Medvedev’s Misjudgment By Galina Stolyarova Published: June 1, 2011 (Issue # 1658) President Dmitry Medvedev says he is concerned that Russian judges are coming under too much pressure from people who want them to decide cases one way or the other. So last month the Russian leader came up with a proposal aimed at reducing [...]
Archives: May 2011
May 31, 2011
May 31, 2011
The human face of protest
The human face of protest An exhibition of photos taken during recent protest rallies found a home — for one night. By Sergey Chernov The St. Petersburg Times Published: June 1, 2011 (Issue # 1658) SERGEY CHERNOV This photo showing police officers detaining a protester at a Strategy 31 rally last summer was one of [...]
May 31, 2011
The best and brightest of Petersburg society
The best and brightest of Petersburg society Petersburgers have until Sunday evening to vote for their favorite local celebrities. By Olga Kalashnikova The St. Petersburg Times Published: June 1, 2011 (Issue # 1658) Portraits of some of the nominees in this year’s Sobaka awards. For almost two months, Petersburg residents have been voting on the [...]
May 31, 2011
A city built on bones
A city built on bones Historians are unearthing one of the darkest periods of the city’s past at the Peter and Paul Fortress By Olga Khrustaleva The St. Petersburg Times Published: June 1, 2011 (Issue # 1658) FOR SPT So far, excavation work at the Peter and Paul Fortress has been done by volunteers. The [...]
May 31, 2011
the word’s worth A Guide to Common Russian Insults
the word’s worth A Guide to Common Russian Insults By Michele A. Berdy Published: June 1, 2011 (Issue # 1658) On a lovely morning not long ago, I skipped across my courtyard to my car and discovered a note on the windshield. The note began Урод! (Freak!) and continued — with to my mind an excessive use of exclamation points and non-normative lexicon — to impart the writer’s overall poor [...]
May 31, 2011
A meeting of musical minds
A meeting of musical minds Married couple Yekaterina Galanova and Alexei Markov together form a formidable artistic duo. By Galina Stolyarova The St. Petersburg Times Published: June 1, 2011 (Issue # 1658) NATASHA RAZINA Alexei Markov pictured in the role of Renato in ‘Un ballo in maschera.’ A well-traveled opera singer and the founder of [...]
May 31, 2011
Mikhalkov’s Flashing Light
Mikhalkov’s Flashing Light By Anna Malpas Published: June 1, 2011 (Issue # 1658) Last week, officials cruelly invaded the privacy of Russian celebrities. First they stripped epic film director Nikita Mikhalkov of the flashing blue light on his car, forcing him to sit in traffic as if he were an ordinary person. Then they searched the office of doe-eyed Eurovision winner Dima Bilan to check [...]
May 31, 2011
Close to Home
Close to Home Teplichnye Usloviya//25/3 Nab. Kanala Griboedova//Tel: 571 5659//Open from 11 a.m. until the last customer//Menu in Russian and English//Dinner for two with alcohol 2,710 rubles ($96) By Jacob Gordon The St. Petersburg Times Published: June 1, 2011 (Issue # 1658) Given that Teplichnye Usloviya is located just off Nevsky Prospekt in the heart [...]
May 31, 2011
Golden Opportunities: Kids’ Clubs in Russia Today
Golden Opportunities: Kids’ Clubs in Russia Today By Olga Sharapova The St. Petersburg Times Published: June 1, 2011 (Issue # 1658) Denis Grishkin / Vedomosti Representatives of local children’s groups and sports clubs say they could use more help from the authorities. As the Russian Federation celebrates Children’s Day on Wednesday, June 1, there is [...]
May 31, 2011
When Time Stopped for a Fallen Soldier’s Wife
When Time Stopped for a Fallen Soldier’s Wife By Herbert Mosmuller The St. Petersburg Times Published: June 1, 2011 (Issue # 1658) FOR SPT Lidia Petukhova visiting the long-lost grave of her father, accompanied by Reiding. When Pyotr Koval was drafted into the Red Army and sent to the front in 1941, he and his wife, Galina, stopped their watches [...]
May 31, 2011
Mongolian president asks Russia to resume petroleum supplies
Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj appealed to the government of Russia to resolve the problem with petroleum products supplies. “There have been failures in delivery in recent months, we have serious problems: now sowing has been delayed, production has become suspended and public transportion in cities has almost stopped,” Elbegdorj said at a meeting with Russian [...]
May 31, 2011
Police detain dozens of protesters in Moscow, St. Petersburg
Police detained on Tuesday several dozen opposition activists during unauthorized rallies in Moscow and St. Petersburg in support of freedom of assembly. Left Front movement leader Sergei Udaltsov and its representative Konstantin Kosyakin, Solidarity movement member Ilya Yashin, and Lev Ponomaryov, the leader of the movement For Human Rights were among the 26 people detained [...]
May 31, 2011
Lithuanian ambassador in Riga resigns in wake of political comments
Lithuanian Ambassador to Latvia Antanas Valionis turned in his resignation after he inadvertently commented on Latvian President Valdis Zatlers’ decision to propose the dissolution of the country’s parliament (Seima). Zatlers announced on Saturday the dissolution of the country’s parliament. Zalters accused the parliament of lying and maintaining the interests of oligarchs. Earlier the Seima rejected [...]
May 31, 2011
Caspian Flotilla’s Marine battalion holds exercise
Caspian Flotilla’s Marine battalion holds exercise 20:38 31/05/2011 On May 24, the Astrakhan Region hosted a tactical exercise involving the Russian Navy’s Caspian Flotilla. Naval personnel displayed their prowess for three days.