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Florida shrank to fewer than 400 votes law because of the close result, was still With the outcome of the presidential ment building in downtown West Palm James A. Baker III, the former sec- on Thursday, with allegations of irregu- in progress late Thursday, some 48 race in the balance, allegations on both Beach, demanding another election in retary of state brought in by Bush to larities swirling and several thousand hours after polls closed. sides became increasingly heated. the county. They said the confusing con- represent his interests in Florida, said, ballots from overseas residents still to Election officials said results Gore campaign manager William figuration of their ballot had cost the “That ballot was posted, as required by be counted. wouldn’t be certified until Nov. 17 or Daley said courts may find the Florida vice president votes. Florida law, in newspapers and public Recount results from 64 of the later — after at least 2,900 overseas result “an injustice unparalleled in our “Gore got more,” they chanted. places all over the state of Florida. And state’s 67 counties gave Republican ballots can be counted. Those ballots history.” Bush chairman Don Evans The Gore campaign contended the we haven’t heard one gripe about that Bush a lead of 362 votes out of nearly 6 had to be postmarked by Election Day countered, “The Democrats who are ballots in Palm Beach County were ille- ballot until after the voting took place.” million cast, according to an unofficial to count. politicizing and distorting these events gal. Reform Party candidate Pat See ELECTIONS, Page 2 Absentee Votes May Decide Florida By Sarah Karush and Irina Titova STAFF WRITERS In one of the most bizarre turns in U.S. electoral history, a vote counted in St. Petersburg, Russia could now seem to be more significant than a vote cast in St. Petersburg, Florida. That’s because a now-underway re- count in Florida — now the decisive state for the election — has George W. Bush leading Vice President Al Gore by a mere 941 votes. A recount was manda- tory under state law because the margin was less than one-half of 1 percentage point of the total number of votes cast in Florida, the Associated Press said. This therefore means that the deci- sive votes will be coming in from over- seas — cast as absentee ballots — and Florida reckons it will be counting 2,000 of those over the next ten days, officials there said. In the 1996 presidential election, Florida counted 2,300 overseas ballots. Many U.S. expatriates forego voting SERGEY GRACHEV/SPT because obtaining an absentee ballot Three Orthodox priests, who were protesting communist demonstrations on Palace Square on Tuesday — the Day of Harmony and On a Crusade Reconciliation — being led away by police. About 8,000 people gathered and shouted anti-government slogans.See Story, Page 3. can be a hassle and because they feel it is a futile exercise. After all, their votes often don’t arrive until well after the polls have closed and the votes have been tallied. Gulag Memories Live On in a Siberian Museum But Tuesday’s soon-to-be photo fin- ish race proved that every vote counts. REUTERS that would embrace all sides of tourism M-1247, recalls climbing the camp’s Quilted jackets, numbered caps, In some cases, the vote could threaten DOLINA KANYONA, Eastern Sibe- — nature, history, ethnic themes, ex- wooden stairs every morning to work, tarpaulin boots and tins litter the floor lives. “I’m from Florida,” said one ria — Josef Stalin sent millions of So- treme tourism, sport,” Alabushev said. whipped by a piercing wind and gnawed of the barracks and workshops. Florida resident in St. Petersburg who viet citizens down Siberia’s so-called “Dolina Kanyona fits ideally into by temperatures plummeting to minus At the top of a steep slope looms a didn’t vote. “I received a call from my “Road of Bones” to the misery and this idea. This place is unique; it has 50 degrees Celsius. huge refinery surrounded by heaps of ex-wife who lives there who said ‘If death of the gulag labor camps. mountains, lakes, cascading waterfalls, “Nature itself served as a guard cobalt ore, which the Cold War-era So- Gore wins I’ll kill you!’” Now tourists are being invited to the glaciers, rare animals. Here you can sat- here,” said Svertelov. viet military needed to make armor. That notwithstanding, many expats remote Kolyma track to Dolina Kany- isfy the most demanding tourist.” Since the camp closed in 1954, rivers Svertelov was banished to Dolina in St. Petersburg did their patriotic ona, a labor camp crumbling into the Snow-capped mountains overlook have washed away the wooden bridges Kanyona for the “crime” of having duty. Braving the process of red tape tundra nearly 50 years after its last in- Dolina Kanyona and the expanse of built by prisoners on the road that led been captured by Nazis while a soldier and postmarks, many St. Petersburg mate was released. Siberian taiga, whose autumnal reds, to it. But Dolina Kanyona’s isolation during World War II. expats of Floridian persuasion, how- Forty-six-year-old Alexei Alabushev, yellows and greens fan out around the and forbidding elements have helped it German prison was bad, but being ever, blew it. born the year the labor camp closed, crystal clear Verina river. remain one of the best preserved of treated as a traitor upon returning was One Floridian, who declined to be swapped a teaching career for an un- But some 2,000 Dolina Kanyona in- Kolyma’s 500 or so camps. worse. identified said he didn’t vote because he likely tourist dream amid the taiga and mates saw a different picture half a cen- Barbed wire still twists around the The only survivor of Dolina Kany- didn’t like the choices on offer. He tumbling rivers of Russia’s far northeast. tury ago. camp and metal bars criss-cross the tiny ona left in the regional center, Maga- See ABROAD, Page 2 “I wanted to come up with a project Vladimir Svertelov, prisoner number square windows of the prison barracks. See GULAG, Page 2 2 ❖ Friday, November 10, 2000 NEWS The St. Petersburg Times

porter Don Liftman said. “Three thou- ELECTIONS sand Buchanan supporters in a county Continued from page 1 full of Jewish condo residents? I don’t think so.” All across the state, other allegations A few Republicans also attended the of voting improprieties ranged from rally, among them was George Ford, missing ballots to problems with tabula- who waved a large Bush-Cheney sign. tions and intimidation of black voters. “To think this is going to be decided In Tallahassee, several hundred student by a bunch of lawyers,” he said, “is just protesters from Florida A&M Univer- a tragedy.” sity marched to the Capitol and held a ❑ silent sit-in in the rotunda. Republican activist Don Weidner PORTLAND — In the “other” unde- said that he didn’t expect a judge to cided state of Oregon, Democrat Al order a new election based on the Gore on Thursday edged ahead of Re- complaints. publican George W. Bush in balloting “Absent a clear demonstration of for U.S. president as election workers fraud, I think it’s highly unlikely the counted the last handfuls of ballots cast. court will throw it out,” he said. While the nation focused on the Republicans were unhappy that dramatic recount of votes in Florida, Gore gained 478 votes in the recount in where the 25 electoral votes will de- GOP-heavy Pinellas County, partly be- termine the next president, Oregon cause of an additional 1,100 absentee was still unable to award its seven ballots overlooked on election night. electoral votes even with 96 percent of “Obviously it’s a very strange ballots counted. event,” said John Dowd, a Washington Vice President Gore with 666,997 attorney working for Bush. “How do votes, or 47.43 percent, led Texas Gov. you miss 1,100 or so ballots?” Bush, with 664,805, or 47.27 percent. The Gore campaign requested that Green Party candidate Ralph Nader 1.78 million ballots be hand-counted in AP tallied 68,812 votes, or 4.89 percent. Palm Beach, Volusia, Broward and Mi- A copy of the controversial ballot distributed in Palm Beach County, which Democrat representatives say confused many voters. “It is intense,” said Lynn Rosik, ami-Dade counties. But Democrats said plaintiff, said that he had received with two other people. The suit con- county’s punch-card ballot was laid out. Oregon director of elections. “We’ve the election may be decided in court. calls from people he refused to iden- tended poll workers told voters they had Candidates were listed in two columns, had many races this close before, but Eight lawsuits challenging the re- tify who asked his client to withdraw only five minutes to cast their ballots and separated by holes for punching. not in a presidential race with every- sults were filed in state or federal court, the suit. anyone who took longer would have his The controversy prompted an emo- body looking at us like this.” including six in Palm Beach County and “Al Gore is going to step up and ballot tossed out. tional midday demonstration Thursday Oregon switched to all-mail ballot- two in Tallahassee, where race discrim- fight this battle,” Navarro said without Officials in the heavily Democratic in West Palm Beach. Democrats noted ing for the first time this year, but Rosik ination was alleged. elaboration. county rejected 19,120 ballots on election that the 3,407 votes for Buchanan were said the extreme closeness of The first case to reach a judge was In one of the other cases, Palm Beach night because more than one prgsidential by far the most of any Florida county, Tuesday’svote, not the speed of the voluntarily dropped by the plaintiff in voter Kenneth Horowitz, owner of the candidate was selected. Gore supporters and almost 20 percent of his total vote counting, had delayed the verdict. federal court in West Palm Beach. Miami Fusion soccer team and a regis- blamed the design of the ballot. in the state. Lawrence Navarro, attorney for the tered independent, filed a lawsuit along Confusion arose from how the “Our vote was stolen,” Gore sup- — Reuters

extrapolation you can do really makes Gore. Some said they were confused by ABROAD you think about the importance of exer- the punch ballot that placed the names Continued from page 1 cising your franchise,” said Gould, who of Gore and Buchanan across from each has lived in Russia since 1989. other, The Associated Press reported. added, however, that he now felt bad Theoretically expat votes cast from Some U.S. citizens in Moscow said about it because ‘I’m from Florida and abroad — and not from the United they would have liked to have voted but I should have voted.’” States the way Gould’s was — could turn never received an absentee ballot. But Moscow resident Mark Gould, of the tide and hand victory to Gore — as In order to vote abroad, you must Clearwater, Florida, said he was happy many awaiting the count are hoping. send a request for an absentee ballot to he went to the trouble of getting an ab- The only ballots not counted the the board of elections where you are reg- sentee ballot and casting it for Bush. first time around were those cast over- istered. Your request must be received at “I like Bush, I like Gore. But I can’t seas, Reuters said, citing Clay Roberts, least 30 days before the election. stand Tipper ever since Tipper came director of the Florida Division of Elec- Marisa Fushille, of Texas, said she out against rock music,” Gould said of tions. They must be postmarked by went to the trouble of faxing her re- Gore’s wife. His absentee vote was election day in order to be valid but quest to election officials six weeks ago counted in the first tally Tuesday night have 10 days to arrive. so that they would get it on time. because he cast it while he was in the The number of overseas ballots is “My ballot never got here, so I never United States last month. undetermined. Florida election officials voted,” she said. At one point in Tuesday night’s sent out 585,000 absentee ballots, of MIKHAIL METZEL/AP Despite that mishap, some states are count, when the difference between which 416,000 had been returned by Two soldiers reading about the U.S. elections in Red Square, Moscow, on Thursday. even allowing absentee votes to be Bush and Gore was a mere 200 votes, Monday evening. holds that U.S. citizens abroad — who ceivably change the results. faxed in, officials at the U.S. Consulate Gould said he calculated the worth of Roberts said that it was “techni- include military personnel and many In Palm Beach County, hundreds of in St. Petersburg said. his vote for the Republican candidate at cally” possible that these ballots could business executives — are predomi- angry voters complained to the elections one-two hundredth of the U.S. popula- change the result of the election, al- nately Republican. office that they feared they had mistak- Sarah Karush reported from Moscow tion, or 1.25 million people. though it’s extremely unlikely. Of course, there are other factors enly cast their vote for Reform Party and Irina Titova reported from St. Pe- “Those are some heavy numbers. The Moreover, conventional wisdom beside the expat vote that could con- candidate Pat Buchanan instead of tersburg.

tration, he bought a two-room apart- WEATHER GULAG ment in Yagodnoye and put the exhibits FRIDAY 8:41 Continued from page 1 on display. SATURDAY 8:44 Today Panikarov’s museum is SUNDAY 8:47 MONDAY 8:49 dan, Svertelov is wholeheartedly in fa- Yagodnoye’s key attraction and the lo- TUESDAY 8:52 vor of Alabushev’s tourism idea. cal administration has offered to exhibit “People must go there and see how his artifacts at a former cinema. FRIDAY 16:46 we lived,” Svertelov said. “It doesn’t The Kolyma track is littered with SATURDAY 16:44 SUNDAY 16:41 matter if someone also wants to make abandoned villages standing next to the MONDAY 16:39 money on this.” ruins of labor camps, but Yagodnoye, TUESDAY 16:37 The Magadan region suffers from “the town of berries” in Russian, is the economic woes which grip much of prosperous by local standards. FRIDAY Snow Siberia. The local administration is trying to High 2, Low 0. The infrastructure built by prisoners lure entrepreneurs and gold prospectors. from the 1930s to the 1950s was devel- There’s even a town Internet server. SATURDAY Showers oped by workers from across the Soviet “The wives of the gold prospectors High 4, Low 1. Union, drawn by special wages and look at the Web sites of Moscow shops SUNDAY powerful propaganda. so they know where to go when they get Partly Cloudy But much of region’s transport and in- there. The prospectors themselves look High 2, Low 2. dustry became too inefficient to maintain up the world prices for gold,” said after the economic reforms of the 1990s. Vladimir Alexeyev, director of the MONDAY Sunny Ivan Panikarov, a former plumber town’s communications center. High 3, Low -5. from the southern Russian town of One computer is available for public CIS HIGH LOW OUTLOOK Rostov, has set up a gulag museum in use at Yagodnoye’s post office, but Arkhangelsk -2 -6 m. cloudy Yagodnoye — a town of 8,000 that once Alexeyev dreams of installing a Web Irkutsk 0 -5 snow housed the regional gulag administra- camera to let residents stay in touch Kiev 7 5 p. cloudy tion headquarters — and put it on-line. over the Internet with children studying Moscow 0 -9 p. sunny Tallinn 7 3 p. cloudy Panikarov came to Kolyma in the in Magadan, which would save money Vladivostok 14 2 snow/rain 1970s, where he learned the grim his- on telephones and travel. tory of the camps and began visiting The server also hosts Ivan Panika- THE WORLD HIGH LOW OUTLOOK their remains, collecting prisoners’ rov’s gulag history Web site (http:/ya. Jerusalem 26 8 sunny clothes, tools and tableware. msi.ru/museums/main.htm). But Pani- London 8 5 p. cloudy Tokyo 18 14 rain In 1994, after many failed attempts karov’s ambition is to take tourists to Toronto 14 12 rain to get support from the local adminis- see the real thing. Friday, November 10, 2000 NEWS The St.Petersburg Times ❖ 3 City Media Chief Files a Marchers Recall Communism By Masha Kaminskaya Suit Against Local Paper STAFF WRITER Ever since a presidential decree By Vladimir Kovalyev Dzerzhinsky District Court, but failed signed by Boris Yeltsin came into ef- STAFF WRITER to appear because he suffered a heart fect four years ago, the public holiday City Hall Media Committee Chief attack. The hearings where postponed on Nov. 7 has officially been named Alexander Potekhin filed suit against until Friday. the Day of Harmony and Reconcilia- local daily Nevskoye Vremya late last At present, the Media Committee tion. But most of those who gathered month over an article that cast asper- — which is vaguely charged with over- in Palace Square on Tuesday, the day sions on his committee’s expenditures seeing city media — has a 7 million ru- was still really what it was for seven on local sociological surveys. ble ($250,000) budget. decades: the anniversary of the Great Potekhin was apparently miffed by a Potekhin pointed out that big ex- October Socialist revolution. sentence in the article — printed in penditures on surveys were a necessary Approximately 8,000 people took September — that purported to say part of government. part in a march that was organized by the Potekhin would like to monopolize the “These are huge surveys and they city’s communist parties, starting at 10:30 local market in the sale of print media, are conducted for several months. a.m. at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall. he told The St. Petersburg Times in an Sometimes it is impossible to find out While several recent polls say that interview. He also called into question what we need by asking just 1,500 peo- about 50 percent of Russians view Nov. Nevskoye Vremya’s position on his ple,” Potekhin said. 7 as an ordinary day off, Tuesday’s committee’s budget for public surveys, “$2,000 is the cost of so-called small marchers were more in a mood of which the paper said was suspicious. surveys, for big ones the cost is much protest than reconciliation. At issue is the arrest of Dmitry So- higher,” he said. “I wasn’t a member of the Commu- lonnikov, Potekhin’s former aide, in Oc- The budget line raises Korchagin’s nist Party, but I used to live a good life tober for allegedly embezzling money hackles and, in June, he sent an official during the Soviet period,” said scientific from precisely that budget line item — deputy’s inquiry to City Hall to ask researcher Nina Ivanovna, 60, who re- all the way back in 1998. Furthermore, about the figures. In October, Solon- fused to give her last name. lawmakers like Andrei Korchagin have nikov was arrested and Potekhin was “I didn’t need changes that would de- called the Media Committee onto the called in for questioning. He was never stroy me, impoverish my country and ex- carpet over what they see as continual formally charged with any wrongdoing. terminate people. I am for socialists, for abuses of the survey budget line — espe- Korchagin also got back a list of sur- Russian socialists, not a bunch of Jews cially for the year 2000 — and they say veys the Media Committee conducted. who are robbing the country,” she said. the surveys are largely bogus. They were called: “Dynamics for the Palace square swarmed with red flags, What Solonnikov’s involvement in the Psychological Condition of the St. Pe- as speeches by local communist leaders alleged embezzlement is remains unclear. tersburg Population,” “Specifics of Me- calling for riots and a takeover of power Prosecutor’s office spokesman Gennady dia Perception” and “What St. Peters- looked on at posters saying “Down with Ryabov did say in a telephone interview burg Citizens Think about Local and capitalism!” and “ORT, NTV and Lib- that: “The Prosecutor’s Office starts an in- Federal Branches of Power.” erty are Zionist accomplices!” vestigation only after an investigation “Neither I nor my voters have seen The demonstrators were apparently shows money has been misspent.” results of surveys conducted in the city,” not bearing any slogans vilifying Presi- Nevskoye Vremya, nonetheless, said Korchagin in a telephone interview dent Vladimir Putin. SERGEY GRACHEV/SPT stands by its story. Thursday. St. Petersburg police reported no Communists marching in Palace Square Tuesday to mark the October Revolution. “We do not care about Potekhin’s But the Nevskoye Vremya article — major incidents during the march. Ac- shouting Christian slogans — appar- Great October Revolution that took lawsuit. We print only those articles which tries to show circumstantially cording to police senior sergeant Pyotr ently on collision course with a group of place here [so many] years ago. For me, which are based on facts, and if Potek- that the survey money was misspent — Ivanov, who along with 2,000 police of- young communist supporters. it’s a great holiday,” said law student hin wants to take us to court, this is his is based entirely on Korchagin’s point of ficers was on duty in the square, much The priests were swiftly intercepted Anastasia Tanicheva, 20. own decision,” said Vladimir Sobolev, view. of the day was calm, even subdued. by police and taken away. “I support Stalin’s reforms and the Nevskoye Vremya’s first deputy editor, However, earlier in the day wit- Young protesters made up a vocal way he conducted them. We need radi- in a telephone interview on Wednesday. Masha Kaminskaya contributed to this nesses reported that a group of Ortho- minority of the marchers. cal changes and I will never be recon- Solonnikov was due to appear in the article. dox priests marched into Palace Square “I came here because I support the ciled with the way things are now.”

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cussed ways of improving treatment, Kholodov Murder Trial Starts Russian ‘Pooh’ Dies Itar-Tass reported. Wolves Flee Chechnya THE ASSOCIATED PRESS pleas from the defense for additional in- ■ MOSCOW (SPT) — Boris Za- ■ MOSCOW (SPT) — After six years MOSCOW (AP) — Five former and vestigation and for the defendants to be khoder — the poet in whose voice Win- of sporadic warfare in Chechnya, re- current military intelligence officers released on bail, the ITAR-Tass news nie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland and Estonia Snubs KGB ports of refugees and guerrillas pouring went on trial in a military court Thurs- agency reported Thursday. Mary Poppins speak in Russian to mil- ■ TALLINN, Estonia (Reuters) — over the restive region’s mountainous day, accused in the 1994 killing of a Rus- Kholodov was investigating corrup- lions of kids — died Tuesday in Mos- Russia’s embassy in Estonia said Tues- borders have become commonplace. sian journalist investigating corruption. tion in the military’s intelligence ser- cow. He was 82. day it had complained to Estonia over But now frontier-dwellers fear an- The death of Dmitry Kholodov, a 27- vice when a briefcase supposedly pro- Zakhoder also wrote elegant and its refusal to automatically grant resi- other Chechen insurgency, as hundreds year-old reporter for the outspoken daily vided by an informant exploded in his humorous original poetry for children dence permits to former members of of wolves — Chechnya’s national sym- Moskovsky Komsomolets, attracted na- hands and killed him on Oct. 17, 1994. and adults, but became widely popular the Soviet KGB. bol — flee the fighting in search of a tionwide attention. His newspaper said the explosion was with his translations of foreign chil- Some 300 retired KGB officials and peaceful home on the Russian side of At preliminary hearings last month, a contract hit connected to Kholodov’s dren’s literature. their families were left in Estonia after the border, RIA news agency said Judge Alexander Serdyukov rejected work. Zakhoder, who enjoyed the friend- the country regained independence in Wednesday. ship of poets Samuil Marshak and Ko- 1991. Moscow sought to protect their In the adjoining Stavropol region rnei Chukovsky, is part of the Russian status through a secret deal signed in there are now 450 to 500 gray wolves literary tradition of retelling rather than December 1991 with then-Prime Minis- where only about 80 roamed six years translating books for children, in which ter Edgar Savisaar. ago, reaching what hunters have called characters, language and some aspects That agreement was never ratified “a threatening scale,” RIA reported. of the plot can be adapted to a greater by Estonia’s parliament and was kept degree. In Soviet times, children’s liter- secret until a defendant invoked it in a ature, where much greater creative court case in October. Customs Seize Aircraft freedom was tolerated, often served as Moscow says Estonia agreed to ■ ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) – St. Pe- a refuge for literary experiments. guarantee social, political and other tersburg customs officials at Pulkovo rights of the KGB pensioners in the seized an Algerian Military Aircraft deal — including protection from legal four days ago because it was carrying Rebel Attack Kills One action as a result of their former activi- cargo deemed to be military in nature, ■ MOSCOW (AP) — Rebels in ties with the security service. Interfax reported. Chechnya killed one soldier, blew up an The aircraft, a Russian-made administrative building and opened fire Ilyushin 76 belonging to the Algerian at the office of a military commandant, Churches Get Closer Military, was not carrying the necessary reports said Wednesday. ■ MOSCOW (SPT) — The New York- documents for the cargo, which is One soldier was killed and another based Russian Orthodox Church mainly spare airplane parts, customs of- injured in an attack in the Staro- Abroad has issued a statement showing ficials told interfax. promyslovsky district outside Grozny, that it has softened its position in the Interfax reported. That district is the standoff with the Moscow Patriarchate. headquarters for federal forces. Ten The bishops of the émigré church Organized Crime Bust other servicemen were injured when a adopted a message late last month ■ MOSCOW— Police arrested more railway-inspection trolley hit a mine, praising their Russian counterparts’ de- than 100 suspected members of an or- the agency said. There were no reports cision to canonize Tsar Nicholas II, his ganized crime group in the Far Eastern of injuries in the explosion of the build- family and a score of clergymen who city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Itar-Tass ing in Suvorov-Yurt or the attack on the died at the hands of the Bolsheviks, as reported Monday. commandant’s office in Tolstoy-Yurt. well as the Moscow Patriarchate’s adop- Some of the suspects were carrying President Vladimir Putin on Wed- tion of a social doctrine. pistols, narcotics and stolen property, nesday visited a military hospital in The New York-based church canon- a police spokesman said. Police ar- Rostov-on-Don — one of the main fa- ized the imperial family in 1981 and has rested 125 people in the three-day op- cilities for soldiers wounded in the long demanded that the Moscow Patri- eration, the report said. Of these, 108 Chechen war. He presented patients archate formally repent its submissive- were members of one underworld with commemorative watches and dis- ness to the Soviet state. group. 4 ❖ Friday, November 10, 2000 NEWS The St.Petersburg Times Divers Recover Log Key Witness Retracts Pope Testimony By Anna Badkhen STAFF WRITER MOSCOW — Anatoly Babkin, the key From Sunken Kursk witness in the espionage case against By Andrew Kramer blasts. It was unclear whether the log U.S. businessman Edmond Pope, re- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS was for the whole ship or just the fourth tracted an earlier statement against MOSCOW — In addition to notes found compartment. Ship’s logs usually con- Pope in a letter to the court Wednes- on sailors’ bodies, Russian divers re- tain notes on routine activity on board. day, saying he had been forced to give trieved a ship’s log and more written ma- Klebanov did not say when it was the testimony. terial from the sunken nuclear submarine found. Divers worked in the fourth But the Moscow City Court refused Kursk, a top official said Thursday. compartment Sunday and Monday, be- to accept Babkin’s letter. The court has “We recovered what we could — fore the operation was called off Tues- the right to do so under the criminal certain notes and the log book from the day because of rough weather and dan- procedural code. fourth compartment of the Kursk,” the ger to the divers in going any further in- “I, Babkin Anatoly Ivanovich, re- Interfax news agency quoted Deputy side the ship. tract my testimony regarding Edmond Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov as saying. Divers had entered the fourth com- Pope, which I gave under pressure in a The log and written material were partment through a hole cut in the top pre-heart attack condition and signed being studied, he said. He did not say of the sub and were unable to move in the transcript of my own interrogation when they were written, but it is their bulky pressure suits more than without even reading it,” the letter said, thought that everybody in the fourth six feet down one passage on the up- according to Interfax. compartment died per deck, officials “It was in the same state, also under within minutes of have said. pressure, that I read this testimony the explosions. The discovery of the The passage while being recorded on video. In fact, I Klebanov’s was cluttered with never met with Pope in person, never spokeswoman Ok- log marks the latest debris and rubble gave him any classified information, sana Onishchenko from two explo- Pope himself never asked me to pass said the divers grim find that divers sions that tore him any classified information. Please found only “un- have pulled out of the through the for- consider my testimony against Pope a readable’’ frag- ward compart- lie,” the letter continued. ments of the log. nuclear shipwreck. ments of the Holding a copy of Babkin’s letter for ``There was noth- Kursk, and threat- reporters to see between sessions ing related to the accident,’’ On- ened to tear the suits. Wednesday, Pope’s lawyer Pavel As- ishchenko said. The fourth compartment held sleep- takhov said that it invalidates the VIKTOR KOROTAYEV/REUTERS The log marks the latest grim find ing quarters, a kitchen and meeting charges against Pope. Alleged U.S. spy Edmond Pope sitting in a cage during his trial in Moscow Thursday. that divers pulled through holes cut in rooms. Astakhov said that in its refusal to recording, two men warn a third man of In past high-profile spy cases the hull of nuclear shipwreck during a Russian officials have said the accept the letter as evidence the court is imprisonment should he change his tes- brought by the FSB, the agency has precarious 18-day operation on the bot- divers’ main objective was to retrieve probably hoping that Babkin, who timony in court. had mixed results obtaining convic- tom of the Barents Sea. corpses from the wreck, to return to didn’t testify last week as scheduled for NTV said the tape may have been tions. The FSB recently lost two espi- They retrieved 12 bodies and two their families for burial. But Klebanov health reasons, will take the witness recorded shortly before the professor’s onage cases against environmental notes written by sailors as they suffo- said divers also used their time to find stand at a later date. scheduled appearance in court last week. whistle-blowers Grigory Pasko and cated to death in a rear compartment clues about the accident. Astakhov said he asked the judge The FSB said Wednesday that it is Alexander Nikitin. Pasko was acquit- of the submarine. The notes told of Klebanov said Wednesday that Wednesday to conduct a court session confident that the evidence collected ted of espionage in July 1999 after poison gas from fires and pressure dents divers observed on the Kursk’s in Babkin’s apartment, but the motion against Pope will be enough to convict spending 20 months in jail. Nikitin was mounting in the compartment. All 118 hull may be evidence of a collision with was struck down. him. acquitted last December after more men aboard the Kursk died after it suf- a foreign vessel, a theory Russian offi- Babkin’s letter comes just days after The evidence “is based not only on than four years of investigation. fered explosions and plunged to the sea cials have focused on. Independent ex- NTV television’s “Itogi” program Babkin’s testimony,” the FSB said in a Both men were charged with releas- floor Aug. 12. perts have said an explosion in the tor- played a tape that it claimed was an au- statement. “There are testimonies given ing secret information about the envi- The log book was found in a forward pedo compartment was a likely cause of dio recording of Babkin being threat- by other witnesses and experts as well ronment. Nikitin was also charged with area more severely damaged by the the accident. ened by two unknown men. In the as documentary video materials.” violating secret government decrees. Shy Ivanov Steps Into the Limelight Outcomes of Regional Elections Questioned By Martin Nesirky and controversial military reforms COMBINED REPORTS qualified hours before a first round the incumbent, Valentin Tsvetkov. REUTERS and troop cuts — was a coincidence. MOSCOW — A Communist has won two weeks ago. Since his election in March, Presi- MOSCOW — For a man who hates Asked whether Ivanov was des- the Kursk governorship and a Kremlin In the Baltic Sea enclave of Kalin- dent Vladimir Putin has set about cut- the limelight, ex-spy Sergei Ivanov tined for higher places, the source ally in Kaliningrad has been put in a ingrad, the commander of the Baltic ting the governors down to size, ham- is becoming almost uncomfortably said: “Where to? He’s pretty high solid position in regional elections Fleet, Vladimir Yegorov, took 38.45 mering through legislation to remove visible. already.” punctuated by charges that Moscow is percent to 18.29 percent for current them from the Federation Council. He In the past week alone there have Ivanov himself made a similar trying to manipulate local politics. Governor Leonid Gorbenko in Sun- carved the country into seven super-re- been three full- or double-page inter- point in his interview in another Results from the weekend elections day’s voting. Since no candidate got gions and dispatched envoys to ensure views in Russian newspapers about newspaper, the popular Komsomol- showed Communist Alexander Mik- more than 50 percent, a runoff will be that local officials adhered strictly to his life, his ties to President Vladimir skaya Pravda, saying media reports hailov had won in the Kursk region. held Nov. 19. federal law. Putin and his work as secretary of the had named him as a would-be prime He takes over from incumbent A third poll in the Far East region With a series of local elections due in Kremlin’s Security Council. minister and head of the Kremlin Alexander Rutskoi — who was dis- of Magadan gave an easy victory to coming weeks, speculation mounted “I really don’t like pomp, unnec- administration. that Putin wanted to tighten the screws essary attributes and accentuated at- “I take it in my stride,” the 47- even further with the publication in No- tention,” he told Thursday’s edition year-old Ivanov said. “My job is to vaya Gazeta last month of a list of gov- of the daily newspaper Izvestia. work, and to work where I have ernors he wanted out of the way. “Perhaps it’s my profession.” been put.” One of the governors on the list was Ivanov worked in foreign intelli- Under his control for the past Rutskoi, thrown out of the Kursk race gence for two decades — some of year, the council has become increas- by election officials who said he submit- the time on assignment in Western ingly influential and even regarded ted incorrect information about his Europe and Africa — until August by some as a kind of shadow cabinet. property. 1998 when he became deputy head Ivanov denied this, noting several Rutskoi said his disqualification was of the FSB domestic security service. ministers and the prime minister a Kremlin move to get rid of a temper- A year ago, he became Security were members of the council. amental but popular governor, but the Council chief. But it has not escaped contro- Supreme Court upheld the findings of What intrigues security analysts versy. Putin had to send military re- electoral officials. is whether the unusual publicity form proposals back after comman- Rutskoi opposed Yeltsin and led a means Ivanov is about to move fur- ders complained. 1993 parliament uprising crushed by ther up or is engaged in damage lim- Predictably coy about his previ- tanks sent by the Kremlin. itation after the council was criti- ous work as a spy, Ivanov said in his Mikhailov ran against former Fed- cised by some for its role in military latest interviews he had thoroughly eral Security Service official Viktor reform and foreign policy. enjoyed intelligence work but had Surzhikov, whom he defeated 55.5 per- Interest was further fuelled on been spared thriller-style dramas. cent to 37.9 percent, and Communist Thursday when Putin signed a de- He met Putin when they both leader Gennady Zyuganov praised cree, at Ivanov’s request, dismissing worked for the KGB security police Mikhailov’s victory. him from his rank of lieutenant-gen- in Leningrad in the 1970s. Ivanov But Mikhailov made no effort to dis- eral in the SVR foreign intelligence said in their present roles they had tance himself from Putin. service. a working relationship but no time “We feel that he has the desire to re- Ivanov said the move would for true friendship. “My whole life solve many things constructively, in- make his job easier but defence ex- long, including now, I have had to cluding the social and economic perts said it mattered little whether work with very big secrets,” he told spheres,” he told NTV television. “To- he was a general or ex-general, and Izvestia. day, in general, we are allies.” the move could be linked to future “I can’t tell you everything they Others on Novaya Gazeta’s list were personnel changes, including a pos- taught us at spy school but they re- governors of Bryansk, Vladimir, and sible civilian defence minister. ally drummed into us, firstly, not to Ryazan, plus a top candidate in nearby A council source told Reuters the stand out in a crowd and, secondly, Kaluga. timing of the interviews — as the to be able to speak professionally council met to agree long-delayed and at length about nothing at all.” — Reuters, AP The St. Petersburg Times ❖ 5

