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Russia Lite
Day of the Retail/Trade Workers
I can’t say that retail sector is one that just blows you away with its efficiency here in Russia. For example, at the moment, we are experiencing an unprecedented heat wave, swinging into its third week with no signs of abating. And, do you think you can purchase a fan or an air-conditioning unit anywhere in Moscow? Ha ha ha ha. No way. HRH said last night that the thing to do it is to start buying space heaters to stay ahead of the curve.
Stranded in Moscow...by choice
Dacha life, part 2 - A dacha weekend with friends ( 1 comment )
My personal dacha story begins with an invitation from our friends to accompany them to their dacha about 60km south of Moscow. The plan was to leave Friday evening and return on Sunday.
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Surprised by Russia
The man who refused a million dollars
What everyone has been talking about for so long and couldn’t quite believe has now finally happened. The Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman has officially refused the Millennium Prize of $1 million awarded him by the Clay Mathematics Institute in Cambridge, Mass., for proving the Poincaré conjecture. Perelman’s explanation for this refusal was as surprising as his actual refusal. He disagrees with the decision of the mathematics community: “I do not like their decision, I consider it unfair,” he said. “I consider that the American mathematician [Richard] Hamilton’s contribution to the solution of the problem is no less than mine.” What Hamilton thinks about this is not yet known.
A Russian paradise in Turkey ( 2 comments )
One of the singularities of the Russian soul is its genuine belief in the possibility of heaven on earth. This faith has been passed down from one generation to the next. Even in Russian fairy tales miracles happen not “long long ago” as they do in Western European tales, but in the “thrice-nine kingdom”. The tie to a place is palpable. A place where dreams come true, somewhere nearby, you just have to find it. So let’s look. In tsarist times peasants went in search to the East, to Siberia, thereby expanding Russian territory.
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Business Calendar
IX International Investment Forum SOCHI-2010
16-19 September
Sochi
World Food Moscow 2010

19th international food and drinks exhibition
14–17 September

Moscow, Expocentre
II International Youth Innovation Forum “Interra”
23-25 September, 2010, Novosibirsk
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Culture Calendar
Opera "Sonya's Story"
Saturday August 7 at 20:15 and Sunday August 8 at 17:15.
Arkhstoyanie
24-25 July, Kaluga Region
9th International Chekhov Theater Festival
25 May-30 July, Moscow
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National Cuisine
Why living off the land can be a bit of an acquired taste
In 1615, Dutch envoy Anthonis Goeteeris, on finding himself in Moscow, wrote: “The Russians have a very strange cuisine.” Although Russian food is generally thought to be monotonous, it is actually rich in original recipes.
New rituals for the New Year ( 7 comments )
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Found in translation
When spies become intelligence officers
How do you say "spy" in Russian? What about "espionage?" And how do you distinguish "spying" from "gathering intelligence?"
Latest Stories
Business and Finance:
The drought, which initially affected the price of cereals, is now hitting the livestock industry, with several dairy producers, including Unimilk, serving notice on retailers that they will hike prices by 5-10%.
Society:
What happens when a sweltering air mass lingers over a country better known for ice and snow? A look at an unusual event with heavy consequences.
Opinion:
The resignation of Bashkir President Murtaza Rakhimov coming soon after that of long-time Tatar leader Mintimir Shaimiyev indicates that Medvedev's modernization drive is coming to regional politics
Tourism:
Despite the area's tortured history, the sites of Solovki exude a mysterious spirituality.
Moscow sweltered on Monday through its hottest day since records began 130 years ago, as temperatures hit 37.4 degrees Celsius (99.3 degrees Farenheit) sparking peat fires that blanketed the city in smog.
Business and Finance:
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev admits that eliminating corruption in the economy will be a long process.
