The Russian Central Bank for the second time in the last month reduced the refinancing rate - to 12%. Actually, this is a global trend: the National Bank of the whole world in a crisis energetically reduce bets to facilitate money access to money. And in the USA they even discuss the possibility of negative bets.

Anatoly Chernyaev, assistant to Mikhail Gorbachev, recalls how the Soviet government ended Anatoly Sergeyevich Chernyaev was born in 1921, worked in the CPSU Central Committee for three decades, before having spent several years in the forge of the party’s intellectual personnel - Prague journal “Problems of Peace and Socialism”. And when the 90th anniversary is not around the mountains, he released a thick volume of his diaries with a volume of almost 85 copyright sheets: “A joint outcome.

Every day, including a computer, you plunge into the elements of fantastic freedom without coast. The Internet occupied the niche of the killed live broadcast, and a significant part of the people, who did not quite “score” on everything and still crave self-expression, received its “channel”.

Flower for all times The romantic beauty and antiquity of the origin of Camellia became a source of many myths and mysterious stories associated with this “queen of the garden”. In different centuries, Camellia was a symbol of the goddess of the Sun Amateras - the ancestor of the Japanese emperors, and the symbol of Jesus Christ, she personified that longevity, then the fatal change in fate.

Alexander Radulov - Hero of the Completed World Cup The Russian hockey team for the second time in a row became the world champion, again beating the Canadians in the final. The author of the victorious washer is Alexander Radulov. This guy is 22 years old, and last summer he blew up the hockey world.

$ 42 million has been mastered by Eurovision. Olympic complex. The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 stood almost on a par with the APEC-2012 summit and the 2014 Olympics. $ 42 million went to this image project - the New Times found out The Olympic Sports complex is covered with a huge poster around the perimeter, on which Ksenia Sukhinova is captured in all conceivable and inconceivable images.

“A one -time exit with a fishing rod is 40 rubles, with spinning - 50 rubles.” - This is from a price list for fishermen on the Great Russian River in the Kostroma region. The New Times delved into details At the end of January, looking at the morning newspaper, the old acquaintance Alexander Serov, a fisherman with 30 years of experience, came across a strange announcement: “In connection with the transfer of reservoirs of the river.

The governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh went down in history. For the first time in almost 150 years, Vyatka (the old name of Kirov) was visited by the head of state. By arrival of Dmitry Medvedev, the youngest governor was prepared thoroughly. They painted the grass with green paint or not, it is not known exactly, but there were enough achievements without it.

As former socialists cleaned the internal affairs bodies Corruption and ineffectiveness - inevitable evil or atavism of Soviet power? The experience of former social camp colleagues testifies: there is a decision. Fire everyone, gain new employees and increase their salary several times.

The housing market felt for the bottom In the real estate market - the first signs of revival since the beginning of the crisis. The number of transactions of the sale of apartments in Moscow for the March April doubled compared to January-February. What is behind this growth - a one -time surge or long -term trend - versed The New Times. In February, the newlyweds Anatoly and Svetlana Kononov told The New Times that they were going to buy a one -room apartment in Ivanteevka near Moscow.

What did Benedict XVI achieve in the Middle East In the wake of the prophets and saints. The cross and the olive branch are two graphic symbols of the newly completed the longest, 12th in a row, the foreign trip of the Pope Benedict XVI. What succeeded and that the pontiff did not succeed in a trip to the Middle East - explored The New Times The Vatican officially called this trip only as a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

To determine the acid-base balance of any environment, ordinary litmus paper is required. In the case of the political situation in the country, perhaps nothing serves the best litmus paper than jokes that appear among the people. Of the latter, which are particularly popular among Moldovan, for example, this one. President Vladimir Voronin, speaker of the Moldavian parliament, Marian Lupa and Prime Minister Zinaida Grechanaya Threesis fly to the CIS summit.

The Volga leaves the hammer. “A one -time exit with a fishing rod is 40 rubles, with spinning - 50 rubles.” - This is from a price list for fishermen on the Great Russian River in the Kostroma region. The New Times delved into details At the end of January, looking at the morning newspaper, the old acquaintance Alexander Serov, a fisherman with 30 years of experience, came across a strange announcement: “In connection with the transfer of reservoirs of the river.

The post of head of the ATS costs from $ 100 thousand to $ 1 million Russians and native police live in different dimensions. Citizens believe that people in the form should protect them. The police sees in them a resource to replenish their own income. How money is earned on what is called the “law enforcement,” the New Times found out 18 thousand offenses were committed by police officers for the first quarter of 2009. This is 18% more than it was in 2008.

Boris Vasiliev - The New Times Writer Boris Vasiliev gave an interview to The New Times on the eve of his 85th anniversary I'm already old. Old age is a sensation, not age. There is no courage, which was before. I used to write the chapter sometimes for a working day. And now - from the power of the page. But you are printing a lot. I work a lot. I forgot the weekend. I was taught by Boris Nikolaevich Poleva. He treated me well. I printed almost all of my early in his youth.