Business FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2000 Smirnov Plant Stormed In OngoingVodka Battle By Igor Semenenko According to a neighbor in Bykovo, a and Alla Startseva dacha settlement some 20 kilometers STAFF WRITERS southeast of Moscow, Andrei Smirnov MOSCOW — A long-simmering feud has not been seen for several months. over the biggest name in Russian vodka It is unclear under what terms An- escalated into violence over last weekend drei Smirnov handed the 50 percent when masked police, in an apparent at- stake in the company to Alfa-Eko, tempt to enforce a court decision on which has maintained a low profile company control, forcibly entered the since Saturday’s clash. Moscow office of the Smirnov distillery, According to Alfa-Eko press secre- fending off attacks from workers . tary Valery Bikmukhambetov, his com- The Saturday clash, captured by pany “recognizes that [Boris] Smirnov NTV television cameras and aired that owns a 50 percent stake in the company.” night, showed a squad of police officers He added that Alfa-Eko “cooper- smashing through the doors of the com- ates with Sergei Yuzefov,” the new di- pany’s tsarist-era mansion on Pyatnit- rector named in October whose ap- skaya Ulitsa as workers inside pelleted pointment was backed by the recent them with a case of vodka. court order. The Saturday assault took Once inside, the police stormed place after Boris Smirnov denied Yuze- through the rooms as office workers lay fov access to the workplace. face down in the floor and Boris Yuzefov was not available for com- Smirnov, the CEO of the Trading House ment Tuesday. of Descendants of Pyotr Smirnov, found Alfa-Eko has maintained that the SERGERY GRACHEV/SPT himself trapped on the third floor. He deal is legitimate and that Boris Visitors to the Automotive and Automechanics show being held at the city’s Lenexpo exhibition Kicking Tires center checking out a new Volga model. The show opened on Wednesday and runs until Sunday. says he has been there ever since. Smirnov should welcome the invest- “If I walk out, I will not be let in af- ment potential that a financial heavy- terwards. Ever,” Smirnov said in a tele- weight like Alfa Group can provide. phone interview Tuesday, as a group of “Smirnov is one of the country’s best men and some police officers kept brands and Alfa-Eko wants to make it a Iraq Halts Oil Sales to LUKoil watch outside. national leader,” Bikmukhambetov Smirnov added said. By Yevgenia Borisova The decree says that Grozneftegaz the Chechen administration’s Moscow that he has filed a Alfa Group, STAFF WRITER will obtain all of Chechnya’s oil and office, said by telephone that Kadyrov criminal case The battle is the latest the business em- MOSCOW — The government has or- gas infrastructure. It will also be pro- has not approved the decree. against the intrud- pire of Mikhail dered state-owned Rosneft to set up a vided with licenses to extract and ex- “The issue concerning those 2 per- ers for improper development in the Fridman and Py- majority-owned subsidiary to extract port oil. cent — who owns 51 percent and who use of force result- otr Aven, includes and export Chechen oil, but the Rosneft had no license to sell oil owns 49 percent — has been at stake ing in serious phys- fight for control of the Alfa Bank, Tyu- Chechen administration insists it should when it was working on the restoration for so long,” Ibragimov said. “That ical injury, saying Trading House men Oil Co., have control of the new company. of the Chechen oil complex from Jan- means that it is significant for us. that his wife had sugar, tea, cement, According to a government decree “Today, they decide that all 100 per- been taken to the founded in 1993... real estate and su- signed Saturday, 51 percent of the new cent of the proceeds are going to be hospital with in- permarket busi- company, Grozneftegaz, will belong to spent to restore Chechnya, but tomor- juries after having received three blows nesses and the CTS television station. Rosneft and the rest to the Chechen The government row a board of directors, on which we to the head with a wrench during the Sat- In September, Alfa-Eko snapped up a administration, Interfax reported wants to use the don’t have the majority, will say that the urday attack. Several other people were blocking share in Tagmet, the Taganrog Wednesday. cash will go somewhere else, and we likewise hurt during the clash, he said. Pipe Plant on the Azov Sea. Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov, proceeds to pay for will not be able to prevent it,” he said. The battle is the latest development Alfa-Eko has announced plans to who has always insisted his administra- reconstruction of the Shamil Beno, head of the Moscow in the ongoing fight for control of the boost production of the brand-name tion should control the sale of Chechen office, said in an interview last summer Trading House. Founded in 1993 by vodka by up to 3 million bottles a month oil, on Wednesday flew to Rostov-on- war-scarred republic. that one of the biggest worries of the cousins Boris and Andrei Smirnov to by the end of next year. This would be a Don hoping to discuss the decree with Chechen administration is that the fate capitalize on the name of their famous substantial lift for Smirnov, which ac- President Vladimir Putin, who is visit- uary to May. It invested $139 million, of the Chechen oil complex could be vodka-distilling forebearer, the tradi- cording to data from the Rosbusiness- ing the city, a spokesman for Kadyrov’s including $39 million of its own money, put up in the air if it is controlled by tionally family-run business got a shake- consulting market research firm now Moscow office said. during that project. Rosneft because the oil company itself up this summer when Andrei presented sells roughly 500,000 bottles a month. The outcome of Kadyrov’s trip was Proceeds from oil sales will accumu- could be privatized. his half-stake in the company to Alfa- The trading house has yet to bounce unclear Wednesday. late in a special fund created by the En- Vedomosti reported that the privati- Eko, a trading branch of the powerful back to pre-crisis production levels — a The government wants to use the ergy Ministry and will be used to fund zation of a 25 percent stake in Rosneft Alfa Group financial and oil holding. problem Boris Smirnov chalks up to a proceeds from Grozneftegaz’s sales to the restoration of the republic, the de- is on one of the latest of several sell-off Since then, the company has lived a dispute with a former distributor — and pay for reconstruction of the war- cree said. plans being prepared by the State Prop- double life, with two general directors, is still operating at only 20 percent to 25 scarred republic. Ramzan Ibragimov, spokesman for erty Ministry. two official stamps and two separate dis- percent of its former capacity. tilleries both putting the Smirnov name According to Tatyana Kuznetsova on their product. The Saturday break-in of the Biznes-Analitika research firm, was apparently meant to enforce a re- the two Smirnov vodkas now being dis- IMF Staff Comes cent court decision to name a single gen- tilled by Boris Smirnov and Alfa-Eko eral director, a decision contested by are being made according to the same Boris Smirnov, who has said that he has recipe, but are distilled in different fac- To Talk Reforms yet to be shown any legitimate paper- tories — Alfa-Eko’s at the Diamand REUTERS work confirming the deal with Alfa-Eko. plant in the Moscow region, and Boris MOSCOW — An International Mone- “All Smirnov trademarks are regis- Smirnov’s at the OST-Alko plant in the tary Fund mission on Wednesday tered on the basis of heredity,” said Boris village of Chernogolovka. started talks with Finance Ministry of- Smirnov, the great-grandson of Pyotr It is not clear what consequences ficials — talks that the government Smirnov, who founded his distillery in Alfa-Eko’s role in the Smirnov drama hopes will lead to the approval of eco- 1860 and eventually became official pur- will have for the international brand nomic reforms and renewed access to veyor to the imperial Russian court. Smirnoff, now in the hands of multina- IMF loans. “When I withdraw the Smirnov tional distillery UDV, which so far has A ministry spokeswoman said the trademarks from [Russian patent failed to secure recognition of its intel- mission was scheduled to discuss the agency] Rospatent, they will not be lectual property rights on Russian soil. state debt and tax system with Deputy available to anyone, because the docu- “The new shareholders and I are not Finance Ministers Bella Zlatkis and ments would have to be registered with indifferent to the fate of the trademark Mikhail Motorin. my name on them,” he said in an inter- outside Russia,” Yuzefov said Saturday. “These are working meetings,” she view given before the weekend blowout. “The real Russian vodka should be pro- said. Gerard Belanger, deputy head of Moreover, he added, his co-founder duced only in Russia and only Russian the IMF’s Second European Depart- Andrei Smirnov was in no position to companies have the right to use ment, was due to join the mission next be bartering his company shares. Smirnov’s name.” Monday, she added. “I found out that he was not a mem- Saturday marked the second time in Economic Development and Trade ber of our family,” Boris Smirnov said, a matter of months that a battle for Minister German Gref said last week explaining the debate that ended with property control at a vodka distillery that the government would discuss im- Andrei being ousted from his position erupted into violence. plementation of its reform plans with as CEO in 1997. “He is an adopted son In August, a dispute over control of the IMF mission and prospects for of one of the Smirnovs, who was de- Moscow’s Kristall distillery resulted in a new loans. prived of his rights as heir in 1908.” two-month standoff in which two com- “In principle, we need a credit that Andrei Smirnov could not be peting management teams each occu- could be allocated in the event of Rus- reached for comment. Sources at Alfa- pied the company’s executive offices sia facing an unfavorable economic sit- Eko have said that he is traveling abroad and manufacturing facilities with their uation,” he said. “So far we are getting but have refused to give further details. own teams of private security guards. by without foreign credits.” 6 ❖ Friday, November 10, 2000 BUSINESS The St.Petersburg Times Dairies Fight for 33 Cows Brand Local Bureaucracy Makes By Sergei Rybak VEDOMOSTI Accountants Wait in Line MOSCOW — It’s shaping up to be a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious battle. By Sabrina Tavernise thing, it was drizzling, almost raining, Two dairies are caught in a fierce fight NEW YORK TIMES SERVICE and after almost three hours of waiting for the rights to the popular brand name MOSCOW — In Russia, there is noth- outside, moods had soured. Secondly, 33 Cows (33 Korovi), inspired by Russia’s ing that brings back bad memories like part of the queue was trapped under a version of the film “Mary Poppins.” a line. flock of birds that had settled in the The Ostankino dairy, with backing Though most lines — for shoes, overhanging trees, causing people in the from the courts in hand, is preparing to bread and women’s sweaters, for in- line to swerve and duck to keep clean. launch milk products next week pack- stance — disappeared with the fall of The question arises: why not mail in aged with the 33 Cows logo of — no Communism, the pesky queues can still the forms? surprise — 33 spotted cows. form in a flash when tax time comes. Well, the post office is consistently The Ochakovo dairy, which helped That is when accountants working for unreliable, and some tax offices de- create the brand name in 1997, is crying everything from oil companies to kinder- mand a stamp from the statistics bureau foul, heatedly accusing Ostankino of gartens race around the capital to comply before they agree to accept a company’s trademark infringement and threaten- with reporting requirements. They file six financial report. No one can afford to ing to sue. different reports with six different offices lose the appropriate form. So most kept “We will block outside companies’ in six different parts of the city. waiting, shifting from one foot to the attempts to release our brand,” said And as the routine avoidance of tax- other, and clutching their documents, Viktor Yurin, general director of ation in post-Soviet Russia starts to which were new. Ochakovo. “Personally, I think that if a change, these accountants wait. And “Remember the planned econ- company lacks a strong brand of its own wait some more. omy?” asked Larisa Kuznetsova, chief it tries to create one by taking those of On Oct. 30, outside Moscow’s Cen- accountant for a delivery company with its competitors.” tral District Statistical Office, they 67 employees. “This is it. They have to But Ochakovo has so far been un- waited at least four hours. The nonde- change this.” able to prevent 33 Cows from being script, two-story building is the second- They are trying, and 10 years after adopted by its rival, showing once again to-last stop in the the collapse of the how volatile intellectual property issues arduous process of Soviet Union they remain in Russia. financial reporting are trying anew. The 33 Cows brand was designed by for more than a President Putin’s President advertising agency Young & Rubicam. third of the city’s officials have Vladimir Putin’s The idea for the brand came from the businesses. officials have song of the same name in the film Most of those promised to reduce promised to re- “Mary Poppins, Good-Bye!” (Mary waiting work for and simplify the duce and simplify Poppins, Do Svidaniya!). small businesses. the bureaucracy, The song’s authors, composer ADIMIR FILONOV/SPT This group, which bureaucracy by Jan. 1. which has been Maxim Dunayevsky and poet Naum Packages of 33 Cows kefir and milk, which are produced by the Ochakovo dairy. has neither the the bane of local Olev, signed an agreement in Novem- Comcon market research agency. Tetra Pak officials said they planned money nor the connections to get businesses for centuries and was made ber 1996 permitting the “reproduction, But last February, rival Ostankino to keep out of the fight. around the rules, is particularly vulner- into an art form by Soviet planners. As distribution and advertising … on any drew up its own agreement with poet Meanwhile, Ostankino is pressing able to bureaucratic hurdles — and of Jan. 1, new tax rules take effect, audiovisual carriers” of their creation Olev for the rights to the 33 Cows ahead with the launch of its 33 Cows about a fifth of Moscow’s working pop- which will merge several payment cate- for five years. brand for the next 25 years. It asked the products. The packaging will be virtu- ulation is employed by a small business. gories into one, so six office visits will There was no clause in the accord Russian Patents Chamber to annul ally identical to Ochakovo’s: The 33 The system works like this. Every turn into three. providing for the registration of a 33 Tetra Pak’s registration of the brand, spotted cows will be drawn against a three months, accountants from all over Reformers have also promised new Cows trademark. and the chamber approved the appeal dark-green background and the blue the city stop at the six offices: the tax of- legislation that will reduce the number Ochakovo partner Tetra Pak bought last summer. lettering will have the same font. fice, pension fund, social security fund, of licenses that small businesses are re- the rights to the agreement in 1997 and “The old agreement only provided “We will position this product in the medical insurance fund, employment quired to have. They can now be registered the 33 Cows brand. for rights to use the poem for advertis- higher price band for the more demand- fund and the statistics office. At each checked in as many as 30 state inspec- The dairy began churning out 33 ing purposes, there was nothing about ing consumer,” said Ostankino general stop, a bureaucrat receives and reviews tions, with each inspector able to fine Cows products, and its popularity has the registration of the trademark,” said director Alexander Shevchenko. material before awarding a stamped re- and take bribes. steadily grown. Some 14 percent of Igor Evgrafev, head of Ostankino’s legal Products with the 33 Cows brand ceipt to every supplicant waiting pa- Accountants for bigger companies Muscovites now buy 33 Cows goods, department. will account for about 10 percent of tiently outside his door, one by one. have said they spend less time in line and the brand is recognized by 34.4 per- Ochakovo is appealing to the the 200 tons produced daily at the At the end of last month, the dead- because they send office underlings to cent of consumers, according to the patents chamber. dairy, he said. line for small businesses to answer wait, but tangled and often contradic- questions about how they spend their tory rules still slow reporting. time, this line ran out of patience. “It’s a mess,” said Irina Yefimenko, Up front, an elderly man, who said chief accountant for Ros-Inter, which he was a war veteran, rushed the door, owns more than 20 restaurants in Russian Niva Finds Niche in Brazilian Market which was guarded by two policemen. Moscow. “Each district wants some- By Andrei Khalip fall over themselves to buy them Lada Brasil distribution network, which “Hey, baldy, I saw you cut!” shouted thing different. There needs to be one REUTERS thanks to Niva’s cheap price and good also belonged to AvtoVAZ and is now a wiry woman who identified herself set of requirements.” SAO PAULO, Brazil—It might be off-road qualities. owned by a Panamanian businessman. only as Galina, an accountant. “Don’t Someone in the line whispered that slow, heavy and noisy, but the Russian “Their options now are to cough up By restructuring the network and think I won’t remember you.” she had heard of a friend filing tax re- Niva four-wheel-drive vehicle could 40,000 reais ($21,000) for something contract terms, he plans to bring down Snaking down the stairs, out the ports by computer. once again be a feature on Brazil’s hilly similar or buy a used car.” the price of imported Nivas by 12 per- door, through a courtyard and most of But by 6 p.m. Oct. 30, an hour be- coffee plantations or bumpy rural roads The Niva is compact, spartan, cheap cent from the current 24,000 reais and the way down a normally quiet city fore the office closed, people had lost if local entrepreneur Carlos de Moraes and reliable — that is reliable in the increase their sales to pave the way for block, the scene resembled a Soviet-era sight of innovations. Despite the chill, has his way. Russian way, which means easy to fix, as the cheaper Brazilian-made version. bread line. Passers-by gaped at the hun- the windows on the second floor were De Moraes, an executive director of Russians themselves joke. De Moraes “For farmers it is going to be great, dreds of people, who passed the time open. Brazil’s Abeiva Car Imports Associa- said local farmers, used to beat-up too. They will have a car they can drive reading, doing crossword puzzles or just “It’s hot in there,” said Yelena Gon- tion, said he has a deal with Niva parent pickup trucks, will not find it a problem. in the mud all week long, then wash it waiting. charova, an office manager for a small maker AvtoVAZ to make the car in He said setting up the plant in Brazil on Saturday and not be ashamed to Toward the front of the line, the ac- consulting company, as she pushed past Brazil. All he needs is a land license and was his own initiative, as in his view that drive it to church on Sunday.” countants were getting restless. For one the policemen out of the building. he will start building a plant, he said. the local farmer has been deprived of a “Everything is primed,” he said, simple, cheap all-terrain vehicle. adding that he expected the license to be “It’s a workhorse — that’s why we issued any time, as the Espirito Santo will build it here.” state had itself offered to set up the plant The Niva has been criticized as be- IMF Supportive of Central Bank’s Ruble Policy on its territory. He says he has a prelimi- ing too slow, heavy and noisy on the By Igor Semenenko continues to exhibit signs of weakness. IMF is over the issue of inflation. The nary contract with AvtoVAZ, Russia’s road by car magazines, but they admit it STAFF WRITER One respected measure of the coun- government believes in boosting the ru- biggest carmaker. Company officials does move well off the road. Respected MOSCOW — Despite critics who say it try’s economic health, the Moscow Naro- ble by keeping the currency’s nominal could not be reached for comment. What Car magazine of Britain called it slows industrial growth, the govern- dny Bank Purchasing Managers’ Index, depreciation below the rate of inflation, In 1990, when Brazil opened its mar- “agricultural in nature,” a feature de ment’s strong ruble policy is generally a fell to 55.1 in October from 56.5 in while the IMF recommends concentrat- ket to imported cars, AvtoVAZ man- Moraes is banking on. good one, the International Monetary September, its lowest level since January. ing on curbing inflation in order to push aged to flood the market with thousands “Brazil is an agricultural land, but its Fund says in a new report. The government’s main dilemma is in the ruble higher in nominal terms. of cut-price Niva and Lada vehicles de- farmers don’t have an affordable multi- In recommendations printed in the making the right choice between infla- The IMF report is very supportive of spite sky-high 85 percent import duties. purpose car for any terrain or city.” fund’s annual overview of member tion, which results from printing too the Central Bank, calling on the gov- But the Russian firm left Brazil in De Moraes said the plant would pro- countries’ economic policies, which was much money, and the appreciation of the ernment to “regularize its relationship 1995 when it was excluded from a list of duce 4,000 Nivas in its first year of op- released in Washington on Thursday, ruble, which stifles economic recovery. with the Central Bank, including by carmakers that could pay lower import eration and 17,000 after two years. the fund said: Some of the IMF directors suggested paying a market-related interest rate” duties. The price of a Niva and parts in As a locally assembled car, Niva “Most [IMF] directors believe that that the government introduce “an in- on its loans, which the government set Brazil rose so quickly that sales have all would be exempt from most import du- real appreciation [of the ruble] would flation-targeting monetary regime.” at 1 percent in next year’s budget. but petered out to several units a year. ties, while a big proportion of local be both desirable and unavoidable, and The Central Bank expects the ruble At the same time, however, the IMF “We are going to change this. It is a parts used to make Nivas would help that it would be preferable for this to to settle at 29 rubles per dollar, down 5.1 urged the Central Bank to become niche in the market that no one is ex- lower prices further, he said. take place through a nominal apprecia- percent since the start of the year, while more transparent and called for it to ploiting,” de Moraes said. His interest in Russian carmaking tion rather than through inflation.” the IMF anticipates inflation of 18.6 per- terminate its market activities in com- De Moraes said in an interview this does not end there. At the same time, some directors — cent by the year’s end — implying an ap- mercial banking and precious metals. week that his Brazilian-made Nivas While waiting for the green light to which the fund calls its top economists preciation of the ruble in real terms of Russia was one of the nations recently would sell for no more than 16,000 break ground at the Niva site in the — “noted that an excessive real appre- about 13 percent for the whole year. listed by the Switzerland-based Financial reais to 17,000 reais ($8,400 to $8,900) eastern coastal state of Espirito Santo, ciation could threaten the recovery.” The only major difference between Action Task Force on Money Launder- and he hoped that local farmers would Carlos de Moraes said he would buy the Meanwhile, the nation’s economy the government’s position and that of the ing as not being very cooperative. Friday, November 10, 2000 BUSINESS The St.Petersburg Times ❖ 7 FSC Given Housing Costs Skyrocket in Yekaterinburg By Sergei Zharkov Tatyana Golisheva, head of the HOUSING COSTS Rights To VEDOMOSTI Yekaterinburg state statistics depart- MOSCOW — Housing prices in Yeka- Average supply prices in October 2000 ($/sq. m) ment, said that 119,700 square meters of terinburg have been rising by 2 percent housing were commissioned in Yeka- Center Inner Outer Average 3-room 445.9 309.5 232.5 319.1 per week since the start of August, suburbs suburbs 4-room 420.3 307.9 213.0 296.1 terinburg over the first nine months of Banking while supply levels have fallen. Low quality (khrushchyovki) Stalin block this year. While market players give a variety 1-room 342.2 291.3 260.0 298.4 1-room 372.4 265.9 242.2 311.5 “This is 7.9 percent more than last of reasons for why prices are rising — 2-room 324.7 253.5 218.7 261.3 2-room 379.0 255.8 210.5 321.1 year,” she said. from undervalued real estate to rumors 3-room 328.2 252.1 209.1 261.2 3-room 381.1 257.1 188.7 307.1 However, Andrei Ozornin, head of Regulation 4-room 311.8 246.4 236.8 240.1 4-room 366.5 286.8 183.4 334.0 that free privatization are to be can- the real estate sales department with By Maxim Filimonov celed — all agree that prices will go on Improved planning the construction company Nash Dom, 1-room 359.7 295.5 248.5 298.0 Source: Realtor information agency with the Urals VEDOMOSTI rising until the end of the year. said a sharp increase in construction 2-room 424.1 298.0 237.6 303.3 real estate chamber MOSCOW — The government has put Free privatization refers to citizens’ work is not in the cards. an end to a bitter conflict between the rights to privatize state-owned apart- He said that although there is de- Central Bank and the Federal Securities ments that they live in at no cost. the NEK real estate agency, said that August and $11,300 as of Oct. 24. mand for new housing, the main interest Commission over who will control the “The real estate market is on the up from January to June the level of sup- “In such [boom] conditions only from buyers is for finished apartments. country’s commercial banking sector. to varying degrees throughout Russia, ply was at average levels and fully those who need to sell urgently are em- In Yekaterinburg there are not many Apparently ending a three-year feud but in Yekaterinburg the tendency is coped with demand. ploying realtors or even putting their people ready to invest in construction — between the two powerful organiza- more marked,” said Gennady Sternik, “In August the situation changed properties onto the market indepen- normally a person sells one apartment tions over who has the right to issue head specialist for analyzing the real es- fundamentally; demand exceeded sup- dently. The others bide their time,” and buys another simultaneously. banking licenses, the government last tate market with the Russian Guild of ply by several times,” he said. Grechin said. New housing is also becoming more week gave the FSC the exclusive right Realtors. According to the Urals real estate Cheaper properties are snapped up expensive, though prices are controlled to regulate all market participants — in- According to the State Statistics chamber, as of August real estate prices by professional market players, while by the local administration. cluding banks managed by the Central Committee, about 1.3 million people increased astronomically. Apartments what is left over sells at a higher price Ozornin said the city government’s Bank itself. The move was seen as a live in Yekaterinburg with the total increased in value by about 2 percent per range. A seller who finds a buyer for interdepartmental committee con- convincing victory for FSC head Igor housing area com- week. Over nine his or her apart- stantly adjusts the Kostikov over testy Central Bank prising about 25 months the volume ment recognizes cost index for con- Chairman Viktor Gerashchenko. million square me- A low-quality flat in of supply on the that during the Cheaper properties struction materials The feud between the Central Bank ters. If the method secondary market negotiation pe- on the basis of and the FSC over who should be re- employed by Mos- the center cost $8,000 fell by 38 percent; riod the price of are snapped up by which prices are sponsible for granting licenses to work cow estate agents in September this the apartment he formed. On aver- on the securities market began toward is used to estimate in January, $9,000 in indicator was 6.7 wants to buy will professionals, while age, this index in- the end of 1996. property construc- August and $11,300 percent. have risen. Sell- what is leftover sells creases by 3 per- Then, by law, the FSC was responsi- tion, then over the “In October ers, therefore, cent to 5 percent ble for licensing professional participants. first nine months as of Oct. 24. the tendency for finding the price at a higher price. per month. The However, the Central Bank, which is re- of this year about prices to rise in- they sought for cost of panel sponsible for monitoring banks, insisted 2,000 apartments were built in Yekater- creased. The prices rose against a back- their own apartment is no longer apartments is about $280 per square that it also had the right to issue licenses. inburg — 1.54 apartments per 1,000 res- drop of falling supply; many potential enough to buy a new apartment, are meter and $400 for brick buildings. In The dispute was thought settled in the idents. By comparison, 3.71 apartments buyers are unable to find the housing forced to dissolve the contract and put reality, prices often range from $200 to summer of 1997 when then-Deputy were built for every 1,000 residents over they require,” Khorkov said. their properties on sale again, but at a $950 per square meter. Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais suc- the same period in Moscow. Between Sept. 25 and Oct. 23 the av- higher price. Ozornin also said that the start of ceeded in getting two fierce opponents Mikhail Khorkov, head of analysis erage price per square meter of floor “You get a real estate ‘arms race’ on the boom coincided with rumors that — FSC head Dmitry Vasilyev and Cen- with the Urals real estate chamber, said space rose by 8.3 percent for a final the market,” Grechin said. free privatizations would gradually be tral Bank Deputy Chairman Andrei Ko- the first signs of increased demand in price of $294.10, Khorkov said. Some reasons for the boom date phased out. zlov — to the negotiating table. As a re- Yekaterinburg appeared at the end of Grechin points to even higher back to the 1998 financial crisis, after “It’s rubbish, of course, but people sult, the FSC issued the Central Bank a last year, when the market began to growth rate. In his words a one-room which the prices of many properties think that the apartments they’ve general license that allowed it to give right itself after the crisis. low-quality khrushchyovka in the center fell and there was a lack of new build- bought on the market won’t be taken other banks the right to operate. However, Vladimir Grechin, head of of town cost $8,000 in January, $9,000 in ing work. back from them,” he said. In December 1998, however, the two organizations were battling again — this time because of the Central Bank’s participation on the MICEX stock ex- “What’s so special about change board. The result was that Vasi- Russian Oil Giant May Lose lyev revoked the Central Bank’s gen- these destinations?” eral license, a move the bank has been fighting ever since, despite the fact that Out on Valuable Iraqi Crude the recalled license would have expired in June of this year. By Leon Barkho The UN program that today allows A source close to the government THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Iraq to sell unlimited amounts of oil said that Prime Minister Mikhail Kasya- BAGHDAD — Iraq has stopped sell- initially was designed to soften the im- nov decided late last week to grant the ing crude oil to LUKoil as punishment pact of UN sanctions on people strug- FSC the authority to issue licenses to all for the failure of Russia’s No.1 oil firm gling without food, medicine and other securities market participants, which in- to develop a giant southern oil field in necessities. cludes banks. Additionally, the source the south, a company executive has Now, with oil revenues expected to said, the Central Bank must soon trans- said. reach $18 billion this year, Iraq uses the fer to the FSC its database on all banks LUKoil leads a consortium whose program to win over countries to its that it has granted licenses to. And the members signed a contract with Iraq in fight against sanctions, offering lucra- FSC will be required to report to the 1997 to develop the Qurna oil field, be- tive contracts to those who pressure “The prices.” government on how accommodating lieved to be one of the largest in the their governments to work for removal the Central Bank is in doing so. world. of the restrictions. An FSC representative said the gov- Under the deal, the Russians would Demidov denied Iraqi accusations ernment hasn’t sent the commission an spend up to $200 million on developing that LUKoil had failed to honor its official confirmation on the rule change, the field, regardless of the United Na- commitments. He said his company al- but that it was expected to do so soon. tions trade sanctions that have barred ready has carried out obligations al- Central Bank representatives de- investment in Iraq since its invasion of lowed under the regime of UN rules re- clined to comment. But a source close Kuwait in 1990. stricting international trade with the to the bank said the department Iraqi Oil Ministry officials said last country. charged with monitoring credit organi- week that LUKoil has not imple- “They are not so happy. [But] we zations and financial markets — and is- mented its part of the contract. Then, have fulfilled all kinds of work which KLM Specials suing security market licenses — was Oil Minister Amer Mohammed [is] not prohibited by the United Na- disbanded last year. Rashid was quoted as saying Iraq has tions,” he said in English. Banks that three years ago had no found alternatives to LUKoil. He did He said that the Iraqis have threat- desire to fall under the control of the not elaborate. ened to nullify the contract, but so far FSC are supportive of the government’s Iraq has not sold the company any LUKoil has still not received any offi- Barcelona $311,- Madrid $311,- Prague $311,- new decision. crude oil this year under its UN-ap- cial notification from Iraq that the deal Brussels $311,- Mexico $585,- Rome $311,- Alfa Bank, for example, said it was an proved oil-for-food program, which is void. Budapest $311,- Milan $311,- Santo Domingo $644,- accepted international practice that all LUKoil had sold on the international Despite Iraqi criticism, Demidov Geneva $311,- New York $430,- Tenerife $350,- securities market participants are con- market for a profit, Viktor Demidov, said that LUKoil has carried out some trolled by a single organ. “Whether this is LUKoil’s deputy general manager, work on the field. It has prepared an More than 50 destinations around the world at special rates! the FSC or the Central Bank is of sec- said. initial development plan, including pro- Offer good from November 1 through December 17, 2000 ondary importance,” said Dominic Gual- Previously, Demidov said, Iraq sold posed output levels, a survey on where tieri, managing director of Alfa Bank. LUKoil 25 million tons of crude every six the wells should be placed and a consul- Join KLM “Flying Dutchman” frequent flyers’ programme. “The main thing is that unified rules months, about 40 percent of its exports. tancy study. Do it now and collect 2500 bonus points! are created for best protecting the rights Iraqi officials also have denied He said that LUKoil is eager not to KLM office open from 9 a.m. till 7.30 p.m. of investors. We have no doubt that the LUKoil any contracts for spare parts or lose the oil field following seismic sur- 5, Zagorodny Prospect, tel. 325 8989, fax. 325 8786 FSC will work to this end,” he said. equipment to revamp the battered Iraqi veys that determined the amount of or call your travel agent “The market must have one mas- oil industry. recoverable reserves is 18 billion bar- http://russia.klm.com ter,” said Igor Yeshkov, head of securi- “They are putting pressure on us. rels, up from estimates of about 10 bil- ties for Moscow Credit Bank. We understand their position. But we lion barrels. More than 50 licenses have been is- cannot bring drilling rigs and seismic “These are equivalent to the proven sued by the FSC since the start of the stations here. It is impossible under the reserves available to LUKoil to date,” year. current circumstances,” Demidov said. he said. 8 ❖ Friday, November 10, 2000 OPINION The St.Petersburg Times Reconciliation Comes When We Face The Past By Maxim Trudolyubov When one considers the experiences of central Y presidential decree, Nov. 7, for- European countries, one is struck by the notion that merly the anniversary of the Great Octo- coping with past is easier if a country is a Bber Socialist Revolution, has been victim of foreign aggression rather magically transformed into the Day of than the source of historical evil. Some Reconciliation and Accord. It of Russia’s neighbors to the west have seems like a good idea, an inspired used a controversial procedure of example of “rebranding” background checks for candi- that allows the people to dates for public office. Those keep their familiar day found with strong ties to off, while dedicating it state security organs may be to a cause that is worthy of disqualified from running commemoration. for office. However, the idea of a national In East Germany, which day of reconciliation is off to a bad start. had the largest and most For one thing, very few Russians are sophisticated police state in even aware of the change, and the state the former Soviet bloc, the has done little to impress the idea on the na- process has been led by the tion’s consciousness. Gauck Commission named This clear lack of commitment, however, may after the Rev. Joachim be a symptom of a far more daunting problem. Un- Gauck, a former dissident. fortunately, the fact is that the kind of reconcilia- This panel manages the tion that the holiday’s new name implies has never files of the former Stasi se- taken place in Russia. The Soviet past has never cret police and screens peo- been properly remembered or evaluated and, ple in public service, includ- therefore, it continues to haunt Russia in numerous ing even teachers and police unpredictable ways. Even the tragedy of the Kursk officers. About 1.7 million people submarine was considerably complicated by many have been screened so far, and an manifestations of Russia’s clearly un- astounding 95,000 former collabo- reconciled past. rators have been exposed. There can be no deny- A similar body was established ing that contemporary recently in Poland. The National Russia is in its very essence a Remembrance Institute, headed by product of the Soviet legacy. Our a law professor, Leon Kieres, will begin opening whole life is still shaped by Soviet secret police files to the public next year. Just like rules and Soviet-style expecta- the Gauck Commission, the Remembrance Insti- tions. We are still governed by So- tute will have the right to initiate prosecutions and viet-reared rulers. We live in the obligation to educate the public on communist towns designed by Soviet and Nazi-era crimes. architects. Moscow’s sky- South Africa represents a controversial exam- line is dominated by Stal- ple of finding a middle path in confronting a diffi- inist skyscrapers, not — cult past. In 1994, after the election of Nelson Man- as in the past — church dela, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission belfries. Even our tiny was formed under the guidance of Archbishop kitchens and inconvenient Desmond Tutu. This commission heard testimonies bathrooms are products of from more than 20,000 victims of apartheid and this era and the people it confessions from thousands of perpetrators. But created. There is no way for us to escape this past, seeming like a Potemkin village. Russia’s best- 1990s about the subject of reconciliation with the since the process was dominated by the ideas of re- and there is no excuse for us to ignore it. seller list has been dominated for months by a se- past, nothing has been done. And although the pentance and forgiveness and included only token Some superficial attempts at passing through ries of readable but simple-minded detective nov- process of reconciliation will no doubt entail con- material compensation for victims, it has been the process of reconciliation have been based on els by Boris Akunin, all set in tsarist times and siderable cost, we are now paying instead the cost severely criticized. Many who suffered under an unrealistic idealization of our tsarist past. In seeming to reflect a longing for a lost past. of a new kind of stagnation that is the result of try- apartheid feel cheated by the very process intended many ways, these misguided efforts are even more But looking back through the past 80 years to ing to ignore our past. to promote reconciliation and accord. counterproductive than ignoring the problem. For prerevolutionary Russia ig- Many other nations have In Russia, however, no such commission or instance, Moscow spent tremendous resources and nores the country’s dreadful faced the same problem that process exists at all. There is no clear arbiter of effort to rebuild the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, 20th-century experiences that Russia is yet to confront, and such a process here, analogous to Tutu or Gauck. which was leveled by the Bolsheviks in 1931. Al- form the core of what the na- Those who criticize the only lesson to be derived The Orthodox Church, unfortunately, lacks the though many intellectuals criticized this expensive tion is today. Those who criti- the oligarchs, generals from their experiences is that moral authority to play this role in the eyes of fake, politicians more interested in symbolism cize the oligarchs, generals there are no easy, ready- many because of it own controversial Soviet past. than substance proceeded. To my mind, the coin- and president who rule the and president who run made solutions. Germany Another problem is presented by an inborn cidence of the cathedral’s pompous consecration country should look in the the country should went through a fairly intense Russian tendency toward extremes. The idea of and the solemnity of the Kursk tragedy proved the mirror. Boris Berezovsky may process of de-Nazification, finding a compromise or middle road is alien to critics right. The cathedral suddenly seemed not be no beauty, but he is the au- look in the mirror. but nonetheless continues to Russian nature. It will be difficult, perhaps impos- only unnecessary, but somehow even offensive. thentic face of Russia, a coun- experience repercussions of sible for Russia to carry out a reconciliation pro- I think that, to a lesser but still significant ex- try that has produced almost nothing new — either its past. Although German society is periodically cess without it devolving into either a farce or a tent, some recent phenomena in popular culture materially or spiritually — in over a decade. Rus- shaken by neo-Nazi demonstrations, these are witch-hunt. But until the nation faces up to this po- also reflect the problem of Russia’s unreconciled sia today, caught on a treadmill of redistributing clearly only a fading echo. Recently, the German tentially unsolvable problem, it will continue to be past. Oscar-winning film director Nikita old property and old ideas, seems to have nothing government and its business community took an- mired in its present stagnation. Mikhalkov, whose “Burnt by the Sun” seemed to in common with the achievements of its past — other important step toward reconciliation by set- mark real progress toward confronting the past, with its traditional architecture, great literature, ting up a 10 billion deutsche mark ($4.4 billion) Maxim Trudolyubov is a journalist for Vedomosti. followed up with “The Barber of Siberia,” a thin, culture of philanthropic merchants, etc. compensation fund for persons who served as He contributed this comment to The St. Petersburg superficial effort that has been widely criticized for Although there was much talk in the early forced laborers under the Nazi regime. Times.

