In the literal sense of the word, the famous deputy Viktor Ilyukhin was left without a portfolio. He was snatched straight from the official's car. “The robbery happened at 11 am,” said Ilyukhin. — At the 23rd kilometer of the Moscow Ring Road. An unknown person stole a briefcase from the car, which contained a mobile phone, money - 12 thousand rubles and keys to an office in the Duma. The case of Ilyukhin’s robbery was transferred to the Orekhovo-Borisovo Yuzhnoye police station.

Krasnoyarsk philologist Lyudmila Samotik compiled a unique “Dictionary of Politician Expressive Means” - a collection of the most striking expressions of General Lebed. “I worked on the dictionary for two months,” Lyudmila Grigorievna told Interlocutor. — I studied transcripts of official speeches, materials of press conferences. Alexander Ivanovich had a very lively, ironic language. The circulation of the dictionary is only 150 copies.

Will the children of Chechen refugees be able to destroy it? The Kremlin claims that in the near future the Chechen refugee camps in Ingushetia will be closed and the “persons living there” will return to Chechnya. A number of central television channels even broadcast stories from which it follows that the return process has already begun. And just recently, the largest camp in Ingushetia, “Consent,” was visited by the President of the Republic, Murat Zyazikov.

Elena Skvortsova Recently, aggressiveness has returned not only to politics, where many contract killings have taken place. The “new old” style of doing business has also appeared in business - kidnapping. There is a feeling that the story with the first vice-president of LUKOIL Kukura brought the bandits back to the idea of ​​a gold “related” vein. On November 16, the mother of the vice president of Slavneft was kidnapped from her apartment in Tkvarcheli (Abkhazia).

Subscription Archive Boris Akunin: Georgia is not scary for Russia today Boris Akunin: Georgia today not scary for Russia The most popular Russian writer of our time is the Georgian Grigory Chkhartishvili. He entered literature under the name Boris Akunin and spent his entire life translating. from Japanese, but he is not going to forget about his Georgian origin.

French Bordeaux midfielder Alexey Smertin: frog legs are a rarity here The personnel revolution, the need for which the press and fans have been talking about for so long, has happened. The French Bordeaux player Smertin, who until recently was just settling into the national team, is now considered one of its most experienced players. And in the first qualifying match with Ireland (September 7), Alexey, whose role sounds so symbolic (defensive midfielder), will be our hope and support.

Smoking in school is legalized At a time when the fight against tobacco was unfolding in the world, the first official smoking room in the city for students appeared in Vologda school No. 14 - on the porch, at the entrance to the educational institution. Now this is the most popular place in the school. “Ban it, don’t ban it, they’ll still smoke,” school director Oleg Pikhtov complained to Sobesednik.

Elena Sanaeva: I could get into a fight for Roland On October 12, Elena Sanaeva remembered her husband Rolan Bykov - on the day when he usually celebrated his birthday. The actor’s widow was on tour all last week, so she left a basket of artificial flowers (to survive the winter) at Bykov’s grave in advance. Even middle name the passport was mixed up — They say Bykov had two birthdays at once?

Subscription Archive Observer Alexander Yanov, political scientist, USA War - not tomorrow Unfortunately, in the Russian press lately the idea has become commonplace that a war with Iraq is absolutely necessary for George W. Bush to divert the country's attention from the economic crisis. I'm afraid this is wishful thinking. In Russia they continue to write about the decline of the American economy, and yet its growth in the first quarter of this year was 5 percent...

The pets of the Kamchatka Zoo, located in the city of Elizovo, had to be put on a fish and vegetable diet. Animals there are starving, and the administration is sounding the alarm. “We have to turn to the population for help,” zoo director Anatoly Shevlyagin complained to Sobesednik. — Please do not throw away edible waste. The world is not without good people. They carry beets and small potatoes - ponies, deer, and goats eat these with pleasure.

On Friday the 13th, all Russian Eldepeepers were out for a walk. And the reason for this was the next all-Russian meeting of party activists. Thirteenth in a row. On it, Zhirinovites congratulated each other on the birthday of the party, which also turned 13. In general, complete mysticism. “On this day our party was born,” Vladimir Volfovich began solemnly. — Exactly 13 years ago, the decision was made to create the LDPR.

Among other New Year’s programs, “Blue Light on Shabolovka” has the longest history. He first appeared on screens exactly 40 years ago. Over four decades, Blue Light has changed little. This is perhaps the most conservative New Year's project on our TV. For the last 5 years, “Ogonyok” has been “ignited” by director Juan Lara (in the world Igor Morozov), the main person on the set. He can provoke Valery Komissarov so much that he pours champagne on Alexander Gurevich from head to toe.

The fate of Zinaida Popova was predetermined from childhood: her mother Maria Andreevna was too famous and unusual a person. It was she who once became the prototype of Anka the machine gunner from the film “Chapaev” according to the script of the Vasilyev brothers. Zinaida Mikhailovna spent her entire long life, as long as she can remember, side by side with her mother. Despite two marriages, Popova had no closer person.

It’s good that Snegurochka will soon register in Kostroma. This will happen exactly on the 180th anniversary of the writer Ostrovsky, who, in fact, “settled” the ice girl in these places. “We have been planning to register the granddaughter of Santa Claus for a long time,” the deputy revealed his cards to the “Interlocutor”. Head of the Kostroma Administration Gennady Babenko.

Most working American women believe that flirting increases self-esteem and, therefore, has a positive effect on health. Moreover, every tenth person prefers to flirt with their own boss. Of the 5 thousand respondents, 75 percent flirt with colleagues at work, but only 28% achieve closer relationships. Of those who have an affair with their boss, 11% marry him, 12% receive a promotion.