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A girl skips down a flight of steps in the Academy of Arts Museum. The city’s museums are hosting “Children Days in St. Petersburg,” an educational project that gives local BRAINY DAYS kids an intellectually stimulating activity utilizing St. Petersburg’s numerous cultural institutions, during the week-long autumn break for Russia’s students. See story, page 8.

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Activists report that police have started a new A Russian rock legend investigation into the 2012 criticizes pro-Kremlin protests on the iconic Concern grows over the performers. Page 9. cathedral’s square. Page 2. potential new law. Page 4. News www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, November 5, 2014 ❖ 2 Police Resume Investigation of St. Isaac’s Case By Sergey Chernov test], who stood next to you, what did THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES you see and did you see how the vehi- Police investigators have resumed what cle was set on fire?’” Idrisov said. the media called the St. Isaac’s Case — an A total of 500 people were detained investigation into the protests on St. Isaac’s on St. Isaac’s Square on Mar. 5, 2012, Square, which took place two and half Idrisov said. About 350 were delivered years earlier, human rights activists said. to a number of police stations while the They warn that the case could lead to a rest were released from the vehicles. political repression similar to the Bolot- A total of 250 were charged with vio- naya Case in Moscow, where a number of lating the rules of holding public assem- protesters were imprisoned and sentenced blies and failing to follow a police offi- to prison terms over alleged mass riots. cer’s orders. Approximately half of Hundreds were detained on Mar. 5, them were later fined by the court, 2012, when several thousand took to while cases against the other half were the street to protest the way the 2012 closed, he said. presidential election was held. Apart According to Idrisov, the investiga- from concerned citizens, an estimated tors are working with the 350 people 4,000 protesters included activists be- who were taken to police stations, and longing to many political groups, from thus have their details recorded. left-wing to liberal to nationalist. He said the case had been closed Although the City Electoral Com- due to the lack of suspects and recently mittee said that Vladimir Putin re- reopened. According to Idrisov, the in- ceived 58.77 percent of votes in St. Pe- vestigation is supervised by the St. Pe- tersburg, observers and opposition ac- tersburg city prosecutor’s office. tivists believed that his real result was “Two people were detained as sus- no higher than 40 percent. pects [in 2012], but were later released,

Apart from the fact that no real op- SPT / FOR CHERNOV SERGEY because they had an alibi and obviously position candidate was allowed to par- OMON riot police on St. Isaac’s Square on Mar. 5 2012, where around 4,000 people came to protest against electoral fraud. did not do it,” he said. ticipate in the election, the observers Idrisov said that the case can be used described the Mar. 4, 2012, voting as a Molotov cocktail at a police vehicle In the report, the police said that summoned people went to the investiga- to put pressure on the opposition. “special op,” citing fake polling stations parked on the square. It ignited near the criminal cases of criminal misconduct tor with lawyer Sergei Kotsyuk. “This is the only unauthorized mass that turned in figures of more than 90 vehicle but was quickly put out by the were opened following the alleged inci- The person, whose name was not protest in St. Petersburg which can be percent for Putin and observers with OMON officers, causing no damage. Ac- dents, and a special group of experi- revealed, had a vague memory of the used for harassing opposition activists, fake IDs, among other violations. cording to the police report, the incident enced investigators and police detec- events. According to Idrisov, he was because effectively every activist be- Protesters came to St. Isaac’s Square took place at around 9 p.m., i.e. after tives was formed, but no further reports detained at the rally and spent the rest longing to a wide range of political the following evening, where a large most detentions had already been made. about the investigation were released. of the day in a police vehicle, and then movements was there,” he said. group of police was gathered. Although The same report claimed that two People were first summoned as wit- at Police Station No. 2, where 27 other “The fact that fire was set to an the rally was peaceful, the OMON riot Molotov cocktails were also thrown near nesses on Oct. 8, according to the De- detainees were held. Two other people OMON vehicle is sufficient to qualify police started to surround groups of the Grand Choral Synagogue on Ler- tainee Support Group. Those questioned were reportedly summoned for ques- the protest as mass riots.” people and take them to police vehicles montovsky Prospekt, at a considerable were people who were detained in the tioning the same day. According to Idrisov, some of people without giving a reason. distance from the site of the protests, at square during the protests in 2012, hu- Speaking to The St. Petersburg summoned to the investigators have On Mar. 6, 2012, the police reported about 10:10 p.m. that evening, but no man rights activist Dinar Idrisov reported Times on Tuesday, Idrisov said that moved from St. Petersburg since then. that an unknown man allegedly threw a damage was inflicted there either. on Oct. 10. According to him, one of the people continued to be questioned, but A police spokesman was not avail- no well-known opposition leaders had able at the time the paper went to РЕКЛАМА yet been summoned. press, but he confirmed earlier to sev- “They are being asked, ‘Where did eral media outlets that the case was you stand, how did you find yourself being investigated, although he de- there, why did you come [to the pro- clined to give any details. ALL ABOUT TOWN

Wednesday, Nov. 5 be in French with Russian subtitles. Listen to Alexei Orelovich, a St. Pe- See the theater’s website for a full list tersburg-based pianist and com- of films. poser, during his free concert at the British Book Center this evening. Sunday, Nov. 9 The show starts at 7 p.m. Russia’s largest real estate exhibi- tion, Real Estate Fair November Thursday, Nov. 6 2014, which is being hosted by Len- AmCham welcomes LenEnergo expo convention center on general director Andrey V. Soro- Vasilievsky Island, concludes today. chinsky to their office in the New St. Starting on Nov. 7, over 400 compa- Isaac Office Center on Ulitsa nies will be on hand to offer the lat- Yakubovicha during this morning’s est opportunities available for those meeting focusing on the topic of tar- looking for their next home. iff regulation for electricity in St. Pe- Travel around the world without tersburg from 2014 to 2019. Register leaving the city limits during 1235 for the event by emailing all@spb. Travel Movie Festival. The films amcham.ru or calling 448 1646. cover 12 different countries and, as Labor Market trends in 2014 are the name of the film festival sug- looked at in detail at SPIBA’s round gests, the combined footage lasts table discussion on the topic in the exactly 1,235 minutes. Information Mertens House Business Center on about the event, which began on Nevsky Prospekt. Register for the Oct. 29 and ends this evening, can event by Nov. 5 if you wish to attend be found on the event’s Vkontakte by emailing [email protected] or call- page. ing 325 9091. Monday, Nov. 10 Friday, Nov. 7 The Coffee Museum celebrates Learn more about waste disposal in their birthday with a weeklong cel- St. Petersburg at the meeting this ebration of all things java starting morning in SPIBA’s office in the today. To kick off the week, the mu- Mertens House Business Center ti- seum welcomes all to a coffee tast- tled “Discussion of the Situation in ing session with actor Sergei Mig- the Field of Waste Disposal.” The itsko, the lead actor of the Lenso- purpose of the meeting is to analyze viet Theater, at 7 p.m. this evening. the situation and brainstorm alterna- tives and solutions. Register by Nov. Tuesday, Nov. 11 6 for the event by emailing office@ Treat your taste buds at Peterfood spiba.ru or calling 3259091. 2014, a three-day convention begin- ning today at Lenexpo. Customers Saturday, Nov. 8 will get the chance to buy everything Today kicks off the Week of French from meat and dairy products to di- Cinema at the Aurora Theater on etary products, baked bread and 16+ Nevsky Prospekt. All the films will various herbs and spices. The St. Petersburg Times | www.sptimes.ru NEWS Wednesday, November 5, 2014 ❖ 3 SKA End Pink October Raises Cancer Awareness By Irina Titova Skid with THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES Up to 94 percent of women suffering from breast cancer can be saved if the Close Win illness is diagnosed in the early stages, doctors say. By Nathan Proctor However, on average only 40 per- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES cent of women in Russia regularly have A dominant first period spared SKA its a breast examination, often because third defeat in four matches — but only they are not sufficiently aware of a po- by the skin of their teeth. tential threat. In some regions these The first-place St. Petersburg club figures are even lower. For instance, in capped off a road trip to forget with a St. Petersburg only 25 to 30 percent of 2-1 victory over KHL newcomers HC women have an annual check-up, ex- Sochi at the Bolshoi Ice Dome Sunday perts say. night in the Black Sea city. For this reason, Royal Philips, a The Petersburg squad directed play Dutch technology company, organized throughout the first period and were the fourth annual social campaign for quick to jump on their host’s first mis- breast cancer awareness in Russia last take of the evening — a clumsy penalty October. As part of the company’s for having too many men on the ice. global initiative called “Pink October,” Twenty seconds into their power play, hundreds of women had breast exami- Artemy Panarin cycled the puck be- nations in Moscow and St. Petersburg in hind the net to Yevgeny Dadonov, who private clinics free of charge. In Novem- fired a pass to Viktor Tikhonov be- ber the campaign will also take place in tween the dots. The Russian center- a number of other Russian cities, includ- man snapped a one-time shot past the ing Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Kirov, reach of goalie Tomas Popperle. Murmansk and Vladivostok. The highly skilled troika wasn’t fin- Every day in October three or four ished; with six minutes remaining in the women had a free breast examination first period they coordinated to double in St. Petersburg’s International ME- the Army Men’s lead. DEM Clinic, which participated in