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Alla Kalinovskaya, Production Manager balance are already there to be seen. and unused property, as well as undervalued hu- They also have very different people at the top, Founding company: OOO Neva Media One such sign was the recently disclosed inten- man resources. which makes for a varied investment climate de- Publishing company: OOO Neva Media tions of two big financial players, Norilsk Nickel’s Another reason for moving tycoons into regional pending on where you go. All 89 regions introduce 4 St. Isaac’s Sq., St. Petersburg, Russia. CEO Alexander Khloponin, and the legendary oil power seats is that the business community is terri- their own taxes, fees and restrictions in order to fill baron Roman Abramovich. bly tired of the arbitrary rule of some governors. their budgets and to feed local officials. Copyright © 2000 The St. Petersburg Times. All Rights Khloponin is running for the governorship of I don’t know what is hardest to put up with — Regions have turned into small states striving Reserved. Northwest Regional Department of the Russian Taimyr, while Abramovich is giving up his seat in the neccessity of financing election campaigns every for independence from Moscow. Are businessmen Federal Press Committee, Registration PI No. 2-4636 the State Duma for the sake of the same position four years, the inevitable rackets run by small-fry bu- ready to change the rules after winning a gover- July 1, 2000. Address: 190000, Russia, St. Petersburg, 4 St. Isaac’s Square. Telephone/Fax: (7-812) 325-60-80, Fax: in Chukotka. And one shouldn’t forget Russia’s reaucrats in the time left to them before a new gov- norship? Or they will demand more independence (7-812) 314-21-20. E-mail: [email protected] Inter- first millionaire Artyom Tarasov, who made a re- ernor appears, or the differences in regional legisla- from the capital? net: http://www.sptimes.ru The St. Petersburg Times is a turn to St. Petersburg from London for an unti- tion that makes relationships between one region The hour for the regions has not yet come. But free publication. mately futile shot at unseating Gov. Vladimir and another so difficult. “When we are looking at those who get their hand in now stand to win a Yakovlev this May. exporting to a foreign country, we naturally investi- great deal.. music opera film Ten years Marta Russian after Domingo audiences Kino directs at long frontman Viktor TsoiÕs Offen- last get to see LunginÕs death, todayÕs Rus- bachÕs film ÔThe Wedding,Õ november 17 sian rock stars make ÔTales of Hoffmann,Õ which, while it didnÕt november 10Ñ a tribute album of which opens at the win any prizes at this his often-busked Mariinsky this yearÕs Cannes festival, is compositions. Saturday. still worth a look (page 10). (page 10). (page 11). chernov’s choice The latest addition to the St. Peters- burg rock scene is Art Spirit, the night- club which will open on Vasilievsky Island on Friday. There is no infor- mation about times and costs, but the music choice is good, as Aukt- syon’s Leonid Fyo- dorov and Sergei Shnurov’s 3D will play at the opening. Live performances will be followed by DJs Arram, Mantana, Phunkee, Re- disco and Myst. According to the release, the club is located “at the foot of” the notori- ous university hostel for foreign stu- dents. “Enter by the black metal stair- case into the former Black Hole,” if that tells you anything. In the noble manner of local rock clubs, the club “does not plan to limit it- self to performances by St. Petersburg Salome premiere groups and dance parties with DJs. Plans include exhibitions by artists and makes heads roll photographers, classes in fashionable dances, national cuisine days, folk singing nights, and promised meetings at Mariinsky. with ‘real’ and the ‘right’ people.” The ambitiousness of these plans Story, page 10. are extremely dangerous, if we recall

FOR SPT the initial press releases of such clubs as PORT and Saigon, which were sim- Dates and times given in All About Town are Gargantua and Pantagruel Lithuanian PREMIERE! Fro Up-and-coming young ilarly concerned with the arts. What correct at the time of publication. However, director Stanislavas Rubinovas stages an Sat., Nov. 11 director Irina Zubshitskaya stages a we have now in both of them are last-minute changes are not infrequent for live interactive production based on the writings of production based on Andrei Platonov’s short mindless house music and strip shows. performances. If you plan to attend an event, Rabelais, where viewers are guests at a ballet stories set in 1930s Russia. Lensoviet Theater, The release also caused a sensa- verify dates and times using the telephone medieval banquet. Baltiisky Dom Basement The Nutcracker Nikolai Boyarchikov Small Stage. 7:30 p.m. numbers at the end of each entry or in the Arcadia Estonian director Elmo choreographs Tchaikovsky’s Christmastime A Play Without a Name See Nov. 10. tion and even sobs among the music address list on page 12. Unless otherwise listed, Nüganen directs an award-winning favorite based on Hoffmann’s tale. Maly Drama Theater — Theater of Europe journalist community, as it erro- stage events start at 7 p.m. Last admission to production of Tom Stoppard’s 1993 play, a Mussorgsky Theater PREMIERE! Hedda Gabler Yury Tomshevsky neously called Shnurov the “former most museums is one hour before closing. witty and erudite work concerning Lord Sleeping Beauty Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet directs Henrik Ibsen’s 1890 play, a mystical Leningrad frontman,” suggesting he Byron’s mysterious disappearance from Britain based on the tales of Charles Perrault. Rimsky- and tragic tale about the life, passions and had left Leningrad for his new project, in 1809. Bolshoi Drama Theater. 6 p.m. Korsakov Conservatory Theater. 6:30 p.m. death of the title heroine. Priyut Komedianta 3D. Some believed it. The Tempest Elements of circus theater and Theater The opening starts at around 9 modern wit combine in this interpretation of opera The Cunning Maid Goldoni’s comedy about p.m. Try to get an invitation. Shakespeare’s exit play, with direction and PREMIERE! The Tales of Hoffmann Marta Argentina, a maid who weaves a web of Art Spirit Nightclub, 20 Ul. Korable- innovative stage design by Bulgaria’s Domingo stages Jacques Offenbach’s opera, a intrigue in the name of love. Directed by stages stroitelei, M: Primorskaya, Nov. 10. Alexander Morfov. Komissarzhevskaya Drama potpourri of fanciful stories by German writer Larisa Artyemova. Theater on Liteiny Theater E.T.A. Hoffmann. A co-production between the À Vous Souhaits Yury Pavlov directs Pierre More on the club scene: We were The Boors Tatyana Kazakova directs Goldoni’s Mariinsky Theater, Washington Opera and the Chenau’s comedy about how money corrupts approached by Hard Rock Club last Fri., Nov. 10 Venetian drama about how the dreams of two Los Angeles Opera. Libretto by Jules Barbier. the soul. Vasilievsky Ostrov Theater of Satire week. Further into the conversation, it concert women are thwarted by their overbearing Performed in French. Mariinsky Theater became clear that their club is modeled Dmitry Yefimov Piano. Liszt. Glinka husbands and fathers. Lensoviet Theater for children exactly on the Hard Rock Cafe chain Philharmonic A Play Without a Name Lev Dodin concert Emil’s Escapades The play by Astrid and, as its spokesman proudly revealed, Olga Kravtsova and Yelena Zaryadnova directs this extraordinary production, based on Andrei Khoteyev Piano. Ravil Martynov Lindgren in its first-ever staging in Russia. even has a “similar” logo, which was Soprano and mezzo soprano. Dmitry Yefimov, Chekhov’s "Platonov," with a flooded stage conducts the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Director Vladimir Vorobyev promises bright registered for use in Russia. That re- piano. Late 19th-century Russian ballads. and exceptional scenography by Alexei Porai- Orchestra. Tchaikovsky. Shostakovich stage settings and the music of Abba. Akimov Engineers (Mikhailovsky) Castle Koshits. Winner of the 1997 Golden Mask Philharmonic Comedy Theater. 12 p.m. minded us of a clever guy who had the St. Petersburg Opera St. Petersburg Opera award. Maly Drama Theater — Theater of 5th ALL-RUSSIA WIND AND PERCUSSION Snow White and the Seven Dwarves brilliant idea to pro- soloists perform arias from operas by Russian Europe MUSICIANS’ COMPETITION Russia’s horn Vladimir Tykke directs the famous children’s duce his own Win- and Western European composers. Smolny Emigrés Slavomir Mrozek’s 1974 play, in blowers and drum beaters compete for tale from a play by Oleg Tabakov and Leonid dows beer — com- Cathedral which the characters seek to recreate their recognition. St. Petersburg State Cappella Ustinov. Baltiisky Dom. 12 p.m. plete with the logo Khalida Hairutdinova Piano (U.S.) Daniel own version of reality and thus both achieve The Little Princess Komissarzhevskaya that we usually see Spalding (U.S.) conducts the St. Petersburg an internal and external "emigration." Directed theater Theater actress Tamara Abrosimova directs on our monitors. State Cappella Orchestra. Rakhmaninov. St. by Igor Selin. Priyut Komedianta Theater The Elephant (Dayesh Ameriku!) Mikhail Francis Barnett’s variation of “The Prince and He even properly Petersburg State Cappella The Last Sacrifice Modest Abramov stages Skomorokhov directs Alexander Kolpakov’s the Pauper.” Komissarzhevskaya Drama registered the name Ostrovsky’s play about a woman who finds whimsical, once-banned 1930s comedy about Theater. 12 p.m. and the logo in the category “food and opera herself a commodity among men and a man who wants to escape to America via The Magic Hat Vadim Danilevsky directs Madame Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San) Stanislav struggles to defend her honor. Vasilievsky hot air balloon, and then sell a golden Yansson’s unique play about a trolley and its drinks” (even Bill Gates himself didn’t Gaudasinsky stages Puccini’s tragic opera Ostrov Theater of Satire elephant. Akimov Comedy Theater fate. Theater on Liteiny. 12 p.m. have enough brains to do so). The about an American soldier who leaves his The Mistress of the Inn Vladimir Vorobyov Red Hand, Black Sheet, Green Fingers small venue which will open near the Japanese wife, driving her to suicide. for children directs Carlo Goldoni’s musical comedy about Olga Nikolayevna, Saule Iskakova and Sergei Chernishevskaya Metro in “ten or so Mussorgsky Theater The Prince and the Pauper Vladimir Tykke a wily innkeeper who plays off the affections Klishne perform in Uspensky’s fantasy tale days” seats 35, and is currently under directs Nikolai Denisov’s stage adaption of of all the men renting rooms from her. for children set to the music of various construction. We guess you can get a theater Mark Twain’s famous story about trading Alexandrinsky Theater composers. Zazerkalye Children’s Theater. nice price for your used guitar that once A Night in Venice Vladimir Vorobyov places. Baltiisky Dom. 12 p.m. The Audience Is Forbidden To Watch 12 p.m. belonged to Eric Clapton. directs his own comedy about a man on the A Christmas Tale with Extras An Alexander Isakov directs this story about the verge of retirement whose friends present adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic story, “A trials and tribulations of life in the theater. Almost all the best local club bands him with a journey to Venice and an Christmas Carol.” On Chrismas Eve an old Baltiisky Dom will appear at the three-day festival encounter with a beautiful stranger. Akimov miser, Scrooge, is visited by spirits from the Arcadia See Nov. 10. Bolshoi Drama Sun., Nov. 12 entitled The Grand Tattoo Saloon In- Comedy Theater past, present and future who teach him the Theater. 6 p.m. ballet ternational Convention. Promised are PREMIERE! A Pair of Bay Horses (Para value of love, life and good friends. Theater on The Suicide Pyotr Shereshevsky directs Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet lots of body art, tattoos and piercings. Gnedikh) A vaudeville taken from life behind- Liteiny. 12 p.m. Nikolai Erdman’s once-banned satirical 1928 choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Skin-crippling activities start at 2 p.m. the-scenes at the Alexandrinsky Theater. Pippi Longstocking Lindgren’s play about play about a suicidal man whose efforts to Ivanov. Mussorgsky Theater from Friday to Sunday. Written and directed by Alexander Belinsky. the footloose and fancy-free redhead with the do himself in are foiled at every turn by his Yubileiny Sports Palace (Small Alexandrinsky Theater infamous pointy braids. Vasilievsky Ostrov lack of resolve. Komissarzhevskaya Drama opera Arena), Nov. 10 to 12. FARCES THEATER: Farces A comic romp Theater of Satire. 12 p.m. Theater PREMIERE! The Tales of Hoffman See Nov. based on French farces of the Middle The Magic Flute Mozart’s classic about a King, Queen, Knave Vladislav Pazi directs an 11. Mariinsky Theater Ages. Directed by Viktor Kramer. Baltiisky young prince and his trials of love. Zazerkalye adaptation of Nabokov’s 1928 novel about a Ñ by Sergey Chernov Dom Children’s Theater love triangle. Lensoviet Theater continued on page 13 10 Friday, November 10, 2000 THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES freeman’s salome gives literal take on symbolism By Galina Stolyarova lized, desperate and wayward woman, possessed and driven by her passions. You can’t step twice into the same Yevgeny Nikitin, making his debut river, as the Greek philosopher Hera- in the role of John the Baptist, clitus once said, and it was indeed a brought the necessary gloomy power risky move for British director David to his performance, while Nikolai Gas- Freeman to stage his second symbolist siyev, who sang in the Mariinsky’s pre- opera production in a row at the Mari- vious version of “Salome” was the insky Theater. perfect Herod, entrapped, disturbed Freeman’s naturalistic approach to and frenzied. Richard Strauss’ “Salome” came as Freeman made “The Dance Of quite a surprise, something you per- Seven Veils” — the opera’s culmina- haps would not expect from the author tion — unsophisticated, with a tribal of such an image-rich production as his feel. The director sends Stenkina’s 1991 version of Prokofiev’s opera “The heroine careening across the stage or, Fiery Angel.” more importantly, around John the In this new production, the director Baptist’s cell, leaving no doubts as to strives to make everything visual to who she is really dancing for. The liter- such an extent that he nearly elimi- alness of the production reaches its cli- nates the enigmatic nature of this max when Salome takes the last item opera based on Oscar Wilde’s take on of her clothes off. the New Testament story. The primitiveness of the moves You can see Salome’s slave offering perhaps serves to emphasize the MultFilmy: putting a bit of Britpop into Viktor TsoiÕs old songs. her a drug before she starts her shamanistic nature of the dance, and

