How an unflappable observer survived the American “default” If economics were an exact science, then newspapers would not publish directly contradictory columns of experts on the same page. If politics were able to predict the future, they would not be amazed every time something really important happens, like a recession or the Arab revolutions. I think that the essence of the current crisis is not in economics and politics, but in philosophy...

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security - about the “invasion” of Domodedovo Recently, my wife and I were near the airport, on the street. There was a huge crowd near the entrance, 120-130 people, 2-3 buses. They all slowly walked to the entrance in suitcases, with them there were children. Then I told my wife: “Masha, if I were a terrorist, I would explode right here and now.” And indeed, there is no need to go through metal detectors, customs.

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The latest appointments, actively discussed in the media and blogs in the context of the pre-election media landscape, continue to remind that the authorities are looking for new forms, new faces who can be entrusted with ensuring the interests of the previous course.

He voiced them at a meeting with pro-Kremlin youth on Seliger On Monday, August 1, at the close of the Seliger Youth Forum, Vladimir Putin arrived at a press conference. About what and how the Prime Minister spoke with "the most enterprising and talented young people" - read in the selection made by "Novaya"... On Monday, August 1, at the close of the Seliger Youth Forum, Vladimir Putin arrived at a press conference.

The packaging of these elections is as follows: earlier, the St. Petersburg authorities limited the circle of those who could run for elections. Now - limits the circle of those who are allowed to know about their conduct Valentina Matvienko will be elected as a municipal deputy not on September 4, but on August 21. And not in Lomonosov and Alexandrovskaya, but in the Krasnenkaya Rechka and Petrovsky districts, where she has already registered as a candidate for deputies.

When there is a law, everyone observes it equally. When there is no law, then everyone does not observe it in different ways. Public funding of any region ruled by the mafia or any organization that distributes money through violence never leads to the development of the economy, but, on the contrary, consolidates the absolute power of this organization and increases the dependence of all segments of the population on it ...

The US Senate has approved a bill to increase the national debt ceiling, Vedomosti reports . The bill will avoid default in the country. The document will now go to President Barack Obama for signature. Earlier today, the US House of Representatives approved the bill. 269 ​​congressmen voted for its adoption, 161 voted against.

In the 20th episode of the sixth season of the cult animated series Futurama, Russian viewers were in for a surprise In the 20th episode of the sixth season of the cult animated series Futurama, Russian viewers were in for a surprise. On the shield, into which the spaceship of the heroes of the series crashes, a blue frog flashed. He flew on balloons, just like the Olympic bear of the 80s.

A mass brawl took place today at the Bolshiye Isady market in Astrakhan with the participation of former military personnel of the Airborne Forces and Caucasian merchants, Interfax reports . As Minister of Health of the Astrakhan region Igor Kvyatkovsky told the agency, 12 people were injured in the fight, seven of them were admitted to the Kirov Clinical Hospital, five to the Alexander-Mariinsky Hospital.

Former News of the World editor-in-chief Stuart Kuttner has been arrested in the UK, BBC reports . A 71-year-old man was detained as part of an investigation into a wiretapping scandal that may have been conducted by tabloid journalists. The police have already questioned Kuttner. According to law enforcement officials, he could be involved in a conspiracy, as a result of which reporters listened to newsmakers' phones and bribed police officers.

A loud scandal erupted in Kaliningrad on the eve of Dmitry Medvedev's visit. The entire circulation of the Izvestia Kaliningrad newspaper was detained at the exit from the printing house. A loud scandal erupted in Kaliningrad on the eve of Dmitry Medvedev's visit. At the exit from the printing house, the entire circulation of the Izvestia Kaliningrad newspaper was detained.

Such, of course, a large-scale wish was expressed by the Minister of Internal Affairs during a meeting of the commission on combating extremism. Such, of course, a large-scale wish was expressed by the Minister of the Interior during a meeting of the commission on combating extremism. He explained that it was time to finally include the hobbies of today's youth in the sphere of interests of law enforcement agencies.

The Russian investment group DST (Digital Sky Technologies) Global, owned by Yuri Milner and Alisher Usmanov, today became the owner of 5% of Twitter, paying $400 million for it, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Financial Times . Yuri Milner explains the fund's decision by saying that Twitter has become "one of the few companies that really changed the world." Milner believes Twitter's rapid growth is the best proof of its importance to people.

A fire was localized in the elite residential complex "Golden Keys" in the west of Moscow, told Interfax a law enforcement source . There are no victims or injured. The apartments of this residential complex are registered to bankers and representatives of large businesses, and one of them is registered to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Utro.Ru reports . The fire occurred at the address: Minsk street, house 1b. According to updated data, its area was 150 square meters.