theme 04.12.1999 (1999)

The program epigraph is a fragment of the film "D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers".

The program's theme is "Strangers in the City".

The program "Theme" is dedicated to the problems of provincials in Moscow.

How to achieve success in a huge city, is the existing system of registering guests of the capital fair, why is it worth going to Moscow at all - these and other questions are discussed in the studio by Boris Nemtsov, Sergey Makovetskiy and Ivan Demidov.

Boris Efimovich Nemtsov answers the question of how Moscow greeted you.

Boris Nemtsov talks about his meeting with Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, the President of the Russian Federation.

Sergey Makovetskiy answers the question of why he decided to study in Moscow and not in his homeland in Kyiv.

Sergey Makovetskiy talks about the lack of a sense of being a provincial and studying in Moscow.

The host talks about his first impressions of life in Moscow.

Ivan Demidov, who came from Samara, talks about working on television and his father.

Nemtsov Boris talks about President Yeltsin Boris, his work as governor in Nizhny Novgorod and moving to Moscow.

Nemtsov Boris talks about a meeting in March 1997 with Dyachenko Tatyana, who invited him to work in the Kremlin.

The host asks the audience to raise their hands, who of them is a Muscovite and who is not from Moscow.

Video: Fragment of the musical "Metro", footage from the platform of the station, nailed diesel locomotives, semaphores, train wheels.

Nemtsov Boris says that it is not normal when everything is concentrated in one city, it is necessary to relieve Moscow of the functions that it has historically taken on.

Nemtsov Boris says that the parliament should be moved to St.

Petersburg, the central bank to Nizhny Novgorod, the Ministry of Emergency Situations to Vladikavkaz, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports to Sochi.

Nemtsov Boris talks about the introduction of the institution of residence permit and registration in Moscow, document checks on the streets of the city.

Makovetskiy Sergey talks about getting a permanent residence permit in Moscow.

Makovetskiy Sergey talks about the actor Boltnev Andrey, who was registered in Moscow posthumously.

Nemtsov Boris talks about Moscow residence permit and registration and the article of the constitution prohibiting restrictions on movement within the country.

Nemtsov Boris answers the question of what he would do with the residence permit if he were the mayor of Moscow.

Nemtsov Boris talks about the red tape in getting his family a residence permit in Moscow and the help of Yeltsin Boris in solving this problem.

Video: Fragment of the musical "Metro", footage of a fight on the street, a man lying on the ground, a passport check, people in balaclavas.

Demidov Ivan answers the question of what Moscow believes.

Demidov Ivan talks about his work and how people get jobs in television.

Makovetskiy Sergey answers the question of whether you could have become the best actor in Europe by staying in Kyiv.

Makovetskiy Sergey talks about the meetings and connections he made in Moscow and which helped him in his career as an artist.

Nemtsov Boris answers the question, if with today's knowledge of the situation you received an offer to go to Moscow, would you go.

Nemtsov Boris talks about the rules of life in bureaucratic Moscow and the provinces.

Demidov Ivan answers the question, now do you come to Samara to visit or to go home.

Demidov Ivan talks about Samara.

Makovetskiy Sergey says that he loves coming to Kyiv.

Nemtsov Boris says that he lived his best years in Nizhny Novgorod.

The host answers the question of a spectator, do you consider yourself one of them in Moscow.

The host introduces the artists of the musical "Metro".

The artists raise their hands, who are not from Moscow and name the cities where they live.

A fragment of the musical "Metro", the artists dance on the stage.