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Writers Turn the Week Around With Bulvar Walk
Officially it was called a Test Walk With Poets and Writers. Although, I already have to back down from that. As novelist Boris Akunin stated on Dozhd television Sunday night, nothing in this May 13 march from Pushkin Square to Chistiye Prudy was organized. "It happened on its own," he said.
World Chess Championship Starts in Moscow
By Howard Amos
Though it involves an Indian and an Israeli, the three-week-long World Chess Championship match now going on in Moscow also provides a glimpse of the weird and politically connected Russian chess scene.
Mixed Results as Bolshoi Theater's 'Jewels' Debuts
No dance troupe in the world, even today's New York City Ballet, the company which George Balanchine founded in 1946 and led until his death 39 years later, is likely to do real justice to all three of the diversely styled ballets that the choreographer collectively titled "Jewels."
In the Spotlight
By Anna Malpas
This week, Vladimir Putin invited rapper Timati and lion-taming brothers Edgard and Askold Zapashny to his big day. On the other side of the barricades, it girl and media personality Ksenia Sobchak won the activist's badge of pride by finally getting arrested.
How Actors and Riot Police Make Bad Partners
A couple of weeks ago a twist of fate made me a player in a production created by Donatas Grudovich. It was a show called "Disco Dictatorship: We Will Live to See Endorphins in Nameless Anonymity," and it included scenes of police abuse and other topical themes.
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Night at the Museum Returns, Fewer Lines Expected
Nearly 200 of Moscow's museums, parks, theaters and cultural centers are staying open after hours Saturday as part of the city's sixth annual Night at the Museum project. Most participating venues will be open from 6 p.m. until midnight, some much later, and will offer free admission.
- A Good Cause: Join Charity Run, Boost Downside Up Fundraiser
- Bulgakov's 'Theatrical Novel' Takes Center Stage
- The Art of Beauty Without Photoshop
- Fearing Putin, Russians Flee Art Market
- Japanese Artwork Comes to Moscow
- In the Spotlight
- A Good Cause: Center Looks to Help Kids Battling Autism
- Bolshoi Theater Brings Balanchine's 'Jewels' to Life
- Sovremennik Stages Bergman's 'Autumn Sonata'
- New Garage Venue Announced
Court Orders Protest Camp Dismantled
Responding to local residents’ complaints of filth and an unsafe environment for children, a Moscow court ordered police to do something about a protesters’ camp in a Chistiye Prudy park on Tuesday.
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Cigarette Prices to Jump 5 Times by 2018The Moscow Times
Smoking in Russia will soon be more expensive, as analysts say current plans for cigarette policy will cause the price of cigarettes to jump five times higher by 2018.
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Why Putin Is Afraid of the People
After Moscow's large protests on May 6 and the following days, we can easily dispel two widely held opinions — that the protest movement had fizzled out and that Putin had overcome his fear of demonstrations. As it turns out, the protest mood among Russians is stronger than ever and the paranoia of the ruling regime is getting worse.
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