Difficult questions about the future The glee observed in the Crimea in the first days after the referendum came to naught. Crimeans are anxious: what will happen to children who study at Kyiv universities, with deposits in Ukrainian banks and whether they will take their usual way of life new “investors” At the entrance to the Crimean parliament. Simferopol, March 2014 “I did not understand this general glee. It seems that Sevastopol has reasons to rejoice.

Do residents of Donbass want to become Russians Residents of Donetsk are offended by Kyivans, they are afraid of “Bandera”, but most of them do not want to Russia. The New Times was versed in the intricacies of local political preferences Pro -Russian demonstration at the building of the regional prosecutor's office. Donetsk, March 16, 2014 Donetsk is a large city by Ukrainian standards: the population almost reaches 1 million people.

Restoring historical justice can destroy everything else After signing the contract between the Crimea and Russia.

The Cold War specialist - about Putin - Brezhnev’s doctrine and consequences for Russian politics The great American writer William Folkner owns the famous phrase he said when he was presenting to him by the Nobel Prize: “The past never dies. In fact, it is not even the past. ” I felt this exactly, watching in the last weeks Vladimir Putin, who dragged Russia back into the Soviet past.

How Russia will grow On March 21, Vladimir Putin signed the law on the joining of Crimea to Russia. How this merger will occur and what problems in similar cases came across abroad - the New Times sorted out The queue for submitting an application to receive a Russian passport. Simferopol, March 19, 2014 “Let our beloved government think over and tell us what to do.

Portrait of Judge Natalia Nikishina On March 22, the chairman of the Moscow City Court, Olga Egorova, said that Natalya Nikishina, who had pronounced the persons to the defendants in the “swamp business”, was taken under state protection due to the threats received.

On March 18, Patriarch Kirill was not present in the Kremlin on the "Crimean speech" of President Putin. Why? Patriarch Cyril is now better to be silent than to speak. Moscow, March 11, 2014 Many are asked this question now: the Patriarch always came to the announcement of the annual messages of the president, and here is such a significant occasion - and the heads of the Russian Orthodox Church are not.

On March 20, the Government of the Russian Federation proposed “to ensure national security” to prohibit medical institutions to purchase equipment abroad For the sake of “ensuring national security”, Russian hospitals can be left without imported medical equipment. In the photo there is a Vvedenskaya clinical hospital. St. Petersburg, November 2013. There is a certain draft Decree of the Government that I read.

True and Krivda in the "Crimean speech" Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin substantiated the need for “reunion with the Crimea” on March 18 in his extraordinary message to the Federal Assembly. But even in this epoch -making speech there were no inaccuracies and distortions The message of Vladimir Putin was also interested in the Russians. Donetsk, March 18, 2014 “In the heart, in the minds of people, Crimea has always been and remains an integral part of Russia.

How America and Europe take revenge on Russia for Crimea The United States and the European Union increase pressure on Russia after the annexation of Crimea. The black list of Brussels included Russian politicians, the military and even the head of the Russian Agency Today Dmitry Kiselev.

Click to increase the picture Click to increase the picture Replicas The conversations are in the ranks Why is the Patriarch silent about the Crimea, which was prevented by imported medical equipment and whether there is a sense of humor from Vologda prosecutors Prize The New Times correspondent received the European Pulitzer Current events Chronicle of current events.

I saw secret cards I know where we're going. Captain, I've come to say goodbye With you, with you and your ship. I went down into the hold I talked there With Mr. Chief of the rats - Rats come ashore At the nearest port Hoping to be saved. An orchestra is playing on the upper deck, And the couples dance the foxtrot Stuart pours fire into glasses And watch the ice melt. He looks at the dancers who have forgotten That every one of them will die.

March 17–21 Five people launched two flags - black and the flag of Ukraine and set fire to auto -wings. St. Petersburg, February 23, 2014 March 17, Monday Famous Russian lawyers began collecting signatures under the appeal against judicial unprincipled and police arbitrariness. We are talking about sentences in the “swamp business” and the illegal detention of participants in anti -war shares.

March 21 Crimea and Sevastopol officially became the 84th and 85th constituent entities of the Russian Federation. On this occasion in Moscow, Simferopol and Sevastopol, festive fireworks thundered. But while some rejoiced, others asked all new questions. How will the attached territories integrate into the rest of Russia and what problems will it turn out? What will happen to those Crimeans who do not want to tear all the connections with the once “fraternal” Ukraine?

On March 17, the Vologda prosecutor’s office began checking “for extremism” a joke post on Facebook by a local journalist You had to work in journalism for many years, write a million articles, open a newspaper and radio, create a charitable foundation and remain of no particular interest to anyone. And then one day write a comic text, an anecdote - and become famous throughout Russia. It's about me. And it was like this...