Subscription Archive Last issue on sale from 08/07/02 Heroes of this issue: Allegrova Irina Merezhko Victor Putina Lyudmila Sukhorukov Viktor Ivanovich Winslet Kate Rastorguev Nikolay Mikhalkov Nikita Mikhail Shvydkoy: my job is to provoke the audience The Minister of Culture found himself at the center of several scandals at once, and this happened quite naturally.

March 21, first deputy. Finance Minister Sergei Shatalov presented a whole bunch of surprises. He shared his views on taxation in 2003, and the country froze in horror. Against the background of what Shatalov told, the earlier predictions of the Minister of Labor Alexander Pochinok about the impending increase in unemployment faded and became almost not scary. So, the government decided that inflation is fast - it needs to be outpaced, and the existing excise taxes on strong drinks are too low.

Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin left the city without snow on March 22 during his visit to Norilsk. A few days before the arrival of the head of state, the mayor's office launched a vigorous activity: 4,500 tons of snow were removed from the streets per day. “We, as good hosts, wanted the city to be clean and cozy before Vladimir Vladimirovich’s arrival,” Maxim Radetsky, head of the press service of the Norilsk administration, explained to Sobesednik.

Hello, how is your runny nose? Oh, don't tell me. Pchhi! I don’t doubt for a minute that your husband and children, mother-in-law and mother are obsessed with runny nose and cough, not to mention your boss and ten colleagues who wheeze in your ear from morning to evening and, sneezing, splash drops on your monitor. And in every drop there are microbes! A head full of dirty wet cotton wool. Itchy nose. Inside the throat. Inside the ears. Inside the trachea.

Choked on lemon The Fatherland judges the writer again, And in a closed process. Writing spoils both your nerves and your blood, It comes from a dangerous profession. Cases concocted with white threads Quite a few in Russian annals: Chernyshevsky sat, and Gorky sat (That's why the world recognized them). Dostoevsky sat, and - woe to my mind! — Griboyed was under arrest; While in custody, Turgenev conceived “Muma”, Which became his manifesto.

The oldest Moscow store for animals, “Pet Shop on Arbat” (Old Arbat, 30), will hold a unique sale next week, on Monday. “At our store there is a special room where “star” animals live,” employee Marina Avdyukhina told Interlocutor. — We take care of both four-legged and feathered animals. Moreover, you know, the stars give up many of them with a heavy heart. But our premises are also not unlimited, and therefore we decided to say goodbye to some of our pets.

As in the case of Cinderella, Alena Apina was a simple girl from the outskirts, who at different periods of her life was sent symbolic glass slippers, a golden pumpkin carriage, palace apartments, and even her own prince on a white horse. Having achieved everything, Alena dreamed of only one thing - to become a mother. But nine unsuccessful attempts to carry a child seemed to put an end to this. Miracles, as we know, do not happen. But...

Non-rhythmic gymnastics Big sport and big politics ...At one time, US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy equated the importance of an Olympic gold medal for a country with a nuclear warhead. Nowadays, the price of Big Sports medals is no less. And in the literal sense of the word too. High performance sports are also big business. And big politics. The reputation of another country is often determined by the number of Olympic medals.

The country has been on lockdown since last week. Almost 50 days without meat and other goodies is no joke. But every year there are more and more people who want to exhaust themselves. Politicians are no exception, as we personally saw when we inspected the Federation Council and the State Duma. Federation Council: fish is best It is easy and pleasant to hold a post in the Federation Council. Each of the two catering halls has a huge selection of special dishes.

In Moscow, the credit consumer cooperative of citizens “First House-Building Loan and Savings Bank” (DSSC-1) has been successfully operating for the second month. Since this is a fairly new scheme for purchasing housing, it raises many questions from our readers. Director of DSSC-1 Vitaly Pereyaslavsky answers the Interlocutor’s questions. — What is it - the cooperative “First House-Building Loan and Savings Bank”?

Cement is the second oil —Can you classify our current businessmen? — I would divide modern Russian entrepreneurs into four types. The first are former communists who managed to snatch something and quietly, using what they stole, live out their days. They live well, I must say. The second type is young (or relatively young) businessmen who have clung to the “family” or “families” and made a lot of money from them, from these connections. These are fabulously rich people. Simply fabulous.

April is even worse than March The closer spring is, the more careful people become, whose gastrointestinal tract has experienced gastritis or ulcers. The reasons for seasonal exacerbations lie in the spring itself and in how we react to it: our immunity decreases, we are overcome by hypovitaminosis, and in such a “deplorable” state the body is forced to rebuild and adapt to the new environment.

Business card The Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, or Ugra, is significant not only because its territory is only slightly smaller in area than France. But in Russia there are even more regions. But where few can compare with him is in economic development and the advancement of reforms. Since 1996, the district has maintained the highest production and financial potential in the country. Confidently holds 1st place in terms of industrial production and production of breadwinner oil.

Ella and the right In the heat of excess passion Sometimes a feminist screams That there are no women in power - Only Matvienko sticks out! We are often branded for things that are not true. Recently our main head Staged by Ella Pamfilova With him, he is responsible for his rights. In spite of masculine pride, Scolded by women to their heart's content, For a Russian woman from now on The road to power is open. What can you say, it was a sound idea.

Last Friday, “Interlocutor” convened cartoonists at the capital’s Chaliapin House Art Gallery for the opening of a funny exhibition, where the award ceremony for the winners of the International Cartoon Competition on the theme “Conversations” took place. Thus, the marathon of funny graphics organized by our newspaper last year crossed the finish line. Let us remind you that 236 artists took part in the competition, who sent us about 900 works from 34 countries.