Journalist's life is in danger Military columnist for Moscow News Alexander Zhilin is now in hiding. Having sent his family to “rest,” he tries to appear in public less often and does not answer the phone, as Komsomolskaya Pravda reported the other day.

STATE SECRETS We report, Mr. Kvasov: it’s 1994! Dear Mr. Minister! In the letter sent with the courier, you demand to indicate on what basis information was published about the government purchasing large quantities of foreign weapons (Walters, Colts, Winchesters, Parabellums, etc.) and ammunition for them. I report: on the basis that this is interesting information. You ask to know its source. I answer: in accordance with the Press Law... only in court.

A strange excursion took place recently in the Moscow region ...A bus arrived at Komsomolskaya Square. A respectable man in dark glasses with a megaphone broadcast to all three stations: “For just one thousand rubles you will take a tour of the dachas of government officials. You will see the dacha of the Minister of Internal Affairs Erin, the former vice-president Rutskoi, the chairman of something called Barannikov... For only one thousand rubles.

Yesterday, in the presence of UNESCO Director General Federico Mayor, the exhibition “Arthur Rimbaud's Chest” opened at the Russian State Library. The traveling exhibition, created by the poet's museum-library in his homeland in Charleville, has already traveled all over Europe, visited Brazil, New Zealand, Yemen and now made a stop in Moscow for a month.

DEAD ENDS OF THE CIS Georgy MALINETSKY Science has no future in Russia. Science is needed either by a strong military-industrial complex or by a dynamic knowledge-intensive industry. The first option was implemented in the USA, the second - in Japan. We no longer have a defense complex, and there will not be a high-tech industry capable of competing on the world market for a long time.

The window was cut through again. All that remains is to think about the doors. Today, in the Greek island of Corfu, President Boris Yeltsin and the heads of state of the European Union will sign an agreement on partnership and cooperation between Russia and the EU. This document provides for the lifting of restrictions on Russian exports to twelve EU countries, improving conditions for business activity, as well as the preparation of a free trade agreement.

The chief accountant of "NEG" returned from vacation Yalta as it is Do not listen to those who scare you with armored personnel carriers stationed in Simferopol or somewhere else. There is no war, there are no tanks and there never were. Warm, hospitable, cozy Yalta, like a kind relative, welcomes everyone who has chosen this corner of Crimea as their vacation spot.

A new campaign against the Constitution has begun The NBA champion was determined. Houston became the first! As you know, the Houston Rockets basketball players, having won on their court against the New York Knicks - 86:84, tied the score - 3:3 - in the final playoff series of the NBA championship. The fate of the championship title was decided on June 22, in the seventh match of the current rivals.

The visit of the Russian Prime Minister to the USA was a success - they gave us a loan Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Viktor Chernomyrdin, who is in the United States on an official visit, held working meetings with the President of the World Bank for Reconstruction and Development Louis Preston and the Director of the International Monetary Fund Michel Camdessus. At the end of the meeting with L.

This past week, lovers of watching floating clouds had something to see. Even on the warmest and sunny days, this miracle of nature did not leave the sky. But these beautiful, cotton flower-like phenomena bring with them an inevitable change in the weather. Popular signs say: if transparent, blurry clouds float in the sky in summer, the weather has not settled and in the near future you can expect either rain or drought.

Eddie wants a buzz On a stuffy Tuesday evening near the Sexton Fods club, former minister of Zhirinovsky’s shadow cabinet Eddie Limonov held a press conference where he presented his new book “Limonov against Zhirinovsky,” with which he delighted his compatriots in as many as 200 thousand copies. However, he was not allowed into Sexton itself.

“How would you rate the following foreign cars?” Judging by surveys conducted by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion in May of this and last year, the number of car owners increased by one percent: from 17 to 18. And the Public Opinion Foundation asked 10,000 people the following questions: (integral score “3” - gold medal, “2” - silver, “1” - bronze) 16 brands of cars were offered for consideration. We present the 6 that scored the highest integral score.

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On the afternoon of June 22, 3 kilometers from the village of Petrovsky in the Republic of Tatarstan, a Mi-8 helicopter belonging to the Tan association crashed. The Mi-8 was flying over a gas pipeline in Tatarstan. There were 11 people on board the helicopter at the time of the accident. Eight people were killed, three were injured and hospitalized, the helicopter burned down. The causes of the accident are being investigated. Alexander AVDOSHIN

The creators of nuclear weapons sent a letter to NEG for the President of Russia Dear Boris Nikolaevich! We, the employees of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center - the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics, are deeply concerned about the current situation in the nuclear weapons complex.