Bursting over the blue-line in tight Philips’ campaign. The city’s women FOR SPT cohesion, Panarin placed a text-book also had a chance to have a mammo- On average, only 40 percent of women in Russia regularly have a breast examination, often because they are not aware of the threat. cross-ice pass behind the skates of Tik- gram on the clinic’s new Philips digital honov and a collapsing defender onto mammography system MicroDose, riences a nagging pain in their breast or in their body, increasing the risk of A genetic history of breast cancer is the waiting stick of Dadonov, who lifted which is characterized by an X-ray dose other unpleasant feelings. breast cancer, he said. also a worrying factor, so women whose the puck over Popperle’s glove and into that is twice as low as other existing “After the age of 40, every woman “The other negative hormone fac- close female relatives had breast can- the top near-side corner of the net. digital mammographic systems, and should visit a breast physician and have tors for potential breast cancer are cer or cancer of other female organs Led by the exuberance of their sec- has the fastest procedure. a mammogram done every year, most abortions, particularly for women who should have regular check-ups from ond line, SKA’s youth shined on a night “Every year more than a million preferably from the fifth to the 12th have never had children before or re- the age of 20 on, the oncologist said. when many of its usually consistent vet- breast cancer cases are registered in the day of her menstrual cycle,” Danshov jected breast feeding and even from Meanwhile, general cancer factors erans appeared to be on holiday during world, while 25 percent of those cases said. maternity. According to statistics, include urbanization accompanied with their southern sojourn. 23-year-old Ev- are found among women younger than This is because breast cancer is a so- women who have had at least two chil- pollution, irradiation, stress, poor nu- geni Ivannikov sat between the pipes in 50,” said Peter Vullinghs, Philips CEO called hormone-dependant type of dren born before the age of 25 have trition with a diet high in fatty foods place of Alexander Salak and though he in Russia and the CIS. cancer, and after the age of 40 women three times less risk for breast cancer and a number of other components, saw little action in the first 20 minutes, “The social campaign of Philips is start having the first hormone changes in future,” Danshov said. doctors say. the Russian was sharp all evening. aimed to attract women’s attention to Before the first period came to a the need for a regular check-up, as de- close, Sochi’s Roman Lyuduchin picked tection of the illness at the early stage up a loose puck mishandled by SKA’s increases the possibility of full recovery Yury Alexandrov in the neutral zone by several times,” Vullinghs said. and skated in alone on Ivannikov. The In Russia breast cancer is diagnosed young Russian held his crease, shoved among 50,000 women every year, with a point-blank shot aside with his 70 percent of women having no genetic blocker and denied Sochi a huge op- predisposition to the illness, the com- portunity in dramatic fashion. pany said. In the second period, HC Sochi came Andrei Danshov, an oncologist at out of the tunnel a different squad. Af- St. Petersburg’s International MEDEM ter building up a plethora of chances, Clinic, said breast cancer is the most they finally culminated in a flashy be- frequent cancer type among women in hind-the-back pass from Yevgeny Lap- the world, followed by cervical cancer. enkov that set up American and NHL In Russia the breast cancer detec- veteran Ryan Whitney for a powerful tion frequency is 43 to 45 in every slap shot and his second KHL goal. 100,000 women, and the survival rate Sochi continued to pin SKA deep into their own zone until the final whistle, but none of Sochi’s 13 shots on goal could find the back of the net. A In St. Petersburg, an handful of acrobatic saves by Ivan- estimated 50 to 55 nikov denied Sochi the opportunity to level the match, despite the lackluster women out of every play in front of him. 100,000 are diagnosed Sochi has struggled in their inaugural season, sitting on the very bottom of the with breast cancer. Western Conference table, but the first- year club might have finally found its from the illness is 45 to 50 percent. In skates. The squad won three of its last St. Petersburg, the detection frequency five coming into the match and gave the for breast cancer is 50 to 55 in every KHL leaders another difficult contest. 100,000 women and the survival rate is SKA head coach Vyacheslav Bykov 59 percent, Danshov said. was quick to acknowledge that they made Meanwhile, in the U.S., the world’s their lives “difficult” in the third period leader in breast cancer detectability, during his post-game press conference, the breast cancer detection frequency but stressed the importance of his club is 80 women for every 100,000 and the ending their trip with three points. survival rate reaches 89 percent. In Eu- “We got the required result and fin- rope, the survival rate from breast can- ished this away series on a positive cer is 70 to 80 percent, Danshov said. note,” said Bykov. “To a large extent, the positive re- The Army Men play only two sult of the U.S. and Europe is condi- matches over the next two weeks, while tioned by higher awareness among four of their skaters fight for the Karjala women about the need for a regular Cup with the Russian National team. Ilya check-up,” Danshov said. Kovalchuck, Artemy Panarin, Maxim In fact, women should have their first Chudinov and the recently acquired At- breast examination after surpassing the lant man Roman Rukavishnikov are age of 20. Normally for women between amongst the call-ups. 20 to 30 years old, ultrasound scanning SKA will return to their home ice to- or a mammogram is recommended once morrow night to face Eastern Confer- every two or three years. After 30, an ence leaders Metallurg Magnitogorsk at annual visit to a breast physician is rec- 7:30 p.m. ommended, especially if a woman expe- 4 ❖ Wednesday, November 5, 2014 NEWS www.sptimes.ru | The St. Petersburg Times Russia Mulls ‘Deadly’ Ban on Foreign Medication By Alexey Eremenko are the most efficient and popular THE ST, PETERSBURG TIMES drugs, Sergei Kalashnikov, head of the For many Russians with “orphan dis- Duma’s health committee, told The St. eases,” as rare illnesses are called, it is a Petersburg Times. routine practice to ask friends or relatives “I just don’t believe in such a ban. It going abroad to bring them the equally would be a death sentence to people rare medicines unavailable at home. with orphan diseases,” said patients’ But soon, bringing back much- rights activist Mitina. “They’re just try- needed medication could land good ing to scare the EU.” Samaritans in prison for five years. She conceded that a ban was more Furthermore, a severe curb is being realistic if it excluded orphan medica- considered on foreign-made drugs tion, but said it would still cause a “so- available in Russian pharmacies — cial fallout.” which currently get no less than a third Her comments were echoed by Ka- of their supplies from abroad. lashnikov, who called a drug import Health care is the latest industry to ban “the most stupid thing we could come into the crosshairs of Russian possibly do, and a direct threat to the lawmakers, whose already rampant population.” regulative zeal has been exacerbated recently by Western sanctions that have PASS FIRST, FIX LATER triggered a wave of patriotism-induced Apparently caving in to public pres- protectionism. sure, bill co-author Irina Yarovaya said The overregulation of medical im- last week that the draft would be ports could lead to public unrest and amended to exclude drugs imported endanger the lives of many seriously ill for personal use, though it remained

Russians, charity activists say. VEDOMOSTI unclear whether people who bring in The bills against medication imports The overregulation of medical imports could endanger the lives of many seriously ill Russians, according to charity activists. medicine for friends or acquaintances are still pending review in the State would also fall under the exemption. Duma and a senior lawmaker pledged This covers all orphan drugs, which and Patient Organizations, because the with rare diseases import their medica- Kalashnikov also pledged to have the to The St. Petersburg Times to see can never be certified in Russia be- state health care watchdog Ro- tion without paperwork. bill amended to exclude people bringing them amended before their approval. cause the procedure requires extensive szdravnadzor has rules for importing in orphan medication for non-commer- But the situation is still indicative of human testing here — which is impos- uncertified medication for personal use NATIONAL DRUG SECURITY cial use — i.e. friends or relatives. the authorities’ general neglect of the sible because there are simply not that would not be affected by the bill. Trade and Industry Minister Denis But until that actually happens, public’s needs, said Irina Yasina, a enough patients. “No fear-mongering, please. It’s a Manturov said last month that a draft promises are unlikely to reassure those prominent economist and disabled The bill’s remaining two readings crystal-clear procedure now: Get an offi- decree to limit medication imports for whom the proposals could become people’s rights campaigner. are due to take place during the Du- cial paper here, another there, five days would be filed with the government a matter of life and death. In recent “Their paradigm is, ‘we ban the ma’s fall session, which kicked off last and you’re clear to import,” Mitina, who this month. months, Russian authorities have good stuff so you just use domestic month. is bringing up a child who suffers from an He backpedaled recently, saying the shown a predilection for fast-tracking sh--,’” she said bitterly. Critics, including Yasina, voiced fears orphan disease, said by phone. ban will be limited to state tenders, criticized proposals, saying any flaws that the import ban could force patients Her stance was backed by a spokes- leaving private companies free to im- can be identified and removed after the DEATH BY IMPORT BAN? with orphan diseases to either move person for Gift of Life, a large charity port drugs. But his original proposal is bills and decrees come into effect. A bill criminalizing the import of drugs, abroad or, if they cannot afford to do so, that imports medication for people the latest in a string of calls to curb Examples include state registration nutraceuticals or dietary supplements die at home without their meds. with orphan diseases under Ro- drug exports, an idea that the govern- for popular bloggers, which remains that are not certified in Russia was The situation is not actually that szdravnadzor guidelines. ment has been toying with for a while. mostly unimplemented, and a restric- passed in a first reading in the Duma in critical, said Snezhana Mitina, head of But neither could say how many of The idea was previously mentioned tive insurance deposit for credit card the summer. the Union of Rare Disease Patients the estimated 13,000 Russian patients by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev operators in Russia, which was later and several members of the Federa- quietly lowered. РЕКЛАМА tion Council, the parliament’s upper Even potential harm to the popula- chamber. tion is not a guaranteed deterrent to Medvedev said in May that domes- legislators, as evidenced by the infa- tic produce must account for 90 percent mous ban on U.S. adoptions of Rus- of Russian drugstore stocks by 2018. sian children in 2012, which saw hun- The move is needed to enhance na- dreds of orphans denied new families, tional security, he said. The Russian even when adoptions were already in government has scrambled to boost do- progress. In at least one case, a seri- mestic industries after the country was ously ill child due to be adopted died hit by Western economic sanctions over from a lack of medical treatment that Moscow’s alleged backing of the pro- reports said was only available in the Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine. U.S. Up to 80 percent of medication in “They just don’t care about ill peo- Russia is foreign-made, the Kommer- ple,” Yasina said. “A ban is never the sant newspaper reported last month. solution. If you want people to buy do- Imports account for 30 percent of mestic, just produce better-quality the produce range in Russia, but those stuff.”

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16+ Business www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, November 5, 2014 ❖ 5 Russia Rises in Russians’ Debt Lower Than in the West World Bank By Delphine d’Amora THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES Despite concerns of a consumer lending Ranking bubble in Russia, relatively few Rus- By Sam Skove sians have any debt at all compared with THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES residents of the U.S. and Europe, ac- Despite dire forecasts for its sanc- cording to a survey released on Oct. 29. tions-struck economy, Russia has Russia’s consumer lending market leaped up an unprecedented 30 grew at the blistering rate of 40 percent positions in the World Bank’s an- in 2012 and again in 2013, sparking nual “Doing Business” survey for 2015, the bank said on Oct. 29. Russia rose to 62nd place out of 189 ranked countries, ahead of The generally low China at 90, Brazil at 120, and In- dia at 142, although still below level of borrowing many nations in the West. reflects the fact that The World Bank noted Rus- sia’s worsening businesses climate Russians are less for the category of “trading across likely to use banking borders,” where Russia dropped six ranks to 61st place, while most services of any kind. other categories registered a one to three-level drop relative to Rus- fears of a lending bubble that could sia’s 2014 ranking. burst to the dismay of borrowers and But the country went up 24 the wider financial system. In an effort ranks to 34th place in the category to contain the boom, the Central Bank of “starting a business,” up 16 last year ordered banks to expand their ranks to 156th place in “dealing provisions against failed loans and to with construction permits,” and increase their capital bases. five ranks to 12th place in “regis- The worry passed quietly, though, tering property.” In each case the with growth in banks’ consumer lend-

World Bank cited simplified or ing portfolios nearly halving in the first RAZUMNY / VEDOMOSTI YEVGENY reduced legislation. The only cat- half of this year amid an economic Only 32 percent of Russian households were paying back a loan in 2013, compared with nearly 75 percent of households in the U.S. egory that saw no change was slump, falling from 13.7 percent in the “enforcing contracts,” where Rus- first half of 2013 to 6.8 percent this year, about 15 percent of yearly income in borrowers in this group were in arrears thors said. It was ordered by the Fi- sia stayed in 14th place. business daily Vedomosti reported. 2013. In the U.S., with its hyperactive by two months or more, compared with nance Ministry as part of an effort to The World Bank’s methodol- But as the recent survey by research consumer lending market, total debts 16 percent in the wealthiest group. evaluate and improve Russians’ finan- ogy for each criteria varies but center Demoscope shows, applying for averaged about 12 percent of yearly in- Modeled on consumer finance sur- cial literacy. The statistics were based typically focuses on how legal pro- a loan, let alone a bank account, is still come in 2010. veys carried out in the U.S. and else- on in-depth interviews with over 6,000 cedures affect the time and cost of a foreign concept for many Russians. And worryingly, borrowers in Rus- where, the survey was the first of its households in 158 towns and cities a particular goal. The “enforcing Only 32 percent of Russian house- sia’s lowest income bracket are strug- kind to be conducted in Russia, its au- across Russia. contracts” section, for instance, holds had a loan hanging over their gling under the highest debt loads. notes that the standard length of heads in 2013, compared with nearly 75 Households with unpaid loans in the time for a trial and judgment is percent of households in the U.S. and poorest 20 percent of the population 160 days, and the average attor- 44 percent in the euro zone in 2010, the faced loan payments amounting to over ney fee is 10 percent of the claim. survey by Demoscope found. 37 percent of their monthly income, the The report’s results are based on The generally low level of borrow- study found, compared with 19 percent studies made in Moscow and St. ing reflects the fact that Russians are among the richest 20 percent. Petersburg, the country’s two key less likely to use banking services of “Borrowing beyond one’s means metropolitan centers. any kind than U.S. and euro zone citi- does happen [in Russia], but among a While Russia’s victory against zens, the study showed. Only 55 per- specific group of low-income people, overregulation is encouraging, the cent of households interviewed had who often receive loans with very high country is currently facing bigger bank accounts, compared with 92 per- lending rates,” said Dilyara Ibragimova, problems than red tape. cent in the U.S. and 96 percent in the co-author of the study and an associate Political stability, macroeco- euro zone. professor at the Higher School of Eco- nomic development and infra- But even if debt is relatively limited nomics’ sociology department. structure, as well as labor market in the population at large, there is still The poorest group was also the concerns, are more important to cause for concern. Among Russian most likely to have fallen behind on the economy at the moment, said borrowers, total debt amounted to loan payments. About 22 percent of

