Indeed, by past standards Russian politics and economics are now quite dull.

ECONOMIST: A survey of Russia

So expect the session to be dominated by plenty of yah-boo politics and lots of economics.

BBC: The Full Story: Budget 2010

When are you deemed old enough to know what it is you would like to study and don't get useless figures shoved down your throat by people who seem to think that everyone in the world cares about politics and economics so they all will study it, regardless of whether they are studying art?

BBC: The A-level student

And more personally perhaps, it will be a moment for us all, journalists, the people of New Orleans and observers alike, to mark the courage shown by the city's citizens, and to reflect that acts of nature are no respecter of economics or politics.

CNN: Katrina: When New Orleans went from?developed world to Third World