Review of: Valery Fedorov. Russian choice. Introduction to the theory of electoral behavior. M.: Praxis, 2010. 384 p. Pushkin seemed useful to return again To the book of Valery Fedorov.

Review of: Brian Cowan. The Social Life of Coffee: The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005. 364 p. In his magnificent popular science book “The History of the World in six glasses”, the British historian of science Tom Standiga assigns a special place for coffee. According to Standiga, this drink made a revolutionary turn in ways of public communication between people.

From the editorial office . According to the International Federation for Human Rights, 640 people were killed during mass unrest in Libya, 275 of them in Tripoli. Trying to hold power, Muamar Gaddafi takes desperate steps: opposition and deserters were ordered to shoot. The governments of the countries of the European Union are preparing a list of possible sanctions against Libya in connection with the brutal suppression of anti -government speeches in this country.

From the editorial office . According to the International Federation for Human Rights, 640 people were killed during mass unrest in Libya, 275 of them in Tripoli. Trying to hold power, Muamar Gaddafi takes desperate steps: opposition and deserters were ordered to shoot. The governments of the countries of the European Union are preparing a list of possible sanctions against Libya in connection with the brutal suppression of anti -government speeches in this country.

From the editorial office. Social media played an important role in organizing an entire wave of revolutions, which flashed through the Middle East, estimating or almost sweeping the regimes, which had previously been considered almost eternal.

The Berlin festival of all large film weapons is the most politicized. This image was finally fixed 10 years ago, with the advent of the new leadership of Berlinale, who realized that, in terms of the artistic level, Berlin still not to surpass Cannes and Venice, but I really want to stay in the three leaders. Having proclaimed itself the most socially oriented, the festival seemed to take off his responsibility for the weak films selected for the official program.