The New Times continues to publish the diaries of the famous journalist Masha Slonim*, who went into exile for the second time She left her English wilderness last week for sun and sea - Cyprus. A group of old friends gathered there. I came from England, a friend from Moscow, her daughter, also my friend, from Kyiv. Our host, a newly minted Cypriot, also has a Moscow-Kyiv background.

The budget for 2017-2019 was drawn up, and all of this are dissatisfied: the life of budget recipients, whose expenses are artificially limited by oil incomes no more than $ 40 per barrel, does not suit anyone except the Ministry of Finance and its "budget rule". Budget trends, meanwhile, allow us to predict the future division of budget recipients into Zemstvina and Oprichnin. “Zemstvo”, including the social sphere, will carefully accustom living with cheap oil.

On October 25, at the First Investment Forum, Vice-Governor of St.

The oldest Soviet and Russian actor Vladimir Zeldin died in the hospital at the 102nd year of his life, Interfax reports. “Vladimir Zeldin died at 9:00,” said the representative of the Research Institute for them. Sklifosovsky "Interfax" on Monday. The actor on February 10, 2016 would have turned 101 years old. Zeldin played in more than 40 films, one of the first works for him was the role in the 1941 comedy “Pig and Shepherd”.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow sent Maxim Panfilov, the defendant in the Bolotny case, to a psychiatric hospital until the verdict was announced, Rain reports, citing Panfilov's lawyer Sergei Panchenko. On May 6, 2012, Panfilov, according to investigators, removed a protective helmet from a policeman, which caused him physical pain.

In Iraq, the forces of the international coalition are preparing for the assault on Mosul, the unofficial capital of the so -called “Islamic state”*. After that, the allies, according to the US Secretary of Defense Aston Carter, will begin the operation to liberate Raqqa - the stronghold of IG* in Syria.

All last week, the world with excitement watched how the Russian naval group, led by the only domestic aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov went to the banks of Syria. At the same time, the aircraft carrier mercilessly chased the boiler -turbine installation: instead of demonstrating the growing Russian military power, a swim in the Mediterranean Sea showed its dependence on long -outed technology.

On October 27, the defendant in the “Swamp business” Alexei Gaskarov was released. Among those who came to meet him was the correspondent of The New Times Opposite the high gates with barbed wire, about four dozen people are talking peacefully, journalists have a camelon, “Bolotniks” Alexei Polikhovich, Ilya Gushchin, Alexander Margolin, good -naturedly joke over his “Released” colleague Vladimir Akimenkov, condescending the left -wing activist for tolerance for the capitalist McDonaldes.

The cover selected by our artist reflects the image that is seen in the West. Whereas the published material on this topic says just the opposite: Russia represents the danger not by its strength, but rather by its weakness.

The system opposition, judging by the results of the Duma campaign, loses voters. “Parsing of flights” leads to intra -party conflicts: dissatisfied with the results of voting is pressed on the leadership of parties and even try to shift it.

The International Multimedia Press Center of the MIA “Russia Today” hosted a round table on the topic “Crimea – an open tribune”. People's deputies spoke mainly about the fact that at this historical moment it is necessary to invest a lot of money in the development of Crimea.

On October 23, on the website of the State Missile Center (GRC) named after Makeev, an image of the promising ballistic missile RS-28 "Sarmat" was first published. This “fifth -generation two -stage two -stage liquid missile”, after the strategic forces of the Russian Federation are adopted, will replace the famous “governors” (“Satan” in the classification of NATO). The difference between them is tangible. The Voevoda missile is capable of carrying up to 10 nuclear warheads, Sarmat - up to 15.

After the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, according to the ex-head of Forin Office David Miliband, said “who are you to teach me”-and we recall, during the war in South Ossetia in August 2008, the British, like all other Europeans, had time to draw some conclusions. President Putin, in dialogue with the West, has long chosen an aggressive-emotional tone.

Valdai speech-2016: repeated and unspoken On October 27, Vladimir Putin, by tradition, met with the guests of the next Valdai forum, prominent political scientists and retired politicians abroad. On October 28, caring citizens asked the prosecutor's office to "verify the legality of Halloween in Russia." The prosecutor’s office, they write, started checking. Putin, who has not been talking to Valdai for a year now.

In Makhachkala, participants in a rally demanding the resignation of the mayor of the city after the mass poisoning of residents with drinking water were detained, according to the Internet publication Novoe Delo. At the moment, there is no exact information about exactly how many people are in the police. According to various sources, from two to eight.