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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.
Market Matters: Central Bank Devalues Ruble Twice in a Week
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: 13 December 2007
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British Council Ordered to Close in Weeks
By Nikolaus von Twickel / Staff Writer The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday ordered the British Council, a British government-funded organization, to suspend operations in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg by the end of the month. The British government said it would not comply. The exchange threatens to worsen poor relations, and the Foreign Ministry exacerbated matters Wednesday by linking its demand to a political spat involving the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. |
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Polish Meat Ban Will Be Lifted
By Max Delany / Staff Writer The government will lift an import ban on Polish meat next week, bringing to an end a damaging two-year dispute that has prevented Russia from starting talks on a broader cooperation agreement with the European Union. The announcement came after talks in Moscow between Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev and his Polish counterpart, Marek Sawicki. |
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Medvedev Quiet on Foreign Policy
By Simon Saradzhyan / Staff Writer Despite being tipped as a presidential contender for months, Dmitry Medvedev has offered little but curt generalities about his stance on foreign policy issues. This may be a reflection of Medvedev's dislike for the strong anti-Western rhetoric that seems to have become almost obligatory for senior officials over the past year, and his silence promises an incremental rapprochement with the West if he becomes president, analysts said Wednesday. |
Little Fanfare for Yeltsin's Holiday
By Natalya Krainova / Staff Writer But for a smattering of banners and civics lessons from pro-Kremlin youth groups, Russians across the country Wednesday greeted Constitution Day with little fanfare. |
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Parliament Deadlocked on Vote for Premier
By Sabina Zawadzki / Reuters The Orange parties cry foul while Yanukovych calls for a broad coalition. |
Passport-Free Zone Up to Russia's Border
By Gunta Gasuna / Reuters Optimists call it the end of the Iron Curtain. Pessimists fear a ""Fortress Europe"" or a wave of illegal immigration from Dec. 21, when passports will be checked at fewer European borders. |
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Ivanov Expects Putin to Mull Offer
The Associated Press President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to respond swiftly to a proposal that he become prime minister after the presidential election, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Wednesday. |
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CFE Treaty Frozen but Russia Ready for Talks
AP, Reuters, MT Russia on Wednesday implemented its moratorium on participating in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe but is ready for talks in reviving it, the Foreign Ministry said. The treaty places limits on the number of conventional weapons that can be deployed west of the Ural Mountains. President Vladimir Putin called for the suspension because NATO countries have not ratified a revised version of the treaty, which originally was signed in 1990. Russia ""is prepared for continuing a results-oriented dialogue on the CFE during its suspension,"" a ministry statement said. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe urged Russia to reconsider the moratorium. ""The loss of the [treaty's] system of limitations, information and verification would be detrimental to all and could have security implications for all of Europe,"" said Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, the OSCE chairman. |
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Senator's Advice: Wear Clean Shorts
The Associated Press Australia -- A senior Australian lawmaker who was once handcuffed in his underpants to a pole during a drunken night in a Russian strip club said Wednesday that he had learned from the experience: ""Always wear clean underwear."" |
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Rice Offers Praise for Medvedev
Reuters, AP U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that Dmitry Medvedev, named by President Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor, was ""of another generation"" of Russian leaders, USA Today reported Wednesday. |
Putin's Future Not on Minsk Agenda
By Anna Smolchenko / Staff Writer President Vladimir Putin will travel to Minsk on Thursday to discuss steps to create a single state from Russia and Belarus amid speculation that he could head the unified country after his second term ends in May. |
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