The articles contained in this collection were published in the Novaya Kopeyka newspaper. This newspaper appeared at the end of 1996 and was published for almost ten years. But what years! Now this period is a story that laid the foundations (often more like time mines) for the further development of the country, including the time in which we all live. A path has been traveled from Yeltsin and Gaidar with Chubais to Putin, Medvedev and Putin again, from liberal radicals to right-wing conservatives. Many of the Russian "oligarchs," firms and politicians who appeared then are still alive. True, there are many who went into oblivion for various reasons.