In The Wall Street Journal, the translation of the article by the French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy, who calls to deprive Russia of a place in the UN Security Council: “Another weapon of Putin Russia in the Ukrainian conflict was its status of a permanent member of the UN Security Council, which allows you to impose a veto on any resolution. This is the legacy of World War II and the decisions to endow this status of 5 victorious countries, including the Soviet Union.

The Turkish Opposition Political Science Kerim Has in the edition of RTVI writes : “ ( The second round is Polit.ru ) This is a completely logical outcome. Now, first of all, everyone thinks that democracy works very well in Turkey - the first tour took place, there were no clashes of protesters with law enforcement agencies. It seems to the international public that the elections were not held in Turkey, but in Norway or in New Zealand. Everything is calm.

Telegram channel "PoliteConomics" analyzes the results of the international study by Romir: “The results of the survey <...> in 60 countries showed that every second resident of the planet considers political freedoms in his country insufficient. <...> Dissatisfaction with the economic conditions in the world is higher: almost two -thirds of the respondents consider them insufficient, less than a third - sufficient.

Economist Daron Ademoglu writes in Project Syndicate about one of the reasons why the Turkish opposition will fail in the current elections: “To explain the defeat of the opposition, it is not enough to refer to defective results from polling stations - there is a more fundamental reason. It is difficult to understand the results of the elections, if not taking into account how much the Turkish electorate was saturated with nationalism.

On Thursday, May 25, at 19:00 in the club "Club" (Moscow, Pokrovsky Blood, 6/20, p. 1), in the framework of public lectures, Polit.ru Ivan Davydov will talk with literary critic Oleg Lesmanov about the books that we all read in childhood, about which of them are still dear to us, and how they continue to enjoy adult lives. Lexmanov - online, Davydov - alive. Well, and these two will probably talk about something else. Come! The entrance is free, registration is desirable , but not required.

In the book “Suicide Reason . Why do young people decide to die. ”The leading American suicidologist Edwin Schneidman conducts the“ autopsy ”of the mind of Arthur, a young 33-year-old man who committed suicide. Schneidman interviews Arthur's loved ones to understand what could push this talented and successful man to suicide.

The clergyman Andrei Tkachev writes in his telegram channel: “In order for Ukrainians not to go to bed hundreds of thousands in the nameless graves and not leave forever by millions from the country, only it was necessary to crush the Maidan bastard in powder <...> and wait until the wind was blowing. There would be fewer victims thousands of times without any surplification. <...> So it was in Russia in the first revolution (1905) and in February. And this is what about this about this.

The images of the human face, the corn and phallus were found on archaeological excavations in Tossal de la-kala, not far from the city of Benidorm on the southeastern coast of Spain. The relief dating from the first century BC is unique and has no analogues for any of the territories occupied by Rome in the republican era. The images occupy an area of ​​57 × 42 cm.

The Bombbor publishing house presents the book of the American suicidologist Edwin Schneidman “Suicide Reason . Why do young people decide to die ”(translation by O. A. Lyashenko). In this book, the leading American suicidologist Edwin Schneidman conducts an “autopsy” of the mind of Arthur, a young 33-year-old man who committed suicide. Schneidman interviews Arthur's loved ones to understand what could push this talented and successful man to suicide.

The Valdai discussion club published an article by political scientist Ivan Timofeev about the difficulties of a civilizational approach in international relations: “The appearance in the official document of the concept of a civilization state returns us to fundamental issues of our identity. Who are we? What is the nature of our state? What is our vision of the future for ourselves and for the rest of the world? Who are our "significant others"?

On May 22, 1913, the composer Nikita The Theologian was born Personal business Nikita Vladimirovich Theological (1913-2004) was born in St. Petersburg. His mother was the pianist Elena the Theologian, nee Poskakovskaya. Since the parents parted early, Nikita did not know his father, his stepfather raised his stepfather-a chemical scientist. Still studying at school, the Theological on Sundays began to take lessons from the famous composer Alexander Glazunov and wrote his first musical works.

Scientists from the National University of Sun Yatsen (Taiwan) and the Museum of the Natural History of the National University of Singapore, exploring underwater caves, discovered a new type of fish that adapts to their habitat, losing their eyes. In some copies of the fish, the left eye is covered with skin, while in others the eyes remain on both sides of the head.

Political scientist Alexei Makarkin in the Bunin & Co telegram channel shares his impressions of the recently released novel by Alexei Ivanov, dedicated to the Civil War: “ I read the“ armored passages ”of Alexei Ivanov. This is a book about progress - against the backdrop of the Russian paradox of the last three decades, when the fading modernization was accompanied by the emphasized archais, based on the desire to return Xia to the constructed past <...> .

Edwin Schneidman The Bombbor publishing house presents the book of the American suicidologist Edwin Schneidman “Suicide Reason . Why do young people decide to die ”(translation by O. A. Lyashenko). In this book, the leading American suicidologist Edwin Schneidman conducts an “autopsy” of the mind of Arthur, a young 33-year-old man who committed suicide. Schneidman interviews Arthur's loved ones to understand what could push this talented and successful man to suicide.

The host of the program "Our", historian and cultural scientist Boris Yakemenko writes : “Like any totalitarian ideology, modern liberalism (or rather, eclectic mess from the left, right, middle, upper, lower, Nazism, reptiles and pretentiousness, which is considered to them) unifying its followers. In some cases, to external resemblance. But even if faces differ, the image of thinking, the form of expression of thoughts, rhetoric becomes stamped.