Geopolitical revolution Yaroslav Shimov Publication date: March 20, 2003 The current war in Iraq means a transition to the constructive phase of the geopolitical revolution that began in the late 80s. last century with the collapse of the socialist camp, and then the Soviet Union. Its destructive phase lasted more than ten years and was marked by the final dismantling of the “Yalta-Potsdam” model, which consolidated in the mid-40s. geopolitical results of the Second World War.

The Russian media celebrated the consistent of writer Eduard Limonov with unanimous enthusiasm. A rare publication did not respond to this event. With a positive or negative assessment - it does not matter. But it is obvious that the popularity of the author " This is me, Oedchka " reached such a scope that even he himself, timidity, modesty, as you know, was unlikely to expect. To meet your anniversary in prison, in Lefortovo - this rarely succeeded.

When discussing the topic of terrorism, it is usually implicitly assumed that terrorism is an activity for individuals or small secret groups. In a word, for the marginalized. In recent years, if they talk about terror on the part of the state, it is usually in the context of the state’s terror against its own citizens. Sometimes they talk about state terror against citizens of other states in occupied territories .

- We made it! - said the parrot sardonically, He covered his head with his wing and pulled out a feather from his armpit. Ilf and Petrov Dear intellectuals, lovers of rare genres! Do you know that you and I have suddenly become orphans? Boris Akunin , the author of elegant detective novels, gathered his courage and put an end to the meek sister Pelagia, completing the trilogy with the story of the Red Rooster.

The world does not revolve around the "axis of evil" Editor's Column Publication date: March 20, 2003 Apparently, I won’t say anything new, once again drawing everyone’s attention to the fact that the United States is waging a war not with Iraq at all, but with the existing (and outdated) system of international relations.

Garden of Forking Paths Mikhail Edelshtein Publication date: March 20, 2003 My love affair with the Net began relatively recently, and I must admit, I didn’t quite understand what I was getting into. If I had known, I would have stocked up on a pseudonym in advance. In general, “Russian Journal” and personally “Circle of Reading” turned out to be somehow much more popular than it seemed to me in my offline distance.

Letter to a friend Oleg Pavlov Publication date: March 20, 2003 And art knows its own worth. In the time of Cervantes and Shakespeare there were no literary critics, and Don Quixote and Hamlet did not become any worse for this. To love art means to treat it with love, devoting your life to serving what you love... That’s how it arose, that’s why it exists. But since someone appeared who judges its value, allegedly setting a price, everything has changed.

The re -election of Republican President Reagan to a second term in 1984 was an event of great significance for subsequent American and world politics. The legacy of the style, form and content of “Reaganomics” is felt not only in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century, but also in modern Russia.

Ladimir Mirzoev is a theater and film director. In 1981 he graduated from GITIS, directed the theater-studio "Domino" in the Creative Workshops of the Union of Theater Workers of the RSFSR. He staged the performances "Smoldering Embers" by S. Beckett, "Possibilities A" by G. Barker, "The Midday Divide" by P. Claudel, "Escorial" by M. de Gelderod, "Holiday" by O. Mikhailova, "Madame Margarita" by R. Atayyad, "Mistress Julie" by A. Strindberg.

Shop Sergey Soloukh Publication date: March 20, 2003 Roll over Beethoven And tell Tchaikovsky the news. Chuck Berry I recently read that there is an assumption. Writers are like hedgehogs . Hamburg. That's funny. Only in Germany there is another port, another city, which can and should serve as a guide. Bremen. In order not to end up in the soup, not to become drum skin or the basis for Moment glue, you need to blow one tune. It's very simple.

Akunin B. Pelagia and the red rooster. Novel in 2 volumes - M.: AST, 2003. There is no doubt that Boris Akunin’s new novel will cause, if not heated, then controversy. The reason is that, unlike all the great books of the creator Fandorin, it is a detective story only formally, but in reality it is a mystical novel telling how Christ appeared again to people in the Russian outback at the end of the 19th century.