Office of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Moscow Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP The production of tanks in Russia has doubled, and ammunition production has doubled. At the same time, the production of civilian cars fell by 60%, and consumer goods by a third. The economy, transferred to a war footing, ceases to feed the budget: the civilian sector, which pays for everything from the army to pensions, is shrinking under the pressure of mobilization and record extortions.

Container ship at the Port of Oakland, California Photo by JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP 30 years ago, an adviser to President Bush explained that for America there is no difference between potato chips and computer chips - free trade will put everything in its place.

Gore Verbinski's first film in eight years, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, dedicated to humanity's struggle with artificial intelligence, has been released in America. Writer Dmitry Bykov, a longtime admirer of the work of the director who gave us “Pirates of the Caribbean” and the American “Ring,” believes that Verbinski made a very relevant movie, the audience of which should quickly unite, like his heroes, in order to defeat the future.