The deterioration of Russian-American relations indirectly affects the situation in South Asia. There are problems in India’s relations with Russia (for example, the story of the sale of the Aviation Military Mill “Admiral Gorshkov”), but Russia is still the main supplier of weapons. India and Russia have the interests in Afghanistan, as well as in Iran, where both countries try to pursue a balanced policy, while the United States has taken a rather aggressive position.

Historically, Latin America was perceived as a battlefield and as a reward to the winner. However, today the governments of Latin America want to be perceived not just as a reward, but as active players. The period from the mid-1980s to the beginning of 2000 is perceived as a “lost decade” due to the sudden turnover of Russia from regional politics. Today's initiatives look like an attempt by Russia to return the lost influence. Latin America lacks information about Russia .

From the editor. "Russian Journal" publishes memoirs about the poet Vsevolod Nekrasov, written by his friend, the Czech Jan Makhonin. * * * I wanted to write about Seva for Anya, but I didn’t have time. So what will happen about Seva and Anya. More precisely, about Vsevolod Nikolaevich and Anna Ivanovna, as we called them until the very end. We came to them out of interest in the poetry of Lianozovo, like Slavists come - politely, on tiptoe.

From the editor. On Vsevolod Nekrasov’s fortieth birthday, we are publishing his explanatory text to the collection “A Child’s Case.” The backstory is this: the publishers were in a hurry last year and immediately after the release of the collection they asked the author to give an interview. " I wrote about double-entry bookkeeping...

" ... But through the baptismal frosts, dawn is on ... " Boris Chichibabin * * * Under the heading " In the comments," on January 30, 1992 in the newspaper "Evening Odessa", where I served as a correspondent, the material that touched me personally came out in the first lane, and I saw it already published.

On June 20, 2009, Evgeny Saburov died in the sixty -fourth year. The poet, playwright, a bright publicist, scientist, politician ... This list of professional classes of Yevgeny Fedorovich is far from complete and does not fit into the traditional series. He succeeded in what is given to few - to combine different cultural experiments, different languages. Connect very naturally and organically. In Saburovsky. It could not be otherwise. Saburov - coherent in politics, in art and in education.