The outright failure of the liberal parties in the parliamentary elections on December 2 gave rise to new rumors about the speedy unification of democratic forces, which should ram the doors of the State Duma in 2011, and by the will of a miraculous combination of circumstances they may even nominate a single candidate in the announced presidential elections. Yabloko received the most votes from the entire spectrum of democratic parties in the parliamentary elections.

The idea that requires immediate reform of the Russian natural-climatic environment is not so stupid. A hundred years ago, Alexei Kruchenykh suggested an inevitable battle with the equator. So Mr. Prelilovsky very successfully fought for the introduction of a subtropical climate in the Russian Federation. You can wait with the climate. But the earthquakes can be canceled urgently. Like the Japanese - let them shake.

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Orlov Dmitry, General Director of the Agency of Political and Economic Communications, Candidate of Historical Sciences Russian magazine : What are your general impressions of the Congress of United Russia? Dmitry Orlov: For me, the most important event at the congress was a sensation, which was in the air, that the time of uncertainty was finally over. Those uncertainty that existed are finally overcome. The configuration of power was finally created.

"New World", # 11, 2007. "Apology of mathematics, or about mathematics as part of spiritual culture." Part 1. "New World", # 12, 2007. "Apology of mathematics, or about mathematics as part of spiritual culture." Part 2. "Banner", # 12, 2007. Mathematical and humanitarian: overcoming the barrier. From the moment Charles Snow published his famous manifesto “Two Cultures”, quite a lot of time has passed. "Two Cultures" were published in the article in 1956, and then a separate publication in 1963.

The study of biodiversity as a direction in ecology officially appeared not so long ago. In 1992, the Convention on Biological Diversity was signed at the UN summit . In 1995, Russia ratified the Convention. In 2001, a national strategy for preserving the biodiversity of Russia was created. Of course, biologists have studied the structure and functioning of different biosystems at all times.

So it happened: the roles that the main participants will play finally determined. At the VII Congress of United Russia, Dmitry Medvedev was officially nominated as presidential candidate, and Vladimir Putin gave his consent to become Prime Minister in the event of Medvedev’s victory. True, it seemed to us even a considerable number of observers that Putin would not so easily agree to the proposal to become the prime minister.

1. The situation with Penza prisoners has been developing for almost two months. There seems to be enough time for emotions to subside and try to look at her more soberly and seriously. Alas, among the avalanche of sensational publications you will hardly find such attempts. The secular press, having exhausted the news to the dregs, catches every sneeze from the dungeon and picks up any gossip; the church press continues to remain steadfastly silent.

These notes do not rely on a premium analysis and do not contain tables with numbers. They are written exclusively on the basis of their own experience. From the fact that they will be published and even - suddenly! - They will reach the leadership of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (rather, they will not reach - get stuck at the level of the apparatus), it is unlikely that something will change in our science.