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NO. 10 (1802) САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ-ТАЙМС WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2014 WWW.SPTIMES.RU SERGEY CHERNOV / SPT CHERNOV SERGEY

Approximately 600 Petersburgers gathered in front of Kazan Cathedral on Mar. 15 for a peaceful protest ahead of the Crimean referendum last Sunday. One protester read NEWSPEAK aloud from George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’ to raise awareness of what many are calling a coordinated media war to justify Russia’s military intervention. See story, pg. 2.

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Swedish film festival brings the Family-owned and operated country’s greatest new films to businesses struggle to Manager given the boot for Petersburg . Page 10. preserve legacy. Page 7. team’s poor form. Page 3. LocalNews www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 ❖ 2 Demonstrations Continue Over Ukraine By Sergey Chernov dera followers’ and ‘fascists,’” Vish- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES nevsky added. The police allowed a protest against “Meanwhile, it becomes clear, bit by Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine bit, that those who accuse the Ukraini- on Mar. 15 despite City Hall’s refusal to ans of fascism and start riots in Ukraine authorize the gathering. Held near the are themselves fascists, if Russian. They Kazan Cathedral on the eve of the are members of fascist organizations Crimean referendum on joining Russia, and pose in photographs next to swasti- the protest drew between 500 and 600 kas or in SS uniforms. These people, people. who constantly incite hatred toward Unlike an unauthorized rally on St. other ethnicities here, are presented as Isaac’s Square on Mar. 2, where more ‘anti-fascists’ in relation to Ukraine,” than 30 people were detained and said Vishnevsky. charged with violating the laws regulating “Unfortunately, it has become clear rallies and failing to obey police orders, that society has no immunity against the arrests were few at Kazan Cathedral. mass of deafening lies. This is the sad- The protesters attribute the small dest thing. Next come inevitable eco- number of arrests to the presence of St. nomic sanctions, an inevitable decline Petersburg ombudsman Alexander in living standards, an inevitable restric- Shishlov and the Legislative Assembly’s tion of both economic and cultural con- Yabloko deputy Boris Vishnevsky, who nections with, I would say, the ‘normal’ negotiated with the chief of the St. Pe- world. This is because Russia has shown tersburg Public Security Police, Col. itself on the international arena not as a Alexei Smyatsky, who was the ranking country that should be respected, but as officer at the site. a country that should be feared and one “I went because I had to,” Vish- not to be trusted, which lies and manip-

nevsky told The St. Petersburg Times / SPT CHERNOV SERGEY ulates even at the United Nations,” said on Monday. Two protesters in front of Kazan Cathedral on Mar. 15 address what they see as an information war being raged over Ukraine. Vishnevsky. “If I am a deputy and a representa- “Who would want to deal with it? tive of my people; I had to be with my Alexander Pushkin, while another The police arrested one provocateur “They were absurd,” he said. We are finding ourselves internationally people on that square. I also had to ne- pinned to her chest a sheet reading “The who attempted to seize a Ukrainian flag “For instance, they refused to autho- isolated, very similar to the way the So- gotiate with the police so that they annexation of Crimea is the road to war from Democratic St. Petersburg activist rize the rally on Ploshchad Sakharova viet Union found itself after invading would not break up the rally simply be- and a threat of fascism.” Another man Natalya Tsymbalova, and a protester because it was within 50 meters of St. Afghanistan. Incidentally, it ended cause it had not been authorized. I think held a placard reading “Stop” and with a placard reading “Crimea Is Petersburg State University. [By law, ral- badly for the Soviet Union,” he said. ombudsman Alexander Shishlov and I “Shame on Warmongers.” One placard Ukraine,” who was allegedly standing lies are not allowed within 50 meters of According to Vishnevsky, the main managed to do this. I think the police seen at the rally bore a biblical quote: too close to a man with another placard. the entrance to educational institutions] thing people should do is to counter acted in an almost exemplary way,” “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they Under recent legislation, two people but from that side there is no entrance. state propaganda. Vishnevsky said. will be called children of God,” another, are not allowed to hold placards at a “Then it turned out that there were “I would not urge people to anti-war “I have very good impressions of the “Lies, Censorship and Violence. What distance less than 50 meters from one to be continuous festivities on Plosh- rallies, but rather to remove the blinders protest. The only thing [I regret] is that Will We