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• news Be Young and Shut Up! Three years of war March 24 is the third anniversary of the US­ French youth are rioting again led invasion into Iraq . U.S. President George W. Bush was quoted on the BBC website as Burning cars, damaged shops and saying, «We are implementing a strategy that wi!! lead to victory in Iraq . And a victory in Iraq closed universities. Skirmishes with will make this country more secu re and will police, Molotov cocktails and water help lay the foundation of peace for genera­ cannons. Thousands of young French tions to come». Yet, in fact, three years after people are involved in strikes all over the launch of the war that ousted Iraqi dicta­ the country. Paris has already tor Saddam Hussein the situation in the experienced this-38 year ago. May country Jemains complicated and some crit­ 1968 became a chapter in the history ics claim ~at occupation isn't much better books with it's famous slogan: «Be dictatorship. A press conference in RIA «Novosti» on young and shut up». They didn't want March 24 was devoted to the situation in to keep silent then and today young Iraq . The leader of the professor league of the French are fighting for their rights Iraqi university, Isam Kyazim AR-RAVI, again. described his views based on personal lived experience. But today, there are no leftist slogans, red According to AR-RAVI. a lot of problems banners or portraits of Mao that character­ are unsolved . The government isn't attentive ize the 1968 protests. Modern French have to people's necessities. Iraqi people can't feel fears about their professional future . It's all safe because the hostage-taking, explosions, about the First Employment Contract (CPE) and vandalism have became common in the which is a new measure proposed by Prime country. The Iraqi people still do not have the Minister Dominique de Villepin as an answer rights or liberties they were promised three to the immigrant riots in November 2005 . years ago. According to this contract, every French AR -RAVI is concerned with the fact that company that has more than 20 people on many cultural centers, churches, universities, staff must.hire a n~w (unqualified) worker and libraries have been damaged or com ­ under age 25 every year. However, employ­ pletely destroyed . Human rights have been ers are allowed to dismiss young workers forgotten. The best doctors, professors, writ­ _ during a two-year trial period without giv­ ers have been killed during the war, and may ing any explanation. That is the point of the p~ol!ie remain in prison without clear accu ­ struggle. sations. Officials treat it as a solution to the March 13,2006 The United Nations didn't approve inva­ unemployment problem, but students are sion, yet the U.S. decided to invade anyway. Students of College de France are holding positions inside their university while special forces begin an assault. After certain that employers wi!! use it to fire them The ttlira anniversary of the war drew millions indiscriminately. So, now instead of the immi ­ several hours of intense fighting with stones, bottles, teaf gas and police batons, youth had to retreat. of protesters shouting chants «stop the war» grants' riots in 2005, France must deal with allover the world . Despite these calls for French youth damaging cars and businesses. tear gas and cleared the building in less Grenoble and Nantes. The education ministry mostly peacefully through French towns peace, seven people were killed in a bomb On March II, two days after the CPE than 10 minutes. stated that not only students took part in the and cities in protest of the CPE . However, in attack on the anniversary date. was approved by the parliament, approxi ­ On March 13 College de France - one of strike. Parents and several thousand teach­ Paris the strike didn't come without vio­ mately 400,000 students across the coun­ the most prestigious French high schools was ers - between 7 and 15 percent of the coun­ lence; masked demonstrators hurled pro ­ Anna Chukseeva try joined the revolt. Sorbonne University blockaded . Approximately 600 students try's education workers-also took part in the jectiles at police and set cars ablaze . The was seized by the students. They made bar­ clashed with police. Police used batons and protests. protestors declared March 18 as a Day of ricades and decided to become a new sym ­ tear gas and students answered by throwing On March 18, between 500,000 and General Strike. ETA terrorists bol of justice, much like 38 years ago. But, paving stones and bottles. Peaceful marches 1.5 million people, including students, police stormed Sorbonne with batons and also occurred in Paris, Rennes, Marseilles, workers, pensioners and families, marched See FRANCE, page 3 take off weapon

