On April 21, in Kharkov, the presidents of Ukraine and Russia so unexpectedly and loudly hit the hands that the echo immediately spread around the world: the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation will remain in Sevastopol after 2017 for another 25 years. In return, Kyiv will receive gas from Moscow with a 30 percent discount. At the same time, the funds saved by Ukraine will be taken into account as a fee for extending the stay of the Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea.

Why young Cubans condemn dissidents April 24 marks 60 days since dissident Guillermo Farinas began his hunger strike in Cuba. During this time, he lost almost 20 kg and now weighs a little more than 60. Each new day of refusing food can be fatal for Farinhas, doctors warn, assessing his condition as “stably serious”.

In search of a new language, the theater rushed into the distant past: one after another, performances appeared on the famous scene on the forgotten plays of the XIX - early XX centuries. What is Galina Volchek looking there? Between yesterday and today, “Contemporary” has been balancing for almost a decade. Galina Volchek, as if deliberately rejecting the unsightly reality, prefers to warm up at the awkward focus of Chekhov, playing and replaying either “three sisters” or “cherry garden”.

In search of a new language, the theater rushed into the distant past: one after another, performances appeared on the famous scene on the forgotten plays of the XIX - early XX centuries. What is Galina Volchek looking there? Between yesterday and today, “Contemporary” has been balancing for almost a decade. Galina Volchek, as if deliberately rejecting the unsightly reality, prefers to warm up at the awkward focus of Chekhov, playing and replaying either “three sisters” or “cherry garden”.

“Do you remember that at the end of April there will be the 35th anniversary of the Vietnam War?” I asked my students the other day. "The anniversary of what - its beginning or its end?" they asked me... When the Soviet government told us that it was for peace, while the imperialists were for war, they exaggerated, of course, but not too much. Not that America is for war, but the word "war" is loved here.