11/24/2006
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The most eye-catching present is a bust of Iron Felix himself - secret police founder Felix Dzerzhinsky.
Dismissing the West
Maxim Kantor's acclaimed new novel suggests that the dream of Westernizing Russia has turned into a nightmare.
On the Razor's Edge
Razorlight, a British rock band praised by some and hated by others, plays at a new music festival in Moscow.
Tiny Tales
The latest installment of the Future Shorts festival brings a dozen short films to 35MM.
Perestroika Legend
A director makes a new tribute film to rocker Victor Tsoi, focusing on the early years of his band Kino.
Salon
The non/fiction fair is one of the central events in the Moscow book world, and certainly one of the most interesting.
The Pen Pushers
A collection of doodles and sketches by top Bolshevik officials captures the daily grind of revolutionary life.
Anatomy of a Freakshow
A new exhibition traces the artistic development of Pavel Tchelitchew, Surrealist painter and Russian emigre.
Bring in the Cavalry
""The Horseman,"" a contemporary Finnish opera partly set in medieval Novgorod, plays at the Bolshoi.
A Bolt From the Blue
In ""The Freeloader,"" the life of a rich woman on a country estate is turned upside down when the local laughingstock reveals that he is her father.
In the Spotlight
In a way, you have to admire ""Damned Heaven"" for hitting all the buttons of trash lovers and having absolutely no redeeming qualities.
Image
Early next month, the Moscow Zoo will open an exhibition of giant animal sculptures.
- Wanted
- Dismissing the West
- On the Razor's Edge
- Tiny Tales
- Perestroika Legend
- Salon
- The Pen Pushers
- Anatomy of a Freakshow
- Bring in the Cavalry
- A Bolt From the Blue
- In the Spotlight
- Image
- The World Has Lost a Great Man
- Putin Should Not Settle for Status Quo
- When a Goose Is Not a Goose
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- Business in Brief
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- China Only to Get Half of Oil From Pipeline
- Cabinet Fails to Agree on Strategy for Energy
- Indonesia to Discuss $1Bln Arms Loan
- Low Marks for Corporate Web Sites
- Browne Says Majors Will Not Control Resources
- Senators to Vote on Forest Code
- Litvinenko Takes Turn for the Worse
- Canada Delays Spy Hearing
- Gaidar's Daughter Hangs Anti-State Banner
- Bill May Give Husbands Veto Over Abortion
- Reports of Toxic Spill at Arms Plant Denied
- Georgians Celebrate 2003 Rose Revolution
- Cranky Cosmonaut Whacks 3-Gram Golf Ball Into Orbit
- New Details Emerging About Baisarov's Killing
- News in Brief
- Putin Defends Polish Meat Ban
- City's Markets Losing Foreign Accent
- Lessons in Polo, Good Manners and Chinese
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