According to the BBC, the militant Basque separatist group ETA which has killed more RAN'S atomic program is a curse than 800 people and terrorized Spanish soci ­ I for every journalist. Just try to ety for nearly 40 years, on Wednesday pronounce «iranian uranium» Enriching Iranium announced a permanent cease-fire. Three without breaking your tongue. But ETA members later appeared on Basque pub­ this topic always breaks the news lic television, their heads covered with white and many wonder why. From the first cals are becoming stronger», said Vladislav antee that nuclear fuel producers won't play Bush's administration is currently devel­ veils and black berets, to read the statement Zaytsev, a Middle East studies professor at with you over price or other things?» oping plans to design a new arsenal of refur­ to the public. «The objective of our decision sight it's as simple as checkers: Iran Moscow State University. Russia's enrichment program has been bished or replacement warheads for an aging is to advance the democratic process,» the defends its right to peaceful nuclear Had Iran accepted an earlier proposal giv­ endorsed by the United States recently. In his nuclear fleet. A new generations of weapons, statements said. «Overcoming the conflict is activities, US accuses Iran of a lie. ing Russia control of the enrichment process, 2006 State of the Union address, President such as the 'bunker-buster: has already been possible, here and now. That is the des ire and NICK PRZYBYCIEL and ANDREY then Security Council deliberations would George Bush unveiled his plan for a Global designed. The GNEP would give Washington the will of ETA». BARANOV dug through headlines have been unnecessary. Nuclear Energy Partnership where partner the capability to implement these plans. The president of the Basque region, Juan and conspiracy theories Recycling bombs nations will work together to recycle nuclear We need a war? Jose Ibarretxe, welcomed Eta's declaration to find another side of the coin waste. Russia's reprocessing industry would as an «enormous relief to all of the Basque The Russians proposed that Iran be allowed fall under this plan . The GNEP would allow The GNEP, although developed partly as a society», according to the item from The The main battle is now in the United Nations to engage in a joint venture to convert ura ­ partner countries to sell the materials to solution to end the Iranian nuclear stand-off, New York Times. «It opens a window of hope Security Council. The United States, along nium ore into the gas which is then spun to developing countries. This would give coun­ is indicative of the United States' so-called that nobody should close,» he said. A with Great Britain and France, have taken a produce the enriched uranium needed for tries like Iran the opportunity to develop Broad Middle East policy, according to spokesman for Batasuna, the banned politi­ hard line against Iran: they are demanding a nuclear fuel. However, the enrichment nuclear power but not nuclear weapons, Zaytsev. cal wing of Eta, called on the governments two weeks ultimatum for Iran to suspend it's would be done in Russia Iran would save since the GNEP will only provide low-yield «The total aim ofthe U.S. is not only about of Spain and France to help his party join in nuclear activities and lobbying for serious face - look, we can convert uranium-but plutonium that cannot be used in weapons Iran but the whole region of the Persian the political process. Spain Prime Minister sanctions-eventually, it can lead to the use the mystery of enrichment will remain production. Gulf», he said. «The aim is to put the Middle Jose Zapatero has said previously that a per­ of force-in case of noncompliance. At the unclear for the clerical state. For everyone There is concern that the GNEP is a East under total political, economic and mili ­ manent end to hostilities by Eta is a condi­ same time Russia and China have refused to involved it should have looked like a fair smoke screen that will allow Washington the tary control. It's about the concept of so­ tion for any talks. «Now I trust we will be back any resolution that threatens extreme deal. The Iranian delegation even came to opportunity to further develop their own called 'broad Middle East' recently proposed joined in hope,» he added. ETA's statement consequences. On March 21 negotiations Moscow for talks but after a couple of nuclear arsenal. If the United States is by Washington ». included a call for all of its members to stalled among the five permanent members rounds Russian proposal was rejected. It allowed to reprocess nuclear waste, then By not allowing Iran the capability to pro­ abandon violence, but Spanish government of the UN Security Council. Deadlock at the allowed Tehran to win some time while it's they will have control over an exceptional duce a nuclear weapon, while simultaneously officials said they could not rule out the Security Council shows how great the chal­ nuclear activities went on. amount of plutonium that can be used to modernizing their own fleet, the U.S. will help possibility that splinter groups might ignore lenge of keeping Iran's nuclear program in­ «It's not logical for a country to put the develop weapons. secure its interests in the region . The Iranian the cease-fire. At the same time opposition check is to the United States. «The biggest fate of its nation at the disposal of another «Reprocessing just the spent fuel rods pro­ rhetoric towards Israel, a key u.s. ally in the leader Mariano Rajoy said the ceasefire was irritation for U.S. politics is the unwillingness country, even if it is a friend», said Iran's top duced by US reactors in one year would result region, has become increasingly barbed as the a pause and it did not amount to a renunci­ of Tehran to follow the will of the U.S., but nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani after the talks in some 20 metric tons of plutonium- enough Iranian enrichment program has grown . ation of criminal activity. diplomatic pressure on Iran leads to the in Moscow ended. «You can meet part of your to build over 3,000 nuclear weapons», the opposite result. The positions of Islamic radi- fuel needs from abroad. But is there a guar- Union of Concerned Scientists stated. 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• editorial • huskey voices People at sfruggle Would You Protest if you were a French student?