Bring to Crimea?” another without invoking a law on au- chad Shevchenko and also the shooting and try to find independent information there were so few of us. I had hopes that A young couple stood next to a thorized rallies. of some film. There was absolutely no not affected by propaganda,” he said. there would be more people in the city woman holding a placard saying “No to Both were released later that day. single slot during the entire day [accord- “This is not very difficult to do. who were emphatically against what is the Information War. No to Fooling the According to Vishnevsky, City Hall ing to City Hall]. Well, it’s clear that Many Russian citizens have friends or happening now,” he added. People,” while a man held a small prop rejected any applications for anti-war they answer in such a way when they relatives in Ukraine. Ukrainian web- Displaying placards at unauthorized television depicting presenter Dmitry rallies for the past weekend, regardless are looking for any pretext to refuse.” sites in the Russian language are quite protests frequently leads to arrest, and Kiselyov. Kiselyov, who became infa- of the site. Vishnevsky believes that the situa- accessible. There is still some free me- while some people did so, others ex- mous for his anti-gay rhetoric, is known “Only one rally — organized by the tion in Ukraine has been aggravated dia left in this country. It is necessary for pressed their position in other ways. for vitriolic anti-Ukrainian statements left-wingers — was authorized, which by the effect that the Kremlin’s anti- people to wake up and stop trusting Some wore yellow and blue ribbons and is widely regarded by liberals as the was on the morning of the Mar. 8 holi- Ukrainian propaganda has had on the those lies that are brought to them by, representing the colors of the Ukrainian Kremlin’s chief propagandist. day, an extremely inconvenient time Russians. say, Channel One every day. When the flag, while others wore yellow-and-blue A lone counter-protester stood when it was apparent that few people “In my view, the situation is very public mood changes, then I think the buttons reading, “No to War.” One nearby with a placard reading “Crimea would come. That was it, they did not sad,” Vishnevsky said. authorities will have to act in quite a dif- young woman with fingernails painted Is Russia, Not the Khazar Khaganate.” authorize anything else,” he said. “First and foremost, it’s sad because ferent way. yellow and blue was expressively read- According to the Aid for the De- “I think they received instructions a considerable part of society has been “This is the main thing now. Let ev- ing from George Orwell’s novel “1984,” tained group, about 45 police vehicles that there should not be any authorized poisoned by venomous propaganda eryone who can resist the propaganda while a man wore a coat which had the were parked near the site, with about [anti-war] rallies,” Vishnevsky added. that appeals to the worst feelings of try to do the same for two or three of his words “Down with War, Up with Rock 200 police officers, including fully He described the reasons that City people and in many ways incites ethnic acquaintances or friends. The main task and Roll” painted on it. equipped OMON riot police, either on- Hall was required by law to give as the hatred toward a fraternal people which now is to distribute the truth about One woman held a placard with a site or in positions behind the cathedral reason for its refusal to authorize the it has declared [mid-20th-century what’s happening from one person to quote from 19th century Russian poet ready to make arrests. rallies as “ridiculous.” Ukrainian nationalist Stepan] ‘Ban- another.”

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tion of a maintenance complex for the lines will be transferred to the new ter- ALEXANDER BELENKY / SPT airport, reported Interfax on Mar. 13. minal including: Norwegian Air Shuttle, Workers plant trees in what is a yearly, post-winter ritual in which the city’s parks and gardens are readied for spring. Worth 850 million rubles ($23.4 mil- Vueling Airlines, El Al Israel Airlines, lion), the tender requirements include Estonian Air, Air Berlin, British Air- the construction of a 200-seat cafeteria, ways, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Air a fuel station, a heated garage for snow- Baltic, Swiss, Czech Airlines, FINNAIR, City Readies to Greet Spring removal vehicles, a covered parking Turkish Airlines, Air Armenia, Azer- area for airport transport as well as a baijan Airlines, Ukraine International THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES nine million flowers,” he said, reported tenance, including tree trimming and boiler house and cleaning facilities. Airlines, Air Moldova and Air Astana. St. Petersburg is set to burst into color Interfax. shaping, and lawn mowing across 15 Bids for the tender close Apr. 11 Air France and KLM will continue this spring with the announcement of a Already this spring, more than 10,000 hectares of the city’s public areas. with a decision to be announced Apr. to operate their flights from Pulkovo 2 spring makeover for the