On May 12, the personnel situation finally began to become clearer: the Cabinet of Ministers again underwent renovations, and again cosmetic ones.

In early May, the pirated DVD with the film "Alexander. Battle of the Neva" was not yet on sale. I had to spend money on a movie ticket. About what was on the screen below, first about the atmosphere in the hall, especially since a later analysis of responses on the Internet and print media confirmed the initial impression. Director Igor Kalenov undoubtedly has some kind of magical gift, with the help of which he literally hypnotizes the (admittedly small) audience.

Timur Kibirov. Three poems. - M.: Time, 2008. - 128 p. The news of the award of Timur Kibirov National Prize "Poet" was published shortly after the release of his new book (the third "new" in this publishing house) "Three Poems" was released in the publishing house. The first poem, the "late old women", determined by the author as "lyrical-didactic", is written by prose.

From the editor. On May 12, Vladimir Putin announced the new composition of the government of the Russian Federation. We asked Russian Journal experts Boris Mezhuev , Mikhail Leontyev , Dmitry Orlov and Pavel Svyatenkov to comment on the political meaning of the content of this event. Boris Mezhuev, chief editor of the printed Russian Journal RJ : How do you like the new government structure? What is your overall impression?

The liberal public is scared. First, she was scared to death in the center of Moscow, who arrived on the "Day of St. George ribbons". Tanks both arrived and left. (It was not, however, without loss - one tank burned down to the joy of the yellow press.) But the fact remained. The second time she was scared of the Chekists.