17 3 min. ... In Ukraine, politicians also tried to use football for their own purposes. The result was usually unpredictable /VAKHTANG KIPIANI, Kyiv/ Orange miracle: having replaced the ball in the match with Roma, Dynamo Kiev won The home match of Dynamo Kiev in the 2004 Champions League against the Italian Roma took place on the second day of the Orange Revolution. It was snowing. The referee had to replace the black and white ball, which blended into the field, with an orange one.

6 1 min. ... 27.09 On this day exactly 80 years ago, the famous British agent Sydney George Reilly was arrested in Russia. In 1925, Reilly arrived in the USSR to meet with representatives of the anti-Soviet organization "Trust". He did not suspect that it was specially created by OGPU agents, and was arrested. For a whole month, Reilly refused to testify. But during one of the interrogations, he was shown a newspaper where a message about his death was published.

9 1 min. ... Physicists are held in high esteem Physics teacher Ivan Igolevich became the best teacher in Russia in 2005. He teaches at the 31st Chelyabinsk Physics and Mathematics Lyceum. I once graduated from this lyceum, and today Ivan Aleksandrovich’s students are gold medalists at the world championship in physics. The best teacher of 2005 is a hereditary teacher.

4 1 min. ... Today, the question of who won the Cold War still remains open... Pasquale QUATROCENTO, banking analyst (Italy) Without any doubt, the greatest meanness that Russians can commit in relation to world civilization is to prohibit Russian girls from marrying foreigners. They say that it was just such a cowardly law that Russian parliamentarians decided to discuss the other day, fussing about the threat from the West, like peasants during a Viking raid.

9 1 min. ... According to Rosstat, industrial production grew by 3.7% over the eight months of 2005, but last year during the corresponding period the growth rate was 7.6%, that is, twice as much. Experts believe that the main reason for the decline in growth rates is pressure on business from the state, reports the RBC news agency.

Precise, jewelry work is a distinctive feature of engineers from Zelenograd 59 6 min. ... I have in my hand a plastic box with a transparent lid, under which lies a miracle of the world. The miracle looks extremely inconspicuous - some small gray stripes.

13 1 min. ... Old-timers look at new recruits through a photographic lens The official events regarding the admission of 10 new member countries to the European Union have long since ceased to be noisy, but recruits to this day are never tired of being reminded that they have not yet fully become “members” of the European family. They are little known, not always understood correctly and, as a result, are not treated with cordiality.

576 7 min. ... Fyodor Bondarchuk's film "9th Company" is released this week. Exactly 30 years ago, Bondarchuk Sr. directed one of the most poignant dramas about the war, “They Fought for the Motherland.” The plots, situations and heroes are similar - the tragic death of soldiers due to the incompetence of commanders. The only question is, will the film “9th Company” be remembered in 30 years? /DMITRY BYKOV/ Bondarchuk Sr.

13 5 minutes. ... WHAT DO THEY EAT Aluminum nostalgia The Last of the Mohicans How long have you stood in line with a tray at the serving counter, snapping up dried fruit compote for 6 rubles? 40 kopecks or ordering a serving of rice for 3 rubles to a girl in a chef’s hat. 25 kopecks?

On October 2 , al-Qaeda announced the abduction of two American marines in western Iraq, demanding that the American command, in exchange for their lives, release all Sunni women in captivity within 24 hours. Al-Qaeda's statement was published on one of the websites used by extremists.

67 1 min. ... Former lead singer of the Na-Na group VLADIMIR LEVKIN is preparing to return to the stage Vladimir TIKHOMIROV They say that once the owner of the Na-Na group, Bari Alibasov, was asked: “Isn’t it bad that the guys work two concerts a day?” Alibasov thought and replied: “Yes, this is very bad... We should have four.” As a result, the Na-Nai set a world record - 964 concerts a year. But the band members had to pay dearly for their success.

Olga Troyanova: “Maybe my husband violated one of the flight signs” 17 2 minutes. ... Olga Troyanova is the happiest woman in the world.

On October 2, the interdepartmental commission completed the analysis of the data from the “black box” of the Russian Su-27 fighter that crashed on the territory of Lithuania, Gazeta.Ru reports.

707 2 minutes. ... The Duma's discussion of the need for a guardhouse will answer the question: are the army and the generals' ideas about relations in it really being updated? / ALEXANDER PLOTNIKOV / The guardhouse is returning to the army. The government asks the Duma to vote on the necessary documents prescribing the procedure for placing a soldier under disciplinary arrest. However, no one has canceled the army prison before.

4 1 min. ... The cost of dry cleaning services depends on where you live / Kirill ZHURENKOV / We clean different clothes at different times of the year. In spring and late autumn, winter items are usually rented out. Dry cleaners have the fewest customers in the summer: T-shirts and light blouses are easier to wash at home. But most of them are in the dirtiest time of the year - in the fall. The path of a thing to purity is long and thorny. Let's take a leather jacket as an example.