Recently, by the will of fate and profession, I had to fly to the popular film festival, to get to which is the same time through Nice. Knowing that during the days of the festival, tariffs on Nice are running out, I took care of the ticket in early February. There were times when I flew Aeroflot. Direct flight from Moscow, which is convenient. But Aeroflot pushed prices from year to year-22,000 rubles for a flight by one and forth, then 26,000 ...

Georgia after the collapse of the USSR and two Georgian-Russian wars: poverty, reconstruction "under Europe", inexhaustible goodwill, indescribable beauty of nature. I got to Tbilisi a week before the next payment of the pension. This was felt everywhere, since there was nothing to eat in the houses (and that there was nothing to treat guests against all traditions and customs), pensioners occupied and restored each other to reach the required term.

Owls are not what they seem . D. Lynch * * * The obvious bad cyclicity of the historical path of Russia, the obsessive repetition of the same plots (“stagnation” - “revolution” - “attempt to modernize” - “reaction” - “stagnation” - “revolution” - “attempt to modernize” - “reaction” - “stagnation” ...) to many already in an integral property of our country. Someone considers it an evil rock, someone maybe,-in circles of paradise, someone tiredly closes his eyes on this.

From the editorial office: In early September, in the Hungarian city of Shiofok, 6 World Congress of Finno-Ugric peoples took place. One of its participants was the famous public figure of Karelia, ex-president of the Youth Association of Finno-Ugric peoples Alexei Tsykarev . We talked with Alexei about the current state of affairs in this national movement - both in the global and republican scale.

On September 26, a bill on deprivation of liberty for up to 5 years was submitted to the State Duma for insulting the feelings of believers. Another law-to protect children from harmful information-entered into force on September 1st. In both cases, one thing is declared, but another is implied. The feelings of the believers were “worried” after the story with Pussy Riot (to justify the monstrous sentence and so that no one is disgraced to anyone).