Issue 4353. Last Updated: 03/21/2010

In the Spotlight

By Anna Malpas
This week, the tabloids have been investigating a comedian advertising women’s underwear, a television host’s extravagant taste in interior decoration and a feud between the first lady of Russian pop and the plaited former first lady of Ukrainian politics.

Nose Falls in Love at New York Opera

Bloomberg
Based on Nikolai Gogol’s 1836 short story, the opera mocks snobby St. Petersburg society.

New Venue for St. Pat’s Parade

By Alisa Ballard
Tens of thousands of Muscovites are expected for the capital’s 18th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday.

Wanted: Mammoth Tooth

By Kevin O’Flynn
Tatyana is selling a 12-kilogram mammoth tooth, discovered minus body. Her dad found it in a river in a small town in Tatarstan.

Moscow Shines in Golden Mask Nominations

By John Freedman
The annual Golden Mask theater festival gets underway, with the capital more than pulling its weight in terms of nominees.



Spanish Arrests Expose a New Kind of Mafia

By Nikolaus von Twickel
When Spanish police announced the arrest of about 80 reputed mobsters across Europe last week, many media reports trumpeted the development as the latest crackdown on the Russian mafia.

Putin Says Share of Nuclear Market to Rise

By Anatoly Medetsky
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the nuclear power industry after overseeing the opening of a new reactor in Volgodonsk, Rostov region, that will begin operating at its full capacity of 1,000 megawatts in October.

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