Hearing the people's murmurs with anguish, Branded by the cruel press, Comrade Bush has mastered the experience Stagnant sweet times. Like adding soda to vinegar, To destroy acid - He addresses the people With exhortations in your mouth. This is the experience of the Russian people. He's like a Persian princess Loves only strength - but freedom He doesn't even need it.

The other day the president announced: Russia will strengthen the ruble and strive to reduce inflation. Putin promised that in 2004 it should not exceed 10 percent. Is this possible? Economic laws cannot be repealed. And the inflation rate and the ruble exchange rate are tightly linked. When the ruble is weak, the state issues more rubles and thereby provokes an increase in inflation. Compared to 1992, it seems to us that the current 12 percent increase in inflation is not enough.

Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant received an order from California to supply domestic weights to the States. “Conversations that we could export kettlebells to America began ten years ago, but only at the end of last year our compatriot Dmitry Sataev, who now lives in the USA, made it a reality,” Vladimir Rasskazov, president of the International Kettlebell Lifting Federation, told Interlocutor.

When we say that the cold took us by surprise, we are being a little disingenuous. Usually people feel that they are getting sick: their skin begins to tingle, their legs ache, their throat feels sore - and now another sick leave is looming on the horizon.

Recently, there have been persistent rumors that after the presidential elections in March, the new cabinet of ministers will be headed by Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov. They even talk about a certain fortune teller who predicted this position for him. But the main reason for Ivanov’s “appointment” to a responsible post was his trip to the Siberian Military District. In terms of scope, organization and behavior of Ivanov himself, it clearly stood out from the defense format.

Presidential elections are just around the corner. But most potential candidates still need to register. And to do this, no later than January 28, two million signatures of voters in their support must be submitted to the election commission. But are ordinary citizens ready to choose government with a human face? Armed with a pen and enthusiasm, our correspondent went “to the people.” Glazyev has money problems It turned out to be not so easy to ask to become assistants to the nominees.

I remember the iconic Vladimir Vladimirovich of the beginning of the last century wrote: “What do we know about the face of Ukraine? Knowledge is a burden for a Russian - there is little honor for those who are nearby. They know Ukrainian borscht, they know Ukrainian lard.

On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ulyanov, our correspondent spoke with Slavoj Zizek, author of the book “Thirteen Experiments on Lenin” Zizek is one of the greatest thinkers of our time. Enthusiastic, scathing, and neutral encyclopedic articles about him begin with this phrase. Everything else is disputed. Some argue that he is a complete provocateur, others that he is a radical leftist yearning for a world revolution.

Starting this summer, we may be expecting a reduction in the cost of compulsory car insurance policies. According to estimates by the head of insurance supervision, Konstantin Pylov, on average, adjusting tariffs will reduce the cost of the policy by 17-20 percent. “They have already rushed to announce that the “motor citizen” will fall in price by half, but this is not so,” says Andrei Shchavelev, press secretary of the Russian Union of Auto Insurers.

For the first time in Russia, a criminal case has been initiated under the article on desecration of the state flag. The reason for the precedent was the theft of a Russian tricolor from the building of the fire station of the regional center Staritsa (Tver region) by three young men named Dmitrievs.

On January 25 of this year, Volodya Garin, who played the role of the eldest son in Andrei Zvyagintsev’s famous film “The Return,” would have turned 17 years old... Immediately after his triumphant debut at the Venice Film Festival, director Zvyagintsev announced, that he dedicates all his “Golden Lions” to the memory of Volodya, who tragically died in June 2003. All that remains with us after the death of the young St.

“The concrete basement replaced both the apartment and the bomb shelter” The Katakov family is 77-year-old Grigory Lazarevich, 84-year-old Militina Vladimirovna and their 45-year-old son Lazar. The three of them share two rooms of the former holiday home, each 14 meters long. The window slits are caulked with rags, the glass is covered with film to preserve heat.

Andrei Makarevich, a musician and part-time cook, announced his resignation from the TV program “Smak”. The driver will most likely be replaced by actor Alexander Semchev, best known for his “Where Have You Been?” commercial. - “I drank beer.” Makarevich is going to launch his new author’s program in the spring. Its name and theme are kept secret. Until this time, he will remain the host of “Smak”.

Remember the film about the elusive avengers “The Crown of the Russian Empire”, where some crooks appointed others as emperors? So, the events that unfolded in the fashionable hotel “Balchug” somehow reminded me of this wonderful film. Here a “charity Christmas ball was held under the patronage of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna.” The funds from it, as it is fashionable to imagine now, went to some other charity program, naturally connected with some other disadvantaged, unfortunate children.

The country was shocked by terrible news: the military froze half to death conscripts heading to their place of service. About seventy recruits traveling to Magadan became hypothermic, contracted pneumonia and were hospitalized. And one of the guys, 18-year-old Volodya Berezin, returned a month after the farewell in a zinc coffin. “We think that Volodino’s letter, which we received after the funeral, was not the only one,” his grandmother Lidia Mikhailovna begins the conversation.