SERGEY GRACHEV/SPT striptease — an explanation in ad- this idea actually works to the frag- vance for her stumbling pace and eu- ment’s advantage. But the culminating phoric movements. Mean- scene is a success very much while, John the Baptist’s thanks to the powerful kino honored in tribute album death appears accidental, opera Mariinsky orchestra, rather coming as the result of a than because of the director. By Sergey Chernov Akvarium’s Boris Grebenshchikov. “They were trying to talk me into misunderstanding. Musically, the production “Viktor Tsoi emerged all by himself, [taking part in the tribute album] for a What was a particular success in the was overwhelming. The Mariinsky Tribute albums have finally made their with no promotion. Zemfira would long time, and I kept refusing,” says Fiery Angel was the visualization of the symphony orchestra under Valery way onto the Russian music market. have been trying to break through for a Shnurov, whose cover of “Once You process of imagination. In Salome, the Gergiev told a story more tragic than Although the independent record label few more years — without huge invest- Were a Beatnik” will appear on the sec- staging is illustrative rather than what was going on on stage. From lis- FeeLee released a Depeche Mode trib- ments and mass coverage from the me- ond album of “KINOproby.” metaphoric, with the visual part not tening to the orchestra you could ute in 1998, the current tribute to the dia there would have been nothing. “In the event, I looked at the situa- providing much interpretation. sense the tense atmosphere when “the seminal Russian group Kino released “Kino came from the inside, almost tion differently and recorded the song True, you could feel that the world is moon like a tormented, nearly insane on the major label Real Records is on a grew out of the earth. It still remains with pleasure. Now I think Leningrad “shaky and alarmed,” but the feeling woman looks for lovers to soothe her much larger scale and has already pro- [Russia’s] best band, in my opinion ... shouldn’t give a damn about anything. was derived from what was heard, passion.” voked a much more serious reaction — Viktor had such great charisma.” I don’t care where — what’s important rather than from what was seen. As for It was the orchestra which told us a along with much bigger sales. All in all, as far as the first album in is who.” the stage design, at times you would story unveiling the darker, more ob- Dedicated to Kino frontman and the series goes, the finest performance find yourself wondering if you were scure parts of the human soul, and it songwriter Viktor Tsoi, is “This Is Not Love” by “KINOproby. Viktor Tsoi Tribute” in looking at sets from “Aida.” was the orchestra exploring these who died in a car crash in the local Britpop-influ- concert at the Ice Palace Nov. 19. Zem- Vocally, the new Salome was not same parts. Ultimately, it was also the August 1990, the album enced band MultFilmy, fira, Vyacheslav Butusov, Korol i Shut, sensationational, but demonstrated orchestra which brought to Salome “KINOproby. Viktor Tsoi music which made its record Zdob Si Zdub, MultFilmy, Tequilajazzz, impressive singing with no obvious that same feeling in The Fiery Angel Tribute” (Screen Tests) is debut earlier this year. Piknik, Leningrad, Kukryniksy, failures. Valeria Stenkina (Salome), in when one character says “my soul being released in two volumes The Moldovan folk- N.A.I.V.E., Dva Samaliota and Ricochet particular, was convincing both in feels as though it is being filled with — the first appeared on Oct. 17, and the punk band Zdob Si Zdub’s cover of will perform. terms of acting and singing as a tanta- black smoke.” second is due on Nov. 15. “Saw the Night,” complete with Mol- Recorded by popular and fledgling dovan fifes and a Gypsy trio, makes an rock acts from the former Soviet Union, exciting curiosity, but it gets irritating the releases are supported by stadium after a few listenings. Mumii Troll’s standing ovation for final early music concerts shows featuring the bands which took “Vosmiklassnitsa” adds nothing to the part in the recordings — in the fashion original apart from Ilya Lagutenko’s the concerts given by the ensemble the relatively recently created St. Pe- of the Brat 2 soundtrack concerts which mannered intonations. The rest, espe- By Giulara Sadkyh-zade Musica Petropolitana, put on by the tersburg ensembles Ave Rosa and were organized by the same label last cially the outdated art-rock Piknik and At the St. Petersburg Cappella, the initiator, and one of the organizers of Lanterna Magica were also actively in- month. yet another “trendy” female-fronted Third International Festival of Early this authentic music festival, which is volved, as well as the Insula Magica “Nothing will change [in Russian pop/rock band Chicherina — both Music had its triumphant conclusion unique in Russia. collective from Novosibirsk. rock music] until a new Tsoi appears,” artists on Real Records — just don’t on Sunday. The best was saved till last The idea, born three years ago, Members of the above-mentioned says Yevgeny Fyodorov of Tequilajazzz, hold water. with the concerts of the great Dutch turned out to be very successful. Con- Musica Petropolitana ensemble also who covered the monotonous “Tran- The quasi-punk song “Anarchy” harpsichordist and organist Gustav centrate all the strengths and re- gave performances, including Andrei quilizer” with some backup vocals from went to the Moscow pop/punk band Leonhardt and the British coun- sources of practically all the cultural Reshetin (violin), Sergei Filchenko (vi- N.A.I.V.E., although Grebenshchikov tertenor, Michael Chance, whose voice institutes in the city into one point: olin), Dmitry Sokolov (cello) and Irina performs the song much better, as was is fantastically even-toned, possessing The British Council, The Goethe In- Sneyerova (harpsichord). The demonstrated at Akvarium’s summer a brilliantly refined baroque singing stitute, The Alliance Naturally, the concerts concerts. Instead, Grebenshchikov, who technique. Française, The Dutch varied in quality. Those at National Hunt “discovered” Tsoi in the first place and For the whole of October and early Institute and The St. the beginning seemed Disco-Bar covered at least four Tsoi songs in con- November, the festival concerts have Petersburg Cultural music somehow rather messy cert over the years, has recorded “Kam- brought together sizable crowds at the Center. In addition to and disappointing: In the Erotic dancing show chatka” for the second record. Cappella and Philharmonic as well as that, involve the Consulates General half-empty hall of the Cappella, the starts daily at 11 p.m. European Cuisine Taking part in the recording was a at the Menshikov and Sheremetev of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, French musicians from L’Ensemble 30% discount before 7 p.m. crucial test of conformity for some. Palaces. the Council of Ministers of Northern Baroque de Limoges tiresomely and Business lunch from noon to 7 p.m. Sergei Shnurov of Leningrad says it The festival was the focus of diverse Countries and even the St. Petersburg monotonously performed Couperin made him reconsider the band’s stance musical interests: Some people went to Cultural Committee. and Forqueray — a situation not and agree to perform at lush night- see the Children’s Flute Ensemble In a single, powerful, enlightened saved by famous viola da gamba Music: Eurodance, Disco clubs — something the underground- Gardellino (with artistic director wave all these forces combined to- player Kristof Kuhn, the festival’s minded band did not do before last Alexander Kiskachy), while others gether to produce quite a good festival artistic director. October when it appeared at La Plage, preferred to listen to the Baroque or- with a wealth of musical talents. However, the finale of the festival with tickets costing as much as 250 to gan music performed by Yulia Semen- The Italian ensemble Il Giardino in the very same hall turned out to be 360 rubles. ova. Still others didn’t miss even one of Armonico (or Garden of Harmony) uplifting and successful: The long- gave lively and artistic performances awaited Michael Chance appeared on of works from the Venetian school at stage accompanied by Musica EROTIC NIGHTCLUB its height (Castello, Uccellini, Merulo, Petropolitana, reinforced with the vio- “RUSSIAN ANGEL” Vivaldi) at the Philharmonic Small lin of the famous Muscovite violinist, PRESENTS Hall. Bernard Baum, the outstanding Nazara Kozhukharia. A DAILY AVANT-GARDE German flautist and a specialist in Having sung with unbelievable STRIP SHOW Baroque and medieval flute reper- beauty Vivaldi’s sensual Stabat Mater “ANGEL’S HEART.” toires, gave a solo concert and a couple and Agnus Dei from Bach’s B minor UNPRECEDENTED INTERIOR. of master classes. mass, the singer was greeted by bursts The U.S. female vocal ensemble, of applause. RESTAURANT, BAR. Anonymous 4, performed intricate The entire hall thundered with Open daily from noon until 6:00 a.m. compositions from medieval chorales cries of “Bravo” and stamping feet. Free entrance for foreigners 14 IVANOVSKAYA UL. and early polyphonies from the ninth The public found the affair very satis- and 10th centuries under the title of factory indeed — especially some of Service for tourist groups Call 560-8800 to reserve tickets in advance. “Mass for the End of Time.” The the members of the British Council, 11 Malaya Morskaya Ul. Dutch ensemble Oltremontano gave who simply beamed at seeing the cele- Tel: 311-13-43. STUDIO OF AVANT-GARDE AESTHETICS two concerts. bration of the British spirit in the mu- Open daily from noon to 6 a.m. As well as high-class foreign guests, sical settings of St. Petersburg. Friday, November 10, 2000 THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES 11 tales of hoffmann: a feminist look at romantic opera mense opportunities for stage directors for a soul-stirring experience.” by Galina Stolyarova to invent and create, and there will al- Trifonova believes that the fact that The world revolves around women — ways be something left unexplored. “I the piece wasn’t finished works for the such is the attitude of one female opera love it and I am happy to do it,” she opera’s advantage artistically, allowing director who is preparing to unveil her said. “Hoffmann gives you a whole for a countless variety of interpretations. version of Jacques Offenbach’s “The fountain of inspiration.” “Marta Domingo gives singers a Tales Of Hoffmann,” a story of one Marta Domingo takes a painstak- precious chance to bring in their under- poet’s doomed love for a mechanical ing approach, doing an enormous standing of the characters they perform, doll, a singer and a Venetian courtesan. amount of research and spade-work. she gives you an idea, and a possibility The director in question is Marta Besides analyzing the score, she reads to experiment within it,” Trifonova Domingo, and the production pre- as much as possible of what has been said. “She is not suppressive at all, but mieres on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the written on and around the topic to very helpful and benign. It is very Mariinsky Theater. plunge herself into the atmosphere of touching to see her applauding after ev- “The Tales Of Hoffmann” — unfin- the opera she is staging. ery aria, it tells you much about her ished at the time of Offenbach’s death “Even though the process begins warm personality.” and completed by Ernest Guiraud — with a particular idea, reading enriches Marta Domingo didn’t seek any- first saw the stage at the Opera- you enormously — even if you know body’s advice on staging, or how to find Comique in Paris in 1881. the score very well, you never know it a common language with the cast. Over Since then, the piece has enjoyed well enough — and little by little there years of observing great directors work- much attention from opera directors, comes the whole picture of the show,” ing, and her husband Placido rehears- and this time Marta Domingo will be she said. “You have to learn every note ing countless times, she has learned how telling us the story of a tormented poet and every word.” to do things her way. “A director has to and his muse. Marta Domingo during rehearsals Singer Svetlana Trifonova, who is re- be patient, indulgent and generous. If Marta Domingo — wife of one of the FOR SPT hearsing for the role of Olympia, wel- you lose your patience, your words will world’s greatest singers, tenor Placido mid-1960s, after the birth of her and she considers the opera to be deeply as- comes “The Tales” as a missing link in have little effect. Being calm and opti- Domingo, whom she married in 1962 and Domingo’s two sons, Placido and Alvaro. sociated with her and her husband’s life. the theater’s repertoire, and is thrilled mistic — this is what’s important.” with whom she once sang at the Israel Marta Domingo says she has been Recalling that Placido Domingo by the juxtaposition of romanticism and Opera Company — made her debut as lucky enough not to have to reject any himself has performed in no less than mild humor, at times with a subtle touch ”The Tales Of Hoffmann” plays this Sat- an operatic director back in 1991 with a opera she was invited to stage. “I am 10 interpretations of “The Tales” of tragedy, that the production offers. urday and Sunday at the Mariinsky The- rendition of Saint-Saens’s “Samson et very fortunate in that all the operas I around the world, she admitted she “This is a fascinating show, bring- ater. Rehearsing for the roles are Viktor Dalila” in San Juan, Puerto Rico. have been offered [to stage] are roman- faced a challenge in developing her own ing a new style, a new genre, and new Lutsuk (Hoffmann), Svetlana Trifonova Having begun as a singer herself, tic, which is what I love,” Domingo rendition. “Practically, I have seen ev- direction to the Mariinsky,” Trifonova and Olga Trifonova (Olympia), Anna Mexico-born soprano Marta Ornelas, said. She does not hide her feministic erything, with every production a great said. “We have a variety of Rus- Netrebko, Tatiana Pavlov- whose performance of Susanna in “Le bent, adding she thrives on romantic work of stage direction,” she said. “I re- sian music and Wagner, but skaya and Irina Dzhioyeva Nozze di Figaro” earned her the title of operas where women play a very im- alized I needed to do something that more versatility is what we (Antonia), Zlata Bulycheva the best Mozartian singer in her home portant part. hasn’t been done before.” need. It is a light fairy tale opera and Nadezhda Serduk country in 1961, gave up her career in the As for “The Tales Of Hoffmann,” But thankfully, Hoffmann offers im- full of mystery, and makes (Giulietta) and others.

Hali-Gali — One of two places the Moscow tusovka want to worse than ever, with new staff arriving as you sit there Hell specializing in delayed charter flights for school go when they deign to visit. Great place if you speak good and a kitchen with no clue whatsoever, but the food is skiing trips, and you have Metro. Russian techno pop, Russian, but without it you’ll miss the point of the cabaret. still tasty — if and when it comes. Open 24 hours, 50 rub. harder core upstairs. Open daily 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Mon.- Don’t miss splashing out 450 rubles to sink a meter of beer, when a band is playing. 33 Liteiny Pr., 279-88-13. Thurs., Sun., 40-60 rub. Fri.-Sat., 60-80 rub. After there is a prize at the end of it. The program starts at 10 midnight, 100 rubles. 174 Ligovsky Pr. 166-02-04. p.m., after which the door will only let you in “for a Neo Jazz Club — What the restaurant “Mukha www.metroclub.ru consideration.” 300 rub. 15 Lanskoye Shosse, 246-38-27. Tsokotukha” (right opposite the Mukhina Art College) turns into at nights. Neat design, though yet to get its own PORT — Intended to blow the competition away when it Hollywood Nites — Overpriced and once-intimidating atmosphere. Specializes in mellow jazz styles, with mainly first opened, with great layout and loads of space. hooker/mobster joint (the ladies of negotiable virtue are duos and trios performing, mostly without a drummer. Needs to be full, otherwise its emptiness is on the right as you go in). Pleasant but pricey diner/bar Capacity: 35-40 seats. Armenian and European cuisine overwhelming. Originally for the “progressive” crowd, downstairs. The goons have a real attitude problem if you (150-200 rub. a meal). Daily, 9 a.m.-12 a.m. Mon. — Thurs., now it attracts all kinds including suburban kids and didn’t roll up in an enormous Mercedes. If you did, you Sun., 30 rub. Fri.-Sat., 50 rub. 14 Solyanoi Per. 273-38-30. thugs in shell suits. Techno and pop, plus a billiards can do whatever you like. Fri.-Sun. 11 p.m.-6 a.m.46 room. Daily 3 p.m.-6 a.m. Techno parties with resident Nevsky Pr., 311-60-77.ww.show-cp.ru/hollywood/ house, techno etc. DJs at 10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. For special events see gigs. 40- Griboyedov — Located in a bomb shelter and operated 300 rub. 2 Per. Antonenko. M: Sennaya Pl. 314-26-09. Marilyn posters. Usually packed with rowdy crowd of Marstall — Despite a positive restaurant review from this by Dva Samaliota, this club is generally full and cool, with www.clubport.spb.ru rock, etc. technical students and leather-clad teddyboys. Coat paper, there is no disguising what 50 percent of the a good habit of booking alternative bands to mix with its Africa — Students’ cafe with live rock and folk music. check can only handle half the crowd. Bar open from 11 female clientele are in Marstall for. Boasts the most habitual rave and techno. With lots of art exhibitions and gay The cheapest beer around (13 rub. for 0.5 liter). Usually a.m. Shows daily at 8 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., 40 rub. 14 athletic strippers and creative costumes in town. various other happenings, this is one of the best in the Club 69 — The city’s number one gay venue. When this younger and less known bands. Live shows Wed.-Sun. at Apraksin Dvor. M: Gostiny Dvor. 310-05-49. People scope out dancers writhing to Russian pop city. Wednesday is disco night. Mon., Wed.-Sun. 5 p.m.-6 place got trendy and the straights invaded, the 8 p.m. 20-30 rub. 106 Nab. Moiki. http://africa.zerkalo.ru from the upper level, and there is an endless queue for a.m. 40 rub., 60 on weekends. Free between 5 p.m. and 8 management cracked down a little and females are now Poligon — The fourth new location for the rock club. the john. Marstall is packed with wide-eyed Westerners p.m. 2A Voronezhskaya Ul. M: Ligovsky Pr. 164-43-55. charged the Earth to get in, heralding the return of the City Club — Two bars, pool and Russian billiards, real Heavier styles from hardcore punk to thrash metal. Lots (whose passport gets them in free) discovering just how city’s hard-core gays. Staff in sailor-boy costumes, fireplaces. Located above the rockabilly bar Money of teenagers in grubby leather. Billiards. Concerts start at good-looking Russian women are — and saying so very Mama — Decadent house party feel with an element of posters of bulging oiled muscles decorating the pretty Honey, and with a more mature crowd, ages ranging 6 p.m. See Gigs for events. 40-100 rub. 65 Lesnoi Pr. M: loudly. 50-80 rub. 5 Kanal Griboyedova, 315-76-07. personal danger. Best techno in St. Petersburg, good restaurant, and real bulging oiled muscles between 20 and 40. Music styles are pop/rock, blues Lesnaya. 245-27-20. http://polygon.cool.ru according to one regular, but no chill-out room. decorating the dance floor. Strict face control. 6, 2-aya and occasionally Latin. Live shows Wed.-Sun. at 8 p.m. Tribunal — Often packed, playing the better Russian pop, Drum’n’bass/jungle, visiting and resident DJs. Wasted Krasnoarmeiskaya. M: Tekhnologichesky Institut. 40 rub. 28-30 Sadovaya Ul., Apraksin Dvor, Korpus 13. M: Saigon — After its much-hyped “closing,” which turned a bit of rock and a fair amount of classic mainstream. The Russian student crowd with too much disposable 259-51-63. Gostiny Dvor. Entrance through Money Honey. 310-05-49. out to be a PR stunt, Saigon reopened, but dropped the tequila theme remains, but the hookers seem to have income. Fri.-Sat., 11:50 p.m.-6 a.m., 60 rub. 3B Mal. policy of having live concerts on a daily basis. A mixture of been kicked out. Nice interior, but last time we went six Monetnaya Ul.. M: Gorkovskaya. 232-31-37. Jungle — The city’s oldest surviving gay club. A dance Fish Fabrique — Despite the spartan interiors and menu, rock, jazz, and world music. Three levels, two bars, a video armed cops removed a drunken man trying to emulate hall, “dark maze” and show programs. Fri.-Sat., 11 p.m.-6 this place is still a favorite for local rock musicians and screen, and lots of shiny metal. Concerts start at 11 p.m. the dancing girls. Good beer and munchies place, but on Metro — When it’s full with its impossibly young and a.m. Shows start at 1:30 p.m. Men, 30 rub., women, 70 rub. alternative artists, with the bonuses of table hockey and See Gigs for events. 50-120 rub. 7/9 Nevsky Pr. 315-58-73. the pricey side. 12 p.m.-6 a.m. Free entrance. 1 Pl. well-dressed crowd, imagine a European airport from 8 Ul. Blokhina, M: Sportivnaya. cult foreign films on Sundays (8 p.m.) Daily 3 p.m. until the Dekabristov. 311-16-90 last person leaves. Live gigs start at 9 p.m. 30-50 rub. 10 SpartaK — This place has been kicking buttock recently, Pushkinskaya Ul. (entrance through the arch at 53 with good bands and even some remont to boot. Better jazz & blues Ligovsky Pr.). sound system and a multi-level bar upstairs, but no room in Jazz Philharmonic Hall — Staid jazz venue organized by the coat check. Nasty security. 8 Kirochnaya Ul., 273-77-39. local patriarch Dave Goloshchokin, who fills most of the Manhattan/Kotyol — Art club with bar, billiard room bill. Mostly respectable, well-dressed crowd. Mainstream and very strangely organized toilets. Originally intended Zoopark — Small club located in the city’s zoo and Dixieland fills the auditorium. The Ellington Hall is the for the formerly underground art elite, with Andrei specializing in live rock and folk music and Jazz Philharmonic Hall’s more intimate venue upstairs. 7 Makarevich and Viktor Krivulin being honorable singers/songwriters. Locally famous sexologist Lev p.m.-11 p.m., 20-50 rub. Tickets in advance at box office, 2 members, it changed management and direction a few Shcheglov occasionally lectures there, too. Entrance is p.m.-8 p.m. 27 Zagorodny Pr. M: Vladimirskaya. 164-85-65. times. Shows start at 10 p.m. Open daily 12 p.m.-5 a.m., only between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., otherwise the gates are 40-50 rub. 90 Nab. Fontanki.113-19-45. closed and you won’t get in. 1 Alexandrovsky Park. M: JFC Jazz Club — The most innovative and open-minded www.kotel.spb.ru Gorkovskaya. 232-21-45. http://chz.da.ru jazz venue in town, where Russian and foreign celebrities usually play. Less formal venue, with all styles up to avant- Monday: Moloko — Probably the best underground rock club, pop/dance/floorshow garde and improv, classic and folk concerts occasionally. where Tequilajazzz, Spitfire and Markscheider Kunst like Fiesta Latina — An old movie theater turned into a Latin Mostly jazz crowd and expats. Bar and snacks. Ladies’ Night to perform. Thurs.-Sun. 7 p.m.-11 p.m., 30-50 rub. 12 dance joint, although a recent visit showed no sign of the Reservations a must — it is tiny. Daily from 7 p.m., 60-100 Perekupnoi Pereulok. M: Pl. Alexandra Nevskogo/Pl. girls who were once on hand to show you your Latin ropes. rub. 33 Shpalernaya Ul. M: Chernyshevskaya. Tel: 272-98-50. Tuesday: Vosstaniya. 274-94-67. http://moloko.piter.net They’ve installed a TV next to the dance floor, which doesn’t Transvestite put this place on the “must-see” list. Security’s menacing, Jimi Hendrix Blues Club — Still packed, and rocking Money Honey — The city’s first and premier rockabilly so keep your tango clean. Fri.-Sun. 11 p.m.-6 a.m. 30-70 rub. more than ever with the addition of bands at midnight Show bar — complete with a confederate flag and Elvis and 13 Ul. Smolyachkova. M: Vyborgskaya. 542-11-94. every night of the week (find that in Moscow). Service Wednesday: Disco Party Splendid cuisine, excellent Thursday: Restaurant whiskey, live music, interior Latino Party of the Wild West ... Sunday: All-night disco, billiards, darts. Erotic Host banquets, fourchettes, presentations.Various discounts Fantasy Show Relax and enjoy yourself at the “Rodeo Bar” from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. at 2 Konyushennaya Pl. Tel. 314-4973 11 different kinds of meat dishes, cooked over fire 1 Dekabristov Sq. (near the Bronze Horseman) 30% discount till 6 p.m. Tel. 311-16-90 Restaurant "Brazilia" Kazanskaya 24 tel. 320-8-777 Daily from noon to 6 a.m. Friday, November 10, 2000 THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