Natalia Volchkova, professor at РЕКЛАМА Moscow’s New Economic School, Vedomosti reported. The World Bank predicts that Russia’s economy will achieve an- nual economic growth of 0.5 per- cent or less through 2016. The economy has been squeezed by the falling price of oil, Western sanctions over Ukraine, and Rus- sian counter-sanctions against Western food imports. Russia also experienced growth in its rankings last year, rising 19 spots to land in 92nd place. While this year the evalua- tion method has changed, Russia’s position might have even climbed to 53 under the old rules, Andrei Nikitin, director of Russia’s Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), told Vedomosti. The ASI was created specifi- cally to fulfill President Vladimir Putin’s 2012 directive that Russia would be ranked 20th on the “Do- ing Business” rankings by 2018. In 2012, Russia was ranked 120th. The World Bank’s rating method has changed so signifi- cantly, however, that making com- parisons to last year’s ranking are impossible, according to Valen- tina Saltane, the report’s co-au- thor, Vedomosti reported. Opinion www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, November 5, 2014 ❖ 6 After Elections, What’s Next for Ukraine? By Robert Orttung mendation to sell his own television network, which had a solid reputation for critical reporting ill the Ukrainian parliamentary elec- under previous leaders. tions held on Oct. 26 help the coun- Several of the country’s top journalists ran for try reduce the pervasive corruption parliament on the president’s list. It is undoubt- that blocks sustainable economic edly good news that committed individuals are Wgrowth and makes Ukraine vulnerable to pressure entering politics and trying to change the system from its predatory neighbor? from the inside. We will probably know the answer within a But it is necessary to ensure that there is a few weeks because only quick and decisive action bright line between media coverage of what is go- taken immediately after the electoral cycle has ing on and the politicians themselves. Hopefully concluded will be effective. the new members of parliament will promote the Many of the demonstrators who took part in same kind of transparency they advocated in their the so-called Euromaidan protests in Kiev were roles as journalists. thinking of Poland when they hit the streets ear- Similarly important is for the new parliament lier this year. Although Ukraine and Poland were to continue to engage civil society groups that essentially in the same place in 1990, Poland’s work to hold officials accountable to popular de- ability to execute quick but painful reforms paid mands. Part of the reason civil society is weak in off. Now Poland’s average income is three times Russia is because nobody in the administration is higher than Ukraine’s, and the economy contin- interested in the input of such groups. The new ues to perform well. parliament in Ukraine should find ways to engage Ukraine’s elections provide a good start in the the activism of the Euromaidan movement, which fight against entrenched bureaucrats who favor is strongly interested in pushing the reform pro- the status quo. The parliament now has a pro-re- cess forward. form majority. While there may be disputes over Ukraine has made great progress by holding specific issues, the overall direction of reforms is early elections in an effort to make a clean break clear. Ukraine’s leadership must implement a with the past and build a new economic and po- package of reforms across the board and hope litical system. The elections did not remove all el- that the benefits of their effort start to bear fruit ements of the old regime, and there are new par- before the next cycle of elections begins. ties whose primary interest is promoting national- Ukraine also benefits from external pressure ism rather than reform. But there are enough for reform. The pressing comes in a negative parties backing reform to start making progress. sense from Russia, which is occupying Ukrainian tions was to give reformers what they needed to business since these new enterprises will pro- The trick will be to not succumb to the naysayers territory, and in a positive sense from the EU, encourage change. vide jobs. who argue that any kind of change is impossible whose association agreement provides some of Reforms will have to be all-encompassing and Effective businesses will need independent or will only make the situation worse. the benefits of union membership. This external will put a strain on the many new members of par- courts to resolve the inevitable conflicts that arise. Ukraine is already a radically different country pressure is necessary to build a coalition among liament who have no experience working as law- Creating such courts will require legislation that than it was a year ago. But it will have to keep re- the new parliamentary parties to push ahead makers. Hopefully they will have the wisdom and reduces the power of court chairmen, who have in forming if it wants to escape the domestic prob- with reform. energy to succeed. the past translated requests from politicians into lems that undermine stability and the predations The new parliament must exercise a political Reforms should start in the economic sphere court outcomes. of its powerful neighbor. will that has not been present in the leadership of and should be aimed at reducing Ukraine’s de- Another area for reform is the media. Already the post-Euromaidan government so far. Leaders pendence on the oligarchic system that began to there are some reports of creeping self-censorship Robert Orttung is assistant director of the Institute affiliated with the protests have already resigned emerge in the ashes of the Soviet Union. It is about criticizing Ukrainian President Petro Po- for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the from the government, declaring that they lacked crucial to put in place the kinds of regulations roshenko. It would send an appropriate signal if George Washington University’s Elliott School of the tools to move ahead. The purpose of the elec- that would stimulate massive growth in small the president followed up on the OSCE recom- International Affairs.

