On December 10, the award ceremony for the laureates of the “PRoba-2002” competition took place at the Tauride Palace. The results of the work of the jury and nominees were summed up, and the names of the winners were announced. However, immediately after honoring the laureates, the head of the Public Relations Department of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, Vladimir Vasiliev, defiantly left the PRRoby organizing committee.

About ten years ago in the West there was such a thing - heroin chic. Subtle figures, emaciated faces and bruises under the eyes were considered incredibly fashionable. But in the end, the heroin chic was supplanted by fear. Fear of HIV. In return came widespread promotion of a healthy lifestyle. In Russia, the promotion of a drug-free life is also gaining momentum, but the “heroin chic” that has become the property of the streets is not so easy to defeat.

Lethal force 73 m2 We walk along the corridors of Lenfilm with Viktor Buturlin, the director who shot “Streets of Broken Lanterns” and “Deadly Force”. The famous Lenfilmov corridors, which in previous years buzzed like a beehive all day long, are unusually empty. Footsteps echo in the echoing silence. “How tired of all this! - says Victor. - No matter where we turned, there was no point. Nothing. Complete chaos." It's not about cinema. This is about purely prosaic things.

Election passions have calmed down a bit. And perhaps it’s time to draw some conclusions. Moreover, now many are trying to do this, dumping very contradictory conclusions on the poor heads of recent voters. And rightly so, there would be a result, but how to interpret it - everyone decides for himself. For example, the governor of St.

At the end of last week, Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Vladimir Zubrin pleased the St. Petersburg public with a festive set of sensations. The main thing is that the “Starovoitova case” has been solved (see page 4). But that's not all. Other breathtaking results of the prosecutor's work were announced. Here, for example, is the investigation into the case of the “financial” vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Viktor Krotov. He has not been charged. But investigators are working.