Absolute success - the ice show on "First" (as one would expect, it is richer, more impressive and more spectacular in terms of display, light, color, scenery, drama and organic presenters); the BBC's non-politicized and sensitive 9/11 film about people, hopelessness, courage and compassion (The First); series “Lost” on “First” (which, due to the quality of direction, unusual dramaturgy, psychologism and articulation of controversial moral conflicts that modern people find themselves in, seems

Tests of the domestic bird flu vaccine were successful Not only chickens, but also people will soon be able to get vaccinated against bird flu in Russia. Yesterday, the director of the Research Institute of Influenza of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, academician Oleg Kiselev, announced the successful completion of the tests of the domestic influenza vaccine taking place at his institute. In fact, according to Mr. Kiselev, three drugs were tested at once.

Rice claims that the head of the Ministry of Defense answered her calls US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday denied the scandalous information provided by the famous American journalist Bob Woodward in his latest book, State of Denial: Bush at War.

Irina Zatulovskaya presented an unexpected gallery of Russian writers The epigraph for the exhibition in the ruined wing of the Museum of Architecture could be Mandelstam’s lines: “On the glass of eternity has already fallen / My breath, my warmth. / A pattern will be imprinted on it, / Unrecognizable for quite some time now.

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan are reviewing the principles of working with Western investors in the mining industry The authorities of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan are seeking to gain control over the gold mining industries of their republics. By decision of an Uzbek court, the Zarafshan-Newmont enterprise, half of which belongs to the world's second largest gold mining company - the American Newmont Mining Corp., was declared bankrupt.

It was not possible to identify a winner during the October 1 presidential elections in Brazil. According to the Supreme Electoral Commission, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was supported by less than 50% of voters, which is not enough to win. His rival, leader of the centrist coalition of Social Democrats and the Liberal Front, Geraldo Alcmin, takes second place. Both advanced to the second round, scheduled for October 29. About 126 million people took part in the elections.

Event. TNT has made the most vivid impression lately (not only in September): I’ve been following the participants in the “Candidate-2” project vying for part of Vladimir Potanin’s money; I try not to miss the worldly useful show “Nanny to the Rescue”; entertained by stars playing with a doll (“Robot Child”). I would like to note the unconventional move of STS, which put in prime time a very strong, but risky series about teenagers “Kadetstvo”.

TV critics discuss the start of the season As usual, in September the television season begins: after the summer lull, channels appear in new outfits, tempt with fresh programs, change formats and fight for ratings. The journalists of the Telepress club are also beginning their seventh season.

The second match in a row between Spartak and Moscow ends with a score of 3:3. In the first round match, the “red-whites” led the game by three goals and were unable to hold on to the victory. In the second round, “Moscow” again achieved the feat, although the “citizens” were already losing during the meeting with a score of 0:2. So “Moscow” becomes the most inconvenient opponent for “Spartak”.

Severnaya Verf handed over a new destroyer to China At the end of last week, the Severnaya Verf shipyard handed over a Project 956EM destroyer to the People's Republic of China. The history of this ship began on January 2, 2002, when China placed a contract for the purchase of two such destroyers. It is curious that Rosoboronexport, which has never confirmed or denied reports of Chinese transactions, actively sent out press releases at that time.

Experiments with regulations continue in European tournaments The Russian women's team became the winner of the continental qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Grand Prix that ended in Varna, Bulgaria. In the final match, head coach Giovanni Caprara's wards, already in the rank of holders of the coveted ticket, showed their best game over the past week and confidently beat Holland - 3:0 (25:19, 25:19, 25:21).

Event. If there were no “Stars on Ice” on Channel One, then “Dancing on Ice” by “Russia” could be considered a bright, exciting and kind show. Just as it seemed at first. However, the “First” project, launched a little later, amazes with its scope, richness, number of first-magnitude stars, brilliant imitation of “real” figure skating (double rating system, tense anticipation against the backdrop of a real “backdrop”).

CLUBS Festival of avant-garde music "Long Arms". Today is declared a children's day at the festival. The highlight of the program is the Chelyabinsk trio "NHA" ("New Artistic Ensemble") consisting of Olya Leonova (vocals), Lev Gutovsky (piano, electronics) and Sergei Belov (trombone, electronics). The trio will present their new album, “The Hunting of the Snark.” The ensemble combines avant-garde music (often prepared academic music) with theatrical performances.

Hiddink adjusts his lineup The head coach of the Russian national team, Guus Hiddink, has made changes to the composition of the Russian national team, which today will begin preparations for the qualifying matches of the 2008 European Championship with the teams of Israel and Estonia. For the first time under the Dutch coach, Vladimir Bystrov received a call to the national team.

Russian recruits are being drafted into the army for the last time for two years Yesterday, throughout the country, conscription commissions began work, military commissariats, from district to republican, set up collection points - the autumn conscription of 2006 began. It will run from October 1 to December 31. This is the last campaign when they are called up to serve for two years.