Day: January 10, 2018

Dozens of Russian businessmen bought Maltese citizenship MOSCOW, January 10 — RIA Novosti. Over the past three years, more than 730 people with typical Russian names, surnames and patronymics acquired Maltese citizenship, the official newspaper of the government of the country. In the list there are several dozen names that coincide with names of Russian businessmen and their relatives, including the founder and co-owner of “Yandex” Arkady Volozh, owner of investment company O1 Group Boris mints, co-owner of the holding company ICT Holding Alexander Nesis and others. Arkady Volozh, Boris mints and Alexander Nesis included in the list of hundred richest businessmen of Russia in 2017 according to Forbes. Appearing in the list of wealthy Russians and their family members have acquired Maltese citizenship under the program “Citizenship in exchange for investments”, adopted by the government in 2013. In accordance with the terms of the program, the applicant must make

Died Opera singer Alexander Vedernikov MOSCOW, January 9. /TASS/. Soviet and Russian Opera singer, former soloist of the Bolshoi theatre, people’s artist of the USSR Alexander Vedernikov has died at 91-year life. TASS has informed on Tuesday a press-the attache of the Bolshoi theatre Katerina Novikova. “On the death of Alexander Filippovich Vedernikov said his son, conductor Alexander Vedernikov,” said Novikov, adding that the time and place of farewell to be announced. Alexander Vedernikov was born on 23 December 1927 in the village of Macinino Kirov region. In 1955 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. From 1955 to 1958 he was a soloist of Leningrad theatre of Opera and ballet named after Kirov (now Mariinsky theatre). From 1958 to 1990 Alexander Vedernikov was a soloist of the Bolshoi theatre. From 2006 to 2009 — consultant and vocal in the Bolshoi theater. In 2008 he was the artistic Director of the

Grammatical terror As the Bolsheviks overthrew the rules of spelling. January 1, 1918, the victorious proletariat introduced a new spelling and made it compulsory. The Bolsheviks, however, did not invent anything new, but merely reproduce a similar order of the Provisional government. However, if the Provisional government comes from the fact that for a long time the old and new rules will coexist, the Bolsheviks decided to reform virtually in a single day. Violence has been an effective way of approval of new rules of spelling. So in the eyes of posterity reform associated with the Bolsheviks and is still called a Bolshevik. Illiterate literate In Russia like to educate people. The educated classes had never occurred to me to doubt that they have the knowledge needed. What is not taught peasants energetic culture! Some called the peasants to the ax, others taught them to love the faith, Tsar and