matter of taste Chinese ... too Chinese. China gets closer to us every day. And not only because the Olympics are taking place in Beijing, and the Chinese presence in the Far East is more tangible. Chinese experience, Chinese economic success, Chinese unwillingness to completely tear up with the communist past forces many to think that we would well strengthen the “Chinese” component. And this is not only a philistine point of view.

Russian mentality after the war Back to the scoop. Children, I suppose, no longer know what “anti-Sovietism” is - that was the name of all living things, and it was criminally punishable, because life went underground more and more, and by the time Gorbachev came to the surface, there was practically nothing left on the surface. “Len, let's open the borders,” Kosygin said in a joke to Brezhnev.

Lukashenko between Russia and the West Silence is gold. Alexander Lukashenko sat on two chairs. And received dividends on that Over the past ten days, the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko made movements towards the West. And towards Russia. And he achieved praise on both sides. Washington and the EU welcomed the liberation of the Belarusian political prisoners. Russia promised a new loan and again think about the price of gas.

Reporting from the Kodor gorge The war in the country of the soul. Russia can recognize the independence of Abkhazia this week. The appeal to Moscow was signed by the president and parliament of Abkhazia, it was supported at the popular gathering. The authorities of the unrecognized republic argue that independence must be recognized as soon as possible: the danger of aggression by Georgia is still great, they assure.

The results of the opera festival Curiosity brings to sin. And not only his own, but also someone else's. The duke's wife did not know this, although she knew his name - the Blue Beard. In his castle, the action of the opera of Bel Bartok develops, which has become one of the main events of the Salzburg festival.