city’s parks trees and 145,000 shrubs have been According to Interfax, 600,000 pan- 16, reported Interfax. for the time being. and gardens, reported Interfax Friday. planted in addition to 100,000 roses sies and 1.6 million tulips are also cur- The current maintenance facilities With all the changes, Pulkovo air- “In 2014, the city council will plant across a number of the city’s parks. rently being planted across the city in used by the airport are located off-site port continues to urge passengers to 22,000 trees and 249,000 shrubs,” said The council also announced plans to preparation for the upcoming Victory at a significant distance from Pulkovo’s clarify terminal information for flights Denis Tarasov, deputy chairman of the install 20 new playgrounds, four of which Day holiday — with all of the flowers new Terminal 1. With no wash or fuel in advance at Pulkovo’s website: www. council’s Committee for City Improve- will be built in Tavrichesky Garden as expected to be in full bloom in time for station for airport vehicles at the air- pulkovoairport.ru. ment. “We also plan to plant a total of well as the continuation of garden main- the celebration on May 9. port, employees are forced to travel off Built over a three-year period, the РЕКЛАМА the airfield for technical servicing, said new terminal has the capacity to handle a spokesperson for Pulkovo airport. up to 17 million passengers annually The new complex will not only be and will eventually be joined to the cur- more convenient for employees but will rent Pulkovo I terminal, which is cur- also be more economical for the company, rently undergoing renovation. with money saved on fuel and time as well In February 2014, more than 752,700 as costs cut on renting facilities outside the passengers flew into Pulkovo airport, airport, said the spokesperson. 17.3 percent higher than in February Construction of the new complex is 2013, reported Interfax. The airport due to start in May and is scheduled to also reported a 5.8 percent increase on be finished by December 2014. international flights and a 28.3 percent The long-awaited new, centralized increase on domestic flights in compar- terminal of St. Petersburg’s interna- ison to the same period last year. Zenit Shamed in Moscow Loss By Gus Peters runners-up in the competition, in hope of THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES overturning a two-goal deficit after losing A difficult week for FC Zenit St. Peters- 4-2 at home to the Germans in February. burg was capped off by a 1-0 loss to Spalletti’s firing comes after Zenit’s reigning champions and bitter rivals seven-point lead at the top of the CSKA Moscow on Mar. 15 as the club’s league disappeared due to a string of chances of retaking the Russian Premier poor performances. Poor league form League title took yet another blow. was the catalyst for the removal of Bulgarian midfielder Georgi Spalletti, who won the league twice Milanov’s stunning 32nd-minute strike with the St. Petersburg club. was the difference in Zenit’s first game Nicolas Lombaerts, the club’s Bel- under interim manager Sergei Semak gian defender, was quick to shift the after Zenit’s Italian manager Luciano blame for Spalletti’s firing away from Spalletti was fired at the beginning of the club. “If the coach is fired, the play- last week following a disappointing 0-0 ers should take a look at themselves,” home draw with relegation-threatened he said following the loss to CSKA. “In Tom Tomsk on Mar. 9. the end, if he was fired, then we’re one Although Zenit outshot their oppo- of the main causes.” nents, they were unable to find a way On Tuesday, Zenit announced it had past CSKA’s goalkeeper and Russia agreed to terms with Portuguese man- national team member Igor Akinfeev. ager Andre Villas-Boas to replace Spal- Zenit’s loss meant Lokomotiv Mos- letti on a two-year contract. He will be cow expanded their lead at the top of officially introduced as Zenit’s new man- the table to three points after drawing ager Thursday. 0-0 with FK Amkar Perm on Sunday. In other action from around the “Obviously the match didn’t put us in league, Rostov-on-Don won 2-0 in Sa- a good mood,” Semak told Zenit’s Eng- mara against Kryliya Sovetov while lish-language website after the game. Kuban Krasnodar dented Dinamo “We did alright at the beginning of the Moscow’s title hopes in a 1-1 draw on match, and were active on offense and Mar. 15. On Sunday, asides from Loko- reliable in defense, but the goal we al- motiv’s 0-0 draw in Perm, Rubin Kazan lowed changed the course of the game.” won 3-1 at home over Volga Nizhny Zenit now faces a difficult trip to Novgorod. Both Monday games ended Dortmund for the second-leg of their in draws as Tom Tomsk drew 1-1 with UEFA Champions League tie tonight Krasnodar and Spartak Moscow drew against Borussia Dortmund, last year’s 2-2 with Anzhi Makhachkala. NationalNews www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 ❖ 4 Putin Recognizes Crimean Independence By Jim Heintz situation, both indications that Russia THE ASSOCIATED PRESS could move quickly to annex. KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ignoring the In