Men, don't pester Aelita Igor Jadan Publication date: February 18, 2004 In a year, Russian-American rivalry in space may celebrate its half-century anniversary: ​​on February 12, 1955, the USSR decided to build the Baikonur Cosmodrome. All these years, two nations - the Russians and the Americans - have been fiercely fighting for supremacy in space-based military technology. However, none of them managed to achieve a decisive advantage.

Old Man natural, non-carbonated Oksana Zaitseva Publication date: February 19, 2004 Belarus seems to have been driven into a dead end. Today, the Russian company Trans-Nafta announced the full implementation of the contract concluded on February 12 and the cessation of gas supplies to the republic. Gazprom terminated relations with the fraternal state on January 1, without agreeing with Lukashenko on prices.

Russia as part of Chechnya? The next meeting of the Open Forum club Maxim Momot Publication date: February 18, 2004 Opening the discussion, Mark Urnov , President of the Expertise Foundation, outlined the current situation. In his opinion, “not just terrorist actions are taking place, this is a war on Russian territory ” . Moreover, the widely discussed question in the world about whether democracy will survive in such a war applies only to established democracies.

How cool everything was invented: to bring on stage three or five of our famous political strategists, sort of like Pope Charles, or Karabasov (or even Duremarov) of the early 21st century, in whose hands unknown lieutenant colonels become presidents. And let them speak in their own voices, but to our theatrical tune.

Rocketman's Day Boris Ustyugov Publication date: February 18, 2004 Russia's space interests have become involved in the maelstrom of a powerful propaganda campaign surrounding naval and air defense exercises. On the evening of February 17, the president, accompanied by Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and Space Force Commander Anatoly Perminov, flew to the Plesetsk cosmodrome and immediately held a demonstration meeting there on the prospects for the development of the country's space forces.

Fractal is a geometric boutist with a fractional dimension, has the property of recursing: each part of it is a reduced copy of the whole. [...] Mandelbrot showed that many natural objects and phenomena are fractals: real trees, plants, like colored cabbage, river systems and a coronary vessel system. Dictionary ABBYY LINGVO If something manifests itself in one thing, then it manifests itself in everything else.

In a combination of circumstances, Paul Oster could well become a cult author of not only advanced literary users, but also the widest reading masses, replacing (replacing) with their better books with poppy muraki and Coelho. However, this does not happen; He is too special, this writer, one leg - in our common literary centric past, and the other in the space of modern media technologies. Because the 56-year-old Paul Oster is an orchestra .

Under some circumstances, Paul Auster could well become a cult author not only of advanced literary users, but also of the widest reading masses, replacing (replacing) the pop Murakami and Coelho with his better books. However, this does not happen; He is too special, this writer, one foot is in our common literary-centric past, and the other is in the space of modern media technologies. Because 56-year-old Paul Auster is a one-man band .

Usually, before presenting a prize, everyone is interested in only one thing: who will get it? But before the start of yesterday's Grigoriev ceremony, the main question was different: what will they give? More precisely, will they give me anything? Let me remind you that a couple of months ago Rosbank refused to continue financing the Apollo Grigoriev Prize - and the ARSS award was orphaned .

The poet died... ...everything seems, but what if all this is prose, and bad? Even snakes can be people with the power of songs, The power of song can make snakes out of people. P arenek from the village studied at a vocational school. He worked as a mason - in his poor region all the men were involved in covens. At the age of twenty he joined the army. After demobilization, he worked for two years as a pombour at a drilling rig.

"Big beat" for both your houses Mikhail Edelshtein Publication date: February 18, 2004 Usually , before presenting a prize, everyone is interested in only one thing: who will get it? But before the start of yesterday's Grigoriev ceremony, the main question was different: what will they give? More precisely, will they give me anything? Let me remind you that a couple of months ago Rosbank refused to continue financing the Apollo Grigoriev Prize - and the ARSS award was orphaned .

Fractal Explorer Evgeny Gorny Publication date: February 18, 2004 A fractal is a geometric structure with a fractional dimension and has the property of recursiveness: each part is a reduced copy of the whole. [...] Mandelbrot showed that many natural objects and phenomena are fractals: real trees, plants like cauliflower, river systems, and the coronary vascular system. Dictionary Abbyy Lingvo If something manifests itself in one thing, then it manifests itself in everything else.

Amateur activities sober Grigory Zaslavsky Publication date: February 18, 2004 What a great idea it was: to bring onto the stage three or five of our famous political strategists, sort of like Pope Charles, or Karabasov (or even Duremarov) of the early 21st century, in whose hands unknown lieutenant colonels become presidents. And let them speak in their own voices, but to our theatrical tune.