October 7, 2008
18:10 Russia’s Government to allocate two billion rubles ($77 million) a year in support of the national cinema
September 22, 2008
“Moscow is a faceless business machine with architecturally decorated bank safes in place of buildings.”
September 22, 2008
The number of historical monuments that have been demolished in the Russian capital in recent years is approaching a thousand. These losses are the logical consequence of the total domination that the construction industry has over Moscow’s economy
September 8, 2008
10:11 Director Alexei German Jr. receives the Venice Film Festival’s Silver Lion for “Paper Soldier”
August 11, 2008
On August 6, a great writer, a great citizen, and a great man was laid to rest
July 21, 2008
17:21 Moscow
July 7, 2008
09:45 Nonna Mordyukova has died
July 7, 2008
Writer, journalist, and TV host Aleksandr Arkhangel’skiy spoke with Expert about core values
July 2, 2008
10:28 Unique «theater of time» opens in Novgorod, allowing visitors to see the history of the ancient city
June 30, 2008
The launching of a new glossy poetry magazine (a strange combination!) with the provocative name of Poe(boy) has started an active debate about the place and form of a poet’s existence in today’s Russia
June 9, 2008
Russian literature of the “zero years” is trying again and again to present society with its mirror reflection. The result is disheartening for both society and literature
May 29, 2008
18:11 Russian artist Ilya Glazunov has denied his authorship of a painting that is on sale at Sotheby’s. However, the auction organizers are confident that they have attributed the canvas correctly
May 23, 2008
15:12 Timur Kibirov receives Poet award
May 19, 2008
The 12th Art Moscow Fair has demonstrated that the buyers of modern art need new paintings to decorate their walls
May 14, 2008
19:32 Oleg Deripaska and representatives of science and culture appeal to president to create a popular science TV channel
May 12, 2008
The authors of the “Russian debuts” at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival are young directors who are not very famous, and their films are about schoolgirls, pickpockets, and shepherds. This is a broad hint about what European cinema expects from ours: reports from “living reality”
April 21, 2008
E: You live in a village for half the year. Are you patterning yourself on Tolstoy?
VP: No, that’s a coincidence. I was married to my first
April 21, 2008
In the age of the middle class, the Stabilization Fund, the presidential successor, globalization, top managers, brands, and nanotechnology, Vyacheslav P’etsukh continues to dig around in the ground in Tver’ and in accursed Russian issues
April 8, 2008
15:29 MGU will issue its own diplomas
April 6, 2008
History is a vast body of human villainy. It is hard to imagine a historian with his or her illusions about human nature intact, believes Il’ya Boyashov.
April 1, 2008
16:02 First World Clown Festival to be held in Ekaterinburg
March 27, 2008
15:05 Islamic students competition begins in Kazan
March 24, 2008
The Narkomfin House is to be renovated into a boutique hotel. However, the famous constructivist monument may yet win the long battle for survival
March 18, 2008
11:28 Dr. Zhivago author to be commemorated
March 3, 2008
Something has happened to the cinematography that pokes fun at cinematography. This something has led to Meet the Spartans and The Very Best Movie
February 29, 2008
14:58 During Maslenitsa celebrations a pancake in the shape of a map of the world will be baked on Red Square in Moscow
February 27, 2008
18:19 A monument to Prince Georgy, a saint and the founder of the city has been opened in Nizhny Novgorod
February 26, 2008
10:31 First performer of popular song dies
February 25, 2008
Famous Russian writers shared their views with Expert on how the task of the three bodies – Power, Society, and Literature – is being solved in today’s era of sovereign democracy.
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