Kiev, acting President Oleksandr toughest sanctions against Moscow Turchynov vowed that Ukraine will not since the end of the Cold War, Russian give up Crimea. President Vladimir Putin recognized “We are ready for negotiations, but we Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula as an “in- will never resign ourselves to the annexa- dependent and sovereign country” on tion of our land,” a somber Turchynov Monday, a bold challenge to Washing- said in a televised address to the nation. ton that escalates one of Europe’s worst “We will do everything in order to avoid security crises in years. war and the loss of human lives. We will The brief decree posted on the Krem- be doing everything to solve the conflict lin’s website came just hours after the through diplomatic means. But the mili- United States and the European Union tary threat to our state is real.” announced asset freezes and other sanc- The Crimean parliament declared tions against Russian and Ukrainian of- that all Ukrainian state property on the ficials involved in the Crimean crisis. peninsula will be nationalized and be- President Barack Obama warned that come the property of the Crimean Re- more would come if Russia didn’t stop public. It gave no further details. Law- interfering in Ukraine, and Putin’s move makers also asked the United Nations clearly forces his hand. and other nations to recognize it and be- The West has struggled to find le- gan work on setting up a central bank verage to force Moscow to back off in with $30 million in support from Russia. the Ukraine turmoil, of which Crimea Moscow, meanwhile, called on is only a part, and analysts saw Mon- Ukraine to become a federal state as a day’s sanctions as mostly ineffectual. way of resolving the polarization be- Moscow showed no signs of flinching tween Ukraine’s western regions — in the dispute that has roiled Ukraine which favor closer ties with the 28-na-

since Russian troops took effective con- / AP MAX VETROV tion EU — and its eastern areas, which trol of the strategic Black Sea peninsula A woman casts her ballot in the contentious referendum at a polling station in Bakhchisaraj, Ukraine, on Sunday, Mar. 16. have long ties to Russia. last month and supported the Sunday In a statement Monday, Russia’s For- referendum that overwhelmingly called Fearing that Russia is prepared to ovych, Crimean leader Sergei Aksyonov Tuesday with Polish Prime Minister Don- eign Ministry urged Ukraine’s parliament for annexation by Russia. Recognizing risk violence to make a land-grab, the and two other top figures. ald Tusk and President Bronislaw Ko- to call a constitutional assembly that Crimea as independent would be an in- West has consistently spoken out The EU’s foreign ministers slapped morowski. He was to meet separately could draft a new constitution to make terim step in absorbing the region. against Russia’s actions but has run into travel bans and asset freezes against 21 with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik the country federal, handing more power Crimea had been part of Russia a wall of resistance from Moscow. officials from Russia and Ukraine. Ilves. In Lithuania, Biden planned to to its regions. It also said the country since the 18th century, until Soviet Reacting to Monday’s sanctions, “We need to show solidarity with meet with President Dalia Grybauskaite should adopt a “neutral political and leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ser- Ukraine, and therefore Russia leaves and Latvia’s President Andris Berzins. military status,” a demand reflecting it to Ukraine in 1954 and both Russians gei Ryabkov declared that they were us no choice,” Polish Foreign Minister In the Crimean capital of Simfer- Moscow’s concern that Ukraine might and Crimea’s majority ethnic Russian “a reflection of a pathological unwill- Radoslaw Sikorski told reporters in opol, ethnic Russians applauded Sun- join NATO and establish closer political population see annexation as correct- ingness to acknowledge reality and a Brussels. day’s referendum that overwhelmingly and economic ties with the EU. ing a historic insult. desire to impose on everyone one- Despite Obama’s vow of tougher called for secession and for joining Rus- Russia is also pushing for Russian Ukraine’s turmoil — which began in sided and unbalanced approaches that measures, stock markets in Russia and sia. Masked men in body armor blocked to become one of Ukraine’s state lan- November with a wave of protests absolutely ignore reality.” Europe rose sharply, reflecting relief that access for most journalists to the parlia- guages, in addition to Ukrainian. against President Viktor Yanukovych “I think the decree of the president trade and business ties were spared. ment session that declared indepen- In Kiev, Ukraine’s new government and accelerated after he fled to Russia in of the United States was written by “I guess the market view is that dence, but the city otherwise appeared dismissed Russia’s proposal as unaccept- late February — has become Europe’s some joker,” Russian Deputy Prime Russia forced their case in Crimea, to go about its business normally. able, saying it “looks