From the editorial office. After 2004, the Russian political class considered Ukraine as a problem. Recently, at a meeting of the State Council, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that it is impossible to allow the development of the Russian political system according to the Ukrainian scenario, that is, turning it into a political jelly. In other words, the country is ethnically and culturally closest to Russia for the Russian Federation today.

The main difference between the 2010 presidential election and those that passed five years ago and went down in history as an “orange revolution” is that the current elections are clearly rational. In 2004, "Manichaean dualism" dominated. The struggle of light and shadow. The "orange" voters considered themselves to be advocates of truth and good.

From the editorial office. Ben Shapiro is an American conservative political columnist (“Creators Syndicate”, “Human Events”, “Chicago Sun Times”, “Abcnews.com”, “RealClearpolitics.com”) and a publicist, the author of three books, the last of which is “Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House (2008). * * * Since the package of anti -crisis measures and incentives for President Barack Obama entered into force, America has lost almost three million jobs.

In its first annual " stat of The Union ”US President Barack Obama concentrated, first of all, on domestic political issues, namely the economic difficulties and problems facing the country that he leads. This is exactly what about two -thirds of his speech was dedicated. In this case, foreign policy was paid noticeably less attention than, for example, in the appeals of previous presidents.

The initiative of the Chairman of the Supreme Council of United Russia, Boris Gryzlov , who proposed to resume the process of enlargement of regions by combining subsidized regions with the donor regions, a long life was not destined. On January 21, at a meeting with journalists, Gryzlov announced that such an offer will be made by parties the next day at a meeting of the State Council.

Connoisrators of the cinema this film will always resemble something very famous and well-familiar. It seems that this is well known-Martin Scorsesh, the film “Taxist”, whose atmosphere gives the second-hand and faith in armed justice barely left anyone indifferent. But there is something in the new Campbell film that is probably familiar only to Russian.