The principle of M.V. Keldysh was ingeniously simple: he called to do good here and now.

December 9, 2010 the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted the tenth jubilee session of the Global Strategy Forum on the theme “Whirlwinds of Global Risks and Development Strategy of Russia”.

We want to create in Verkhoturje a model of construction site, a kind of school where our masters could, in practice, pass on the specific skills in reconstruction of cultural heritage to their Russian counterparts, to share some professional nuances

Alexander Ageev’s opening remarks.

Winners of the program “Characters of the century” by results of 2010.

We sweated, as those slaves in the galleys under tons of volcanic ash, we floated through oil spills, terrorist attacks and global crises, overcoming fires and icy rains, we were re-inventing Russia and the world just to find ourselves in 2010 in the starting point.

Our astronauts — it is all an ostentation. There can be no people in the space. Only 10 percent of the earth’s surface, where there is a certain pressure and temperature drop, are suitable for comfortable living. And beyond these 10 percent bone tissue degrades.

In my opinion, the market overcomes the state because they put an equals sign between business and economy. Business exists within the economy, but not equals to it. And only the state responsible for the economy and for the fates of people, as opposed to business, responsible only for the fate of profits, is capable to represent the interests of society as a whole.

People love animals, because it is easier with them. This is a serious ethical issue — we have now become more hard-hearted to each other, but we try to humanize our relations with animals.

Today we are witnessing the sunset of the American empire — the Americans will not be able to get out of the pit into which they have fallen. And in Russia the USA is still considered as the center of the world.