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German beer and sausages in St. Peters- oriental $ under $10, $$ under $25, $$$ over $25 a paid service From a self-service cafeteria to first-class burg. Well-known beer Alpierbacher. waiter service in executive dining suites. Polite waitresses. Live music. Reasonable KARAVAN entertainment Qualified to meet specific dietary needs. A prices. Restaurant open daily from 11 cost-effective package to fit in with a.m. to 1 a.m. Pub open from 12 a.m. to 11 GRAND HOTEL EUROPE CATERING RUSSKAYA RYBALKA corporate requirements and budgets. Tel. p.m., bistro - from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. 28/19 american Catering for any event, small or large, (RUSSIAN FISHING) 934-30-92 Tel./Fax 298-03-15, 324-67-59 Novocherkassky Pr. Tel. 528-22-11. Fax casual or elegant. Events catered The tastiest fish is the one you catch 528-72-06 THE CITY BAR & RESTAURANT within the hotel, at the location of your yourself! You catch sterlet, sturgeon or Delicious food from the Middle East and Over 21 different types of freshly choice, or at a spectacular St. trout in the pond and then have it TALEON CLUB the Caucasus: kebabs, plov and fresh ground hamburgers, steaks, chicken Petersburg palace. Wide range of food either baked or smoked. Tackle, bait, german breads from our hearth. Unique design filets and fish. Fresh-cut french fries, choices and extra services. fishing and preparation – free. The and reasonable prices. 46 Voznesensky excellent salads. Apple crumble. Tel. 329-60-00. location in the park on Krestovsky TSCHAIKA Pr. (Corner of Voznesensky Pr. and All-day American breakfast. DJ Souheil Ostrov promises relaxation in Naberezhnaya Fontanki) Tel. 311-28-00 – Thursdays and Fridays. Live music on IVAN CATERING country–like surroundings almost in The finest European & Russian cuisine Saturday. Student discounts all day, Catering for banquets, fourchettes and the center of the city. Open daily in St. Petersburg, surprisingly not the every day. cocktail parties at any address in around the clock, with a break from 9 most expensive. Book early for our Fridays – all you can drink from 9 p.m. to St.Petersburg and the region. Outdoor a.m. to noon. superb $29 buffet Brunch every Sunday russian midnight for one low price. Happy hours activities, BBQ. Original scenarios for 2 Yuzhnaya Doroga, Krestovsky Is. Seven kinds of German beer. Live from 12 p.m. till 4 p.m. – live music and Monday – Friday. festivities, interior design. Entertainment Tel. 235-23-95 $$ music daily. Authentic German cuisine. black caviar will make your Sunday DAVIDOV’S RESTAURANT 20 Nab. Moiki, 2nd floor. 314-10-37. programs, musical accompaniment, Open daily 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. Some special. Childcare facilities available. Russian cuisine and Russian decoration, fireworks. Call Mon. – Fri. 10 Alternatively, try the best value meal in entertainment in the evening. Every a.m. – 5 p.m. town – $8 in the Taleon Club Bar from Saturday and Sunday from 12 a.m. until E-mail: [email protected] Restaurant 12 p.m. till 4 p.m. Sporting events and 10 p.m. – Russian Table (starters, main bars Tel. 294-02-52, 296-12-01. $$-$$$ films with English or Russian subtitles dish, dessert, 250 g. of vodka and free- THE NOBLE NEST shown every day on the big screen. flowing beer). The central part of the ASTORIA HOTEL BARS POTEL & CHABOT Open: restaurant – from noon to 3 a.m., restaurant is a magnificent caviar and Rotonda Bar in the Astoria, offering a From small corporate receptions and bar – from noon to 6 a.m., casino – 24 vodka display. Chef de Cuisine: Sergei comprehensive cocktail list and private dinners to the largest gala or hours. 59 Moika Nab. 315-76-45. $-$$$ Zhorkhovsky, menu enclosed. Open refreshing draft beer, is the ideal place high-profile events, Potel & Chabot from 7 a.m until 11 p.m. (80 seats). 39 to relax and meet friends. Open from 9 offers full catering and event co- THE NATIONAL HUNT Bolshaya Morskaya Ul., Astoria Hotel. a.m. until 12 p.m. Tel. 210-5837. $$ ordination in St. Petersburg and Open from noon to 6 a.m. European Lobby Lounge of the Astoria hotel Moscow for a unique experience with cuisine. Business lunch – $4.5. Erotic KALINKA offers continental breakfast from 7 a.m. savoir faire. show every night from 11 p.m. Free Traditional Russian cuisine in a till 10 a.m. and Russian tea time from 3 Tel. 294-44-64, 294-54-81. $$$ entrance and bar for all ladies from 10 traditional Russian environment. Live p.m. until 6 p.m every day. p.m. till midnight. Free evening Russian folk songs, balalaika and Tel. 210-58-15, 39 Bolshaya Morskaya. Sheraton Catering entrance and one complimentary beer gypsy music every night. Small $$ Service when you buy a business lunch. banquet facility. Give your next event a touch of 11 M. Morskaya Ul. Tel. 311-13-43. 9 Syezdovskaya Linia, Vasilievsky Ostrov CAFE IDIOT excellence with our five-star catering 21 UL. DEKABRISTOV Tel. 328-28-66, 323-37-18 . $$ services. Banquets, buffets and full TEL.: 312-32-05, event planning. 312-09-11 PREMIER RESTAURANT-CLUB Great Russian and vegetarian food Sheraton Nevskij Palace. Tel. 275-20-01 italian served all day. Jazz, cappuccino, fresh (ext.135). $$$ juice, specialty teas. Happy hour from credit cards accepted. LANDSKRONA RESTAURANT 6:30 to 7:30. Weekend brunch. Used TANDOOR RESTAURANT european 14 Kanal Griboedova. Come up to the Landskrona and discover Russian-European cuisine. Cozy English-language books and We provide small to medium outdoor M: Nevsky Pr. 312-46-31. $$ our acclaimed menu of Mediterranean interior, friendly atmosphere. Live magazines, plus an art gallery. catering services for parties and JAMES COOK PUB & CAFE specialties. Experience our Executive music, casino, gambling. English Open daily 11 a.m. – 1 a.m. 82 Nabe- banquet functions. Reasonable prices. Lunch at $29. Open-air rooftop terrace in spoken. Daily. 24 hours. 47 Nevsky rezhnaya Moiki, 315-16-75 $-$$ 2 Voznesensky Prospect, Tel. 312-38-86. summertime. Daily 12:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. 57 Prospect. 315-78-93, ext. 050. $$ $$-$$$ indian Nevsky Pr., 8th floor, Sheraton Nevskij KONYUSHENY DVOR You are welcome anytime to enjoy Palace. 275-20-01. $$$ RESTORAN European cuisine. 15% discount from European cuisine and more than 40 RESTAURANT TANDOOR Russian cuisine. Open from 12:00 to noon to 8 p.m. Monday through kinds of whiskey amid the atmosphere of Delicious food. Good vegetarian PIZZICATO midnight. 2 Tamozhenny Per. Tel. 327-89- Thursday. Live Latin music. Erotic shows chinese a real English pub. Friendly staff. The cafe selection. Very popular. English spoken. You can enjoy a melody of taste in our 79 Fax 327-89-75 http://www.ad.sp.ru daily. Open 12 p.m. to 6 a.m. 5 Nab. serves 40 kinds of coffee prepared in Business Lunch from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. restaurant where we prepare your pizza Kanala Griboedova, 315-76-07. $-$$ CHOPSTICKS more than 100 different ways, as well as for only $10. Daily 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. 2 in real Italian wood stoves, you’ll be Authentic Szechwan and Cantonese special- a wide variety of elite teas and more than Voznesensky Prospect, near St. Isaac’s surprised by pasta in the amount of SADKO’S ties. Enchanting Oriental decor. Dishes served 50 kinds of coffee cocktails. We have our Cathedral. 312-38-86. Some credit your choice, and you’ll have the chance seafood St. Petersburg’s favorite meeting place mild or spicy hot upon request. own confectionery. We accept Visa, cards accepted. $$ to taste fresh meat and fish prepared for fun, food and music. Complete bar, Open daily noon to 11 p.m. In the Grand MasterCard, Diners Club.Open daily 8 over coals that would win over any CHRISTOPHER appetizing snacks and meals, and the Hotel Europe. Tel. 329-60-00. $$ a.m. till last man standing. 2 Shvedsky Per. gourmet. Our prices are terrific. city’s best view of Nevsky Prospect. 312-32-00 Pleasant and comfortable surroundings Open daily noon to midnight. Corner of international along with extraordinary food will turn Nevsky Prospect and Mikhailovskaya VALHALL every day into a holiday. Open from Visit the “Christopher” restaurant and Ulitsa. In the Grand Hotel Europe. 329- clubs BORSALINO RESTAURANT noon until the last customer. 45 you will enjoy its unique interior, 60-00. $$-$$$. Executive Chef Torbjorn Lofaldli places Bolshaya Morskaya, Dom Kompozitorov delicious seafood and beautiful live BEERMUDAS TRIANGLE CLUB emphasis on combining local produce Tel. 315-0319 Tel./Fax 315-0339 music. In the Bar you will find original TRIBUNAL BAR Two-storey Beer Club, including Tasting with imported delicacies, producing a cold beer or choose an exotic cocktail, The place to be for a complete night room “Beer museum,” restaurant, bar, wide range of Russian and International ROSSI’S enjoy the best cigars and cognac or out! Great food, cool drinks. 50% billiards, bookie bar. We invite you to The only restaurant-cabaret in St. dishes. From 7:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Regional Italian and Mediterranean you can order the best of wines. A new discount on all dishes and drinks on sample 44 kinds of the highest-quality Petersburg. Excellent cuisine. We we offer buffet breakfast with a specialties served in a refined democratic A La Carte menu. Business the menu from noon to 9 p.m. Splendid beer - the largest variety of pale and have lowered our prices in October. Japanese corner (including: Japanese atmosphere. Freshly prepared pasta, lunch daily from noon till 4 p.m. All dance music. dark lagers in this city. Enjoy our tasty Special offer: Breakfast for 140 steamed rice with fried salmon, sushi, superb antipasti and desserts. Ideal credit cards accepted. Daily 12 p.m. Daily noon – 6 a.m. snacks and filling hot meals, designed rubles (from 10 a.m. until noon). Miso soup, Wasabi, soya sauce). The choice for supper or business lunch. until the last customer leaves. 1 Dekabristov Sq. 311-16-90. to complement the subtle tones of your Lunch for 252 rubles (from noon adjoining bar is the ideal place to meet Open daily from noon to 11 p.m. In the 27 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul. Tel. 312-97-61 preferred brew. We are open Sun. to until 6 p.m.). Supper for 560 rubles for an aperitif or a cocktail from the Grand Hotel Europe. 329-60-00. $$$ Wed.: 11:00 to 03:00. Shows start at (from 6 p.m.). Valhall restaurant is exclusive menu. From 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 AFRODITE 22:00. Daily live music and dancing, open daily from 10 a.m. until 3 a.m. a.m. – live blues and jazz music (singer Located in an old mansion in the very brazillian “Litsedei” show - on Wednesday. Open Valhall cabaret is performed from from the United States), menu enclosed. center of the city. The menu includes a Thu, Fri, Sat: 11:00 to 06:00. Don`t miss Wednesday through Sunday. Open from 7:00 a.m. until 2:00 a.m. (140 jewish variety of dishes prepared from BRAZILIA RESTAURANT our live show “Soliaris” at 22:00 with the 22/24 Nevsky Prospect (opposite seats and two private rooms for 12 or 16 maritime delicacies and fresh fish by participation of mermaids. Kazansky Cathedral). For information or guests). 39 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul., 7:40 SEVEN-FORTY our well-known Portuguese chef, 6 Manezhnaya Pl. Tel. 110-50-00 to make reservations, call 311-00-24. Astoria Hotel. $$ Delfim Martins. A traditional wide Brazillian and European cuisine variety of elite wines and cognacs. Meat and fish dishes prepared over an GOLDEN DOLLS NIGHTCLUB DVORIANSKOYE GNEZDO Reasonable prices. Business lunch for open fire. Special daytime menu. Erotic shows. Crazy menu. Erotic (NOBLE NEST) 135 rubles, including a beer or glass of 30% discount till 6 p.m. Thu, Fri, Sat – fantasies with bananas and other french juice. live music. Major credit cards fruits. “Live table”: Supper with One of the best restaurants in our city. Open from 12:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. 84 accepted. Open: noon – 3 a.m. “Golden fish.” LE PARIS Beautiful interior. Delicious Jewish Nevsky Pr. M. Mayakovskaya Tel. 275- 24 Kazanskaya Ul. Tel: 320-87-77 Open: 3 p.m. – 6 a.m. Free entrance The first French gastronomical homestyle cuisine. “Gehakte leber,” 7620, e-mail: [email protected] from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. restaurant in St. Petersburg. A rich The city’s top restaurant, located in the “Gifelte fish,” “Jsymes from Aunt Jsiliy,” Your second visit is free. assortment of exquisite French wines Trianon of the Yusupov Palace. Aunt Helen`s tart “Napoleon.” Wines with 60 Nevsky Pr. Tel. 110-55-70. and cognacs. Chef Patrick Maslak has Excellent cuisine combined with “Kosher” label. Relax in a friendly catering Bar, strip show. Monday – Wednesday: brought to the banks of the Neva the impeccable service and a wide range atmosphere. Live music from 7 p.m. daily spanish latest finds in French cuisine: duck liver of exceptional wines. Live music from 8 except Monday. Jewish melodies. Open- CONCORD CATERING AND fried in grapes with raspberry sauce. p.m. Open 7 days a week from 12 p.m. air terrace in summertime, parking. Daily TORRES BANQUETING Open from noon until midnight. to 12 a.m. Reservations recommended. 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. All credit cards Spanish cuisine. Very large selection of From a simple finger buffet to the most show-1. Thursday - Saturday: show-2. 63 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul. Call 312-32-05 or 312-09-11 to accepted. Reserve tables 246-34-44. 108 Spanish wines. Pleasant setting. Daily lavish of banquets using our own Open from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. We accept Tel. 311-95-45 reserve. 21 Ulitsa Dekabristov (near the Bolshoi Sampsonievsky. Fax 246-16-23. live music from 9 p.m. Flamenco stunning exclusive decorations. The AMEX, Visa, Master Card, JCB. Mariinsky Theater). $$-$$$ dancing and the Argentine tango official caterer of the State Hermitage 4 Alexandrovsky Park, Music Hall THE OLD CUSTOMS HOUSE on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 Museum. Director of Cuisine - Maitre Building. Tel. 232-01-93. The temple of Haut Cuisine. English SENAT-BAR p.m. Business lunch for 130 rubles on Cuisine de France Monsieur Guy Legay. management. French Chef. In the very Delicious Russian and European mexican weekdays. All credit cards accepted. 17 Nevsky Prospect, Stroganoff Palace. RESTAURANT CALIFORNIA heart of St. Petersburg. cuisine. Business lunch for only $12. Open daily noon to 5 a.m. Tel. 311-24-09, 961-05-05, Fax 312-43- Nov. 13 – 19 – Genuine American 1 Tamozhenny Per. Tel. 327-89-80. Ampir-style interior. Greatest choice of SENOR PEPE'S CANTINA 53 Nevsky Prospect. 70 cuisine in the heart of St. Petersburg Fax 327-89-81 wines. Free dessert for children. There is no comparison – simply the Tel. 113-14-53. Friday, November 10, 2000 THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES 13 continued from page 9 concert Mon., Nov. 13 Tsuesi Tsutsumi Cello (Japan.) Alexander ballet Dmitryev conducts the St. Petersburg Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s romantic classic, relive stagnation on 6th corner Academic Philharmonic Orchestra. distinguished by the Mariinsky Theater’s Tchaikovsky. Shostakovich Philharmonic spectacular corps de ballet. Mariinsky Theater By Masha Kaminskaya the ground, while the police were livered, as the menu insisted, by the 5th ALL-RUSSIA WIND AND PERCUSSION I don’t know about you, but I, for one, called. Once or twice he made for the Communist Party of Mexico. MUSICIANS’ COMPETITION See Nov. 11. St. opera have always been fascinated by the door on all fours, the crowd giving way. We both then enjoyed the “Trio of Petersburg State Cappella Otello Verdi’s opera based on Shakespeare’s Russian writer Sergei Dovlatov. His The table he had been lying on turned Seafood” or the “Groovy Trio” (120 play about the tragic love affair of Othello and out to be a stylized bed. “He just came rubles): crab, shrimps and salmon theater Desdemona. Mussorgsky Theater stories, written mostly during the Brezhnev period of Stagnation, are a in and lay there, and wouldn’t get off,” with rice and black olives. The Lovers Tatyana Kazakova brings said the cloakroom attendant. “Bozbash” soup (40 rubles) was another Goldoni comedy to the Akimov, concert fine example of that heart-gripping about how love can be a fearsome weapon Irina Matayeva and Vladimir Moroz mixture of the ordinary and the The whole thing was reminiscent of unusually listed as a soup “for begin- in the battle of the sexes. Akimov Comedy Soprano and baritone. Rakhmaninov, grotesque, the funny and the sad, the those drunken brawls at the Union of ner ladies of the night.” We shared Theater Tchaikovsky, Verdi. Glinka Philharmonic noble and the pathetic. Even though I Writers from some of Dovlatov’s this thick steaming beef solyanka Three Sisters Rostislav Goryayev directs 5th ALL-RUSSIA WIND AND PERCUSSION am quite happy with the present day, I wildest stories. I thought I was losing with potatoes, and it was indeed a Chekhov’s study of the Russian provincial MUSICIANS’ COMPETITION See Nov. 11. St. invariably get nostalgic over the ugly, my mind. good beginning. intelligentsia. Alexandrinsky Theater Petersburg State Cappella insane, yet hilarious Soviet existence We were seated in a corner made to As the “Taza” shashlyk and “Ik- Broadway Bound Gennady Mai directs Neil resemble a train compartment. A ibirsky” shashlyk (both 115 rubles) Simon’s play. Baltiisky Dom theater depicted in his books. This is just the way one is bound to plank above us said “Leningrad — arrived, we were no longer starving, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Alexander The Lady With Camellias Vladislav Pazi and less occupied in eating than in Petrov directs an adaptation of Molière’s directs Alexandre Dumas fils tearful story feel at the Shestoi Ugol (Sixth Corner) Kostomuksha,” with a portrait of comedy by local playwrights Ratser and about the short life of a repentant 19th- Retro Eatery, Drinkery & Sleepery, a Lenin hanging nearby. The main menu looking around. We noticed, how- Konstantinov. Bolshoi Drama Theater. century Parisian courtesan. restaurant-club, which brings you back was titled “The Book on Good and ever, the difference between the two 12 p.m. Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater to the mad world of god-awful Soviet- Healthy Food,” while the wine menu pork dishes: The latter, made of Deceit On Long Legs Nikolai Pinigin directs The Days of the Turbins Semyon Spivak brand items you might well miss, but read: “The beverages of the U.S.S.R. brisket, had more of a smoked taste. Italian actor-director Eduardo De Filippo’s directs Mikhail Bulgakov’s tragic play about will never want to return to. and the Countries of Decaying Capi- The place looks more like an at- comedy about family intrigues. Staged in a the destruction and exile of a White Army The insanity began as soon as my talism,” with both menus approved traction park: booths, staircases, black-and-white color scheme, with elements officer’s family from Kiev. Molodyozhny Theater and signed by Leonid Brezhnev. weirdly dressed waitresses, lewd in- of commedia dell’arte and music from early Brilliant Commotion (Actor’s Tricks, or friend and I appeared on the threshold. What we saw was a man lying on a While rather traditional, the food scriptions on the walls. ... While you Italian Neorealist films. Bolshoi Drama Theater Dinner Is Served) A “fantasy-improvisation” may still be interested in a good din- French Pranks Alexander Isakov directs in two acts loosely based on 19th-century table and several of the restaurant’s choice here might still remind you of Bricaire’s contemporary comedy. vaudevilles by Nikolai Khmelitsky and Nikolai staff trying desperately to remove him. Soviet times — if only because of the ner — the food is quite tasty — you Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater Nekrasov. Authored by Alexei Arefeyev and The man clung to the table, yelling in low prices. should definitely go at least to look. Jacques and His Master Vladislav Pazi directed by Yury Tomoshevsky. Priyut what still sounded to be a rather happy “Waldorf” or “Viagra Lights” salad directs Milan Kundera’s eternal story of a Komedianta Theater voice: “Bring the prosecutor! You can’t (40 rubles) is made for men by defini- Shestoi Ugol, 3 Razyezhaya Ul. Dinner master and servant who travel the world. beat somebody who’s lying down!” tion. However, I was the one who ate for two: 660 rubles ($24). Open from 11 Lensoviet Theater Nobody was actually beating him, but it, enjoying the ground apples, celery a.m. Phone: 315-88-73. INTERSTUDIO THEATER: To Madrid! To Madrid! Lev Erenburg directs this Tues., Nov. 14 the yelling soon gathered a small and walnut seasoned with mayonnaise. production, based on “Potassium Cyaninde – opera crowd. It took five men to get the mad- “Maize chips” (40 rubles) served with With Milk or Without,” a black comedy by La Sonnambula Gianandrea Nozeda (Italy) man’s fingers off the edge of the table. Salsa (20 rubles) were my boyfriend’s Spanish playwright Jose Millan. Scheming conducts Bellini’s two-act opera with set The troublemaker was then held to choice, maybe because they were de- the dish relatives try to bump off an ailing design and costumes from La Scala Milan. grandfather, but grandpa is not as sick as Amina’s sleepwalking misadventures land her he looks. Lensoviet Theater, Small Stage. in another man’s bed, to the shock of her Merchants,” a tragicomic tale of a love 7:30 p.m. fiancé. Mariinsky Theater triangle. Theater on Liteiny theater The Splinter Dmitry Yakubov directs The Route Adrian Rostovsky directs a PREMIERE! Don Juan Gennady Thurs., Nov. 16 Françoise Sagan’s lyrical comedy. Priyut concert contemporary social comedy by Stanislav Trostyanetsky stages Molière’s play about the ballet Komedianta Theater Vladimir Maslakov Guitar. Original Ballads. Stratiyev about the extreme situations which legendary seducer. Alexandrinsky Theater Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare’s tragedy set The Peasant Mistress (Barishnya Molodyozhny Theater arise among people trapped on a runaway The Minor Vladimir Tykke directs Denis to Prokofiev’s searing score with staging by Krestyanka) Alexander Petrov directs a Mussorgsky Theater Orchestra Andrei bus. Vasilievsky Ostrov Theater of Satire Fonvizin’s comedy about a clumsy but Nikolai Boyarchikov. Mussorgsky Theater musical version of Pushkin’s short story. Anikhanov, conductor. Popular opera and thoughtful teenager and his dimwitted parents Theater on Liteiny ballet music by Bizet, Prokofiev, Puccini, in the 18th century. Baltiisky Dom opera Dangerous Liaisons Sergei Zerkasky directs Rossini. Shostakovich Philharmonic California Suite Neil Simon’s famous romantic PREMIERE! Don Carlos Yury Alexandrov Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of Laclos’ The Percussion Duo Lorenzo Ferrandiz and Wed., Nov. 15 comedy revolves around a trio of vacationing directs Verdi’s 1867 opera, a tale of love 18th-century novel about love and intrigue. Gustavo Gimeno, percussion (The ballet couples staying at the same hotel. Directed by among royalty. Mariinsky Theater Vasilievsky Ostrov Theater of Satire Netherlands.) Percussive works by various Giselle The classic Romantic ballet with music Nikolai Pinigin. Bolshoi Drama Theater The Secret Marriage Tatyana Korpachova European composers. St. Petersburg State by Adolphe Adam; choreography by Jules French Pranks See Nov. 12. stages a legendary comic opera by Cimarosa for children Cappella Perrot and Jean Coralli. Mariinsky Theater Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater about intrigues surrounding the efforts of an Little Scarlet Flower Vladimir Tykke directs Molly Sweeney See Nov. 14. Maly Drama Italian nobleman trying to marry off his Regina Lyaleikits and Oleg Kulikovich in theater opera Theater — Theater of Europe daughter in 1780s Bologna. St. Petersburg Aksakov’s story about good conquering evil Antigone Anouilh’s modern treatment of the Carmen Bizet’s famous work sung in Russian. Tango Semyon Spivak directs Slavomir Opera, Yusupov Palace and how the kind heart of a young girl Sophocles classic about a woman whose Directed by Stanislav Gaudasinsky. Mrozek’s once-prohibited political parable. overcomes a big, bad witch. Baltiisky Dom. destiny is to say “no” to the king. Directed by Mussorgsky Theater Molodyozhny Theater concert 12 p.m. Temur Chkheidze. Bolshoi Drama Theater Lost in the Stars See Nov. 14. Theater on Liteiny The Percussion Duo Lorenzo Ferrandiz and Little Baba-Yaga Vladimir Glazkov directs Molly Sweeney Lev Dodin directs Brian concert Ménage à Trois Vladimir Glazkov directs Gustavo Gimeno, percussion (The Proisler’s legendary Russian tale intended Friel’s tragic play about a blind woman who Marie-Joseph Jude Piano (France.) Brahms, Berquier-Marinier’s light-hearted comedy Netherlands.) Vladislav Chernushenko for believers of miracles. Theater on Liteiny. has her sight restored. Maly Drama Theater — Dutillet, Ravel. Glinka Philharmonic about two different love triangles, one in conducts the State Cappella Orchestra and 12 p.m. Theater of Europe Andrei Petrov and Friends The Petersburg France and one in Russia. Vasilievsky Ostrov Choir. Lovendi. St. Petersburg State Cappella Pippi Longstocking See Nov. 10. Vasilievsky Brilliant St. Petersburg Yury Tomoshev- Television, Radio and Cinema Children’s Choir, Theater of Satire Ostrov Theater of Satire. 12 p.m. sky contributes his personal touch poems of the St. Petersburg Youth Choir, the St. Tanya-Tanya Vladimir Tumanov directs theater Snow in Venice A delightfully whimsical the Silver Age. Priyut Komedianta Theater Petersburg Chamber Choir, the Mussorgsky Olga Mukhina’s romantic comedy about six The Minor Nora Reichstein directs Fonvizin’s show based on comic operas by Peroglesi and Lost in the Stars Grigory Dityatkovsky directs Theater Chamber Choir. Ballads and songs in men and women as they fall in and out of love. famous comedy about a clumsy but thoughtful Cimarosa. Zazerkalye Children’s Theater. 12 a play based on contemporary Israeli choral arrangements. St. Petersburg State Vasilievsky Ostrov Theater of Satire, Small teenager and his even more stupid parents in p.m. and 3 p.m. playwright Hanoch Levin’s “The Rubber Cappella Stage. 7:30 p.m. the 18th century. Alexandrinsky Theater

