In Russia, few people have heard of Jennifer Aniston. Only those who sat in front of the TV during the screening of the series “Friends” on RTR, and those curious about gossip columns, in which Aniston has long been featured as Brad Pitt’s girlfriend. Meanwhile, on the Russian video market this year, films with Jennifer’s participation appear one after another. “Portrait of Perfection” and “The Object of My Admiration” are already out.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to use a modern iron instead of a press to cook tobacco chicken. But you can still put up with this, as long as you iron it well. A bulky domestically produced iron coped with this quite well. But after being dropped three times in fifteen years of impeccable service, something in him broke. When the iron stopped heating, my wife and I had a desire to buy a new, modern one.

THE SCENE DEpicTS MOUNTAINS BARELY COVERED BY “ZELENKOYA” AMONG THE SMOKING RUINS OF A MOUNTAIN VILLAGE STANDS MASKHADOV. He is surrounded by correspondents from Kommersant, ORT and Novaya Gazeta. MASKHADOV: We didn't blow up anything And no one was kidnapped But the hated enemy We'll do it, as promised! Russia is a long-time adversary, We can starve her out And we will strangle you like kittens, But I'm ready to negotiate! (An explosion is heard.

The Russian presidential election campaign was relatively calm. There was no intensity of struggle that all residents of our country saw last fall. That is why this very campaign made it possible to fully appreciate the advantages and disadvantages of information broadcasting on leading Russian channels.

To answer the questions of the competition, just carefully read this issue of the “Interlocutor”. The winner will receive a prize - a flashlight from Duracell. 1. What did Rodion Gazmanov promise to his father? a) that he will not drink alcohol until he is 21 years old b) that he will learn all of Yesenin by heart c) that he will not publicly call Oleg dad d) that he will never sing 2. Who stutters more often: boys or girls?

He's not English, that's for sure. In any case, the phrase “My home is my fortress” was clearly not said about him. Unlike many artists who prefer to communicate with journalists on neutral territory, Oleg Gazmanov often invites interlocutors to his dacha located in Serebryany Bor. He lets you into the house, but that doesn’t make him any more open... “I was just waiting for the moment to “play the box” ≈ Oleg, I learned your terrible military secret. ≈ Did you find out? What should I do now?

You must have thought that for the first time Oleg Menshikov starred in Mikhail Kozakov’s “Pokrovsky Gates”? Pipes. Back in the late 70s, he, a third-year student, was invited to play a role in the film by Suren Shahbazyan. Roman Balayan came to help the director. I saw Menshikov in the title role and... suggested inviting another actor. “It seemed to me that Menshikov was somewhat inappropriate for the role,” Roman Balayan now recalls.

No sooner had the congratulations to the Toropetsk Library died down than we had another glorious hero of the day. On April 28, the Danilovsk Central District Library turns 100 years old! For many years we were good friends: Danilovites actively participated in the “Interlocutor” competitions, our weekly tried to help the library as much as possible. “Currently, libraries, like the whole country, are going through hard times,” write our colleagues from Danilov.

It would not be a great exaggeration to say that the entire Russian press is following the duel between Poptsov and Lesin with understandable bated breath. Oleg Poptsov heads TVC (a channel that is considered to be Luzhkov’s), Mikhail Lesin is the head of the Ministry of Press, which is considered to be Goebbels’. The opponents exchanged jabs, uttered harsh words against each other and accused each other of lawlessness.

The ancient Romans called bald people impotent At all times, starting from ancient times, people have tried to find external signs by which a person’s temperament could be determined. For example, the ancient Greeks considered the sexiest men to be those with an elongated head shape and a large nose. This conclusion was made on the basis of similarity: these parts of the body were compared with male dignity. Their successors, the ancient Romans, called an elongated chin a sign of sexual power.

On October 6, 1995, in Grozny, an attempt was made on the life of the commander of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Anatoly Romanov. As he passed under the bridge near Minutka Square, a controlled explosive device went off. Almost all the soldiers accompanying the general on armored vehicles, and his assistant Alexander Zaslavsky, died.

Last week, ORT received a lawsuit for showing the series “Memories of Sherlock Holmes”: the Media-Most company claims that it bought the old version of the adventures of the famous detective from Lenfilm, and therefore no channel except NTV has the right to it. “But this is a completely different movie: here Conan Doyle is the main character,” the air technicians tried to justify. “Well, yes!” NTV grinned in response.

IS YELTSIN RETURNING? The first president of Russia intends to return to big politics. Now the Kremlin is supposedly in full swing repairing and preparing an office for Yeltsin. It is not difficult for Yeltsin to return to the Kremlin and take an active part in political activities; many of his loyal associates and sympathizers remain in their places. WILL PRIMAKOV BECOME VICE PREMIER? They say that ex-Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov has been offered a position in the new government.

I don’t know about you, but today it already seems to me as if Bure deliberately failed his Florida Panthers team in the first round of the playoffs. Without this, Pavel would not have been able to do two things at once: compete for the Russian national team at the World Championships that began last Saturday and have a heart-to-heart talk with Anya Kournikova in the very place where they both come from, and not on the coast of Miami, where they live side by side.

The visit of the American president to Russia was remembered by Russians for the sex scandal that happened within the walls of the State Duma, when a “decently dressed lady of about 30 in a green mini” climbed onto the table and shouted: “Bill, take off your pants and show what a sexy boss you are!” While the Federal Security Service was “working” with the troublemaker, stunned spectators tried to find out who it turned out to be. brave.