A living correspondence with the audience, which has been led by the writer and publicist Anatoly Shot, for many years. He is written by mail - ordinary and electronic - from the most diverse places of Russia and other republics that once constituted the Soviet Union: about the fate of their countries and, most importantly, about their human destinies.

Drawing by Jay Griffith Poem from the collection Catechism. Poems for Pussy Riot , prepared by an English pen club Jay Griffith The hooligan truth You should, for your good, write the words of shapeless protest with gray ink and pass it from hand to hand, in the shadow of building forests around a strange house not adapted to life. The echoes would have drowned out the echoing laughter of a dozen people, headless and invisible.

They sent photos of what was too loudly called Khodynka in Sevastopol. Before the New Year, in Sevastopol, to set the record of Ukraine, a salad-olive weighing four hundred and sixteen kilograms were prepared. Everyone could get a portion. It was cold, it was raining. This did not prevent residents of all ages from arranging a crush. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured in it. In the pictures, I did not notice a single heavier face, a lot of young and cheerful, more, by the way, female.

Can I love someone else's child? The Lutheran Bishop Igor Knyazev, Orthodox Alexander Zorin, Tatyana Makarova, is said in the program "From a Christian point of view". Christmas is a celebration of the birth of a child who is absolutely a stranger for all of humanity. Can Joseph love Jesus? Humanity is the Son of God? God adopts us, so we can adopt God ... and make our own children to be loved for real ...

The results of the week. January 5 Gerard Depardieu and Brigitte Bardo become new Russians The title of the most influential policy of the planet was selected from Vladimir Putin America retreated from a financial cliff - for now for two months

One of the immutable truths: without knowledge of yesterday, you cannot understand today. The presenter Vladimir Toltz is talking about Russia: how its past appears in the present - votes, evidence, disputes.

Gerard Depardieu and Brigitte Bardo became new Russians from Vladimir Putin selected the title of the most influential policy of the planet America retreated from a financial cliff - so far for two months

I hope Putin allocated Bridget Bardo an apartment on Mira Avenue, next to the mosque. Well, so that ... she was completely convinced that there is no kurban-barama - Alexey Navalny (@navalny) January 5, 2013

Fragment of lithography of the German artist Kete Kolvitz "German children are starving" The last utopian European project is going through difficult times: the crisis hit in the image of high -tech, "honest", "pure", environmentally friendly Europe. Has the recession returned "traditional values" - first of all, in the style of life? All this is discussed by the participants in the European project.

The capital of Iraq on December 25 and 26 was overwhelmed by rains, which have not been the last 30 years. A week has passed, but the water in Baghdad is still worth it - the gutrum system of the city is not prepared for such floods. The correspondent of the radio station Free Iraq Abbas Kader walked along the streets of Baghdad.