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The Divine Julia Yelena Chyornaya directs a Live Jazz Fish Fabrique. 9 p.m. play based on Henry James’ novella, “The community pop Make Or Break Jive and jazz. Griboyedov. jazz & blues Aspern Papers,” about an ancient spinster and Excerpts From Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 10 p.m. Harald Ruschenbaum and Ars Nova Jazz her ward, from whom a traveling scholar bulletin board Musicals Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, 6 Ligovsky Iddi Manhattan. 11 p.m. Philharmonic Hall attempts to extract secrets about a famous, ❑ Al-Anon, a self-support group for friends and rel- Pr., 275-12-73. Big Livers Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m. Jazz Violin Night David Goloshchokin. Jazz long-dead poet. Alexandrinsky Theater, Small atives of alcohol and drug addicted people, meets Svobodny Polyot Live Ru-2. Experimental. Philharmonic Hall (Ellington Hall). 8 p.m. Stage. Saturdays and Thursdays. Call 327-36-83. party mix SpartaK (Maly Zal). 10 p.m. Mikhail Kostyushkin Band JFC Jazz Club Yevgeny Onegin Vladimir Tykke directs this ❑ English-speaking Alcoholics Anonymous meet- Free 33 DJs Nadezhda, Attic and guests. Tambourine Zoopark Splash Point Blues. Jimi Hendrix Blues Club. play based on Pushkin’s famous poem using ings are held every Saturday. Call Sasha at 136-05-95. Griboyedov. 12 a.m. 7:30 p.m. ❑ non-traditional settings and stage design. The American Women’s Monthly Information jazz & blues El Coyotas Latin. Jimi Hendrix Blues Club. Music by Tchaikovsky. Baltiisky Dom Exchange invites all Americans to share information Robert Pilakalnis Trio Jazz Philharmonic Hall 12 a.m. about upcoming events. Call 275-17-01 ext. 330. PREMIERE! Miss Julie Alexander Galibin ❑ The Caring Hands Children’s Orphanage wel- Sat., Nov. 11 (Ellington Hall). 8 p.m. Alexei Kanunnikov Jazz Band Jazz classics. takes on Strindberg’s controversial play about comes volunteers to help with children aged 7-21. Call SV Jazz rock band from Vologda. JFC Jazz Neo Jazz Club. 8 p.m. psychological manipulation and the class 155-67-39. rock, etc. Club struggle, seen through the tribulations of the ❑ Assertiveness training courses and free legal con- Markscheider Kunst Afro rock. Fish Ines and S.B.A. Blues. Jimi Hendrix Blues party mix title heroine, a rich man’s daughter left alone sultations are available to women at the St. Petersburg Fabrique. 10 p.m. Club. 7:30 p.m. DJs Kefir, Primat and guests Griboyedov. with the servants. Baltiisky Dom, Small Stage. Center for Gender Issues. Call 275-87-22, 275-37-53. Babslei Folk punk. Griboyedov. 10 p.m. Yellow Pillow Rock and roll. Jimi Hendrix 12 a.m. ❑ PREMIERE! Before the Dawn Grigory Center RNO, or Center for the Development of Doo Bop Sound Acid jazz, funk. Manhattan. Blues Club. 12 a.m. Kozlov directs Gerhart Hauptmann’s first play, Non-governmental Organizations, provides free con- 11 p.m. Hot Club Jazz classics. Neo Jazz Club. 8 p.m. sulting services for NGOs. English and German written in 1889, which is a parable about speakers are available. Call 325-8913/14. Tribal/Zabavy Prostolyudina Industrial, sibling rivalry and lost innocence. Bolshoi ❑ Eldophone is a free, 24-hour telephone directory postpunk. Moloko party mix Drama Theater. 6 p.m. service that gives updated cultural and practical in- Big Livers Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m. DJ Orekhov and Popsaka Twist and surf. Console My Sorrows Sergei Buranov stages formation in English and Russian. Call 326-96-96. Hot Wheels Rockabilly. Money Honey. Griboyedov. 12 a.m. ❑ exhibits Gerogy Korolchuk’s lyrical comedy about The International Women’s Club holds regular 12:30 a.m. knowing one’s roots, as seen through a family newcomer coffee mornings. The next General IWC El Coyotas Latin. Taxi. 9 p.m. Academy of Arts Museum Wednesdays whose generations are scattered across the Meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Dainish Grand Tattoo Saloon Tattoo Convention through Sundays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. globe. Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater Restaurant The Ugly Duckling, 22 Gavanskaya Ul., Aeroplan, Spitfire, Slepaya Gran, The Bombers, Wed., Nov. 15 Permanent Collection Works from members Vasilievsky Island. Call Edith, 314-72-38, or Emmi, 279- The Bedbug Director Yury Butusov stages 33-64, for times and details. Buttweizer. Yubileiny Sports Palace, 18 Pr. rock, etc. of the Academy’s faculty, including many items Vladimir Mayakovsky’s 1929 Gogolesque ❑ Anyone wishing to become a member of the Dobrolyubova, M: Sportivnaya, 119-56-14. Expansive Dance Fish Fabrique. 9 p.m. from the Pushkin-themed exhibit held last year, social satire about a man seeking a better life Friends of the Hermitage Museum should call the Alexander Fateyev and Algol Zoopark Tvoya Smert Gothic. Griboyedov. 10 p.m. with works from Mikhail Anikushin, Yevsey in the future. Lensoviet Theater Development Department and Friends’ Office at 110- Propeller Manhattan. 11 p.m. Moisenko, Boris Ugarov and Vyacheslav Emigrés See Nov. 10 Priyut Komedianta Theater 90-05. jazz & blues Rattlesnakes Rockabilly. Money Honey. Zadonik. Paintings, graphics and sculpture. entry. Lensoviet Theater, Small Stage. 7:30 p.m. ❑ The city’s Jewish Community Center is at 3 Leningrad Dixieland Band Jazz Dancing. 8 p.m. The Creativity of Architect Vladimir Rubenshteina, apartment 50. Call 113-38-89. Molly Sweeney See Nov. 14. Maly Drama ❑ Jazz Philharmonic Hall Lone Star Riders New country. Money Honey. Shcherbin Shcherbin’s projects are presented Theater — Theater of Europe The Leningrad Association of Homeopathy Gasan Bagirov Trio Jazz Philharmonic Hall 11:45 p.m. through paintings, graphics, blueprints, unites physicians, pharmacists and scientists to com- PREMIERE! Hedda Gabler See Nov. 11. pare notes. Investigations of difficult illnesses are held (Ellington Hall). 8 p.m. Alexander Chernetsky and Razniye Lyudi photographs of buildings, including the Priyut Komedianta Theater on Thursdays at 5 p.m. Call 560-00-12, 560-00-77. Vladimir Shafranov Piano Jazz Night. JFC Rock. SpartaK (Maly Zal). 9:30 p.m. Chyornaya Rechka, Pionerskaya, Ploshchad An Urban Romance Mikhail Ugarov’s ❑ Rotary International Club St. Petersburg Jazz Club Hoodoo Voodoo Delta Blues. Taxi. 9 p.m. Alexandra Nevskovo and Staraya Derevnya highly atmospheric, nostalgic comedy about a “Neva” welcomes Rotarians to its meetings on Tanya Tolstova and Jazz Comfort Jimi Leonid Fyodorov Rock. Zoopark metro stations. man remembering the eccentric people who Thursdays. Call 273-69-12 or e-mail at alvad@mail. Hendrix Blues Club. 7:30 p.m. lived in his building decades ago. Directed by wplus.net. Ritmo Caliente Latin. Jimi Hendrix Blues Club. jazz & blues Alexander Blok Apartment Museum 57 Ul. ❑ Alexander Galibin. Theater on Liteiny Rotary Russia (RR) invites Rotarians to its meet- 12 a.m. Autumn Marathon Young performers’ Dekabristov. M: Sennaya Ploshchad. 113-86-33. The Ghosts Akhmat Bayramkulov ings on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. RR is based on the Anna Guzikova and VIP Band Neo Jazz contest. Jazz Philharmonic Hall Permanent Collection Blok’s material legacy, first Rotary club constitution of 1906. It is not a mem- directs Henrik Ibsen’s turn-of-the-century ber of Rotary International. Contact Vadim Panov at Club. 8 p.m. Salsamania Latin. JFC Jazz Club located in the apartment where he spent the chronicle of family guilt. Vasilievsky Ostrov 172-54-51 or e-mail [email protected]. Hot Club Jazz classics. Jimi Hendrix Blues last years of his life. Theater of Satire ❑ The Salvation Army is calling all volunteers will- pop Club. 7:30 p.m. ing to assist in an all-night program that will provide Vladimir Presnyakov Plaza. 12 a.m. Yellow Pillow Rock and roll. Jimi Hendrix Anna Akhmatova Museum at the food and activities for the city’s numerous homeless. Blues Club. 12 a.m. Fontanka House Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call Joseph Smith at 327-36-83 or or e-mail jj- party mix Tanya Tolstova and Jazz Comfort Neo Jazz Closed Mondays and the last Wednesday of Fri., Nov. 17 [email protected] for further information. ❑ Do Re Mix DJs Tengiz, Vissardi, Tim. Club. 8 p.m. every month. The St. Petersburg Center of the International Griboyedov. 12 a.m. Permanent Collection Mementos of the opera AIDS Charity offers information on AIDS in Russia. PREMIERE! Salome David Freeman Richard Call 233-73-36. Big Dance Party SpartaK. 12 a.m. party mix beloved Russian poet. Strauss’ opera based on Oscar Wilde’s play. ❑ The St. Petersburg Gay and Lesbian Associa- DJs Redisco and Kikabit-Z Retro Latin, jazz Nina Ioskovich (1911-1995) : Portrait of Salome demands the severed head of John tion KRILIJA, offers help, information and accom- and funk. Griboyedov. 12 a.m. an Artist Graphics. the Baptist after performing a seven-veil modation. Call 312-31-80 or e-mail [email protected]. Requiem An exhibit dedicated to the lives dance for lecherous Herod. Conducted by English spoken. Sun., Nov. 12 and fates of Leningraders with whom Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky Theater ❑ The St. Petersburg Hash House Harriers is a run- rock, etc. Akhmatova was acquainted, victims of La Traviata Stanislav Gaudasinsky directs ning organization for expats and Russians that meets Tigry i Pchyoly Griboyedov. 10 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 16 Stalinist repression. Documents, photogaphs, Verdi’s opera about a lady gone astray. every other Sunday at 1:00 p.m. on the Square of Arts Palma Break Disco. Manhattan. 10 p.m. personal effects. As well, Vadim Voynov near the Grand Hotel Europe. Call 110-07-29, 320-79-29. rock, etc. Mussorgsky Theater ❑ The St. Petersburg International Business As- Spitfire Ska punk. Moloko El Coyotas Latin. City Club. 8:20 p.m. presents his “Ladder” collages. sociation holds monthly meetings for foreigners who Rattlesnakes Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m. Torba-Na-Kruche Pop/rock. Fish Fabrique. concert are doing business in St. Petersburg. Call 325-90-91. Doggy Doggy Rockabilly. Money Honey. 10 p.m. Art City Gallery Daily 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 27 6th Paulina Osetinskaya Piano. Chopin, ❑ The Student Choir of St. Petersburg State Uni- 11:45 p.m. Vopli Vidoplyasova Lensoviet Palace of Line Vasilievsky Island. M: Vasilyostrovskaya. Schumann. Shostakovich Philharmonic versity is open to everyone who can read music. Call Ulme/Nochniye Snaipery Rock. SpartaK Culture, 42 Kamennoostrovsky Pr., 346-04-38. Alexey Mukushev: Enamel The artist Alla Borisovna at 218-96-70. (Maly Zal). 11 p.m. Piligrim Runk. Manhattan. 11 p.m. attempts to convey the ethereal, spiritual side of ❑ theater Everyone is welcome to catch Ultimate Frisbee Grand Tattoo Saloon Tattoo Port 812/G.T.F. Pop punk, ska punk. existence through the use of eternal symbols: Lady Windermere’s Fan Alexander Belinsky action on Sundays at 3 p.m. Call 552-40-37 or e-mail Convention Marradyory, More & Relsy, Moloko the tree, the sun, birds, fish... and bulls! [email protected]. directs a light musical comedy from the play by Kolybel, Skafandr, Muravyedy, Face X. Yubileiny Barbulators Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m. Oscar Wilde, which is a textbook example of the Submit items to Simon Patterson by Wednesday. Sports Palace, 18 Pr. Dobrolyubova, M: Buoyant Band Rockabilly. Money Honey. Artists’ Union of Russia Exhibition Center “well-made play.” A parody of high society, in E-mail [email protected] or phone 325-60-80. Sportivnaya, 119-56-14. 11:45 p.m. Daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. which the heroine’s reputation rests on the Jah Division Reggae. Zoopark Barocco Flash Art rock. SpartaK (Maly Zal). Vsevolod Petrov-Maslakov Exhibit discreet recovery of a fan. Alexandrinsky Theater 11 p.m. commemorating the artist’s 70th birthday. Guilty Without Guilt Vladimir Tumanov Zazerkalye Theater and the Terem Quartet jazz & blues Velvet Rhythm and blues. Taxi. 9 p.m. Realist paintings. directs Ostrovsky’s tale of motherly love, musical ensemble based on the much- Mikhail Kostyushkin and His Band Manfred Mann’s Earthband U.K. prog betrayal and redemption. An aging actress adapted Chekov story “Kashtanka.” Zazerkalye Saxophone Night. Jazz Philharmonic Hall rock band from the 1970s returns. Yubileiny Association of Free Artists Gallery at returns to her hometown and is confronted Children’s Theater Soft Emotions Acid jazz, funk. JFC Jazz Club Sports Palace, 18 Pr. Dobrolyubova, M: Nevsky 20 Daily 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. with her past. Baltiisky Dom Sweet Little 60s Rock and roll. Jimi Hendrix Sportivnaya, 119-56-14. Boris and Yury Osenchakov: 45 Years FARCES THEATER: Something Incorporeal Blues Club. 7:30 p.m. Mikhail Gofmaizer Singer/songwriter from Together Over 35 oil paintings in the Realist This one-man show is a non-traditional Doggy Doggy Rockabilly. Jimi Hendrix Blues Tallinn, Estonia. Zoopark. 7:30 p.m. style by father and son. Landscapes, portraits, reading by Igor Kopylov of “The Bronze Club. 12 a.m. still lifes. Horseman” by Pushkin plus poems by Joseph The Way Blues. Neo Jazz Club. 8 p.m. jazz & blues Brodsky. Directed by Valery Galindeyev. gigs Autumn Marathon Young performers’ Borey Art Gallery Daily 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Baltiisky Dom, Small Stage party mix contest. Jazz Philharmonic Hall Closed Sundays and Mondays. PREMIERE! Mysterious Variations Alexei Sunday Lounge DJ Chak and guests. Johns Quichote Rock band from Norway. Anna Kaisa, Ant Vuorinen and Sari Serov directs Andrei Tolubeyev and Valery Griboyedov. 12 a.m. JFC Jazz Club Livonen Three artists from Finland present Degtyar in a psychologically dynamic triangle Fri., Nov. 10 Magic Bus Rock and roll. Jimi Hendrix Blues sculpture, objets d’art and performance art. drama by Eric-Emmanuel Schmidt. Bolshoi rock, etc. Club. 7:30 p.m. Jukka Kinanen Paintings by this Finnish Drama Theater Negative City Club. 8:20 p.m. Ivan Zhuk and Blues Band Blues. Jimi artist. Kean IV Alexander Isakov directs Grigory Fakubichi Pop punk. City Club. 1 a.m. Mon., Nov. 13 Hendrix Blues Club. 12 a.m. Gorbin’s play about the friendship between Zabavy Prostolydina Alternative. Fish rock, etc. Alexander Charsky and Friends Piano Jazz Bread Museum Tuesdays through Saturdays the future King George IV and the great Fabrique. 10 p.m. Backup Rock covers. Chaplin Club. 9 p.m. Night. Kvadrat, 83 Bolshoi Pr. (Vasilievsky 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. English actor Edmund Kean, a commentary on Sh.A.G.I. Funk rock. Griboyedov. 10 p.m. PU Experimental GEZ-21 (Experimental Sound Ostrov), M: Vasileostrovskaya, 320-54-57. 8 p.m. Permanent Collection The rise of bread in the relationship between art and politics. Otdel Kadrov/Liven/Zhenya Glyukk I Gallery), 10 Pushkinskaya Ul. (entrance from 53 Big Livers Rockabilly. Neo Jazz Club. 8 p.m. St. Petersburg. Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater Gruppa Prikrytiya Rock. Moloko Ligovsky Pr.), 7th floor, room 702. 7:30 p.m. NEW! Autumn Round Dance Patchwork Jacques and His Master Vladislav Pazi Hot Wheels Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m. Barbulators Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m. party mix embroidery. directs Milan Kundera’s eternal story of a Propellers Rockabilly. Money Honey. Radio Petrograd Russky Shanson Night Squatter Diction Call of Jungle Party for master and servant who travel the world. 12:30 p.m. Zoopark youth. Griboyedov. 6 p.m. Central Naval Museum Daily 10:30 a.m. to 8 Lensoviet Theater Jazz Bond 007 SpartaK. 10 p.m. DJs I-Kick, Pixel. P, Suicide and Monakh p.m. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. INTERSTUDIO THEATER: To Madrid! To Babslei Folk punk. SpartaK (Maly Zal). 11 p.m. jazz & blues Griboyedov. 12 a.m. Permanent Collection More than 650,000 Madrid! See Nov. 12. Lensoviet Theater, Small Backup Rock covers. Taxi. 9 p.m. Big Blues Revival Blues Night. JFC Jazz Club historical objects and art works on the navy, Stage. 7:30 p.m. Grand Tattoo Saloon Tattoo Anna Guzikova and VIP Band Jazz. Jimi plus about 2,000 models of Russian and These Free Butterflies Valery Filonov directs Convention Mosquito, Ulitsy, Pyat Uglov, Hendrix Blues Club. 7:30 p.m. foreign ships. Leonid Gersh’s play about the love between a Steroid, Kirpichi. Yubileiny Sports Palace, 18 Pr. Splash Point Blues. Jimi Hendrix Blues Club. Fri., Nov. 17 On the Trail of Ayvazovsky Works from the young actress and a blind man. Priyut Dobrolyubova, M: Sportivnaya, 119-56-14. 12 a.m. rock, etc. turn of the 19th to the 20th century by the Komedianta Theater Igor Romanov Rock guitarist. Zoopark Maxim Lyapin Band/Jam Session Lizzie Borden Blues, rock and roll. Fish artists from Russia’s naval departments, The Forest Grigory Kozlov’s production of the Mainstream. Kvadrat, 83 Bolshoi Pr. (Vasilievsky Fabrique. 10 p.m. including Ivan Ayvazovsky, Alexander Beggrov, Alexander Ostrovsky play about the jazz & blues Ostrov), M: Vasileostrovskaya, 320-54-57. 8 p.m. Frog Legs Ska, reggae. Griboyedov. 10 p.m. Leonid Blinov and Alexei Bogolyubov. personalities and fate of a group of Russian Harmonica Night Maxim Nekrasov and His Viktor Matveyev Neo Jazz Club. 8 p.m. Leonid Fyodorov Manhattan. 11 p.m. The Road to Peterhof More than 50 photo- provincial actors. Theater on Liteiny Band. Jazz Philharmonic Hall Substantsiya/Lunofobiya/Para Bellum graphic works from Oranienbaum Reservation Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro Polish Jazz Virtuosos Quartet Jazz Philharmonic party mix Goth, postpunk. Moloko Museum employee Nikolai Karmazin. director Andrzej Bubenj directs a revisionist Hall (Ellington Hall). 8 p.m. Ground Level DJs Maxim Kislovsky, Sputnik Hot Wheels Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m. version of Beaumarchais’ oft-staged 18th- Vladimir Shafranov Piano Jazz Night. JFC and guests. Griboyedov. 11 p.m. Propellers Rockabilly. Money Honey. 12:30 p.m. Chaliapin Apartment Museum Daily 12 p.m. century comedy. Vasilievsky Ostrov Theater of Jazz Club Kirpichi Showcase for the band’s new to 6 p.m. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and the Satire Doo Bop Sound Acid jazz, funk. Jimi Hendrix album “Capitalism 00.” Rap, funk. SpartaK. last Friday of every month. 2B Ul. Graftio. M: Blues Club. 7:30 p.m. Tues., Nov. 14 12 a.m. Petrogradskaya. 234-10-56. for children The Way Blues. Jimi Hendrix Blues Club. 12 a.m. East Rai Oriental. SpartaK (Maly Zal). 11 p.m. Permanent Collection Fyodor Chaliapin’s Kashtanka’s Passion A sad but Ira Zubareva and Jazz Trio Neo Jazz Club. rock, etc. Spokoinoi Nochi Country blues. Taxi. 9 p.m. pad from 1914 till his emigration from Russia endearing cooperative production by the 8 p.m. Kotovsky Bros. Funk. City Club. 8:20 p.m. Igor Romanov Rock guitarist. Zoopark in 1922. Friday, November 10, 2000 THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES 15

