Vladimir Shakhrin is a folk musician. Because it was he who suggested: when “not with me,” you want to “howl in anguish.” This happens to everyone, but only the leader of “Chaifa” was able to formulate this feeling with such precision... I was crossing the road to “Annushka” on Chistye Prudy towards the cafe where the interview was scheduled, when I suddenly received a blow to the ear from a snowball. Guess who...

For several weeks now, Chisinau students, pushing their studies into the background, are going out to protest. They propose to exclude the Russian language from school curricula and insist that the parliament and government resign and the president resign. The Sobesednik correspondent spent one day in a crowd of protesting students and realized that they were ready to vote for anything, just to avoid sitting through boring lectures...

Last week, another contender for the TV-6 frequency appeared. The little-known television company 7-TV announced its desire to participate in the competition following ATV and the team led by the ex-head of TV-6 news broadcasting Mikhail Ponomarev. In 1997, the “Children’s Project” channel, on which 7-TV would later appear, was registered with the Ministry of Press. Last fall, the bankrupt media outlet was bought by Krasbank, which remains its main shareholder today.

Everyone thinks that I have no complexes. But I will share with you a secret - there is! This complex creates my home phone number, which is silent for days. Silent - that's all! Nobody calls. Why, you ask, I also ask: why? Probably no one needs me. But this thought is disgusting to live in the world, and I try to drive it away. Then what's the matter? Maybe the phone is faulty? I call the station: - Girl, check my number, I want to understand why he is silent.

Before Grozny, Vladimir Putin weighed 350 kg Why? More about this in issue 18 of Sobesednik. Click on "Weekly Interlocutor"

Since April 1 of this year, most Russian aircraft have been barred from entering the European Union: from this day restrictions on aircraft engine noise begin to apply. Almost a year ago, our unmodernized TU-134s stopped flying over Europe. Then, putting the navigation instruments in order cost the treasury $200 thousand per board. You won’t be able to get away with noise reduction: there are now 6,500 aircraft in operation in Russia, and only 426 of them comply with the new rules.

I’m also ready to wake up not as a star “Only, I ask you very much, when you write, avoid any constructions like “I’m like an actress,” “I’m speaking from my own experience”... This is not your first interview, but it’s my first. —Are you ready to wake up as a star? “You’d better ask if I’m ready to wake up not as a star.” This is much more difficult. - So, are you ready? - I’ll think about it now. Well, in general, most likely yes. You need to gain experience: if you fail, that’s also school.

Last week, the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate disseminated the news that a Mercedes G-500 jeep, villainously stolen from the satirical writer Mikhail Zhvanetsky on January 5, had been found in Ingushetia. However, there has still been no official statement in this regard.

Would you believe that any person who today can barely distinguish the second line on an ophthalmological chart through thick lenses, in 3-4 months will certainly see the letters of the fourth, fifth and even seventh line, but without glasses? Sounds like science fiction, doesn't it? Today, this is no longer in the realm of science fiction, but in the realm of a new direction in the treatment of eye diseases. “I didn’t believe it at first either,” writes V. Ivleva (39 years old).

On the eve of March 8, actor Boris Nevzorov and bodybuilder Vladimir Turchinsky, better known as Dynamite, decided to kiss more than 200 workers of the LUXOIL plant near Moscow. Fans of mass kissing really hoped to get into the Guinness Book of Records as the most honorable kissers. Although before the start it was clear that the men were worried. “It’s okay, we can handle it,” Dynamite persuaded himself and the others. - The main thing is to protect your lips...

Polish company Danuta SA hopes that the commercial, starring Italian superstar Sophia Loren, will give its Malma pasta significant popularity among the local population. “Sophia Loren has always been considered an example of Italian taste, and she has repeatedly stated that she owes her stunning appearance to pasta!” - says Robert Mrozinski, director of Danuta SA. Filming of the video will take place in the medieval fortress of the Knights of the Teutonic Order, located in the town of Malbrok.

In Kharkov, the homeland of Lyudmila Gurchenko, the shooting of her video with a song about her hometown took place. The frame included the former house of the actress on Rymarskaya Street and school No. 106, where Kharkov resident Lyusya once studied. The famous actress was repeatedly offered to perform various versions of songs about her hometown, but none of the lyrics suited Gurchenko so far. Meanwhile, fellow countrymen continued to compose different versions.

We are accustomed to considering plants as the most harmless creatures of nature, which cannot really cause harm, much less kill. But few people remember that individual representatives of this kingdom can easily chew up individual representatives of the fauna. Scientists call such flowers predator plants. Why should flowers set traps? Until recently, there was an unshakable belief among botanists: carnivorous plants eat exactly as much living creatures as are caught in their trap leaves.

The leaders of our Olympic team plan that they will be able to bring 8-9 gold medals plus 15-20 silver and bronze medals from Salt Lake City. Sports officials are clearly being modest. One can understand them: if ours win more awards, there will be more talk about heroism. In the “Top Ten” section, today we present those Russian Olympians who in Salt Lake City will certainly forge not only awards for Russia, but also the glory of our sport.

The academician's daughter was killed. The academician wrote a letter to Putin. He demands the death penalty for murderers. At the same time, Alexander Solzhenitsyn demands the abolition of the moratorium on the death penalty. He is echoed not only by governors, but also by many liberal radicals, very free-thinking people.