Veronica Bode: Hello, Victor. Victor Shenderovich: Good evening. Veronica Bode: Please imagine our guest. Victor Shenderovich: With pleasure! Alexander Mitta - film director. However, I probably said the last word in vain. Alexander Mitta, film director - this is known, I think so, years ... Alexander Mitta: 45. Victor Shenderovich: 45. Alexander Mitta: It's scary to think. Viktor Shenderovich: This means the first movie 45 years ago. What is the first movie?

In the late 80s, Sergei Dovlatov and I worked together on Radio “Freedom”. In our New York Bureau, he brought me his texts as an editor-they were called on the radio “scripts”: for the program “On top of the barriers”. It was enough to make at least one small edit so that Dovlatov went into a corner and reprinted on a typewriter (computers have not yet been everyday) the whole page. The view of a stranger hand on his lines seemed intolerable to him.

In Naopol, on the final day of the 4th World Cup, men performed at the marathon distance-25 km. The first at the finish was the Australian Josh Santakaterin, for 38 seconds ahead of Russian Yuri Kudinov. Third place was taken by firecracker Struschev from Bulgaria. On Saturday, at the same distance among women, an angel Maurer from Germany won, after her was finished by the Russians Natalia Pankina and Ksenia Popova.

New divisions of Italian military personnel arrived to the south of Lebanon, which will be part of the UN International Peace of Peacemaker forces. According to the representative of the command, the Italian military will take positions of 15 kilometers east of the port city of Tire on Sunday evening. To date, the number of peacekeepers in the south of Lebanon has reached five thousand, two -thirds of them are Italians.

The production of opium in Afghanistan will grow by almost 60 percent this year, ”warns the UN ACFIC Office. According to him, Afghanistan accounts for 9 tenths of the world production of opium. The representative of the department, handing the report to the President of Afghanistan Hamida Karzai, called the situation very alarming, especially in the south of the country. Karzai admitted that the efforts of his government to combat drugs were not a result.

The Russian Tanker "Luchegorsk", detained on August 21 in Gvine (Konakri), was released and left the economic zone of this country. Assigned to the Primorsky Shipping Company and captured by the Swiss company, "Luchegorsk" will continue to work on the supply of fuel and water of fishing vessels off the coast of Sierra Leone. According to Russian agencies, all crew members are healthy.

Participants of the multi-day Vualta during the 9th stage overcame 207 km between the cities of the cities of the Fonsagrad and La Cabertia. The first at the finish line, as a day earlier, was Alexander Vinokurov from Kazakhstan. At 16 seconds, he was ahead of the Spaniard Alehandro Valverde, who led the overall standings. The third place was taken by another racer from Kazakhstan Andrei Kashechkin.

Mumin Shakirov: The famous film director Ali Khamraev once embodied the progressive Uzbek cinema, followed by Tarkovsky and Joseliani. He is the author of such paintings as “triptych”, “a person goes behind the birds”, “without fear”, “Extraordinary Commissioner” and “Seventh Bullet”. We continue the series of his exciting stories about famous directors. Fellini Ali Khamraev met Federico at the International Festival in Moscow in 1987. Ali Khamraev: I came from Italy.

The first European spacecraft launched on the moon fulfilled its mission. The Smart -1 space probe has fallen today to the surface of the moon - after several years of work in the lunar orbit. Smart-1 was launched three years ago by the European Space Agency. His task included studying and shooting the lunar surface. Scientists say that the data obtained and processed by this device will significantly expand the knowledge of mankind about the Moon.

In the Karelian city of Kondopoga, the police dispersed the crowd, which again began to smash outlets belonging to immigrants from the Caucasus, RIA -News reports. The pogroms resumed after the rally, at which, according to the Radio Liberty correspondent, nationalist slogans sounded. The previous night in Kondopoga, arson and attacks were already taking place. Additional police forces were transferred to the city.

In Japan, the World Cup among men's teams ended. In the final match, the Spaniards defeated the Greeks - 70:47. In the match for the 7th place, which also took place on Sunday, the Lithuanians were stronger than rivals from Germany-77:62. On Saturday, the US team won bronze medals, defeating the Argentine team in the comforting final-96:81, and in the game for 5th place the Turkish team beat the France team –64: 56.

After the release of news - the program "Short Love Stories." Her heroes are Josip Broz Tito and his wife Jovanka. Then - the review “The latest musical story”, and in the second half of the hour - the continuation of travels on the wine map of the world in the program “Red, Dry”. And the program will end the program "Events of the week - a special look." Our guest is an honored teacher of Russia, doctor of pedagogical sciences Evgeny Yamburg.

The NATO command in Afghanistan declares serious losses incurred by the Taliban in battles in the south of the country. According to a representative of the Afghan Ministry of Defense, the Taliban lost up to 90 militants. Three Canadian troops were also killed in battles, 6 were injured. On Saturday in the province of Kandahar, NATO troops and Afghan government forces began operations "Medusa" - to eliminate the Taliban bases.