Ivan Tolstoy: On our calendar today is the year of the 95th. Both calendarly and in its tragic content, it began with Chechnya. Where did the Dudaevites get weapons? Special transmission Arkady Dubnov. Arkady Dubnov: Russian weapons in Chechnya. The version of Marshal Shaposhnikov. Special program of the Moscow edition of Radio Liberty.

Exhibition Matthew Barney at Kunsthalle Wyen, March 2009 Art Critics call the hero of this transfer the most significant American artist of the 90s. However, the scope of decades for Matthew Barney is cramped - if only because his main project, the Cremaster cycle, was completed in 2002.

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Windsor in Connecticut Previous part The word "America" around the world gives rise to completely false images borrowed from the science fiction novels of the times of industrial enthusiasm. This delusion is best treated by a trip to the northeast corner of America. The home -made comfort of this land in a complete, ideal, mothballed form to New England was brought by pilgrims from the old. Since then, it has not changed very much.

Berlin. Reichstag Previous part The Christmas tree in Riga, when I was small, was always decorated with German toys. They are made of weightless glass and sprinkled with a crumb, similar to sugar powder. Forest hut, one or two balls, icicle - and the Christmas tree acquires a solemn and New Year's appearance. Everything else is already excess. In German toys, as in dried mushrooms, the spirit of German comfort is contained in an exceptionally concentrated form.

Ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko The issue of the arrest of the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has not yet been decided, ”Yuri Boychenko, head of the press service of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office, told reporters today. According to him, on Monday, the court in Kyiv made a decision to detain Tymoshenko - due to the fact that she broke the investigative actions.

Barack Obama and his wife arrived in the UK at the invitation of the queen On May 23, US President Barack Obama and his wife arrived in the UK with a three -day state visit. Both of them will be guests of Queen Elizabeth II and stop at the Buckingham Palace.

Sergey Yuryenen: "Chapaev." Production of the Lenfilm studio. He was released on the day of the 17th anniversary of the October Revolution - November 7, 34. Directors and authors of the script - based on the materials of Dmitry and Anna Furmanov - George and Sergey Vasiliev. Soreider - Yuri Musician. Operators - Alexander Sigaev and Xenophon. The artist is Isaac Mahlis. Music - Gabriel Popov.

(Scene from the film) "If you ask any intelligence officer to name the five most popular intelligence films, then the" exploration "will be among them." Sergey Yuryenen: "The feat of the scout." Production of the Kyiv film studio. The screens were released in September 47th. "Do you want to believe it, you want not, but the" exploit feature "made my brother a scout." Former Soviet intelligence officers take part in the program - this film is dedicated to them.

Irina Lagunina: On Monday, the European Union imposed additional sanctions against the regime of Bashar al-Asad for the brutal suppression of anti-government protests. The sanctions relate to the Syrian president and nine of his close associates. EU foreign ministers also turned to the European Investment Bank with a request to suspend activities in Syria.

The former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky is sure that the verdict of the Khamovnik court is not subject to correction On May 24, the Moscow City Court began consideration of a complaint of former co -owners of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev and their lawyers for the verdict of the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow .

Seventh transfer - final Working on this cycle, I constantly asked myself the question: Casanova - is he a positive hero? It turned out yes. In my conversations with the Casanists of different countries, topics such as personal responsibility, love of freedom, a positive attitude to life were invariably touched upon. Casanova is a European fate. As the music of Antonio Vivaldi, the Venetian, accompanies us in the first program.

Vagrich Bakhchanyan, Evgeny Rein and Sergey Dovlatov. Photo from the archive of V. Bakhchanyan Eighth program >>> "Poetry and truth" In the "Invisible Book" all names were real. And this did not bother anyone, because Sergey wrote only good about everyone: "I could remember something bad about these people. However, I don’t want to do this in principle. I do not want to be objective.

The United States imposed sanctions against a number of foreign companies cooperating with Iran and North Korea. US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said that the purpose of sanctions is not to allow Iran to develop his nuclear program, which, as they fear in Washington, is aimed at having nuclear weapons. It is reported that the sanctions will affect companies from China, Syria, Belarus and Iran itself, as well as the Venezuela State Oil Company.

Peter Vile: What is the poem "Moscow - Petushki"? Is Russia the most reading or the most drinking? What is the difference between the author of Venedikt Erofeev from the hero of Venedikt Erofeev? The next program from the cycle "Heroes of the Time" takes part: culturologist Marietta Chudakova, Saratov director Anton Kuznetsov, Chelyabinsk director Yuri Bobkov, son of the writer Venedikt Erofeev Jr. He is known to everyone and everyone in his diminutive name - Venichka. This alone says a lot.