COMMENT EU Must Resist Temptation of Energy Union By Morena Skalamera Donald Tusk to the presidency of the European well advance his domestic political agenda un- attempt to strengthen the overall contractual re- Council may grant this idea the necessary politi- der the disguise of a prudent European response lationship with Russia by building an energy nergy politics may ultimately define cal support. Tusk wants the EU to jointly negoti- to expansionist Russia. union can only make matters worse. In Europe, the shape of relations between Russia ate gas contracts with Russia, for the contracts 3. It rests on a false assumption that the U.S. private companies negotiate energy deals. If the and the West during this latest crisis in to have no secret clauses, and for the European or Australia can resolve Europe’s energy secu- declared goal of the commission’s policy is free Ukraine. Fears of a cold European Commission to play a role in all future energy rity dilemmas: competition, then the European companies Ewinter without adequate amounts of natural gas talks with Moscow. Despite the severity of the It is time to put to rest the myth that by some- should be allowed to compete for the best deals from Russia are outweighing U.S.-led pressure crisis in Ukraine, such a proposal should be how quickly contracting gas from the U.S. and with energy producers. for tougher sanctions against Moscow. treated for what it is, namely dangerous non- Australia, European dependence on Russian But most importantly, Tusk’s suggestion that Nearly a third of Europe’s gas comes from sense. Here’s why: gas would be alleviated. Contrary to popular be- the European Commission negotiate gas con- Russia, most of it via Ukraine. The prospect of 1. It will take us far from a competitive and lief, European LNG infrastructure will not allow tracts on behalf of the bloc is beyond the commis- price wars — or worse, disruptions in flow — free market: imports to replace Russian gas in Eastern and sion’s jurisdiction. How and why should a multi- has motivated Europe to lessen its dependence Given the differences between EU member Central Europe. This myth tends to overlook faceted bureaucracy be entitled to clinch energy on Russian energy. Two events this past summer states in their energy mixes, taxes and regula- difficulties on both sides of the Atlantic. deals on behalf of 28 member states? Would Tusk underscored the urgency of the matter. tions that result from their past national choices, To help its allies, America would have to be democratically accountable for such deals? In mid-June, Brussels, Kiev and Moscow having a common external energy policy with its overcome a domestic lobby that thinks that re- This could be benign technocracy, at best, but not failed to settle a massive dispute over the price super-center in Brussels is practically unattain- stricting exports will keep prices at home low. democracy. of gas that Russia sells to Ukraine — a dispute able. What’s more, making Brussels the sole ne- And even assuming that this hurdle is removed, Tusk and his collaborators should perhaps that reached acute levels in April when Russia gotiator of gas contracts blatantly contradicts exports would flow mainly to Asia, where come to terms with the fact that even as Europe raised its prices for Ukraine from $268.50 per the European Commission’s own attempts to American producers can strike the highest prof- diversifies, Russia will remain by far Europe’s 1,000 cubic meters to $485.50, an 80 percent create a liberalized internal gas market. None- its. Choosing Europe over Asia would require most important gas supplier. In the same vein, hike. Shortly thereafter, an explosion ripped theless, the proposal has gained ground because significant political intervention and is highly Russia will diversify its export markets, but Eu- apart a gas pipeline in central Ukraine. it plays into some EU bureaucrats’ long-term unlikely to occur only on commercial grounds. rope will remain its most lucrative customer. All To help safeguard the continent’s energy sup- aspirations to increase their political power in There are problems in Europe too. All cur- the same, energy dependence on a revanchist plies from shocks like these, the European Com- external energy policy. rently operational LNG import terminals are Russia will remain one of the EU’s biggest for- mission published a new energy security strategy 2. It will challenge the EU’s climate goals: located in Western and Southern Europe. Thus, eign policy headaches in the foreseeable future. in July. Its recommendations range from re- Tusk recently wrote in The Financial Times even if American LNG could strengthen Eu- What can be done? Europeanization of en- gional “stress tests” and new gas infrastructure that “an energy union would be based on soli- rope’s bargaining position, it would not rescue ergy should continue step-by-step, first by reach- projects to enhanced storage facilities. While darity and common economic interests.” Yet Ukraine or free Eastern Europe from Russian ing the objective of a liquid internal gas market. these can help, observers say European weak- just a few lines later, he claims that Europe gas. Because LNG prices are higher in Asia, Excessive energy politicization should not be ness in the energy market is fundamentally should “make full use of the fossil fuels avail- producers are ignoring geopolitics and shipping Europe’s answer to current challenges. Amid rooted in internal divisions. “If only Europe able, including coal and shale gas.” Under Tusk’s gas there. Russia’s relatively cheap gas is there- Europe’s existential crisis, a central purchasing could speak with one voice,” this thinking goes, watch, Poland has almost exclusively relied on fore likely to remain competitive in the Euro- body for gas is democratically unaccountable, “it could wean itself from Moscow.” coal for electricity production and has consis- pean market for the foreseeable future. and it undermines the union’s traditional role as The impulse for a unified energy policy may tently lobbied to uphold the status of coal in the 4. It will boost the EU’s “benign” technoc- a steward of economic principles such as con- be politically appealing, but it would be eco- EU energy mix. Coal is the most polluting fossil racy: sumer choice, open markets and vigorous com- nomically disastrous. It is built on a faulty con- fuel in terms of carbon dioxide emissions. Plans Different energy mixes across Europe are a petition. clusion that forming an energy union, or in other for burning more coal in the future stand in stark result of the varied historical and geographical words, creating an EU-wide gas monopoly contradiction to the EU Commission’s roadmap conditions in these regions. Gas contracts reflect Morena Skalamera is a postdoctoral fellow con- based in Brussels, is the right way to go. Unfor- for cutting greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent these national preferences, leading to a plethora ducting research on energy at Harvard’s Belfer tunately, the recent election of Polish President by 2050. Now as the head of the EU, Tusk may of European standpoints vis-a-vis Russia. But an Center. www.sptimes.ru OPINION Wednesday, November 5, 2014 ❖ 7 Putin Is Living in the Past By Ivan Sukhov would have felt if in, say, 1943, he traveled to an unoccupied part of the Soviet Union and tried to n Oct. 28, Russian President Vladimir arrange a meeting with a couple of members of Putin congratulated Ukrainian World the State Defense Committee. The first refuses to War II veterans on the 70th anniver- meet him out of principle, and the second, shrug- sary of the liberation of their country ging his shoulders, reluctantly agrees to give the Ofrom the Nazis. Putin called on them to remember poor German an interview. how they had fought shoulder to shoulder with Of course, that is an absurd scenario because a the Russians against the Nazis. German correspondent would never have re- At about the same time, Ukrainian President ceived such an assignment, would never have Petro Poroshenko also congratulated his country- crossed the front lines and would have been sum- men, but he used the occasion to assure them of marily shot had he done so. victory in the new patriotic war of 2014 in which And although Poroshenko did draw a paral- the aggressor comes not from the west, but from lel between current events and World War II, the east. the times have definitely changed. Wars no lon- The media did not report on how those few ger involve every single citizen as they did 80 surviving Ukrainian World War II veterans re- years ago, the international community does sponded to the words of the two presidents, but it not resolve political questions by redrawing was clear that the leaders used language that pre- borders, and Russian journalists embrace their cludes mutual understanding. Ukrainian colleagues before returning home Just as this year’s Valdai Club was held not in with promises to stay in touch through social Valdai, but in faraway Sochi, so too was Putin’s networks. speech far from any connection with the rest of Unfortunately, Putin’s Valdai speech indicates the world. Forum participants politely listened to that, contrary to common sense, he continues to Putin make a series of scathing remarks about the live in the past. What’s more, he is at least 20 years sinister role the U.S. plays in the modern world late if he plans to reconsider the world order that and how the Russian bear will not cede a single emerged after the Cold War. inch of its taiga. Many commentators have already pointed out Forum participants departed in a state of puz- that Putin does have some justification for his an- zlement while pro-Kremlin Russian commenta- ger and resentment toward the West, but the tors resorted to euphemisms in order to retell and problem is that he attempts to explain his motives interpret the president’s caustic comments. The using an outdated language that nobody but Rus- main idea of those proceedings is that, in deliver- sians and the citizens of a few other countries can ing the most fervently anti-U.S. speech of his 15 even understand anymore. years in power, Putin has launched a geopolitical Emotions aside, Russia’s situation was not so counteroffensive wherein Russia is set to recon- bad in the 20 years since the Cold War. Moscow sider the results of the Cold War. had the freedom to act as it pleased, and it used It was especially interesting to listen to Putin’s that freedom to spoil relations with all of the key Valdai speech in Kiev where elections for the former Soviet republics. Ukrainian parliament were held on Oct. 26. On Even such politically slow-moving countries as the very next day, persistent rumors began circu- Belarus and Kazakhstan have managed to learn a lating that troops had begun regrouping in Do- new political vocabulary in those two decades, netsk, an area in eastern Ukraine controlled by whereas Russia continues speaking to them in an pro-Russian separatists. obsolete tongue, employing phonetics reminiscent That news came on the back of earlier reports of clanking tank treads and punctuation like the that Poland had decided to concentrate its mili- trigger click of a Kalashnikov. tary forces on its eastern border with Ukraine. In effect, Putin is proposing that the world join The combined effect was to heighten fears in Kiev him in speaking a language that has already gone that, in “reconsidering” the results of the Cold out of use. However, nobody but a few clever War fully 25 years after it has ended, Russia might Kremlin loyalists has shown any interest in the renew hostilities in the southern and eastern re- idea. Worse, Putin’s geopolitical counteroffensive gions of Ukraine. has not helped the ruble or oil prices, both of Russia can deny involvement in the military which continue their steady decline. confrontation in eastern Ukraine as much as it It seems that global markets ultimately have wants, but Ukraine is undeniably locked in a war: more power than bombastic public statements The signs of it are everywhere in Kiev. This is a about heavy artillery or about trucks with ‘hu- war for independence, for Ukraine’s right to exist manitarian aid’ sent by Russia across the border as a sovereign state and to make key foreign-pol- into eastern Ukraine. icy decisions without interference from Moscow. Earlier this week, those markets formulated And it is crystal clear whom Ukraine is fighting: It their assessments of the Russian leader’s rhetoric. is at war with Russia — however painful that is for The result: Oil trader Gunvor — believed to have people who never before imagined that Russia tle Ukrainian hospitality along with a sizable Honestly, in such a situation I feel the desire to close ties to Putin’s inner circle — announced that and Ukraine could find themselves in an open share of condescending sympathy. apologize for Russia’s politicians who, in true Or- it would sell off its Russian assets. military conflict. It is as if they want to tell us, “We will stay here, wellian dystopian spirit, have managed to con- With Russia not actually under attack from At the same time, Russian journalists encoun- where we have taken the responsibility for our fu- vince their citizens that war is peace and that two anyone, Putin has launched a counteroffensive ter no personal aggression while working in ture into our own hands, whereas you will fly home neighboring “fraternal” peoples with close his- that is rooted in the past and hopelessly takes aim Ukraine. Only the rare local politician refuses to to Russia’s stifling political atmosphere, to a coun- torical ties are actually enemies. at the reality of the present. speak to Russian reporters. try that futilely reconsiders the outcome of the I would like to emphasize that to understand And in place of perfectly understandable ag- Cold War and the people are caught up in a mass what a Russian journalist feels working in Kiev Ivan Sukhov is a journalist who has covered con- gression, Russian journalists encounter only gen- euphoria over the bloodshed in the Donbass.” today one must imagine what a German journalist flicts in Russia and the CIS for the past 15 years.

COMMENT Ruble’s Fall Echoes 1991, Not 1998

By Konstantin Sonin Analysts saw the crises of 1998 and 2008 Though contrary to widespread myth, former ing public institutions. From an economic stand- coming several months in advance, although the Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar did not eliminate point these include contract law, independent he ruble-to-dollar exchange rate dom- public remembers the first crisis as beginning on the planned economy: It had ceased to function courts and a police force free from corruption. Po- inated headlines this week, falling to a Aug. 17, 1998, and the second as beginning in even before he came to office. Thus, the eco- litically, it requires an independent media and record low of 42 rubles to the U.S. dol- October-November 2008, when tensions in the nomic problems of the early 1990s had been set government that are accountable to the people. lar. Considering the extraordinary global market quickly spread to the Russian into motion long before, through the gradual However, Russia moved in the exact oppo- Tevents of recent months, why would anyone economy and led to a sharp decline in industrial breakdown of the Soviet economy. site direction with the result that economic but a historian take any interest in looking back output and a surge in unemployment. The current crisis is the same sort of “grad- growth had almost stopped even before this to the spring and summer of 1991 to consider Everyone remembers the date of Aug. 19, ual” type, and the economic slowdown actually country became subject to international isola- what it can teach us about world order, interna- 1991, when the siloviki and the conservative, pro- began long ago. The quarterly growth rate be- tion. The external sanctions and the authori- tional security, Russia’s history and its path to Soviet members of the government attempted to gan declining after the presidential elections in ties’ increasing confusion and dysfunctional development? seize power in a coup and then quickly saw their 2012 and reached a state of complete stagnation response have led to the start of a crisis like Why is it appropriate to recall the early years hopes dashed. However, no economic tumult was in 2014. The slowdown was quite natural. that of 1991, although, again, it is not yet ap- of the 1990s now? The reason is that Russia has connected with that event. First, growth originally began from a low start- parent to everyone. experienced three major economic crises in the Most Russians — ordinary citizens and mem- ing point and second, Russia exhausted the It seems even historians have interesting last two decades, but the current one most bers of the ruling elite alike — probably identify sources of its growth in the 2000s — primarily the things to tell us about current affairs. closely resembles not the two prior crises of 1998 January 1992 as the “breaking point” when the untapped labor pool and production capacity and 2008, but the first that occurred 20 years ago economic problems that had existed for the pre- along with rising oil prices. For the economy to Konstantin Sonin is a professor at the New Eco- and that contributed to the collapse of the So- vious two years came to a head and the former grow further, it needed investments. However, it is nomic School in Moscow and a columnist for viet Union. Soviet economic model stopped working. impossible to attract investment without improv- Vedomosti. Arts&Culture www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, November 5, 2014 ❖ 8 Kids’ Program Makes Museums Fun The “Children Days in St. Petersburg” festival offers plenty of novel ways to keep kids busy during the holidays.

By Olga Kalashnikova cultures and eras, and each item has THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES different stories and destinies. To take part in the game, children or the autumn school holi- should come to any participating mu- days from Nov. 3 to Nov. 9, seum and purchase an entry ticket. St. Petersburg museums Children get a guidebook and the map have prepared a special pro- of the game on which all the routes are gram for children and their set out. Although there is no strict ob- parentsF as part of the “Children Days jective to complete the whole route, in St. Petersburg” festival. children who succeed in doing so get a This year, the annual festival cel- special certificate. ebrates its 10th anniversary and “Participating in the game makes the brings together 44 museums, three visit to the museum a shared adventure, libraries, and the Botanical Garden. joining children and adults, and devel- Among the museums are the State oping children’s curiosity, their ability to Hermitage, the Gatchina Museum think and make decisions, their powers Reserve, the Museum of the History of observation and imagination,” the of Religion, the Museum of Anna festival program states. Akhmatova, the Leningrad Zoo, the As well as bringing together chil- Pavlovsk Museum Reserve, the Rus- dren and parents, the festival has one sian State Museum of the Arctic and more unifying purpose. It brings to- Antarctic, the Labirintum interactive gether the different museums of St. Pe- museum, and others. tersburg. In preparing the program, the Every year 20 museums provide museum workers investigate and find routes for children amongst their exhi- links between museums and exhibitions bitions. There are six routes for kids of in order to create interesting routes. various ages, with two routes for chil- Apart from the game, the festival

dren aged 5 to 8, three for children / MUSEUM12345.RU DAVYDOVA NADEZHDA includes other excursions, exhibitions aged 9 to12 and one for teenagers aged A young visitor to the Alexandrovsky Palace. Museums provide programs to suit children of all ages, from toddlers to teenagers. and master classes for children, from 13 to 15. The youngest participants infants to 15-year-olds. take the route together with their par- the whole route and then move to an- cards made by artists. The organizers is “acting characters.” Each museum The St. Petersburg festival has be- ents. As part of the game, children visit other route. There is no strict program. also appeal to parents not to demand item is connected to many people in come a good example for other Rus- three, four or five museums, according According to the festival organiz- too much from their kids and they in- various ways, starting from those who sian cities. Similar projects are already to the topic assigned in the chosen ers, the aim of the museum journey is sist on not visiting as many museums as created and used the item to the chil- being organized in Moscow and Perm. route. In every museum they get a not to visit the most museums or com- possible and remembering all the in- dren who now investigate it and share guidebook with special tasks and sto- plete the most tasks, but to enjoy the formation they learn. The game is not their impressions with their parents. The festival “Children days in St. Pe- ries about museum items. experience. There are not any prizes or a competition or a test. This approach allows children to un- tersburg” is being held through Nov.9 Children can start their journey at awards in the game, but children do get The festival has an overarching derstand that each item in the museum and on the following weekends: any museum, visit just one point from small surprises such as paper toys or theme every year. The theme this year brings together many people of various Nov.15-16 and Nov.22-23.

