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08/17/2002
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ORT- shelling

...Valdis Pelsh shocked his acquaintances who called him on his mobile phone. To the question “Where are you?” he answered honestly: “In the army! “But he immediately reassured me: “No, they didn’t shave, I’ll be in Moscow in the evening.”
Everything is explained simply. The “Army Store” program, together with show business stars, held a military-patriotic event “ORT in the Army.” The event took place on July 18 in Elektrostal, at the location of military unit 3270 of the internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The civilian population, who hurriedly ran out into the street to watch the arrival of Dmitriev Dibrov and Krylov, the aforementioned Pelsh, Larisa Krivtsova, Olga Kokorekina and others, experienced no less of a thrill. Although the entire path from the highway to the unit itself was at most 300 meters, few of them denied themselves the pleasure of riding in a military truck, an open-top UAZ, or an armored personnel carrier. Having undergone a baptism of fire, the channel's stars began to present gifts: televisions to officers, watches to the best cadets.
The soldiers deprived of affection especially liked the presenter of the “Army Store” Dana Borisova. One even decided to kiss her on the cheek. “There was no team kissing!” - the commander’s menacing voice rang out. Borisova blushed.
Then there was a concert. A set of artists: “Prime Minister”, “Strelki”, “Girls”, Ukupnik, Saltykova, Buinov, “Dune” and “Brilliant”. The costumes of the latter proved that they do not mind anything for our army! Even their own butts, to the exposure of which the soldiers responded with a friendly roar.
After the concert, the stars got down to the main thing - shooting. But before this important task, everyone was offered refreshment in the field kitchen. A star-studded queue lined up for the porridge. The first to serve was Arkady Ukupnik, who said that porridge is his favorite food.
ORT General Director Konstantin Ernst enjoyed the shooting more than anyone else. Unlike his subordinates, he tried all types of weapons - from a rifle to a grenade launcher. The bullets flew at the targets, the cartridges at the observers. While Yana Churikova was deciding what would be easier to shoot from and trying to understand where, in fact, she should aim, Ekaterina Strizhenova was already testing herself for accuracy. Katya, however, was pleased not with the results, but with the process itself. As a result, according to the number of points scored, Alexander Buinov won (24 points), Dmitry Krylov took second place, and the fragile Irina Saltykova took third place. Even a white long dress, stiletto heels and a Dior handbag did not stop her from outperforming her rivals. The experience of filming in the new film “Russian Special Forces”, where Irina plays an FSB officer, turned out to be very useful. In addition to the basics of hand-to-hand combat and shooting a pistol with two hands, the singer was taught to kill bandits with a machine gun. He, according to Saltykova, is what she likes most.
In the approaching twilight, the regiment commander made a heartfelt speech in which (from an excess of impressions, probably) he called the main man from the ORT landing force Ernst Konstantinovich Lvov. Maybe he's not watching TV...
Irina Dokhikyan, Maria Yasinskaya.