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Stranded in Moscow...by choice
Smoke, heat and a cold shower – the flavor of Moscow’s summer 2010
Living the life of a chain smoker, that’s what every Muscovite had to experience this summer. Heavy smoke blanketed the the city, leaving the visibility as bad as on a foggy November day. That didn't stop the hardcore Russian smokers, who deliberately give their lungs an extra kick, lighting their cigarettes.
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Emerging markets overtake world with IPOs
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Surprised by Russia
The man who refused a million dollars ( 4 comments )
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 ( 4 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
Global Policy Forum 'The Modern State: Standards of Democracy and Criteria of Efficiency'
9-10 September, Yaroslavl, Russia
World Food Moscow 2010

19th international food and drinks exhibition
14–17 September

Moscow, Expocentre

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Culture Calendar
First International Conference of translators
September 2-4,
Locations:
- Russian State Library Pashkov House
- All-Russia Exhibition Centre (VVC)
Pushkin House and the Inspired by Russia International Art Project present Lost & Found
16-22 September 2010, Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA.
International Photo Contest "Foreign View"
September 1, 2010
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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?"
Alan Riley
Alan Riley is professor of law at City Law School in Grays Inn in central London. He focuses on regulatory law, law and economics and energy markets. He chairs the Competition Law Scholars Forum (www.clasf.org) is a Research Fellow at the British Think Tank Respublica (www.respublica.org.uk) and an Associate Research Fellow at the Brussels based Centre for European Policy Studies (www.ceps.eu).
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