Anton Pryshvin The task of presidential adviser on economics Andrei Illarionov is not so much to carry out reforms as to accustom society to unpopular ideas (Photo: Nikolay Galkin ) When asked to share their impressions about the professional qualities and ideas of Presidential Adviser on Economics Andrei Illarionov, almost all the economists surveyed unanimously refused. Moreover, surprisingly, both his ideological opponents and colleagues professing similar views.

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D.G. (Photo: Natalya Loginova ) He was just over sixty, he was an all-Union famous wit, and the audience's love for him reached the level where the most unimaginable diction did not prevent him from being considered a TV star. But first of all, Gorin was, of course, a playwright and screenwriter who created his own ironic intellectual-popular genre based on rethinking traditional literary plots. In Soviet literature, he succeeded primarily Evgeniy Shvarts, to whose texts Gorin often turned.

Ilya Kukin, Mikhail Stroganov The most predictable subgroup was determined at EURO 2000 EURO 2000. Italy – Belgium – 2:0, Sweden – Türkiye – 0:0 One of the new leaders of the Italian national team is Stefano Fiore. (Photo: AP) Ilya Kukin: At the end of the second round in Group B, it became clear that we did the right thing by taking a one-day break in dialogues about EURO 2000. So the first quarterfinalist has been identified ahead of schedule.

E.P. (Photo: AP ) Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi last week announced a pardon for one of the most notorious terrorists of our time, Ali Agca, the man who tried to kill and seriously wounded the Pope. On May 13, 1981, when Pope John Paul II was holding a traditional general audience in St. Peter's Square in Rome, shots suddenly rang out from the crowd, the pope fell, and the shooter was captured.

Probably everyone in childhood found pebbles with a hole, the so-called geodes. The inner surface of the hole is usually covered with some kind of crystals. But it’s unlikely that anyone has come across a geode like the one found by Spanish geologist Javier Garcia-Guinea in Almeria, the southeastern province of Spain. His find is an entire cave that can fit ten people - it is 8 meters long, and among the gypsum crystals covering its walls there are two-meter-high prisms.

Alexander Golts Playing on the nerves of foreign leaders is the favorite sport of North Korean leaders. Kim Jong Il continued his father's work. Since he could no longer use nuclear materials, rocket technology was used. In August 1998, North Korea surprised the world with the launch of a three-stage rocket. Although the attempt to put the satellite into orbit failed, the rocket flew over all of Japan, which proved Pyongyang’s ability to strike outside the Korean Peninsula.

Dmitry Mosyakov For 250 kilometers of the Korean Peninsula - from the east coast to the west - there is a four-kilometer strip of land, divided in half. Along the dividing line there is a concrete wall from two to five meters high, equipped with television cameras and tracking devices. Only in one area, near the village of Panmunjom, is there “free space” left in the wall - a two-meter fence made of metal mesh and barbed wire, which is guarded by border guards with shepherd dogs.

Alexander Vorontsov, Dmitry Mosyakov Russia is restoring balance in relations with the two Koreas In December 1897, Prince A.M.

Sergei Strokan The summit of the two Kims - northern and southern - almost coincided with the 50th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, which divided the peninsula into two warring camps The reality of the demilitarized zone: for half a century now, the militaries of the two countries have looked at each other with distrust. (Photo: AP ) In its style, this summit was not like the traditional summits of the leaders of the two states.

Evgeniy Pakhomov The outcome of the confrontation between OPEC and the United States should determine who and how will control the oil market in the coming century (Photo: AP ) The war is already in its second year.

Dina Goder The Englishman staged "a comedy about the real misfortune of the Moscow state" Theater Moscow, which so loves the English director Declan Donnellan, tries so hard to get each of his new premieres on tour, so enviously watched him stage Dodin’s “The Winter’s Tale” in St. Petersburg, finally received its own Donnellan performance. Now, probably, a whole novel could be written about the long history of its preparation.

Ilya Kukin, Mikhail Stroganov The 2000 European Championship started off fun, you won't get bored. The opening matches have already revealed several contenders for heroes and anti-heroes of the championship. Without a doubt, the refereeing of Pierluigi Collina in the match of the first round of the Euro 2000 group tournament Holland - Czech Republic will become a classic example of referee tyranny.

Sergey Kuznetsov This year in Sochi, viewers could watch new Russian films right on the main festival square Vladimir Mashkov in the film "Russian Revolt", but the Sochi festival prize for best actor was given to Sergei Makovetsky. Mashkov played Pugachev in “Russian Revolt”, Makovetsky played Shvabrin. The jury liked Shvabrin more. (Photo: NTV-Profit ) Last year's Kinotavr shocked everyone. It turned out that it was very easy to destroy what had been accumulated over the years.

George Wehrfritz, B.J. Lee(Newsweek) And the Juche ideas are ours! A picture from an exhibition of the achievements of South Korean capitalism. It is no coincidence that these charming Korean girls - advertising agents of the Ideapia company in Seoul are called the "capture group" - in the north, girls wear different dresses. (Photo: AP ) Park Chae-won slipped aboard a plane bound for China like a spy on a secret mission.