1K 11 min. ... "Chronometer" Ivanovo, July 29 Ivanovo resident Sergei Kalenov drinks three bottles of vodka from his throat in a row The Russian land has never lacked great heroes. And our people have always been good at drinking. Very capable. But still, when Ivanovo resident Sergei Kalenov proposed to officially register his achievement in the field of drinking alcoholic beverages, the editors of Chronometer were somewhat dumbfounded. Sergei promised to drink three bottles of vodka in a row!

830 2 minutes. ... Government Crisis on the Internet The informal "government of the Internet" is losing its chairman. As Esther Dyson said, in the fall she plans to leave her post as head of ICANN, the non-profit organization that regulates the distribution of names on the Internet. Dyson announced her resignation precisely at the time of the election of the ICANN Board of Directors.

1K 1 min. ... Taliban not allowed into Sydney Over the weekend, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) canceled the invitation to the official Taliban delegation to the Sydney Olympics. The Taliban have become victims of their own intemperance.

1K 2 minutes. ... FSB will pay for Kursk Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister VALENTINA MATVIENKO, after a meeting with the president, told Kommersant columnist Pyotr Netreba how the government was looking for money for the families of dead submariners. It turns out that these funds were collected by the FSB. — The government is accused that the 720 thousand rubles allocated to the families of the victims were taken from the Ministry of Defense.

867 2 minutes. ... The artist was eager to go to the museum But I ended up at a construction site The Tver Imperial Travel Palace, which houses the regional art gallery, became the next object of the artistic experiment “Invasion of the Museum” by Valery Koshlyakov and curator Mikhail Dmitriev.

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826 2 minutes. ... The ex-president of Serbia was removed from the race During a morning run In Belgrade, ex-President of Serbia Ivan Stambolic, who once brought the current Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic to the political Olympus, disappeared without a trace. Stambolic was considered as a possible opponent of Milosevic in the upcoming presidential elections on September 24. This may be the reason for his mysterious disappearance. In today's Serbia, Milosevic's opponents do not live long.

1K 2 minutes. ... The effect of an unexploded bomb Children crushed at Dagestani market Four people were killed and 17 were injured in a stampede that occurred at the Sport wholesale clothing market in Khasavyurt. The panic was caused by a message about an alleged bomb. On Saturday, when the tragedy occurred, there were about 5 thousand people at the market. Suddenly there was a cry from the crowd: “Bomb!

1K 1 min. ... 23rd round of the Russian Football Championship "Spartak" - "Lokomotiv" (NN) 3:1 Shirko, 12; 22; 51 — Matveev, 31. "Lokomotiv" (M)--"Saturn" 1:0 Evseev, 34. "Alania" - "Torpedo" 2:1 Borisenko 25; Tedeev, 65 - Zyryanov, 87. "Fakel" - "Anzhi" 0:1 Sirkhaev, 29. "Wings of the Soviets" - "Dynamo" 0:2 Shuneyko, 44 ​​(own goal); Grishin, 84. CSKA-Rotor 1:1 Varlamov, 78 - Pavlyuchenko, 5. "Rostselmash" - "Zenit" 0:0 "Uralan" - "Chernomorets" 1:2 Milekic, 65 - Prizetko, 23; Kuzmichev, 70.

1K 1 min. ... Last excursion Kommersant correspondent KIRILL VISHNEPOLSKY visited the Ostankino Tower ten minutes before the fire. At 13.30 the sun was shining over the tower. It was quiet. Children took pictures at the fountains, adults shuffled in a huge line at the ticket office of the tower excursion complex.

752 4 min. ... Results of trading in government bonds 08.28.00 Series Redemption Coupon (% of nom.) Redemption of coupon Demand (% of nom.) Supply (% of nom.) Min. (% of rated) Max. (% of nominal) Last (% of nominal) Meas.

1K 6 min. ... TV program TV program [Tuesday, August 29] Except Moscow and the Moscow region ORT 6.00 TV channel "Good morning" 9.00 News 9.20 "Tower of Babel". Series 10.20 "Health" (with sign language translation) 10.50 "Wheel of History". TV quiz show 11.30 "Song of the Year" 12.00 News (with sign language translation) 12.15 TV channel "Good Day" 12.45 Lyrical film story "Farewell, pigeons!" Directed by J. Segel. Cast: A. Loktev, S. Savelova, V. Telegina, S.

523 16 min. ... 09/01/2000: Gusinsky’s last deal is thwarted Its top managers Internet media outlets APN and Gazeta.Ru reported yesterday that managers of the Media-Most holding stopped negotiations led by Vladimir Gusinsky on the sale of his media business. The managers declared their priority right to buy out Gusinsky's shares in the holding's closed joint-stock companies. According to some Kommersant reports, Most managers are simply asking for compensation.

844 9 min. ... 08/31/2000: Olympic slingshot shooting The collection of signatures in favor of declaring slingshot shooting an Olympic sport has been started in Spain by the Association of Original Sports of the Iberian Peninsula. The goal of the action is to have this noble activity included in the program of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

4K 18 min. ... The crew of the Kursk submarine could not be saved. Mourning events were held throughout Russia. The country gradually departs from shock and wonders: what was the reason for the tragedy? There is little known about what has happened. First. Two explosions with a break of two and a little minute occurred - they were recorded by Norwegian seismologists. Moreover, the second explosion was much more powerful. It is not ruled out that there was a third explosion. Second.