Kudinova Ann «I would never protest at this law, Aleksey Zimin MSU Jornalism because I feel vainess of the MSU Jornalism The struggle to live in a free and open society demonstration. In my opinion, «I'm not sure, that I would go is erupting all over the world presenttY'jFrom a crowd can't really change «I fully appreciate French to the demonstration, jf it were democratic elections;jn; BlleloDd2'fi8 tcr'stu,­ .l9' "I" anything. I think, a french youth will studens, but all same I support possible. Even if I decided to n; ... ·I irk~ -, ~J' 1)10 dent protests in France: r6ti m1~ ' everywhe ~ faillo revise government's stand and a French government. I think, make a protest at this labor are voicing their desires to live life without can't influence amending a bill. Irs people should take new laws law, I would have fea r of the oppression. unknown and my safety» Freedom can be a nebulous word . What not 1968 now, everything has as a matter of course)} one considers liberty, another may consider changed» tyranny. So, what exactly does it mean to be free? We always hear that knowledge equals freedom, and there is a certain grain of truth to this statement. But at a time when govern ­ ments around the world are becoming more secretive and less transparent, the hunt for the truth has become increasingly difficult. If the wrong «truth » is presented to the public, than tyranny, instead of freedom, results. It is the journalist's responsibility to ensure this does not happen . Opening up the aven ues of communications between journalists on different continents is imper­ Sergey Avakyan-Rjevsky «Who will assert my rights in my country ative to gua rantee that the real truth is when people, (I mean politicians) who MSU Jornalism found and presented to the public. Without <

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George Bush in the State of the Union address proposed peace to Iran ian people and told that they are «taken hostage by the small group of cler­ Three years after the invasion of US force s in The Nezavisimaya gazeta ma rked the ics », but it will be over when democracy Iraq this war remains one of the main issues anniversary of the war with an article summing comes. It seems like a big propaganda cam ­ of the po li tica l agenda Reports on ca r up the consequences of the war. The author of paign has begun and it's aim is to prepare bomb ings, insurgency and deaths on both the itE/trrmosiders the overthrow of Sad dam's American and international society for the sides constantly appear on the news pages. regime hifibecol'Qe a cause of a prolonged cri­ possible operation aga inst Iran . Deter re nt The desperate efforts to mai ntain stability in I 'Si5 for the ~3rguvem ment. The journalist also rule of ayatollahs, games with a nuclear Iraq appea r to be in vain. This year the 3rd says that even president Bush was «compelled bomb and enslaved people dreaming of anniversary of the conflict provided a lot of to admit that there are increasing signs that democratic standards- th is picture feels like analysis and comments in the world press . Iraq is sliding into a quagmire of civil wa p). a deja vu . Dictatorship and weapons - for Each newspaper found its own angle of The New York Times issued an article America it's an ultimate justification for inva­ approach, but on the whole, all the newspa ­ concerning the President Bush's speech in sion and Iraq is a best example. pers showed pessimism on the problem. Cleveland (Ohio) in which he spoke of the Any increase of troops in the Middle East The Guardian issued a story concerning achievements in the Iraq campaign . The further demonstrates Washington's imperial­ the anti-war marches that took place all paper said that Bush mentioned the northern ist intentions, Zaytsev sa id. Since Iran has over the world du ri ng the anniversary days . Iraqi city Tal Afar as an example of success. In staunchly asserted its right as a soverei gn According to the item, more than BO .OOO 2004 US troops couldn't manage to maintain nation to control all stages of the nuclear people joined the protest march in London stability there, but in 2005 the American production process and diplomacy re mains desp ite th e cold weathe r. The protesto rs forces regained control of the city. However, stalled, the threat of military action is a real­ signed a petition calling for the creation of the president acknowledged some failures istic possibility, he said. an international tribunal into Iraq war. The too: «I wish I could tell you that the progress newspaper also mentioned the protests in Tal Afar was the same in every single part held in New York. Tokyo and Iraq. of the country, it's not». tions.ln addition, not all students are against make a career. Given these circumstances, stu­ 11Ie Times featured an article that looks Liberation published a news item in France the CPE. This week more than 200 anti-strike dents could find themselves jobless and at the books devoted to the Iraqi conflict. which it pointed out that the 3 years long war students demonstrated near the historic homeless. So, they decided to make the first The paper emphasized that none of the hasn't brought stability to the country and it continued from front page step by walking out into the streets. books issued during the war had anything is now «on the brink of a Civil war». The to do with history. According to the 01\ ~~~~~~~~:~!~~';~~r.!i!i!!!'!I~!I!!!-II!!Nio!t ",!,!· s ith!islc!urrent situation not une;ployed youths and urged them stop the can riots. Conservative PresidentJacques Chi rae reject the CPE because they think it is end the elections next year. France is destabilized because it tries to reflect the lead-up to the the endless struggle between Muslim Arabs called on protesters to begin talks with the of the world in the great liberaL conspiracy, again and it could erupt into widespread vio­ war. Packer researched the way in which dif­ and other Muslim groups is one of the rea ­ government. However, despite these meet- but personaLLy I think that an insecure job is lence. Heated debates Loom in the run-up to ferent influential groups in America sons of the distabiLity too. ings, the CPE remains in tact and the rioting better than no job», said CLemence, 21, in the French preSidential and LegisLative elections «became persuaded by the case for regime continues. Unions have given the govern- ICQ on the internet. that will