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In celebration of the UK-Russia Year of Culture 2014, the 7th Imperial Gardens of Russia festival, now on at the Mikhailovsky Gardens, has dedicated its theme this JOLLY GOOD year to ‘The Art of English Gardens.’ Locals have until Sunday to enjoy up to 55 exhibits showcasing some of Britain’s best offerings in garden form. See story, page 9.

ADVERTISING LocalNews www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, June 11, 2014 ❖ 2 Return To ALL ABOUT TOWN City Governor Steps Down Wednesday, June 11 Art lovers can enjoy a lecture by By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber famous St. Petersburg artist Pe- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES Leningrad ter Kostenko, who will reveal all President Vladimir Putin accepted the of the secrets behind Malevich’s resignation of St. Petersburg Governor popularity. The meeting is free Georgy Poltavchenko on June 4 in a and takes place in the Sinichka move that will bolster Poltavchenko’s auditorium at 6 p.m., 16 Pesoch- chance of winning an early re-election, Proposed naya Naberezhnaya. and may serve to strengthen the Krem- lin’s hold on regional politics. THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES Thursday, June 12 Poltavchenko told Putin on June 4 Russia’s Communist leader has voiced The Piper Festival is on today that his resignation was based on a de- support for a referendum to rename the and tomorrow on Yelagin Island, sire to oversee the implementation of a city of Volgograd to Stalingrad, and has gathering folk musicians from multifaceted development program ad- suggested that St. Petersburg re-adopt around the country for two days opted by the city last month. its Soviet-era name of Leningrad. of performances steeped in the “I have the desire to personally par- “Only two cities have been sub- rich musical traditions of the ticipate in the development of this jected to name changes after the Great British Isles. As one of the older

strategy and I would like, Vladimir / VEDOMOSTI PORTER SERGEI Patriotic War — Leningrad and Stalin- music events in St. Petersburg, it Vladimirovich [Putin], to request your Georgy Poltavchenko’s resignation is likely to boost his chances of re-election. grad” Communist Party head Gennady promises to transport festival- support to have early gubernatorial Zyuganov told Russian News Service. goers to a simpler era. elections in St. Petersburg this Septem- of the Kremlin’s desire to assert greater Oreshkin said that calling early “They were not awarded the title of Those who wish to catch the ber to realize what was planned and authority over the regions, said Dmitry elections may carry specific advantages ‘Hero City’ for nothing, the whole tropical mood but can‘t leave the what, in my opinion, can realistically be Oreshkin, the head of the Merkator re- for governors that were appointed and world knows them as Leningrad and city are encouraged to visit Bee- done to further develop the city,” Pol- have never previously had to secure Stalingrad” Zyuganov said, adding the Camp Kite Surfing festival. Visi- tavchenko said, according to a tran- their positions by popular vote. Putin people of St. Petersburg had to be tors can expect a kite surfer’s script of the meeting published on the abolished elections at the gubernato- called upon to back the name change. show featuring the best Russian Kremlin’s website June 5. ‘This tactic favors the rial level in 2004 but reintroduced the During D-Day commemorations in kite surfers, beach volleyball, Poltavchenko also told reporters in system in 2012 following a wave politi- Normandy last week, President Vladi- live music and burgers. The fes- St. Petersburg that he was confident he incumbent...and is an cal protests. mir Putin suggested that residents of tival starts at noon at St. Peters- would be re-elected in the first round, expression of the “Governors are striking the iron the city once dubbed after Soviet dicta- burg’s 300th Anniversary Park, RBK reported on June 5. while it is hot,” Oreshkin said. “Gover- tor Josef Stalin could vote to change its 157 Primorsky Prospekt. Poltavchenko’s resignation comes Kremlin’s desire to nors are calling early elections because current name — Volgograd — back to amid a wave of recent gubernatorial assert greater they know the situation will get worse Stalingrad. Friday, June 13 dismissals that have paved the way to with time. Prices will go up, and sala- A number of Russian politicians Experience the atmosphere of early elections. In total, the electorates authority.’ ries and pensions will not follow. They and the Orthodox Church have voiced the colorful Indian Holi festival of at least 32 regions will turn out to the will face problems that could jeopar- support for the proposal. by visiting Kirovets stadium at polls on Sept. 14. Like many others in search group, which monitors regional dize their re-election. And because Pu- 6-8 Perekopskaya Ulitsa. More his position, Poltavchenko will con- political developments in Russia tin is popular right now, they want his than 20 young bands will play live tinue to serve as acting governor in the “It is not a coincidence that several popularity to rub off on them.” music during the two-day festival months leading up to the elections. governors are resigning in a short lapse Likewise, Oreshkin said, the strat- Birth Rate while a huge crowd of people will This tactic favors the incumbent, of time,” Oreshkin told The St. Peters- egy helps ensure that governors will be take part in paint fights. leaving little time for competitors to burg Times on June 5. “This tactic ac- able to deliver in helping the Kremlin prepare and execute their own elec- commodates both the Kremlin and re- secure the vote for its favored presi- Saturday, June 14 toral campaigns, and is an expression gional governors themselves.” dential candidate in 2018. Surpasses Take part in Sketch Day to learn how cartoons and video games Совместно с are made. The whole process of Death Rate creating a picture, from a pencil THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES drawing to a finished digital For the first time in 2014, the work, will be explained in de- birth rate in St. Petersburg has tailed lectures and master exceeded the death rate, Fon- classes. The event takes place in tanka.ru reports. This news Loft Project Etagi, 74 Ligovsky comes in spite of a natural de- Prospekt. Participation for one crease in population numbers day costs 1,400 rubles ($40). Russia is experiencing as a Discuss the influence of IT- whole, according to the Russian technologies on the city’s devel- State Statistics Service. opment during the “CityCamp In the first four months of & Hack 2014: City is For the 2014, the number of births in St. People” conference. Entrance is Petersburg exceeded the number free but registration is neces- of deaths by 119. sary. Statistics for the country as a whole show that deaths outnum- Sunday, June 15 ber births by 4 percent, although Replace an ordinary visit to a gym the figures vary significantly by with something more exciting dur- region. ing today’s table tennis tourna- In the Leningrad region for ment. The event is organized by every 100 births, 169 deaths are the Museum of Soviet Arcade recorded. The highest birthrate Machines and will be held at the is found in Ingushetia, where six museum’s space, 2B Konushen- times more births than deaths naya Ploschad, at 8 p.m. The en- occur. Chechnya, Dagestan, trance fee is 200 rubles ($5.70). Tuva, the Tyumen Region and Yakutia have also experienced Monday, June 16 birth rates higher than death Celebrate with Russian rock rates in the first quarter of 2014. band DDT at the A2 Club on According to the latest gov- Prospekt Medikov as they pres- ernment statistics, 13,000 mar- ent their new album “Transpar- riages and 9,500 divorces were ent.” The album is more per- recorded in St. Petersburg. As a sonal than their previous one result, the family stability index and tries to answer delicate yet for St. Petersburg is 71 percent, pressing questions about the fu- which is slightly less than the na- ture of the country. Tickets for tional average of 77 percent. The the show, which begins at 8 p.m., Leningrad Oblast, on the other start at 1,200 rubles ($34.60). РЕКЛАМА hand, saw 93 divorces for every 100 weddings, giving it a lower Tuesday, June 17. score on the index. Don’t miss your chance today to The figures for the Leningrad meet with legendary rock jour- Oblast, however, were not the nalist and music expert Artemy worst recorded by the State Sta- Troitsky. In between playing an tistics Service. The Bryansk anniversary DJ set, he will speak Oblast, in Central Russia, saw with guests. The event will take the number of divorces exceed place at 7 p.m. at Imagine Club, 16+ the number of weddings in the 20 Ulitsa Zhukovskogo, the larg- first quarter of 2014. est record shop in St. Petersburg. The St. Petersburg Times | www.sptimes.ru LOCAL NEWS Wednesday, June 11, 2014 ❖ 3 Russia Gets Set as FIFA World Cup Kicks Off By Gus Peters It is yet another eerie similarity to THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES Russia’s last appearance in the World The FIFA World Cup starts tomorrow Cup. In 2002, then midfielder and play- evening in Brazil as the host country maker Alexander Mostovoi missed the takes on Croatia in the first of 64 games tournament after injuring his thigh sev- to be played over the next month. It is the eral weeks before it began. world’s largest sporting spectacle and bil- Shirokov’s former teammate and lions are expected to watch as 32 nations current Zenit St. Petersburg striker Al- vie for the chance to be crowned as the exander Kerzhakov is the only member best at the world’s most popular game. of the 2002 team in this year’s squad. For the first time in 12 years, Russia Now 31, he is one goal away from will be competing in the tournament. matching Vladimir Beschastnykh’s re- After finishing at the top of their quali- cord 26 goals for the national team, a fying group, the national team, nick- mark Kerzhakov will have a chance to named “sbornaya,” was drawn into surpass at this tournament. group H, placing them alongside Bel- The national team will be especially gium, South Korea and Algeria. eager to make an impact this tourna- Their first match, against South Ko- ment, considering that Russia will be rea, kicks off at 2 a.m. on June 18 (Mos- the host of the next World Cup in 2018. cow time), followed by a showdown Once completed, Zenit St. Petersburg’s with Belgium in Rio de Janeiro at 8 p.m. new arena under construction on on June 22 (Moscow time) before fin- Krestovsky Ostrov will be one of 12 sta- ishing the group stage against Algeria at diums that will host tournament 12 a.m. on June 27 (Moscow time). If matches. Games will also be played in

Russia finishes as one of the top two two stadiums in Moscow, the only city to / VKONTAKTE ANNA PRYZHKINA teams in their group, they will play have more than one site for the 2018 One of the many festival highlights were the capoeira demonstrations, a popular Brazilian martial art. against one of the top two teams from tournament, along with Kaliningrad, Group G, which features Germany, Por- Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and six other tugal, the United States and Ghana, in cities throughout western Russia. the round of 16. Odds makers have tipped hosts Bra- Brazil’s Best Moves on Show The Russian team exclusively fea- zil to win this year’s tournament. Argen- tures players from the Russian Premier tina were the last South American team By Inna Klyavlina The majority of events were held at ovich Philharmonic’s Small Hall. The League, including five from this year’s to host the World Cup in 1978, winning THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES the Rodina cinema, where Petersburg- overcrowded hall proved a strong local champions CSKA Moscow and four the tournament then, while Uruguay On the eve of the upcoming 2014 FIFA ers were able to enjoy the latest full- interest exists in Brazilian culture. from Zenit St. Petersburg. Coached by won the last World Cup to be hosted in World Cup, the 4th Days of Brazil fes- length Brazilian drama, melodrama Visitors to the festival also had a Italian manager Fabio Capello, who led Brazil in 1950. tival was held in St. Petersburg from and action movies over the four days, chance to get acquainted with Brazil’s England out of the group stage at the Brazil’s loss to their tiny southern June 4 to 7. However, the festival’s fo- as well as view an exhibition of football dancing culture with demonstrations and last edition of the tournament in 2010 neighbor in 1950 was so stunning that it cus was more about film and culture photographs taken by famous Brazilian master classes of capoeira also on offer, before Germany demolished them 4-1 even has a name: Maracanazo, which is than football. photographers. a Brazilian martial art that combines ele- in the next round, the national team now a slang term in Brazil for an unex- Organized by the Embassy of Brazil On June 5, composer and pianist ments of dance, acrobatics and music. hopes to avoid a repeat of their last ap- pected victory by an underdog. The word in Russia and the Honorary Consulate Joao Donato, who is one of the found- After its success this year, organiz- pearance at the World Cup. is inspired by the Maracana in Rio de Ja- of Brazil in St. Petersburg, the aim of ers of the bossa nova musical style and ers are already planning for a bigger In 2002, Russia was also drawn in neiro, the stadium where the game took the festival was to introduce Brazilian is the director of the Latin Grammy celebration next year, with early talks Group H with an eerily similar draw to place that day and the site of Russia’s film to locals. Awards, performed in the Shostak- about staging a Brazilian Carnival. this year’s, placed in a group with Bel- game against Belgium on June 22. In fact, gium, Tunisia and Japan. After beating the loss was so significant that it is consid- Tunisia 2-0 in their first game, they lost ered to this day a national tragedy in to co-hosts Japan 1-0, a result which Brazil that has had a significant impact sparked riots in Moscow that killed 2 on the psyche of the entire nation. Horror Week of Local Road Accidents people. The national team lost 3-2 in Although Russia is not tipped to win their final game against Belgium after the World Cup, bars throughout St. Pe- By Irina Titova pedestrians and knocking down four old, was hospitalized in severe condi- conceding two late goals and they were tersburg will be showing the games de- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES lampposts. tion, Interfax reported. eliminated from the tournament. spite their late start times. Football-spb. The number and scale of last week’s car The 53-year-old bus driver, who is On the same day, a marshrutka hit Russia, however, will be without for- ru, a website devoted to the beautiful accidents in St. Petersburg are a re- currently in critical condition, is a 17-year-old girl who was riding her mer Zenit St. Petersburg player and na- game, offers a list of soccer-specific bars minder to all local drivers that despite thought to have lost consciousness at bike across another pedestrian cross- tional team captain Roman Shirokov. located throughout the city. the arrival of the relaxing summer pe- the wheel. ing on Prospekt Obukhovskoi Obo- The midfielder has not played since April For those hoping to watch the tour- riod, they should not lose focus and re- The next day, two women were hit rony. The girl was also hospitalized in and will undergo knee surgery in Finland nament from the comfort of their own lax on the roads. by a car while walking across a pedes- severe condition. Following the acci- this week. He has been replaced in the home, Rossiya 1, Rossiya 2 and Rossiya On June 3, 26 people were injured trian crossing on Petergofskoye Shosse. dent, St. Petersburg police have re- squad by 21-year-old midfielder Pavel Sport will be broadcasting all of the when a public bus traveling along One of the women, aged around 50 minded locals that it is forbidden to Mogilevets, who plays for Rubin Kazan games on their channels. Check their Nevsky Prospekt drove off the road years old, died on the scene while the ride bikes across pedestrian crossings, on loan from Zenit. respective websites for kickoff times. and crashed onto the sidewalk, hitting other woman, aged around 20 years reported Interfax. ADVERTISING REPUBLIC OF CATS