like an ultimatum.” most severe security crisis in years. Minister Dmitry Rogozin, one of the pushed through the referendum, and “We came back home to Mother Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Russia, like Yanukovych himself, individuals hit by the sanctions, said on the Western reaction was muted, so Russia. We came back home, Russia is Deshchytsya visited NATO headquar- characterizes his ouster as a coup, and his Twitter account. that this opens the way for future Rus- our home,” said Nikolay Drozdenko, a ters in Brussels to request technical alleges the new authorities are fascist- The White House imposed asset sian intervention in Ukraine,” said Tim resident of Sevastopol, the key equipment to deal with the secession of minded and likely to crack down on freezes on seven Russian officials, includ- Ash, an analyst who follows Ukraine at Crimean port where Russia leases a na- Crimea and the Russian incursion there. Ukraine’s ethnic Russian population. ing Putin’s close ally Valentina Matvi- Standard Bank PLC. val base from Ukraine. NATO said in a statement that the Pro-Russia demonstrations have broken enko, who is speaker of the upper house On Monday evening Vice President A delegation of Crimean officials alliance was determined to boost its co- out in several cities in eastern Ukraine of parliament, and Vladislav Surkov, one Joe Biden was heading to Europe to meet was to fly to Moscow on Monday and operation with Ukraine, including “in- near the Russian border, where the of Putin’s top ideological aides. The Trea- with NATO allies. He was headed for Putin was to address both houses of creased ties with Ukraine’s political Kremlin has been massing troops. sury Department also targeted Yanuk- Warsaw, where he was slated to meet parliament Tuesday on the Crimean and military leadership.” After Ukrainian Protests, Nationalist Group Eyes Power By Maria Danilova sent troops into Crimea and warned day on splitting off from Ukraine and men in military-style uniforms, one of Asked to comment on the incident, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS about the need to protect Russian- joining Russia. them with a shaved head, thoroughly Tarasenko claimed Muzychko was KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Shoppers in speakers in the east. “We are Ukrainian nationalists. A checked an AP crew and wrote down merely trying to protect that prosecu- the center of Kiev were out of luck one But many here downplay the group’s nationalist is a person who is ready to their names before letting them in. tor from an angry mob that had gath- recent afternoon: A clothing store and importance — and the threat it repre- sacrifice their time, their freedom and Other visitors entering the floor, mostly ered outside. a cell phone shop were occupied by sents. The group has not received any even their life for the sake of Ukraine Right Sector members, were made to The Right Sector is an umbrella black-clad men in masks, and bullet- posts in the new government and ob- and Ukrainians,” Andriy Tarasenko, a hand over their weapons and scribble group that unites several right-wing or- proof vests. Not far away, toughs from servers say it has little real clout or sup- top member of the group told the AP the weapons’ names — “knife” ‘’pistol ganizations. It appeared practically out the same group patrolled a major Kiev port in the polls. The Associated Press in an interview. “If Ukraine is not for holster” Makarov pistol” — on small of nowhere in late November, when hotel, scaring visitors with their base- and other international news organiza- Ukrainians, then who is it for?” pieces of paper in order to collect them Kiev was rocked by mass protests against ball bats, handguns and balaclavas. tions have found no evidence of hate Tarasenko hastened to add that all on the way out. Yanukovych’s decision to embrace Rus- Several weeks after mass protests crimes. Ukraine’s Jewish leaders have other ethnic groups living in Ukraine, A prominent member of the Right sia and freeze ties with the EU. ousted Russian-leaning President Vik- also spoken in support of the Maidan such as ethnic Russians or Jews, should Sector, Oleksandr Muzychko, recently The organization was key in keep- tor Yanukovych, hundreds of members protests and the new government they enjoy the same rights as Ukrainians. stirred turmoil by storming into a local ing the protests going for more than of the radical ultranationalist group, the have brought to power, and some Jews He and other members also deny that parliament building in the city of three months and in staging violent Right Sector, continue to patrol central have served in the Maidan’s self-defense some of the group’s symbols harken Rivne, brandishing a Kalashnikov rifle. confrontations with police, which even- streets and occupy buildings in Kiev, units side-by-side with the Right Sector. back to the swastika. Muzychko threatened to confiscate the tually culminated in bloody clashes that while some more radical members have Yet the rightist organization still At the same time, he described eth- property of regional lawmakers affili- prompted Yanukovych to