РЕКЛАМА St. Petersburg Fountains Close for Winter

By Olga Kalashnikova “During the winter season all water in a state of total disrepair. Today, there THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES structures will be checked for their are 43 fountains operating in St. Peters- working ability. Some engineering sys- burg, with others undergoing repairs. he fountain season in St. tems, pumps and electric wires will be Next year Vodokanal promises to open Petersburg was officially reconstructed if necessary. Damaged one more fountain after major reconstruc- closed on Thursday, Octo- parts will be replaced to ensure that tion — “Mayak” (“Lighthouse”) — at the ber 30. The last fountains fountains continue to welcome Peters- 300th Anniversary Park of St. Petersburg. to be turned off were the burg inhabitants and guests of the city,” Several more fountains will be fully onesT by Kazan Cathedral, on Manezh read the official message of St. Peters- reconstructed next year. They are Square, by the Winter Palace, and in burg’s water supplier, Vodokanal. “Slava” (“Glory”) at Park Pobedy the garden of the palace of Grand The fountains are regarded as the (Victory Park), built in 1945 in honor Duke Alexey Alexandrovich on symbol of St. Petersburg. The first of the victory over Nazi Germany, two Pisareva Street. The last of these foun- fountains appeared in the city in 1705 fountains in the Rumyantsevsky Gar- dations was the first in St. Petersburg in the Summer Gardens, eight of which den on Vasilievsky Island, and the to be equipped with a system protect- have been restored. By the late 1970s, fountain “Aphrodite” on Ligovsky ing its streams from wind deflection. the city had 358 fountains, but most of Prospect. Additionally, the “Sphere” The local fountains had been gradu- them were in bad condition. In the fountain on Malaya Sadovaya Street ally switched off since October 1. It 1990s, the fountain industry was at an will also be reconstructed in 2015. was also in the middle of October when all-time low. Since 1996, Vodokanal St. “Sphere” is a copy of the fountain the famous fountains of the former im- Petersburg has been operating the designed by the Russian scientist perial estate Peterhof were turned off. fountains and fountain complexes. At Mikhail Lomonosov in Peterhof in the As soon as the last fountain in the the time when fountains were trans- 18th century. The fountain was later city was switched off, the conservation ferred to Vodokanal, only 20 of them removed as it reminded Tsar Alexan- effort began. were operational. Many of them were der I of a Masonic symbol. YEVGENY SO / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS YEVGENY The recently restored fountain on the main alley in the Summer Gardens, a copy of the original fountain dating from the 18th century. www.sptimes.ru ARTS & CULTURE Wednesday, November 5, 2014 ❖ 9 Vasily Shumov: Life Gets More Hellish In town to support his new solo album, the legendary Moscow musician speaks his mind on music and politics.

By Sergey Chernov “Essentially, it’s rock, because rock go to any protests.’ These are inner THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES music includes everything now. Every- clashes of a group that are starting to thing that exists can be called rock mu- fight each other.” asily Shumov, the front- sic and yesterday’s concert was rock For Shumov, “turning Soviet” man of Moscow-based music, too,” he said. means suppressing one’s beliefs and rock legends Center “In Russia, rock music is some com- joining the ruling system. (“Tsentr” in Russian), was positions that contain some poetry in “I had a friend in the early 1980s in St. Petersburg last week the Russian language. The Russian pe- who was interested in music and at Vto give a glimpse of his new solo album, culiarity is that people remember lines some point she said, ‘You know, I’ve “Basustica.” With its title stemming from the songs rather than rhythms or decided to join the party,” he said. from the words “bass” and “acoustic,” it riffs.” “It was 1983 or 1984, the dark times features Shumov singing and playing As with Shumov’s previous albums, when there was no sign of perestroika, bass, a drum machine, and some elec- “Basustica” is a series of pointed com- when they blacklisted rock bands, and tronic effects. ments about Russia’s current social situ- after much hesitation she decided to The local concert, which took place ation, starting with the opening track, join the system. The same is happening at VynillaSky, a new music bar and re- “No one could care less.” now. At some point, they decide to cord shop on Ligovsky Prospekt, also “No one could care less but life be- ‘turn Soviet’ and start shouting featured Center’s older songs adapted comes more hellish by the minute,” it “Crimea is ours,” etc. The other way is by Shumov for his new sound concept. goes. “Crimea Television,” which refers to take to drinking, which is much “Not every Center song can be per- to the Kremlin’s propaganda celebrat- more honorable, because ‘turning So- formed this way,” Shumov told The St. ing the annexation of Crimea, was viet’ is just a goddamned shame. Petersburg Times the following after- posted on YouTube on Apr. 13. “The difference from Stalin’s time is

noon, sipping tea at the Deti Raika cafe According to Shumov’s notes to the SPT / FOR CHERNOV SERGEY that there are new media sources and on Ulitsa Rubinshteina. track, it is about a “man who has be- Shumov at VynillaSky, a new music bar and record shop on Ligovsky Prospekt. everything is recorded. When it all “The songs that could be adapted are come the product or even the victim of ends, how will they explain it to their the ones that have very simple chord totalitarian propaganda that pours out “It can be only in countries like “For me, Grebenshchikov is a repre- children and grandchildren. Will they structures; where there are not many at him from the television screen. There North Korea. Brezhnev had about sentative of Putin’s system, he is the say that they were tortured into shout- chord changes and which were consid- is more and more totalitarian propa- 100 percent and Ceausescu had about same as many others, except he is not his ing ‘Crimea is ours’? Or did they re- ered to be monotonous back then. But ganda in the spirit of the U.S.S.R.’s 90 percent just before he got shot. It’s official endorser. The last thing I read ceive a grant for their new project or now they turned out to fit well.” darkest times on Russian television. part of the propaganda machine. If about him was that he entertained a something?” “Basustica” was released officially Nightmare, insanity and shame — all anyone decides to do a major work, group of Putin officials when they came According to Shumov, the artists’ on Soyuz Music on Sept. 14 alongside rolled into one!” which could be called ‘Power Usurpa- to St. Petersburg. He’s not different answer to the current situation should Center’s live recording made at the Mos- Shumov’s previous works were “I tion, Establishing Totalitarian System from [pro-Kremlin pop-folk singer Na- be a total refusal to cooperate with the cow Institute of Physics and Technology Feel Good, Vol. 1 and 2,” two albums re- and Personality Cult in the 21st Cen- dezhda] Babkina in this respect. He is system. in town of Dolgoprudny 20 kilometers leased in 2011 and 2012 on the wave of tury: A to Z,’ starting from 2000 up to trying to be smart, but essentially he is He referred to the ongoing contro- north of Moscow in December 1982. mass anti-Kremlin protests triggered by now, it could be put in the section ‘R’ like them. He is not against them. versy of Yelizaveta Glinka, also known “It was an official festival which the disputed parliamentary and presi- — Ratings.” “He may have spoken against the war, as Doctor Liza. Famed for her charity lasted several days with many bands dential elections. While the first included “If they come with up real ratings, but he never objected to the usurpation activities, she recently stated her sup- playing — after which Center became protest songs, the second — made after they would receive a fire safety inspec- of power, to the effective abolishment of port for the Kremlin, apparently to known in Moscow and across the coun- the protests had been shut down — was elections, to the personality cult in the help ill children in eastern Ukraine. try, even if it remained an underground largely about heavy drinking. making, to the fact that a creeping coup “While helping dozens, she legiti- band,” Shumov said. As a producer, Shumov also released took place in this country. I’ve never seen mizes a system where millions receive “For me it was also memorable for “White Album,” a collection of songs Like previous albums, him taking part in any protest. He is just a no medical aid at all. [Actress Chulpan] the fact that it was under the threat of donated by bands in support of the Rus- “Basustica” is a series little cleverer than the whole bunch. He Khamatova appeared in a video in sup- being canceled all the time, because Br- sian protest movement. did not perform at Seliger [a pro-Kremlin port of Putin to help some children. ezhnev died when the festival was being “2011 and 2012 were interesting be- of pointed comments youth camp] but to me he is the same. He But by legitimizing the system, she le- planned. As a matter of fact, people cause it was a time when people hoped did not act in any other way. If you’re not gitimized the Dima Yakovlev law [pro- thought that everything would be for some change for the better, and the about Russia’s current against it, you’re for it.” hibiting foreigners from adopting Rus- banned and canceled. And every band people who wanted the changes had ab- social situation. Shumov appears untouched by the sian orphans], because of which chil- would be banned, too. It went along, solutely idealistic and peaceful ideas, recent politically-motivated concert can- dren died. That’s what she’s responsible nevertheless. But I remember this gray with which they took to the street and tion and be closed in no time. There’s no cellations for several Russian rock acts, for. feeling of uncertainty.” appealed to the authorities,” Shumov difference between the agencies; they most notably Andrei Makarevich, over “A person is not required to climb According to reports, the Moscow said. are all identical. They want to get their their opposition to Russia’s interference the barricades but to show some mini- launch concert for the album sent peo- “For that they received a nasty KGB- salaries and they do what is expected in Ukraine. mal human dignity and take a civic ple dancing, while in St. Petersburg they style answer. They were betrayed and from them, or they are given the desired “Makarevich is a representative of stance. You should not justify your- absorbed the music while sitting quietly. deceived. That’s what we have now. The results in advance. A man who has never Putin’s music stratum, just like Greben- selves by saying that you want to pre- “Stylistically, it has some house music KGB men who sit in the Kremlin have taken part in any public debates cannot shchikov,” he said. serve your small income.” and minimal techno tracks, which im- deceived people. Instead of a peaceful have any rating in a normal society. Be- “He performed at Red Square to But despite seeing Russia’s current plies a non-sitting venue,” Shumov said. movement and appeals to authorities cause he is not a politician, but an honor the so-called election of President state in dark tones, Shumov remains “In Moscow, there were several people like ‘Let’s change something because it’s usurper, a tyrant.” [Dmitry] Medvedev [in 2008], he was optimistic. who already had an idea of ‘Basustica’ not possible to live like this any longer,’ In the new avant-rock piece “Turned fully involved in it. He said in interviews “Essentially, the world gets better. and they started dancing immediately. people now feel anger. When people are Soviet” — which is not on the album but that he supported Putin. Now, just be- Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Perhaps they had taken something as deceived, it does not end there — even if was performed in St. Petersburg — Shu- cause he used to be one of them, he had Union are gone, because you cannot well. And the rest followed suit. It was they dispersed for a while. That’s the mov refers to artists and bands who courage to say something and he is get- cancel social development laws — just curious, I felt like I was a DJ, but a DJ situation where we are now.” demonstrated their loyalty to the Krem- ting punished. Not because he is an op- like you cannot cancel the universal with words, with some meaning, not just According to Shumov, polls showing lin. He argues that they are biased by position leader but because he was one law of gravitation,” he said, raising a one who waves his arms. Everybody was the Russians’ overwhelming support of interest like in the Soviet times. of their own: ‘How dare he?’ It’s like St- teaspoon and dropping it. It fell. happy.” the Kremlin cannot be trusted. “I don’t understand why the aura of alin’s repressions against the other Polit- Although “Basustica” is a far cry “A person cannot have a rating of 85 an independent person has been created buro members. In 2011 and 2012, he not Vasily Shumov’s “Basustica” is available from the band’s early new-wave style, percent in a democratic country,” he around Boris Grebenshchikov lately,” only kept his mouth shut but said, ‘We on iTunes, Google Play and Spotify, Shumov describes it as rock music. said. he said. don’t need any revolutions’ and ‘I don’t among other services. Education & JobOpportunities advertising section Wednesday, November 5, 2014