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IN BRIEF More Fighting as Peace Talks Begin Two Life Sentences By Marko Drobnjakovic to Ukraine and the Ukrainian ambas- ■ MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court and Laura Mills sador to Germany also took part. on Monday sentenced two men to life in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS On Monday, Ukraine’s acting de- prison and three others to terms ranging SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Gov- fense minister, Mykhailo Koval, told from 12 to 20 years for the 2006 killing ernment forces traded fire Monday journalists that Poroshenko was work- of renowned journalist Anna Politkovs- with pro-Russian separatists who con- ing toward bringing the conflict to an kaya, but her relatives said they are still trol an eastern Ukraine city, after the end “in the quickest time period,” ac- seeking closure in the case. country’s new president announced cording to the Interfax news agency. Gunman Rustam Makhmudov and daily negotiations were underway to- He did not give a specific date. Russia his uncle, Lom-Ali Gaitukayev — who ward ending the conflict. was convicted of organizing the shoot- Loud booms and shelling were heard ing — were sentenced to life. Two of in downtown Slovyansk, where at least Makhmudov’s brothers were sentenced six buildings bore damage from shelling ‘They will end the to 12 and 14 years and a former Moscow a day earlier. The city has been an epi- policeman, Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, center of a nearly two-month standoff shooting only when was given 20 years as accomplices. All between Ukrainian forces and pro-Rus- they erase us from the five were convicted last month. sian rebels, who have seized administra- Despite the convictions, it is unclear tive buildings, police stations and border face of the planet.’ who ordered the killing and Politkov- posts across the region. sakaya’s family says it will continue to The clashes came a day after Presi- has repeatedly called for Ukraine to push for the case to be fully solved.

dent Petro Poroshenko announced that end its operation in the east, while / AP MALOLETKA EVGENIY negotiations had started in Kiev be- Ukraine has blamed Russia for foment- A woman walks by a gas station damaged by Monday’s shelling in Slovyansk. tween Ukraine, Russia, and the Orga- ing tensions in the region and backing More ‘Foreign Agents’ nization for Security and Cooperation the rebels materially. bus with a sign in the windshield reading not give her last name. “Only then the in Europe, or OSCE. Fighting resumed Monday in “children” left the city on Monday. The war will be finished.” ■ MOSCOW (MT) — Russia’s Justice Poroshenko said the meeting fo- Slovyansk, where residents said at least UN Refugee Agency estimated in late Rebels have held the Ukrainian Ministry has added five nongovern- cused on strengthening the porous six buildings — including a petrol sta- May that at least 10,000 people in government responsible for the rising mental organizations to its list of “for- Ukraine-Russia border, and said tion, two shopping centers and two Ukraine were internal refugees, a figure number of civilian casualties in the con- eign agents” just days after President Ukraine “must cease fire by the end of apartment buildings — had been hit by that has undoubtedly grown as both flict, while the Kiev leadership says the Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing this week.” While he promised the ne- mortars a day earlier. Ukrainian and Russian sides dig in. Rus- insurgents have attacked civilians in or- organizations to be labeled as such gotiators would meet daily until the cri- Andriy, a local plainclothes police- sian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev der to foment resentment against the without their consent. sis was resolved, he did not say whether man who wouldn’t give his last name, said Monday that his government was government. An official statement on the minis- results had been achieved on Sunday. was standing with other officers in uni- providing aid to Ukrainian refugees Government officials say at least 200 try’s website said the decision was made The OSCE, whose rotating presi- form near the debris. within Russia, who he previously esti- people — most of whom were civilians based on “court decisions confirming dency is currently held by Switzerland, “Yesterday the center of the city was mated to number about 4,000. — have been killed in the conflict so far. that the organizations are conducting said Heidi Tagliavini, a Swiss diplomat hit the hardest,” he said. “There were a “They will end the shooting only The spokesman for Ukraine’s oper- political activities using foreign sources who has worked on crises in places like lot of injured people, and a lot of buildings when they erase us from the face of the ation in the east, Vladislav Seleznev, of funding.” Chechnya and Georgia, was its repre- were hit that haven’t been hit before.” planet, when nothing remains here but wrote on Facebook late Sunday that Among the new additions are elec- sentative in the negotiations. Porosh- Dozens of cars carrying civilians a flat space,” said Svetlana, a 52-year- the separatists were responsible for the tion monitoring organization Golos as enko’s office said Russia’s ambassador were seen leaving the city by road, and a old resident of Slovyansk who would shelling in Slovyansk. well as the regional Golos organiza- tion, the Saratov-based Center for So- cial Policies and Gender Studies, the Kostroma Center for Support of Civil Putin and Poroshenko Square Off Over Ukraine Initiatives and rights group Don Women. By Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber inaugural address by Ukrainian Presi- President Barack Obama, German Despite the launch of consultations THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES dent Petro Poroshenko, in which he re- Chancellor Angela Merkel, British between Kiev, Moscow and the OSCE President Vladimir Putin has not shied jected the Kremlin’s informal conditions Prime Minister David Cameron and on Sunday, Russian and Ukrainian po- Man Eats Bribe away from expressing his preferences for stabilizing relations with Kiev. French President Francois Hollande litical analysts remain skeptical that about the future of Ukraine, suggesting Poroshenko said on Saturday that on June 6, having received no reassur- tensions between Russia and Ukraine ■ MOSCOW (MT) — A man caught the country should refrain from feder- Ukraine will not compromise on ances that Russia’s informal demands can be de-escalated given the current in the act of giving a bribe in Russia’s alization and joining Western political “Crimea, [the country’s] European choice would be considered. political climate. Far East tried to get rid of the money and military alliances in order to give and state structure,” expressing resistance Meanwhile on Monday, Ukrainian “One can only hope that all of Putin’s by wolfing down the incriminating evi- more power to the Russian-speaking on issues of importance to Moscow. security forces and pro-Russian sepa- meeting with Western leaders and Po- dence, police said. regions of eastern Ukraine and normal- “Yesterday, in the course of our ratists exchanged fire in the eastern roshenko will lead to de-escalation,” The man was found carrying a knife ize relations with Russia. meeting in Normandy, I told President Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, which has Dmitry Trenin, director of the Carnegie during a police search in the Amur re- These hopes appear to have been Putin, ‘Crimea is Ukrainian soil. Pe- been at the heart of confrontations in Moscow Center, told The St. Petersburg gion’s city of Tynda and when informed quickly dispelled last week following in- riod!’” Poroshenko added. the region. Russian media outlets re- Times on Monday. “But I am not certain that illegal weapons possession is a conclusive meetings with Western lead- Putin also came away empty- ported that two civilians were killed on this will happen, at least not right away. crime, the man slammed 3,000 rubles ers in Normandy and a strongly worded handed from his exchanges with U.S. Monday morning by Ukrainian mili- Clashes in eastern Ukraine need to cease ($86) on the investigator’s table, the lo-