Menshikov Palace Daily 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed Mondays. 15 University cannes loser still makes compelling viewing Embankment. 323-11-12. Permanent Collection Authentic Russian by Kirill Galetski strong psychological subtext that per- interiors of the 18th century. The museum meates the characters’ actions through- houses the Hermitage Collection of Russian Director Pavel Lungin’s film “The Mar- Art from the time of Peter the Great. riage” (Svadba,) his fourth feature and out the film. The touching elements in the film Mitki-VKhUTEMAS Gallery Saturdays only, 4 latest effort, is at last on screen in St. p.m. to 8 p.m. have to do with the couple’s rapport. Petersburg. “The Marriage” was first NEW! Marina Alexeyeva: Watercolors showcased at Cannes in May, but re- Misha and Tanya escape the raucous Around 30 watercolors of the avant-garde festivities by going for a motorcycle ceived a comparatively lukewarm re- artist’s garden in Shuvalovo. Starts Nov. 11. ride, only to get stuck in a muddy pud- ception, garnering a Golden Palm nom- dle. This scene becomes, perhaps inad- Museum of the History of St. Petersburg ination, but no prize. The absence of ac- vertently, a rural Russian parody of the Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. colades does not detract from the film’s “nastroyenye Chesterfield” cigarette Permanent Collection The history of the city merits, however. ads in which a pair of scrubbed newly- from its founding in 1703 to the middle of the Lungin first achieved international weds careen gleefully down the high- 19th century. The Memory of the Body: The History of renown twelve years ago with “Taxi way. In another moving scene, Tanya Blues,” a film about the rapport be- Undergarments Undergarments from the searches with Misha for the son she museum collection and private collections tween polar opposites in Russian soci- had abandoned in a roomful of tots ety: a hard-working Moscow cabbie and as well. Around 100 graphics and photos, crying, “Mama!” as well as rare advertising posters, the lazy, unemployed saxophone player While not as searingly powerful cotemporary art. that stiffs him for a fare. scene-for-scene as “Taxi Blues,” the The Museum of Old Petersburg Pieces Lungin secured French financing for film is quietly potent and is ultimately dating back to the museum’s opening in 1907, the film and shot it using on-location very funny. It comes off very bitter- including paintings and architectural artifacts sync sound, which was (and still is) a sweet, and is laced with irony and Lun- from the Peter and Paul Fortress. Lungin and Mironova at Cannes. Christmas Section St. Petersburg Christmas rarity in Russian cinema. The dramati- AP gin’s tough love for his characters traditions. cally dazzling and technically accom- though the couple have a slightly un- whom Misha occasionally hangs out, shines through. Co-authored with plished film went on to win the Golden easy relationship throughout the film makes things run afoul by a theft, and Alexander Galin, the film was origi- Museum of the Political History of Russia Palm at Cannes, and enjoyed a wide in- which nevertheless lightens up toward tries to set them right with — another nally written as a tragedy, but after in- Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Thursdays. ternational release. Lungin’s subse- the end, the film is not really about theft! Misha is suspected of the thefts, teracting with the people of Lipki, Lun- Permanent Collection Exhibits such as quent work, despite being equally well- their love as much as what goes on and the local cop Borzov (Alexander gin changed the story. “Memories of the Future: Russia from 1917 to crafted, was largely ignored. around it. Semchev, the tardy Ded Moroz from the “My exchange with the people of the 1990s,” “Business Russia,” and an exhibit “The Marriage” is set in the coal- “Russians are pretty extreme, but Tolstyak beer commercial on TV), dis- this town made me optimistic. I discov- on the history of 20th-century mining town of Lipki, some 200 kilo- Russian weddings are at the far end of satisfied with life in the provinces, sees ered a way of life that was much more parliamentarianism. Who Killed Nicholas II? An exhibition meters from Moscow. Here, people extreme,” Lungin told Reuters. “Ev- an opportunity to make it to Moscow at joyful and gave me strength. [The film] are eking out a meager existence, and devoted to the assassination of the last erything happens — the best and the the expense of Misha’s future. doesn’t have to be interpreted; I just Russian tsar. every time the payroll van arrives worst.” Lungin’s strength lies in his knack want people to find some happiness Sergei Witte - Financier, Politician, there is a boisterous rally. Tanya Indeed, Lungin’s film is chock full of for realistic drama in a truthful social when they see it. There is no coded so- Diplomat Documents, photographs and (Maria Mironova), a model tired of subplots with colorful characters’ mo- context. The scene of the unruly mob at cial or political message. The message is personal effects belonging to one of Russia’s life in the capital with her married tives catalyzed by the impending mar- the film’s opening when the payroll van that life goes on.” most illustrious politicians from the turn of the lover, returns to this town to seek out riage. Misha’s father haggles with the lo- arrives with wages that are century. and marry her childhood sweetheart, a cal cafeteria over his son’s wedding ban- months old is particularly “The Marriage” is now somewhat vulnerable young man quet. Maria’s boyfriend from Moscow poignant and powerful. playing at the Avrora Cin- Museum of the Political History of Russia Annex Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed named Misha (Marat Basharov). She arrives to try to win her back. Garkusha Money, or lack thereof, is ema. For more informa- movie Thursdays. 2 Gorokhovaya Ul., M: Nevsky Pr., tion call 311-96-04. finds him at a dance night, and al- (Andrei Panin), the town drunk with a motivating force and a 312-27-42. The History of the Secret Police All of your favorite state spooks, with uniforms. Dostoevsky Museum Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Permanent Collection One of the great Florence is presented in the fullest form To Our Happy Childhood An exhibit which Closed Mondays. 5 Kuznechny Per., M: museums of the world, featuring over three possible, with sketches, drawings, terra cotta details the lives of the typical child in pre- Museum of Theater and Musical Arts Open Vladimirskaya/Dostoevskaya. 311-40-31. million works of art from ancient times until models and other paraphernelia pertaining World War II times. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesdays 1 p.m. to 7 Permanent Collection Dostoevsky’s digs the present day. to the work. Kunstkammer Museum Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed on Tuesdays. from 1878 till his death in 1881. Andy Warhol (1928-1987): His Life In the Realms of the Eagle An exhibit p.m. Closed Thursdays. Permanent Collection This unique collection and Work The pop art icon’s work in a joint located in the General Staff building, featuring Permanent Collection The Kunstkammer includes various sketches of scenery, Engineer’s (Mikhailovsky) Castle Daily 10 exhibit with the Warhol musuem in over 600 works of Russian and French 18th- Collection, the oldest museum in Russia, decorations, music, photographs and the a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Includes the BMW century Imperial art. Paintings, graphics, featuring sundry items belonging to Peter the personal belongings of great Russian actors. Permanent Collection Portraiture from the racing car that he painted on in 1979. furniture, clothing, bronze sculpture, and Great, the Lomonosov Science Museum, Stars of St. Petersburg Ballet The exhibit end of the 17th century to the early 20th Through Nov. 30. household items. meeting place of the Academy of Sciences, covers the history of Russian ballet since the century. For the Common Good: Commemorating Pierre Bonnard and Maurice Denis Art Asian and Native North American beginning of the 19th century. Marguerita Agnielli-Palen Paintings by this the 300th Anniversary of the Monetary commissioned for the Ivan Morozov mansion ethnographic exhibits. contemporary Swiss artist. Through Nov. 11. Reforms of Peter the Great Over 500 in Moscow. Bonnard’s triptych “On the Siberia: Terra Incognita The history of the Nabokov Apartment Museum Daily 11 a.m. displays from the collection of the Mint Mediterranean Sea” and panel work by Denis scientific exploration of Siberia as documented to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. 47 The Ethnographic Museum Daily 10 a.m. to Museum: coins, Russian, European and Asian are on display on the third floor in the General by 18th-century German scientists. The exhibit Bolshaya Morskaya Ul., M: Nevsky Prospect or 6 p.m. Closed Mondays. medals from several centuries. The test Staff building. is presented in conjunction with the Goethe Sennaya Ploshchad. 315-47-13. Permanent Collection Artifacts and mintings and medals from the era of Peter the Institute. Permanent Collection The childhood home anthropological bric-a-brac from every corner Great and rare 19-century medals are of Kirov Apartment Museum Daily 11 a.m. to 6 Gifts to the Imperial House Gifts from that features prominently in Vladimir of the former Soviet Union. particular interest. p.m. 26/28 Kamenoostrovsky Pr. Call 346-02-17 foreign dignitaries to the Romanovs. Nabokov’s autobiography “Speak, Memory” Sri Lanka: Exhibit of One Country Imports Michelangelo Buonarotti: for info. The Langsdorf Expedition The exhibit details returns to life. and exotica for sale. Tea and other beverages, Crouching Youth Michelangelo’s sculptural Permanent Collection Sergei Kirov’s old Georgy Langsdorf’s expedition into the Amazon silks and jewelry. Through Nov. 11. masterpiece from the Medici Chapel in residence with mementos. jungle from 1822 to 1828. Of particular interest National Center Gallery Daily 11 a.m. to 7 NEW! Paraskeva - Rejoice, Girl! A three- is documentation of the region’s namesake, the p.m. Closed Mondays. 166 Nevsky Pr., M: fold exhibit of folk crafts dedicated to their Borey Art Gallery 58 Liteiny Pr., 273-36-93. female-dominated tribes. Ploshchad Aleksandra Nevskogo. 277-12-16. patron saint, Paraskeva: Textiles, photos of theater Center of Photographic Arts 3B Malaya Monetnaya Ul., Restored Items from the Japanese Vladimir Firer: Feminine Wiles The resident icons; works by the Paraskeva Arts & Crafts Akimov Comedy Theater 56 Nevsky Pr., 312-4555. 232-31-37. Collection 30 regenerated items from the late theatrical set designer from Theater On Liteiny Club; bead decorations, painted birchbark, Alexandrinsky Theater 2 Pl. Ostrovskogo, 110-4103. Central Naval Museum 4 Birzhevaya Pl., 218-25-02. 17th to the early 19th centuries culled from displays his various projects, which include cloth and basket works. Starts Nov. 10. Baltiisky Dom 4 Alexandrovsky Park, 232-6244. Engineer’s (Mikhailovsky) Castle 2 Sadovaya Ul., the Japanese inventory. Paintings, decorative some of the theater’s most popular Bolshoi Drama Theater 65 Nab. Fontanki, 310-0401. 210-41-73. and applied art, and some very sharp productions. Free Arts Foundation at Pushkinskaya 10 Hermitage Theater 34 Dvortsovaya Nab., 311-9025. Ethnographic Museum 4/1 Inzhenernaya Ul., 210-47-15. weapons! Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater 19 Italianskaya Free Arts Foundation at Pushkinskaya 10 Located Museum of Nonconformist Art and Art Polygon at 10 Pushkinskaya Ul., enter from 53 Ligovsky Pr., The Sword and the Book: The Culture of Printing Museum Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 32/2 are open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 3 - 7 Ul., 315-5355. Islam Art and artifacts from various Middle Moika Embankment. 311-02-70. Lensoviet Theater 12 Vladimirsky Pr., 113-2191. 164-53-71. p.m.; the New Academy Museum, Saturdays, 4 Maly Drama Theater 18 Ul. Rubinshteina, 113-2028. Hermitage Museum 34 Dvortsovaya Nab., 311-34-65. Eastern countries. Musical Salon A 19th-century St. Petersburg - 7 p.m.; Navicula Artis, daily 5 - 7 p.m. the Mariinsky Theater 1 Teatralnaya Pl., 114-4344. Kunstkamera 3 Universitetskaya Nab., 328-14-12. Manezh Central Exhibition Hall Daily 11 music lover’s apartment, replete with all Gallery 21 Techno-Art Center, Tuesdays through Molodyozhny Theater 114 Nab. Fontanki, 316-6870. Manezh Central Exhibition Hall 1 St. Isaac’s Sq., a.m. to 6 p.m. manner of gramophones, records and other Saturdays, 3 - 8 p.m. Mussorgsky Theater 1 Pl. Isskustv, 219-1978. 314-88-59. NEW! Solom Epstein Paintings and graphics. paraphernalia. The “singing nightingale” is of NEW! Art Polygon: Tartu Museum of Art Priyut Komedianta Theater 27 Sadovaya Ul., 311-3314. Masters’ Guild Gallery 82 Nevsky Pr., 279-09-79. Group and individual portraits of various particular interest. Contemporary Estonian art by Toomas Kalve, Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory Theater 3 Teatral- Marble Palace 5/1 Millionnaya Ul., 312-91-96. luminaries in art and science. Epstein was a naya Pl., 312-25-19. Mitki-Vkhutemas Gallery 16 Ul. Pravdy, apt. 20. Peeter Lauritz and Herkki Merila. Starts Nov. 15. Museum of the History of St. Petersburg Peter and student of the well-known St. Petersburg artist Pushkin Apartment Museum Daily 11 a.m. Conjunction Objets d’art, performance art St. Petersburg Opera 33 Galernaya Ul., 315-6769. Andrei Mylnikov. to 6 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. Theater Dozhdei 130 Nab. Fontanki. Paul Fortress, 3 Petropavlovskaya Krepost, 238-45-40. and dance. Daily at 6 p.m. through Nov. 10. Theater on Liteiny 51 Liteiny Pr., 273-5335. Museum of the Political History of Russia 2/4 Ul. NEW! Valery Yashigin (1947-1995) Permanent Collection Pushkin paraphernalia, IN ENGLISH! Fish Fabrique: Modern Vasilievsky Ostrov Theater of Satire 48 Sredny Pr., Kyubysheva, 233-70-52. Personal Exhibit Paintings, graphics and located in the apartment where he died. Russian Cinema Alexei Balabannov’s 213-6683. Museum of Theatrical and Musical Arts 6 Pl. Ostro- ceramics by the artist, whose calling card was Free Word A chronicle of samizdat, featuring notorious “Brother” films, starring Sergei Yusupovsky Palace 92 Nab. Moiki, 314-9883, 315-6769. vskogo, 310-19-39. a unique technique involving reliefs made with photographs, manuscripts and underground Bodrov, Jr. and local actor Viktor Sukhorukov. Zazerkalye Theater 13 Rubinshteina Ul., 164-1895. Pushkin Apartment Museum 12 Nab. Moiki, 312-19-62. quartz sand. Starts Nov. 10. and gulag pressings of works by Akmatova, “Brother” on Fri., Nov. 10, 6 p.m. and “Brother Rumyantsev Mansion 44 Angliiskaya Nab., 311-75-44. Tsvetayeva, Vysotsky. Russian Museum 4 Inzhenernaya Ul., 219-16-08. 2” on Sat., Nov. 11, 6 p.m. Shown by video halls Smolny Cathedral Exhibition Hall 3/1 Ploshchad Ras- Marble Palace Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed projector. English translation through Children’s Philharmonic Hall 1/3 Dumskaya Ul., trelli. 311-36-90. Tuesdays. Russian Museum Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. earphones. 219-41-75. SPAS 93 Moika Embankment, 311-42-60. Permanent Collection Art by foreign artists Closed Tuesdays. NEW! Gallery 103: Marginal/Academic Glinka Philharmonic 30 Nevsky Pr., 312-45-85. Stroganov Palace 17 Nevsky Pr., 311-23-60. working in Imperial Russia, plus the Permanent Collection Russian art from Thought in Contemporary Art: The Stategy Shostakovich Philharmonic 2 Mikhailovskaya Ul., St. Petersburg Center for Modern Art 60 Nevsky Pr., unparalleled Peter Ludwig Collection of post- 16th-century icon-painters to the latest of Knowing A seminar led by Viktor Savchuk. 311-73-33. 219-47-37. modern art. movements in modern art. Nov. 14, 6 p.m. St. Petersburg State Cappella 20 Nab. Moiki, 314-10-58. Ten Years of the Marat Gelman Gallery Ivan Ayvazovsky Over 100 works by the well- NEW! An Account of Travels Paintings and cinemas One of Moscow’s leading contemporary known 19th-century Russian maritime artist, graphics by Valery Shalabin. Nov. 15 through museums Avrora 60 Nevsky Pr., 315-52-54. galleries shows its exhibits “South Russian culled from the collections of the Russian Nov. 25. Academy of Arts Museum 17 University Embankment., Barrikada 15 Nevsky Pr., 315-40-28. Wave,” “Poor Art” and “Nostalgia” within the Museum, the Central Naval Museum and the NEW! Museum of Nonconformist Art: The 213-64-96. Crystal Palace 72 Nevsky Pr., 272-23-82. framework of the Art Against Geography museums of Peterhof. Tartu Museum of Art Interactive video Anna Akhmatova Museum at the Fontanka House Dom Kino 12 Karavannaya Ul., 314-80-36. project. Impressionism in Russia A retrospective installations by Ando Kikkola and Jaan Toolik, 34 Nab. Fontanki, 272-22-11. Khudozhestveny 67 Nevsky Pr., 314-00-45. exhibit which traces the development of the plus paintings and collages by Leohard Laiin. Artists’ Union of Russia Exhibition Center 38 Bol- Kolizei 100 Nevsky Pr., 272-87-75. Masters’ Guild Gallery Daily 11 a.m. to movement in Russia with works by Valsimin shaya Morskaya Ul., 314-30-60. Leningrad 4 Potemkinskaya Ul., 272-65-13. Starts Nov. 15. Art Collegium Gallery 64 Ligovsky Pr., 164-95-64. Molodyozhny 12 Sadovaya Ul., 311-00-45. 7 p.m. Serov, Igor Grabar and others. Association of Free Artists Gallery at Nevsky 20 20 Parisiana 80 Nevsky Pr., 273-48-13. Seyfik and Magomed Amayev: Paintings Early Russian Embroidery The museum re- The Hermitage Museum Daily 10:30 a.m. to Nevsky Pr., 311-77-77. Spartak 8 Kirochnaya Ul. (former Ul. Saltykova-Shched- Two recent graduates of the Repin School opens a revamped version of the exhibit, 6 p.m., Sundays 10:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Bread Museum 73 Ligovsky Pr., 164-11-10. rina), 272-78-97. display their work, done in art nouveau style. which features Russian church vestments and

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Sheremetyev Palace Wednesdays through about a cute little dinosaur orphan will work. Big Momma’s House (2000, U.S.) An FBI altogether coherent film of Rainer Werner the misadventures of a lazy stoner played by Fridays, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays and Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 agent (Martin Lawrence) disguises himself as Fassbinder’s script about a Jeff Bridges. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Sundays, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. 34 Fontanka Dancer in the Dark (2000, Denmark-France- a fat old lady to protect a federal witness and middle-aged man and his teenage Sat., Nov. 11, 2 p.m.; Mon., Nov. 13, 8 p.m.; Embankment. Tel.: 272-44-41. U.S.) Björk appears in her first starring role as her son. Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 homosexual lover working out problems with Thurs., Nov. 16, 2 p.m. Permanent Collection The suites of the a Czech immigrant in the U.S. whose love of Shanghai Noon (2000, U.S.) Jackie Chan and their respective girlfriends. Fri. Nov. 10 - Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia) (1971, Sheremetyev Palace, which house the Hollywood musicals is a counterpoint to her Owen Wilson are an unlikely duo who do Wed., Nov. 15 Italy) Dirk Bogarde stars as a homosexual Museum of Theater and Musical Arts Annex, tragic life. Best Actress, Golden Palm awards battle with a Chinese traitor and his corrupt Saint and Sinner (Svetoy y greshny) (1999, obsessed with a teenage boy in this are open following a restoration. at Cannes in 1999. Directed by Lars Von Trier. boss in this Wild West action comedy.. Fri., Russia) Vladimir Gostyukhin, star of Nikita adaption of the Thomas Mann novel, Noble Gathering Vladimir Steklov- Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 Mikhalkov’s “Close to Eden (Urga),” directed by Luchino Visconti. Wed., Nov. 15, Oboletsky’s private art collection. The Marriage (Svad’ba) (2000, Russia- in a contemporary comedy directed by Igor 8 p.m. France) See article, page 15. Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. dom kino Solovyov. Fri. Nov. 10 - Wed., Nov. 15 Gates of the Night (Les Portes de la nuit) Smolny Cathedral Exhibition Hall Daily 11 Nov. 17 His Wife’s Diary (2000, Russia) Director (1946, France) Jean Diego (Yves Montand) a.m. to 6 p.m. Quiet Whirpools (Tikhiye Omuty) (2000, Alexei Uchitel’s biopic of Nobel Prize-winning molodyozhny discovers that his girlfriend’s brother was the Rastrelli and Yelizaveta An exhibit Russia) Director Eldar Ryazanov’s latest, a writer Ivan Bunin seen from the point of view Brother 2 (Brat 2) (2000, Russia) Director collaborator who betrayed his friend to the commemorating the 300th anniversary of lyrical comedy starring Alexander Abdulov, of his wife. Nominated for the Best Foreign Alexei Balabanov’s follow-up to his hit film Gestapo. Written by Jacques Prévert and Rastrelli’s birth. Paraphernelia from the era, Lyubov Poilshyuk and Olga Volkova. Fri., Film Oscar. Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 about a young Chechen War vet-turned- directed by Marcel Carné. including: furniture, weapons, the architect’s Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 hitman, played by Sergei Bodrov, Jr.. Fri., The Idiots (Idioterne) (1998, Demark- sketches, etc. Russian Revolt (Russky Bunt) (2000, fara drive-in Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 France-Italy-Netherlands) A group of Russia) Vladimir Mashkov and Sergei Big Momma’s House See Crystal Palace intelligent people from a house in suburban SPAS Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Sundays. Makovetsky star in an adaption of Pushkin’s entry. Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 parisiana Copenhagen decide to act like idiots. Directed Alexander Baturin: Paintings and “The Captain’s Daughter.” Directed by The Alchemists (Alkhimiki) (2000, Russia) by Lars Von Trier. Sat., Nov. 11, 4 p.m.; Mon., Graphics Over 80 new works by the well- Alexander Proshkin. Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 jam hall Yury Stoyanov and Ilya Aleynikov star in Nov. 13, 4 p.m. known Petersburg artist, representative of U-571 (2000, U.S.) Historically inaccurate Shanghai Noon See Crystal Palace entry. Fri., Dmitry Astrakhan’s medieval comedy. Starts Microcosmos (Microcosmos: Le the Sterligov group. Oil on canvas and hunk-o-rama has a group of American Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 Wed., Nov. 15. peuple de l’herbe) (1996, France) A unique, pastel. submariners boarding a German sub to U-571 See Avrora entry. Fri., Nov. 10 - Fri. unclassifiable film about the insect world. Sat., capture its code machine. Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. khudozhestveny Nov. 17 Nov. 11, 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 12, 2 p.m.; Wed., Stroganov Palace Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 17 Paradise Apple (Rayskoye Yabloch’ko) Komodo (1999, U.S.) Grade-Z horror flick Nov. 15, 2 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. (1999, Russia) Natalya Gundareva, Alexander about killer lizards. Directed by Michael La Notte (1960, Italy) Michelangelo Antonio Meneghetti: OntoArte Paintings, barrikada Kuznetsov and Oleg Yankovsky star in a Lantieri. Fri., Nov. 10 - Sun., Nov. 12 Antonioni’s exploration of the estrangement of sculpture and murano glassworks by this X-Men (2000, U.S.) The long-awaited film comedy about a practical joke concocted by a Check (2000, Russia) That genius of a successful writer (Marcello Mastroianni) and Italian avant-garde artist, detailing a new art adaption of the popular Marvel Comics series young waitress and her co-workers. Fri., geniuses, Nikolai Fomenko, directs and acts his wife (Jeanne Moreau.) Sat., Nov. 11, 6 movement. about mutant superheroes. Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 along with Nikolai Rastorguyev in his own p.m.; Tues., Nov. 14, 4 p.m. Nov. 17 little mafia shoot-’em-up. Fri., Nov.10 - Tues. Ossessione (1942, Italy) Director Luchino St. Petersburg Center for Modern Art leningrad Nov. 14 Visconti’s powerful adaptation of James M. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. crystal palace Venus Beauty Salon (Vénus beauté - Cain novel “The Postman Always Rings Sergei Dom: Photography Artistic color The Rules of Engagement An attorney institut) (1999, France) Natalie Baye, Audrey spartak Twice,” set in Italy. Sun., Nov. 12, 8 p.m.; Tues., photography from Germany. defends an officer on trial for ordering his Tautou and Mathilde Seigner are three stylists IN FRENCH! Adultery (A User’s Guide) - Nov. 14, 2 p.m.; Thurs., Nov. 16, 8 p.m. troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a whose diverse lives are the subject of this Adultère (mode d’emploi) (1995, France) Story of a Love Affair (Cronaca di un U.S. embassy in a third world country. With unique, stylish film set in a Parisian beauty Two couples explore various vices during one amore) (1950, Italy) Paola (Lucia Bosè ) Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson. parlor. Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 wild weekend. Russian Subtitles. Thurs., Nov. meets her lover Guido (Massimo Girotti) Directed by William Friedkin. Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. Criminal Lovers (L’Amants criminels) 16, 4 p.m. after seven years, with tragic consequences. Nov. 17 (1999, France) Director François Ozon’s Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Mon., Nov. 13, 2 p.m.; Wed., Nov. 15, screens X-Men See Barrikada entry. Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. derivative film about a pair of young and lusty Potyomkin) (1925, Russia) Sergei Eisenstein’s 4 p.m. Nov. 17 lovers who are accomplices in a murder. Fri. towering cinematic masterpiece details the Zabriskie Point (1970, U.S.) Michalangelo avrora Hollow Man (2000, U.S.) Kevin Bacon plays Nov. 10 - Wed., Nov. 15 mutiny of sailors during the Revolution. Sun., Antonioni’s most difficult film, a look at the Dinosaur (2000, U.S.) The dinosaur craze is an invisible man with a massive axe to grind. Water Drops on Burning Rocks Nov. 12, 4 p.m. turbulent 1960’s in America. Music by Pink passé, but Disney Studios seems to think this Watch out for the gorilla! Directed by Paul (Gouttes d’eau sur pierres brûlantes) IN ENGLISH! The Big Lebowski (1998, U.S.) Floyd and Jerry Garcia. Sun., Nov. 12, 6 p.m.; computer-animated jurassic extravaganza Verhoeven. Fri., Nov.10 - Fri. Nov. 17 (1999, France) François Ozon’s stylish, if not The Coen Brothers’ whimsical comedy about Tues., Nov. 14, 8 p.m.

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Magic Money The story that really had the city’s judges’ jaws dropping, however, was Mailbox that of three Cameroonians in St. Pe- tersburg who had apparently been us- Dear Editor, ing magic spells to bamboozle gullible As an American Navy veteran, I clients. followed the story of the Kursk The scam as reported by with much attention and concern. Moskovsky Komsomolets (so it must I am deeply sympathetic to the What Other Papers Are Saying be true) involved an Indian gentleman families of the lost crew members who was fooled into believing that a and lament such a terrible tragedy. Crime was on the agenda big time this by Ali Nassor special potion would turn the $6,000 From what I’ve read in week, with the city’s killers, burglars and Business Cops he had borrowed from friends into American newspapers, a colli- sharks of various persuasions and in became more personal on Vasilievsky Around the same time, more junior twice that amount, if both the potion sion with a Western submarine various uniforms all in action in the mo- Island when a mother and her sister members of the police force were be- and the cash were wrapped up in a is an unlikely cause. Blame ments running up to the Day of Har- hatched on a scheme to get rid of their having in a no-more-exemplary man- plastic bag and left in the freezer for should not be inferred by mere mony and Reconciliation on Tuesday. 5-year-old Anastasia, who was appar- ner — giving the crime statistics a push 24 hours. speculation. Rather, our two However, St. Petersburg’s law enforce- ently being a nuisance to them during upwards, in fact. An OMON paramili- For some reason, the potion — great nations should work to ment authorities are maintaining that their endless drinking binges, reports tary was caught red-handed by his own which had earlier worked perfectly well employ an international plan of crime figures are lower than this time last Kommersant. colleagues brazenly trying to sell a when the sum was only $200 — failed mutual cooperation that might year, with a 40 percent decline in armed Going out for what young Anasta- large amount of dynamite right in the miserably on this occasion, and when be able to react to underwater robbery alone. sia thought was a nighttime breath of city center, says Nevskoye Vremya. He the Indian went to his freezer a day and accidents in the swiftest manner fresh air, the unmotherly duo beat the was not acting alone, however, and a a night later, he found ... nothing but possible. My hope is that our girl up so badly she died of a ruptured partner of his was later discovered with worthless pieces of paper. military branches continue to Mixed Bag kidney on the street, reports the pa- more than a kilogram of TNT and a Detectives believe that the Indian strive for cooperative relations Smena kicks off with a report on a pistol tucked away at home. What the is not, alas, the only man to have suc- so that we both might be able to young man by the name of Sergei Dot- duo’s target was — if any — is not yet cumbed to the magic of the Cameroo- facilitate freedom and security senko, who presented judges and in- A drunken shoot-out clear, according to the paper. nian tricksters. to the remainder of the world. vestigators with a full and frank de- between a police The explosives business is small-fry Matt Haws, scription of how he managed to do compared to the pickings in the eco- Getting Better Chicago, Illinois away with four people in three weeks, captain and three nomic crime department, as Peter- even managing to convince one victim burgsky Chas Pik reveals. Rounding the week off in a hail of bul- Dear Editor, that it was all a harmless prank before companions left only A least three of St. Petersburg’s top lets, Argumenty i Fakty reports the I am not the least bit surprised killing him. anti-organized crime fighters are cur- death of a security firm boss who was that the Clinton administration Dotsenko’s modus operandi was to one person alive. rently standing trial for demanding 50 shot 40 times and died on the spot would be interested in dishonest whack the security guard of whichever percent discounts in shops throughout along with his bodyguard. The paper elections in Belarus. They were shop he had targeted, and proceed to per. The attackers then went back the Admiralteisky district in return for recalls a similar incident in which an- looking for ideas. clean out the till, collect some candy home to resume their libations. reportedly “solving” certain inconve- other security firm head honcho, If the Duma’s inspection team and a few bottles of vodka, and then Smena competes in the gruesome niences, such as taxes, or unwanted vis- “Kolyak the Immortal,” survived an would like to monitor an interest- murder the girl behind the till. He stakes by telling the tale of a man who its from the fire, police and health in- assassination attempt late last month. ing election in the United States, killed two others in a separate but paid a friend $1,000 to dismember his spectors. Both the survivor and the deceased then they should visit Chicago. copycat incident, says the paper. Dot- wife and dump her in the garbage The trio has pleaded not guilty — had served short jail terms for bur- My grandfather has been voting senko is now reportedly looking at dumpster. But Nevskoye Vremya also perhaps mindful of another story in the glary and extortion at least three times the straight Democratic Party things from behind bars, for the rest of weighs in by recounting the story of a same newspaper, which tells of the man in the past three years. ticket since 1954. He has been his life. drunken shoot-out between a police in the Leningrad Oblast who was em- But never mind, says Sankt-Peter- dead since 1940, but that does captain and three companions, which powered with sanctioning the import of burgskiye Vedomosti: It’s all a vast im- not stand in the way of his per- left only one of the latter alive. The automobiles, and who got five years in provement on last year, according to forming his civic duty. Family Matters cop’s corpse was discovered in a fac- Sing Sing for using his signature in less- the keepers of law and order, who cite Bob Strong Unusual and unpleasant behavior be- tory building some time later, the pa- than-scrupulous but more-than-lucra- a 9.7 percent decline in crime in 2000 Chicago, Illinois tween strangers this may be — but it per says. tive ways. over 1999. So that’s all right, then.

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and he deposited it in several places. I Israelis Stage Attack learned about it only lately.” ■ BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli combat helicopter rock- eted a car full of Palestinian comman- U.S. Renews Relations ders on Thursday, killing one and ■ WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The wounding another critically. Another United States ended Austria’s nine- six people were injured. month spell in The attack outside Bethlehem was diplomatic purga- likely to intensify the violence and draw tory on Wednesday a tough Palestinian response, just as in recognition of President Clinton was set to convene Vienna’s efforts to new meetings aimed at resuscitating distance itself from Mideast peace talks. far-right politician Medics scraped scorched flesh off the Joerg Haider. pavement, and passers-by rushed to help The “symbolic XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX the wounded in Beit Sahour, a well-to- burying of the Benita Waldner do Christian suburb of Bethlehem. hatchet” was a meeting between Secre- Hospital officials identified the dead tary of State Madeleine Albright and man as Hussein Abayat, prominent Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Fer- among the plainclothes Palestinian gun- rero-Waldner, as a senior European men who have led the most recent up- diplomat put it. rising against Israel’s presence in parts It came nearly two months after the of the West Bank, Jerusalem and the European Union lifted sanctions it im- Gaza Strip. posed on Vienna for including Haider’s Hussein a-Sheikh, a leader of the Freedom Party in a coalition govern- Palestinian gunmen, told Israeli radio ment in February. that the Israelis had raised the stakes. “The normalization of our relations “Our reaction will be sharp and with the United States has taken place,” tough,” he said. “They opened fire on the Austrian said afterward over lunch

