The world would seem a much less interesting place if we did not have the ability to smell - although we receive only 2 percent of information through our nose. Few? Enough to use aromatherapy for a variety of purposes - from treating chronic stress to lulling the vigilance of competitors.

Guest Boris Nikolaevich is one of the strongest politicians of our era. ALL THE REASONING ABOUT THE fact that he drank is ridiculous! Russian people have always been emotional. And it’s not in vain that we celebrate all our holidays and adversities with a white one. No matter how much they scold him, it was he who brought into power those people who put our economy back on track. It’s a pity that I didn’t save Chubais. Thank you very much from me to Naina Iosifovna.

Maxim Shevchenko You are preventing stagnation. You are inconvenient. – How do I feel about “Interlocutor”? Your call found me on the slope of Elbrus, at a sharp turn. And this is not a coincidence: when I read the best materials from Sobesednik, this is exactly how I feel. For the newspaper and society, stagnation is the most hostile: let’s say, both Nicholas I and Arakcheev were very decent people, but it was very difficult to live and develop under them. So: you interfere with stagnation.

Fazil Iskander We will appreciate the opportunities! – 25 years is that almost ideal age when there are still many opportunities, but you already appreciate them. This is the age for the transition from youthful love to serious and adult love, from poetry to prose, from unsteadiness to consistency. I remember this age well, too well. I wish you one thing - not to completely fall out of childhood: sooner or later everyone will have to fall back into it.

The fact that a father is raising a child alone no longer causes either internal protest or even surprise. These are mainly widowers or those with whom the child lives after a divorce with the consent of the mother. Demyan Radetsky sued his three children from his wife - and thereby, perhaps, saved their lives. Worse than empty pots is an empty house “If they told me five years ago that I would find myself in such a situation - I would sue my wife for the children, I would ...

Yuri Stepanov Don't give in to the public! – 25 years – nothing, that’s a long time! I don't know what a newspaper is for me. And newspapers in general. I don't read newspapers. But it seems to me that this is news. This is knowledge. This is not cheating. Which means it’s true. How appropriate it is is the context, the specific situation, but I would like to wish journalists not to succumb to the public, as good actors and good directors succumb to it.

"pissing boy" This “pissing boy” is actually a giant balloon, one of many that fluttered recently in the skies over Brussels on the occasion of the hot air balloon parade held here. It is quite understandable why, at the sight of such an outstanding deception in every sense, “women shouted “Hurray!” and they threw caps into the air.”

It is difficult to argue about the fairness and integrity of elections. And the point is not at all that today dissidents are not allowed to speak out. They speak freely. The problem is that they do not know how to listen, or they only listen to themselves, and selflessly, with rapture. It’s really difficult to find a common language with them: it’s time to call a sign language interpreter. Otherwise, there is a danger that they will never get out of their stupor.

Alexander Gordon Stay kind and evil - Usually, on the advice of Professor Preobrazhensky, I try not to read newspapers. Neither local nor anyone else. but for some reason I’ve been making an exception for Sobesednik for ten years now. and have never regretted it once. Happy birthday, you are our quarter-century-olds! Remain the same, unlike anyone else, kind and evil. Twenty-five is a wonderful age, as far as I remember.

Sometimes you look at your child - what’s stopping him from studying, working, helping around the house, reading books? And you come to the conclusion: you’re just lazy! Taking a closer look at yourself, you notice: laziness is not “just laziness.” This is a whole range of different states and experiences. The most pleasant laziness is mother laziness.

Alexander Gordon Stay kind and evil - Usually, on the advice of Professor Preobrazhensky, I try not to read newspapers. Neither local nor anyone else. but for some reason I’ve been making an exception for Sobesednik for ten years now. and have never regretted it once. Happy birthday, you are our quarter-century-olds! Remain the same, unlike anyone else, kind and evil. Twenty-five is a wonderful age, as far as I remember.

Leonid Yarmolnik Diversity is always better than gray monotony - “Interlocutor” definitely has its originality. Probably, the dissimilarity annoys someone. There is no need to be afraid of this. Unfortunately, often people cannot reach an agreement precisely because they are not ready to understand and accept the position of the other.

Alexandra Kosteniuk 25 years is a wonderful age! – “Interlocutor” and I were born in the same year, and I am pleased to feel like I am the same age as a newspaper with a long and glorious history. 25 years is a wonderful age: you can already look back, there is something to remember, but still the most important and interesting things are yet to come...

Mikhail Khodorkovsky You still have everything ahead - My congratulations to “Interlocutor” on his anniversary. I read regularly and enjoy the quality materials. Sometimes I get upset... But still, in modern times, Sobesednik is one of the freest newspapers in Russia. This means that everything is ahead of you. I wish you success!

Iskander turned 80 years old. The world-famous living classic, thanks to whom Abkhazia, tiny Chegem, the seaside Mukhus-Sukhum and the mysterious, unpleasant Endurians appeared on the map of world literature, today he hardly publishes new prose, and what he writes does not tell anyone. Actually, he wrote enough. It is important that he is next to us, alive and well, and most importantly, thinking.