ADVERTISING tary strikes. and dialogue needs to be intensified for cal investigative committee said on its While Russian officials continue to there to be true de-escalation.” website. vehemently deny involvement in the The idea that the election of Po- The investigator then informed the clashes in eastern Ukraine, Russian roshenko, who is known for his rela- man that giving bribes was also an of- state-run television has unleashed a tively mild rhetoric toward Moscow fense, causing him to “gulp down the vilifying campaign against Poroshenko and who entertains close business ties banknotes as fast as lightning,” the re- on its news and analytical programs. with Russia, could serve as a catalyst port said. Russia’s state-owned Channel One for the de-escalation of tensions in He was then promptly shipped off featured a physiognomist and psychol- Russo-Ukrainian relations had been to a local hospital, where the three ogist on its Sunday broadcast who floating in Russian political circles 1,000-ruble notes were extracted be- claimed Poroshenko’s facial expres- prior to his inauguration. fore they could be digested. sions suggested he “becomes different As explained by Volodymyr when speaking with U.S. President Ba- Fesenko, director of the Kiev-based rack Obama” and that he is “selective, Penta Center for Applied Political Blame the Cat capricious and calculating.” A news re- Studies, Poroshenko has a lot riding on port published on the channel’s website successful relations with Russia — even ■ MOSCOW (MT) — A man in cen- on Sunday said that “everyone knows if it remains unclear how that success tral Russia has blamed the family cat Poroshenko is cynically lying.” might come about. for making him kill his stepfather The views expressed on Russia’s “Poroshenko is an experienced politi- through mind control tactics, local in- state-owned television networks have cian,” Fesenko said. “He understands vestigators said. seemingly taken hold of the population. that a long standoff in the country’s east The suspect did not elaborate on A poll published by the Russian will create problems for him. He has an exactly how the feline gave the order to Public Opinion Research Center on interest in ensuring that relations are sta- deliver multiple knife stabs to his 44- Monday found that 43 percent of Rus- bilized. Now it just remains to be seen on year-old stepfather, the Investigative sians think Poroshenko represents the which condition this will happen.” Committee branch in the Republic of interests of the U.S. and the European Pro-Kremlin analyst Alexei Chuvashia said. Union. The survey, based on the opin- Mukhin, who serves as the general di- “It’s her, her! The cat! Ordered me ions of a representative sample of rector of the Center for Political Infor- to kill him, she did!” the man was cited 1,600 adults across 42 Russian regions, mation in Moscow, said that relations by Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid as showed that one in every five Russians between Russia and Ukraine would be saying under interrogation. believes the new Ukrainian leader rep- normalized when Poroshenko “forms a The 31-year-old suspect appeared resents the interests of “fascists, na- government that represents Ukrainian to have a track record of mental ill- tionalists and banderites.” A mere 6 — and not U.S. — interests,” showcas- ness back at home, which may save percent said Poroshenko represented ing Russia’s claim that Western govern- him from spending up to 15 years in the interests of western and central ments had propped up the new Ukrai- prison on murder charges, investiga- Ukraine. nian president. tors said. Business www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, June 11, 2014 ❖ 5 St. Petersburg Families Flock to Turkey, Spain By Irina Titova According to Rumyantsev, these THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES factors have led to an increase in trips With the arrival of the summer holi- to Turkey, as it is seen as offering the days, Russian families are packing up most value for money. Other value-for- and heading abroad to soak up the sun, money destinations that have also had with Greece, Spain and Turkey the an increase in bookings include Egypt, most popular destinations, according Tunisia, Morocco and Israel. However, to a recent survey by online-booking these countries are still not as popular service Oktogo.ru. as European resorts, Rumyantsev The survey results were based on said. the number of hotel bookings with chil- He also added that trips to Europe dren made for the period from June 1 this year by local families have dropped to Aug. 31. 15 to 20 percent in comparison to last For Petersburgers, Turkey is this year. year’s most popular destination for Within Russia, the most popular summer vacations, according to Pavel Russian cities to visit this year with kids Rumyantsev, spokesman for the North- so far are St. Petersburg, Moscow, western regional branch of the Russian Sochi, Anapa, Kazan, Sevastopol, Ve- Tourism Industry Union, speaking to liky Novgorod, Iyeisk, Yaroslavl, Ge- The St. Petersburg Times. lendjik, Yalta and the Moscow suburbs, “The slowing economy, current po- according to the Oktogo.ru survey. litical situation and unfavorable ex- The survey also showed that while ALEXEI NIKOLSKY / AP ALEXEI NIKOLSKY change rate have all played an impor- travelers with kids tend to stay an av- tant factor in where St. Petersburg erage of two days in- Moscow, they President Vladimir Putin speaks at a June 5 award ceremony in St. Petersburg for Russian families are taking summer vacations prefer to spend up to five days in St. Explorer researchers who helped explore subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica. this year,” he said. Petersburg. IN BRIEF Media Boss’ Son Tipped to Replace Durov prom, has finalized sponsorship deals THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES told newspaper Izvestia this week that But new anti-piracy laws are making GM Plant Halts Work with the SKA and Avangard hockey In another sign of the forced integration the media corporation has agreed to the network transition to legality. ■ General Motors has halted produc- clubs worth a total of about 2 billion of the Internet into Russia’s state-con- give VK — which, unlike Facebook, “Practically all of our content is al- tion at its plant in St. Petersburg until rubles ($57 million), Vedomosti re- trolled media network, Boris Dobrodeyev, offers video and music streaming — ready on Vkontakte, but it has been put June 20, according to GM Auto, RIA ported June 4. son of the head of Russia’s largest state- the rights to legally show its video con- there illegally,” Mednikov said. Alto- Novosti reports. The St. Petersburg-based SKA run media corporation, could soon take tent. For years, VK, with its 88 million gether, the rights to tens of thousands of “From June 9 to 20, the plant will hockey club, which reached the semifi- over as CEO of leading social network registered users in Russia and 143 mil- hours of video content will be handed cease operations for the holidays ac- nals of the Kontinental Hockey Vkontakte, replacing the site’s whiz-kid lion users worldwide, teemed with ev- over for legal viewing, Mednikov said, cording to schedule — this is normal League’s western conference in March, founder Pavel Durov, who is now in exile ery song and film imaginable, all up- adding that companies intend to mone- practice during holidays,” explained a will receive 1.18 billion rubles ($33 mil- in the U.S. claiming persecution by the loaded by users and freely available. tize the content through advertising statement from the company. lion) to advertise the company’s brand Russian security services. ADVERTISING GM also claims that the downtime until the end of 2014. Billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s Mail. will not have an impact on employees’ SKA, whose president is none Ru Group, Russia’s second-largest In- salaries. other than U.S. sanctions-hit Gen- ternet company and owner of a 52 per- The GM plant in St. Petersburg sus- nady Timchenko, the owner of invest- cent share in Vkontakte, or VK, has pended production for two weeks ear- ment firm Volga Group, has a budget nominated Dobrodeyev for the posi- lier this year, between Feb. 24 and Mar. of 1.27 billion rubles ($36 million) for tion, Itar-Tass reported June 6, citing a 28. At the time, the company reported players’ wages — the biggest in the source in the government. Dobrodeyev, that changes in the production schedule KHL. who is currently serving as VK’s acting were due to the unfavorable conditions In March, Roman Rotenberg, SKA’s CEO, was on the board of directors of on the Russian automotive market. vice president for marketing and busi- Mail.Ru Group before moving to VK in GM’s St. Petersburg plant opened in ness development, said SKA had reve- January. He also happens to be the son November 2008. The company produces nues of 500 million rubles ($14 million) of Oleg Dobrodeyev, head of the All- Chevrolet Cruze and TrailBlazer models for the current season and that the club Russia State Television and Radio and the Opel Astra at the factory. would look to reduce its dependence Broadcasting Company, or VGTRK, a on Gazprom Neft sponsorship. state media behemoth that operates five Gazprom Neft made its last recorded national television channels, a host of SPBU Second Best financial injection to SKA in December Internet projects and more than 80 re- — a payment of 684 million rubles gional television and radio networks. ■ St. Petersburg State University ($19.1 million), which is well above the The appointment has not yet been came in second place in a survey rank- market rate, RIA Novosti reported. approved by VK’s other shareholder, ing the best educational institutions in Moscow-based investment fund United Russia by Interfax and radio station Capital Partners, or UCP, according to Ekho Moskvy. Lomonosov Moscow Arctic Shelf Drilling Itar-Tass. Mail.Ru Group declined to State University was ranked the best comment, while UCP did not respond and MIFI National Research Nuclear ■ Igor Sechin, head of state-owned oil to inquiries. University came in third. giant Rosneft, said his company plans If his appointment is confirmed, Do- The main objective of the survey, to invest $400 billion into resource ex- brodeyev will be filling a chair left empty which is conducted annually by both traction from the Arctic shelf over the when VK founder Pavel Durov fled Rus- information agencies, is to develop next 20 years. sia in April, fuming that he had been mechanisms and procedures to inde- At a meeting on Arctic develop- forced from his position as chief of the pendently assess Russian universities ment with President Vladimir Putin in company and predicting that VK would and their educational programs, as well St. Petersburg on June 5, Interfax fall under Kremlin control. Durov had as to boost the competitive edge of quoted Sechin as saying that the multi- sold his 12 percent stake in VK to an as- Russia’s educational system, according plicative effect of the investment for sociate of Usmanov, the Kremlin-linked to Interfax. Russia’s economy would surpass the billionaire who controls Mail.Ru Group, The ranking featured 161 universi- investment by 7.7 times. in December, and Mail.Ru Group then ties and assessed each according to six Rosneft plans to start drilling this snapped it up in March to become the basic parameters: educational activi- year at its first exploration rig, called website’s majority shareholder. Durov ties, scientific and research activities, Universitetskaya, in the Kara Sea north later said that he was forced to sell the social activities, international activities, of the Ural Mountains, Sechin said, shares due to a conflict with the Federal brand, innovation and entrepreneurial adding that the company’s tally of ex- Security Service, or FSB, which had de- activities. plorable oil and gas fields in the Arctic manded that VK hand over information Lomonosov State University was also has so far reached 34. on opposition-linked users and groups. ranked among the developing world’s The $400 billion is only part of Ros- Mail.Ru Group and UCP are now top 10 universities last December by the neft’s long-term investment plan. Ear- locked in a struggle for possession of Times Higher Education BRICS & lier this week, Sechin said the company VK, while Durov and UCP are simul- Emerging Economies ranking. would channel another 3 trillion rubles taneously suing each other over owner- ($86 billion) into oil exploration in ship of Telegram, an instant messaging eastern Siberia and the Far East to se- service created by Durov in the U.S. Gazprom Sponsorship cure oil supply contracts to the Asia- Beside the newfound family con- Pacific region. nection, VK and VGTRK are also ex- ■ Gazprom Neft, the oil-producing Rosneft currently exports more than panding their links in other ways: VG- arm of Russian state gas company Gaz- 100 million tons of crude oil annually. TRK’s deputy head Dmitry Mednikov BusinessFocus www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, June 11, 2014 ❖ 6 Kraynov: Helping Russians Travel for Less By Irina Titova Q: You have experience working in A: One of the major stories at the mo- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES three completely different countries: ment is the launch of Russia’s first low- Russia, the U.S. and Australia. How cost carrier Dobrolyot, run by Aeroflot. ax Kraynov is the Rus- does the business culture differ in They have just started their flight sales sian-born managing each? between Moscow and Crimea’s capital, director of Russia’s A: Well, in Russia the idea of being Simferopol. Reportedly the cheapest largest travel search a boss makes one believe that the em- round-trip flight in that direction starts engine, Aviasales. The ployees are inferior. Therefore the cul- from 2,000 rubles ($58.11) and goes up to Msearch engine helps customers find ture sees people wait patiently for what 6,000 rubles ($174.34), which, in light of cheap flights and holiday accommoda- the boss has to say. This is called the dramatically increased demand for tion online or via its apps (operating “power distance” and it is still very this route, is still a good bargain. I’m sure under the JetRadar brand outside Rus- popular in Russia, rooted in the coun- that later on Dobrolyot will start its sia). While the company is based in try’s culture for centuries. It was how flights to other regions in Russia, making Thailand, Kraynov works from sunny the country survived. Aeroflot an even stronger competitor to Australia, adding to the company’s in- In Australia, however, the story is Russia’s two other major air companies, ternational flavor. completely different. Australia is quite a Transaero and Sibir. The St. Petersburg Times met with young country, so the “power distance” Other news in the Russian air mar- Kraynov, who was in St. Petersburg at culture is virtually non-existent because ket is a sudden increase in demand for the end of May, to discuss the differ- everyone started from the same place. flights to Crimea’s Simferopol — up ences in the Russian and Australian Therefore the relationship between the three to four times higher compared to working culture, the growing success of boss and his or her employees is much the winter period. Aviasales in the Russian travel industry more relaxed. However, I feel it makes In fact, this summer, Simferopol is and the company’s future plans. people set less ambitious goals for them- the number one destination for Rus- selves, whereas in Russia, businessmen sians traveling by air. Last year it was Q: How did you find yourself living in tend to set very ambitious goals for third, with Spain’s Barcelona and Rus- Australia? themselves, which is still nice to see. sia’s Adler in front. Regarding out- A: When I graduated from Russia’s In any case, I love Australia because bound flights from St. Petersburg, Sim- Samara State University in 2001, special- it’s a fantastic place to live in, with very feropol is also the leading destination, izing in applied mathematics, I moved to kind people and a good work-life bal- followed by Sochi and Krasnodar.