BRAD CLIFT/THE HARTFORD COURANT that car without any reason.” at her ambassador’s home, adding it A little girl who is dying of leukemia waiting with her family for medical attention at the Saddam hospital in Baghdad in June. was a “very good occasion.” She said there was a “good chance” Arafat To Meet Clinton Albright would come to Vienna this ■ WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Pales- month to meet Yugoslav President Vo- Disease Taking Its Toll in Iraq tinian President Yasser Arafat arrived in jislav Kostunica for the first time, who Washington early having toppled Slobodan Milosevic, is By Matthew Hay Brown rates of cancer or birth defects. World Health Organization that trav- on Thursday seek- leading Belgrade back into interna- THE HARTFORD COURANT “[Iraq has] everything to gain and eled to Iraq in 1998 to assess reported ing to change Pres- tional organizations. AL-QURNA, Iraq — Athel Ahmed nothing to lose by saying, ‘Hey, look increases in cancer found there were no ident Clinton’s Kostunica is expected in Vienna on a Ali was playing soccer for her middle what you did to us,’” says Army Lt. Col. reliable records with which to make mind on the idea of bilateral visit to coincide with a meeting school team here in the Garden of Steve Campbell, a Pentagon such comparisons possible. a UN peace force on Nov. 27-28 of foreign ministers of the Eden when she first felt the soreness in spokesman. “The bottom line is we’ve Dr. Michael Kilpatrick, a retired to separate Israelis 54-nation Organization for Security and her legs. found it to be an effective ammunition Navy captain advising the Pentagon on and Palestinians. Cooperation in Europe, Europe’s secu- When it didn’t go away, her parents that does not present significant health Gulf War illnesses, says it is unlikely But Clinton has XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX rity and human rights watchdog. brought the dark-eyed 13-year-old to or environmental risks.” that depleted uranium is responsible for already dismissed Yasser Arafat the doctor, who noted what has become But the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory cancers or birth defects in Iraq. the idea and wants to concentrate on a familiar litany of symptoms: progres- Commission has identified depleted “Looking at developing countries, ending a wave of violence in the West Crash Survivor Sues sive pallor, darkness of the mucus mem- uranium as an “internal radiation haz- you do see horrific diseases due to in- Bank and Gaza Strip by carrying out ■ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A Los branes, lips and tongue, swelling of the ard” that may cause cancer and heredi- fection and nutrition problems, and no the agreement he brokered in the Angeles man who survived the crash of liver and spleen, easy bruising. tary effects, and its use at a firing range one knows the causes,” says Kilpatrick, Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh last a Singapore Airlines’ flight in Taiwan A bone marrow expiation confirmed in Duindrennan, Scotland, has been who has worked in the Middle East and month. last week that killed 82 people has sued her family’s worst fear: Athel, who grew linked to the highest rate of childhood South America. “The bottom line from The political uncertainty in Wash- the airline, claiming that the accident up in this village at the confluence of leukemia in the United Kingdom. In- the World Health Organization team ington, where everyone is awaiting the was “both foreseeable and avoidable.” the Tigris and Euphrates rivers — by ternationally, scientists, Gulf War veter- was that there was not enough infras- delayed results of Tuesday’s presiden- John Diaz, a 50-year-old vice presi- biblical tradition, the birthplace of ans and activists are calling for a ban on tructure there to say the numbers they tial election, increases the chances that dent with online music distributor Adam and Eve — had become the lat- its use pending further study. were seeing were higher or lower than little will come of Clinton’s talks with MP3.com Inc., sought unspecified dam- est Iraqi child to develop acute lym- in the past.” Arafat on Thursday and then with Is- ages for negligence and passenger liabil- phoblastic leukemia. Athel Ahmed Ali languishes on a raeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on ity in his lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday Amid the typhoid, cholera, polio threadbare mattress in the pediatric Sunday. in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. and other diseases that have made Cancer rates have wing at Basra Maternity and Pediatrics Stephen Forshaw, the airline’s public comebacks under war and sanctions, more than doubled Hospital. No longer able to play soccer affairs manager in Singapore, said the doctors in southern Iraq say the popu- or paint pictures or help her mother Estrada Denies Bribes carrier was not formally aware that any lation is being stalked by a new enemy: since the Gulf War around the house, she waits for the ■ MANILA, Philippines (AP) — lawsuit had been filed. radiation poisoning. Local studies indi- and birth defects have makeshift cocktail of poisons that President Joseph Estrada shot back on “Singapore Airlines has not been cate cancer rates in the region have passes for chemotherapy in Iraq under Thursday against served with any papers following media more than doubled since the end of the nearly tripled. sanctions. allegations that he reports of the lodging of a suit against Persian Gulf War and birth defects have Athel, whose family has no history received illegal us in the United States,” he told nearly tripled. “From what we know now, it cer- of malignancy, has developed cancer in gambling payoffs, Reuters on Thursday. “You have in the United States what tainly can’t be ruled out, and I think it’s a country no longer equipped to treat it. saying the provin- Flight SQ 006, which was bound for you call the Gulf War syndrome,” says highly likely as a cause for at least some In the United States, the five-year sur- cial governor be- Los Angeles, crashed on take-off from Dr. Alim A.H. Yacoub, dean of Basra of what we’re seeing,” says Dr. Rosalie vival rate for children with acute lym- hind the accusa- Taipei’s airport on Oct. 31, killing 82 of Medical College. “Here, we call it the Bertell, president of the International phoblastic leukemia is 80 percent. In tions had offered the 179 people on board. Investigators Iraqi curse.” Institute of Concern for Public Health Iraq under sanctions, Iraqi doctors say, him a $4 million XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX said the plane struck construction As in Gulf War syndrome, the cause in Toronto, Ontario. “There are lots of there are no survivors. Cytotoxins, the bribe. Luis Singson equipment while trying to take-off from of the malignancies and malformations questions to be answered, and they’re poisons used in chemotherapy, are not Estrada said that he had rejected an out-of-use runway. has become a matter of controversy. not going to be answered by arguing. consistently available. A nationwide the bribe from Gov. Luis Singson and U.S. officials suggest a variety of possi- They’re going to be answered by good, shortage of blood bags limits transfu- that the money, kept unspent in a fund, bilities: chemical weapons deployed by solid laboratory work.” sions. Hospital crowding prevents the would be used as evidence of his inno- Agent Pleads Innocent Iraq against Iran in the 1980s and inter- Souad al-Azzawi, a physicist at the isolation of cancer patients, and a lack cence in his impeachment trial. ■ LONDON (AP) — Former intelli- nal rebels in the 1990s, oil field fires set University of Baghdad, has co-authored of medicines hinders efforts to combat Singson, Estrada’s former gambling gence agent David Shayler pleaded in- by Iraqi troops retreating from Kuwait, studies indicating persistent radiation the infections that prey on weakened and drinking partner, has testified that nocent Thursday to charges he disclosed malnutrition and pestilence under UN on the battlefields of southern Iraq and patients. the president asked him to collect mil- state secrets in a newspaper article, and sanctions. corresponding increases in cancers and “This leukemia we see is not the most lions of dollars in payoffs from illegal his trial was set to begin in April. But doctors and scientists in this to- birth defects in local populations. severe form,” Yacoub says. “It’s a matter gambling operators and said he deliv- Shayler, a 34-year-old former agent talitarian state, following their govern- “People die in war, but radiation of care, a matter of the availability of ered it to the president. with the internal security agency MI5, ment’s lead, have focused on an Ameri- causes damage to genes and chromo- drugs, which of course is the problem.” The allegations have thrown the returned to Britain earlier this year af- can culprit: the low-level, long-lasting ra- somes,” says Al-Azzawi, a graduate in- Doctors work to keep patients alive Philippines’ economy and politics into ter three years of exile in Paris. He is diation emitted by depleted uranium, structor at the Colorado School of with the materials and equipment avail- turmoil and triggered widespread calls currently on bail. the hard metal used in tank-busting am- Mines who returned to her native Iraq able, in hopes that sanctions will be for Estrada’s removal. He has been charged with breaching munition fired in combat for the first days before Operation Desert Storm. lifted in time to allow more complete Estrada has denied the charges and the Official Secrets Act by writing a time by U.S. troops during the Gulf War. “The Pentagon says it’s only low-level treatment. Without such relief, chief refused to step down. On Thursday, he 1997 article alleging MI5 kept files on The U.S. military, which used the radiation, but in the long run, this resident Faris Abdul Abbas says, Athel went further and said Singson had of- British politicians, including current ammunition again in the Kosovo con- causes more suffering and damage than will be dead in two years. fered him a bribe from the illegal gam- Home Secretary Jack Straw and former flict last year, says the link is unproved death from a bullet.” Her father says Athel is an innocent bling operators. Conservative prime minister Sir Edward and unlikely. 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By Thomas Rymer and Barnaby Thompson Early Lead STAFF WRITERS When the organizers of the $800,000 St. Petersburg Open learned that both With 63 at Marat Safin and Yevgeny Kafelnikov would take part in the ATP tournament at the city’s Sports and Concert Complex (SKK), there was little doubt about what Valderrama their dream final matchup would be. With Olympic gold belonging to By Tony Lawrence Kafelnikov, and Safin’s star rising owing REUTERS VALDERRAMA, Spain — Veteran TENNIS Zimbabwean Nick Price went on a to his win at this year’s U.S. Open, Rus- birdie spree at the Valderrama World sian men’s tennis is enjoying a sort of Golf Championship Thursday, carding golden age, and facing each other across a nine-under-par 63. the draw are its two golden boys. But Tiger Woods had a modest 71 And so far, the tournament has fol- and world number two Ernie Els failed lowed the script, with Safin, the No. 1 seed and ranked second in the world, GOLF making short work of American Chris to finish the first round. Woodruff 6-3, 6-1 in a match that took Price, 43, his playing partner Padraig only 53 minutes, to set up a quarter-fi- Harrington, in second with a 66, shared nal meeting with Rainer Schuttler. 18 birdies between them as they set the Schuttler upset compatriot and No. pace at the $5 million season finale. 7 seed David Prinosil 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 on Price made 11 of them as well as two Thursday. bogeys, missing the course record by And while Safin is trying not to look just one shot, while Irishman Harring- too far ahead, a win here would mean ton’s only blemish came at the last, after more to him than just the prize check. a haul of seven birdies. “I really want to be No. 1 and I want Scott Hoch of the United States and it now, not next year,” Safin said. “If I Scotland’s Andrew Coltart were tied for win this year, I’ll be the youngest guy in third after both shot five-under-par 67s. the world to become a No. 1, so I think Woods, meanwhile, seeking to take that it would be nice.” his winnings past $10 million for the After breezing through the first set season with his 10th title, was well down against Christian Ruud at 6-1, the Nor- the field. wegian made Kafelnikov work a bit He began with three birdies in four harder for his quarterfinal berth, forc- holes but lost momentum on the back ing him to take a tie-breaker in the sec- nine and had to settle for a 71. It could ond set 7-3 for the win. have been even worse but for a 12-foot Kafelnikov, who rarely shows much birdie putt he holed at the 18th. levity on court, managed a laugh after a “I had five lip-outs. I didn’t play that brilliant backhand cross-court winner badly but the putts didn’t go in,” said that completely dumbfounded Ruud. Woods. “I don’t like to get negative but “I had to smile,” Kafelnikov said. “It I was waiting for that last putt to lip out was just a really good shot.” as well. Kafelnikov next faces Alex Cala- “You can still win the tournament trava, who beat Germany’s Markus from over par today. You can shoot Hantschk 6-3, 6-1, also on Thursday. low numbers if you are aggressive off American Jared Palmer was again a the tee.” surprise winner as he came back from a If Woods was disappointed, so too set down to beat the much fancied were Darren Clarke, the European Or- Dutchman Sjeng Schalken, 5-7. 6-3, 6-2, der of Merit leader, and Lee Westwood, on Thursday afternoon. SERGEY GRACHEV/SPT just behind him in the standings. See TENNIS, Page 23 Russia’s Kafelnikov returning a shot during his 6-1, 7-6 victory over Norway’s Ruud at SKK in St. Petersburg on Thursday. Clarke returned a two-over-par 74 and Westwood a 72. Els, who withdrew with a back strain after nine holes, said he had been tak- ing treatment for his back before the Duncan Spurs San Antonio’s Win Over LA event and had been told by his physio- therapist not to play. REUTERS pick up the slack, coming through with victory over the Detroit Pistons. “It’s an old thing. I had a go anyway,” SAN ANTONIO — Tim Duncan, 32 points, eight assists and three steals. Allen Iverson had 28 points and the South African said. “I couldn’t swing whose knee injury ended the San Anto- Horace Grant scored 14 points and eight assists for Philadelphia, which it, I could only make half a swing.” nio Spurs’ hopes of repeating as NBA Robert Horry added 12, but no one else matched its best start in 18 years. Colin Montgomerie, Europe’s lead- champions last season, scored 22 points scored more than four points for the ing player for the past seven years, was and grabbed 17 rebounds against the Lakers, who have lost two games in two Miami 87, Seattle 81. In Miami, Brian three over. He took four putts from 15 team that took his crown, the Los An- nights. Grant had 30 points and 21 rebounds as feet to double-bogey the 17th, then lost Live broadcast geles Lakers, in a 91-81 victory on Robinson and Derek Anderson the Heat built a big third-quarter lead another shot at the final hole. of sports Wednesday. scored 16 points apiece and Avery and held on for an 87-81 victory over The tournament, staged at the venue The Spurs kept Shaquille O’Neal out Johnson and Antonio Daniels each the Seattle SuperSonics. for the 1997 Ryder Cup and offering $1 competitions! of the offense and made him chase Dun- dished out seven assists for the Spurs. Grant played 44 minutes and made million to the winner, began with 55 13-of-21 shots for the Heat, who used just rather than 68 players after several top Place Your Bets! BASKETBALL Cleveland 99, New York 97. In New eight players against a deep Seattle team. Americans, including world number can and David Robinson on defense. York, Bimbo Coles scored 17 points to Gary Payton got 22 points and three Phil Mickelson and number four Breakfasts “There’s definitely a rivalry form- lead five players in double figures as the Rashard Lewis 16 with eight boards for David Duval, withdrew. ing,” Robinson said. “With them being unbeaten Cleveland Cavaliers pulled out Seattle (1-3), which has lost its last three A year ago, this Spanish tournament Business Lunches the champs last year and us the year be- a 99-97 victory over the Knicks. games. The Sonics committed 22 had a few U.S. defections, but most came fore, it really makes things exciting.” After a dismal 32-50 campaign last turnovers and had just 15 assists. because they were curious about the The Best European Lakers coach Phil Jackson said last season, Cleveland has reeled off four Valderrama layout — site of the ‘97 Ry- season that San Antonio’s 1999 NBA straight wins and is off to its best start Indiana 108, Milwaukee 97. At Indiana, der Cup. This time, with the U.S. money Cuisine championship should receive an aster- since the 1988-89 campaign. Reggie Miller, who wore a Superman T- title settled long ago by Woods, and the isk because it came in the lockout- Matt Harpring and Andre Miller shirt during a first-round playoff series Tour Championship won last weekend Billiards shortened season. scored 16 points each as the Cavaliers’ at- against Milwaukee last season, did not by Phil Mickelson, they’ve stayed away. O’Neal, who was neutralized Tues- tack wilted the Knicks down the stretch. need a costume change to score 41 Of the 10 Americans in the world Live music day night by Houston Rockets center points Wednesday, leading the Indiana top 20, only Woods and Justin Leonard Hakeem Olajuwon, shot 5-of-13 from Philadelphia 103, Detroit 94. In Philadel- Pacers to a 108-97 victory over the have shown up. the field and 3-of-10 from the line, scor- phia, the 76ers nearly squandered a 27- struggling Bucks. Germany’s Bernhard Langer shot 12 Sadovaya Ul. ing just 13 points. point first-half lead but improved the the course record of 62 at Valderrama Tel. 314-9334 Only Kobe Bryant stepped up to NBA’s best record to 5-0 with a 103-94 (For more results see scorecard.) when he won the 1994 Volvo Masters.

Рег. ПИ № 2-4636, выдан Северо-Западным региональным управлением Роскомпечати 01.07.2000. Отпечатано в ГУП “СПб Государственный газетный комплекс”. 198216, СПб, Ленинский пр., 139. Заказ № 1034. Тираж 20000 экз. Friday, November 10, 2000 SPORTS The St.Petersburg Times ❖ 23 SPORTS WATCH Champions League Heading to Round 2 Canada Names Gretzky By Mike Collett Leeds joined English rivals Manch- ■ TORONTO (Reuters) — Wayne REUTERS ester United and Arsenal in the second Gretzky, widely considered the greatest LONDON — Former European cham- phase after United beat Dinamo Kiev ice hockey player of all-time, will be pions Barcelona, Juventus and PSV 1-0 to secure second spot in Group G. lending his golden touch as executive di- Eindhoven all crashed by the wayside Arsenal’s place as group winners was al- rector of Canada’s Olympic team in Salt on Wednesday as the 16-team line-up ready secured. Lake City in 2002, the Canadian Hockey for the second phase of the Champions Association announced on Wednesday. League was finalized. Manchester United 1, Dinamo Kiev 0. Toronto Maple Leaf general man- But while Barcelona and Eindhoven United had to win at Old Trafford to ager and coach Pat Quinn was named had the consolation of being able to qualify for the last 16 and an 18th- head coach of the team. minute goal from Teddy Sheringham The Great One retired in April of SOCCER proved the difference between the sides. 1999, ending an incredible 20-year ca- continue their European ambitions in Kiev’s best chance came five min- reer with an emotional ceremony at the UEFA Cup, Juventus was totally utes from time when substitute George New York’s Madison Square Garden. eclipsed after finishing at the bottom of Demetradze sidefooted wide from close He played the last three years of his ca- its group and having two players sent range with only goalkeeper Fabien reer with the New York Rangers. off for the second successive European Barthez to beat. Gretzky owns nearly every signifi- match in a 3-1 defeat at Panathinaikos. The three points gave United 10 points cant National Hockey League record With 12 berths already decided, and the runners-up spot behind Ander- and is the NHL’s all-time leading scorer there were four places still to be filled lecht who beat PSV Eindhoven 3-2. with 2,857 points, 894 goals and 1,963 on Wednesday and Leeds United, assists with four teams. Manchester United, Anderlecht and Anderlecht 3, PSV Eindhoven 2. Ander- Panathinaikos duly took them. lecht built a 2-0 lead through Bertrand Crasson and Jan Koller after 37 minutes Ewing Offers Kidney Leeds United 1, AC Milan 1. Leeds but PSV fought back to equalize with ■ MIAMI (AP) — Patrick Ewing has United reached the second phase for the two goals from Adil Ramzi. offered to donate one of his kidneys to first time on Wednesday when their 1-1 With the end of the match just sec- Alonzo Mourning if the ailing Miami draw at AC Milan was enough to secure onds away and a draw looking the most Heat center ever needs a transplant. them second place in Group H and end likely result, PSV had Kevin Hofland Mourning has a common but serious the hopes of Spanish giants Barcelona, sent off for a second yellow card and kidney disease that is forcing him to miss European champions in 1992. Anderlecht substitute Souleymane this season. It is not yet known whether The result also ended all speculation Youla scored the winner. he will need a kid- that AC Milan would play all out to PSV goes into the UEFA Cup, while ney transplant. crush the English side despite already Kiev is eliminated. Ewing and having won the group, after reports The other main drama of the night Mourning both they had been offered huge cash incen- centered on Group E. played at George- tives by Barcelona to do so. Deportivo Coruna had already town and remain Barcelona would have qualified for clinched first place but Juventus, Pana- close friends de- the last 16 if Milan had beaten Leeds thinaikos and Hamburg SV were all in spite their fierce and Barcelona beaten Besiktas, but al- contention for the runners-up spot. IAN WALDIE/REUTERS Dinamo’s Olexander Holovko tackling Man. United’s David Beckham Wednesday. NBA battles. They AP though Barcelona did beat Besiktas 5-0, For much of the night it appeared work out together Patrick Ewing Milan missed a penalty and trailed to a Hamburg was going to grab it as they led everything changed within 10 minutes With the matches ending 1-1 in during the offseason, and Ewing is the 45th-minute Dominic Matteo goal at Deportivo from the 10th minute when halfway through the evening. Hamburg and 3-1 to Panathinaikos in godfather to Mourning’s newborn the San Siro until Serginho equalized Mehdi Mahdavikia put them ahead. Panathinaikos scored twice in eight Athens, the Greeks joined Deportivo in daughter, Myka Sydney. for the Italian side after 68 minutes. And while Panathinaikos and Ju- minutes to race into a 3-1 lead over the last 16, Hamburg was in the UEFA That was it, and at the end of the ventus were drawing in Athens, Ham- Juve, while Deportivo equalized against Cup and Juventus eliminated. Manager of the Year match Milan and Leeds were through. burg was effectively second. But then Hamburg at almost the same time. (For more results see scorecard.) ■ CHICAGO (AP) — In just his third season as a major league manager, Jerry Manuel was the runaway choice for American League Manager of the Streaking Sharks Steal Late Victory From Blackhawks Year on Wednesday. The White Sox finished an AL-best REUTERS Blackhawks, who had won three of maintained their home mastery of the Vancouver 7, Anaheim 2. In Anaheim, 95-67 and reached the postseason for the CHICAGO — Marco Sturm scored their previous four games after losing Philadelphia Flyers with a 5-2 victory. Andrew Cassels recorded his first career first time since 1993. For his role in base- with 9.5 seconds left in regulation and five straight. Jean-Sebastien Aubin stopped 29 hat trick, the final two tallies coming off ball’s biggest surprise, Manuel received again with 16 seconds to play in over- shots, including breakaways by Simon brilliant passes by Todd Bertuzzi, as the 25 first-place ballots and three seconds time as the San Jose Sharks stole a 3-2 Toronto 5, Carolina 0. In Toronto, Gary Gagne and Keith Primeau, as Pitts- Vancouver Canucks used a four-goal for 134 points in voting by the Baseball victory from the Chicago Blackhawks Roberts haunted his former team with a burgh improved to 15-3-6 in the last 24 second period to coast to a 7-2 triumph Writers Association of America. on Wednesday. pair of goals and Curtis Joseph did the home games against its intrastate rival. over the Mighty Ducks. He’s the fourth San Jose ran its unbeaten streak to rest as the Maple Leafs beat up the Car- In 742 NHL games, Cassels never White Sox man- nine games (7-0-2), matching their record olina Hurricanes en route to a 5-0 victory. Detroit 4, Phoenix 2. In Phoenix, Martin had a three-goal contest. But it took ager to win the Joseph was sharp en route to his 29th Lapointe, who has gotten a lot of atten- him just over 16 minutes during the sec- award, joining ICE HOCKEY career shutout and second in five days, tion early this season for his surprising ond period to achieve the feat. Tony La Russa, Jeff set from March 20 to April 5, 1994. making 12 saves in the first and third pe- goal scoring, delivered a spectacular pass Torborg and Gene Evgeni Nabokov stopped 30 shots riods and three in the second. He kept to help the Detroit Red Wings end the Calgary 1, Minnesota 0. At Minnesota, Lamont. for the Sharks, who are 1-0-1 on a six- the shutout by stopping Tommy West- Coyotes’ 12-game unbeaten streak with a Mike Vernon made 22 saves for his first Oakland’s Art game road trip that has them play in lund on a breakaway in the final minute. 4-2 win. shutout of the season and Valeri Bure Howe was second AP three different time zones against teams Lapointe set up Vyacheslav Kozlov’s scored a power-play goal as the Calgary for the second Jerry Manuel from three different divisions. Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 2. In Pitts- go-ahead power-play goal 2:46 into the Flames stopped an eight-game winless straight season, getting 74 points with Steve Sullivan scored twice and Jo- burgh, Alexei Kovalev recorded his third period and Tomas Holmstrom streak with a 1-0 victory over the Wild. two firsts, 20 seconds and four thirds. ceyln Thibault made 29 saves for the third career hat trick as the Penguins added an insurance tally. (For more results see scorecard.)

SCORECARD QUARTERFINAL MATCHUPS TENNIS All games Friday, in the following order: BASKETBALL LA Clippers 1 4 .200 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Group F Continued from page 24 Safin/Schuttler. Schuttler, seeded 56 on NBA Seattle 1 4 .200 3 Central Rosenborg Trondheim (Norway) W L Pct Gb Wednesday’s Results St. Louis 10 2 2 0 22 1, Bayern Munich (Germany) 1 the ATP tour, has done well to get this EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana 108, Milwaukee 97 Detroit 9 5 0 1 19 Helsingborg (Sweden) 1, Paris Palmer, who came into the tourna- far, but Safin, as everyone knows, is on Atlantic Philadelphia 103, Detroit 94 Nashville 6 4 4 1 17 St. Germain (France) 1 New Jersey 102, Washington 86 Chicago 5 8 0 2 12 Group G ment with the second-lowest ATP rank- a roll this year. Asked whether he’d Philadelphia 5 0 1.000 - Miami 87, Seattle 81 Columbus 3 10 1 1 8 New York 3 2 .600 2 PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 2, ing of all the competitors, saw off Jiri No- rather face Safin or Woodruff in this Cleveland 99, New York 97 Northwest Anderlecht (Belgium) 3 Orlando 3 3 .500 2.5 Charlotte 96, Orlando 90 Colorado 11 2 2 0 24 Boston 2 2 .500 2.5 Manchester United (England) 1, vak in emphatic fashion in the first round, however, Schuttler said: “Safin, Vancouver 101, Dallas 74 Edmonton 9 6 2 0 20 Dinamo Kiev (Ukraine) 0 Miami 2 2 .500 2.5 San Antonio 91, LA Lakers 81 Vancouver 8 3 3 1 20 round, and is looking a good bet to reach so that I can get my revenge for him New Jersey 2 2 .500 2.5 Group H Denver 109, Minnesota 107 (OT) Calgary 4 9 2 1 11 Barcelona (Spain) 5, Besiktas at least the semifinals after beating the beating me in the Kremlin Cup.” Washington 2 4 .333 3.5 Utah 93, LA Clippers 87 (OT) Minnesota 3 10 3 0 9 Central (Turkey) 0 No. 5 seed Schalken, whose forehand al- Bjorkman/Palmer. This is Palmer’s best Sacramento115, Golden State 84 Pacific AC Milan (Italy) 1, Leeds United Cleveland 4 0 1.000 - Phoenix 9 2 5 0 23 most totally deserted him in the final set. tournament for ages — his first singles Charlotte 4 1 .800 .5 San Jose 9 2 2 0 20 (England) 1 Indiana 2 2 .500 2 ICE HOCKEY Tuesday’s Results Schalken had earlier defeated quarterfinal since 1996, in fact. Bjork- NHL Los Angeles 8 6 3 0 19 Toronto 2 3 .400 2.5 Dallas 7 4 2 1 17 Group A Goran Ivanisevic, whose famous serve man walked tall and says he’s feeling 110 W L T Otl Pts Spartak Moscow (Russia) 1, Detroit 1 4 .200 3.5 EASTERN CONFERENCE Anaheim 6 6 3 2 17 took the first set but whose infamous percent, but showed little for Palmer to Milwaukee 1 4 .200 3.5 Wednesday’s Results Real Madrid (Spain) 0 Northeast Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) 0, temperament torpedoed his chances fear, except maybe experience. Chicago 0 4 .000 4 Ottawa 9 1 4 0 22 Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 0 5 .000 4.5 Montreal 4, Florida 2 Bayer Leverkusen thereafter. Voltchkov/Hrbaty. Hrbaty is the No. 3 Toronto 9 5 1 0 19 Group B WESTERN CONFERENCE Buffalo 6 4 1 1 14 Nashville 4, New Jersey 3 Meanwhile, Andrei Stolyarov got in seed, and seems to be doing nothing but Midwest Boston 5 8 1 1 12 Toronto 5, Carolina 0 Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) just 37 percent of his first serves en enjoying himself, brushing past Thomas Utah 5 0 1.000 - Montreal 5 8 2 0 12 Calgary 1, Minnesota 0 0, Lazio (Italy) 1 San Antonio 4 1 .800 1 Atlantic San Jose 3, Chicago 2 (OT) Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 3, route to being blasted out by the bigger Johansson on Wednesday. Voltchkov, 22, Vancouver 4 1 .800 1 Pittsburgh 7 5 2 0 16 Detroit 4, Phoenix 2 Arsenal (England) 0 hitting Jonas Bjorkman, 6-4, 6-3. is another season surprise, however, Dallas 3 2 .600 2 NY Islanders 6 4 2 1 15 Vancouver 7, Anaheim 2 Group C Denver 2 3 .400 3 New Jersey 6 5 3 0 15 Olympique Lyon (France) 1, Stolyarov, who caused the biggest making the semis at Wimbledon. Houston 2 3 .400 3 NY Rangers 7 7 0 0 14 SOCCER Olympiakos (Greece) 0 upset yet Tuesday by defeating de- Kafelnikov/Calatrava. Calatrava will Minnesota 2 3 .400 3 Philadelphia 4 7 4 0 12 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Valencia (Spain) 1, Heerenveen fending champion Marc Rosset, have to do what Ruud came close to Pacific Southeast Wednesday’s Results (Netherlands) 1 Phoenix 4 1 .800 - Washington 3 7 4 1 11 Group E Group D showed some great touches in counter- Thursday — rattling our Zhenya so he Sacramento 4 2 .667 .5 Tampa Bay 4 7 1 1 10 Hamburg SV (Germany) 1, Galatasaray (Turkey) 2, Sturm ing Bjorkman’s frequent rushes to the has an off day. Then again, Kafelnikov is LA Lakers 3 3 .500 1.5 Carolina 3 8 3 0 9 Deportivo Coruna (Spain) 1 Graz (Austria) 2 Portland 2 3 .400 2 Atlanta 2 5 5 0 9 Panathinaikos (Greece) 3, Rangers (Scotland) 2, Monaco net, but was mostly fighting to hold fifth in the world and fighting for valu- Golden State 1 3 .250 2.5 Florida 1 6 3 3 8 Juventus (Italy) 1 (France) 2 back the flood. able ATP points, which may spur him on.