Back in 2012, they did not talk about Crimea in Kyiv, in Kyiv they said that if the collapse of Ukraine begins, then it will begin in Transcarpathia. Since Soviet times, the Transcarpathian region has occupied a special place among other regions of Ukraine. Thanks to the strategic position on the border with the four states of Transcarpathia, it was closely connected with Moscow, and not with Kiev, and the local political elite has developed a habit of a very high degree of independence.

Five days after the start of Euromaidan in Kiev, the Laboratory of Political Analysis of Social Media at the University of New York ( SMAPP ) began to copy and save all the posts on Facebook and Twitter, which somehow belonged to what was happening in Ukraine. By the end of February, millions of messages were collected in the laboratory archive.

The popular on YouTube, the American comedy channel The Fine Bros decided to introduce several modern children to the technology of the last century - a disc telephone. The result was predictably comical. Most children were able to identify the device, but their knowledge limited themselves to this. How to dial a number? What do short beeps mean? Almost no one can answer these questions.

The instability in the stock markets, including the Russian one, is caused by the actions of the US Federal Reserve, and the crisis in Ukraine, if it influenced, then, is a little. Vladimir Putin said this during a press conference in Novo-Ogarev . “From developing markets, investors began to withdraw money to the American market itself. This is a general trend that has absolutely nothing to do with Ukraine, ” the president told reporters . - This is a fundamental reason.

The leadership of “Channel One” cut out the words of actor Jared Summer dedicated to the events in Ukraine and Venezuela from the broadcast of the Oscar Award, the Rain TV channel on the night of March 4 said . “While you are fighting for your dreams to come true, for the impossible, we think about you,” the summer, who received the Oscar for the best male support of the second plan in the film “Dallas Club of Buyers”, to the protesters in Ukraine and Venezuela during his thanksgiving speech.

The permanent representative of Ukraine at the UN Yuri Sergeev, in an interview with journalists, expressed the opinion that the accusations of the Soviet Union against the Ukrainian nationalists in the Nuremberg process were falsified, ITAR-TASS reports. “The Russian-Soviet side at that time tried to put pressure on Western allies so that they recognize Bandera and other killers. Why didn't the Nuremberg process recognize this?

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Russian President Vladimir Putin and commander of the troops of the Western Military District Anatoly Sidorov (from left to right). Photo: ITAR-TASS / Mikhail Klimentiev Now many are wondering: what is the tactics and strategy of Putin? Where is the action plan of the Russian authorities? What are the requirements of the president? What are the following steps? Is there an understanding of where we, Russia, go in general?

Today, Slon publishes Irina Prokhorova’s conversations , politics, co -founder of the Mikhail Prokhorov charitable foundation, and Karin Cleman, sociologist, director of the collective action Institute, and the author of the book “City Movement of Russia in 2009-2012”. It was about city movements, civil activism and its prospects in Russia. Irina Prokhorova: Most often we judge urban activity in large cities, such as Moscow, St. Petersburg.

On Sunday, a statement has appeared on the organization’s website, now many members believe that it must be removed Igor Borisov. Photo: Grigory Sobchenko / Kommersant Some members of the Presidential Council of Human Rights requires immediately disavow the statement of a number of reward colleagues on the unacceptability of the entry of Russian troops into the territory of Ukraine. At the moment, there is a meeting, participants are trying to decide whether to do it or not.

“If the United States freezes our assets ... <...> Our banks and enterprises will not return loans to American partners,” the US Advisor Sergei Glazyev threatened the United States today. He promised that Russia would create its calculation-paying system bypassing the dollar and will trade with the east and south.

In February, inflation accelerated growth rates and reached 0.7% compared to the January level of 0.6%. The fresh data of the Federal State Statistics Service, which Interfax transmitted, coincided with the expectations of the Ministry of Economic Development. At the end of February, the head of the department, Andrei Klepach, stated that inflation may meet 0.7%. Since the beginning of 2014, prices have risen by 1.3%, the materials of the department testify.

The consumer rage Facebook continues. Only having given almost $ 20 billion for the WhatsApp mobile messenger, Mark Tsuckerberg aimed at Titan Aerospace - developers of flying solar batteries capable of soaring in a stratosphere at an altitude of 20 km. There is no official information yet, but TechCrunch writes that Facebook is ready to pay about $ 60 million for the American startup. Why did the social network need the own army of drones?

$ 72 billion It cost the Russian economy “Black Monday” on March 3, when the stock indices collapsed and the ruble fell, according to the newspaper “RBC Daily”. This amount included $ 10 billion, which the Central Bank seemed to spend on maintaining the ruble exchange rate, as well as $ 62.4 billion, which reduced the capitalization of the MICEX index. In general, several days of rattling weapons in Crimea cost Russia more than the Olympics in Sochi.

Slon is conducting a joint project with the international network of scientists “ Ponars Eurasia ”, whose participants are developing new approaches to politics and security in Russia and Eurasia. As part of this project, we publish analytical articles of Ponars, among which are famous political scientists, historians and sociologists from the USA, Europe, Russia and other CIS countries. This is another view of Russia, its policy and its politicians.

Whether someone will arrest someone’s accounts and assets as a punishment of Russia for a new “Crimean War”-this is the most acute issue of the current moment. Membership in the G8, long -promised visas to Europe, the Paralympics and military cooperation with the United States - this, of course, is very, very important. But when the question is about cash and a house on the Cote d'Azur, all this somehow goes into the third plan.