New York City to work as a programmer. ance. It’s an emotionally stable society, AVIASALES Russian travelers are showing no fear During the day I worked as a program- where people aren’t afraid to be who The Russian-born managing director of Aviasales now resides in Australia. in going to Crimea, and local residents mer in a bank, while at night and on the they are. However, too much of a good are looking forward to hosting them. weekends I spent time working on my thing can be bad, and some people un- I like reading books about corpo- ping; more than 23 percent of all tickets own company developing technologies fortunately take the laid back attitude rate culture and what amazes me is that found via Aviasales are bought on iP- Q: For what other destinations in for mobile content such as ringtones, too far; it’s not very easy to find really the vast majority of these books are ads and iPhones. Russia is there a demand for dis- wallpapers and videos — a growing trend hardworking people there, at least in published in the U.S. Yes, there’s little Currently we get more than seven counts? at that time. However, in 2006, I sold my IT. place for sincerity in the culture, but it million online visitors a month. For in- A: Actually all Russian destinations, company, called Unwiredtec, to then As for the U.S., its culture is more does have its positive sides. I love to stance, in April we helped people buy except Moscow, need discounts of Australia-based Mobile Messenger and about individual achievement. It means work with people who have work expe- approximately 160,000 airline tickets. some sort. moved to Australia as part of the deal. you and only you are in charge of your rience in the U.S. because these people Compared to last year, the number of Ticket prices are inevitably going While in Australia, I got my MBA and destiny. If you’re smart, you move for- would jump through many more hoops our online visitors has grown by 250 down due to increased capacity on re- spent some time working for the local ward. If not, you move backwards. I to get the job done as opposed to their percent. gional routes and the emergence of low- telephone company Optus. find life there an eternal struggle for Russian or Australian counterparts. While we are an international com- cost carriers (especially foreign ones). In August 2011, I joined Aviasales, self-perfection. The real negative side pany, we focus on the Russian market They could go even further down should with whom I’d consulted on an on-and- to this is the so-called “fake smile” ac- Q: How is business going for Avia- since that accounts for 95 percent of a regional hub open in Central Russia. off basis for a couple of years prior. By companied with this attitude, no matter sales in Russia? the company’s income. At the moment However, not all routes were cre- that time, almost all the staff of the how bad you feel. However, maybe A: For the past year, the company’s we’re also working on implementing ated equal, and some destinations are company that was initially founded in that smile is not such a bad thing, judg- online sales have grown by more than our model in the Thai market. still going to be expensive with no St. Petersburg had moved to Thailand. ing from the popular American saying 100 percent. People are slowly, and lower prices in sight. From the beginning, I always said I “Fake it till you make it,” meaning that somewhat painfully, starting to trust Q: Any major news happening in would never move to Thailand since people do their best despite any cir- online merchants. There is also a clear the Russian air travel market at the This interview has been edited for length my family was settled in Australia. cumstance to achieve their goal. trend of using mobile devices for shop- moment? and clarity. Arts&Culture www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, June 11, 2014 ❖ 7

city tales A Beast on a Beast By Gus Peters uct was unveiled in the center of Plo- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES schad Vosstanya. The final statue, which can still be ne of St. Petersburg’s seen outside the Marble Palace in the most famous and contro- same spot where a pedestal of Lenin versial monuments, once stood, is unflattering. Alexander which graced Ploschad III is bearded and heavyset, sitting atop Vosstanya for nearly 30 a fat horse that appears to be straining yearsO before finally being taken away, under the weight of its rider. It was re- has been called a brute, a scarecrow and ported that Troubetzkoy described the a hippopotamus. The only thing it seems monument as “a beast on top of an- to not have been called is “inaccurate.” other beast,” and that the bowed head The monument is to Alexander III, of the horse symbolized the ruthless

ANNA FRUMKINA / FOR SPT / FOR ANNA FRUMKINA the second-to-last Romanov to rule and crushing authority Alexander III The exhibition showcases up to 300 works by the Russian artist and includes drawings, photographs and videos. over the Russian empire who reigned wielded during his reign. after the assassination of his father, Al- Needless to say, the political impli- exander II, in 1881 until his death in cations of having such a statue in such 1894. He ruled the world’s largest em- a prominent place became the subject Mamyshev as Monroe pire with an iron fist and, unlike his fa- of much discussion. Some were indig- ther, whose reforms drastically changed nant that such an uncomplimentary Russian society, Alexander III focused caricature of the leader would even ex- A retrospective art exhibit at the Novy Museum features photo- on “Russification,” an idea based in his ist while others praised the artist’s in- own belief that his father’s liberal ideas terpretation of the legacy of the tsar. graphic portraits of the artist posing as famous cultural figures. had weakened Russia. The debate became so intense that the Despite pleas from some of society’s Duma considered destroying the statue By Anna Frumkina “The Life of the Remarkable Mon- many people. This approach, invented most famous intellectuals, including all together. Troubetzkoy, when asked THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES roe” presents up to 300 of Mamyshev- by the artist, reflected the time of Leo Tolstoy, who implored him “to about the controversy, replied, “I do Monroe’s works from different collec- change he was experiencing. meet his enemies on the field of ideas,” not engage in politics. I simply por- ike in any major transi- tions, from the earliest drawings, col- Mamyshev-Monroe tried to per- Alexander III’s ideology was akin to trayed one animal on another.” tional period in history, lages and photographs of the 1980s to ceive his own life as a performance, Konstantin Pobedonostsev’s. Pobe- In 1937, the statue was removed Perestroika saw a rebirth the photographic series and video transforming into diverse characters donostsev, the Procurator of the Rus- from its position in the center of Plo- of creative self-expression. pieces that brought fame to the artist. ranging from Joan of Arc and Lyubov sian Orthodox Church during Alexan- schad Vosstanya and hidden away in an One of the most provoca- The title of the exhibition refers to a Orlova to Fyodor Dostoevsky and der III’s reign, was both against parlia- interior courtyard of the Russian mu- Ltive Russian artists associated with particular series of photographic works Shakespeare’s Polonius. However, mentary government and intensely an- seum. The stated reason for the reloca- the era was Vladislav Yuryevich in which the artist turns into prominent American film actress Marilyn Mon- ti-Semitic, and he openly stated that tion was that the statue had been ob- Mamyshev-Monroe, whose first ret- historical figures. By doing this, Mamy- roe evoked his inspiration like no one any opposition to the Romanov dynasty structing the flow of tram traffic during rospective is now on display at the shev-Monroe created a new way of else. That is why Mamyshev-Monroe should be ruthlessly crushed, an idea its nearly 30 years in the same spot. Novy Museum. seeing the world through the eyes of took the starlet’s name as his artistic the emperor embraced with gusto. The obelisk built in honor of the pseudonym. In 1901, Paolo Troubetzkoy, an city’s survival during World War II now As well as showing Monroe’s auda- Italian sculptor born in Italy to a Rus- dominates Ploschad Vosstanya. But less cious transformations, the exhibition sian nobleman and an American than 80 years ago, the square was home also introduces visitors to the artist’s mother, was commissioned to build a to a monument that may have been the criticism of glamour and the cult of ce- statue of the late leader. Eight years most accurate portrayal of authoritarian lebrity-worship emerging in the post- later, on May 23, 1909, the final prod- power ever allowed to exist in the city. Soviet territory. Mamyshev-Monroe was born in 1969 and was expelled from school for draw- ing caricatures of Soviet leaders. He be- gan his independent career performing with Sergei Kuryokhin’s orchestra “Pop- ular Mekhanika” in the late 1980s and, at the same time, taking part in exhibitions of new art. The artist held more than 30 one-man shows in all. A selection of his works can still be seen at the Russian State Museum, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and Moscow’s Multimedia Art Museum.

“The Life of the Remarkable Monroe” exhibition will be at the Novy Museum 29, 6th line, Vasilievsky Island, through VASYATKA1 / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS VASYATKA1 NOVY MUSEUM NOVY Aug. 31. For more information, visit Mamyshev-Monroe tried to portray his own life as a performance. www.novymuseum.ru Troubetzkoy’s controversial monument depicting a larger-than-life Alexander III. Manifesta Curator Considers Canceling Biennale Kasper König admits that the event may not happen, citing a lack of civil society and conflicts with the Hermitage.

By D. Garrison Golubock Chto Delat, or “What to do,” announced conflicts with the conservatively man- have,” Piotrovsky said. “We have legis- arts platforms, Piotrovsky must walk a THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES plans to hold their own competing art aged State Hermitage Museum, their lation against hurting religious feelings very fine line to avoid stepping on the festival at the same time as Manifesta. partner in St. Petersburg. König also said ... and this is terrible ... Gay legislation third rail of politics: “I can be sacked in he Manifesta art biennale, König’s statements are a reversal of he had been poorly informed about the is just a small part. one minute,” Piotrovsky said. slated to open in St. Peters- previous remarks in which he has de- situation in Russia when he agreed to cu- Piotrovsky noted that he himself Deciding to host Manifesta, a rov- burg at the end of June, may fended the choice of St. Petersburg as rate the biennale, adding that “the ink on had run afoul of the law protecting reli- ing contemporary arts festival, at the have to be canceled due to the location for this year’s festival. In my contract was still wet when that ap- gious feelings for organizing a showing Hermitage was a bold move and it re- the difficulties of organizing April, König warned against letting palling anti-gay law was passed.” of the Chapman Brothers’ “The End mains to be seen whether Piotrovsky suchT an event in Russia, chief curator politics override the arts festival, saying König said that in the months he of Fun,” which contains scenes involv- will emerge unscathed from the after- Kasper König told Deutsche Welle. that “the environment and the possibili- has spent working in St. Petersburg, “It ing an orgy that were harshly criticized math, even if Manifesta does take place Manifesta has been plagued by ties for this exhibition are very rich and became clear to me that I was working by Orthodox Christians. “[They said] as planned. As for König, the German controversy since the decision to hold it would be a mistake to reduce our pos- in a country where there is no civil so- crucifying a puppet is against religious curator seems to have soured towards the event in St. Petersburg this year: sibilities down to the level of just mak- ciety,” adding that “[in Russia] practi- feelings [ ... ] I told them: ‘You are idi- Russia, and it seems unlikely that he About 2,000 intellectuals and arts fig- ing a particular political statement.” cally anyone can make a law and it is ots,’” Piotrovsky said. will be making a repeat appearance in ures from Europe and Russia have However, in König’s recent interview waved through as long as that person Piotrovsky commented on the im- the Russian arts scene. signed a petition in favor of changing with Deutsche Welle, the curator con- has enough money and power.” portance of avoiding politics in the “I am bothered by the Russian ten- the festival’s location due to Russia’s fessed that politics were far from the only State Hermitage director Mikhail Russian art world, adding that art ex- dency of having to come to terms with law against gay propaganda. problem hindering Manifesta, saying Piotrovsky agreed with some of König’s hibits and performances are too fre- so many things and by the passive- Following Russia’s annexation of that due to problems with cash flow, views on Russian law in a recent inter- quently subverted and turned into divi- ness… I have stopped watching Rus- Crimea, Ukrainian artists urged interna- Manifesta has only been able to pay its view with The Financial Times. “The sive political statements by one side or sian television — I cannot stand the tional participants to boycott the bien- Russian staff irregularly, and the loose, anti-gay legislation is nothing in com- another. As director of one of the brainwashing anymore,” König said in nale, and St. Petersburg art collective idealistic structure of Manifesta has had parison with the real legislation that we country’s most visible and respected the recent interview. 8 ❖ Wednesday, June 11, 2014 ARTS & CULTURE www.sptimes.ru Taking Russia’s New Art to the Masses The Calvert 22 Foundation is giving the country’s best young creative talent a voice on the international stage.

By Lana Matafonov coming upset always seeing Russia por- bow ties through Vkontakte. After we THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES trayed in a negative light — I wanted to wrote about his story, he started to get create this balance. I wanted to see if I approached from people wanting to orget about St. Petersburg’s could do something positive,” she said. sell them abroad,” Materkova said. State Hermitage Museum “Of course Russia is not perfect but I “The most important result for me and Moscow’s State Tretya- know there is another Russia that I know as a founder is to give these people in kov Gallery. When it comes when I go back, that is full of young tal- the regions these types of opportuni- to showcasing the best new ented and creative people. I wanted to ties to be heard. It is so important to Fworks from Russian artists, it’s a small help give people an opportunity to be show that they can do these things, that gallery in the east that is not only pro- seen and heard outside of Russia.” there are possibilities.” viding support but putting Russian Focusing on contemporary art, as According to Materkova, it was contemporary art back in the spotlight. Materkova felt it was the best platform then, by working through these regions, And no, we are not talking about the to engage people, she bought a 500- that the idea for Calvert Forum, a cre- Far East here — this is all happening in square-meter gallery in London’s hip ative think tank, was developed. “We London’s East End. East End. Calling it Calvert 22, after its quickly understood that while we are Calvert 22 Gallery was opened in address, the former warehouse became helping these young people be heard 2009 and has quickly gained the atten- the physical space in which to intro- outside, they need help to implement tion and respect of the international art duce British critics and curators to their projects locally and they need peo- world for its unique Russian exhibitions. Russian contemporary art. ple who will help them do it. So this is Located on London’s Calvert Avenue, “It was a risk,” Materkova admitted. how the think tank came about — to re- the gallery is part of the Calvert 22 Foun- “There has never been a foundation that search the best practices around the dation — the only not-for-profit organi- solely focuses on contemporary culture world that support the creative industry zation registered in the U.K. that is dedi- in the Eastern globe. This whole area is and integrate them into the Russian re- cated to developing contemporary art unknown to British audiences. But I was gions,” she said. and culture projects in Russia and East- determined to show that there are lots of Launching last year to an audience ern Europe with a focus on sharing it all interesting people with ideas in Russia, of 400 at the newly renovated General with an international audience. who want to share and integrate.” Staff Building of the State Hermitage Starting as a one-person project in However, instead of just bringing museum, the Calvert Forum aims to 2009, the foundation has quickly ex- the Russian artists to London, Materk- hold several events a year to discuss in- panded into a creative force in the inter- ova began taking groups of British cu- dustry practices and unlock the cre- national cultural sphere, with its own rators and critics to Russia, allowing ative potential of Russian and Eastern hip gallery space, a cult online maga- them to get immersed and seduced by European cities. zine, reputable educational programs the Russian culture. “I think everyone is creative,” said and partnerships, and the recent launch “Contemporary art has a long his- Materkova. “We all communicate in of a think tank collaboration last year. tory in Britain and the audiences there creative ways. Even in economics and With St. Petersburg famous for being have seen it all. So in order to create in- business, it is easier to communicate Russia’s culture capital, it seems fitting terest, I decided to take a group of pro- creatively. If we look at this from a

