. Last week, the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yevgeny Primakov, solemnly promised to lift all restrictions on the import of Georgian wine into the country. But another problem happened. The political storm was replaced by a natural disaster. Heavy rains and mudflows destroyed almost all the vineyards in the town of Khvanchkara, where the unique varieties Aleksandrouli and Mujuretuli were grown (only from them the real “Khvanchkara” is obtained).

. Five-time mayor Luzhkov can be pleased: the Russian president is now rebuilding the entire country according to the model of his Moscow. I remember that in the nineties the question was often asked: when, when will all of Russia finally become like Moscow? So she became. True, this does not look exactly as the idealists dreamed: it was not the advantages and charms of Moscow that spread to Russia, but the shortcomings and vices of the Moscow system of power.

. It seems that the Neskuchny Garden, glorified by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, is becoming a very popular place among our bohemia. This summer is already the second large-scale event on Pushkinskaya Embankment of this very garden and also Gorky Park. We have already written about the planting of the “Cherry Forest” by all sorts of celebrities. Now we will write about the presentation of an amateur album. But first, about the place. It's really nice in every way.

. State Duma deputy Mitrofanov made an unexpected proposal last week. At the plenary session, he proposed paying compensation to all victims of hot water outages. “When citizens run around for hours with gangs and watering cans, struggle with washing their children and continue to pay for a service that is not provided, this is not normal and should be compensated,” says Alexey Valentinovich.

. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Book Review” Alexander Gavrilov once visited a literary festival in Edinburgh, and he became envious. There, on a huge lawn, there were tarpaulin tents, in which writers easily communicated with readers over beer and light snacks, combining a picnic, literary readings and informal conversations... “Is it difficult for us to organize the same holiday in Moscow?” – Mr. Gavrilov asked himself. It turned out not weak.

The military received the legal right to destroy aircraft and water vessels captured by terrorists The Russian government has adopted three annexes to the law “On Countering Terrorism”. The military received the legal right to destroy hijacked aircraft and water vessels - along with terrorists and all passengers. We discussed this sad topic with the deputy director of the Institute of Political and Military Analysis, Alexander Khramchikhin.

. Last week in the State Duma, deputies again discussed flashing lights. While parliamentarians on the sidelines were figuring out who had the privilege again, deputy Igor Lebedev, right during the plenary session, demanded that the relevant State Duma committee tell how the presidential decree on reducing the number of special signals on the cars of government officials was being implemented. – When I talk about increasing the number of beacons, I only voice what we all see for ourselves.

. Despite all its shortcomings, public transport is still the only way to get somewhere quickly and cheaply. Sometimes, really, very angry. A bus (trolleybus, tram) is not a magic carpet; it moves along a given route in accordance with traffic rules, and is controlled by a driver who has a job description. There shouldn't be any surprises, it seems. But now the driver drives through the city streets like he’s on fire, forcing passengers to cling to the handrails with all their free limbs.

. Now I am busy in two enterprise performances - “Day of the Halibut” and “Idiot”. Started negotiations for a new series. Serious films are also offered, but so far everything is at the discussion stage. I can't say that I suffer because there are so few good scripts. I just don’t treat the acting profession as my main one, that is, more than calmly. I'm not seriously interested in the film process. And no matter how cynical it may sound, cinema for me is just a way of making money.

Chavez can do what another president faces with impeachment
The fifth visit of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Russia turned out to be fruitful. He managed to please domestic politicians and oil workers, appreciate the beauty of our ladies, have a “good meeting” with Putin and have fun in the State Duma. Comandante Lu Chavez may trust our security officers, but he still prefers to move exclusively surrounded by his own security. Dark, athletic “boys” captivated the capital’s ladies.

. “Recently, I have often started to experience severe pain in my legs when walking. They go away at rest. What could be causing them? Dmitry N., Nizhnevartovsk. – Apparently, you suffer from intermittent claudication syndrome. It occurs due to insufficient blood flow through the arteries of the lower extremities and, as a rule, reflects systemic atherosclerotic vascular damage.

. Chinese overpopulation has come back to haunt us with another problem. It turned out that Chinese citizens are sorely lacking... surnames. Recent studies by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have shown that in the entire history of the great country, only 100 surnames have been invented for 85 percent of its population (more than 1.1 billion people). There are a total of 1,601 surnames in the country, which is also insignificant for 1.3 billion.

. The discussion was dedicated to supporting young professionals - yesterday's students. In addition to Sergei Mironov, representatives of the National Committee “Intellectual Resources of Russia” and the All-Russian public organization “Russian Society of Oil and Gas Engineers” took part in the discussion. The round table participants, journalists and guests barely fit into the spacious room provided by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The actress's children wanted their "daddy" became Vincent Perez The premiere of our “Apocalypse Code” is scheduled for October in several countries. There was enough extreme in this film. For example, in Malaysia I jumped from a skyscraper. And when they were rehearsing the shower scene in Paris, the hot water in the boiler ran out, so we had to stand under the cold water and warm up with hot tea, into which, it turns out, the director had added cognac. My co-star in the film is Vincent Perez.

.The grandson of the revolution and father of reforms stood up for a retired KGB officer after poisoning Photo: // Russian Look The grandson of the revolution and father of reforms suddenly stood up for the retired KGB officer.