Eisen is a new Roman Guzel Yakhina about Sergey Eisenstein. This is a book about cinema and propaganda, totalitarianism and strong personality in difficult times Guzel Yakhina, known for the novels “Zuleikha opens my eyes”, “My children” and “Echelon on Samarkand” about repressions in the 1920/30s, publishing house (“Elena Shubina”), released this new book-exactly on the day of Stalin’s death. “Eisen” was waiting in the fall - then the writer who moved to Almaty announced his way out.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Molotov signed more shooting lists than Stalin He survived the five General Secretary Generals of the CPSU and himself tried on a chair. He was called the "long -liver of the Kremlin." The head of the government and the commissar of foreign affairs, in his honor, were called cities and factories, he managed to avoid Stalinist repressions, remained afloat under Nikita Khrushchev and tried to change it as Secretary General.

From Zelensky, it is necessary to show readiness for territorial concessions and departure from the post of president Donald Trump, privately made it clear to his assistants that the signing of the agreement on rare earths between Washington and Kiev would not be enough to resume assistance and exchange intelligence. This was announced by NBC with reference to sources. Trump wants to see “something more” than just a mineral deal.

Syria on the threshold of the new civil war: in the provinces of Latakia, Tartus and Homs, clashes and mass reprisals on the Alavites continue The Syrian security forces detained a man, presumably a former supporter of the Syrian regime, Latakia, Syria, March 8, 2025. Photo: Mohamad Daboul / EPA-EFE In the departure areas of Syria, bloody clashes continue between the security forces of the transition government and armed groups, loyal to the former regime.

Women in Kabul. Photo: EPA-EFE 82 students from Afghanistan, who fled from the Taliban to Oman, in order to get a higher education, is threatened by deportation. About this writes "BBC." Their scholarship, financed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), was terminated due to the decision of the republican administration. “We were told that we would be sent back for two weeks,” said one student.

The policy of social justice annoys Trump, and he intends to cancel it. Historian Rustam Aleksander tells what it is fraught with US President Donald Trump at the US Capitol Capitol Capitol, Washington, County of Colombia, USA, March 4, 2025.

Russian police round up suspected illegal migrants during a raid on a Moscow warehouse, 14 October 2013. Photo: EPA / MAXIM SHIPENKOV The Russian Interior Ministry has announced that 685,000 people have had their names added to the National Register of Illegal Migrants, a centralised list of foreign citizens in Russia who do not have a legal basis for their presence in the company.

Putin will find it hard to achieve his imperialist goals without first harnessing Kyiv’s immense resources Ukrainian soldiers participate in training in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, 7 March 2025.

The doctor and author of the book about the worst diseases tells how infections behave A nurse and a patient with coronavirus in the intensive care unit of the hospital Sharp Grosmont, California, USA, January 11, 2022. Photo: Etienne Laurent / EPA-EFE Pandemia is an integral part of the existence of our biological species, believes Lidia Kang, co -author of the book “Zero Patients: an unpaired history of the most terrible diseases in the world”.

Most of them are civilians Syrian state security officers. Photo: Mohamad Daboul / EPA-EFE More than a thousand people have already died in Syria due to clashes by state security officers of the new government and supporters of ex-president Bashar al-Assad. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the Syrian Observatory to observe human rights (SOHR). The victims were 745 civilians, 125 employees of the Syrian security forces and 148 Alavite fighters faithful to Assad.

Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko / Epa-EFE In the first half of March 2025, China, Russia and Iran will hold joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman near the Iranian port of Chabahar. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of China. During the exercises, actions on attacks on sea goals, temporary inspections and arrests, damage control, joint search and salvation will be worked out. China will direct the batch of escort destroyers Baotou and the Ship of the Complex supply of Gaoyou Lake.

After five months of negotiations in Austria, the government finally formed. The far -right ones were not included in it, but their ratings are growing, like hopes for fast repeated elections Members of the Linkswende group hold a poster with the inscription “Nazis from parliament”, during protest in the parliamentary elections in Austria, Vienna, September 29, 2024.