December 1980 was in the yard, communism had already been built, it remained to wait for a thermonuclear catastrophe - for its approach, the Motherland sent me to the Trans-Baikal, Order of Lenin, military district. Soon after the oath, they showed us that Kuz'kin mother, whom, on occasion, we had to show, finally, to the enemy. The polygon to the horizon, like locusts, was dotted with brand new bempeshkami - infantry fighting vehicles.

How Khodorkovsky and Lebedev were sent to the stage - a report from the SIZO Sailor Silence Khodorkovsky and Lebedev at a meeting of the Moscow City Court in May 2011. There were still some hopes of the SIZO Sailor Silence: the prisoner left on June 10. 13.00.

I.O. President of Abkhazia Alexander Ankvab - The New Times In an interview with The New Times, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said * * The New Times No. 19 dated June 06, 2011, that Sergei Bagapsha’s arrival to the post of President of Abkhazia in 2005 - and you were in his team - in Tbilisi they met with hope, but now in Sukhumi, the Russian generals of the FSB decide. What do you say to it? Mr. Saakashvili wanted to once again kick Russia and rudely kick us - that we are puppets.

How to get rid of the Monblens of outdated weapons Dangerous inheritance. The giant machine of the Soviet military-industrial complex turned out to be a terrible weapon. Only now, when serious military reform began, we begin to realize the whole load of this nightmare. However, many similar problems came across after the end of the Cold War, both the USA and Germany.

Why are the arsenals of the Ministry of Defense burn 20 years as the Cold War ended, but a monster called “Soviet VPK” does not give up. Dying, he continues to kill the living: it is already obvious - the explosions of the arsenals are not an accident, our land is literally filled with weapons, which for decades created a state prepared to fight with the whole world, and which, as a result, destroyed itself.

It so happened that three years ago I was included in the Public Monitoring Commission for places of detention in Moscow. Therefore, I often have to visit prisons. The more I go there, the more I understand: no matter what humane laws are adopted, this system cannot be softened. It is imprisoned for repression and does not see living people point-blank. You understand this best of all in the cells of the Matrosskaya Tishina SIZO hospital.

Photo report from the hostel where combat officers are huddled Lieutenant Colonel Ilya Smirnov shows how officers live Five buildings of the hostel of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense (VUMO) on Bolshaya Pirogovskaya are in terrible condition, the buildings are recognized as emergency, pieces of concrete are falling off the walls. For 22 inhabitants - one kitchen, two toilets and one bathroom. Residents are officers who served 10 or more years, with wives and children.

Maria Gaidar - The New Times Maria Gaidar, born on October 21, 1982. In 2005, with a red diploma, she graduated from the Academy of the National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation. She was a member of the initiative group “I am free!”, In 2005, together with Alexei Navalny and Natalya Morar created the “Yes” movement (democratic alternative). Since 2006 - member of the Presidium of the Union of Right Forces.

Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in Africa Mikhail Margelov - The New Times Mikhail Margelov, 46 years old, graduated from the Institute of Asia and Africa, by profession, a historian-military with knowledge of the Arabic language. Since 2000-a senator from the Pskov region. Since 2001-Head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs. From 2008 to March 2011-Special Representative of the President in Sudan.

Onishchenko defended Russians from grass Such a parsley. The chief sanitary doctor of the country Gennady Onishchenko recommended that Russians do not eat Parsley and Zira - it turns out that there are substances that cause a narcotic effect or simply poisoning. The New Times checked how much Rospotrebnadzor was familiar with the subject that decided to ban The Uzbek Said first decided that this was a stupid joke, and then he was horrified: his hands dropped, he began to blink often, often.

"Colonel Budanov was killed." Not true. He had not been a colonel for a long time. A man has been killed, whose psyche was at first hard, almost to the point of insanity, crushed by the Chechen war. Then collapsed from the heights of this madness - into humiliation, a cell of judgment, a zone. Having managed, probably, to change his mind a lot about his fate and change ... Maybe, let's hope, he has learned repentance ... Killed, in fact, another person.

Contents of the Russian roulette why the arsenals of the Ministry of Defense are burning *Anatoly Ermolin, Leonid Grushka *Forgotten Regiment photo report from the hostel where combat officers huddle Julia Gladkova Soviet VPK is dying, but does not give up how to get rid of the Montblans of obsolete weapons Pavel Baev Baev’s shell in the ass Viktor Shenderovich “People came in, painted a percentage on a piece of paper, 30% of the amount, and the amount of 300 million rubles” Maria Gaidar - The

Cinema and money on "Kinotavr" Anyone who does not travel to Kinotavr in June is not a cinema. This rule remains unshakable for 22 years. About what could be seen at the current festival - the report of The New Times from Sochi In the "indifference" of Oleg Flygoltz - young Fedor Bondarchuk and Alexander Bashirov, from 14 competitive paintings of the film festival, exactly half made the debutants, five more participants shot the second picture in their lives.

Abkhazia said goodbye to the president and is preparing for an extraordinary election A homemade water distribution node in the courtyard of Varden Pilia is still covered by an army helmet On August 26, extraordinary presidential elections will be held in Abkhazia. The date was not chosen by chance: this is the day of Russia recognizing the independence of Abkhazia.