that the founder of the foundation, fessional art people to Moscow and St. 22 FOUNDATION CALVERT business point of view, the creative in- Nonna Materkova, is from the city. How- Petersburg,” Materkova said. “I wanted Nonna Materkova is the driving force behind the Calvert 22 Foundation. dustry is a big business — it is what ever, despite being formally trained in fi- these people, with their knowledge and supports small to medium businesses. nance, growing up in St. Petersburg pro- reputations in the art world, to experi- Unfortunately, here in Russia, it has a vided enough cultural education in itself ence firsthand the Russian culture with long way to go as we are still relying to help Materkova start the project. their own eyes and then go back home too much on oil production. So there is “Culture is ingrained inside of and share their own stories with their a lot of potential for development in someone that grows up in St. Peters- own heart and soul, as that allows for the creative industry…especially here burg,” Materkova said, speaking to better communication,” she said. in St. Petersburg — it could do so much The St. Petersburg Times during her Fondly recalling the first of these for the tourism industry here. recent visit back to the city. “I grew up trips, which was back in 2008-09, “I know that in London, for exam- going to museums, appreciated the ar- Materkova remembers everyone ple, the creative community accounts chitecture, the city’s history.” quickly falling in love with Russia. “For for 16 percent of the city’s GDP. In fact, It was 15 years ago, while working most, it was their first trip to the country this sector is the second biggest em- the in finance department at the St. Pe- and they found everything fascinating ployer after financial services in Lon- tersburg City Council, that Materkova and unexpected,” she said. “Of course don,” she said. was offered a British Council scholar- people can have horrible experiences Another key area for the foundation ship at the London School of Econom- everywhere but if you bring people to is Calvert Education, a program run in ics. Upon completion, she found her- the right places, they will love it.” partnership with St. Petersburg’s Smolny self staying and even started her own With the gallery quickly generating College and has growing links with U.K. finance company, advising Russian interest in Russian contemporary art, and U.S. universities. Materkova also businesses in western practices. people were soon seeking to learn has plans to add a charity section to the “I was in London, working hard, fo- more. “Our audiences were asking foundation as well. “More needs to be

cusing on my job and I realized I had this about Russian fashion, literature and 22 FOUNDATION CALVERT done to get people involved in charitable desire to do something creative. I was be- design so I began to explore how we The Calvert Journal team around the corner from their Calvert Avenue office. projects and philanthropy and I am sure

ADVERTISING it will come,” she said. “I see it with the could expand from this physical space chance to be seen and heard outside of younger generations, they really want to [of the gallery] and I recognized that Russia, or even just their town. Although be involved and help disadvantaged peo- the only way was to create an online isolated by location, thanks to social net- ple and I would like to introduce this to source where you can address the works such as Facebook and Vkontakte, our website, as it is a huge area.” whole creative community in Russia. Russia’s social network, journalists at With no signs of slowing down, That is where the idea for The Calvert The Calvert Journal have been able to Materkova is quick to credit her team Journal came from,” she said. find and share such stories and ideas, for the foundation’s success so far. March 2013 saw the launch of on- helping change lives in the process. “Our team is amazing. They make me line magazine. In just over a year, it has One success story involves a young younger and happier and the fact that caught the attention from people man from Russia’s Far East town of they are so passionate makes me feel around the world with its growing au- Vladivostok, who wanted to buy a bow so lucky and makes me keep going,” dience, including readers from the tie and couldn’t find a decent one being she said. “When you feel this energy, U.S., the U.K., Australia, Chile, Iran, sold anywhere locally. This inspired you can’t stop.” Dubai and even Africa. “I think people him to start making his own and soon are reading the magazine, not just be- he was selling them in Moscow. “We For more information, visit calvert22- cause it is Russian culture, but because found out about Igor Karklin and his foundation.org it is showing interesting creative proj- ects,” Materkova said. “The idea for the magazine was to create another platform for discussion,” she said. “We wanted to show our read- ers what was going on and then allow them to decide what they think is inter- esting or not. Of course contemporary culture can be political and we try to represent both views as well. For exam- ple with Ukraine, we asked several people from the creative community in their opinion to show reasons for and against this situation. However, we are not just political. We want to show that there is something else on offer.” The something else on offer are the

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An outdoor garden runway paid homage to British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. A dress made from printed poetry quotes by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. An Afternoon Stroll With the Brits Imperial Gardens of Russia returns, offering locals a chance to enjoy the popular festival with a British flavor.

By Fi McIntyre participants the chance to get creative surrounded by traditional English ine the garden as a space in which to sian poet Mikhail Lermontov describes THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES with their gardens. flowers and plants such as the weeping explore issues ranging from community itself as “the Universe pierced by the Drawing inspiration from a variety willow, the rhododendron and the involvement in local gardening and flow of time, shaped as the Global Cos- o celebrate the UK-Rus- of people and places, the exhibition black elder, all viewed hazily through a farming to the relationship between mic Egg where from the World is sia Year of Culture, a lit- includes some fantastic “green” gems permanent mist mimicking a romantic the garden and childhood. born,” while another is a “harmless tle piece of Britain’s hor- such as the quintessentially English early morning. It’s a brilliant concept One particularly interesting exhibit space of love where one can solve men- ticultural charm has “Show Garden” by British landscape perfectly executed, and lives up to the called “Keys to the Gardens of the tally some life situations.” found a temporary home architect Jo Thompson. Inspired by claim of being a “mirage of elusive Imagination” includes a small wooden The elevator music also makes for Tin St. Petersburg. English manor houses Sissinghurst and beauty.” door framed by drawings from several an annoying distraction, although In the Mikhailovsky Gardens until Pashley Manor, the ornamental steel Less traditional but no less inspiring young gardeners, while another gives thankfully it can’t be heard everywhere, June 15, the 7th Imperial Gardens of gazebo and beautifully ordered flow- offerings include a dress dedicated to us a “virtual flower garden” by string- and several creepy-looking mannequins Russia landscaping festival is showcas- erbeds feel like a little corner of a Brit- Elizabeth Barrett Browning made of ing photos of flowers from a metal in period costume near a set of stalls add ing some of the industry’s finest talent ish National Trust park in the printed quotations from the poet’s green arch and leaving us to imagine nothing but detract much. with their “flowery” masterpieces cre- Mikhailovsky grounds. works and interspersed with red roses, the sounds and smells that should ac- Overall however, the exhibition ated for the festival’s theme of “The Another scenic exhibit called “King- as well as a rather royal-looking white company them. showcases a brilliant mix of British and Art of English Gardens.” dom Come” by Gennady Pastushenko bouquet with gold tassels and pearls There’s also a gloriously playful entry Russian culture and at 250 rubles ($7) Over 50 exhibitors are vying to im- provides a tranquil spot for reflection representing Queen Elizabeth II. based on the Beatles’ song “Yellow Sub- this oasis of calm in the bustling city cen- press a panel of judges headed by with a wooden walkway intertwined with A homage to the English Football marine” complete with a signed guitar. ter is a bargain. “The Art of English Gar- landscape architect Larissa Kanun- green climbers inspired by “the idea of a Association and a plot dedicated to As well as an impressive collection dens” captures exactly what an English nikova across three categories: “Tra- harmonious relationship between a hu- Russian artist Yury Vashchenko’s illus- of gardens, the exhibition has an array garden should be — a relaxing spot to ditions of the English Garden,” in man being and the world of nature.” trations for Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s of stalls selling handicraft items, clothes potter about between the flowerbeds. which competitors imitate the famous English ruins also get a look with Adventures in Wonderland” are also and refreshments. 18th century English landscaping Galina Georgievna Stepanova’s project well worth a look. Although the gardens themselves The 7th Imperial Gardens is on through style; “Gardens of the Great and Fa- “Magic of English Castles.” Standing Inside the Gardeners’ Alley section, never fail to impress, the explanations June 15 at the Mikhailovsky Gardens, 4 mous”; and “Gardens of Imagina- in the middle of a pond, Stepanova’s however, sit the majority of experimen- accompanying them sometimes stray Inzhenernaya Ulitsa. For more infor- tion,” a fun and quirky category giving interpretation of an ancient castle is tal works. These small exhibits reimag- into parody: a project celebrating Rus- mation, visit: igardens.ru

ADVERTISING LANA MATAFONOV / FOR SPT / FOR LANA MATAFONOV Representations of Alice in Wonderland can be found throughout the festival. Food&Drink www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, June 11, 2014 ❖ 10 TABLE Young Chefs Serve Up Their All TALK An international culinary competition crowns a local chef as Russia’s best young talent.

CRAB DEMAND By Gus Peters The Kempinski Hotel Moika 22 THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES is now flying in Kamchatka crab from the Far East city of Vladi- haine des Rotisseurs, a vostok three times a week to meet gastronomic order demand for its signature dish. founded in Paris in 1950 Each international Kempin- but with a history that ski Hotel has its own signature traces back nearly 800 dish and the Kamchatka crab years,C crowned a Russian champion in salad has been the signature dish their Competition of Young Chefs on for the local five-star hotel since Sunday at Swissam Hospitality Busi- it opened in St. Petersburg in ness School. 2006. After a grueling day in which the The unique dish is served culinary expertise of all the competi- with avocado and curry oil and tors was put to the test, Hezret Berdiev, priced at 1,800 rubles ($52.30) as who works at the Percorso Restaurant an entree and 2,150 rubles in the Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace ($62.47) as a main. St. Petersburg, was crowned the cham- pion. He will represent Russia at the LE PREMIERE International Young Chefs Rotisseurs Nevsky Prospekt is now home Competition this September in Dur- to Le Pain Quotidien, the world- ban, South Africa. famous bakery chain. Staying Second place went to Igor Kornev, true to its origins, their location a chef at More. Yachts and Seafood in at 5 Nevsky Prospekt will fea- St. Petersburg while Ivan Khrapov ture family-style seating where from the Marriott Krasnaya Polyana in patrons can feast on oven-fresh Sochi finished third. bread, roasted coffee and tradi- Fourteen chefs were selected to tional French-Belgian dishes. compete in the final on Sunday, repre-