take pLace in 2007. Prime Minister change in Iraq». Diana Koultchitskaya ment a Monday evening deadline to with - At the same time, students worry not onLy Dominique de Villepin is expected to take a draw the law, but de ViUepin said he would about reLations with employers but also about hard line to appear strong for next year's not back down . life without guarantees. This fear may be real- elections. But, it isn't clear if CPE is able to Demonstrations started again on March ized in April when the law goes into effect. In cure France's economic and social ills. So, now 2land Ma rch 24. More than 400 people France, youth who do not have a contract can't de ViUepin is just looking for maneuvers and were arrested all over the country, approxi - get credit, can't rent lodging and can ha rdLy cabals. On the other hand, the opposition mately 60 were injured . French un ions and Socialists have vowed to revoke the measure students have decided to step up their cam­ if they return to power. paign against the CPE by holding a day of If we remember 1968, after the strikes, strikes and protests on March 28 similar to the cabinet resigned and Charles de Gaulle those held on March 18. sent in his resignation. But now we are living French students believe they can press in 2006, in the times of dialogue and coop­ the government to overturn the controversiaL eration, and nobody knows what wiLL be writ­ jobs pLan . However, some people think stu­ ten in the history books about the CPE. dents are demonstrating simply because France is France: there was no age in th is Anna Sokolova country without revo lutions or demon stra- Anna Chukseeva

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• world affairs A question of standards socialism. And, what is more important, those unshaped mentally and politically, as well as programs work. those who were paid to participate. Byelorussia's controversial poll - He really develops the agriculture. It was a fresh election. lukashenko now -Students' grants, as well as the average can emerge as more of a reformer. Lighted candles, music playing from loud­ level of pension and wages, are higher than The most serious question is that the speakers and chanting people. That's how the in Russia and other post-Soviet countries. image of the country, as well as of its leader, main square in Minsk looked the last few - Cities and towns are clean and safe. has been systematically discredited in the days . But now it's ~mpty and almost nothing And so on. world's mass media resembles of the protests that took place let me mark, that Borodin's arguments are For me it seems someone's goal to plunge here. On early Friday morning the riot police based on real facts. the country into chaos. Even an artificially dispersed the demonstration and many of When journalists asked him about the created chaos. There are examples of this in the protestors were detained. legitimacy of lukashenko's power and the the Ukra ine and other former Soviet After the presidential elections held on possibility of the falsification of the elections, republics. March 19 in which incumbent Alexander Borodin made these statements: lukashenko is resisting and suffering as a Lukoshenko won a third term this place -It is not possible to force the nation to result. He is not matching the standard. turned into a tent camp where people came vote. The attendance was perfect.lfthe nation By nature he prefers small methodical to protest the results of the vote. The protests didn't want lukashenko re-elected, then they steps to giant leaps and bold radicalism. In started on Sunday right after the polls. Nearly would have voted against him . And all the foreign policy he also tries to improve his 10,000 protestors gathered on the October more, the people will ignore the elections. country's standing and weight in the world . Square in Minsk. Although theiN ber -Nobody filled ballot boxes with faked He has started off strong, but his biggest decreased, 5 days aft r th start of the ballot papers. tests are still to come. Perhaps once he has demonstrations there pIe deter· Is this not enough? accomplished those bigger tests, his critics mined to stay there despite the cold weather. I suppose that Borod in's point of view is will change their minds. On the third day of the rallies the main not dictated by the fact of allotting financial On the 24th of March, the country officials opposition leader Alexander Milinkovich help to Byelorussia's economics.And,I'm sure decided to stop the protests. It took policemen appealed to the protestors. When he spoke, that the preponderance of those who partici­ 15 minutes to disperse the 150 protestors. the lighting on the October Square was shut poll. For example, the OSCE, a main election pated in the disturbances were students, off and his face was lit only by the TV cam­ monitoring organization in Europe, consid­ Maria Krupnova eras. Milinkovich declared that he had noth ­ ered the elections to be fraudulent and unde­ Opinion ing to do with the organization of the demon­ mocratic. By any measure, Byelorussia's is strations and had come only to cheer on his The White House condemned the poll as not a difficult regime to deal with. supporters. flawed and declared that the run-up to the It doesn't hurl insults around However, even at that time there were elections was unfair to the other candidates signs of division in the opposition camp. The because lukoshenko received the majority of the neighborhood. It doesn't build question causing the greatest disagreement media coverage. However, Russian observers far-flying missiles. It doesn't threaten was: should the protestors continue holding recognized the elections to be fair and its own people. I know this because the square. One of the leaders of the President Vladimir Putin was the first to con­ I grew up there Byelorussian opposition Alexander Kozulin gratulate lukashenko on his victory. proposed the advocates to disperse,.white In fact, some analysts assume that vote­ But in the modern world it is a habit to criti­ Milinkovch said that he was going to stay with rigging may not have taken place because cize Belorussia and its leader-Alexander his supporters until the end. the current president is widely supported in lukashenko. They criticize everything that he The rallies held in Minsk were not legally different areas of the country, especially by does from the way he walks