The democratic meeting that took place in Moscow at the end of last week was mainly devoted to an issue that is more appropriately called dead: the matter, as you understand, is again about the unification of Yabloko and the Union of Right Forces. What’s terrible is not that the Democrats quickly lost ground and the country, unable to offer it anything decent in return for Soviet power.

The State Duma is involved in a civil war between mobile operators Two scandals rocked the Russian cellular communications market last week. First, a pirated database of MTS network subscribers was caught on the “black” counters of the capital. It contains company information about the client’s identity: his last name, address, contact phone numbers, etc. For just 200 rubles, anyone can today find out how to call Kirkorov, Pugacheva and another 5.5 million MTS subscribers.

For the captain of the Lokomotiv football club Dmitry Loskov, the past year turned out to be more successful than ever. He returned to the team revamped by Valery Gazzaev, successfully played in the Champions League with Loko, and scored the “golden” goal in the decisive match for his team in the 2002 Championship. As a result, Lokomotiv became the champion, and Loskov was recognized as the best football player of the year in Russia.

Subscription Archive observer Dmitry Bykov Baghdad, Ashgabat - then everywhere else? Two conflicts are shaking the world: everyone is talking about one, and only a few are talking about the other. The first is exceptionally large: a superpower versus the holder of a huge share of the world's oil reserves. The second one is quite modest, since both participants are no longer (or are not yet) capable of playing the role of a superpower.

How Kiriyenko and Primakov did not divide Stolichnaya The struggle for Russian “national pride” is nearing completion - this is what they say today on both sides of the barricade. The Ministry of Agriculture, which dreams of restoring the state's rights to the famous vodka trademarks, has already organized the production of Stolichnaya at several factories.

On February 8, Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref turns 39 years old, for which we congratulate him in advance. Scotsman Adam Smith at the age of 39 was dean of the University of Glasgow, where he headed the philosophy department. But he soon abandoned it and began work on “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.” Smith received the title of father of economics during his lifetime.

Tina Kandelaki is one of the few TV presenters who has destroyed the notorious opinion that a girl can be either beautiful or smart. She has been on TV for more than 10 years, and on February 3, after a month-long break, her program “Details” is airing again on STS. We met with Tina early in the morning, before the first filming of the updated program. While they were talking, stylist Natasha tried on the presenter's outfits one after another.

One of the symbols of the former VDNKh was the museum of gifts from the top-rated television program “Field of Miracles”. Donated books played in the box A modest-sized room with a high, almost sunny, ceiling. Along the walls and in the center there are glass cabinets in which gifts are stored, which have now become exhibits. About ten people are wandering distractedly around the hall, studying the things that were once given to Leonid Yakubovich.

Subscription Archive at a traffic light Alexander Pikulenko It's easier for us to shoot ourselves Headrests in a car, according to many, are one of the elements of interior decoration. It is appropriate to hang a snow-white cloth or just a stand-alone cover on the headrest, thereby bringing it closer to a regular pillow, because from the name it follows that this is the part of the seat that will support the head of a tired driver in the absence of more appropriate bedding.

Every third person in the world dies because of it If you ask the first person you meet which of the most dangerous diseases existing in nature, he will probably remember cancer, AIDS and the plague with cholera. And he will be wrong. Because in every third death It is not oncology or HIV infection that are to blame for the diseases in the world, and diseases of the cardiovascular system. Even 1 cigarette a day is like terrible stress?

Nigmatullin made another attempt to break into the calcio elite, this time through the outsider of Serie B - the Salernitana team. “Interlocutor” clarifies some details of this contract. — Ruslan, there are different opinions regarding your move to Salernitana, including negative ones... “There really are a lot of opinions, but for me, only the one I have is important!” Believe me, I had many different offers, but I chose the one that would definitely give me the opportunity to play.

I wish you to fly into space Due to unforeseen technical difficulties in the operation of the email address putin@sobesednik.ru, we are opening a new mailbox “kreml@sobesednik.ru” on the Internet. Otherwise, the rules of our game remain the same. You can still write your comments, wishes and suggestions to those in power (including the president).

Zemfira is being poisoned. I came to such a harsh conclusion not on the basis of conversations that have either reached me for a year and a half, or I myself have been participating in them. Zemfira is being poisoned because I see this horror every day. The first reason is Zemfira herself with her unbridled temper, which can be excused only under one condition: if the person dealing with this unbridled temper remembers one axiom relating to Zemfira: she is a genius!

It seems that the case of Eduard Limonov is nearing completion. His associates and lawyer Sergei Belyak are confident that the writer will soon be free. Limonov was arrested on April 7, 2001, allegedly for attempting to purchase weapons and explosives. His imprisonment began in the FSB Lefortovo pre-trial detention center and continued in the Saratov pre-trial detention center. “The debate in court will begin on February 3,” Belyak told Interlocutor.

On January 26, an entire era ended at the Botkin Hospital - the era of Brumel. For many years he alone personified the second part of the Olympic motto “Faster! Higher! Stronger!" Everything in his life was large, bright, catchy, symbolic. He was born in a village with the funny name Razvedki (Amur Region) and was one of those people with whom, as they say in childhood, you will go on reconnaissance.