flee to Rus- burst into regional government offices, presents a headache for the new Ukrai- nic Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars as ated with Yanukovych’s party if they sia. Nearly 100 people died in the brandishing rifles, harassing bureaucrats nian leadership with its armed presence the only indigenous people of Ukraine. didn’t pay compensation to the families clashes, the overwhelming majority of and even punching a prosecutor. in the streets, the antics of some of its “They don’t have a land of their of the killed protesters. them protesters. The group isn’t stopping at control- members, its far-right rhetoric and own anywhere else. All other states He also used a highly derogatory Some experts dismiss the power of ling the street: They want real power in symbols that some say are Nazi-in- have their mother countries, states that word to describe protest leader Ar- the Right Sector as a powerful force government. spired — amid Kiev’s push to embrace must care about their people. The seniy Yatsenyuk, who later became that could inflict real harm. To achieve that aim the Right Sec- Western values and integrate quickly French have France to care about Ukraine’s prime minister, and sug- “The Right Sector is marginal,” said tor is trying to turn itself into a political with the European Union. At the same them; the Irish, Ireland,” Tarasenko gested that Yatsenyuk belonged in a Andreas Umland, assistant professor of party. And its leader, Dmytro Yarosh, time, the group stands ready to provide said. “It is normal and in the same way pig farm. “The one whose hand holds European studies at the Kyiv Mohyla plans to run for president in May. fiercely patriotic men to counter Rus- Ukraine must take care of Ukrainians. the Kalashnikov will be calling the Academy, who studies nationalist groups. Demonized by Russian state propa- sia’s military incursion. The group was No one else in the world will do that.” shots,” Muzychko said, clutching his “It’s an umbrella organization of extra ganda as fascists and accused of staging recruiting volunteers ready to fight Tarasenko spoke to AP on the sixth weapon. During a separate incident, parliamentary lunatic fringe groups that attacks against Russian-speakers and against Russia as the Crimean penin- floor of the Dnipro hotel in the center Muzychko stormed into a judicial of- has now come to this big prominence Jews, the Right Sector has been used sula — occupied by Russian troops — of Kiev. The floor was occupied en- fice, insulted a prosecutor, pulled him largely because of the media. ...Its impor- by Moscow as the main reason it has prepared for the referendum on Sun- tirely by the group. Two heavily armed by his tie and slapped him in the face. tance is certainly overstated.” The St. Petersburg Times | www.sptimes.ru NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, March 19, 2014 ❖ 5 Russia Puts the Squeeze On Independent Media By Oleg Sukhov reality but it is easier to manage a “vir- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES tual reality” created by state propa- MOSCOW — Fears of all-encompassing ganda, he said. censorship were rife in Russia on Mar. Vladimir Rimsky, a political analyst 14 after several major opposition-lean- at the INDEM think tank, attributed ing news sites and the blog of anti-cor- the crackdown to Kremlin fears that ruption activist Alexei Navalny were the Ukrainian revolution could trigger blocked by the federal media watchdog. political destabilization in Russia, and The moves followed the appoint- to its displeasure with criticism of Rus- ment earlier in the week of a pro- sia’s involvement in Crimea. Kremlin editor-in-chief at Lenta.ru, a Lenta.ru, which has extensively cov- popular independent news site, after a ered the situation in Ukraine and government warning over supposed Crimea, has arguably been hit the hard- extremist materials linked to on the est so far by the crackdown. website. And they come after major On Mar. 12, Galina Timchenko was cable providers dropped Russia’s lead- abruptly dismissed as editor-in-chief of

ing independent television channel, the news website after holding the po- 1 ROSSIA Dozhd, while changes have been made sition for a decade and was replaced by Talk show host Dmitry Kiselyov speaking on his state-run news program on Sunday. in the editorial policy of other media Alexei Goreslavsky, the former editor outlets — actions that some observers of Kremlin-friendly online publication say were orchestrated by the Kremlin. Vzglyad.ru. The reshuffle came after Analysts said that the authorities the federal media watchdog warned TV Anchor Implies Threat to U.S. were stamping out the last remaining the site that it could be shut down for independent media due to fears of “extremism” because of a hyperlink to By Anna Dolgov dioactive ashes,” Kiselyov said, Putin on that day to wish him a “safe developments similar to the Ukrai- materials published by Right Sector, a THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES against the backdrop of a mushroom and secure” Olympics in Sochi. nian revolution and a lack of eco- Ukrainian nationalist group. MOSCOW — An