Editor's Note : Mark Helprin is a writer and journalist, fellow at the Claremont Institute of Government and Political Philosophy , and editor of The Wall Street Journal. Helprin's first articles appeared in The New Yorker magazine two decades ago. He has successfully collaborated with The Atlantic Monthly , National Review , and The New York Times .

The stock market as a political cudgel Publication date: November 10, 2003 receive by email print version in A new milestone may have been passed the modern political history of Russia. A new political technology or a new way of influencing those in power on the part of business and financial elites has emerged. Oddly enough, the appearance of this “new political cudgel” indicates certain successes in the structural modernization of the Russian economy. What are we talking about?

In the Scientific Library of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov has a unique fund - Collection of phonological documents named after. V.D.Duvakina. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that here, on thousands of kilometers of tape, in casual conversations people share their memories of Russian cultural figures of the first third of the twentieth century, about their lives; this is not an interview, since the goal of V.D.

Russian Journal: Do you write in private? Kirill Kutalov : I don’t believe in private. In my opinion, there is no “private”. The very concept of “private” is a rudiment of paper technologies, the Gutenberg era, and even then it’s a stretch.

"SibAltera-2003": completely different bears Maria Rogovaya Publication date: November 10, 2003 From November 10 to 23, Novosibirsk will host the festival of independent author's theaters and new dramaturgy "SibAltera-2003". Shakespeare wrote plays for himself as the head of the Globe. Mr. Moliere staged his plays in the same way. The author's intention for this format is the holy of holies. The author becomes triune, he is present in every word, in every sound from beginning to end.

" S Vinoburg" is a city of memories, a gloomy territory of childhood; visions of a prisoner in a French prison, a recent legionnaire, about himself, a fat, apathetic teenager from a northern Russian village - and about his subtle, enthusiastic childish soul, who knew how to see a lot - and was powerless to express his torment. The story "Pigburg" is the central part of Dmitry Bortnikov's new book , written in Paris.

There's no point in blaming the mirror Gennady Krasukhin Publication date: November 10, 2003 “What should you do if someone is blatantly distorting you before your eyes?” - Dmitry Bykov asks in his next “ quickle ” about the next “ Hunger ” by Alexander Ageev.

Iraq: strategy for a dignified exit Publication date: November 10, 2003 The topic of the occupation of Iraq in today's American and world press is increasingly being covered through the prism of the upcoming presidential elections of 2004. Naturally, critics from the democrat camp, who have decided to play big, are primarily interested in aspects of a strategic order.

M of the Energy Festival of Modern Music " Moscow Autumn " is held for the twenty -fifth time. The current "Autumn" positions itself as a "multi -crown festival of new music", "Premier Festival." The forum’s program stands out three main directions: firstly, the premieres of the works of now living Russian composers - primarily Moscow. Secondly, a wide panorama of modern foreign music, where the "double" programs of Russia - Netherlands, Russia - South Korea, Russia - Austria, etc.