Leonid Parfenov: Pal Palych Borodin was detained in a country in which, scary to say, there is not even a department of affairs for the President of the United States. And, for example, prosecutor Kenneth Star, he did not receive an apartment from the administration of the White House, the one in Washington. Maybe that’s why he so zealously investigated the case of Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky.

Correspondent: "...And a currency wave hit the offshore shore, and he emerged from its foam, shining with gold and rings, and waved a fan of green papers, and bought all the villas and furs, and prosperity came to the island of Aphrodite." Someday, tourists in Cyprus will definitely be told this legend, and a monument will be erected to the first “new Russian” who set foot on the visa-free shore. Contrary to popular belief, Russian tourists are only in fourth place here in terms of numbers.

Correspondent: Chukotka hook - this is the name of the Providensky region, which is located on the coast of the Bering Strait on the border with America. Frosts here are usually no lower than 35 degrees, and when a hurricane and blizzard begin, the temperature rises. Now it's minus 10, and these people, taking advantage of the warming, are trying to fix the water supply in their house as quickly as possible. Nobody helps them.

Correspondent: According to the Office of Assistance Programs of the Federal Security Service, American Kenneth Gluck was released tonight. However, the first message about this appeared on the ITAR-TASS news agency only at half past three in Moscow. As happens in such cases, in the first hours the special services provide a minimum of information.

Correspondent: Exactly a week has passed since the Brooklyn court refused to release Pavel Borodin on bail. And if at the beginning Borodin’s defense was based on the fact that it was simply impossible to arrest such a person, now the judges will be influenced by more subtle arguments - of a legal rather than political nature. Eleonora Sergeeva, lawyer of Pavel Borodin: The defense also raised the question that, after all, Pavel Borodin was detained unreasonably.

Evgeny Kiselev: Today in Chechnya, as we just said, American citizen Kenneth Gluck, an employee of the humanitarian mission Doctors Without Borders, was released. Let me remind you that Gluck was kidnapped under mysterious circumstances on January 9 in the village of Starye Atagi. And soon after this incident, all international humanitarian organizations curtailed their activities in Chechnya.

February 4, 21:00 I greet everyone who is watching NTV at this moment. The next episode of the “Itogi” program is on air, in the studio of Evgeny Kiselev. Today in Chechnya, as we just said, American citizen Kenneth Gluck, an employee of the humanitarian mission Doctors Without Borders, was released. Let me remind you that Gluck was kidnapped under mysterious circumstances on January 9 in the village of Starye Atagi.

Saturday, February 3, 2001. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation established the following official exchange rates: Currency Quantity Well Change US dollar 1 28.45 +0.01 Euro 1 26.71 -0.01 Italian lira 1000 13.80 0.00 German mark 1 13.66 0.00 French franc 10 40.72 -0.02 Pound sterling 1 42.08 +0.31 Japanese yen 100 24.70 +0.24 Monday, February 5, 2001.

Correspondent: The calendar shows the beginning of February, but spring has already arrived in Chechnya. It still freezes at night, sometimes the sun comes out during the day, the rest of the time there is fog. If this weather continues for another two weeks, the first leaves, better known here as green foliage, will appear on the trees. By this time, Gudermes promises to launch the Moscow-Grozny train and seriously deal with the leaders of gangs. Today in Chechnya everyone has their own path.

Correspondent: The elite Belgrade district of Dedeni is the residence of Yugoslav leaders. Marshal Joseph Broz Tito also lived here. Now this villa is occupied by the ex-president. The perimeter of this residence of Slobodan Milosevic is guarded by the Yugoslav army, and inside there is a personal security service. All the external attributes of power for Milosevic have been preserved.