“Letter of the Forty-Three,” which became a political sensation in August, is pointless to analyze from a substantive point of view. The Russian left opposition has long been unable to offer anything new and writes letters mainly to remind people of its existence.

In Moscow, in the Central House of Artists park, the world-famous Stella Artois project “Cinema under the Starry Sky” recently ended. The city's biggest party, which began with performances from top DJs, overshadowed other events that took place in the capital at the height of summer on July 20 and 21. The Stella Artois brand organized a real holiday for the townspeople.

Last week, writer Eduard Limonov lost his last chance to be released. The election commission of the 209th district (St. Petersburg), where he applied to participate in the State Duma elections, refused to register him as a candidate because he indicated the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center in the “place of residence” column. “And he couldn’t provide any other address,” the writer’s lawyer Sergei Belyak told Interlocutor.

Song and dance by Vladimir Putin and George Bush on the occasion of the mutual expulsion of Russian and American diplomats PUTIN (dancing a square dance): Something sad indeed! But there were times - My nerves were on edge There were legs in stirrups! And a great country And the Cold War... There was a time Brother Georgie! And today - not a damn thing. BUSH (assenting): I'm kind of bored colleague. Somehow there is a direct pressure on my chest. No scale, no run-up, No dynamics at all!

Dmitry Ezhkov Thousands came to the White House, but millions did not — Gennady Eduardovich, ten years have passed. We know your fate. Do you have any complaints about time? I don’t mean Yeltsin and his entourage, but specifically the time. — I have no personal complaints about time.

Tito's replacement In April 2002, the second space tourist, 27-year-old South African millionaire Mark Shuttleworth, will go to the International Space Station. He will stay there for 10 days. “The contract has already been signed,” the press service of Rosaviakosmos told Interlocutor. — It is known that Mr. Shuttleworth will pay for his flight, like Dennis Tito, at least $20 million. Mark Shuttleworth trades in information security technology.

Pamela is protected from stress by her grandfather and other stars? The World Health Organization warns that the spread of work-related stress is becoming epidemic. Research in the UK has shown that stressed workers spend a total of more than 6.5 million sick days each year. Treating stress-related illnesses costs $200 million a year in the United States alone. Stress is a leading cause of mental illness.

It seems that the most popular show in the world is becoming a spy show. The hunting season for the Big Spy (little ones are caught always, everywhere and all the time), as we know, opened with the scandalous case of Pope. In response, they told us that Hansen had been urgently caught with live bait, and the Swedes also exposed our agent. At the next stage, a tunnel for the Russian embassy in Washington was either quickly found or dug up specifically for this purpose.

Harrison Ford seems to have fallen in love Less than three months after divorcing his wife, Harrison Ford fell in love. His chosen one is Robin Evans, a blonde with the figure of a fashion model, 20 years younger than 59-year-old Ford. While Melissa Mathison, Ford's ex-wife, is trying to sue for part of the actor's fortune, he is trying to avoid publicity about his relationship. The lovers arrived separately at a party with a friend, photographer Timothy White.

Sverdlovsk residents will now fill the tanks of their cars with multi-colored gasoline. Through the efforts of Lukoil. “We have already tried to sell colored gasoline in Komi and Perm,” the company told Interlocutor. — And now we’ve switched to the Sverdlovsk region. For now, we paint only AI-76 (red) and AI-92 (blue). We'll get to AI-95 soon. We achieve color using special substances that do not leave any sediment and do not in any way affect the quality.

7 years ago, August 28, 1994, coins with a face value of one kopeck and other metal money disappeared from Russian monetary circulation. The Central Bank officially announced: having reached its 460th anniversary, the penny has become history. However, four years later she returned in a new guise. “It simply didn’t make sense to use metal money in those years,” Lilia Gorshunina, an employee of the coin production department of the Goznak Research Institute, told Interlocutor.

Either Velazquez or Murillo... 95 years ago, in August 1906, In London, “Portrait of a Grandee with a Sword” was sold, which today was announced as a sensational find by St. Petersburg expert Igor Smirnov. It was like this. Mr. Smirnov was looking through the catalog of the Spanish artist Bartolomeo Murillo - those of his works that are stored in Canada. And he came across a portrait that seemed vaguely familiar to him.

Will a gloomy checkered sky await Gordon? “I can understand and forgive Yeltsin and Putin, but Yavlinsky is my enemy,” Gordon shared with Sobesednik. “He deceived the best aspirations of the intelligentsia. What was he offended by? To the words that he is not visible on the screen now, since TV people are accustomed to Apple paying for all its broadcasts? But that’s how it was: when the elections were held, then Yavlinsky had money. Now he doesn’t have such a fund, so the deputy has disappeared.

68-year-old woman jumped with a parachute When 68-year-old Lidiya Dobrova from the village of Nikolskoye, Yaroslavl region, came to the flying club and said: “I want to jump!”, she was laughed at. But the woman insisted. It turns out that there is no age limit in skydiving. The medical commission did not find any abnormalities in Dobrova. “A week of instruction and Lidia Ivanovna was ready to jump,” parachute flight commander Mikhail Shkurkin told Interlocutor.

...Timur’s son came first With a Bad Guy's grin, Having cleared the edge of our native aspens Literally to hell; Then the gas man appeared, Speaker, friend of children - People are almost used to it Although I didn’t eat enough... Boris exclaimed: “Shame and disgrace! I’ll ask you to resign!” — And clear away all this trash The Kid got it. The kid saw that Khan, I cried, barely breathing, - And the whole huge country Fell in love with the Kid.