The son of one of the secretaries of the White House dressed up Spider-Man and “caught” the president. Washington, USA, 2012 “I don't blame China. I blame the incompetence of past administrations that allowed China to go around the United States in trade, bringing the matter to the fact that the United States is losing billions of dollars, ”Donald Trump once said. The current president undoubtedly added oil to the fire of the trade war between the PRC and the USA.

Russia can abandon military service - however, so far this is a matter of an uncertain future. “We are moving towards the creation of a professional army,” Vladimir Putin said the other day at a meeting with Energomash employees. - The call gradually goes into the past. True, this requires time and appropriate financing. ” The topic has been discussed for a long time. Back in the mid-1990s, Boris Yeltsin signed a decree on the transition to a professional army.

Participants in a rally of garbage against garbage from the Moscow region into the territory of the Arkhangelsk region. Photo: Alexey Lipnitsky / TASS A separate politically interesting intrigue in Russia is how the presidential administration is looking for ways to prevent and control protests in the field.

Inauguration ceremony Vladimir Putin. Photo: Dmitry Astakhov / Ria Novosti / Reuters With the European example of democracy, not everything is not all smooth recently. National governments declare a shortage of democracy in the EU and the low flexibility of European institutions, and the European Commission accuses some countries, primarily Hungary and Poland, but also Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia of the growth of non -democratic trends.

Architect Yuri Avvakumov - about totalitarian utopia, sleeping areas and provinciality of modern Russia. "Moscow Tower" (Mikhail Filippov, 1990). The image of the Babylonian tower - a beautiful architectural dream that will never be built in reality - can serve as a symbol of "paper" architecture. The publishing house of the Museum of Contemporary Art “Garage” published a book by the architect, artist and curator Yuri Avvakumov “Paper Architecture. Anthology".

With the help of photography, Evgeny Sterlagov tries to discover new forms and meanings in the pile of objects and understand the relationship between them, space and himself I can’t say how long the clutter of my house happened. It contains chaos and a mess, and restoring order changes little. Things accumulate and rarely find themselves in their places. It seems, having declared war, they captured my home and begin to live their lives.

As a person is aging, not only his vision, skin and hair are changing. Its ability to feel the taste that we accept as given is also worsening: with age, many notice that they do not receive their previous pleasure from the usual dishes, but they begin to gravitate towards new products. Very often, this is not the best, but the most striking taste - whether it be super -piece desserts, spicy sauces or snacks stuffed with flavors. The feeling of taste is changing all his life.

Podkast "Comrade Foreigner" - finalist of the Republic of Pedules contest Republic represents the first finalist of the Podcast contest . “Foreign Comrade” is a podcast about foreigners in Russia and Russians in the West, about international dialogue and intercultural conflicts. Journalists Anastasia Sedukhina (Russia) and Martyn Smirs (Holland) are discussing Russian realities, scandalous news and awkward moments in relations between Russia and the West.

In a cup of coffee, in the TV “Russia-24”, on “Russia-24”-talk shows. Now there is also its own, unlike other channels, some kind of cozy, chamber. The host, heel of experts, complete unanimity. No one is zig, they do not beat anyone. No one yells, everything is decorous and sedentary. And here are experts - three without memorable names and surnames, but strong and with a formidable luster in the eyes, two with history and the past - are discussing, of course, Ukraine.