here and now №1617 06/06/2001 (2001)

The theme of the day is the reform of the spelling of the Russian language.

Guest program - the author of a new set of rules of the Russian language, Professor Vladimir Lopatin.

VVLopatin on spelling as a self-developing system.

Comments on the draft amendments and additions to the spelling rules.

Historical, cultural and social need for the introduction and consolidation of reforms.

Financial costs of reform (reissue of dictionaries and teaching aids).