There were no explosions in Moscow for six years. Now officials understand that the work to prevent terrorist attacks must again be started from scratch. The message that the head of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, informed the president about the attacks, appeared on the Kremlin website on Monday at nine in the morning. Federal TV channels were also silent for almost an hour after the explosion, and the President and Prime Minister did not react until after noon.

The government has applied another anti-crisis technology - spend money faster How to make sure that officials execute the federal budget on time? Dmitry Medvedev's method: "Push in all places." At a recent meeting, the president recalled how last summer he put things in order with the financing of the defense order. The government was slowly preparing contracts with defense enterprises, and they were sitting without money.

The Ukrainian Minister of Education and Science explained to Olena Chernenko why protests are in his favor How do you feel about the wave of protests caused by your appointment? "Wave of protests" - loudly said. Rather, it is a wave of threats. Even the Ukrainian TV channels sympathetic to the former Orange, additionally “stimulated” by the organizers of the campaign, could not create the impression of mass events held by the nationalists.

In the new film by Vladimir Khotinenko "Pop" Sergey Makovetsky played the main role of the priest, father Alexander. "Pop" tells the story of the Pskov Orthodox Mission, which restored church life in the Pskov region and the Baltic states, occupied by the Nazis - and largely under their control. At the same time, the priests - Father Alexander was one of them - helped the prisoners and partisans. When the Germans retreated in 1944, most of the mission remained and were arrested by the NKVD.

The new head of the Russian Football Union decided to eradicate foul language in the stands. Well, well, say the fans After the match of the second round of the Russian Football Championship "Zenith" - "Spartak", the famous actor and avid St. Petersburg fan Mikhail Boyarsky was very worried: like a cultural capital, but not very culture - there is a solid mat in the stands. In his hearts, he even promised that if he heard something like that again, he would never enter the stadium again.

The scandal around Catholic priests who corrupted children is gaining momentum. The Vatican reacts hesitantly In the past, American Jeff Anderson was an atheist and an alcoholic. And now he is one of the most famous lawyers dealing with the cases of victims of pedophile priests. Jeff himself refers to his clients as "survivors". “For 25 years now, my mission has been to make the clerical environment safe for children,” the 62-year-old lawyer explains to Newsweek.

Traveling between Moscow and St. Petersburg at a speed of 200 km/h, the inhabitants of the capital incite class hatred among those who live along the railway On Sunday morning, residents of the city of Bologoye wake up from a warning about the approach of high-speed Sapsan trains. One rushes to Petersburg, the other rushes to Moscow. It is similar to the game "Guess the melody".

Competition in the charter market is already reminiscent of a real war. But airfares are only going up. They say that this scheme was invented by Boris Berezovsky. The bottom line is to sell tickets in bulk to the most popular destinations at a huge discount - on the verge of cost or even cheaper. Last year, during the season, Aeroflot sold wholesale tickets to Cuba for €560 to the so-called ticket consolidator. And he resold them to a tour operator for €740.

The appointment of Dmitry Tabachnik as the Minister of Education of Ukraine again split the country into two irreconcilable camps In the record book of the new Ukrainian Minister of Education and Science, Dmitry Tabachnik, there are solid fives. The subjects, however, are a little strange: Ukrainophobia, political clowning, bribery, the theory of applied Ukrainian division and falsification of history. And there are too many signatures of teachers: about three hundred.

Several films about how children live in the world of adults are released at the same time Dostoevsky began the story "A Boy with a Pen" (a kind of preface to the famous Christmas story "A Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree") with the words: "Children are a strange people, they dream and imagine." This dream and haze spilled onto the screens: several films about a perverted version of a happy childhood and adolescence are released in limited release at once.

The right-wingers who will lead Hungary after the April 11 elections do not like Russia. But the ultra-right, claiming second place, adore her He asks to call himself Uncle Potka. Dressed in all black, except for a neckerchief in the colors of the Nilashist flag - the Hungarian fascists of the Second World War, he commands two stunted men in the military uniform of the banned organization "Hungarian Guard". They guard the stage of a small House of Culture on the outskirts of Budapest.

On the eve of the explosions in Moscow, an emergency also occurred in the Bashkir city of Oktyabrsky. Five hundred security officials tried to drive the especially dangerous international terrorist Alexander Yashin off the hospital gurney On Saturday, March 27, the 100,000-strong Bashkir city of Oktyabrsky fell into a state of siege. The snipers took up positions at the medical unit. The riot police guarded the bus station and state institutions.

How to talk about anything and not look like an idiot? Pecha-kucha started as a conversation with an employer, but turned into a social game In the center of a small hall of a bookstore, a young woman is standing on a chair, dressed in a bright purple tunic, a most enthusiastic expression on her face. Her name is Shasha. From a chair, she says that she is fluent in the technique of escapism - escape from reality into a world of illusions - and is ready to share it.