People mourned on Pushkin Square today. The liberal-patriotic party “Renaissance” took the lead in mourning. The cause of grief is Lenya Golubkov, the sex symbol of MMM. Lenya is still alive and well, but the aforementioned liberal patriots and, for some reason, the Beer Lovers Party decide to rehearse his future death. They commemorated with “Half-liter” and “Tuborg” beer.

The meeting between Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko lasted more than an hour today in the Kremlin, exceeding the original time limit by about 30 minutes. Noting the constructive nature of the meeting in a conversation with journalists after its end, Boris Yeltsin said that an agreement had been reached to resolve a number of problems in relations between the two states.

If we lived in Venice and decided to steal a boat, then, having overcome all the cordons, we would calmly “row away” even to Indochina. At least the editorial car, “hijacked” by us in broad daylight, crossed the ring road completely unhindered and returned to the editorial office. We carried out this action together with the newspaper “Shield and Sword”. If readers remember, about a year ago our newspaper stole a car in the same way, and also successfully. What has changed since then?

The Russian Ministry of Transport has made a decision according to which the cost of transportation by all air transport enterprises includes “the costs of reworking aircraft and aircraft engines, defects in which were identified during operation.” In accordance with the decision of the Ministry of Transport, the cost of transportation includes expenses associated with payments on loans issued by banks for the purchase and import of aviation fuel, the provision of benefits to civil aviation

Petr KUZMENKO Walking, they say, is useful. But it's also very exciting. This Saturday I walked through the deserted summer, hot Moscow, and every now and then my eye was left on the bright and spectacular transformations of the capital. Here on the Garden Ring, not far from Sukharevka, builders were finishing the decoration of a new bank - mirrored glass of a high facade, marble... The new McDonald's near the Central Telegraph sparkles with mirrors...

US President Bill Clinton invited Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma to pay a working visit to Washington on November 29. According to a White House statement, the summit plans to discuss "the development of economic and democratic reforms in Ukraine, as well as the two countries' ongoing security efforts." US Vice President Al Gore gave the invitation to Kuchma yesterday in Kyiv.

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl spoke in favor of creating civilian auxiliary forces in the country to carry out rescue operations abroad. The corps will replace the special forces of the Bundeswehr and will specialize in eliminating the consequences of disasters and natural disasters.

“At a meeting of the coordinating committee of the protest action of Smolensk NPP workers, it was decided to hold a conference of representatives of the plant’s workforce and demand an audit of the financial activities of the NPP management at it,” plant engineer Lyudmila Belyaeva said today.

No dirty tricks! History will return it to you, then you will try it yourself. As you know, a Jew is hit not on the passport, but on the face. And the journalist is punished for his articles. It would be better to hit him in the face! it was about the private lives of people, I, of course, changed the last names and introduced a little fictionalization in order to protect my heroes from fools (“fool protection,” as I call it, following the example of techies).

Sergey SHAHRAI: The twenty-sixth general conference of the World League for Freedom and Democracy, known for its anti-communist activities, began its work in Moscow. At the press conference dedicated to the beginning of the forum, each journalist was given a thick polyester tie with flowers and the inscription “montagut” playfully scattered on them, or (depending on gender) a bright scarf.

From October 1 to October 9 this year, after a two-year break, the Golden Duke commercial film festival will be held in Odessa. And as before, under the slogan “All genres except boring!” From now on, Mikhail Zhvanetsky is the president of the Golden Duke. Films produced in 1993 - 1994, selected for participation in the festival, will compete in two programs - domestic and foreign cinema.

"Theater of Death" Company: Psygnosis Year: 1994 Size: 7.076 Video mode: VGA Type: arcade Rating: 7 The toy is a cross between “Syndicate” and “Cannon Fodder” (see “NEG” of June 16). It differs from the latter in its slightly complicated plot, which, in general, is not in its favor. Arcades shouldn't force your brain to work. But in this case you have to turn them on in order to understand how to manage this whole thing.

BOOK 1926 Thank God, that unfortunate time has passed when only spent, already set “stars” wandered into our steppe. Finally, real, and not former, world celebrities began to come to us more or less regularly. Research Institute of the Leningrad Party. What is the report about? Yes, about the labor movement, of course. On the same day, and again in Leningrad, the “Turkish floating exhibition” arrived (Izvestia, July 20).

Photo by Andrey STRUNIN Still the leader in the theaters is Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky, who knows everything about the broad Russian soul, and about our Asian denseness, and about stinginess, and about binge drinking. And what wonderful titles - “Mad Money”, “Wolves and Sheep”, “Enough Simplicity for Every Wise Man”. Here you have the story with “MMM”, and new “cool” ones, and the unforgettable Lenya Golubkov...

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said in a television interview that his country would not participate in a joint military invasion of Haiti with the United States. Chretien stressed that Canada will be able to send its troops to Haiti only after the military junta leaves the scene - to maintain peace in the country while democracy is restored. RIA, Interfax