In the medical world, the sensation - scientists have learned to prevent a stroke in 28 percent of cases. The achievement is huge, given that this disease occupies the second place in mortality in the world (it takes about five million lives annually). In 1994, two Australian professors of medicine - Chalmers and Makmakhen - thought about what an interesting fact.

President of the Russian Federation Supreme Commander -in -Chief Sun of the Russian Federation Putin V.V. Salambek Maigov, Chairman of the OPD “Chechen Solidarity”, member of the Presidium of the Political Council of the “Eurasian Party of Russia”, ex-candidate for the president of the CRI, candidate of economic sciences President of the Russian Federation to the Supreme Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Putin V.V.

So President Putin on Monday categorically spoke out against the restoration of the death penalty in Russia. It seems that the polemic around this problem was the result of a certain PR action, the purpose of which is not entirely clear. Why did the question be wake up right now, who is interested in the excitement, which arose almost from scratch? Our interlocutor is Tamara Georgievna Morshchakova, deputy chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.

No, no, no, and responses come to the heading, the meaning of which boils down to the question: “When can we accept television and radio programs with really high quality, without interference and distortion? Or will it remain the destiny of only wealthy citizens who can afford the installation and operation of satellite reception devices? ” In principle, the situation is not so dramatic: some shifts in this direction occur, the problem is gradually solved.

The fate of animals living in the St. Petersburg Zoo is from now on the concern of the presidential administration. The scandal growing in the second capital attracted the highest attention: the president’s plenipotentiary in the North-Western District Viktor Cherkesov and the Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvydkom was instructed to understand the causes of the conflict between animals and people. In the St. Petersburg zoo - replenishment: a new leader has recently appeared here.

No one needs to explain today that anti -personnel mines pose a colossal threat to the civilian population. Numerous victims of random undermining are terrible and undeniable arguments. The most dangerous of the anti-personnel mines of Soviet production is PFM-1. With a powerful liquid charge, each has a light plastic case the size of a hand in the size of a palm. In the warehouses they are contained in the “finally equipped state”, that is, 72 pieces in special cassettes.

Six months have passed with the famous television “Prague Winter”, which shocked the world. She shocked Russia, perhaps the unusual solidarity that Czech citizens showed with journalists who refused to work with the leadership imposed on them. But rather, it shocked an analogy with the at the same time taking place around us around the NTV ... Was this analogy true? Was our vision of events in Prague too one -dimensional? Has the Czech public television have recovered from the crisis?

In the coming days, the chairman of the PRC Jiang Zemin and President Putin will sign an agreement on good neighborliness, friendship and cooperation between our countries, which is already called "epochal" in Moscow. For the first time, such a document was signed by our countries half a century ago for a period of 30 years. After his action, Moscow-from the late 80s to the mid-90s-repeatedly proposed concluding a new contract. However, the PRC rejected these proposals.

The first past is instead of a prologue Our compatriot bought a used foreign car in Germany and drove it home. As soon as he drove into Russian territory, an inscription in an unknown language broke out on the dashboard. She burned all the way. Packed at his own home, he asked a polyplot neighbor, about which this text. The neighbor translated on the move: "Remove immediately from the side of the road!" At one of the last meetings of the government, the Russian problem No.

Recently, “OG” published an article by Grigory Yavlinsky “Liberalism for all” (“OG” No. 26 of June 28). The topic is continued by our regular author Dmitry Furman. The main trouble of our democracy is the people. Without him, she would have turned out completely.

Tu-154 crash. They were looking not for the reasons, but for the switchman Boris SINYAVSKY Photo by REUTERS in the photo: July 5. Mourning has been declared in Russia again... Specialists have no doubts, but non-specialists have more than enough of them. Non-specialists, already a few days before the publication of the official version, assumed that of the two possible culprits - the plane and the crew - the second would be named.

The poet Evgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko lives in America for 7 months a year, where he teaches, and 5 in Russia, where he lives, performs, meets with readers and travels around the country. And this year, it opens in his family house at the Winter Station “The House of the Poet” and arranges in Siberia the first international festival of poetry. And also, according to the prevailing tradition, celebrates his birthday in the polytechnic.

- Alexey Valentinovich, what are the main macroeconomic indicators reached in the first six months of this year? - From the point of view of macroeconomics, there are very positive results, and those that disturb us. The persistent economic growth is pleasing. According to the results of the year, it can be about 5 percent: even higher than what was planned. This is due to an increase in both investments (about 6 percent to the corresponding period of last year) and consumer demand.

What can quench your summer thirst Participation of V.V. Putin in the Summit "Big Eight" Closing the next session of the Parliament of the Russian Federation media beer kvass Good word Moscow sign a friendship agreement, without arranging the boundaries Chinese investments in our economy remain a good wish. The “Friends from the Celestial” refer to the justification of the Russian investment climate, which is not suitable, in their opinion.

With such a preface, Viktor Shenderovich brought his notebooks to the editor. They have a completely different intonation than in the transmission of “total”. These notes have another author - Shenderovich, who writes, and not speaking, sympathetic to those whom he loves, and ironic to those who are not very pleasant to him. In short - a writer.