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Putins Interview To Bloomberg
Financial crises, the recent gas dispute with Ukraine and his love of chocolate these are some of the issues Prime Minister Vladimir Putin touched upon in an interview with American news agency Bloomberg.
Kandinsky Awards In Uproar
Somali pirates onstage, demonstrators at the entrance, a walk-out at the announcement of the main prizewinner, helped to ensure that an art awards ceremony stays in the memories of those who attended.
Political Art Or Russia Sleaze?
Reuters, Moscow in Russia, July 2008.
A group of artists is making the headlines in Russia for mocking the establishment with controversial artistic performances, including sex. The radical art group is called “Voina” which means war. It was formed last year by 29-year-old art graduate Oleg Vorotnikov and like-minded fellow artists to fight the establishment through [...]
Russia’s Political Power House
BBC, St Petersburg in Russia, November 2007.
Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 1703, it was capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years. St Petersburg has remained the power house of Russia from the Tsars to Vladimir Putin and his associates.
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Protests Hit Russian Opposition
Reuters, Moscow, Russia.
A pro-Kremlin youth group has protested a meeting by Russia’s opposition groups in Moscow. Russia’s opposition umbrella group “Other Russia” had met to draw up a list of candidates for parliamentary elections in December. But the pro-Kremlin group staged a noisy protest as delegates arrived, labeling them traitors.