Business and Finance
BP crisis manager Robert Dudley has been called to the US Gulf Coast to fix his company’s numerous problems in the region, but his Russian track record points to corporate loyalty as defining feature
Russia is in the top three countries among the EU and BRIC nations in terms of job vacancies, according to Antal Russia recruitment agency
You've got seven minutes to make your point
Stephen Dalziel, Russo-British Chamber of Commerce
Dollars bring jobs in foreign cash bonanza
Anatoly Medetsky, The Moscow Times
Harvest for the world
Vladislav Kuzmichev, Russia Now
Hayward faces Moscow grilling
Artem Zagorodnov, Russia Now
Politics
NTV's broadcast on July 4 of the Lukashenka documentary, titled "The Godfather," described the unpleasant sides of Lukashenka's personality
The Russian military is wrapping up a series of training exercises in the Far East, the largest operation of its kind since the Soviet era.
Speech at meeting with Russian ambassadors and permanent representatives in international organizations
Dmitry Medvedev
Kremlin pushes ahead for army reform
Ben Aris, special to Russia Now
The Luzhkov Paradox
Brian Whitmore, RFE/RL
"Stalin will not be forgiven for anything" ( 2 comments )
Echo Moskvy
Tourism
One of the oldest settlements in Central Russia, Torzhok features buildings from every era in Russian history in a wide range of architectural styles.
The riverside estate at Polenovo is almost unknown to foreign tourists to Russia, but its winning combination of nature, culture and good management should put it on everyone’s list.
See beauty everywhere (+slideshow) ( 2 comments )
Phoebe Taplin, Special to Russia Now
Karelia will return in your dreams ( 4 comments )
Vsevolod Pulya, Russia Now
Ferapontovo: medieval treasure in the Russian north ( 6 comments )
Text and photographs by William C. Brumfield
High walls and honey wine
Phoebe Taplin, Special to Russia Now
Russia and World
President:
In in a key meeting with Russian diplomats, President Dmitry Medvedev called for a reorganization of Russia's foreign policy priorities.
Foreign policy:
On an official visit to the region, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton assures Ukraine and the Caucasus states of US support.
SCO sets a barrier for Ahmadinejad
by Viktoria Panfilova, Izvestia (translated by Russia Today)
Russia's Ukraine gas bombshell draws outcry
RFE/RL
For Yanukovych, a fleet-footed dash to repair Russia divide
Gregory Feifer, RFE/RL
Bonding in common tragedy
Dmitry Babich, special to Russia Now
Culture
Moscow has been turned into the world centre of young art during the month of July as it hosts 63 contemporary art exhibitions. Entitled Qui Vive? (Stop! Who goes there?), the Biennale for Young Art combines the effervescence of the Russian scene with art from around the world.
No depiction of Lenin can be deemed offensive in Russia anymore. Add Jesus Christ to the parody, however, and the portrait can be downright criminal
On the track of the true sound of Mosfilm
Veronika Dorman, Russia Now
Mysteries of Moscow’s Kremlin
patriarchia.ru
Saving a film studio
Elena Marchan, RN
Church set to regain museum treasures
Alexandra Odynova, The Moscow Times
Feature
Russian coeds learn to dance on bar tops and chat up the clientele
Pushed from Russia by lack of funding and research opportunities, several Russian women physicists have achieved personal and professional success on the French-Swiss border.
Views from Russia on the Gaza Strip
press review
The Greek Tragedy
RN
In Russia, long distances breed long-distance runners
Ekaterina Godunova
Novoye Russkoye Slovo changes with the times ( 2 comments )
Karina Ioffee
Society
Vitaly Tretyakov, editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the Moskovskiye Novosti weekly, looks back on the paper’s history and the part he played in it.
Police in the Krasnodar Region are looking into an incident of alleged animal cruelty. According to Russian media reports, a donkey was strapped to a paraglider and hoisted aloft, apparently as a publicity stunt.
A stringer’s life ( 1 comment )
Oleg Klimov (liberty.su), Nora FitzGerald
A far-flung gamble
Kevin O’Flynn, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
In search of Serenity
Anna Nemtsova, special to RN
The struggle from stair to door (+ video) ( 2 comments )
Candice Hughes, special to Russia Now
Opinion
Thirty-five years ago, Soviet cosmonauts and American astronauts met in space, paving the way for today's space cooperation.