and talks to his sanctioned by the ~ and some peQ:o eidedy.pll:Qple. On this point the world press political agenda His harshest critics refer to pIe have been arrested during the protest has provided various comments in favor and him as a tyrant. days. For example one of the leaders of the against this theory. What tyranny do we have to deal with, protests, Anatoly Lebed ko, received a sen­ The opposition forces, however, are still though, if more than 80% of the electorate tence of 15 days for having organized an trying to.attract attention to their activities voted for him on the elections on the 19th of unsanctioned protest. The two sons of and have created several internet sites pro­ March? What tyranny do we have to deal with Milinkovich were among the detainees too, viding eyewitness reports from the spots when Russian President Vladimir Putin eager­ but police released them very fast. where the protest take place. One of these ly adopts lukashenko's methods in establish­ lukoshenko and his team refused to sites called Character 97 has put a photo of ing his social programs? How much tyranny accept the criticism of the elections. He insists, the O:tober Square on its front-page with a do we have when our yearly agricultural har­ the vote was transparent and fair. In an official banne(saying: «We want a new one» con­ vests are more bountiful than even Russia's appearance on Tv, he concluded, the desper­ nected with the elections. On Monday the harvests? ate efforts to incite a revolution were in vain . site covered the things happening on the Yet, at a press-conference the day after «Despite the unashamed foreign square, but the number of internet 'users in the elections, Pavel Borodin, who now repre­ attempts to dictate to us and colossal exter­ Byelarussia is not large. sents the allied power of Russia and nal pressure, they have failed to break us», At the time of publication, it remains Byelorussia, clamed the same. So, even if you said Lukashenko. unclear whether the great protest planned by feel my position cannot be objective because The election that aroused so much con­ the opposition on the 25th of March will take of my ties to Byelorussia, Borodin also sup­ troversy ended in a landslide victory of the place, but the demonstrators hope to resume ports my position when he makes comments current president. The incumbent received B2 the rallies. such as: percent of the votes and this fact made some -Lukashenko has a range of social pro­ monitoring bodies question the results of the Diana Koultchitskaya grams very similar to the prosperous Swiss

The outbreak of the H5N 1 virus, Development of disease in a bird· better known as avian influenza, Pavelolamkovich, MSUprofessor: «There are two migration ways the virus can be transfered by: from has covered already 37 countries western Europe and Africa to Greenland and Northern Canada and a similar way from Asia to North America. on three continents. The reason So the chance of transfering the virus is still unknown, but in case of of bird influenza is really big» pandemic, the worst UN and World Bank forecasts promise millions of House birds are highly . to the activator victims and 800 billions dollars loss. of an infection . Typical symptoms of easy respiratory What to believe? disease are rised plumage and decrease egg-laying qualities. Highly patogen ic cultures of the virus The present outbreak started in 2003 in cause basically the heavy form of disease in birds Southeast Asia In 2005 the virus exceeded it's original area, routing Russia. Kazakhstan W--I and some European countries. The first cases Case of infection and fatal outcomes of human infection were registered in Hong­ among people 2003-2006 Kong in 1997 when half of 18 diseased died . Since that time 193 cases of human infec­ tion have been registered, 98 ended with fatal outcome. Most scientists and epidemi­ ologists think that the main infection spread­ ers are wild migrant birds and, during spring migration, the avian influenza virus will extend to North America According to chief ornithologist of MSU zoological museum Pavel Tomkovich, «There are quite many Avian influenza, or H5N 1, species of infected birds from Europe, Asia is a viral infection that affects and Africa, which can fly to America and there most species of birds. infect birds». 37 countries are already infect­ Outbreaks of avian influenza in the poultry industry cause ed. Who is next? devastating economic losses Vasily Polynov Infographics: Sviatoslav Nekliaev

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We are all inevitably under the power of stereotYpes. Americans, for example, think that Russians are voracious creatures, swilling vodka, wearing lots of fur and walking arm-in-arm with white bears. Russians, on the other hand, believe that Americans eat hamburgers at every meal and drink coca-cola all day long (and spend the rest of their time attempting to rule the world). Journalist Ilya Ilyukhin decided to determine the truth about Russians and Americans. Enjoy

not so expensive. If you are a party organizer- order it! Russians Everybody will gorge your pizza, even vegetarians (just be - Vodka sure to order a pizza without meat) . The most common deliv­ ery places are Pizza Hut, Papa Jones and Dominos. Besides In fact, vodka isn't as popular as it may seem. pizza. people often eat sandwiches, especially at lunch. They Russians prefer beer, particularly students. It's make food at home or buy it at Subway or a deli. cheaper, tastier and you won't got drunk too fast. Nevertheless, tastes differ. Clothes (baseball caps, jeans, sneakers, T-shirts) Cap with ear-flaps Actually, very many people dress like that (let's not consider it run-of-the-mill) . Men usually wear such clothes, while The younger generation, women, old people women try to follow the latest fashion trends. And, we must and successful men don't wear caps with ear­ confess that indeed-women have more choices! flaps . Only odd men of shady appearance do. This is a remnant of Soviet times. Such caps are Cellular phones uncomfortable and you can't put it in your pocket indoors-you got to carry it in hands. Almost everyone has a mobile phone. The situation is the It'd be curious to mention, that famous design­ same in Russia Hands-free is especially convenient when ers like Dior and Cavalli used these caps in their driving. winter collections - huge and exaggerated.

