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Surprised by Russia
It's Just Some Holiday
The winter holidays are barely over and already there’s another slew in the offing: Men’s Day (Feb. 23), Women’s Day (March 8), Valentine’s Day and, of course, Maslenitsa — a week of merrymaking and pancake eating ahead of Lent.
It’s a wonderful, wonderful life ( 1 comment )
Seventy-two percent of Russians report that they are happy
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Business Calendar
IV Annual MICEX & London Stock Exchange Capital Markets Conference
2 February 2010, Moscow at the MICEX, Bolshoy Kislovskiy Pereulok 13
RUSBUILD 2010
February 16-19. Moscow Crocus Expo international exhibition center
SAFARI EXPO 2010. 8th International Specialized Exhibition
February 18-21. Moscow Crocus Expo international exhibition center
MOSCOW BOAT SHOW 2010. 3rd International Specialized Exhibition
February 20-28. Moscow Crocus Expo international exhibition center
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Culture Calendar
“Chekhov in film” festival
15 December 2009 – 26 March 2010, Moscow
Opening of the Year of Russia in France and France in Russia
25, 26, 29 January Salle Pleyel, Paris
The Bolshoi Theater in the United States
16-21 February, Washington, Kennedy Center
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National Cuisine
New rituals for the New Year ( 7 comments )
The best New Year's recipes from Russia Now
Pancake pleasure... a la Russe ( 1 comment )
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Found in translation
Rejecting the ‘isms’ of ideology
Russians have a traditional dislike of any sort of ‘isms’ - especially if they are political. Perhaps left over from Soviet times, anything that suggests collectivism is sure to draw sincere ire.


Russia day by day
Society:
Citizens of Russia's third largest city are coming up with creative ways to coax warmer weather their way.
Inside Russian headlines:
Mintimir Shaimiyev, the long-time president of the Republic of Tatarstan resigned voluntarily last week. His influence brought stability and prosperity to the region in the midst of uncertainty.
Schwarzenegger promises to preserve Russian fortress Fort Ross
Russia Now
Russian regions to go digital
Aliya Samigullina, Gazeta.ru
Making an impression — Russian style
Karen Schafer, The Gazette
Russia readies Haiti disaster relief
RIA Novosti
Business & Finance
Brands:
The Western soft drink giants face challenges in continuing their expansion in Russia
Economic events:
World economic leaders gather in Davos this week to discuss how to get out of the continuing economic crisis.
WiMAX technology comes to Moscow airports
Viktor Kuzmin, Russia Now
Picking apart the trends in interest
Maxim Builov, Russia Now
The new year with a new union
Gazeta
Gas OPEC gets a Russian head
Yury Solozobov, Russia Now
Politics
Bureaucrats enjoy a life of luxury at taxpayer expense.
President:
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has declared a new doctrine for Russia's food security. World Food Programme official Steffan de Mistura thinks that's a good idea.
What signals did Medvedev send?
editorial
Pensioners hold a key to revival ( 1 comment )
Ben Aris, special for Russia Now
BRICs acting together ( 3 comments )
Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Power sharing: a gentlemenґs agreement
Anna Arutunyan, the Moscow News
Tourism
The Federal Tourism Agency is hoping to bring foreign tourists to regions outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Holiday: Russia’s capital makes an unforgettable winter destination
Discoveries on the eastern railroad (Part 1)
Aanchal Anand, special to RIR
Discoveries on the eastern railroad: Nizhniy Novgorod and Perm (Part 2) ( 1 comment )
Aanchal Anand, special to RIR
Discoveries on the eastern railroad: Yekaterinburg, Omsk and Krasnoyarsk (Part 3)
Aanchal Anand, special to RIR
Discoveries on the Eastern Railroad: Irkutsk, Baikal and Vladivostok (Part 4) ( 3 comments )
Aanchal Anand, special to RIR
Russia & World
Ukraine:
No matter which candidate pulls out a victory in the presidential elections, the country will face plenty of challenges.
Foreign policy:
On the sidelines of the first meeting of U.S.-Russia working group on civil society, RFE/RL spoke with Obama Russia advisor Michael McFaul
Happy New Year?
Stephen Dalziel, special to Russia Now
Russia considers Nato request for helicopters
Tom Balmforth, Russia Profile
Copenhagen didn’t change the climate
Ilya Zinenko, Gazeta
Medvedev’s slow burn
Graham Stack, special to Russia Now
Culture
Concerts:
A chance for native Londoners and their friends to enjoy the company of the best performers of Russian folk, pop and rock music who arrive from Russia specially for the event
Theatre:
In the late 1990s a popular joke in Moscow was that foreigners ought to be shown two things: the Metro and the ballet Spartacus at the Bolshoi
American Balalaika symphony performs in Alexandria January 23
press release
Chekhov’s unique literary talent still lives today
Rosamund Bartlett, special for RIR
The Island of Sokurov ( 1 comment )
By Stephen M. Norris, Special to Russia Now
Russian animation in search of a hero
Maria Tereschenko
Feature
Fashion:
Dress: Every revolution in Russia has had its effect on the national wardrobe
Fashion:
Trends: Akhmadullina won a series of prestigious prizes at 23
A traveller’s road to enlightenment
Frederick Bernas, Russia Now
The patriarch of Russian fashion
Natalya Gridneva, Russia Now
`I invented the AK-47 to protect my countryґ
Ivan Egorov, Russia Now
Guardians of the gates ( 5 comments )
Jennifer Eremeeva, Russia Now
Society
Sport:
Russian athletes set off for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics without any great expectations
The Russian Orthodox Church has opened its first seminary abroad - in the heart of Catholic Europe.
Duma passes bill allowing house arrest
The Moscow Times
War on illegal alcohol
Tatyana Shadrina, Rossiyskaya Gazeta
NGO Gears Up to Help Homeless This Winter
Galina Stolyarova, St. Petersburg Times
Pensioners bet on the stock exchange
Aram Ter-Gazaryan, Russia Now
Opinion
Cultural identity and human rights issues are sensitive to every nation in the world, especially in countries where the population is divided among linguistic lines. Paradoxically, the fate of 17 million Ukrainian citizens struggling for basic rights in this area has gone largely unnoticed by the European community
The earthquake that destroyed much of Haiti gives the international community a unique chance to help the impoverished nation.
A man for reform
Roland Oliphant, political analyst
The long road to democracy
Vladislav Inozemtsev, political scientist
Behind poker faces
Kevin M.F. Platt, special to Russia Now
Eastern promises
Andrei Tsygankov, special to Russia Now
The way it was
Superpower rivalries aside, the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow heralded the beginning of cultural exchange between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. As Sergei Khrushchev recalls, it got off to a rocky start.
"It is Monday morning, the nineteenth of August, 1991, and I am standing in front of the mirror in my room in Moscowґs newly renovated Metropole Hotel, knotting my tie in preparation to go down to breakfast"
Deadly deja-vu ( 1 comment )
Vladimir Snegiryov, special For Russia Now
Five years after Beslan
Nora Fitzgerald, Russia Now
A hot summer in the Cold War
Jack Masey
Chernobyl memories
John Glad
History
Afghanistan: What was it that made the Soviets decide that they should intervene?
People:
History: Memories of the past as a political weapon
Archives reveal strategy switch on Afghanistan
Russia Now
Afghan invasions
Vladimir Snegirev, special to Russia Now
Stalinґs grandson loses libel action
Newsru.com
The ennobling truth ( 2 comments )
Alexander Melikhov
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