On the topic of the day. American comments on today's meteorite in Chelyabinsk: “Why the hell in Russia do they all have cameras in their cars, is this some kind of law?” , “Why are there so many videos from Russia from cars?” , “Why does the worst always happen in Russia?” .

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, ordered the temporary resettlement of residents of the village of Tiksi with young children in departmental apartments of the Federal State Institution "Vostokregionzhilye" of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the Tiksi-3 microdistrict, Interfax reports with reference to the press service and information department of the Ministry of Defense.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Education finally presented the professional standard of a teacher to the public. This case was supervised by E. Yamburg, so in ideological terms there is a lot that he voiced more than once in his voluminous articles in Novaya Gazeta and at meetings of the Public Council under the Ministry of Education and Science. I'm not against standards. On the contrary, both hands are in favor.

Yesterday I published a short article “ Maybe it will blow by ” about unexpected guests from space and, in particular, about the Chelyabinsk meteorite. It was republished by some sites , and the comments on them simply shocked me. Some argued that this was not a meteorite, but an extraterrestrial spacecraft that was shot down by vigilant Ukrainian border guards with a veteran S-200 missile.

Cancer. It evokes genuine fear, confusion, and misunderstanding in me. And I think it’s the same for many others. While videos, programs, and articles were written about AIDS and HIV, there is no outreach work being carried out with the population. Moreover, it is preventive. How does it appear, why, when can it be treated and what is it anyway? I live in Dagestan.

Photo: Reuters Pope Benedict XVI on February 11 announced his intention to abdicate the throne of St. Peter. Already on February 28, the Catholic world will be left without a pontiff for about a month. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi promised that a new pope would be elected by the end of March. However, the French newspaper Le Figaro wrote that the conclave could take place earlier than March 15 - this is the date that Vatican representatives initially spoke about.

Photo: Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has not answered calls from the head of the American State Department, John Kerry, for several days. True, the State Department itself does not consider this fact surprising, reports Ekho Moskvy. “Based on our recent experience, it is not unusual that Lavrov, being far from his capital, does not answer calls until he returns home,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.

Photo: ITAR-TASS On absentee vote, the opposition Council accepted the statement " on the need to cancel the visa -free regime with the countries of Central Asia ." 23 members of the Constitutional Court voted for the abolition of the visa -free regime, 7 people abstained, no one opposed (as the Constitutional Court, you can see on the Council website ). 15 members of the KS did not participate in the vote at all. PublicPost asked the abstains to clarify his position.

Photo: Anastasia Udaltsova/Twitter On February 16, Sergei Udaltsov turned 36 years old. True, he cannot celebrate his birthday with friends and family - the politician has been under house arrest for almost a week. The leader of the Left Front is accused of organizing “mass riots” on Bolotnaya Square on May 6.

The classic work of Jean-Baptiste Molière could not be more accurate in describing what is happening in our society today. Easy money, connections, position in society, literally falling on a person from the sky, make him forget about all moral values, if, of course, he had any. In our case, even the original existence of moral values ​​is cast into serious doubt, but first things first.

On February 14, the government of the Kirov region, as well as Kirov residents, who, according to some sources, were obliged to attend a rally in support of Governor Nikita Belykh by their superiors, confessed their love to their boss...

The State Duma adopted the law on illegal registration in the first reading. The bill introduces administrative liability for Russian citizens who live in an apartment or house without registration. In honor of this, let's do some more math. 11,503,501 people are the population of Moscow according to the 2010 census - that is, these are officially registered citizens registered in Moscow. On average, the Moscow metro carries about 8,000,000 passengers per day.

Photo: Reuters North Koreans celebrate Kim Jong Il's 71st birthday. The former leader of the DPRK passed away in December 2011. The leader's birthday in North Korea is called "Shining Star Day." In honor of the holiday, North Korean authorities unveiled a new monument to Kim Jong Il in the country's capital, Pyongyang. The bronze chief stands on Mansudae Hill in the sports parka he sometimes wore during work trips around the country.

On Fridays at 9:20 I finish my first class at the university.

As the magazine "Otechestvennye Zapiski" reported, Grigory Pomerantz died - how to determine his profession? Philosopher? Not quite? Theologian? Not good? Religious writer? And not a writer... a deeply religious reasoner about the meaning of life. He was born in 1918, went through the war, it was there, next to death, that he experienced a meeting with eternity and didn’t want to think about anything, talk about anything, write about anything, and couldn’t. Only about the main thing...