After the riot in the Izhevsk boarding school, the authorities suddenly remembered that there are orphans in the country On the third day after the emergency in Izhevsk, Pavel Astakhov, Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President, came to boarding school No. 2 with a check. He was accompanied by four cameramen. In a shabby toilet, where 12 teenagers opened their veins, the children's ombudsman arranged a "trial hour" for the ex-director of the boarding school Dmitry Gavrikov.

The head of Russian Technologies, Sergei Chemezov, wanted to create the largest airline in Russia. Aeroflot swallowed it and didn't choke Last October, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the Moscow office of the Boeing Company and expressed her hope that the Russian corporation Rosavia would make a choice in favor of the American aircraft. The Secretary of State cared about jobs in America: during the crisis, Boeing faced several rejections of previously booked aircraft at once.

A mass protest rally took place in Kaliningrad. The governor was found guilty. He will probably resign, and this will be a lesson to other governors A rally of thousands was scheduled for January 30 in Kaliningrad. It was Saturday, and in the morning the Governor Georgy Boos flew off on vacation. He has his own plane and is not tied to the schedule of the local airport. A Kremlin source claims that the governor was pulled out of the plane at the direction of Dmitry Medvedev.

The grammar of a language is affected by its prevalence. On phonetics - the genes of those who speak it The Yagua Indians of Peru lead a primitive way of life, but few dare to call their language primitive. Instead of one past tense, it has five of them at once. The narrator has to choose the right form of the verb depending on how long ago the event happened - today, yesterday, a few days ago ... Grammar does not allow omitting details.

Young Russian cinema will perish.

Russian cinemas will account for each ticket sold. This will not prevent them from stealing, but it will help the Ministry of Culture to earn Director Yuri Grymov planned to premiere his new comedy about a blind boy, "To the Touch" on January 28. And then he changed his mind - he decided that he would earn more if he released the film in May. “By that time, the e-ticketing system will be launched and I will be able to get more money for my film,” explains Grymov.

The Vancouver Olympics could be the worst for the Russian team. Officials have already explained why: this is just a training session before the Sochi Games Solemn farewells were held in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on January 28. The ceremony was led by Patriarch Kirill. He also delivered a parting word, and then invited the president of the Olympic Committee, Leonid Tyagachev, to the microphone.

The chief producer of Russian World Studios (RWS), director Dmitry Meskhiev, explained to Newsweek correspondent Maria Zheleznova why the new system of state support for cinema is better than the old one. What pros and cons do you see in the former, Ministry of Culture system of distributing state support and in the new one, through the fund?

The state begins an operation to save Russian cinema. To give the last fight to Hollywood, movie money will be divided among the big players Last week, the film "Kandahar" was released - a large-scale film about Russian pilots who were captured by Afghan. Another Russian blockbuster was edited by Oscar winner American Gabriela Cristiani. She worked on Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor and Last Tango in Paris.

Chinese sectarians from North Carolina became virtual Jedi of the Iranian "green" revolution When Iranian oppositionists fought the Revolutionary Guards on the streets of Tehran, Bill Xia saved servers from collapsing in distant North Carolina. In Iran itself, independent online media have been shut down and access to anti-government websites has been blocked. Bill Xia and a handful of US programmers tried to keep the rebellious Iranians from complete informational isolation.

Polish women will be more careful in the future. They learned a lesson: fleeting pleasure can turn into years in prison Women's menthol cigarettes, slicked back, frizzled hair, a white shirt slightly open on the chest, tight jeans - this is what the most famous agent of the Polish special services looks like. He goes by the pseudonyms Tomasz Malecki and Tom Piotrovsky, but to most Poles he is simply Agent Tomek.

Insurance companies are increasingly proving that a medical policy abroad can be a complete sham At the end of January, pilot Alexei Kalabin went on vacation to Indonesia. He did not rest for long - after a couple of days he was bitten by a poisonous snake. Kalabin was given first aid and sent to the hospital of Denpasar, the administrative center of the island of Bali. For three days, his relatives tried to get support from the insurance company.