Ave Spengler Notes from the week Mikhail Remizov Publication date: December 7, 2001 I would love a boost like this threat to Russia, which would force Europe decide to become equally formidable... acquire a single will, long, terrible own will, which could set goals for yourself for thousands of years to come...

Military: criticism from the right Eduard Vorobiev Publication date: December 7, 2001 Today, Boris Nemtsov said at a press conference at Interfax that the positions of the Union of Right Forces and the General Staff on issues of military reform coincide in almost everything except timing.

Somatization L.N. Tolstoy. "Bone" (true) Linor Goralik Publication date: December 7, 2001 For once, it is possible to quote the entire text, for once. I am pleased to present: With L. N. Tolstoy Bone (was) The mother bought plums and wanted to give them to the children after lunch. They were on the plate. Vanya never ate plums and kept sniffing them. And he really liked them. I really wanted to eat it. He kept walking past the plums.

Entertaining cannibalism Andrey Ivanov Publication date: December 7, 2001 In the 60s, at Yale University the so-called Milgram experiments were carried out (USA). The purpose of the experiments was to study the degree to which the average normal person submits to power and authority. In other words, the ability to program people’s behavior by influencing their consciousness.

Hunger 62 Practical gastroenterology reading Alexander Ageev Publication date: December 7, 2001 ... Meanwhile, on December 5, a year passed of my public hunger strikes on the “pages” of RJ. Not an anniversary, of course, but for our changing times it’s already something. Isn't “stagnation” really beginning in Russia, as one popular publicist believes ?

Dostoevsky in the modern world Publication date: December 5, 2001 receive by E-mail print version From December 17 to 20, the International Symposium “Dostoevsky in the Modern World. 1821-2001” will be held at the Moscow House of Scientists (Prechistenka, 16). Famous Russian and foreign writers were invited to the symposium, including members of the international PEN Club, Nobel laureates, laureates of the Booker and other international prizes.

Waiting for the "second front" Prospects for Russia in the context of a new Afghan war Sergey V. Biryukov Publication date: December 7, 2001 Today, even Russians relatively far from politics are becoming aware that the real situation around Afghanistan is not developing as optimistically as initially expected. Having been drawn into the anti-Taliban coalition to a much greater extent than many traditional US allies, Russia is teetering on the brink of becoming a warring state.

The dominance of amateurism Interpol Issue 75 Ivan Davydov Publication date: December 7, 2001 I have regular readers. Honestly. And from time to time my regular readers ask me - why don’t I write about the next “Claws”? Am I missing out? Do not notice? Yaroslav Grekov, who put the local production of “Claws” on stream, even once sent me a letter in which he asked the same question, but in relation to his resource.

About the lessons of lawmaking in elementary school Open letter from the Committee of Single Mothers to the Privy Council for Public Education under the administration of E.I.V. Vladilen II. Tmp server of the Ecumenical Security Council, 2094 Publication date: December 7, 2001 The situation around the teaching of lawmaking in our schools causes concern and even indignation among parents. We believe that this discipline is very important and must be taught in a qualified manner.

Six Bookers: choose your winner! Andrey Nemzer Publication date: December 7, 2001 On the eve of the solemn announcement of the next winner of the Smirnoff-Booker Prize (December 6, 2001), literary critic Andrei Nemzer, assuming six possible outcomes of the list, wrote six articles - one for each finalist. The winner of the Smirnoff-Booker Prize was Lyudmila Ulitskaya. Nemzer's response appeared in the newspaper Vremya Novostei (12/07/2001).

Subjective notes about Yakutia Vasily Kostyrko Publication date: December 7, 2001 For me, a person primarily from Moscow, Yakutia was a purely virtual, intra-book phenomenon, the brightest fact from the field of ethnography and folkloristics. Of course, there were Yakut friends, there were memories of my father, who taught for a year in a rural Yakut school, colorful stories under which I spent my childhood, as if I had seen it with my own eyes. However, the communication was one-way.