The Union of Cinematographers of Russia, together with the Moscow elite club "Châtillon", held a ceremony to immortalize the palm of the Russian theater and film star Mikhail Ulyanov. It all happened on the cinema alley opposite Mosfilm. At first it was assumed that Nonna Mordyukova would also leave her fingerprints on this day. But the actress did not arrive at the ceremony due to illness.

Two Muscovites late at night on a country road saw a car rushing over the road. An ordinary Zhiguli car, unremarkable except for the method of movement. A few seconds later the mirage disappeared, and its eyewitnesses stood by the side of the road for a long time. with open mouths. And they didn’t know that they had just seen a chronomirage - a vision from the past. They tend to appear where a few years ago occurred something terrible. Places like this get a bad rap.

At the end of the year, it is customary to sum up sports results. This year, our ski beauty Yulia Chepalova, according to various polls, entered the top ten best athletes of the year. However, now Yulia has no time for ratings. She is preparing to become a mother: her first child is due just before the New Year. - Yulechka, your life has changed a lot now. Do you even remember about sports? — Now it’s less and less. I think more about who will be born - a boy or a girl.

In the center of Moscow, on Arbat, at half past two in the afternoon on May 8, 2002, Yuri Luzhkov unveiled a monument to “a person of Caucasian nationality.” It’s impossible to believe this, but it’s true. Moreover, at the opening of this monument Bella Akhmadulina, Joseph Kobzon, Alexander Gorodnitsky, Mikhail Shvydkoy, Andrei Voznesensky spoke together, and in the crowd stood side by side inveterate liberals and incorrigible conservatives.

In Berlin on May 9, as usual, nothing happened. This time it was even more nothing than usual: the day turned out to be a day off, coinciding with the church holiday of the Ascension, and Berliners, frightened by the good weather, rushed out of the city. It's not about the weather, of course.

I love Sergei Ivanov! We don't have such heroes: If he says a word, This word is like a diamond. He doesn't throw words into the wind, He is an ex-security officer in the prime of his life. — Was Shamil killed or not? Basayev? — My colleague asked him. “Now,” the minister replied. menacing - He may still be in service; However, sooner or later He will end badly, I bet! Having tasted the lofty truth, The colleague timidly fell silent. So streamlined answers He never received!

Presidential Envoy Viktor Kazantsev has a large patrimony - it includes scorched Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and other North Caucasian republics. However, the capital of this southern kingdom is Rostov-on-Don, and it is here that the ruling couple spends most of their time. For some time now, the first lady of the district, Tamara Kazantseva, has become a prominent figure in the social life of the region.

ort The premiere of the Japanese animated action film for adults “Royal Landing” will take place on the night broadcast on May 18. Its heroes, inhabitants of a planet very similar to Earth, travel through space, simultaneously destroying enemies from other civilizations. This is the most expensive Japanese cartoon of the late 80s (8 million bucks), on which as many as 3,000 artists worked. Great merit! One of us, Khitruk, drew a whole Winnie the Pooh.

Last week, the premiere of the two-part television film “Okay” took place at the Central House of Actors, which NTV will show on December 31. This is another Christmas fairy tale, in which the main roles were played by Alexander Abdulov, Leonid Yakubovich and Natalya Andreichenko. On New Year's Eve, an unrecognized genius - artist Arkady Sinikhin (Abdulov), who was also expelled from home by his wife (Andreichenko), finds a mobile phone on the boulevard.

In September 2001, Mayor Luzhkov, under pressure from various organizations, banned bullfighting in Moscow. This happened, as many remember, at the moment when fighting bulls had already been brought to us from Paris. And now, many months later, the capital’s authorities found a decent way to get rid of the living creatures by transporting them to Yaroslavl. It was there that it was decided to hold the bullfight.

Eyewitnesses say that Alexander Lebed entered his last “turntable” boldly. There were no premonitions... The Krasnoyarsk governor was joking and wanted to quickly deal with urgent matters. Many still do not want to believe that this is an accident... And for many days now, relatives, friends and comrades have been remembering again and again what a “real man” Lebed was.

Lord, we've been struggling with this reform for 10 years. medical insurance, and, unfortunately, problems remain. Alexander Pochinok, Minister of Labor and Social Development. Believe me, of course, these explosions literally darken us, and they spoil the general situation, but I assure you: you can come to Dagestan and see what a real economic boom is going on there. Ramazan Magomedov, permanent representative of the Republic of Dagestan to the President of the Russian Federation.

Sisters can't see each other Even on the way to the school, in the microdistrict with the beautiful name Krasnaya Gorka, I began to look closely at the students rushing to class. Children are like children. They ran with their backpacks, afraid of being late. At the entrance, everyone was greeted by the school director, Vladimir Leonidovich Kodachigov, who promised to introduce me to all the available twins. But only after school. ...While they were getting ready, they kicked me out the door.