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07/05/2002

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Punk Idol Pop to Play Rock Fest

The Krylya Festival might have been just another outdoor concert if Iggy Pop, a musician whose influence on rock music cannot be underestimated, was not headlining the show.

Booker Judges Release Long List

At a news conference Wednesday, members of the Russian Booker Prize committee and jury announced this year's list of 32 novels under consideration for the Russian Booker prize.

Go for the Goulash, Stay for the Spas

A former Moscow banya buddy called to recommend we make a rendezvous in Budapest for a spa weekend in one of Europe's most beautiful capitals. Who could say no?

'Koba the Dread' Chronicles Suffering Under Stalin

""Koba the Dread,"" in the title of Martin Amis' latest book, Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million, refers to Joseph Stalin; and ""the Twenty Million"" to that monster's many victims.

Cook's Corner -- Bacon & Apple Pancakes

While taking a quick trip to the Netherlands last fall, we were treated to these terrible delicious bacon and apple pancakes.

Satirikon Succeeds Again With Shock Appeal

Yury Butusov's staging of Eugene Ionesco's ""Macbett"" is both a slap in the face of public taste and a hilarious send-up of the evils of politics.

Helikon's Latest Misfires Predictably

This week and last, the Helikon Opera Theater brought to a close its 2001-2002 season with the first-ever performances in Russia of Alban Berg's towering masterpiece ""Lulu.""

For Urban Epicures, a Taste of the Arctic

For a cool Arctic escape on a hot summer's day, you don't have to travel any further than China Town.

Global Eye -- Seat of Power

For two whole hours last Saturday, Dick Cheney held in name what he has long wielded in fact -- the executive power of the United States government.

Tours Tailor-Made to Suit a Sweet Tooth

Visitors to Moscow's the Krasny Oktyabr and Moscow Champagne Wine Company factories not only get a dose of industrial history -- from pre-revolutionary to Soviet and contemporary -- but something a little sweeter, too, to help the medicine go down.

Getting Large on the River Barge

So as to escape the heat this week, the local clubbing population will be moving the venue from terre firma to the floating dancefloors of the Moscow River's party boats.


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