From the editorial office. In Moscow, a meeting of the Russian Council of Olympiads of schoolchildren was held. Now that the victory in one of the Olympiads selected by this advice gives the right to enter a university without exams, this event becomes especially significant in Russian education. It turned out that according to the results of the selection, 24 Olympiads were excluded from the elite list, but about fifty olympiads would increase to those who will use an invaluable privilege.

Over the past year, in the media, in the speeches of state leaders, the topic of the global financial and economic crisis is constantly going to one of the first places. The very fact of the existence of the crisis of the international financial and banking system and the spread of its consequences to a wide range of phenomena of economic and public life cannot cause doubts.

A couple of days ago, September 4, it became known that in the north of Afghanistan, after an explosion of a tank with fuel, blown up by the NATO troops, about 90 people died. As official sources explain, the plot developed as follows: the Taliban stole a tank from the NATO troops, and, the latter, fearing possible terrorist attacks using this fuel, put a preventive airline. Further is known. How many of the dead were militants, and how many civilians were probably impossible to say.

What policy of historical memory is correct for Russia in its relations with neighbors: the policy of “removal of debts” or the policy of “non -recognition of the duty”? Yes, neither one nor the other, in my opinion. The terminology itself seems to me false at its core. She suggests that someone owed someone, and this duty requires a return. Blood becomes a currency with which the states, governments are trying to conduct their calculations.

From the editorial office. As you know, Serbia has gone through a lot in recent years : alienation of its own territories, bombing, the Hague Tribunal of the President ... And all these tests were in the name of one specific goal - to become democracy and join the club of respectable Western powers. The opinions of opponents of these processes in Russia are well known, but what do supporters think?

I have one purely intuitive rule, rather even a sign: if the beginning of the film, its first shots are good, then most likely the whole picture will be fame. In any case, I cannot remember strong films with a weak, inexpressive beginning. This rule does not apply to the " inglorious bastards " of Tarantino. The first frames, and the first two episodes are really good!