Photo: Last week (March 17), the most scandalous head of the Central Election Commission in the entire modern history of Russia, Vladimir Churov, celebrated his 60th birthday. "Interlocutor" traced what events marked each decade in the life of the country's chief accountant. 0–10 years: son of an admiral, great-grandson of a White Guard Vladimir Churov is a classic “St. Petersburg” guy.

Philip Kirkorov opened a designer clothing store in the very center of the capital - on Novy Arbat. The boutique, called Phill 4 you, will sell personal items from the King of Pop. We attended the presentation and found out how much the pleasure of trying on something from Philip’s shoulder would cost. The boutique's design matches Philip Kirkorov's - bright green ceiling, futuristic patterns on the walls, original chandelier shape.

On March 20, writer Boris Akunin announced that he would stop writing detective stories and switch to writing “The History of the Russian State.” A famous Russian opposition writer expressed this idea in his LiveJournal. The series about Erast Fandorin, according to the writer, is completed. The first volume of the multi-volume project “History of the Russian State” has already been written by Boris Akunin - the book covers the period of Russian history before the Mongol invasion of Russia.

On March 20, the finance ministers of Russia and Cyprus did not reach an agreement on Moscow’s provision of financial assistance to the island republic. “We had a very honest discussion and we emphasized the complexity of the situation... We will continue negotiations to find a solution that we hope will receive some support,” Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris said after a meeting with his Russian counterparts.

The new Pope has officially taken office and is now absolutely free to carry out those reforms that he considers necessary. What can Patriarch Kirill learn from Francis? Due to the fact that many believers are vulnerable to the point of complete inadequacy, a little time and space should be spent on various kinds of reservations.

Photo: Tatiana Braslavskaya / Russian Look The national exhibition-fair “Books of Russia” is not as large-scale an event as the International Fair or Non/Fiction, but here you can meet nice people. And the highlight of the event for 13 years now has been the presentation of the “Paragraph” anti-award - for the worst event in the book world. Last Wednesday was a special day: 13th year, 13th prize, March 13, 13:00 (event starts). Damn dozens did their job - the ceremony was late.

TV presenter Leonid Yakubovich began having health problems at the end of January. The showman, suffering from coronary heart disease, felt severe chest pain. Yakubovich turned to doctors, who insisted on surgery. Doctors from the Bakulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery installed three stents in his heart. “Leonid Arkadyevich’s arterial vessels supplying his heart were blocked,” our informants said. “He spent about two weeks in our institution. His condition is normal.

Our image emerges from a mass of details. And there are some of them that an unenlightened person does not attach much importance to, but a professional reads information about us from them According to psychologists, 70% of information about a person is transmitted non-verbally, without the use of words. That is, our image emerges from a mass of details.

Time will tell how the Chelyabinsk meteorite will be remembered by scientists, but for now it has become famous for the miraculous increase in profits of glass companies. Let's see what else has flown to us over the past half century and what it brought with it? Time will tell how the Chelyabinsk meteorite will be remembered by scientists, but for now it has become famous for the miraculous increase in profits of glass companies.

On March 20, it was reported that the Supreme Court of Russia requested from the Meshchansky and Khamovnichesky courts of Moscow the criminal cases in which Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev were convicted. Supreme Court Judge Sergei Shmalenyuk requested for the so-called “supervisory proceedings” from the Khamovnichesky and Meshchansky district courts of Moscow the sentences handed down to Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev in 2010 and 2005, respectively.

The salary of officials in Russia is calculated not like that of ordinary people, but according to a complex accounting scheme, which is based on a base salary - relatively small (about 6 thousand rubles). How then do six figures come into being? Since the beginning of the year, civil servants of the Kremlin and the White House have been receiving salaries at the level of senior army ranks.

The presenter of “House-2” Ksenia Borodina vigorously celebrated her 30th birthday. Ksyusha’s lover Mikhail Terekhin appeared at the celebration with a huge bouquet of flowers, which denied rumors about the discord in their relationship. But even more guests were surprised by Ksenia Borodina’s friend, who brought to the celebration... a transvestite! The surprise in the form of a travesty show delighted the birthday girl.

Mikhail Weller is known for the fact that his opinions on world literature are invariably bold and evidence-based. And also because he is one of the few modern Russian authors that schoolchildren willingly read without any bibliography lists - the very lists around which so many copies are being broken today. – In your opinion, is all sorts of “One Hundred Books for Schoolchildren,” including those chosen by the president, a necessary thing?

On March 12, singer Irina Ponarovskaya turned 60 years old. Irina Vitalievna decided not to organize magnificent celebrations on the occasion of her anniversary. She invited friends to her birthday, but didn’t want to talk about her relatives On March 12, singer Irina Ponarovskaya turned 60 years old. Irina Vitalievna decided not to organize magnificent celebrations on the occasion of her anniversary - she celebrated her birthday with close friends.

And really: why don’t women want to get married? They really want it. But now it’s fashionable to say that it’s burdensome, vulgar and generally petty-bourgeois. Normal, classic green grapes. For a woman not to want to get married is almost as unnatural as for a man to want to get married. We can say whatever we want, but to be frank, today only lesbians directly admit their desire to get married, because for them homosexual marriage is a matter of prestige.