"Greatness" by Sergey Mostovshchikov, illustrations of Peter Sarukhanov Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" When there are so many blue around And at times even good, Why do I spend so much strength I On different shades of black?

The Western world, which includes Russia, is vulnerable to archaic challenges. But now we will at least forgive some "liberal" illusions Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" In recent years, we have become eyewitnesses of two significant and very unpleasant shifts that occur in the political and ethical space of the Western world, to which its most eastern part - the Russian Federation.

About the book of Vladimir Bukovsky "And the wind is returning" Vladimir Bukovsky. Photo: Andrey Mahonin / Kommersant August 25 of the outgoing week is the anniversary of the exit to Red Square of eight dissidents. These eight people are Konstantin Babitsky, Tatyana Baeva, Larisa Bogoraz, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Vadim Delone, Vladimir Dremluga, Pavel Litvinov, Viktor Finberg - as we recall, opposed the entry of troops into Czechoslovakia and for “ours and your freedom”.

The Central Bank issued four scenarios of the development of events in the economy. But since Russia is not one economy, but two - they can go in different ways Photo: Dmitry Dukhanin / Kommersant “The main directions of monetary policy” is a key document in which the financial regulator sets out its vision of the economic situation for the next three years. Scenarios of economic development - perhaps the most interesting part of it.

Medina Arand Jose Aron. Frame: press service of the FSB of the Russian Federation The fact that two citizens of Colombia, former police special forces who participated in the fighting on the APU side as part of a foreign legion, were detained during a transfer at Karakas Airport, says Politico today.

What is the relevant for us the autobiography of the “personal architect of the Fuhrer” by Albert Speer and an attempt to understand themselves? The British officer interrogates Albert Speer, May 24, 1945. Photo: Associated Press 1. Defendant “If Hitler could have friends, then I would be his friend,” the defendant Albert Speer answered during the main Nuremberg process (November 1945 - October 1946) to the question of his relations with one of the worst monsters in world history.

In Moscow, on the birthday of Anna Politkovskaya, they awarded the Kameron Award. This year laureates: photographer Alexander Astakhov, “Interlocutor” and mother of Alexei and Julia Navalny Alexandra Astakhova - laureate of the Anna Politkovskaya Prize "Cameron". Photo: Svetlana Vidanova / "New Gazeta" Whether they will monitor the fate of the next Politzek depends on whether Sasha Astakhova will have time for two minutes allotted by the courts to the protocol shoot, to make his portrait.

This summer, many Moscow schoolchildren had problems moving to 10th grade due to additional selection in schools, Ilona Menkova, head of the public movement Parents of Moscow, told Kommersant. According to Menkova, each school set the criteria for additional selection independently. Most often, these were the average grade point average of the school certificate or the Basic State Exam; some educational institutions conducted interviews.

The new school year begins. We tell you what will change for teachers and students Photo: Roman Yarovitsyn / Kommersant At the end of last year, December 25, 2023, President Putin signed Federal Law No. 685, which made some changes to the Law on Education. They came into effect immediately, but the teachers were already going on vacation, celebrated the New Year, exhibited quarterly and half -year grades - and did not particularly notice what new duties were charged with.

Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Sergey Tsivilev. Photo: Ministry of Energy The telegram channel "Siberian Express" publishes documents on the plans of the Ministry of Energy for the construction of new and the expansion of existing power plants in Eastern Siberia. All future power plants laid down in plans will be coal, by 2029 it is planned to commission 1305 megawatts of new capacities in Siberia. The main fuel is “coal”, the column “type of generating object”.

One of the most bitter dates in the history of mankind is 85 years since the beginning of the Second World War The consequences of German aviation raids on Warsaw, 1939. Photo: Associated Press From the German recording of Ribbentrop conversations with Stalin and Molotov September 29, 1939: “As the minister continued, he was very glad to hear from the German military that the military program established by both parties ( Poland Section. - P. G.

Belgorod was shelled with cluster munitions from the Vampire MLRS on the evening of August 30, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said . Five civilians were killed and 46 were injured, 37 of whom were taken to hospitals, including seven children. "Roofs were breached and windows were knocked out in two apartment buildings in the city, and the glazing was damaged in another one. <...> In the Belgorod district, in the village of Dubovoye, near a shopping center, 13 cars were damaged.

A musician in jail, a term for a student and new affairs due to donations. New release "Chronicle of current repression" Andrey Shabanov. Photo: 63.ru Last year, the number of new political prisoners increased by 73%, the Memorial report says*. As human rights activists explain, most of the persecution is associated with statements - as of December 31, 2023, 60 accused of “military fakes” and 15 more in the “Army discrediting” were included in the general list of political faces.