ort The channel will show the World Figure Skating Championships, which will end on March 24. We will not know who is stronger on non-American soil - Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze or the Canadians Sale and Pelletier, because these two couples refused to participate in the competition. However, there are enough reasons to cheer for us: Slutskaya, Butyrskaya, Yagudin, Plushenko and the Lobachev-Averbukh duo will try to defend the honor of the Motherland.

What will happen after the ban on the import of “Bush legs” into our country? Will poultry prices rise? Will we be left without cheap chicken altogether? Sergei Lisovsky, member of the board of directors of Rosptitseprom, answers these questions that still concern us: “Our country is not alone in its rejection of American chicken legs. EEC countries introduced a ban back in 1997. China and Ukraine vetoed Bush's legs in December 2001.

Last week, the super film “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” finally premiered in Russia, which, although it was bypassed by the Oscars, people still liked. The boy-wizard has become a hero of almost the whole world, and Russians now have to decide whether we should consider him as such. Maria Arbatova, writer: I haven’t read the book, but I’m still delighted “I attended the premiere and was completely delighted. Brilliant acting by the young actors, very beautifully filmed.

Nature is on its own and does not obey either the calendar or weather forecasters. Therefore, the closer we get to May, the worse it becomes: the central heating will be turned off, but whether it will become warm is still a question... Safely The simplest and cheapest way to solve the problem of an unpredictable climate is an oil-filled radiator. It is designed simply.

If it were not for Friedrich Mikhailovich Maltsev, there would be nine more orphanage residents in the country. His nine grandchildren, the children of his youngest daughter, would know the taste of government bread and the price of government love. But Maltsev did not give them into the wrong hands - and educated them all. The mother handed over the children, where - she didn’t say - Grandfather! De-e-ed! - comes from the room. It’s Nastya calling Maltsev to the phone.

Valdis Pelsh failed to fulfill people’s desires while being the host of “An Ordinary Miracle”. Pelsh left TV, but he was recently appointed director of ORT children's broadcasting, and in his free time from snotty kids, Valdis films his new program called “Russian Roulette,” which will premiere on ORT in April. Oerteshniks again bought a license in the West, from the Columbia Tristar company.

Over the ten years of their existence, non-state pension funds (NPFs) have gained the trust of more than four million people (this is about 5 percent of the working population). Next year they will be included in the pension reform, but first they will have to undergo additional licensing and accreditation. According to experts, the development of non-state pension funds will follow the path from corporate to open pension funds. What are corporate companies like now?

Recently there has been one less childless marriage. Singer Alena Apina and producer Alexander Iratov, married for more than 10 years, have a daughter, Ksenia. “From the very beginning of my marriage, I wanted to become a mother, but it turned out that only the tenth attempt was successful,” said Apina. — In my opinion, a family is not just a boy and a girl who live together and make each other laugh. These are also children.” However, there are people who are ready to disagree with this.

Bargaining is appropriate People have always been able to trade in Moscow. Many visiting foreigners left memories of the commercial abilities of Muscovites, including the ambassador of the Roman Emperor Nikolai Varkoch, who visited the Mother See in 1593: “In trade matters, Muscovites are the most cunning and cunning people: they charge a foreigner three times for the goods and swear to their saints that they themselves cost the same, but still give it for half, even for a third.

In early April, the wife of singer Alexander Malinin, Emma, ​​a gynecologist by training, will acquire her own pharmacy. It will be located in Zhukovka near Moscow, not far from the presidential residence. Back in 1998, Emma Malinina decided to focus on intimate cosmetics, but no one except her husband believed in the success of the enterprise.