Falconry: twentieth review, dedicated to flocks of crows, imperial boots, sky-high heights, the ears of Tatyana Bek, unequal waves, Zemfira and Spanish sailors Yana Sokolova Publication date: August 5, 2000 It’s sad to admit, my friends, but I don’t often, not at all often, come across passionate and pathetic articles in newspapers. That’s why I rejoice when I meet them, like a child who has received a desired toy.

Moscow will launch an offensive against the Taliban Expert of the Institute of CIS Countries Andrey Grozin answers Alexey Grekov’s questions Alexey Grekov Publication date: August 4, 2000 Alexey Grekov: Andrey Valentinovich, among a number of analysts there is an opinion that as the Taliban approaches close to the borders of Tajikistan, Moscow may no longer be afraid of upsetting the balance of power in Afghanistan to the detriment of the Northern Alliance, and, therefore, real preconditions

Balkan autumn: ballots instead of guns Vitaly Portnikov Publication date: August 4, 2000 This fall, local elections will be held in Albania and Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo. The Yugoslavs will elect a new union parliament and the country's president, and parliamentary elections will be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina. One way or another, democratic processes are beginning to replace wars and internal conflicts in the most explosive region of Europe.

Century=text. Issue 21: 1921 Egor Otroshchenko Publication date: August 4, 2000 POEM OF THE YEAR | EVENTS OF THE YEAR | CHARACTERS AND PERFORMERS Poem of the Year Sixth Sense The wine we love is wonderful And the good bread that goes into the oven for us, And the woman to whom it was given, Having first been exhausted, we can enjoy. But what should we do with the pink dawn? Above the cooling skies Where is the silence and unearthly peace, What should we do with immortal poems?

Dr. Watson's Revenge Arthur Conan Doyle. Hound of the Baskervilles. Translation by N. Volzhina Victor Sonkin Publication date: August 4, 2000 Recently I saw on TV a recording of an experiment. Somewhere - apparently on a university campus - they caught volunteers and offered them fifteen minutes to serve science. First, you had to fill out a form; in fact, that was what the experiment was all about.