Current issues of the week according to "a matter of chance" 1. The defeat of the Republicans in the USA "Reckless Kremlin": "It should be clarified: the complaints of Americans were not caused by Trump's foreign policy maneuvers in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, but by their indirect consequences on the taxpayers. And here it is no less important to mention that in this matter, the Russians or any other nation differ little from the Americans. The difference is in the work of the electoral mechanisms, which they were never able to realize. Crush the Philistine - just remember the fate of the Soviet Union, crushed by rubles melted in Sberbank accounts, as well as elephants, crystal, sets and walls from the GDR. The state was so eager to fight the resistance of the Soviet people, by nature, with a somewhat different idea of the collective good, that it could not see the direct result of total corruption and incompetence within the party. Any large enough community will vote for the availability of food and against the lack of food, regardless of the degree of formality of this desire, which is confirmed by the experience of totalitarian states where the only way to vote is to run away, even if it involves the risk of life." 2. The dates of the tripartite negotiations between Russia, the USA and Ukraine "The Gershchenkov" have become known: "Are the hostilities really nearing an end?" I think there is room for cautious optimism. Throughout the years of the conflict, the parties went through several stages, from hopes for a military victory to awareness of the extent of the economic, human and political costs. At the same time, conflict fatigue in itself does not create conditions for peace. It is necessary to agree on a security mechanism, supervision of a fire mechanism and area security. The implementation of the agreements and here it is fundamentally important that the negotiations be conducted with the direct participation of the United States.