Americans Player and headphones Valenki (a type offelt boots) Coca-Cola Ipod is the most popular mp3-player brand in America Valenki were designed by Russian peasants Unfortunately, not so many people in Russia can afford such a about 300 years ago. Soviet soldiers wore Russians believe that Coca-Cola is the most popular drink in wee technical masterpiece. Destiny of the elite, you know. valenki in the severe sharp frost during World America But in truth, coffee is the drink of choice. Perhaps beer War Two. Lenin, Stalin and Khrushchev would be the number one option, but you're not allowed to Pocket-money respected that footwear, which is made of drink beer on the streets (even if you are an adult) . So, your sheep wool. Now valenki has become fash­ choice is a aromatic coffee in a paper cup with choices ranging It depends on the student. Many college students live on their ionable again. The New York TImes says that from Cappucinos to Americanos to Lattes. Caffeine, trigonellin own and so don't have a lot of extra spending money. Some valenki with removable rubber foot galoshes (a chemical component of coffee), and mineral salt-that's students are lucky enough to live at home and get their cash are the last fashion renovation. «If you don't about it! Americans drink coffee on the road to work, at air­ from mom and dad. like the height, simply customize them with a ports, parks, stadiums etc. A boy courting a girl gives her a cof­ matte knife at whim». fee that she likes. You can find Starbucks everywhere. Other American smile popular coffee places around the University of Washington, Old non-fashion clothes Tacoma include The Metro and Cutte(s Point. Atypical student, Not all Ameritans slnile. Though George Sand wrote;that for example, drinks 4 to 5 cups per day for an average cost of «laughter is a splendid medicine», only imbecile can smile No! No! No! Nobody wears torn shirts and $3 for each: so, basic calculations-$ 12 per day,$84 per week, from dusk till dawn . This is just a symbol of benevolent atti­ abominable rotten sweaters. Boundaries do $336 per month. H(~w do you like it?_ tude and is ceckoned a standard conduct in a society. erase-nowadays Russians and Americans dress practically the same. Russian girls are Hamburgers Sunglasses ready-made fashion models for catwalks. Yeah, there is no doubt, Americans eat hamburgers, but pizza When sun shines or heat blinds, almost all Americans wear White bears on streets is much more popular. Why? Well, mainly because it can be sunglasses- it protects your precious eyes from sun beams. eaten cold the next day and can be shared with friends . Try to Many people in Russia wear sunglasses, too, but it looks There are no white bears on streets. divide a hamburger! The most frequently ordered pizza is obscure in the metro. As for me,l never noticed the sun under­ pepperoni. A large pizza costs approximately $10, making it ground. Maybe you, huh? Ilya Ilyukhin cinema .. Night Watch: vodka and vampires Brokeback Mountain: breaking the myths «A popcorn movie with a Vodka chaser.~.. A very large Vodka chaser.» This is the description for the Russian film Night Watch that was released in movie It has been called «the most revolutionary movie of the year» and «unmissable become a part of the society. So, in our coun­ theaters across America in February of this year and unforgettable». Brokeback Mountain directed by Ang Lee has become try homosexual relationships are hidden and a sensation in the cinema world. On March, 16 the premiere of Brokeback people try to pretend that these relationship do not exhist here. Mountain took place in Russia. Now the Russian audience has a chance to In the U.s ., people's attitude toward the appreciate the film. In Russia, Brokeback Mountain has been written and talked issue is much more open. So, it is quite obvi­ about in the press and on the street. A lot of myths about the film now exist in ous why Brokeback Mountain was produced our country in the U.S. but not in Russia What's most interesting, though, is that the film is being Myth # 1: Brokeback Mountain is a Another point is the excellent cast. Heath shown here and is attracting an audience. western Ledger (Ennis Del Mar) and Jake Gyllenhaal (J ack Twist) play with passion and make us Myth #3: Brokeback Mountain didn't In fact, it's not! If you want to find traditional believe in what we see on the screen. get Oscar for Best Picture because it Night Watch is the first part of a science fic­ All the gobbledygook is in place, but the spe­ elements of a western (a lot of shooting, According to a reviewer from The New had recieved too many other awards. tion trilogy based on a book series from cial effects are minimal and somewhat frus­ drun k cowboys who fight in saloons, etc.), York Times, «Heath Ledger disappears Sergei Lukyanenko. Night Watch is a thrilling trating». you'll be disappointed . In reality, Brokeback beneath the skin of his character.» This state­ So, the Academy simply didn't want vampire epic many critics and viewers have In America the reviews for the movie were Mountain presents itself more like a tradi ­ ment is true. Afamous spanish writer Gabriel everyone's expectations