The harsh Russian winter did not cancel the opening day program of the Biennale, but introduced unplanned nervousness into it. Cringing and coughing, the guests emerged from the blizzard with the same expression on their faces: well, where is your vaunted exhibition, for which we came in such bad weather? An extraordinary class of exhibits—or seasonally appropriate drinks—could help restore spirits.

January 28, 2005, 16:03 From the editor Extra guests "Gazeta.Ru" "Russian Day" in Davos is just a memory of those times when representatives of the world economic elite and the Russian delegation still had something to discuss. Russia appears to have begun a return journey in yet another direction. In recent years, an increasing number of leading forums and organizations have accepted Russia and its representatives into their ranks.

January 28, 2005, 17:45 Culture Mix the concrete, Ahmad Ksenia Rozhdestvenskaya Culture on Fridays: a magazine of explosions and fires, Jewish punks, Luzhkov parodies Khazanov, the president is either good or not at all.

We will sum up the results of 2004, find out when Svyazinvest will finally be privatized and Rostelecom will lose its monopoly, and how this will affect ordinary citizens. The minister will tell you what other changes are expected in the telecom market and whether the number of cellular subscribers will increase again. You can ask Leonid Reiman about all this and much more. Send your questions. JANUARY 29 12:00

18:19 In Switzerland, a doctor has been sentenced to life for the murder of 22 patients. In Switzerland, a health worker at a social care center for the elderly was found guilty of murdering 22 patients on Friday and sentenced to life imprisonment. In addition, the court found the 36-year-old medic, whose name is not disclosed in accordance with Swiss law, guilty of five counts of attempted murder. He was detained in June 2001 after a series of suspicious deaths of patients at the center.

Hockey player Vyacheslav Fetisov finally kicked Koloskov's namesake . Another triumph of Byzantine hockey took place - a type of political sport that largely, if not decisively, determines the appearance of our long-suffering country. In Russia, a bad boss is fired not because he is a bad boss. But because he is not liked by another not very good boss, who at this historical moment is simply stronger.

The hooves are quickly digging the ground, the saliva is boiling at the fangs: by the highest decree, Koloskov will resign! Since the Olympics, his star has shone for us. Football is not sighs on the bench, but our common misfortune. Did he have the strength to lead such a disaster? He ruled under four general secretaries and survived two presidents. While serving Russian football, I received a lot of kicks. But our field endured everything. And with the field - the same Koloskov.

January 28, 2005, 16:51 Business The CEO is now in law Galina Bazina On Friday, the state tried to convince Russians that it recognizes its own laws. The state company Rosneft duplicated the meeting of shareholders of Yuganskneftegaz. Thus, Rosneft actually admitted that the first, December meeting, where the new management of the company was elected, was illegal.

January 28, 2005, 16:55 Business “Average temperature” by accumulations Georgy Demidov All management companies that placed money from pension savings accounts in 2004 received an average income from managing funds at the level of 1% per annum in rubles. The market suspects officials of deliberately discrediting private management companies so that Russians do not trust them with their pension savings.

January 28, 2005, 14:39 Politics Suicide bombers "ascended to heaven" Ksenia Solyanskaya All the militants who seized a five-story building in Nalchik, which special forces stormed the day before, have been identified. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, two of the four killed women were preparing to become suicide bombers and said goodbye to their families in advance.

January 28, 2005, 11:11 Culture Gang of prisoners hip-hoppers Ivan Kulikov The Thirteenth District, another creation of French cinema, directed by Luc Besson, was released. Gangster cyberpunk about the gangster ghetto of Paris 2013 demonstrates the considerable production sense of a former diver.

19:29 Meteorologists extended storm warning in Moscow In the coming hours, wind gusts in Moscow will reach 18 m/s (classified as a “storm” on the Beaufort scale). According to the radio station “Echo of Moscow”, Forecasters did not cancel the storm warning in the capital. The snowfall will weaken, but will not stop completely. "Gazeta.Ru"

Valery Panyushkin The homeland is starving Valery Panyushkin Special correspondent of the Kommersant publishing house The meaning of a hunger strike is that the starving person would rather die than accept the existing injustice. For some reason, no one doubted that Academician Sakharov would rather die than resign himself. And no one doubted that the Greek fighter against the regime of the black colonels, Alekos Panagoulis, would rather die than submit (you probably don’t remember).

In the cartoon “The Magic School Bus,” shown on Russian television some time ago, children traveled with their teacher on a magic bus, with the help of which they gained all kinds of knowledge about the world around them. In the city of Kilkee in northern Greece, a “magic” school bus also recently appeared. True, the children received quite specific knowledge there.

January 31, 2005, 11:22 AM Opinions Weapons of class hatred Evgeniy Natarov Maintaining demand for a review of the results of privatization is becoming an urgent political task. However, it is not a fact that any government will be able to control this demand. The denunciation of criminal privatization will enjoy continued success, and the topic of privatization remains a weapon that can undermine the foundations of any regime.