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«December Nights» at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is a music festival which has been held at the museum annually since 1981. The idea for the event came from Svyatoslav Teofilovich Richter (1915 – 1997) and the director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Irina Alexandrovna Antonova
Since 1998 the festival has been named “Svyatoslav Richter’s December Nights”, and the art director after Richter’s death has been the eminent musician Yuri Bashmet. During his time the festival has become world acclaimed and its program filled with an abundance of talent. The participants of the program are distinguished musicians, stage managers, artists and poets.
XXVIII International music festival “Svyatoslav Richter’s December Nights” - “Dedicated to Turner – image and sound”.
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The Crisis: Raising Oil Output Still State's Goal
Anyone who thinks that oil and wealth automatically go hand in hand obviously hasnt been paying attention to export revenues in recent months.
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The Central Bank on Friday allowed the ruble to depreciate for the second time in a week and said it would raise key interest rates in an effort to reduce capital outflows.
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| Wednesday, December 03, 2008
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Published: 11 January 2008
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Moscow Takes a Long Break
By Vladimir Filonov / Special to The Moscow Times Moscow residents enjoy the banya, ice fishing, skiing and skating on a forbidden pond over the 10-day New Year's holiday. |
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Rents and Food Top Causes of Inflation
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New OSCE Chief Frets About Russia
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Films Under Fire
The Moscow Times The Foreign Ministry has expressed ""concern"" over a recent ruling by the Ukrainian Constitutional Court to dub or provide subtitles to all foreign-made films, including Russian ones, when shown in Ukraine. |
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Chechen TV Told to Teach Islam
The Moscow Times Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov threatened on Thursday to shut regional television stations, including private ones, if they do not offer viewers a crash course on Islam. |
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Saakashvili Opponent Charged in Coup Plot
By Margarita Antidze / Reuters Georgian prosecutors on Thursday charged one of President Mikheil Saakashvili's most powerful opponents, Badri Patarkatsishvili, with plotting a coup and attempting to organize a terrorist attack. |
President Appoints Rogozin to NATO
By Nikolaus von Twickel / Staff Writer President Vladimir Putin on Thursday appointed firebrand nationalist Dmitry Rogozin as the country's representative to NATO. Rogozin will take up his post by the end of the month, his spokeswoman Lidia Mikhailova said by telephone. |
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Putin Library on Duma's Agenda
By Francesca Mereu / Staff Writer The new Duma approves a lineup of more than 600 bills that it will vote on in its spring session. |
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24 Dead Pakistan Suicide Bombing
The Associated Press A suspected Islamic militant blew himself up among police guarding a court on Thursday, killing 24 people and wounding scores more, in the first major attack in Pakistan since the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. |
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British Government Gives the Go-Ahead to Nuclear Energy
The Associated Press The British government on Thursday announced support for the construction of new nuclear power plants, backing atomic energy as a clean source of power to fight climate change. |
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AU Chief Leaves Kenya With No Deal in Sight
Reuters African Union Chairman John Kufuor left Kenya on Thursday without a deal to end a political crisis that has killed 500 people, leaving the president and opposition leader accusing each other of wrecking talks. |
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U.S. Strikes at Baghdad Outskirts
Reuters U.S. warplanes launched their biggest air strike in Iraq since 2006 on Thursday, bombarding date palm groves on Baghdad's southern outskirts with more than 18,000 kilograms of bombs in a matter of minutes. |
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Bush Sees End to Israeli 'Occupation'
Reuters U.S. President George W. Bush told Palestinians on Thursday that he believed they would sign a peace treaty with Israel within a year that would give them a state and end what he called ""the occupation."" |
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Hostages Released in Columbia
Reuters Marxist rebels freed two female hostages from Colombia's jungle Thursday in a deal brokered by Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chavez, that could mark a breakthrough in peace efforts. |
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Court Extends Storchak Detention
Reuters, MT A court on Thursday granted a request by state prosecutors to extend the detention of Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak, who has been charged with attempting to embezzle $43 million. |
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S&N Shuns Bid, Offers Own Price
The Associated Press Scottish & Newcastle rejected a sweetened offer from rival brewers Carlsberg and Heineken on Thursday, but for the first time indicated it would consider starting talks with the pair if the price was right. |
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Cabinet Agrees to Tobacco Convention
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GM Seeks Growth With New Manager
By Anna Smolchenko / Staff Writer General Motors announced on Thursday that Chris Gubbey would head its Russia division as it seeks to expand and cement its market share in the country. |
New Year's Break Shaves 2% Off GDP
The Moscow Times The extended New Year's holiday cost the economy 700 billion rubles ($28.5 billion), or about 2 percent of the gross domestic product, economists said Thursday. |
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Russia's Foreign Policy is Not the Problem
In my view, a column by Fyodor Lukyanov titled ""With Its Foot in the Door, Russia Needs to Act"" on Dec. 19 misrepresents Russia's international policies on several important counts. I would like to set the record straight. |
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Don't Wait for a Rainy Day to Spend
Even those in this country who do not follow the markets should know by now that global oil prices recently climbed past $100 per barrel to an all-time high. It was hard not to notice the development, which occurred Jan. 3, even though all newspapers were closed for the extended New Year's holiday. |
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