Not for the First Time, World Sours on Free Markets (Democracy or Market?) John Gray (John Gray) The Nation Democracy and the free market are by no means twin brothers, recalls a professor at the London School of Economics who predicted the global economic crisis of 1998.

Russian Magazine / Net-culture / Seine www.russ.ru/netcult/nevod/20000908.html Seine: issue 91 Nastic Gryzunova Date of publication: September 8, 2000 Review of current online events and publications MP3: "he started it first" tactics No matter what we think about the confrontation between recording studios, on the one hand, and Napster and MP3.com, on the other, in a situation where there is a distinct smell of frying, there is no longer any talk of new trends in the sphere of solving the

Referendum for Vladimir Meciar Vitaly Portnikov Vitaly Portnikov Date of publication: September 8, 2000 Slovak President Rudolf Schuster's decision to call a referendum on possible early parliamentary elections for November 11 was the first major victory for the left-wing opposition led by former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar. But this victory may well turn out to be Pyrrhic.

Technologies and political technologies Vladimir Kumachev, Sergei Kazennov Date of publication: September 8, 2000 We agree with those who believe that Vladimir Putin’s reign as the leader of Russia will by no means be only a victorious march of a reformer. Putin will have to correct some of what was done before him and make quite serious adjustments to the reforms. Perhaps even setting up the most important guidelines in a new way.

Russia in the world: don’t believe, don’t be afraid, don’t ask Dmitry Shusharin Date of publication: September 8, 2000 Oh, Vostok, Vostok... The North Korean leader, it turns out, was joking when he promised the Russian president to curtail his missile program. The Japanese are also jokers - Putin in America is in favor of Japan becoming another permanent member of the Security Council, and they are tying up Staff Captain Rybnikov in Tokyo on the contrary. As if they couldn't a week later.

Century=text. Issue 26: 1926 Egor Otroshchenko Date of publication: September 8, 2000 POEM OF THE YEAR | EVENTS | ABOUT FORMALISTS | BOOK OF THE YEAR | CHARACTERS AND PERFORMERS Poem of the Year In clothes from ancient words Against the backdrop of the marble choir I plunged my sharp face into the stalls, But the lily appeared to me from the choir.

"Solidarity" 20 years later Vitaly Portnikov Date of publication: September 8, 2000 My last stay in Poland coincided with the final - and main - days of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the creation of the independent trade union "Solidarity" and its agreements with the then communist authorities of the country. It should probably not be surprising that the Poles were seriously preparing for the anniversary of the biggest event in their recent political history.

Regarding property and property managers: Advice Gleb Pavlovsky Date of publication: September 8, 2000 Mr. oligarch appoints a test for the authorities - a list of people covered by dubious shares, "dubious" in the sense - it is doubtful whether these are his shares? In the meantime, the authorities and Berezovsky are testing each other, the country has a reason to test its true state. The suspicion that Mr. Berezovsky does not own what he is said to own is easy to verify. To do this, Mr.

Falconry: thirty-ninth review, dedicated to bad stories, writers like cacti, ambiguous jokes, sounds of signs and big changes Yana Sokolova Date of publication: September 8, 2000 Everything flows, my friends, everything changes. Perhaps for the better. Literaturnaya Gazeta has finally launched an online version - the issue, even if it's a back issue, is fully represented there.

Open palm Richard Feynman. Of course you're joking, Mr. Feynman! Victor Sonkin Date of publication: September 8, 2000 My wife’s grandfather , a world-famous physicist, once told us: “You need to have an open palm. As soon as it clenches into a fist, a person loses the ability to learn and enjoy new things. This is old age.” Nikita Alekseevich himself remained with an open palm until his last day.

An anniversary offline report on the online work. 67 articles, reviews, interviews plus one - but what! - Forum. The materials are grouped somewhat chaotic: in the room where a three -year -old child lives and plays, everything is always upside down. Quote: If there is an amateur who unveiled his passions, then let him hang and expresses himself.

Pharaoh's daughter is in danger Paper Press Review Petr Pospelov Date of publication: September 8, 2000 This week the newspapers continued to play up the topic of changes at the Bolshoi Theater , which was the main topic last week.