The new location along St. senting some of the most high-end es- CHAINE DES ROTISSEURS Petersburg’s thoroughfare is de- tablishments not only in St. Petersburg The competitors at work in the Swissam kitchen. After creating a menu, they had three hours to prepare their dishes. signed to seat 70 and will be open but all of Russia. Ten of the competitors daily from 6:30 a.m. until 11 p.m. ply their trade in St. Petersburg at well- to prepare a menu. After their menus first Michelin star while in charge of such as Chaine des Rotisseurs’ but in fine throughout the endless days of known places like the Russian Vodka were given to the judges, they had Prague’s Allegro Restaurant, Jonas dining worldwide, yet what they lacked summer. Room, the Stroganoff Steak House and three hours to prepare their dishes. Grip, Executive Chef at Moscow’s Scan- in presentation was made up for in fla- For Our Bread Bakery Group, the Ambassador Hotel. Three of the Three separate juries then passed dinavia Restaurant, and Walter Spalten- vor. However, Peccolo knows from his the managing company of Le chefs, including the competition’s only judgment on the chefs: a kitchen jury, a stein, the rector of Swissam. own experience that one is always learn- Pain Quotidien, this is their first woman, work in Moscow while third- professional jury and a non-profes- At the end of the competition, the ing while working in a kitchen. establishment in St. Petersburg. place finisher Khrapov was the only one sional jury, each containing three peo- judges were more complimentary than This year was the first time that to make the cut from outside of the ple. Each entry was judged by three critical to all who participated in the Swissam hosted the culinary organiza- KILLFISH-ING IT country’s two largest cities. different criteria: presentation, origi- competition. “It was nice to see all the tion’s premier event for developing Better known for offering bot- For more than three hours, the tal- nality and taste. passion you put in during the cooking young talent in Russia, although no tom-of-the-barrel prices on a va- ented cooks sliced and diced their way of the food,” Accordi told them. “We Swissam students were chosen to com- riety of alcohols to thirsty stu- under the watchful eyes of experienced noticed very good cooking skills and pete. The school also had the honor of dents, Killfish Discount Bar is chefs, preparing a three-course menu modern flavor as well. You did a fan- hosting the largest number of contes- looking to class up their image that allowed them to show off their The chefs competed tastic job, all of you.” tants yet. with “Vinotoriya,” a wine bar on creativity. The only requirement they for a chance to Maurizio Peccolo, Executive Chef Chaine des Rotisseurs is an interna- Ulitsa Bolshaya Morskaya that needed to meet was that the main at Swissam and another member of the tional association focused on fine din- opens on June 19. course and appetizer must include represent Russia in kitchen jury, shared a similar opinion ing and the cultivation and encourage- Low-cost wines from Western salmon and beef, but not in the same to Accordi’s. “People put their heart ment of innovation in the kitchen. The Europe, as well as Spanish and dish. For example, Berdiev’s winning South Africa this into it,” he said, “so, for me, all the group, which has over 25,000 members Italian snacks, will be available for menu started with a beef tartare, fol- September. people are winners.” from over 70 different countries, has oenophiles. Killfish will celebrate lowed by salmon complemented by a Although passion is important, Pec- only been in Russia since 2002. the grand opening of their latest Parmesan sauce before finishing with a The judges themselves were a veri- colo did mention that the chefs made The young chefs competition is an venture by hosting a live band and tartlet served with fruits and cream. table who’s-who of the Russian culinary mistakes while preparing their dishes, annual event for the gastronomic order a coinciding swimsuit competition The contestants were put through scene. The esteemed jury members in- mainly due to inexperience. Some dishes and the Russian branch’s event in order to attract more than just an arduous process. After being given cluded Andrea Accordi, Executive Chef lacked presentation, a crucial category switches between Moscow and St. Pe- wine snobs. 15 minutes to select their ingredients, of the Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace that has become increasingly important tersburg, with neither city hosting it the chefs had an additional 30 minutes and the recipient of Eastern Europe’s over the years not just in competitions two years in a row.

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HOW TO USE THE LISTINGS: Serebryanaya Svadba Cabaret pop. jazz & blues The Place, 47 Ul. Marshala Govorova. Leningrad Dixieland Band Jazz dancing. Dates and times are correct at the Tel. 331 9631. 7 p.m. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, 27 Zagorodny time of publication, but last-min- Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Metal. Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, 764 9843. Zal Ozhidaniya, 118 Naberezhnaya 7 p.m. ute changes are not infrequent, Obvodnogo Kanala. Tel. 333 1069. 8 p.m. A Tempo Traditional Afro-Cuban music. so it’s best to check by contacting Matsumoto Zoku / Hidden Tribe Ethno Jazz Philharmonic Hall (Ellington Hall), punk. Zoccolo 2.0, 50 korpus 3 Ligovsky 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, the venue. COMPLETE LISTINGS can Prospekt. 8 p.m. 764 9843. 8 p.m. be found at www.sptimes.ru (or scan the QR code below). jazz & blues Elvira Trafova and Pyotr Kornev Band Jazz sunday, june 15 Unless otherwise stated, stage standards. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, rock, etc. events start at 7 p.m. 764 9843. 7 p.m. The Closing of the Metal Season All stage shows and ValBand Blues. JFC Jazz Club, Acts t.b.c. Backstage Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ul. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. 113 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel: 958 3888. 5 p.m. films are in Russian Cardio Beat Pop rock. Fish Fabrique unless noted. Nouvelle, 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. friday, june 13 Tel. 764 4857. 9 p.m. Alexandrovsky Band Blues rock. Jagger, rock, etc. 2 Ploshchad Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. Stranniye Igry Ska. Backstage Club, 8:30 p.m. STAGES 113 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel: 958 3888. 7 p.m. Cover Party Acts t.b.c. Manhattan, Asketics Post-rock. Dada, 47 Gorokhovaya 90 Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki. DAILY SHOW! Folk Show Ul. Tel. 983 7050. 8 p.m. Tel. 713 1945. 7 p.m. Feel Yourself Russian! Two hours of traditional Chubby Cheeks / The Bends Rock and roll. St. Petersburg Bike Punk Fest #2 P.L.F., Russian songs and dance. The show starts at Fish Fabrique, 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Led by Fear, Adrianocelentano, Internal 19:00 p.m. Nikolayevsky Palace, 7 p.m. and Tel. 764 4857. 9 p.m. Damage, Bolo, Yrodivie, Zarnica, Main Strike, 9 p.m. www.folkshow.ru Nightmares Dark Ambient, Vol. IV Rajfajh, Afonia, Bloodsuckers. Zoccolo 2.0, A.T.M.O.M., Dom Vdovy. GEZ-21, 50 korpus 3 Ligovsky Prospekt. 2 p.m. 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 5258. 8 p.m. wednesday, june 11 Joker’s Band Covers. Jagger, 2 Ploshchad jazz & blues Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. 8:30 p.m. Chizhik Jazz Quartet _rossover jazz. ballet Vasily K. Acoustic. Manhattan, JFC Jazz Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ul. Konservatoriet (Danseskolen). Paquita 90 Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. Graduation performance of the Vaganova Tel. 713 1945. 7 p.m. Ritmo Caliente Traditional Afro-Cuban Academy of Russian Ballet. Mariinsky Theater, Garlic Kings / Pochti Nepyushchy music. Jazz dancing. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, 7.30 p. m. Orkestr Punk rock, folk punk. Mod, 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet about 7 Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboyedova. 764 9843. 7 p.m. the fate of a swan princess, choreographed by Tel. 712 0734. 7 p.m. Swing Couture Gypsy jazz. JFC Jazz Club, Marius Petipa. Mikhailovsky Theater, 7.30 p.m. Simon Patterson Singer/songwriter. Zal 33 Shpalernaya Ul. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. Swan Lake The Yacobson Ballet Theater Ozhidaniya, 118 Naberezhnaya Obvodnogo performs Tchaikovsky’s evergreen classic. Kanala. Tel. 333 1069. 11:55 p.m. Alexandrinsky Theater, 8 p. m. Hailing from Chichester, West Sussex, England, 23-year-old indie-pop singer- monday, june 16 songwriter Tom Odell will perform at A2 on June 17. jazz & blues

