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advertising Shadow Chancellor Kerry Meanwhile, the judge refused to allow custody since early March. violations of their rights were taking place, McCarthy was “concerned” the defense to question the co-author of British Shadow Chancellor Kerry she said. about imprisonment for an expert opinion that the February per- McCarthy said she wanted to “give a bit Asked whether she saw the trial as po- “what didn’t seem like a formance at Moscow’s Christ the Sav- of extra attention” to the trial because she litically motivated, she replied, “Every- InvestigatorsTouring Increase Museum Seeksior Cathedral wasSelf-Taught motivated by religious was “quite concerned Russianby the fact that [the thing I’ve readArtists about it would lead me serious matter,” she said. hatred. The criminal charge against the defendants] were imprisoned for what to think that.” But she noted that she PressureBy Christopher on Gudkov Brennan band is based on that statement. didn’t seem like a serious matter and ingwouldn’t that the likeclash to of express those two her forces personal will InvestigatorsSPECIAL TO take THE a MOSCOW step toward TIMES The judge also rejected for a seventh couldn’t see their children.” resultopinion in people of whether who have it was something “a political to charging the opposition- By Natalya Krainova time a request by the defendants and their “It seems strange to me that they have saything bringing or not.” it forward, people who five, Somewhere in the middle of Rus- 10 years ago would not have come along; minded State Duma deputy THE MOSCOW TIMES lawyers to recuse herself from the trial been charged with this offense,” she told McCarthy also was tweeting about withsia a breaking man is driving the law.westward Page in a big3 red over multiple violations of their rights. The Moscow Times during a break in- thatthe they’lltrial Monday bring works. and said she intended truck. The truck has two large containers A British lawmaker attended the Pussy The verdict for the three arrested band side the courtroom at Moscow’s Kham- to write some articles about the trial upon with the word “everything” emblazoned Riot trial on Monday “to give a bit of ex- members — Maria Alyokhina, 24; Nade- ovnichesky District Court. “In the U.K., Q:returning What do home. you think of the relationship between the traditional art world and the in white on the side, and is heading to tra attention” to the three members of zhda Tolokonnikova, 22; and Yekaterina they would have been charged with a Defendants and their lawyers asked Price of Top Housing Museum of Everything? Kazan, in search of unknown artists. the all-female punk band who face up to Samutsevich, 30 — on felony charges of breach of peace and told off or fined.” the judge on Monday to summon the Anyone can bring along their art and has A: It’s interesting. I think its mixed if Showing Fastest Rise seven years in prison for a church perfor- hooliganism motivated by religious ha- When McCarthy started following the the chance of getting an honored place in I’m honest. I think that very specific art- Moscow tops the rest of Europe mance in which they denounced Presi- tred is expected later this week, defense trial, she saw that the defendants “weren’t See RIOT, Page 2 forthe skyrocketing Museum of Everything. prices of ists and curators are very supportive. But luxuryThe housing. Museum of EverythingPage 7 is a at the same time very many are … I used unique project founded by James Brett to live in Los Angeles, I studied film in that has opened its doors previously to Los Angeles. And something happens in Cityartists Hall in Britain. to Promote Los Angeles where people are incredibly After Kazan, the truck will head to enthusiastic about what you tell them and FarmingNizhny Novgorod in New and St. Areas Petersburg be- are being incredibly enthusiastic in order Thefore city displaying of Moscow the best will of the unknown to negate you. There’s a big proportion of promoteart at the agribusinesses Garage Center for in Contempo- the the art world that does that. You have to recentlyrary Culture annexed in Gorky territories, Park in Septem- have a good radar. Our biggest supporters ber. are artists themselves because the peo- SharonovBrett spoke says. with The MoscowPage Times7 ple that we show are often the people that from the first stop on the tour, Yekaterin- inspire them. Because they see that this burg. stuff is absolutely truthful. And any good Obscure Islamist artist is trying to be truthful and commu- ClaimsQ: What is Kazan the idea behind Attacks coming to Rus- nicate truthfully.

