Marcus Cloud

One of the symbols of Russia of the nineties of the last century, a swindler and an adventurer, Sergei Mavrodi, thanks to its extraordinary charisma and flair, have been transformed from an ordinary graduate of the Department "Applied mathematics" MIEM commercial tycoon, deceived investors in 107 countries.

The emergence of foreign military bases on the territory of any state, the phenomenon is always out of the ordinary. Information about the emergence of such facility in the Soviet Union, which has always been a military superpower, and does seem to be absolute fantastic. However, the US air base some time was active in Ukraine during the great Patriotic war.

The Alliance is a large – scale Union 29 countries in North America and Europe. However, despite the impressive representation, only a few armies in the block can be called truly efficient.

History of the Russian state is inseparably connected with wars - for centuries our ancestors repeatedly stood up in defense of the Fatherland. Strength, bravery and fighting skill of the Russian soldiers forced the enemy to respect them, but the more he was impressed with the cases when the soldiers were purposefully involved in a fight, and under such conditions, in which they unequivocally threatened with death. And they took it with a proudly raised head. Especially clearly manifested during the great Patriotic war. Let's try to understand what the peoples of Russia was not afraid of death.

In recent days, the Russian currency again began to slide down. We will not dive into the jungle of macroeconomics and to find out which sectors of the economy and companies benefit from a weak ruble, and who does not. And whether to buy dollars now. And how long will continue the weakening of the national currency. But we offer you to look at the retrospective history of the ruble – and find out when he was strong.