The exhibition “Events and Images of the Crimean War” opened in the Hall of Federal Archives Historiographers have long and hopelessly debated at what point modernity turns into history. Is it necessary to introduce a moving formal boundary (for example, “fifty years ago”), or is it worth counting from a fixed point of the event: October 1917, August 1914, or even August 1991? There is no generally accepted opinion, and each country has its own starting points.

The President of Chechnya wants Vladimir Putin to become Franklin Roosevelt Chechen President Alu Alkhanov yesterday very thoroughly explained to Moscow journalists the meaning of the official legislative initiative of Chechen parliamentarians regarding an amendment to the federal Constitution, which would make a third term for Vladimir Putin possible.

Valery Draganov is ready to further tighten control on the alcohol market The process of regulating alcohol products initiated by parliament and the government, which provoked a serious shortage of alcohol in the consumer market, does not seem to have ended.

A representative of the investment bank did not join the board of directors of the exchange The general meeting of the non-profit partnership "Russian Trading System" yesterday elected a board of directors of 17 people. Oleg Safonov, who began working at the RTS Stock Exchange in 2003 as the head of the financial department of NP RTS, was again confirmed as the President of the exchange, and in September 2004 was elected to the post of President.

A steady increase in crime and corruption has been detected again in St. Petersburg Since 2003, when the government in St. Petersburg changed, city authorities have not heard criticism from visiting high Moscow officials about the criminal situation in St. Petersburg. If in the late 90s St. Petersburg was labeled as a criminal capital, then in the early 2000s it was already the “hometown of the president,” which cannot be the capital of something bad.

"Miami Vice: Vice Squad" on Moscow screens “For three decades, Michael Mann has remained one of the most popular filmmakers. The level of his cinematic art had an undeniable influence on modern cinema.

The XIII International Animated Film Festival will begin on August 8 The XIII International Animated Film Festival “Krok” will still take place. Only the organizing committee knew that there was little chance of holding the main international cartoon show this year. The fact is that the festival is organized and financed jointly by animators from Russia and Ukraine. And in Ukraine, when the time came to allocate money, the legislation changed once again.

Deceived co-investors, victims of the actions of unscrupulous or outright fraudulent construction companies, have become an integral part of the capital’s “street life” over the past year. In terms of their activity, they even seriously competed with many political movements and parties - their rallies and pickets attracted much more attention from both the authorities and ordinary citizens.

Ural prosecutors have launched a new campaign against corrupt officials The Sverdlovsk and Tyumen regional prosecutor's offices decided to declare another war on corruption. This is how the supervisory authorities reacted to the speech of their new leader, Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika.

Lebanon awaits peace, and Iran threatens Israel The adoption of the UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon, as predicted by the Vremya Novostei newspaper, is postponed. This was announced yesterday by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow and US Deputy Secretary of State Nicholas Burns.

Chronicle of sporting events The Control and Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Football Union yesterday decided to disqualify Dynamo Moscow goalkeeper Sergei Ovchinnikov for five matches and conditionally until the end of the season. On July 25, in the match “Moscow” - “Dynamo”, Ovchinnikov, dissatisfied with the award of a corner kick, began to sharply challenge the decision of referee Igor Zakharov.

The Ministry of Finance was accused of inflationary pessimism Epiphany frosts do not allow ministers to live in peace either. Yesterday the government was thinking about how to cope with the current crisis temperature situation. At the proposal of the Minister of Energy and Industry Viktor Khristenko, “schedule No. 1” will be put into effect.

Fiscal authorities do not allow the establishment of offices in apartments Tax officials once again confirmed that there is no place for a company in an apartment: if the documents for state registration indicate residential premises as the address of the permanent executive body of the company, the tax inspectorate has every right to refuse registration, citing the fact that the submitted documents do not correspond legal requirements.

Temperature records are becoming commonplace In the first days of August, it became known about monstrous snowfalls in South Africa. There is nothing surprising in the fact that it is now the winter season in the Southern Hemisphere, but usually winter in South Africa, a country famous, in particular, for its wines, is reminiscent of Sochi.

The Bank of England and the European Central Bank tightened monetary policy The European Central Bank and the Bank of England yesterday raised their interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. But if this step was expected from the ECB, the decision of the English regulator turned out to be a complete surprise. A year ago, the UK financial authorities lowered the rate from 4.75% to 4.5% per annum and kept it unchanged all this time.