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city tales the word’s worth It’s Hip to Be A Hipster in Russia By Michele A. Berdy rather, they were defined on that day in article by Yury Saprykin, editor Хипстер: hipster, more or less of Афиша (Afisha magazine). He wrote about the young people at the ou know them. They annual Афиша picnic, whom he de- are the cool-looking scribed as part of an urban subcul- young people in skinny ture without a name. He decided jeans and long scarves to call them хипстеры, and used at the bookshop Респу- a definition of American hipsters Yблика, buying the latest novel trans- from one particularly mean-spirited lated from Japanese. Or the guys article. They were, in Saprykin’s re- in oversized spectacles watching art- ceived view: первая в истории За- house films at the Пионер movie the- пада молодёжная субкультура, ко- ater. Or your young neighbors at the торая ни к чему не стремится, ни о dacha community, collecting dead чём не мечтает, не протестует, не batteries to take to IKEA for recy- бунтует, не изобретает, не меняет cling and carrying their kids жизнь; хипстеры — самовлюблён- in brightly colored, natural dyed, all- ные твари (the first youth subculture cotton papooses. Are they хиппи in the West that strives for nothing, (hippies)? Not quite, but there is dreams of nothing, doesn’t protest, a bit of the Summer of Love about doesn’t rebel, doesn’t invent, doesn’t them. Are they модники (fashion- change life; hipsters are creatures forward)? Well, yes, sort of. But in love with themselves).

POTEKHIN / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS POTEKHIN there is a slight counter-culture ele- He defined their Russian cousins The Anichkov Bridge is known for the four statues honoring the workers of the royal stables that stand at its corners. ment to their style. So who are they? exclusively in terms of their style: но- I finally found out. They’re хип- сят узкие джинсы или цветные ло- стеры (hipsters). But what exactly сины, отращивают чёлки, надевают is a хипстер, and does a Russian большие очки без диоптрий … в кар- The Iron Steeds of the Fontanka хипстер differ from an American мане у них молескин, в руке плёноч- hipster? ная мыльница (they wear skinny By Gus Peters As the city expanded, the other side Yet the horse tamer statues were To get the answer, you have to go jeans or brightly colored leggings, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES of the river morphed into suburbs, and such masterpieces that the city did not back about 60 or 70 years in Amer- grow out their bangs, wear big glasses In a city defined by the hundreds of stone bridges were commissioned in want them to languish. They were in- ica, when the first incarnation with non-corrective lenses … they’ve bridges that span the numerous canals order to make it easier for the city’s stead sent as a gift to King Friedrich of hipsters appeared. A hipster was got a Moleskine notebook in their and rivers, the Anichkov Bridge on residents to travel back and forth easily Wilhelm IV of Prussia and another pair hip, a hepcat — someone who es- pocket and a film point-and-shoot Nevsky Prospekt is one of the most from one side to the other. By the of the statues was cast and sent to Sicil- chewed mainstream culture, typi- camera in their hand). recognizable. While it is not the largest 1840s, Nevsky Prospekt was wider than ian king Ferdinand II. Ferdinand’s pair cally a white person hitting the black He ends his piece: Никто не пре- bridge, since it is only 54.6 meters long the Anichkov Bridge and a new bridge can still be seen outside Naples’ Royal jazz clubs. In the 1950s and 1960s, зирает хипстеров больше, чем сами and 37.9 meters wide, it is one of the made of stone was erected. Palace to this day. hipsters were also called beatniks. хипстеры. (No one disdains hipsters oldest and most distinctive. Today’s bridge rests on three arches Von Jurgensburg’s plaster copies Think: smoky cafe, bearded men, more than hipsters themselves.) The first bridge on the spot of the that provide a sturdy base of granite. were used to good effect in 1851 when women with long hair, everyone Well, judging by his description modern-day central thoroughfare was The railings, which feature designs they and two more were sculpted for snapping their fingers and talking of something like middle-class, pre- erected in 1715 and acted as a check- honoring the city’s close relationship the four corners of the bridge. The stat- about the French New Wave. tentious гопники (hicks) — who’d point. At the time of its construction, it with the Baltic Sea, were modeled after ues were modeled after Amalatbek, an Today English-speaking hipsters want to be one? In fact, another was the edge of the city, the river acting the railings bordering Berlin’s Palace Arabian stallion that the Lieutenant are defined variously. Some defini- commentator writes: Если хочешь as a natural frontier and the bridge of- Bridge. Colonel’s daughter made prance about tions stress their trendy appearance, кого-то оскорбить, назови его хип- fering a narrow roadway to the out- What makes the bridge striking is while he sketched. love of high-tech gadgets, and apo- стером. (If you want to insult some- skirts. The name of the bridge honors not its location but the four statues, The statues were removed during the litical views. Other definitions insist one, call them a hipster.) its builder, Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail one of each that stand sentinel on the Siege of Leningrad and although they that their politics — progressive, So is it good or bad to be a хип- Anichkov, the bridge’s engineer. bridge’s corners. The statues are known survived the war, the bridge itself was liberal — are important. One defini- стер? I don’t know. But I do suspect After going drastic redesigns in as the Horse Tamers and they are a damaged during the ceaseless warfare. tion describes them as “young, usu- that the people writing most causti- 1726 and 1742, architect Simon Volkov tribute to the workers in the royal sta- After the siege was lifted, the statues ally urban Bohemians who cultivate cally about them are probably wear- built a new wooden bridge in 1749 that bles. Sculpted by Baron Peter Klodt were placed back in their usual location. an ironic sensibility” — which is so ing skinny jeans and big glasses. far exceeded its predecessor in struc- von Jurgensburg, an artillery officer of An endearing symbol of not only cool I want to be a hipster right this tural strength. According to one ac- Baltic German descent, he originally the city’s transformation over the years instant, or as soon as I figure out Michele A. Berdy, a Moscow-based count, the reason for this upgrade was built two for the embankment in front but its reputation as one of the world’s what an ironic sensibility is. translator and interpreter, is the au- so that the bridge could accommodate of the Academy of Fine Arts but the most scenic urban centers, the Anich- Russian хипстеры appeared thor of ‘The Russian Word’s Worth’ the weight of elephants, which were to sphinxes that remain there to this day kov Bridge remains an integral part of on the scene on Oct. 8, 2008 — or (Glas), a collection of her columns. be given to the Shah of Iran as a gift. were chosen instead in 1834. St. Petersburg’s most famous road.

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HOW TO USE THE LISTINGS: Romeo and Juliette Nacho Duato opera reimagines Prokofiev’s setting of PREMIERE! l Barbiere di Siviglia Alain Dates and times are correct at the Shakespeare’s play. Conductor Mikhail Maratrat stages a new version of Rossini’s time of publication, but last-min- Tatarnikov. Mikhailovsky Theater. opera-buffa. Conductor Zaurbek Gugkaev. Mariinsky II. ute changes are not infrequent, opera Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky’s opera based so it’s best to check by contacting Iolanta One of Tchaikovsky’s most lyrical and on Pushkin’s novel in verse staged by Yuri poetic operas. Starring Gelena Gaskarova, Alexandrov. St. Petersburg Opera. the venue. COMPLETE LISTINGS can Alexander Nikitin, Mikhail Kit. be found at www.sptimes.ru. Mariinsky Theater, 7:30 p.m. concert Chamber Music Bach, Gershwin, Bernstein, Unless otherwise stated, stage concert Dvorak and others. The Philadelphia Virtuosi events start at 7 p.m. All stage Vocal Music Bach, Handel, Pergolesi, Chamber Orchestra (U.S.). Conductor Daniel Scarlatti and others. Olga Kondina and Spalding. Mariinsky Concert Hall. shows and films are in Russian Christian Ott (France). Mariinsky Concert Hall. Vocal Music Celebrated tenor Yury Marusin unless noted. Guitar Music Aguado, Albenis, Domenikoni, sings arias from operas by Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Guiliani. Aniello Desiderio (Italy). Jaani Kirik, Rimsky-Korsakov, Leoncavallo. Shostakovich 54A Ul. Dekabristov, M: Sennaya Ploschad. Philharmonic, Small Hall. Organ Music Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Sviridov, STAGES Shostakovich, Saint-Saens. Daria Meerkova (organ), Maria Litke (soprano), Viacheslav sunday, november 9 Lebedev (French horn). Smolny Cathedral. DAILY SHOW! Folk Show ballet Feel Yourself Russian! Two hours of traditional The tale of the Princess of the early Russian songs and dance. Nikolayevsky friday, november 7 dawn Scenes from the ballet ‘The Sleeping Palace, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. www.folkshow.ru Beauty’ staged by Alexander Maskalin. ballet Mariinsky Concert Hall, 12 p.m. Sleeping Beauty Tchaikovsky’s much-loved The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet wednesday, november 5 ballet after the tale by Charles Perrault. about the fate of a swan princess, Starring Anastasia Matvienko. Mariinsky II. choreographed by Marius Petipa. Starring Noize MC, the Moscow-based socially conscious rap-rocker, some of whose ballet Romeo and Juliette Nacho Duato Olesya Novikova. Mariinsky Theater, 7:30 p.m. recent concerts were shut down over his anti-war stance, will perform at Birja The Fountain of Bakhchisarai Boris Asafiev’s reimagines Prokofiev’s setting of Bar on Thursday and at A2 on Friday.

