Capitalism in African. The world is much better about the crisis in Little Greece than about the state of affairs in huge Africa. However, by the end of the century, the situation will radically change, the UN experts predict. Today, Africa gradually comes out of the shadows, economic life in it begins to revive, more and more success stories arise. The New Times looked at the metamorphoses of the Black Continent * 45 countries south of Sahara.

On the day of the verdict of Pussy Riot groups in Berlin, Barcelona, ​​London, New York, Rio, Sydney, in just 41 city, promotions were held with a demand for their release. The reaction of the world to the trial in Moscow is striking - we have not seen anything like this since the time of dissident processes in the USSR of 1960-1970.

Harry Kasparov’s lawyer will seek criminal liability for police officers who, on August 17, detained the world chess champion at the Khamovnichesky Court, the defense is currently being prepared for the Investigative Committee, ”lawyer Andrei Certidykin told The New Times.

How Romania answers him Houses in Kraik are built from improvised materials from the garbage The gypsy question. The next batch of gypsies deported from France arrived in Bucharest, whose left -own president-socialist, in relation to illegal immigrants from Romania, pursues the same policy as his right predecessor. The European Commission is unhappy with “discriminatory measures”, but Paris insists: Romanian gypsies need to be protected primarily in their homeland. Who is right?

The average size of a bribe in Russia has not been growing for a year, experts calculated. But the merits of the authorities are not in this The volume of corruption in Russia is about 52% of GDP, and the average amount of a bribe in the country is 300 thousand rubles, both of the indicators remain unchanged since 2011, the authors of the “independent annual report of the anti -corruption hand ” 2011–2012 presented today in Moscow say.

Tandem in American. Mitt Romni chose a partner for himself: the 42-year-old Paul Ryan, head of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, became a candidate for vice presidents of the USA. He enjoys the original reputation in Washington - a conservative and a reformer at the same time. Who is mr.

Preobrazhenskaya Square, fixed-route taxi. From the back seat I hand over the money for the fare, I wait for the ticket along the same chain, but it still doesn’t exist. And I'm already drawing air into my chest to ask the question: where, in fact? - when I suddenly realize that no one has tickets. Everyone handed over the money to the driver and went to himself.

At the beginning of the week, the Russian exchanges were noted: on Wednesday morning, August 22, the RTS index fell 1.36%, the MMEVB index by 1.20%. About the same dynamics was observed on the eve - on the morning of August 21. At the same time, the Saxo Bank strategist Ole Hansen draws attention to the fact that the Russian exchange is not growing, even despite the expensive oil, although usually the cost of black gold affects the dynamics of domestic stock indices.