concert ANDREW WHITTON All Colors Sergei Dolzhenkov and His Band. rock, etc. Violin and Piano Music Janacek, Schubert, Jazz Philharmonic Hall, 27 Zagorodny DDT Rock. A2, 3 Prospekt Medikov. Chausson, Ravel. Janine Jansen (violin), sunday, june 15 concert Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, 764 9843. 7 p.m. Tel. 309 9922. 8 p.m. Itamar Golan (piano). Mariinsky Concert Hall Symphony Music Brahms. Symphony No. 3. Andrei Svetlov Project Fusion. JFC Jazz Club, Apofeoz Orchestra Fusion, reggae, hip-hop. concert Violin and Cello Concerto in A Minor. Conductor 33 Shpalernaya Ul. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. Dada, 47 Gorokhovaya Ul. Tel. 983 7050. Chamber Music Debussy, Glinka, Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky Concert Hall, 8 p. m. 8 p.m. thursday, june 12 Beethoven. Mariinsky Orchestra. Mariinsky II, Piano Music Beethoven. John Lill (UK). Sweet Little 60s Rock and roll. Jagger, 2 Prokoviev Hall, 6.30 p. m. Shostakovich Philharmonic, Main Hall saturday, june 14 Ploshchad Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. 8:30 p.m. ballet Violin Music Respighi, Sgambati, Martucci Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s evergreen classic ballet and others. Duo Terlizzi (Italy). Shostakovich rock, etc. jazz & blues about the fate of a swan princess, Adagio Hammerklavier. Variations for Philharmonic, Small Hall Backstage Fest Paradise Avenue, Abola, Jazz@Funck Fusion, modern jazz. JFC Jazz choreographed by Marius Petipa. Mariinsky II, two couples. Solo. 5 Tangos Evening of Symphony Music Richard Strauss. Capella Eizimo, Vremya Vetrov, Punched Head , Abort Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ul. Tel. 272 9850. 7.30 p. m. one-act ballets by Hans van Manen set to the Symphony Orchestra. Capella Monroe. Backstage Club, 113 Ligovsky 8 p.m. Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet about music of Beethoven. Mariinsky II, 7.30 p. m. Prospekt. Tel: 958 3888. 6 p.m. the fate of a swan princess, choreographed by Giselle, ou Les Wilis Nikita Dolgushin St. Petersburg Bike Punx Fest #2 Brom, Marius Petipa. Mikhailovsky Theater, 7.30 p.m. stages Adolphe Adam’s tale of a peasant Benzolniye Mertvetsy, Juice Oh Yeah, Smola, tuesday, june 17 woman deceived in love by a young aristocrat. GIGS Vandalizm, Meti. Dada, 47 Gorokhovaya Ul. opera Mikhailovsky Theater, 7.30 p.m. Tel. 983 7050. 6 p.m. rock, etc. The Queen of Spades Tchaikovsky’s opera Cindrella Sergey Prokofiev’s 1945 score Pech / Music AM Alternative rock. Free Tom Odell Indie pop. A2, 3 Prospekt based on the short story by Pushkin. Larisa based on the timeless children’s tale by wednesday, june 11 entrance. Fish Fabrique, Medikov. Tel. 309 9922. 8 p.m. Diadkova sings the role of the Countess. Charles Perrault. Rimsky-Korsakov 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 4857. 9 p.m. Kvadrat Jazz Club Jam session. Griboyedov Mariinsky Theater Conservatory, 7.30 p.m. rock, etc. Rock ‘n’ Razin Acts t.b.c. Fish Fabrique Hill, 2A Voronezhskaya Ul. Tel. 764 4355, Elizium Alternative rock, acoustic. Backstage Nouvelle, 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. 973 7273. 10 p.m. opera Club, 113 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel: 958 3888. Tel. 764 4857. 9 p.m. Son Sekvoii Pop rock. Griboyedov, friday, june 13 Don Carlo Verdi’s tale of royal love, deception, 7 p.m. Alexander Ragazanov and Alexei Lapin 2A Voronezhskaya Ul. Tel. 764 4355, politics and the power of the Spanish Inquisition. Idefiks Hip-hop. Dada, 47 Gorokhovaya Ul. Improvised music. GEZ-21, 973 7273. 9 p.m. ballet Conductor Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky Theater Tel. 983 7050. 8 p.m. 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 5258. 8 p.m. Music Battle Silent Space vs BeZchuvstv. Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet about Solnechny Udar Pop rock. Griboyedov, Black Box Covers. Jagger, 2 Ploshchad Jagger, 2 Ploshchad Konstitutsii. the fate of a swan princess, choreographed by concert 2A Voronezhskaya Ul. Tel. 764 4355, Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. 8:30 p.m. Tel. 923 1292. 8:30 p.m. Marius Petipa. Mariinsky II, 7.30 p. m. Chamber Music Tchaikovsky, Dvorak. 973 7273. 9 p.m. Vollny Indie rock. Mod, 7 Naberezhnaya Biblioteka / Ventilyatsiya Rock. Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s evergreen classic Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble. Conductor Shocking Red Covers. Jagger, 2 Ploshchad Kanala Griboyedova. Tel. 712 0734. 7 p.m. Manhattan, 90 Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki. ballet, choreographed by Marius Petipa. Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici (Romania). Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. 8:30 p.m. The Second Independent Music Festival Tel. 713 1945. 8 p.m. Alexandrinsky Theater, 8 p. m. Mariinsky Concert Hall, 8 p. m. Teenage Manager / New Clear / Zansky PTVP, Prosvet, Dr. Barmental, Mother, West Choral Mussic Victor Pleshak’s ‘Unique Rock. Manhattan, 90 Naberezhnaya Reki Kyoto, Drift, O2H_Traffic, Ditaredrum, 6 day of jazz & blues opera Petersburg’ oratorio. Andreyev State Russian Fontanki. Tel. 713 1945. 8 p.m. August. Mod, 7 Naberezhnaya Kanala Donald Harrison and His Band Jazz, Aida Verdi’s tragic tale of an Ethiopian slave Orchestra and the Smolny Cathedral Voltaire Dark cabaret, dark wave, folk, Griboyedova. Tel. 712 0734. 8 p.m. smooth jazz. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, and her love for an Egyptian soldier. Conductor Chamber Choir. Shostakovich Philharmonic, gothic rock. Zoccolo 2.0, 50 korpus 3 Ligovsky Tori Amos Singer-songwriter. Music Hall, 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, Christian Knapp. Mariinsky Theater Main Hall Prospekt. 8 p.m. 4 Alexandrovsky Park. Tel: 232 9201. 7 p.m. 764 9843. 7 p.m. Die Zauberflüte Mozart’s magic opera about Slim Hip-hop. Zal Ozhidaniya, 118 Lera Gehner Flora & Fauna Original wisdom and love. Performed in Russian jazz & blues Naberezhnaya Obvodnogo Kanala. compositions. JFC Jazz Club, Mariinsky Concert Hall monday, june 16 Alexei Samarin Quartet Piano jazz. Tel. 333 1069. 8 p.m. 33 Shpalernaya Ul. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. Rusalka Antonin Dvorak’s opera about a Jazz Philharmonic Hall (Ellington Hall), sprite’s love for a prince. Conductor Mikhail opera 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, Tatarnikov. Mikhailovsky Theater, 7.30 p.m. Lohengrin Ricard Wagner’s romantic opera 764 9843. 8 p.m. in three acts featuring the ‘Bridal Chorus,’ Sergeant Pepper’s Band Rhythm and better known as ‘Here Comes the Bride.’ blues. JFC Jazz Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ul. saturday, june 14 Mariinsky II, 6 p.m. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. ballet concert Giselle Nikita Dolgushin stages Symphony Music Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky. thursday, june 12 St. Petersburg’s most popular and oft- All-Russian Youth Symphony Orchestra. Soloist performed ballet about a peasant woman and Conductor Yuri Bashmet. Mariinsky rock, etc. deceived in love by a young aristocrat. Concert Hall Summer Gig Na Parizh, UrbaNegativObyekt, Mikhailovsky Theater, 7.30 p.m. Symphony Music Mozart, Beethoven. Chubby Cheeks, Indiana. 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Claude Monet. Painting. Switzerland’s MANEZH CENTRAL EXHIBITION HALL Beyler Foundation loans three of the French 1 St. Isaac’s Square. Tel. 314 8859. Daily SCREENS Impressionist’s paintings to the Hermitage for 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. www.manege.spb.ru the summer. Through Sept. 13 Contrasts: St. Petersburg Through the Chef (2014, U.S.) Jon Favreau’s comedy Lens. Photo. Focused on the perception of starring Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM reality as a process in which there is a Scarlett Johansson and Dustin Hoffman. 2 Inzhenernaya Ul. M: Nevsky Prospekt. continuous change in form and state of both Angleterre (in English with Russian subtitles), Tel. 314 3448, 595 4248. Open 10 a.m. to objects and events, the photographs on view Avrora, Mirage Cinema. 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Monday). 1 p.m. to 9 p.m on encompass the city through reportage, Thursdays. Closed Tuesday. advertising and artistic work. Edge of Tomorrow (2014, U.S.-Australia) www.rusmuseum.ru/eng Through June 15 Doug Liman’s sci-fi thriller starring Tom Cruise, First World War. 1914–1918. Painting, Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton. Avrora, Jam Hall, graphics. This exhibition brings together 250 PUSHKINSKAYA 10 ART CENTER Mirage Cinema, Velikan Park. works from the museum collection of the Russian 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 5371. Open Museum to honor the memory of participants Wed to Sun, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. www.p-10.ru I’ll Bury You (Je te survivrai) (2014, and victims of the WWI. Through Aug. 11 Museum of Non-Conformist Art. Nikolai Belgium-France) Sylvestre Sbille’s comedy Gennady Myznikov. Painting. More than 50 Zverev: Portrait as Creative Method. starring Jonathan Zaccai, Ben Riga and figurative and landscape works from the Painting, drawing. This posthumous Laurent Capelluto. Dom Kino. 1950s to the 2010s from museums and retrospective exhibition presents the artist’s private collections across Russia as well as portraits of legendary figures from Leningrad’s NEW! In the Blood (2014, U.K.-Puerto Rico) from the artist’s private collection. underground arts scene. Through June 22 John Stockwell’s crime thriller starring Gina Through June 16 Navicula Artis Gallery. Art League. Ninth Carano, Danny Trejo and Cam Gigandet. International Mini-Art Festival. Participating Velikan Park. Starts June 12. STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM: artists from more than ten countries and MIKHAILOVSKY (ENGINEERS’) CASTLE across Russia present work made in different Maleficent (2014, U.S.) Robert Stromberg’s 2 Sadovaya Ul. M: Nevsky Prospekt. techniques and styles, all of which measure a adventure fantasy starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Tel. 313 4112. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. mere 15 by 15 centimeters. Through June 15 Fanning and Brenton Thwaites. Avrora, Mirage Monday). 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays. Navicula Artis Gallery. Igor Makarevich: Cinema, Velikan Park. Closed Tuesday. Homo Lignum. Cabinet of Curiosities. Alexander Benois Stetto: Flowers and Drawing, photo, objects. In a parallel program Once Upon a Forest (Il etait une foret) Still Lifes. Painting. Works by Benois di to Manifesto 10, Makarevich gives form to his (France, 2013) Luc Jacquet’s documentary. Stetto are exhibited as part of the museum’s invented character Homo Lignum through an Avrora. Imperial Gardens of Russia festival, bringing accumulation of text, photos and objects. to a close a series of shows dedicated to this Through June 29 NEW! Obsessive Rhythms (Cadences lesser-known member of the Benois family. NEW! Parnik Art Project. Anya obstinees) (2013, France-Portugal) Fanny Through July 15 Mariengof: Looking for a man or a Ardant’s romantic drama starring Asia mirror. Graphics, photography. June 14 Argento, Nuno Lopes and Franco Nero. Avrora. ST. PETERSBURG STATE MUSEUM OF through July 15 THEATER AND MUSIC A Promise (2013, France-Belgium) Patrice 8 Stremyannaya Ul. Tel. 764 1130. Daily ROSPHOTO STATE CENTER OF Leconte’s romantic drama starring Rebecca 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Monday, Tuesday PHOTOGRAPHY Hall, Richard Madden and Alan Rickman. and last Friday of the month. 35 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul. Tel. 314 6184. Angleterre (in English with Russian subtitles), The Passion of Shakespeare. Exhibition. Daily 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. www.rosfoto.org Avrora, Dom Kino, Velikan Park. The famous bard’s works are examined NEW! Veins: Anders Petersen and Jacob through their interpretations by Soviet actors. Aue Sobol. Two internationally-acclaimed Seduced and Abandoned (2013, U.S.) Internationally acclaimed documentary photographers Anders Petersen and Through Aug. 10 documentary photographers show their work James Toback’s documentary starring Alec Jacob Aue Sobol exhibit their work together for the first time at Rosphoto gallery. together for the first time. June 11 through Baldwin, Ryan Gosling, Martin Scorsese and Aug. 3 Francis Ford Coppola. Dom Kino. MILITARY MEDICINE MUSEUM GALLERIES MUSEUMS 2 Lazaretny Pereulok. M: Pushkinskaya. Tel. 315 5358, 315 7287. Daily, 11 a.m. to KARL BULLA PHOTOSALON ACADEMY OF ARTS MUSEUM 6 p.m., (10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday). 54 Nevsky Prospekt, 3rd floor. Tel. 314 3301. 17 Universitetskaya Nab. Tel. 323 6496, Closed Sunday. Daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. www.bullafond.ru 323 3578 M: Vasileostrovskaya. Wednesday Soldiers of a Forgotten War: World War I through Sunday, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Medicine. Exhibition. Medical achievements BULTHAUP DESIGN GALLERY Sergey Speranski. Multimedia. This from 1914-1918. Through Dec. 31 2 Bolshaya Konyushennaya Ul. Tel. 336 3003. exhibition in honor of the architect who built Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of POLITICAL HISTORY OF RUSSIA MUSEUM Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Closed Sunday. Leningrad offers an overview of the artist’s 2/4 Ul. Kuibysheva. M: Gorkovskaya. www.design-gallery.ru career through sketches, drawings, models Tel. 233 7052. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed IZBA. Decorative art. Decorative art. and photographs, including previously Thursday and the last Monday of the month. Following a presentation at Milan’s Salone del unpublished graphic work. Through June 29 www.polithistory.ru Mobile in April, eight Russian designers Joy of Being. Painting. Three painters, who BAM – The Rails of Time. Photos, present their interpretations of everyday are also friends, focus on the small moments in documents. An exhibition celebrating the objects. Through June 30 life that bring the greatest joy. Through June 18 construction of the Baikal-Amur railroad. Through Dec. 26 DIDI ART GALLERY ANNA AKHMATOVA MUSEUM AT THE 62 Bolshoi Prospekt, V.O. FOUNTAIN HOUSE POLITICAL POLICE MUSEUM M: Vasileostrovskaya. Tel. 320 7357. 12 p.m. NEW! Kertu (Love is Blind) (2013, Estonia) Ilmar Raag’s romantic drama starring Juri 34 Fontanka River, entrance from 53 Liteiny 6 Admiralteisky Prospekt. M: Gostiny Dvor, to 8 p.m., weekend Lumiste, Mait Malmsten and Ursula Ratasepp. Velikan Park. Starts June 12.

Pr. M: Gostiny Dvor, Mayakovskaya. Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 312 2742. Monday 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. www.didigallery.com AMRION Tel. 272 2211. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Chronicle Group. Painting, drawing, Monday; 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the last Wednesday For Loyalty: D.A. Bystroletov. Exhibition. sculpture. DiDi Art Gallery continues a project of every month. www.akhmatova.spb.ru The life and work of a sleeper agent who dedicated to the culture of Leningrad in Lev Britanishsky: Youth, Life, Creativity. spent years abroad recruiting agents for the the late 1970s and early 1980s with work by Graphics. This small display is part of the Soviet Union before being imprisoned. Timur Novikov and others. museum’s Artistic Culture of Leningrad and St. Through Dec. 31 Through June 30 Petersburg and Leningrad in the 20th Century series and presents printed illustrations by POPOV CENTRAL MUSEUM OF ERARTA MUSEUM Britanishsky for Alexander Blok’s poem “The COMMUNICATIONS 2, 29th Line, V.O. M: Vasileostrovskaya. Stranger” and works from the series “The Song 3 Pochtamtsky Pereulok. Tel. 323 9718. Tel. 324 0809. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Closed of Songs.” Through June 15 Tuesday through Saturday, 10.30 a.m. to Tuesday. www.erarta.com 6 p.m. Closed the last Thursday of each Enver Bajkeev: The Strength of ISAAK BRODSKY APARTMENT MUSEUM month. www.rustelecom-museum.ru Materials. Painting, sculpture, installation, 3 Pl. Iskusstv. M: Nevsky Prospekt. graphics. A posthumous exhibition of works by Tel 314 3658. Wednesday through Sunday, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV APARTMENT multimedia artist and curator displays the 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. MUSEUM range of his artistic production, including NEW! Anatoly Nacheva. Painting. 28 Zagorodny Prospekt, Courtyard. several important monumental canvases. Landscapes with a monumental and fairytale M: Dostoyevskaya. Tel. 713 3208, 315 3975. Through June 25 quality that continue the development of classic Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tesserae. Sculpture. St. Petersburg’s KGB Russian genre painting. June 11 through 22 Closed last Friday of each month. art collective presents work made using the Small Tragedy – Fatal Passion. Personal labor-intensive technique of stone mosaic that NEW! Neighbors (2014, U.S.) Nicholas Stoller’s comedy starring Zac Efron, Seth Rogen HISTORY OF ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM: items, posters. Dedicated to the 170th examines issues surrounding memory, both and Dave Franco. Mirage Cinema, Velikan Park.

