Donald Trump said in an interview after three months in the Oval Office More recently, Donald Trump insisted that no US president has been able to achieve such phenomenal results in such a short time. This optimism, however, was shared by only half of Americans, and even then at best. And as his “100 days” approached, the owner of the White House began to call this calendar mark an “artificial border” and a “ridiculous criterion.” Trump, of course, is right: it is a symbol and nothing more.

The volume of the first issue of federal loan bonds for the population (OFZ-n) is 15 billion rubles. The declared goal is to increase the financial literacy of the population. But not only: the budget deficit needs to be closed with something, reserve funds are on the verge of depletion, and the West can no longer borrow money - sanctions.

From Perm to Amsterdam: festivals, performances and exhibitions in May - the choice of The NEW Times Diaghilev Festival Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, May 14–25 Talk about the fact that the center of gravity of Russian musical life is moving more and more noticeably from Moscow and St. Petersburg to the east has been going on for years, but there is little convincing of this as much as the Diaghilev Festival.

In May, Moscow theaters reflect on the theme of the history of the 20th century and turn the classics with a modern angle: the A.S. Pushkin shows the Second World War and 1968 through the story of a Polish family, Stalin's favorite film is transferred to the stage at the Theater of Nations, "Satyricon" staged a play by an American playwright about love for Chekhov. And the Gogol Center and Teatr.doc are traditionally responsible for modern dramaturgy.

Maurice Denis and Eugène Delacroix: from the workshop to the museum / Maurice Denis et Eugène Delacroix: de l'atelier au musee Paris, Louvre, May 3 - August 28 "Nabist", esthete, true friend of the "World of Art" Maurice Denis is remarkable not only as the author of colorful pictures, but also as an art historian, theorist, and critic. He is the very figure that unites Baudelaire with Diaghilev, Ravel with Cezanne, Manet with Proust.

How are the reports of several charitable foundations published on April 25, the skirmish between the Prime Minister's press secretary and the head of the last independent sociological agency in Russia and the mutilation of oppositionist Alexei Navalny connected? On April 25, the reports of the Gradislava, Sotsgosproekt, Dar funds and the Olympic Sports Support Fund appeared on the website of the Ministry of Justice in open access. The event seems to be quite ordinary, but there are two "buts".

The Russian government is absolutely non-transparent. By whom and how the most important decisions that determine the life of the country are made is a mystery. With whom the president consults, and whether he consults at all, before annexing foreign territory or moving troops across the seas, is the subject of fortune-telling by specialists.

The unwritten social contract of the Putin era - prosperity and great power in exchange for the complete non-interference of citizens in politics - has tilted and crackles frighteningly The first version of the social contract that kept the autocracy's relationship with the majority in balance—"non-intervention of citizens in politics in exchange for a commission from oil prosperity"—worked flawlessly.

Writer and TV presenter Alexander Arkhangelsky - about the mass clouding of consciousness in the Third Reich, the history of Runet and television criticism Unfortunately, in today's world, it is impossible to afford a separate reading schedule: I read when the window appears. Holidays aside, that's precious book time. It makes no difference to me whether the book is on paper or electronic. I try not to read fiction from the monitor - only reference or scientific literature.

The audience shushed the new "Anna Karenina" by Karen Shakhnazarov - like Anna herself in the theater. The New Times stands up for the new series and reminds about five more unusual adaptations Not everyone gets the chance to film Anna Karenina. Here Sergei Solovyov was looking for money for his version for 15 years, and then for another four years he waited for a television premiere.

The intention of the Moscow authorities to demolish thousands of houses and relocate about a million Muscovites has become one of the most important topics of recent weeks and even acquired a political dimension.

Yunarmiya members in the Moscow region stormed what in Germany itself is considered a symbol not of Nazism, but of resistance to it In the Patriot park near Moscow in Kubinka, a large-scale performance was held, previously announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense as "a military-historical reconstruction of the final part of the Berlin offensive operation in May 1945 - the storming of the Reichstag." The event, according to reports from the Ministry of Defense, was attended by more than 100