Tatarstansia? investigators MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING A: There’s a history of what they call Q: What are your impressions of the work announce that they are A model of the museum’s truck. The Museum of Everything is traveling to four cities in search of unknown artists. searching“naive art” for in the , militant but theseand kinds you have seen in Russia so far? of artists don’t really appear and I bet A: What we’re looking for pre- hear. She wouldn’t have even been able Q: Are you hoping for anything particular A: It’s much more Russian. We see a histhey’re associate. there. So we came upPage with 3 this dominantly are people who are mak- to tell you that what she was making was from Russian artists? more Russian imagery. There are older plan of a show that would really be an ing something as personal expression. art, but actually they are these phenom- A: I think so. I think there’s a tradition artists who are very gifted in terms of experiment more than anything else. To Not thinking about the market, not enal objects. of making in this country and expressing their ability to see something and repre- Chechenssee if we could connectCharged to contemporary thinking about a show. Just making be- In almost every society there was yourself visually. There was an exhibition sent it … but they [often] copy a famous Afterself-taught U.S. artists Tip who are out there, in cause they have to or want to make. We this schism that happened at some point a few years ago of people making objects Russian artist … For everyone who does SpainRussia, jails making the two work suspects and not being given are very open to who those people are. where somebody creating a big mu- out of the wrong things. And this sort of they’re own thing, there’s five who copy. incommunicadoany visibility. We always and knew it was go- And sometimes the most unlikely peo- seum said this is art and this is not art. thing of making is somehow is very inside There’s a woman who made over 300 ing to be an experiment. When we open ple are the most exceptional artists. It’s almost like the guy drinking too much Russian culture. There’s also this folk three-dimensional recreations of famous indefinitelythe show, the until show a isdate empty. is set The for show For example, one of the art- beer in the corner of the pub carving a tradition that is very strong from which artworks. A three-dimensional “Guer- courtdoesn’t proceedings. begin until the artistsPage come 3 with ists we showed in London was Ju- [wooden] stump into a face was not art. some of the naive art sprang. So I’m hop- nica.” The most exceptional thing about the work. dith Scott, an artist who at the age He was just that guy that we don’t talk to. ing for the clash of that together with the it is that it’s only 50 centimeters wide. of 50 started making art in a studio. Contemporary art has shifted it, I believe. current political mood, that there’s voices VentureQ: What do Fundyou look for when you solicit And she was a twin who had Down Syn- We can look at those things and say they being heard that haven’t been heard in See www.museumofeverything.com for Backspieces of art? Avalanche drome and she didn’t talk, she didn’t have beauty. my lifetime coming to the fore. I’m hop- more details about the museum. DFJ VTB Capital Aurora invests in Avalanche Technology. Page 5 ANATOLY MEDETSKY / MT Gymnast Takes Boaters enjoying themselves on the Katun River in the Altai Mountains, where two special economic zones are improving conditions for tourists. ! Russia’s 5th Gold Aliya Mustafina upsets the ! favorites by taking the gold Foreign Tourists Not Aware of Altaipresents Resorts medal on the uneven bars. By Anatoly Medetsky eigners — or maybe they don’t like the cationers, could draw a portion of the hour flight from Moscow to Gorno- London Olympics, Page 4 THE MOSCOW TIMES challenging sport. The word Altai seems foreigners who travel to Russia to have Altaisk, the city that’s the closest to to ring hollow to rafters and ecotourists fun. the resorts, costs about 32,000 rubles CENTRAL BANK RATES RTS INDEX BIRYUZOVAYA KATUN, Al- outside Russia. “We are hoping that the number of ($1,000) for the round trip. EURO USD tai Republic — Foreign Minister Ser- Special Economic Zones, the state foreign tourists here will increase,” Spe- The brand new Gorno-Altaisk air- gei Lavrov loves rafting in this Sibe- company that develops industrial, re- cial Economic Zones chief Oleg Kostin port began accepting flights in June and 0.13 0.59 2.52% 39.54 31.95 1,433.54 rian area, which borders Mongolia and search and tourism activity in desig- told reporters Monday. didn’t look busy when an S7 Airlines China, a vacation that he reportedly nated areas, is working to change that. On top of little awareness about the Airbus jet landed there recently. In fact, takes every year. It is investing in the construction of region, a substantial impediment to it was the only plane on the tarmac. He doesn’t apparently spread the two tourist zones in the AltaiLifestyle Moun- many tourists is the high price of taking word about the place among many for- tains, which, in addition to Siberian va- a plane there, Kostin conceded. A four- See ALTAI, Page 2 2012Guide marks the 20th anniversary 2012 of The Moscow Times Read our special section “Highlights From the Industry.” Key events in the nation’s!"#$%&'()*+%,-+)##.+ top industries from the past two decades. Coming &,+/),0+12,-&+next — “Auto” — August 30. To advertise, please contact Alla Naumova • [email protected] • +7 495 232 4774 0'1&34+,)+()+5,46,07 advertising

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