anchor on state-run cloud from a nuclear blast appearing The Kremlin has unleashed a nomic incentives for boosting support “I do not want to think about [the television threatened that Russia on a huge screen behind him. large-scale propaganda war over Mos- of the government. Some also argued reasons of the dismissal],” Timchenko could “turn the U.S. into radioactive Kiselyov also suggested that cow’s takeover of Crimea and the that the crackdown was aimed at pre- said by phone, adding, however, that ashes” and showed a simulation of a threats of a nuclear strike were com- peninsula’s referendum on Sunday, in venting critical coverage of the Krem- political reasons behind the move were Russian nuclear strike during his pro- ing from the Kremlin. which more than 90 percent of voters lin’s involvement in Crimea, which “obvious.” gram on the U.S. response to Russia’s “I do not know if this is a coinci- cast supported seceding from Ukraine held a referendum on joining Russia More than 35 Lenta.ru journalists interference in Ukraine. dence or what, but here was Obama to Russia, according to preliminary on Sunday. resigned in protest following Timchen- Dmitry Kiselyov, who hosts a cur- calling Putin on Jan. 21 — probably, results released by Crimea’s pro-Rus- Concerns over pressure on media ko’s dismissal. Ilya Azar, one of the rent affairs talk show on the Rossiya again trying to pressure somehow — sian administration. outlets intensified after the Federal site’s most prominent correspondents, television network and heads a new and the very next day, on Jan. 22, the The promotion by state-run televi- Mass Media Inspection Service said on said by phone that Timchenko’s firing Kremlin-backed news agency, accused official media outlet of the Russian sion of the Kremlin’s views has also Mar. 13 that access to news websites demonstrated that she was very impor- U.S. President Barack Obama of sup- government ran an article that spelled helped Putin’s approval ratings in the Grani.ru, Kasparov.ru and Ej.ru had tant for independent journalism in posedly dithering in talks with Presi- out in simple terms how our system of country to soar to 72 percent this been restricted due to “calls for partici- Russia. Azar argued that Lenta.ru was dent Vladimir Putin, and suggested nuclear response works,” he said. month, a recent survey by the Levada pation in unauthorized rallies” con- targeted because of its popularity, with on his Sunday program that the U.S. While Kiselyov’s comment sug- pollster showed. tained in site materials. All three web- the web site having about 2 million leader was intimidated by his Kremlin gested that Obama’s Jan. 21 call had The poll, conducted on March 7-10 sites often feature articles that are criti- viewers per day, making it among one opponent, who is “not an easy one.” to do with the Ukrainian crisis, an among 1,603 people around Russia, cal of the authorities. of the most-visited Russian-language “And Russia is the only country earlier statement from the White gave a margin of error of 3.4 percent- Navalny’s LiveJournal blog was also news sites. that could really turn the U.S. into ra- House said the U.S. leader spoke to age points. blocked late on Mar. 13, with the media Some observers have linked Lenta. regulator arguing that it was being writ- ru’s problems to the fact that last year ten in violation of the conditions of the its owner, Afisha-Rambler, merged politician’s house arrest, according to with SUP Media, a group controlled by which he is not allowed to use the In- Kremlin-friendly tycoon Alexander ternet. The opposition leader has ar- Mamut. Gazeta.ru, another news site gued that he did not violate the rules controlled by Mamut, has also toned because he had been writing messages down its critical coverage after its edi- on paper that were subsequently tor-in-chief Mikhail Kotov resigned posted online by employees of his An- last March. ti-Corruption Fund. Azar said that after the merger, Access to the site of Ekho Moskvy, Lenta.ru’s journalists started speculat- Russia’s main liberal-leaning radio sta- ing that the Kremlin could “take care” tion, was also restricted Mar. 13 be- of the outlet. Timchenko expressed a cause it contained a link to Navalny’s different opinion, saying that pressure blog. The site was unblocked on Mar. on the news outlet had “continued non- 14 when the link was removed. stop” but was not connected with the All the sites were blocked under a ownership change. law signed in December that allows the Azar also said that the current authorities to restrict access to websites crackdown on Lenta.ru was linked to without court authorization. its independent coverage of Russia’s The regulator’s actions were inter- takeover of Crimea. preted by analysts as part of a massive “Now independent journalists are crackdown on independent media. believed to be enemies, ‘the fifth col- The move alarmed the independent umn’,” he said. media watchdog Freedom House, The situation around Lenta.ru has which issued a statement condemning been compared by some observers to the Russian media agency’s actions. difficulties being experienced by Ekho “By censoring