In a week, the Winter Olympics start in Salt Lake City. The singles figure skating competition promises to be one of its hottest events. Three Russian stars (Abt, Plushenko, Yagudin) against the rest of the world - the ice will melt! We wish all the guys victory, although our main hope in the States is, of course, the 2001 world champion Zhenya Plushenko. Word to Evgeniy and his coach. — Zhenya, you became a celebrity at a very young age. Were you really not dizzy with success?

There was a political scandal in maternity hospital No. 2 in Bishkek. Young dad Sergei Musliev, who came to meet the newborn, publicly declared that he would name his son Osama Bin Laden. The nurses and doctors were dumbfounded on the spot, and the young mother Oksana almost dropped the child, whom she was going to name Pavlik. When she tried to object to her husband, he reacted inadequately, and security had to be called.

Galkin Maxim Born June 18, 1976 Horoscope: Gemini and Dragon. Graduated from the Faculty of Linguistics of the Russian State University for the Humanities. The world's youngest host of the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" (The game is broadcast in 57 countries). Hobbies: skiing. In winter - mountain, in summer - water. From TV programs he loves: “In the Animal World”, “Travelers Club”, “Good night, kids!”. Favorite dish: pancakes with sour cream.

The Russian president has long wanted to get a new aircraft, a complete analogue of the existing IL-96-300. This was also required by safety precautions: each airliner on which the head of state flies must have a backup aircraft in case of an unexpected malfunction. Now Vladimir Putin has eight aircraft at his disposal: two Yak-40, two TU-134, two TU-154M, IL-96-300 and IL-62. That is, the backup for the IL-96-300 is the old IL-62.

Ekaterina Maksimova washes and irons without looking up from the ballet — I have just returned from Chelyabinsk, where I went specifically to watch the premiere of Prokofiev’s ballet “Cinderella.” This was a real event for the city. The audience was delighted. I assessed the premiere with the professional eye of a ballerina and was very pleased. And now I’m back at the Bolshoi Theater again, working with young actors of the Kremlin Ballet. Among them are Sasha Timofeeva, Seryozha Teplov.

13 years ago, on February 2, actor Yuri Bogatyrev passed away. Fate generously endowed him with talents that were enough for two, but gave him an offensively short life. He was barely over forty. In recent years, he was painfully worried about his difference from others in his intimate life.

Ryazanov Eldar Born in Kuibyshev. In 1950 he graduated from the directing department of VGIK (G. Kozintsev’s Workshop). After graduation, he worked at the Central Documentary Film Studio. For the documentary film "Sakhalin Island" he received the Cannes Film Festival Prize (1955). In 1956, Ryazanov filmed the New Year's comedy "Carnival Night", which made him famous. Later he specialized in comedies. His films are kind, funny and charming.

Many people dream of a new spacious and comfortable apartment. But, alas, not everyone can afford this pleasure. Nevertheless, Russians have a real opportunity to make their apartment dreams come true - thanks to a mortgage. We asked Ivan Grachev, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Commission for the Development of Mortgage Lending, to tell us how this model works. — Ivan Dmitrievich, what is the state of housing mortgage lending today?

A unique operation was performed at the Central Research Institute of Dentistry: the patient with the lower part of his face amputated, they made a new jaw - from his own rib. Thus They didn’t just return the lost body part, the man was given the opportunity to start a new life. Tongue hung like a tie “Alexander Stepanyuk (hereinafter the names and surnames of the patients have been changed.

Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeevich Born on March 2, 1931 in the village. Privolnoye, Krasnogvardeisky district, Stavropol region. At the age of 13 , while studying at school, Mikhail began working with his father on a combine harvester. \"My father knew the combine very well and taught me, - recalls M.S. Gorbachev. - After a year or two, I could adjust any mechanism.

— What do you think about the new program? Temporary difficulties with broadcasting are not taken into account. “This is a completely different project, a different focus,” says Olga. — We had more survival in psychological relationships. And the main thing here is to open your own cafe and make it prosperous. — What advice would you give to new glaziers? “Take the festal carriage with you and sell pills to visitors,” Dan joked.

Last week, the embassies of Uganda, Niger, Burkina Faso, Rwanda and Togo were closed in Moscow due to significant arrears for renting space and non-payment of utilities. “The list of defaulters includes 15 more embassies - chronic debtors, headed by Afghanistan,” Ivan Sergeev, head of the main production and commercial department for servicing the diplomatic corps (UPDC), told Interlocutor. UPDC negotiates with debtors as best it can.

The child got D marks in mathematics, failed English and physics and looks like he'll fail his school exams? There is nothing to do, he will have to study additionally, and you will have to look for a tutor... The main problem is finding this tutor. Despite the fact that the posts are full of advertisements with offers to tutor your children in all subjects, good tutors are not lying around. Ask a teacher from your home school for extra tutoring?

Former Russian Vice President Alexander Rutskoi intends to return from Moscow to the Kursk region. The ex-regional governor is again going to compete for leadership positions. “Of course, I want to return as governor at a minimum,” Rutskoi told Interlocutor. - Maybe the mayor. Kursk needs to be put in order. After all, I have to live in it. It is known that in order to participate in elections, a candidate must have local registration. Currently Rutskoi lives in Moscow.

Attention to the problem of multiple sclerosis in Russia was drawn in 1996, when the first medicine, betaferon, appeared, which could slow down the progression of this severe neurological disease, leading to disability in young people. Together with betaferon, patients have hope.