On the eve of the visit of the Pope to Kazakhstan, Bishop of Astana Tomash Pete said that in this former Soviet Republic there are about 350 thousand Catholics. It seems that the figure is somewhat overstated, apparently, all the Poles and Germans were considered under it, whom the king first exiled in the Kazakh steppes, then Stalin.

Radio "Freedom" and "General newspaper" What does young people know about modern Russian history? In particular, about one of the most important and dramatic events - the collapse of the Soviet Union? Our competition "December of the 91st in the history of Russia" will help to answer this question. Everyone who speaks the Russian language may take part in the competition, regardless of citizenship and place of residence. Restriction - only by age: authors are invited not over 30 years old.

Which certainly does not threaten modern television is the death of modesty. The current rulers of the minds are no longer waiting for someone to notice and praise them from the outside. Their principle is not praised, no one will praise. The beginning of the new television season was marked by unprecedented in terms of the quantity and quality of self -promotion of channels.

The victory in the presidential election of the 73-year-old Arnold Ryutel, the former chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the ESSR, skeptics call a turn to the left. Others recall that at critical moments of the early 90s, Estonia considered one of the most prredible republics, and in many ways, thanks to the ruler, it gained independence without blood.

On Monday, Vladimir Putin, made on Monday, emphasized that it is impossible to consider the fight against international terrorism in isolation from the events in the North Caucasus. The president called on the leaders of Chechen separatists within a 72-hour period to terminate all relations with international terrorists and their organizations. Central Asia and the North Caucasus in one statement is far from an accident. Russia faced a serious threat to two fronts.

Firefighters, rescuers, police officers, doctors were real, not invented by the heroes. The head of New York firefighters, the 63-year-old father of five children Ray Donyu was the first to burst into the burning tower and never came out from there. A few days later, his subordinates carried the body of Ray from under the wreckage and carried to the car, not hiding tears.

“Hello Julie, this is Brian. Our plane is captured. I'm calling to tell you that I love you very much. I hope I can still call you. If it fails, then I want you to live and enjoy your life. I know that one day I will see you again. " This message was left by 38-year-old Brian Svini on an answering machine for his wife in the city of Cape code, Massachusetts. After eight minutes, the plane on which he flew crashed into the southern tower of the World Trade Center.

On the day of the release of this “OG” issue, the government at its meeting will discuss the concept of banking reform in the country. Obviously, its final option will be a kind of compromise between the very radical proposals of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (the working group of Mamut - Aven) and a fairly conservative position of the Central Bank.

Since then, Magomed has lived his life. He built a house, gave birth to eight children, returned his loved ones dignity and prosperity. The war threw Magomed half a century ago. The house is in ruins, the family is in a foreign land. And new teachers are mocking over his children. This was back in Kazakhstan, in exile, when the entire Chechen people went to the traitors. Magomed remembered the iron fingers of the first teacher for his life.

Anatoly Chubais visiting Egor Yakovlev But once a decision is made, it must be implemented in full. And here the sphere of moral forks begins. Either you have to implement a decision that is sometimes unacceptable to you, or you have to leave your job. Today, for example, it seems extremely strange to me that on a number of important issues one sometimes hears mutually exclusive positions from officials at the highest level.

The Belgian tribunal condemned the three-Albanians for pimulation and trade by citizens of independent Moldova. Agron and Aryana Lachi were planted for seven years. Alban was convicted in absentia. The trial was based on the testimony of 20-year-old Angela. In Moldova, it was sold for $ 70. In Belgium, where the girl got after Albania, we already resold for 5 thousand. Angela almost committed suicide, miraculously remained alive, even more miracle that she managed to return to her homeland.

In Murmansk for the second time in the last month, the press center of the international operation to raise the Kursk Premier League opened. Members of the government commission, assistant to the president Sergey Yastrzhembsky, deputy commander in chief of commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Mikhail Barkov, the head of the Rubin Central Design Bureau, Igor Spassky, commander of the Northern Fleet Vyacheslav Popov, again managed to be noted in it.

The expectation of the Third World War, which is in the air, completely shifted all the accents of the first state visit of the President of Russia to Germany. “Overlord” - this was the name of the operation to land the allied troops in Normandy during the Second World War. She became the discovery of the "second front." Today in Germany, recalling this, they say that Putin opened the second front of the struggle against international terrorism, that he became the “ally” of America and Europe.

The new presidential term by Alexander Lukashenko is a good reason for personnel permutations. The cards are already mowing. But there is no doubt that the main figures will remain in their places. Last week, the inauguration ceremony took place. Lukashenko brought the presidential oath, and the military personnel of all power structures for the first time in the history of the republic took an oath of allegiance to its leader.

On September 11, the geopolitical situation has changed dramatically in the world, and Russia faced a strategic choice that will determine its fate for decades ahead. The President of Russia and the Russian people immediately made this choice on the principle of Andrei Sakharov, and this principle is that in a difficult political situation the most strategically correct and at the same time pragmatic choice is a moral choice.