LIBRARY A conversation with the popular writer Yuri Polyakov, whose new novel The Mushroom Tsar has surpassed even the gospel of TV presenters and Kremlin dietology in the charts, opens a new column called Barcode. It's not just about books, it's about... A conversation with the popular writer Yuri Polyakov, whose new novel The Mushroom Tsar has surpassed even the gospel of TV presenters and Kremlin dietology in the charts, opens a new column called Barcode.

THE FOURTH POWER The arrest and destruction of the circulation of the MK newspaper in Belgorod, carried out by the police on the orders of the regional election commission, is a gross violation of the laws in force in the country, regardless of whether the regional one likes it or not...

TELEVISION - And my mode of television affects! After a day full of stress and problems, you want to run away from everything, relax, turn off your brains for a while. At night I turn on the TV to watch My Fair Nanny, which is harmless and funny... - And my mode of television affects! After a day full of stress and problems, you want to run away from everything, relax, turn off your brains for a while.

ARMY The country's defense capability has once again been undermined: without waiting for the end of the army reform, the 22-year-old ensign Tronin deserted from his military unit in the Kirov region. In a forest plantation between two villages, skillfully... The country's defense capability has once again been undermined: without waiting for the end of the army reform, the 22-year-old ensign Tronin deserted from his military unit in the Kirov region.

CIRCUMSTANCES Last Thursday, a well-known lawyer and public figure in the country, a former governor of Dutch West Guinea and a former legal adviser to the government, voluntarily passed away, exercising the legal right to euthanasia in the Netherlands ...

UKRAINE On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko gave an interview to four television channels in the country. Shown in the recording. Journalists were not shy. They interrupted each other and the president. The conversation turned out to be lively. Yushchenko thought for a second when he was asked... On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko gave an interview to four television channels in the country. Shown in the recording. Journalists were not shy.

CIRCUMSTANCES There is a two-stage international scandal at the trial of the National Bolsheviks. On September 28, the presiding judge, Alexei Shikhanov, the judge of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow, allowed the defendant Vladimir Lind only one minute of a telephone conversation to say goodbye to ... There is a two-stage international scandal at the trial of the National Bolsheviks.

PEOPLE Once, many years ago, I got off the bus at the edge of a huge field of sunflowers. The bus drove away, and I stood alone on the side of the highway and saw a white house with blue shutters a hundred meters away. I immediately knew it was him... Once, many years ago, I got off the bus at the edge of a huge field of sunflowers. The bus drove away, and I stood alone on the side of the highway and saw a white house with blue shutters a hundred meters away.

NEWS FROM MAJOR COMPANIES The arrival of multinational companies in the country is gradually changing our understanding of what business should be like and what role society should play in controlling it. About environmental problems in the oil fields of TNK in Russia was ... The arrival of multinational companies in the country is gradually changing our understanding of what business should be like and what role society should play in controlling it.

DETAILS On October 4, Prime Minister Fradkov visited Lipetsk one day. The distinguished person was accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture Gordeev, the leadership of the Russian Agricultural Bank and other necessary officials. The security forces prepared for the meeting ... On October 4, Prime Minister Fradkov visited Lipetsk one day.

KINOBODKA Leading Hollywood studios Warner Brothers and NBC Universal recently announced a large-scale expansion into the Russian market. The perception of our market by Americans is twofold: on the one hand, it is “hungry” and very promising, on the other,... Leading Hollywood studios Warner Brothers and NBC Universal recently announced a large-scale expansion into the Russian market.

PLOTS This most exciting, most liberated, most famous holiday begins with a parade of Bavarian brewers. Magical spectacle! Gigantic horses parade along the main streets of Munich, undressed like a merchant's wife at her daughter's wedding (in... This most exciting, most liberated, most famous holiday begins with a parade of Bavarian brewers. Magical spectacle!

COMPLIMENTARY TICKET There are people whose art does not tolerate logical ordering - what, why, where did it come from? The only possible way of perception is to try to tune in to the wave as much as possible, go with its flow and "turn on" the subconscious.... There are people whose art does not tolerate logical ordering - what, why, where did it come from?

POINT OF VIEW One of my favorite cartoon characters, it seems, Winnie the Pooh, said: "Life is very often the other way around." And one of the few independent deputies of the State Duma, Vladimir Ryzhkov, discovered an unexpected...

CIS DEAD ENDS On September 29, Belarusian newspapers received the same messages by e-mail: the responsibility for the explosions in Vitebsk on September 14 and 22 was claimed by the Belarusian National Liberation Army (BNOA). Law enforcement officials... On September 29, Belarusian newspapers received the same messages by e-mail: the responsibility for the explosions in Vitebsk on September 14 and 22 was claimed by the Belarusian National Liberation Army (BNOA).