ballet based on Pushkin’s poem about a sultan Shakespeare’s play. Conductor Mikhail opera SPT / FOR ALEXEI MAKHOV and his harem. Choreographed by Rostislav Tatarnikov. Mikhailovsky Theater. Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky’s opera based Zakharov (1934). Starring Yekaterina Osmolkina. on Pushkin’s novel in verse. Conductor thursday, november 6 Right Music Festival Reka, Indiana, VIA Mariinsky Theater, 7:30 p.m. opera Zaurbek Gugkaev. Mariinsky II. Prognoz, Natali Baikalova and Heart in the Romeo and Juliette Nacho Duato Don Giovanni Mozart’s colorful opera Iolanta One of Tchaikovsky’s most lyrical and rock, etc. Grave. Backstage, 113 Ligovsky Prospekt. reimagines Prokofiev’s setting of directed by Johannes Schaaf. Starring poetic operas, based on the play ‘King Rene’s Noize MC Alternative rock, hip-hop. Tel. 958 3888. 6 p.m. Shakespeare’s play. Conductor Mikhail Gennady Bezzubenkov, Viktoria Yastrebova, Daughter’ by the Danish poet Henrik Hertz. Birja Bar, 4 Birzhevoi Pereulok. Zimavsegda Pop rock. Birja Bar, Tatarnikov. Mikhailovsky Theater. Daniil Shtoda and Tatiana Pavlovskaya. Mikhailovsky Theater. Tel. 925 8806. 8 p.m. 4 Birzhevoi Pereulok. Tel. 925 8806. 8 p.m. Mariinsky Theater. Flynotes / Gu. Experimental, psychedelic, Los Bananas / Silence Kit Post-rock. opera La Boheme Yury Alexandrov stages Puccini’s concert shoegaze. Dada, 47 Gorokhovaya Ul. Dada, 47 Gorokhovaya Ul. PREMIERE! Il Barbiere di Siviglia Alain opera set in the Latin Quarter of Paris, tracing Chamber Music Borodin, Mozart, Tel. +7 950 010 4320. 7 p.m. Tel. +7 950 010 4320. 7 p.m. Maratrat stages a new version of Rossini’s the interwoven romances of a painter, musician Shostakovich. Sergei Rachmaninoff String Vicious Fest Purgen, Ryzhaya i Cherti, Oira!, Stone Wednesday Sleepy Door, Spaceking, opera-buffa. Conductor Zaurbek Gugkaev. and philosopher. St. Petersburg Opera. Quartet. Mariinsky Concert Hall. The Benders. Dada, 47 Gorokhovaya Ul. Tel. Woozy Riff, Dead Man Tell No Tales, Uno, Mariinsky II. Vocal Music Haydn, Mozart. Violetta +7 950 010 4320. 7 p.m. Transnadeznost. Fish Fabrique Nouvelle, L’Elisir d’Amore A semi-staged version of concert Lukyanenko (soprano), Alexander Shakhov Yoav Pop rock. Kosmonavt, 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 4857. 8 p.m. Donizetti’s comic opera about how a peddler Symphony Music Barber, Gershwin, (baritone), Antonina Vesenina (soprano). 24 Bronnitskaya Ul. Tel. 922 1300. 8 p.m. Three Phase Machine / Cada Espaza / of love potions turns an entire village upside- Copland, Kalvarsky. Piano soloist Ragna Shostakovich Philharmonic, Small Hall, 3 p.m. Everlast Hip-hop, rock, blues. Zal Ozhidaniya, Gu. Instrumental, experimental rock, down. Mariinsky Concert Hall. Schirmer (Germany). St. Petersburg Symphony Symphony Music Mozart, Chopin. Tauric 118 Nab. Obvodnogo Kanala. shoegaze. GEZ-21, 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Orchestra. Conductor Fabio Mastrangelo. International Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Tel. 333 1069. 8 p.m. Tel. 764 5258. 8 p.m. concert Shostakovich Philharmonic, Main Hall, 8 p.m. Mikhail Golikov. Piano soloist Pavel Raykerus. Nevsky 24 Anniversary Party SunSay Pop rock. Kosmonavt, PREMIERE! The Song of the Merchant Shostakovich Philharmonic, Small Hall. Galvanic Elephants, Angel Nebes, et al. 24 Bronnitskaya Ul. Tel. 922 1300. 8 p.m. Kalashnikov World premiere of Victor Zoccolo 2.0, 50 korpus 3 Ligovsky Prospekt. Sodom Thrash metal. Zal Ozhidaniya, Pleshak’s oratorio based on the eponymous saturday, november 8 Tel. 945 4305. 8 p.m. 118 Nab. Obvodnogo Kanala. poem by Mikhail Lermontov. Andreyev State monday, november 10 Tel. 333 1069. 8 p.m. Russian Orchestra and the Student Choir of ballet jazz & blues AntiSect / Distress / E123 Anarcho- the St. Petersburg Conservatory The tale of the Princess of the early ballet Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra Mainstream. punk, hardcore punk, crust punk, ska punk. Shostakovich Philharmonic, Main Hall, 8 p.m. dawn Scenes from the ballet ‘The Sleeping La Sylphide Lovenskjold’s classic ballet, Jazz Philharmonic Hall, 27 Zagorodny Zoccolo 2.0, 50 korpus 3 Ligovsky Prospekt. Piano Music Schubert, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Beauty’ staged by Alexander Maskalin. choreographed by Bournonville, about a young Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, 764 9843. 7 p.m. Tel. 945 4305. 8 p.m. Mussorgsky, Prokofiev. Oleg Polyansky and Mariinsky Concert Hall, 12 p.m. Scotsman who falls in love with a beautiful Gaivoronsky Volkov Kondakov Art jazz. Oleg Vainshtein. Smolny Cathedral. The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet sylph on the eve of his wedding. JFC Jazz Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ul. jazz & blues about the fate of a swan princess, Mariinsky Theater, 7.30 p.m. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. Leningrad Dixieland Band Jazz dancing. choreographed by Marius Petipa. Starring PREMIERE! The Great Gatsby American Jazz Philharmonic Hall, 27 Zagorodny thursday, november 6 Nadezhda Batoeva. Mariinsky Theater, choreographer Dwight Rhoden’s setting of Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, 764 9843. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Fitzgerald’s novel to a score by Russian friday, november 7 Kvartet Imeni Muzyki Jazz, classic rock. ballet Romeo and Juliette Nacho Duato composer Konstantin Meladze. Starring Denis JFC Jazz Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ul. Sleeping Beauty Tchaikovsky’s much-loved reimagines Prokofiev’s setting of Matvienko. Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, rock, etc. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. ballet after the tale by Charles Perrault. Shakespeare’s play. Conductor Mikhail 6 Ligovsky prospekt, M. Ploschad Vosstaniya. Noize MC Alternative rock, hip-hop. A2, Starring Viktoria Tereshkina. Mariinsky II. Tatarnikov. Mikhailovsky Theater. Tel. 275 1300 3 Prospekt Medikov. Tel. 309 9922. 8 p.m. PetroJazz: Autumn Alice Francis, et al. sunday, november 9 Aurora Concert Hall, St. Petersburg Hotel, tuesday, november 11 5/2 Pirogovskaya Nab. rock, etc. Tel. 907 1917. 7 p.m. OneRepublic Pop rock, alternative opera All Fine Acid jazz, funk, soul. Backstage, rock. A2, 3 Prospekt Medikov. Tel. 309 9922. Semyon Kotko Prokofiev’s opera about the 113 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel: 958 3888. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. Russian Civil War staged by Yury Alexandrov. Fruktovy Kefir Pop rock. Birja Bar, Orgiya Pravednikov Acoustic. Backstage, Conductor Pavel Smelkov. Mariinsky II 4 Birzhevoi Pereulok. Tel. 925 8806. 8 p.m. 113 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel: 958 3888. 8 p.m. The Gadfly Concert performance of Antonio White Lung / Natural Assembly / Smooth Kats Acid jazz, funk. Birja Bar, Spadavecchia’s opera based on the novel ‘The Cremation Lily Electroniac. Dada, 47 4 Birzhevoi Pereulok. Tel. 925 8806. 8 p.m. Gadfly’ by Ethel Lilian Voynich. Conductor Gorokhovaya Ul. Tel. +7 950 010 4320. Old Horned Sheep Folk rock. Dada, 47 Andrei Petrenko. Mariinsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m. Gorokhovaya Ul. Tel. +7 950 010 4320. Trolleibus Pop rock. Fish Fabrique Nouvelle, 7 p.m. concert 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 4857. 9 p.m. Zhivaya Ryba / Avtobiografiya / Electric Cello Music Klengel, Lotti, Messiaen, Tyusse, Tribute to Alexander Bashlachyov Princess / Davinci Rock. Dada, 47 Francaix. Cello section of the Mariinsky Helavisa, Kalinov Most, Edmund Shklyarsky. Gorokhovaya Ul. Tel. +7 950 010 4320. Orchestra. Mariinsky II, Mussorgsky Hall, Glavclub (new), LDM, 47 Ul. Professora 7 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Popova. 8 p.m. Vicious Fest MPTRI, Yorsh, Pornofilmy, Symphony Music Tchaikovsky, Dvorak. Beth Hart Blues rock, jazz fusion, soul. Panda. Dada, 47 Gorokhovaya Ul. St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Kosmonavt, 24 Bronnitskaya Ul. Tel. +7 950 010 4320. 7 p.m. Conductor Vladimir Altschuler. Shostakovich Tel. 922 1300. 8 p.m. Autumn Songs Alexei Lapin, Nikolai Philharmonic, Main Hall, 8 p.m. SBP ‘14 7Rasa, Deadkedy, BkmsB, Rubanov, Pavel Oblapenko and Andrei CellarDoor. Mod, 7 Nab. Kanala Griboyedova. Doroshenko. GEZ-21, 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 712 0734. 6 p.m. Tel. 764 5258. 8 p.m. Shortparis Experimental. VynyllaSky, Monoliza Pop rock. Jagger, 2 Ploschad GIGS 81 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 6344. 9 p.m. Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. 8:30 p.m. Diary of Dreams Darkwave. Zal Ozhidaniya, FPG Punk rock. Kosmonavt, 24 Bronnitskaya 118 Nab. Obvodnogo Kanala. Ul. Tel. 922 1300. 8 p.m. wednesday, november 5 Tel. 333 1069. 7 p.m. Nadia Kodes Singer-songwriter, pop rock. VynyllaSky, 81 Ligovsky Prospekt. rock, etc. jazz & blues Tel. 764 6344. 7 p.m. Ill Nino Latin metal. Glavclub (new), LDM, Elvira Trafova and Pyotr Kornev Band Mat’E Band Reggae. Yashchik Club, 47 Ul. Professora Popova. 8 p.m. Romantic jazz night. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, 50 korp. 13 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 964 9637. Easy Dizzy AC/DC covers. Jagger, 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, 7 p.m. 2 Ploschad Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. 764 9843. 7 p.m. Loc Dog Hip-hop. Zal Ozhidaniya, 8:30 p.m. Suvorov’s Blues Band Blues. JFC Jazz Club, 118 Nab. Obvodnogo Kanala. Hed PE Rapcore. Kosmonavt, 33 Shpalernaya Ul. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. Tel. 333 1069. 8 p.m. 24 Bronnitskaya Ul. Tel. 922 1300. 8 p.m. Yunost Vnutri Rock. Zoccolo 2.0, 50 korpus 3 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 945 4305. 8 p.m. jazz & blues saturday, november 8 David Goloshchyokin and His Band Jazz jazz & blues violin and organ night. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, rock, etc. Alexei Podymkin Quartet Jazz. 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, NAIVE Rock. A2, 3 Prospekt Medikov. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, 27 Zagorodny Romania-born, Germany-based “neo-Charleston” singer Alice Francis, also 764 9843. 7 p.m. Tel. 309 9922. 7 p.m. Prospekt. 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Unless otherwise stated, Tel. 945 4305. 8 p.m. temporary exhibitions are displayed in the Winter Palace, the museum’s main building. jazz & blues Kvadrat Jazz Club Jam session. STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM Jazz Philharmonic Hall (Ellington Hall), 2 Inzhenernaya Ul. M: Nevsky Prospekt. 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, Tel. 314 3448, 595 4248. Open 10 a.m. to 764 9843. 8 p.m. 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Monday). 1 p.m. to 9 p.m on Forrest Gump and Uncle Misha Blues. Thursdays. Closed Tuesday. JFC Jazz Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ul. www.rusmuseum.ru/eng Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. Permanent Collection. The world’s finest and most extensive collection of works by Russian artists, from 12th-century icons to some of the latest movements in MUSEUMS contemporary art exhibited in the Mikhailovsky Palace and in associated NEW! The Judge (2014, U.S.) David Dobkin’s drama starring Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall and Vera Farmiga. Angleterre (in English ACADEMY OF ARTS MUSEUM buildings listed below. with Russian subtitles), Formula Kino Galereya, Khudozhestvenny, Mirage Cinema, Velikan Park. 17 Universitetskaya Nab. Tel. 323 6496, 323 3578 M: Vasileostrovskaya. Wednesday STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM: MARBLE through Sunday, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. PALACE selection of Ugryumov’s history paintings and MOKHOVAYA 18 GALLERY format black-and-white photographs depict NEW! East and West Two St. Petersburg 5/1 Millionnaya Ul. M: Nevsky Prospekt. graphics. Through Nov. 30 18 Mokhovaya Ul. M: Chernyshevskaya. Daily the vast, majestic spaces of deserts, oceans, artists, painter Darya Kollegova and sculptor Tel. 312 9196. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed Sunday, Monday. ice fields and icebergs in Mongolia, Rustam Igamberdiev, examine the ways in Monday). 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays. STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM: STROGANOV Tel. 275 3383. www.gm18.ru Antarctica and the North Atlantic. which the culture of the East is perceived Closed Tuesday. PALACE Metaphorium: The Unicorn Trap. Through Nov. 30 through the eyes of people raised in Western NEW! Dmitry Shuvalov: 1932-2013. 17 Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 571 2360. Open St. Petersburg painter Andrey Romasyukov, Martin Parr: Life’s a Beach. The exhibition traditions. Through Nov. 9. Shuvalov’s paintings, watercolors and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Monday). 1 p.m. to 9 whose works are full of symbolism and presents 56 works by one of Britain’s best- graphics encompass lyrical views of north p.m on Thursdays. Closed Tuesday. A branch mythological connotations, shows paintings known photographers and shows Parr at his DOSTOEVSKY APARTMENT MUSEUM Russia, images of ancient Russian cities and of the State Russian Museum. united by the image of unicorn as symbol of witty best. Through Nov. 30. 5/2 Kuznechny Pereulok, M: Vladimirskaya. quiet corners of the city he called home. Richard Meier: Collages. Architect Richard purity and wisdom. Through Nov. 15. NEW! Alexander Filippov: Selected Tel. 571 4031. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Nov. 5 through Dec. 1. Meyer is one of America’s most celebrated Works. Spanning three decades, this Monday and the last Wednesday of each NEW! Beyond Figuration in Russian Art modernists. This exhibition brings 38 collages MOLBERT GALLERY exhibition by St. Petersburg-based month. www.md.spb.ru. of Late 20th Century. More than 70 from the collection of Switzerland’s 11 Bol. Konyushennaya Ul. Tel. 438 0114. photographer Filippov includes over one Dostoevsky and Solzhenitsyn. The paintings and graphic works by Belutin, Gmurzynska Gallery to St. Petersburg for the Daily 12 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed Monday. hundred photos from the mid-1980s to the exhibition explores parallels in the lives of two Zubarev, Gribkov, Preobrazhenskaya, first time. Through Nov. 30. www.molbertgallery.ru. present. Through Nov. 23. of Russian literature’s classic authors through Safokhin, Ter-Gevondyan from The New Reality NEW! Abstraction. Abstract paintings by documents, photographs, manuscripts and studio founded in the 1950s. renowned contemporary St. Petersburg and personal items. Through Nov. 10. Moscow artists including David Borovsky, Through Nov. 25. Rasim Babayev. Babayev, an Azerbaijani GALLERIES Vladimir Viderman, Vladimir Bashlykov, SCREENS artist, paints genre scenes of his homeland’s Semyon Gulyako, Oleg Yakovlev and Natalia HISTORY OF ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM history, folklore and culture using mythological ANNA NOVA Sitnikova. Nov. 5 through Nov. 23. NEW! 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Clouds of Sils Maria (Clouds of Sils the Romanov dynasty; History of the Mint; NEW! St. Petersburg Society During the that includes graphics, videos, objects and MAIN HALL Maria) (2014, France-Switzerland-Germany) Museum of Old Petersburg; and more. Exhibits Romanov Era. This exhibition features documentation of a study the artist conducted Celebrating 50 Years of the Department Olivier Assayas’ drama starring Kristen are housed in various locations in the Peter watercolors, paintings and drawings that to understand the role of the artist in society. of Graphics at Herzen University. Works Stewart, Juliette Binoche and Chloe Grace and Paul Fortress. depict the social life of St. Petersburg during Through Dec. 6. by students and teachers from one of the Moretz. Angleterre (in French, English Nikolay Evgrafov. The first exhibition of the 19th century. Through Nov. 2015. oldest pedagogical education establishments and German with Russian subtitles), Avrora, Evgrafov’s work since 1941 is dedicated to NEW! Andrei Martynov: 1768–1826. With ERARTA MUSEUM in Russia. Through Nov. 13. Rodina. 110th anniversary of the renowned Russian about a hundred works by the prominent 2, 29th Line, V.O. M: Vasileostrovskaya. SMALL HALL painter and features paintings and graphics Russian painter, draughtsman, watercolorist and Tel. 324 0809. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Closed Irina Shibagutdinova: Graphics. Inspired NEW! Goodbye to Language (Adieu au from the museum collection. engraver on view, this exhibition features views Tuesday. www.erarta.com by nature, the textile work of Shibagutdinova, langage) (2014, France) Jean-Luc Godard’s Through Nov. 9 of St. Petersburg and its outskirts alongside Russia in Vogue. Featuring over 100 who graduated from Mukhina Design drama starring Zoe Bruneau, Heloise Godet Balls Glittering and Raucous This images of Moscow and other important Russian photographs that appeared in Vogue Russia Academy, displays her mastery of various and Richard Chevallier. Dom Kino. exhibition explores the history of St. towns and cities. Through Nov. 10. during the past 15 years, the exhibition includes techniques. Through Nov. 13. Petersburg’s celebrated balls and presents NEW! Grigory Ugryumov: 1764-1823. This portraits of such figures as Ida Rubinstein, Gala NEW! In Order of Disappearance dozens of items connected with the revelry, retrospective offers a rare opportunity to see a Dali, Joseph Brodsky, Vladimir Nabokov, Erte and NAME GALLERY (Kraftidioten) (2014, Norway-Sweden- Marc Chagall. Through Dec. 14. 33 Nab. Kanala Griboyedova. Tel. 571 5517. Denmark) Hans Petter Moland’s action film ADVERTISING Sergey Bondarev: Hmm. 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Reserve your space now! Please call: +7 (812) 325-60-80 Feature www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, November 5, 2014 ❖ 16 Veteran Tour Guide Still Going Strong at 84 By Irina Titova meeting local people who still remem- connections. All the tours are also avail- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES bered the famous revolutionary couple able in English, German and French. living there. Currently the firm’s specialists are very morning by 11 a.m. Lidiya “We like extremes in our country. In working out a new tour on the connec- Moshkova is in her office su- our Soviet past we probably overdid tion of St. Petersburg to Crimea. “The pervising her 17 employees. things with the cult of Lenin, but after city’s connection with Crimea was his- Not bad for an 84-year-old. the breakup of the Soviet era we began torically very close,” Moshkova says. EMoshkova, who is the head of the to reject everything connected to These ties include the St. Peters- firm “Veterans of Excursion Labor,” Lenin,” Moshkova said regretfully. burg-based duke Grigory Potyomkin, has been working as a city guide for al- Her profound knowledge of Lenin’s the favorite of Empress Catherine the most 60 years since she got a job at the biography led to Moshkova receiving Great, who played an important role Leningrad City Guide Bureau in 1957. an offer to work on 10 programs for in the inclusion of Crimea to Russia at She recalls the early years of her ca- Lenin’s 100th anniversary on Soviet the end of the 18th century. Addition- reer with pleasure and enthusiasm. Central Television, an achievement ally, there was the Sinope Battle in “That was a time when we prepared our that she is still proud of. which the Russian Black Sea Fleet de- city excursion programs so thoroughly However, not only revolutionary feated the Turkish squadron in 1853, that any of us could write a dissertation themes were popular in the Soviet Union. where a number of St. Petersburg ad- about the topics,” Moshkova said. “We Other topics of Moshkova’s guide pro- mirals led by Admiral Pavel Nakhimov spent weeks in archives, read a great grams covered the biography of re- fought heroically. In October 2013 a deal of material and met with witnesses nowned Russian singer Fyodor Chalia- monument to the admirals was un- of the events that we were to describe to pin, composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov veiled in St. Petersburg on the Sinops- our tourists. Our city guides even pub- and actress Vera Komissarzhevskaya. kaya Embankment. lished books on their subjects.” “The topic of Chaliapin is still one of The history also covers the cultural “I’m not sure that many modern my favorites. I love his apartment mu- ties of the regions, such as world-famous

