The television version of the film “Admiral” was a kind of experiment: in order to try again to gather an audience already familiar with the plot, you need to have a certain courage. And a “long-lasting” creative fuse, so that within a year we could make, as it were, a new movie from existing material, partly included in the film.

Russian ecologist Andrei Zatoka returned home Well-known Russian environmentalist Andrei Lvovich Zatoka, sentenced on October 29 in Turkmenistan on trumped-up charges to five years in prison, has been released. This happened on November 6 during the consideration of the cassation appeal in his case in the regional court of the Turkmen city of Dashoguz (formerly Tashauz).

Bratkova and Ukolova won bronze at the World Tour stage The ending of the international season turned out to be more than successful for the Russian whip masters.

Yuri Grigorovich released the “student” “Vain Precaution” There is already one “Vain Precaution” in the Bolshoi repertoire - this is an elegant performance by the English classic Frederick Ashton, bought by the theater seven years ago and since then, oddly enough, has not fallen apart, retaining both its charm and its slight madness. Now the second “Vain” has appeared on the Bolshoi poster – in Yuri Grigorovich’s version.

In Nagano, the Russians won two silver medals The fourth of six stages of the Figure Skating Grand Prix series ended in Nagano, Japan, where the Russians won two silver medals. In pairs skating, the winners included Yuko Kawaguchi - Alexander Smirnov, in women's singles - Alena Leonova. The performance of Kawaguchi-Smirnov, despite winning “silver,” turned out to have unpleasant consequences for the athletes.

Doctor of Law, Lieutenant General Vasily KHRISTOFOROV acts as a “spectator-referee” for the films “Admiral” and “Isaev” for several reasons. Firstly, after graduating from the Foreign Intelligence Academy, he spent a significant period of his life on duty outside our country - both on the invisible front and in conditions as close as possible to combat. Secondly, it was from the documents of the archive of his department that Yulian Semenov drew information for the epic about Isaev - Stirlitz.

The crash of a strategic anti-submarine aircraft will be difficult to investigate The Pacific Fleet Tu-142M3 aircraft fell into the waters of the Tatar Strait during a training flight according to the combat training plan on November 6. At 14.17 Moscow time, communication with the crew was interrupted, the plane's mark disappeared from the screens of ground radar stations.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry proposes to change the concept of state price policy in Russia The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) presented “Conceptual approaches to the formation of state price policy in the Russian Federation”, prepared jointly with the National Development Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Twenty years ago, the concrete wall surrounding West Berlin fell. Today, Dmitry Medvedev will take part in the celebration of this date in the capital of united Germany, along with Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Nikolai Valuev lost his world title Last Saturday, 36-year-old Russian boxer Nikolai Valuev lost his world heavyweight champion belt according to the World Boxing Association (WBA), losing to 29-year-old Englishman David Haye. Their fight, which took place in Nuremberg, Germany, lasted all 12 rounds and ended in a split decision. Referees from Italy and the USA awarded victory to the challenger with the same score of 116:112, the Spaniard considered it a draw - 114:114.

United Russia is preparing to adjust its charter, program and leadership team On November 21, the XI Congress of United Russia will be held in St. Petersburg at the Lenexpo exhibition pavilion. This will be the third congress in the history of the party in power outside the Garden Ring: at one time United Russia members gathered at the highest party forums in Krasnoyarsk and Yekaterinburg .

The US Navy's new warship, the USS New York, was launched from a dock in Manhattan on Saturday. The ship's bow was made from 7.5 tons of steel melted down from the wreckage of the Twin Towers destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Relatives of the victims took part in the ceremony. Speaking to New Yorkers, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the new ship “a symbol of the indestructible determination” of the Americans.

Symphony “Angels”, album leaves and “Mechanical Ballet” During the festive November week in Moscow, more than four hours of new music were heard, conventionally classified as those trends (post-minimalism, post-romanticism, “new simplicity”, etc.) that cause the most controversy about, in fact, novelty - its own and generally possible. Most of the premieres of this amazing week were played or organized by Alexey Lyubimov - pianist, collector, devotee and teacher.

Within three weeks, the viewing audience was split. Some on Channel One watched the dramatic love story of Admiral Kolchak and Anna Timireva, which developed against the backdrop of the tragedy of the White movement. Others on the Rossiya TV channel followed the activities of the Soviet intelligence officer, immersed in the intricacies of the action-packed detective Isaev.

Miss England stripped of title due to fight The victory over her rival in a club brawl resulted in the loss of the crown for the first beauty of Foggy Albion. Former “Miss England” Rachel Christie lost not only her won status, but also the right to participate in the Miss World competition. Her title and ticket to the world show of beauties went to an equally brutal representative of the fairer sex - Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge, nicknamed “Barbie-Combat”.