On December 5, 2014, a new cold war began. This was announced in his microblog on Twitter, the head of the Duma Committee on International Affairs Alexei Pushkov podpiska.newtimes.ru Russian diplomats were alarmed by NATO aircraft located in the Baltic states and Poland. Photo: Ints Kalnins/Reuters This is not a joke.

At the recent congress of the French “National Front” in Lyon, noble guests from Russia-the Vice-Speaker of the State Duma Andrei Isaev and the deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Andrei Klimov unexpectedly appeared in Lyon. A couple of years ago, the presence of foreign politicians of this level, comrades -in -arms Marine Le Pen could not even dream.

20 years ago, December 11, 1994, the first Chechen war began. The army was sent to fight in its own territory against its fellow citizens. It was a war, similar to which in our country has not been since the time of civilian The losses among the civilian population amounted to up to 50 thousand people, about 6 thousand people in the federal group of troops, and the loss of militants - about 2.7 thousand people. The war with short pauses lasted 1 year and 9 months.

At night and on the morning of December 4, a real war was going on in the center of Grozny. As a result of a special operation against militants who seized the Press House and School No. 20, according to official figures, 14 security officials were killed, 11 attackers were destroyed podpiska.newtimes.ru December 4, 2014. Armored vehicles appeared in the center of Grozny early in the morning. Photo: AP December 5, 2014. The body of a civilian resident was discovered in a burned -out print house.

Our compatriot Anna Neistat told The New Times, how she became one of the main characters of the documentary thriller "E-Team" The film, which received the prize at the Sundance Independent Cinema Festival this year, will be shown at Artdokfest on December 14. The action takes place in Syria and Libya. On the screen are employees of the emergency department of the Human Rights Watch*human rights organization.

And everyone was tired of him - both supporters and opponents - demonstrated Twitter's tape when the president pronounced his message podpiska.newtimes.ru Photo: Andrey Epikhin/TASS Twitter is an ideal tool to follow the performances of the President of the Russian Federation: it is a pity to spend many hours on a direct broadcast, all the more, the expectations of important decisions and sensational statements are rarely justified, and here - you squeeze the tape in five minutes, cling to the

From December 9 to 17, Moscow will be held in Moscow Artdoxfest. Festival President Vitaly Mansky told The New Times about the program of this year and how Artdokfest will survive without state support Vitaly Mansky, President of the International Documentary Film Festival "Artdokfest". Photo: Andrey Shcherbak/Kommersant Vitaly, this year you created a dangerous precedent - they proved that a large Russian festival can do without state money. I had to squeeze strongly?

The Russian Museum of St. Petersburg has opened an exhibition "Ancient preservation of the monuments of icon painting and church antiquity." It is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the ancient storage named after Emperor Nicholas II Russian museum. Like 100 years ago, in the spotlight-Old Russian art, St. Petersburg. Photo: Pavel Markin The carved gilded amvon of the 16th century is the rarest of the preserved monuments of church culture.

On December 4, the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker proposed to complete the South Stream project, but on the European conditions Podpiska.newtimes.ru The head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker (right) and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

podpiska.newtimes.ru On November 4, the Russian elite patiently listened to its president. Photo: Dmitry Azarov/Kommersant The President’s message can be discussed from many parties, but in the speech of the country's leader the emotional side is probably the most important thing.

In the exhibition hall of the Memorial International Society, the Exposition “Right of Correspondence” was opened, where letters from prisons and camps are presented. The New Times publishes part of the letters presented at the exhibition.