Konstantin Zatulin, Sergey Markov and Nikolai Svanidze - about the fight against "falsifications" of history On May 15, a decree of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev created a commission to counteract attempts to falsify history to the detriment of the interests of Russia. The New Times learned from members of the commission and professional historians how they see the future of our past 1. How do you represent the practical activity of the commission? 2.

It turns out that this long-playing fire for No. 402588 (that is, the criminal case of the exhibition “Forbidden Art-2006”) against the former director of the Sakharov Center Yuri Samodurov and the former Tretyakov worker Andrei Erofeev did not die out quietly in the bowels of the Tagansky prosecutor's office. On May 12, secular inquisitors removed the case from oblivion and the 29th will begin to read this “hammer hammer”, that is, an indictment.

Philosophy and practice of pilaf The taste of the silk path. Pilaf is a favorite dish of warriors and emirs, ordinary shepherds and great sultans. It must be able to not only prepare it correctly, but also it is correct - and then he plays the role of a comforter and unification of people. The philosophy and practice of pilaf was studied by The New Times If you have money, then eat pilaf, if you have no money, then eat only pilaf.

"I am very glad that already middle -aged." On May 25, the III International Festival named after Andrei Tarkovsky “Mirror” opens in Ivanovo. Honorary Guest of the festival director Krzyszhtof Zanussi told The New Times about why the art of Tarkovsky needs people with longing for in their shower For me, participation in the Mirror festival is not only a tribute to the memory of a friend and a great director.

Almost a million young talents left school classes forever, said goodbye to his teachers and went to adult life. The last calls in Russian schools stretched this year for a whole week. In Khabarovsk, graduates began to walk on May 19, here the holiday had to be held earlier because of the Russia-Es summit. In Yekaterinburg, the last call is May 27. The New Times congratulates graduates, their parents and teachers.

Who determines the "interests of Russia"? Flight. Undershoot. To the apple !!! No, it is not for nothing that Dmitry Medvedev studied as a lawyer. It is no coincidence that it was from his administration that finally a minted formulation came out. The first shot of Sergei Shoigu was completely in "milk". The Minister of Disaster proposed to plant for "denial of the victory of the USSR in the Second World War." Who can be imprisoned under such an article? Nobody.

Why in Russia do not fight smoking Smoke of the Fatherland. The year was able to foal, how Russia joined the International Convention to Combat tobacco. But in order for it to work in our country, nothing has been done. The New Times tried to understand why Since 1987, on the initiative of the World Health Organization, May 31 has been held without tobacco day. This day is a reminder that the smoking epidemic, which covered the world in the 20th century, claimed the lives of 100 million people.

Stress without dough. The largest central banks in the world are covered by "stress-test fever." In early May, the US Federal Reserve has announced the results of the analysis of balance and the risks of the largest banks in America, after which the Bank of England and the European Central Bank took up the case. The Russian Central Bank is still silent.

How the regions experience crisis times The collapse of your house. Residents of the town of Pikalavo, Leningrad Region, broke through: brought to despair, they captured the city hall building. In winter, three city -forming enterprises stood here. And the cup of patience of the inhabitants was filled with a disconnection in the city for debts of hot water and heating enterprises. Pikalevsky rebellion - evidence of the helplessness of the regional authorities before the crisis.

How the viewer is remembered abroad Modern Russian television is becoming more and more entertaining. Maybe this is a global trend? The New Times decided to find out what the television in different countries is working and by what principles is and on what principles Favorite Aunt Marina Kremneva London “The audience is always in the center of what we are doing” - this slogan can be seen in any of the London buildings of the British television and radio broadcasting corporation BBC.

What happens on the Russian TV screen? Why sometimes watch the TV scary, and often ashamed? Who steers nationwide channels? Does television come for the tastes of the audience or forms them itself? This was reflected in the editorial office of The New Times was reflected in famous TV presenters Nikolai Svanidze and Svetlana Sorokina There are almost no faces left on our television who were iconic in the 90s. Is this an accident?

What archives are inaccessible to historians and why Fix the neck! The fight against the falsification of history is impossible without access to documents and sources. However, many of them are still inaccessible to researchers. What is secret and why - was interested in The New Times Our archival system is stricken with a severe disease. Diagnosis is an unconstitutional ban on access to information. More precisely, the rather clear provisions of the Law on State Secrets do not apply.

Than the best airtime is filled On the instructions of the editorial office, The New Times correspondents NEXT spent each on the day at the TV in order to try to answer a number of questions. For example: What values ​​promoting the current television? What does it call for? What do they, young people, get from the programs going to the prime time? Channel One, the series "Trace", two hundred some series.

The viewer became a rating number, and a gloss covered politics Lost TV. In the mid-90s, the people sparkled on the screen, the people were talking, and did not serve as a background biomass and a rating number, television journalists were more appreciated than the stars of a glamorous gloss. This television remained in the past.

Who and how believes program ratings Arshin for television. How is the success of TV shows measured? Is it possible to trust those whose profession is to make ratings? Who are those mysterious people whose opinion determines the level of popularity of television programs? - asked The New Times The world uses three main ways to compose television.