In the Continental Hockey League - the first resignation Actually, this is not to surprise anyone: in the last championship of Russia there were even fifteen of them. But here is a special case. After six matches, a coach was removed from the Star Omsk Vanguard When Sergei Gerson was recently asked about possible resignation, he made surprised eyes. Asked: "Where does this information come from?" And he, it seems, was not entirely sincere.

Who does not want to live in independent Abkhazia After the collapse of the USSR, Abkhazia survived two wars-in 1993 and 1998. Since then, except for the Kodor gorge, life here flowed relatively peacefully. However, the recognition of the independence of the republic again reminded of another pain point - the Galsky district where the megrels live, carriers common to the Georgians of culture.

Frantic iguana One after another, the stars of American alternative music are going to Moscow. At the beginning of September, Patti Smith thundered, at the end of the month the legendary IGGI POP with the Stoogs group appeared It was customary to talk about Stooges for a long time - "great losers." From 1969 to 1973, the group recorded three records; They were sold out of hand.

May my brothers in my mind forgive me, democrats, but their new association causes me little optimism. It is clear that the situation is absolutely “freelance”: democracy and liberalism on the edge of the grave, and democrats and liberals retreat along the old Smolensk road. Zyuganov has already stated that Russia is not a liberal country and liberalism will not be imposed on it. Like, stomp back to Berezina and further to yourself, to Paris.

The first precedent of the dismissal of the teacher for the publication in the press On September 22, a professor at the Russian State Social University (RSSU) Boris Sokolov was supposed to give another lecture on the course “Physical Anthropology”.

Boofer Zone report Since the beginning of September in the buffer zone, which extends almost from Gori to Tskhinvali, signs of life have appeared.

Vasily Zatsepin, Vitaly Tsymbal - The New Times Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that the costs of national defense and security will be brought to 2.4 trillion rubles in 2009: the country's military budget will increase by 27%. Defense expenses have invariably grew in recent years. However, as the war with Georgia showed, this had little affected the combat effectiveness and technical equipment of the army.

Traveling on the route Poti -Senaki - Tbilisi On September 13, Russian troops left the Poti line - Senaki. The soldiers, who are called in Georgia by aggressors, remained only in the north of the country. In the south and southwest, there were funnels from bombs, destroyed barracks, flooded ships, resentment and perfect confidence in their rightness At the terminal of the Poti port where the coast guard is based, the Tskhaltububo military boat is raised from the bottom.

Sir Anthony Brenton - The New Times Sir Anthony Brenton, Her Majesty of the Queen of Great Britain, does not look like her colleagues in the diplomatic corps Firstly, he knows that Moscow is far from all of Russia: over the four years of his service, he traveled a lot around the country.

Bloggers - supermozaus or self -love of the crowd? Which of the candidates for the president of the United States “owns” the Internet - Barack Obama or John McCain? According to Attributor Corporation, which is engaged in measuring the popularity of candidates in the Internet, websites dedicated to both one and the other candidate are now fixing approximately the same number of views: 38 million pages a month about Obama and 36 million-about mackeyin. What role do blogs play in politics?

End of oil and gas euphoria Life itself intervened in the dispute about what the value-added tax (VAT) rate should be. The financial crisis made populist economic decisions impossible. To reduce VAT now means to deprive the state budget of at least some predictable income. But the topic of the ill-fated tax, as The New Times found out, turned out to be much broader.

The reputation of state -socialists was appreciated by the court The Moscow Arbitration Court granted the claim of the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) to the New Times and journalist Natalia Moral. The special correspondent of The New Times, Natalya Morar, wrote three times about the activities of VTsIOM.

The world after the war - this world is filled with grief. They bury and mourn everywhere - in Tskhinvali, in Gori, in the villages of the buffer zone, in Poti and Senaki. And everywhere fear - that they will shoot again. The Galsky district of Abkhazia did not affect the last war, the question: what will the new world respond here? In Russia, the war responded to the collapse of the stock market and militaristic rhetoric.

It can be discussed for a long time about the political or economic factor more affected the catastrophic fall of the Russian stock market. It is clear that both played their role. Moreover, speaking of the influence of the political factor, I would unite both the Mechel case and the Georgian events together. At first glance, a negative market reaction seems excessive. Indeed, usually investors take into account direct risks, say, tightening hostilities or the adoption of sanctions.

Why did Boeing break? An investigation of the causes of the Boeing-737 disaster, flying from Moscow to Perm. Assumptions and guesses. But people are ready to believe rumors and random witnesses more than what representatives of the authorities say. The reason is obvious: when in August 2004 two aircraft of Siberia Airlines exploded, the authorities categorically denied that these were terrorist attacks. But they were.