The most annoying thing about living in Moscow is the traffic: not the legendary jams, but the arrogance of the expensive BMWs, Audis and Mercedes, some sporting flashing blue lights. They blithely jump out into the oncoming traffic and force their way in front of you, or run red lights causing you to slam on the brakes to avoid a crash.
Define modernization
Dmitry
 Trenin, The Moscow Times
A zone of responsibility
Fyodor Lukyanov, The Moscow Times
New Silicon Valley ( 7 comments )
Ralph Winnie, special
 to Russia Now
Foreign policy with a smile on its face (+video)
Fyodor Lukyanov, The Moscow Times
The way it was
The photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky preserved for us a dramatic moment in time - the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I and the coming Russian Revolution
Afghanistan: Western powers must change their agenda to avoid the mistakes of the past
The American arrival
Sergei Khrushchev, special to Russia Now
Five years after Beslan
Nora Fitzgerald, Russia Now
A hot summer in the Cold War
Jack Masey
The Moscow pedestrian mal ( 1 comment )
John Glad
History
People:
Last royal family still at the center of debate
World War II:
History: a Russian V-Day for American vets
Elbe Day commemorated
Nora FitzGerald
Questioning a bloody war ( 2 comments )
Alexander Mekhanik, Expert magazine
The trap snapped shut 30 years ago ( 1 comment )
Vladimir Snegiryov, special For Russia Now
Archives reveal strategy switch on Afghanistan
Russia Now
Blogs
Russia Lite:
On July 25, Russians who work in the retail sector celebrated their national holiday.
Russia Lite:
On 8th July was the All-Russia Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity, an antidote to the chaos and naughtiness of St. John’s Eve, or Ivan Kupala.
Living the foreign life in Russia
Jonathan Fianu
Going to the Future, Part 2
Jonathan Fianu
Going to the future ( 4 comments )
Jonathan Fianu
Tips for traveling in Russia ( 4 comments )
Evy Hua
Blasts in Russia
Terrorism: Metro suicide bombers recall Moscow’s days of violence
Tough anti-terror measures could hit the anti-corruption campaign, law enforcement experts warn.
Finding the sources of terror
Sergei Markedonov, Special to Russia Now
Press review: Terrorist attacks in the Moscow Metro
combined reports
Moving on: Thursday morning on Moscow's metro ( 2 comments )
Phoebe Taplin
BOMB: Russians don't believe situation in North Caucasus getting worse
bne
War on Afghan drugs
Russia’s drugs czar Viktor Ivanov is a man with a mission: to push the topic of combating Afghanistan’s narcotics exports to the top of the international agenda
The very best minds in the anti-narcotics business are holding a major conference in Moscow. The primary concern is the flow of drugs from Afghanistan, something that is far more destructive than terrorism
“The amount of heroin produced in Afghanistan has grown by 40 times” ( 2 comments )
Anna Nemtsova, special to RN
The silk route of the Afghan poppy ( 1 comment )
By Igor Yavlyansky, Izvestia
Russia, China concerned by growing Afghan drug threat
RIA Novosti
Russia passes info on nine Afghan drug lords to US (+video)
Natalia Makarova, Russia Today TV Channel
Spy Scandal
Here is an old Russian joke about a man who went on trial for making illegal (or "unlawful", as it's fashionable to say these days) alcohol.
The swap story is unique in terms of the openness and remarkable ability to negotiate demonstrated by both sides
Unnumbered agents
Vedomosti
Russia calls U.S. spy charges 'baseless,' regrets timing ( 2 comments )
Claire Bigg, RFE/RL
Spy scandal in the United States: Unconvincing and unnecessary ( 1 comment )
Kirill Belyaninov, Vladimir Solovyov, Kommersant
Tinker, tailor, housewife, spy
Tom Balmforth, Russia Profile
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