Nadezhda Alliluyeva was tasked with killing Stalin - this was the conclusion reached by Olga Trifonova, the widow of Yuri Trifonov, who was collecting material for a book about the private life of the leader of nations. The shot was fired, but Nadezhda herself became its victim THE FAILED KILLER “It’s hard to put the word “love” next to Stalin’s name. However, there was no settlement in his marriages. So there was love? — Stalin was married twice.

55 1 min. ... It seemed that our children today no longer read Nikolai Alekseevich Ostrovsky, and questions about possibly aimlessly lived years should not now disturb them, rationalists, to the same extent as they disturbed the builders of the narrow-gauge road to a bright future. But... they also know about Korchagin. And the questions are disturbing. So, gentlemen, parents, read - you will learn a lot more new and interesting things than if you talked to them about sex.

110 1 min. ... Photos used in the material: Sergei MAKSIMISHIN, Izvestia On photos: CHILDREN'S WORLD IN THE WAR NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN, OCTOBER, 2001

On October 28, in the Israeli city of Hadera on Hanassi Boulevard, unknown terrorists opened fire from a car at people standing at a bus stop. The attack killed four women and left two people in critical condition. The total number of wounded is 72 people. Israeli radio reported this. During the shootout that ensued between the terrorists and the police officers, two of the attackers were killed.

Recently assessing the events of ten years ago, the country’s most popular puppeteer from the most free television company in the recent past said that he equally hated both sides of the ’93 conflict. THE FIRST “NEW RUSSIANS” TAGI-ZADE AND ZAVIDIA This is called being born and dying a true intellectual. Because if the other “hated side” were successful, the favorite of the liberal public would simply not have time to become one.

67 2 minutes. ... When the name Nagishi Oshima is mentioned, the eyes of not only film buffs, but also erotomaniacs, light up. HOLD THE CRAB No matter what the film is, it’s a scandal: either about homosexual passion between a prisoner and an officer, or about the deadly love of a prostitute and a brothel owner, or about the strange relationship between a woman and a monkey (“Max, My Love”).

286 8 min. ... Grigory Shevchenko: “I miss winter.” In the very heart of the Nevada desert, many of our compatriots found, if not a second home, then a permanent job and place of residence. Russian circus performers are in enormous demand on the Western market OH, VAN, LOOK WHAT Cirque du Soleil (Circus of the Sun) is one of the most commercially successful entertainment companies in the world. Branches on four continents, many international awards, billions in profits.

On October 28, the chairman of the Communist Party of France (CPF), Hubert Hu, was officially approved as a candidate for the upcoming presidential elections from this political organization. This decision was made by the deputies of the 31st extraordinary congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which ended on October 28.

He is an avid yachtsman. Master of Sport. Four-time Russian sailing champion. In December 2000, he was elected head of the All-Russian Sailing Federation LIFE UNDER SAIL And Alexander Kotenkov is a rare person. He is a true romantic, but at the same time a political long-liver. For the sixth year now, he has been continuously representing the President of the Russian Federation in the State Duma. For the constantly changing picture of the Russian kaleidoscope, this is a lot.

8 3 min. ... PLAY, HORMONE! It is high time to apply the methods of the exact sciences to demography. That is, simply to finally turn demography into a science! And Kapitsa is very right when he scolds all this nonsense about the clash of civilizations and other nonsense. And then there are continuous “buts”...

34 6 min. ... The whole world is so gripped by writing phobia that in Europe they are already thinking about ways to preserve writing as an element of human culture. Starting this academic year, the Sorbonne will include an “epistolary course” in the list of compulsory disciplines, which will teach calligraphy and teach how to express one’s thoughts on paper correctly and comprehensibly.

4K 18 min. ... Ending. Starts at number 42. PRISONER OF SILVER BOR Babrak Karmal, placed in a special dacha in Serebryany Bor, was deprived of the opportunity to engage in politics and communicate with journalists. The war correspondent of the Pravda newspaper in the 80s, Vladimir Snegirev, by pure chance turned out to be his dacha neighbor... 1990 JUNE. Five months have passed since our last meeting. A few days ago I called Karmal Kava’s son and told him that I would like to visit my father.

150 10 min. ... In old age, people think... They begin to worry about different thoughts: about the future of humanity, about saving the world, about sex... One of these restless compatriots is the founder of the World Federation for Future Studies, President of the International Academy for Future Studies, Igor Vasilyevich BESTUZHEV-LADA. He thought a lot - and shared his witness with our correspondent Dmitry AKSENOV FRIENDS, LET'S ALL DIE! Why do we need trembling in life?

On October 28, the Basque terrorist organization ETA made a peace proposal. In a special communiqué, the ETA leadership stated that “peace is quite possible,” but to achieve it it is necessary “not to use missiles, but to follow the principles of democracy and international law, which would allow the (Basque) people to decide their fate.” ETA, according to its leaders, “calls only for this” and its “hand is always extended” with an offer of peace.

On October 28, the Washington Post, citing officials from the administration of US President George W. Bush, reported that the US counterterrorism operation in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, has already cost American taxpayers $12.8 billion. During the operation, in particular, 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired, each of which cost $1 million.