to come true compared to The Matrix. Night Watch begins conflicted. While some critics criticized the tional melodrama with a surprise. Instead of Garcia Marques said : «You can miss a man by explaining that eons ago a battle ensued movie for weak visual effects and a convolut­ a man and woman in a relationship, the who is near you only if you know that you'll The director of the film, Ang Lee, decided to between the dark side and the light side. The ed plot. On the other hand, some critics real­ movie presents the romantic relationship never be able to be together. playa postmodern game by mixing two dif­ leaders in the battle realized that if they con ­ ly liked the movie and pra ised the Russ ian between two men. ferent categories: manly cowboys and gay tinued to fight. all of them would perish. So, a cast and crew for producing one of the best The plot is simple. In 1963, Ennis and Jack Myth #2: In Russia Brokeback m.en. So, the topic of homosexuality present­ truce was formed . Each side promised not to movies ever. Urban Cinefile critiqued Night meet on a ranch in Wyoming where they work Mountain can only be shown at night ed in a cowboy genre might have been too interfere with a person choice to become Watch by saying, «The filmmaking is highly as shepherds . They spend a summer on controversial for some. light or dark. The light Others patrol at night seductive, from the stylish visual flourishes Brokeback Mountain and, thus, the mountain That is not true.The movie is showing in almost When the members of Academy didn't and the dark Others patrol during the day to right down to the creative graphic treatment becomes the symbol of their love and the every cinema hall in Moscow. You can watch it announce Brokeback Mountain as Best keep the truce. The movie than fast forwards of the subtitles .» place where they continue to meet for the anytime and anywhere you like. The make up Picture,many Americans people weren't sur­ to the future. The truce is broken during the TImur Bekmambetov directed the movie next 20 years. The first and the last meetings audience is very different. You can't imagine prised, although most Europeans thought the Night Watch when a dark Other is found try­ on a $4 million budget but most reviews state of the main characters happens on Brokeback how surprised Iwas when I met two old women movie would definitely win . However, the ing to lure a child into a cave. A new war is the movie looks much more expensive. Mountain. sitting next to me in the cinema hall. movie should be seen not as a gay cowboy started over this child who, according to Flimcritic.com boasted «Considering that The film is really touching. It illustrates The fact is that such a movie would never film but as story about loneliness and pain, prophecy, will change the entire world . Night Watch is a Russian film shot for report­ that no matter if people are of the same or be filmed in Russia That is why it seems quite similar to movies such as «Pride & Prejudice», The movie is mostly computer generated edly aboutSS million, it looks absolutely fan­ the opposite sex, they love and suffer in the strange and unusual to our audience. We «Casablanca», and «The English Patient» and contains a great deal of special effects. tastic». same ways. have never paid attention to the problem of These effects serve to draw the viewer into The second trilogy Day Watch is expected Several points make Brokeback Mountain homosexual relationships. People's attitude Ang Lee once again, after his «Crouching the scenes. Some critics claim that these to release in America sometime during 2006; a film really worth seeing. First of all, the film toward such relationships is very different in TIger, Hidden Dragon», reveals to us is that graphics do not live up to Hollywood stan­ it was already released in Russia The third is full ofwonderfull breathtaking landscapes. Russia than in the U.S. Many Russian people the world is fu.ll of human suffering and natu­ dards. For example, Tom Lang from Detroit trilogy Dusk Watch has no tentative release The movie was filmed in Alberta in the have a negative attitude toward homosexual ral beauty. News wrote: «Unfortunately, by Hollywood date at this time. Canadian Rockies. You won't be able to take couples and find their relationships abnor­ standards, Night Watch is about three your eyes off the wide-open spaces and sky mal. A lot of Russians just can't get used to Irina Filatova Wookies and two Neos short of convincing. 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lifestyle

Olga Kuracheva