guides do such thorough research. Many seum at Ulitsa Graftio,” Moshkova says. SPT / FOR IRINA VOLODUTSKAYA maritime painter Ivan Aivazovsky, who of them rely on Internet sources that ob- Moshkova’s face saddens as she re- Lidiya Moshkova has seen a lot of changes in almost 60 years as a guide to the city. was born and died in the Crimean city viously need double-checking. I also no- members the time of Gorbachev’s re- of Feodosiya but lived and worked for tice that modern guides often miss mak- forms in the late 1980s and the breakup New popular topics of city tours urb tours along with special individual some time in St. Petersburg. Addition- ing connections in their narration and of the Soviet Union in early 1990s. The covered the Silver Age of Russian po- programs. The company offers tours on ally, many members of the St. Peters- don’t give a full picture of the city or pe- City Excursions Bureau where she etry, the “returned names” of promi- St. Petersburg’s numerous bridges, the burg elite fled to Crimea after the Bol- riod of history they refer to,” she adds. worked got into financial difficulties nent Russians, including scientists, history of trade and financial life in the shevik revolution, Moshkova says. In the 1950s and 1960s, Moshkova, and had to close down. writers or generals largely forgotten or city, different architects of St. Peters- Moshkova, whose portrait was dis- like many other city guides in the coun- “We kept thinking about how to save ignored for political or other reasons, burg, the city’s poets and writers includ- played in the city’s streets this year as a try, focused on tours about the revolu- the experience and people that we had and the estates of the Russian nobility. ing Alexander Pushkin, Fyodor Dos- part of the campaign “People of Our tionary history of the country. She took in that sphere, and we finally decided to In those years Moshkova’s team de- toyevsky, Alexander Blok and Sergei City” as “a person who has greatly con- tourists to visit the graves of Lenin’s open the country’s first excursions coop- veloped tours focusing on the Russian Yesenin, and trips to towns outside St. tributed to the city guide industry,” said family members at the city’s Volk- erative in 1988,” Moshkova says. scientist Nikolai Vavilov, theater direc- Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast, she still gets enormous pleasure from ovskoye cemetery, the house at Angli- “We gathered a group of city guides tor Vsevolod Meierhold, general Vasily such as Veliky Novgorod, Staraya her work and hardly even thinks about iskaya Embankment where Lenin’s who had up to 35 years of work experi- Blyukher and many other prominent Ladoga, Tikhvin and many others. her advanced age. mother grew up, and she traveled to ence, called our cooperative Veterans of people of the country who suffered VET also includes excursions focus- the Siberian village of Shushenskoye, Excursionary Labor, or VET, and devel- during Stalin’s repressions. ing on the history of foreign communities For more information about tours orga- where Lenin and his wife Nadezhda oped new tour topics that the new politi- Today Moshkova’s firm continues to in the city, covering its Dutch, English, nized by VET, see www.vettour.ru, or Krupskaya spent some years in exile, cal era allowed us to research,” she adds. offer regular city and St. Petersburg sub- Finnish, French, German and Swedish call 314-4226.

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