10 years ago, a crisis began in the Persian Gulf, which ended in war and sanctions against Iraq. The true goal of the war is not advertised, the results of the sanctions are hidden Ten years ago, it began to be called a crisis in the Persian Gulf crisis. The Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ordered his wards to consult with the American friends: how they would see that he would capture the territory of the neighboring Kuwait.

Drawing S. Arukhanov The upper ward will be discouraged, released or dropped. Strictly at the request of the Kremlin. That is, according to the law The explosion in the relationship of senators and the rest (political) world is postponed until Friday. Or, according to a long tradition, the whole beep will go to steam.

As far as I remember, Frunzik was. Not Frunze Mkrtchyan, but Frunzik - eyebrows broken in sorrow, infinitely sad eyes, well, and your nose, you yourself understand, even for the Armenians outstanding. Then fate ordered so that we became neighbors on the building. Hurrying into the building, he raised his hand in a welcoming wave, and Frunzik somehow just raised an eyebrow, always sadly curved: "Hello." Without delight, glee.

Vladimir Ryzhkov (independent State Duma deputy) - On Tuesday, I announced my exit from the ranks of the Unity faction. This decision is caused by two points. Firstly, I oppose the adoption of a package of presidential bills, except for one, which refers to the control of the federal authorities for the activities of the regions. I consider the rest of the laws dangerous and harmful.

Photo of Larisa Kudryavtseva The sky is the highest degree of freedom To one, the genes of life came to our planet from space. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain why, barely standing on their feet, people began to construct wings and tried to take off. I entered a sixteen -year -old boy in 1943 in the Yerevan artillery special school. He studied the guns for a whole year, trained in shooting from the 72nd caliber, but ... all this did not worry the soul.

Photo by Paata Archvadze The second floor in the Evangelical Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul exists contrary to all architectural and historical canons. But there is something in this: to sit on the floor that should not be, and listen to the little-known concerts of Vivaldi. A certain stylization for the hofman, slightly fantastic ... From the inside, the cathedral looks a little more logical than outside. Beige walls, high narrow windows are washed by rain.

July in Moscow - a month of cinema. On the eve of the XXII Moscow Film Festival, two satellite festivals-Polish and Japanese cinema will be held in the city. Films from the category of classics - in the Polish case and from the "New Wave" - ​​in the case of Japanese. Quality at height. The entrance is unprecedentedly free. Everyone is dancing. The program of the Polish cinema festival "Cinema against the backdrop of history." Polish cultural center. B.

- After the war, he had a small car repair shop with a gas station. And he never refused to chat with the client, tell a military bike during a smoke break. - Perhaps, however, that he bred bees on a secluded apiary. -Or the mail was carried somewhere in a deaf town. - Or he traveled, writing down his impressions and random conversations in a notebook, but without wasting time and effort to turn notebooks into a book. - And he could write. Under the pseudonym.

Drawing S. Arukhanov Against whom we will be raised? P to cut yourself a ship, on the captain’s bridge of which there is an ongoing brawl. A few hands are simultaneously grabbing the helm. Everyone pulls in his direction - not in order to deploy the ship, but simply to hold on to the wheel.

There is not a single document who would shed light on the life of this great musician until the moment he began to gain fame. His day and even a year of birth were either recorded from someone’s words, or just a local policeman set this date on the Independence Day of 1900. His biography was written when he became a world -famous musician, and the biographies of stars can rarely be completely trusted.

The location of the Zverevsky Center for Contemporary Art is already an art object in itself. From the “Baumanskaya” past the Elokhov Cathedral, the Bauman square, not reaching the bus park - the house “Lokomotiv” pressed into the rods of the old stadium, and the former shooting range, with the door of the Morenoye tree, the bell is not enough The Rostrament of the shooting range, scattered by the pages-stands of the object of Zhigalov and Abalakova, was turned into one large book.

Photo by Oleg Bogachev “Unity” is a festival of non -profit rock. And their sound is alive ... In the south-west of Moscow in the rock club “Opost” calmly (but by no means quiet!) The festival of acoustic music “Unity” was held. Moreover, the fourth. The task is: “to draw attention to the work of bright and talented young performers, who are united by love for“ non-profit ”acoustics” ...

On this occasion comes to the mind of an intellectual-grinding, a native and exile of a small, crooked-walled paradise, where adults also told each other touchingly: “Draw me a lamb”, where the Soviet composers melodized “Ti-sihu to toce me ... you are gullible” (and it went out!), Where the heroine of “three poplars” sang in plum. With an open soul, as "Exupery gives star-ears of their non-erection." Wild thought comes to the mind of an intellectual growth: here, an anniversary ...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery “I lived among adults for a long time. I saw them very close. And from this, I admit, he did not think about them better, ”the pilot remarked casually. And in this century, adults as a biological species have changed little: even acting from the best motives, they remain by themselves ... On June 29, on the day of the pilot, adults opened a memorial plaque in Lyon, a rich bronze cartoon, on the house where Antoine de Saint-Exupery was born.

The phrase of the Speaker of the Council of the Federation Yegor Stroev: “... But the deputies contrary to common mind and political philosophy chopped off the eggs for themselves, not understanding that without this no one needs them,” - not only the beauty of Shtil scored any pearl of Viktor Chernomyrdin, but also appeared, seemed to be an ordinary pre -trial of Freud. What eggs did our political philosopher, speaker blamed about? It is very likely that about gold.