On page five ofthis special issue, the Russian and American editors discuss stereotypes they hold about each other's culture. It's interesting to know how the Americans imag­ ine a typical Russian Student and how the Russians imagine a typical American one. But, what about the lifestyle outside of the uni­ versity? In what ways do the students spend their free time? The Russian students treated the Americans to several exciting days and nights out on the town in Moscow. let's go to a few of those clubs that the Russian students like the best and find out what they do there. These clubs are kinds of places where people can not only eat tasty food, but also read good books, listen to pleasant music and communicate with interesting people. Everybody must like a friendly atmosphere, nice waiters and waitresses and comfortable, laid back surroundings. And, the prices in these clubs are affordable for students. Of course, the low prices are very important for us . Each of these places are similar, but each one has its own features and interesting moments. «Bilingua», for example, unlike other places in Moscow, is on the second floor. Usually such clubs are located in basements. But in cBilingua» you have an opportunity to see daylight. Sometimes you can even imag­ ine that you are flying through the sky. They also have built a balcony inside the club, intensifying the effect. cFAQ-cafe» is not far from our depart­ ment, so we often go there to have lunch after classes. To tell the truth, we usually call it not F-A-Q, but just «f*ck-cafe».It's shorter. There are four «rooms» there: «a dining-room», «a bedroom », «a children's room» and «a study». Each of these rooms suits its name. For example, there is a real bed in the «bed­ room» . In «Apshu» you can find not only a bed, but also a bath. Sometimes people call this place «the club with the bath». There is a system of keys there. If you are a member of club tc Apshu», you can open the door just using your key. Such a way you can visit closed parties. «PodMoskovye» is a new place. The word «Podmoskovye» means «the area around Moscow», but in this case it means that it is located in the basement under the city. There are three halls with the main hall design to look like Moscow's underground Metro sys- . tem . The history of this cafe/club comes in two versions. The first version explains that it was the basement of the Russian Academy of the Theater Art GITIS. The other version claims that it was a cellar where people kept cab­ bage. Both of these versions are really inter­ esting. aren't they? The last place on our tour today is club «Zhest'». If we translate it into English, we'll get the word «tin». But nowadays, we say this word when we want to express our emotions. It usually means that we don't like the situa­ tion. For example, you can say: «I am to write fifteen articles by tomorrow. Zhest'». Young people like this word, and the club personi­ fies the feelings of Russian youth. The furni­ ture is unique and the prices are student friendly. «Zhest'» opened just some months ago and it's not that popular as cFAQ-cafe» or cApshu lt yet, but there is no doubt that time will change this. Russian students like these clubs, and our American guests liked them, too. Thank you for your attention and good luck. See you there ;)

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, , 8 ______~lK~y~p~Hga-ng"~CT~fT~b~euLme~d~l~e~r~------=22~-2~4M=a~Kh~/~20~06 Beyond Our man in Torino . Yuri Dud is a student of the Moscow State University. At the same time, he is a qualified journalist who has Y: I had to do it at least five times a week. Sometimes I had all limits been working in the industry for six years. Now Yuri is working for «Izvestia», a famous Russian newspaper. to send two articles a day! This February Yuri was sent to Torino to cover the Olympic Games. Now back in Moscow, Yuri talks with J: How did you send them? reporter Julia Klimova about his experiences at the Olympic Games Y: Of course, I sent them by Internet (in my telephone and in lap-top). J: Where did you live? Y: I didn't live in the very city ofTorino.llived 100 kilome­ ters from it in a small settlement called Klavier. The frontier of France was almost one km from the place where I lived. J: Did you go to Torino? What did you see there, except the competitions? Y: In general, I spent only 10 hours in Torino. I had been there two times. The first was when I watched the ice hockey semifinal between Russia and Finland and the second was when I went to the Milan airport to get on the plane. I didn't have an opportun ity to do anything except work ... J: Did you like the places you visited? Y: When it comes to the place ... I can't say that I liked After last month's Olympic Games, the Klavier very much . It is very small, only 200 people live Italian city of Turin hosted the 2006 there. The mountains were extremely boring and I started Paralympics, which ended March 19. These counting the days that I had to spend there, quite early. It's were the first Paralympic Winter Games to said that Torino was boring, too. I believed this after I had be held in italy. 486 athletes from 39 coun­ spent some time there. And, I'd like to say something about tries participated in the competitions, 385 food: it wasn't good enough . I was really fed up with soups, male and 101 female. pizzas, pastas and lasagnas. I can say, I wanted some more The Paralympic mascot's name is Aster: meat! it has the shape, color, structure and light­ J: Do you speak Italian? If not, how could you commu­ ness of a snowflake, and is the symbol of the nicate with people? Paralympic Winter Games of Turin 2006, Y: In Italian, I know only two phrases-«buon giorno» representing its spirit by exalting the partic­ (<

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