MUSEUM OF PRINTING anniversary of the birth of the famed Russian personal and cultural, and conjures images of UNIVERSAL PICTURES 32 Nab. Reki Moiki. Tel. 312 0977. Daily 11 a.m. composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Through Art Nouveau decorative panels, fashion to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Friday). Closed Wednesday. Oct. 5 photography and expressionistic painting. With and Without Lenin. Photography, Through July 10 posters, documents. Celebrating the 30th SHUVALOVSKY PALACE anniversary of the museum. Through July 21 21 Nab. Reki Fontanki, M: Mayakovskaya, MARINA GISICH GALLERY Gostiny Dvor. Tel. 314 7053 121 Nab. Reki Fontanki. Tel. 314 4380. KONSTANTINOVSKY PALACE Faberge. Viktor Vekselberg’s private collection. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. 3 Beryozovaya Alleya, Strelna. Tel. 421 4289. Closed Sunday. www.gisich.com. Larisa and Pavel Tkachenko. Design, STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM Kerim Ragimov: Human Project. Painting. A installation. The styles of two of the leaders of 1 Palace Square. M: Nevsky Prospekt. retrospective of the painter’s figurative work that the St. Petersburg fashion world are Tel. 571 3420, 571 3465. Daily, 10.30 a.m. to aims to capture the diversity of the human presented. Through June 29 6 p.m. (9 p.m. Wednesday). Closed Monday. experience and which he has worked on for the www.hermitagemuseum.org past 20 years. Through Aug. 31 MATYUSHIN MUSEUM OF THE NEW! Monologue in Praise of the ST. PETERSBURG AVANT-GARDE Seashell. Blue Bedroom. No information LOFT-PROJECT ETAGI 10 Ul. Professora Popova. M: Petrogradskaya. available. 11 June 2014 through 74 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 458 5005. Daily Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Tuesday). 11 June 2015 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Closed Wednesday. www.spbmuseum.ru At the Court of the Russian Emperors. NEW! World Press Photo. Photo. The World Alexander Kozhin. Painting, graphics, Costume. A display of imperial clothing from Press Photo exhibition tour of prize-winning objects. The avant-garde artist, who lives and the museum’s vast archives. Through Sept. 21 photographs, the most popular traveling photo works in Arkhangelsk, shows his latest Servants of the Russian Imperial Court. event in the world, stops in St. Petersburg with NEW! Frank (2014, Ireland-U.K.) Lenny Abrahamson’s comedy starring Michael Fassbender, experiments in abstract painting, graphic art Costume. See what the servants wore while at its blend of fascinating and disturbing images. Domhnall Gleeson and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Angleterre (in English with Russian subtitles).

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(812) 943-60-04 With over 30 unique cafes in they want to eat, even a picky diner will close to the Hermitage and with a Everyday: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m St. Petersburg, the large coffee chain with find a match. The food is reasonably summer terrace. Its open kitchen, run by www.italy-group.ru a sweet name has been operating in priced, solidly prepared, very pleasing head chef Luca Pellino and sous-chef Hotel Novotel St. Petersburg Centre Located on the second floor of Russia and across the CIS for many years. and superbly tasty. Tiziano Valente, offers homemade pasta, 3a Ulitsa Mayakovskogo Vladimirsky Passage, Birerria gastro pub Each cafe is designed with a relaxing sausages, desserts and ice-cream. A Tel: (812) 335-11-88, fax: 335-11-80 offers panoramic views overlooking the interior and offers the same welcoming $$ supervised kids’ playroom and kids www.accorhotels.com/5679 Vladimirskaya Church. hospitality as well as the company’s menu is also avaliable. Japanese dishes Novotel opens its Summer Terrace until the The menu offers dishes like a true Italian excellent coffee, desserts and hot dishes EUROPEAN / ASIAN / RUSSIAN can be ordered from the adjacent “Sushi end of summer. Comfortable atmosphere, trattoria. The beer menu is also the envy from both European and Russian cuisines. BIBLIOTEKA: Food and the City Lounge.” Open Sun-Thurs 11 a.m. – Summer flowers, relaxed seating, attentive of all other venues in St. Petersburg with The aroma of roasted coffee beans, along 11 p.m., Fri-Sat until 1 a.m. and friendly service, special summer over 70 brands of bottles, 20 different with a classic cappuccino topped with soft Delivery service available. dishes from our Kitchen Chef will help to draft beers and two beers specially foam accompanied by a slice of gourmet enjoy the warm days. Welcome to our new brewed by one of Russia’s leading Napoleon cake will set a romantic mood $$ cozy Novotel Cafe where you can have a breweries, AF Brew. Birreria — a new on any given day. A toasted club sandwich quick and tasty snack. The café offers a modern-style pub where food and beer with chicken, Felino salami, Maasdam Romeo’s Bar & Kitchen comprehensive and balanced cuisine at have the same value! cheese and traditional rabbit-filled 20 Nevsky Prospekt reasonable price. Novotel Café is perfect Breakfast: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Business dumplings will also please guests with a First floor: open 24 hours; second floor: for both spending free time and holding lunch: Noon to 4 p.m. (290 rubles). Live hearty appetite. Every day Shokoladnitsa 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.; bar: 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. business meeting in informal setting. sports broadcast. invites you to enjoy a coffee date across Tel: (812) 244 15 94 Tel: (812) 572-54-48 At our lobby bar Intermezzo guests find the northern capital. www.ilovenevsky.ru. 43 Ul. Rimskogo Korsakova an extensive vodka list, beers, wines, $$ We look forward to serving you! BIBLIOTEKA is a unique three-floor www.romeosbarandkitchen.ru cocktails, alcohol collection from all restaurant with delicious cuisine and The restaurant is a walking distance from around the world. Mouthwatering RUSSIAN $ cultural heritage. Located at 20 Nevsky the Mariinsky Theater and has three homemade tempting cakes and pastries Prospekt, in a beautiful historic former spaces inside — restaurant, cafe and bar. at our La Brioche Deli-Counter. Take away Palkin Dutch church, the restaurant is in the It offers customers: Breakfast; business service. Open daily for à la carte from MODERN RUSSIAN very heart of St. Petersburg and just a lunch (from 210 rubles), freshly baked 06:30—23:00, breakfast 06:30—10:00, VKUS YEST stone’s throw from the State Hermitage pizza, as well as desserts from our own buffet business lunch 12:00—16:00. NEW RESTAURANT Museum. Here diners can enjoy a meal confectionery. Romeo’s Bar & Kitchen Major credit cards are accepted. 47 Nevsky Prospekt. while touring along Nevsky, have a will also help you organize birthdays, Tel: (812) 703-53-71, www.palkin.ru romantic dinner, or come with friends for weddings, parties and any other special $$ Open: noon to 11.30 p.m. a late night party with live music. event. PALKIN restaurant is located in The first floor offers some of the best KARAOKE BAR the very heart of St. Petersburg. 82 Nab. Reki Fontanka cakes and pastries in the city, $$$ Jelsomino Our constant search for new Hours: Mon-Fri: noon-11 p.m., Fri-Sat: homemade burgers as well as traditional flavors, by painstakingly noon-1 a.m., Sun: 2 p.m.-11 p.m. Russian dishes. TONY’s Kitchen researching through old cook Tel: 983 33 76 The second floor offers a large variety of books, and strict standards tastetoeat.ofwgroup.ru European and Asian cuisine in a cozy yet regarding the use of ingredients, Opening: April 18, 2014 spacious room. 5/29 Poltavskaya Ulitsa. Tel: 703 5796 make Palkin one of the few places Vkus Yest is the second restaurant The third floor is where the bar is located, VIP reservations: 999 96 96 in the world where diners can project by Alexei Ten and Christina offering cocktails and beers, along with 88 Maly Prospekt V.O. Tel: (812) 988-80-20 Open from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. enjoy the finest dishes of Vasileva from the OFW creative group. parties, jazz evenings and music jams. Tony’s Kitchen is a relaxed restaurant Amazing sound, modern visuals, karaoke aristocratic Russian cuisine in the Officially opening on Apr. 18, the concept BIBLIOTEKA also offers full breakfasts, that is equally perfect for a business menu and professional vocal equipment. elegant atmosphere of an upscale behind the restaurant combines Russia’s lunches and dinners for tourists and meeting or a romantic dinner. The meals A fancy place to party for the famous and establishment. An extensive wine true gastronomical culture with a modern suitable for large groups. on offer take into account any and all beautiful. Appearances by Russian stars collection is also on offer. The Russian twist. This concept is evident preferences. Italian, Pan-Asian and and others in show business. Everything opulent interiors include an open and run throughout the restaurant; from $$ Japanese cuisine are all available along here is in good taste, fun and beautiful. fireplace. Smoking area available. the interior through to the kitchen. with a wide selection of wines, found New menu! New interior, the latest While the menu may not be extensive, it EUROPEAN / RUSSIAN displayed on shelves in the dining room. technology and a statement in fashion. $$$ offers seasonal dishes using well known Yelagin – The restaurant is located across two recipes but created with innovative A restaurant on the water floors, which making it convenient for $$$ cooking techniques as well as with informal celebrations, including birthday КоКоКо products not typically used. parties and corporate events. Tony’s PUB Meanwhile, the bar menu has a focus on Kitchen has all the amenties for an Bruxelles Belgian Gastro Pub offering many different types of vodka enjoyable family outing as it has a and Russian bread wine (30-40 different spacious children’s room with a nanny, 8 Nekrasova Ulitsa types are planned), homemade liquor Nab. Martynova, opposite bld. 40 coloring books and a children’s menu. Tel: 579 0016. www.kokoko.spb.ru and traditional Russian non-alcoholic Tel: (812) 9471544 Sunday is also officially family day at At Russia’s first farm-to-table restaurant, drinks and teas. The extensive wine list Yelagin is a new project by ITALY GROUP Tony’s, where creative workshops and 20/16 Ulitsa Vosstaniya chef Igor Grishechkin offers a new take also assures that the restaurant is also a and is located at the front of the main competitions for children are held. Tel: (812) 944-0-336 on Russian cuisine. The menu includes serious wine bar! entrance of Central Recreational Park Everyday: noon to 2 a.m. unusual dishes as bortsch 3.0, a Soviet (ЦПКиО). Situated on the water, it has a $$ www.italy-group.ru tourist’s breakfast, ice cream with halva $$

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Учредитель и издатель – ООО «Нева Медиа». Главный редактор – Крис Гордон. Адрес: 190000, СПб, Конногвардейский бульвар, 4, 7 подъезд, 3-й этаж. Свидетельство о регистрации средства массовой информации ПИ № ФС2-8918 от 30 ноября 2007 года, выдано Управлением Федеральной службы по надзору за соблюдением законодательства в сфере массовых коммуникаций и охране культурного наследия по Северо-Западному федеральному округу. Издание предназначено для аудитории старше 16 лет. Отпечатано в ОАО «Первая Образцовая типография» филиал «СПб газетный комплекс». 198216, СПб, Ленинский пр., 139. Заказ № 1364. Подписано в печать: по графику в 1.00, фактически в 1.00. Тираж 20000 экз.