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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?"
Found in translation
Pavel Palazchenko, Russian Translation Company
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.
Allison Quinn, Russian Translation Company
If, as Churchill said, Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma (and I think many foreigners would agree), a sign of this is the plethora of Russian proverbs and sayings. Some are simple, some perplexing, others leave beginners in the language speechless
When spies become intelligence officers
Michele Berdy, The Moscow Times
Stepping into the minefield: liberalism
Pavel Palazchenko, Russian Translation Company
Rewards of our profession
Pavel Palazchenko, Russian Translation Company
Translation in advertising: Walking on eggshells ( 3 comments )
Allison Quinn, Russian Translation Company
Paradoxal semantics of Russian suffixation ( 1 comment )
Pavel Palazchenko, Russian Translation Company
Russian `Noґ: real, or a matter of culture? ( 2 comments )
Pavel Palazchenko, Russian Translation Company
When are you a `liberalґ and when are you not? ( 1 comment )
Pavel Palazchenko, Russian Translation Company
The usual suspects have become part of our language
Pavel Palazchenko, Russian Translation Company
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