Before New Year Paper Press Review Tatyana Rybakina Publication date: January 8, 2002 It is completely logical on the eve of the New Year to take stock of the outgoing year. Therefore, almost all newspapers decided to "raise money." The most interesting thing would be to compare these completely subjective conclusions, because if they coincide, they turn into objective ones.

Ten performances of the week Evgenia Borisova Publication date: January 8, 2002 On Monday and Tuesday - January 7 and 8 - the Workshop of Pyotr Fomenko in the premises of the Vakhtangov Theater will perform its not very new, but still wonderful performance “Wolves and Sheep” by A.N. Ostrovsky. Smart, light, ironic performance. Here Ostrovsky does not smell of day-old cabbage soup and does not play through merchant beards and clerks' tunics.

From writers to terrorists: "destination society" The connection between Stalin and the American-European projects Sergey Demidov Publication date: January 8, 2002 Literary officials have become a matter of course in Russia over the past sixty years. A variety of poets and writers, sometimes quite good ones, were also functionaries of the system.

Dangerous position Please review Valentina Totskaya Publication date: January 8, 2002 If you believe the superstition that says that you will spend the year the same way you met it, then the coming 2002 will be the year of total stagnation of Russian television.

Persian patterns Foreign policy of the last week of last year Alexander Kazakov Publication date: January 8, 2002 The New Year's week was marked by relative calm in Russian foreign policy. The exception was telephone conversations with leaders of different countries dedicated to the Pakistani-Indian confrontation. In this case, a characteristic detail can be noted.

Third outcome. Heroes and victims (part 2) Notes from the manager of the Agency for Employment Abroad Georgy Dalidovich Publication date: January 8, 2002 Continuation. See part one It should not be assumed that the Agency for which I had the pleasure of working employed any or all of these methods. Rather, it was the other way around, although sometimes there were unfortunate failures. Also, I do not claim that individual agencies use these methods (at least not all and not always).

Warm track vs. "Light House" Mikhail Kordonsky Publication date: January 8, 2002 In unusually cold weather for our area, Odessa morgues were filled with about two dozen homeless children frozen to death. The information, of course, is unofficial; there is no other information in such matters. Having learned about this, we tried to organize a “rescue” campaign. Its results are ambiguous.

Cinema on TV January 7 - 13 Ekaterina Barabash Publication date: January 8, 2002 The New Year has arrived and, it would seem, the usual television routine awaits us again. But, remembering that a fair number of people are also blessed with the Christmas holidays, television is ready to partly continue the holiday by showing quite a few decent and popular films this week.

The women are coming! Letter to the editor Elizaveta Makarova Publication date: January 8, 2002 From the editor: the letter below criticizes the position of the Political Department of the Russian Federation on a number of issues; It should be noted that this position is expressed very succinctly and clearly. This is precisely the position that the Political Department adheres to. Dear Mr. Yakimets!

Seine, etc. Issue 15 Review of current online events and publications Tatyana Danilova Publication date: January 8, 2002 The campaign launched by the Business Software Alliance should be accompanied by the slogan: “ Citizens, hand over your currency! ” - firms and individuals using illegal software are invited to repent and, having happily avoided fines and other sanctions, pay and sleep peacefully in the arms of the legal version of the software they are using. BY.

Review by S.K. #87 Sergey Kostyrko Publication date: January 8, 2002 I And the togas of the literary year are a kind of festive New Year's fun for reviewers. But this year, to be honest, I started this work with some fear.

Karbauskis at the Moscow Art Theater "Old World Landowners" on the New Stage Grigory Zaslavsky Publication date: January 8, 2002 The New Year's week was rich in theatrical events, although it would seem that the New Year frees theater workers from responsibility: every premiere seems to be an optional addition to the New Year's table. On the other hand, it is known that many families still follow traditions and go to the theater on the evening of December 31st.