independent news Moskvy radio. sites, the government of President Last month, Yekaterina Pavlova, a Vladimir Putin makes clear it has no former deputy head of the pro-Kremlin respect for free speech, no respect for Voice of Russia radio station, was ap- freedom of the press, and no respect pointed chief executive of Ekho for Russia’s citizens,” David J. Kramer, Moskvy in what some analysts saw as a president of Freedom House, said in move to eliminate its critical coverage the statement. of the authorities. “The Kremlin is stifling information Ekho Moskvy editor-in-chief Alexei to try to stifle citizens’ voices. It is no Venediktov told the Colta.ru news site coincidence that these actions are oc- earlier this month that the chief execu- curring after popular protests demand- tive could exert pressure on the station ing dignity and respect for human by using financial tools, for instance by rights produced a change in leadership cutting its budget. in neighboring Ukraine,” he said. He also said that former Press and Dmitry Oreshkin, head of the Mer- Mass Media Minister Mikhail Lesin, kator research group, said by phone who became head of state-affiliated that while previously the Kremlin was Gazprom Media, which is part owner satisfied with controlling most major of the radio station, last year, had media and left minor outlets alone, started expressing “hostility” toward now it was aiming to destroy even small him. independent media because it no lon- Venediktov’s position had been ger had economic incentives for the seen as precarious by some, but on population at its disposal. Mar. 14 he was confirmed as editor-in- As the economic situation deterio- chief by the board of directors in an rates, it becomes difficult to deal with annual procedure. BusinessFocus www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 ❖ 6 Sjefke Jansen: A Passion for Service By Olga Kalashnikova Q: What do you think about the THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES hospitality market in St. Petersburg? Is it competitive? peaking about his first im- A: It is quite competitive. Just look pressions of Russia, Sjefke at other hotels like Four Seasons, Jansen, the newly-appointed Taleon, W and Kempinski — there is General Manager of Grand definitely competition. It’s good for the Hotel Europe, immediately hotel, it’s good for the city and it’s good mentionsS the cold and confesses that for the guests. I think it’s important to he remained indoors whenever tem- have competition. All our products are peratures dropped below minus 10 de- very different. W is a more contempo- grees Celsius. This is understandable rary set up. The Four Seasons is very considering that Jansen has just arrived historical with the big advantage of a from Mauritius, where he spent the last roof top pool. eight years. What I like about our property is Jansen currently calls the hotel that it has always been a hotel. Others home but looks forward to relocating have been palaces or the residences of once his family arrives. He chuckled rich merchants. Grand Hotel Europe when imagining his three cats wander- has always been a purpose-built hotel ing through the hotel, but turned seri- and you feel it when you enter the ho- ous when saying that children need an tel. It has a certain spirit. ordinary life away from the hotel. A native of Germany, he plans on trying Q: Who are your guests? to attract more German guests while A: Our main market is domestic, maintaining the special hotel spirit with Americans in second place. I’ll that the Grand Hotel Europe is fa- make an effort to make German travel- mous for. Jansen sat down with The ers the third biggest market. St. Petersburg Times in the hotel’s Mezzanine Cafe and discussed all this Q: What is the average age of the and more as the sun made an early, Grand Hotel Europe’s guests? and welcome, appearance. A: I think over forty. We are open- ing a new restaurant, AZIA, aimed at Q: Like many General Managers you younger people. It will offer Pan-Asian built your career from the ground up, cuisine. We hope to slowly lead them

starting as a trainee cook and then SPT FOR from eating to staying at the hotel. We gradually working your way to the top. Sjefke Jansen, the new general manager of Grand Hotel Europe, hopes to attract more visitors from his native Germany. noticed that Valentine’s Day, which is a Is this a good way to build a career in new holiday for Russians, was cele- the hospitality sector? your luggage and go. Now, with a fam- ily is something magical to anyone who else in Europe. We go to supermarkets brated by a lot of people this year. Our A: There are other options. You can ily, it’s a little more challenging. I have lives outside of Russia. The exhibition nowadays. restaurant was full of couples, while either start at a hotel management two daughters, one is 10 and one is 7, so was very interesting. I like exploring If you look online, you will always four years ago there were just a few of school, preferably in Switzerland or in you have to take a few more things into the city on foot. I really like Kuznechny find someone speaking about this mar- them. the U.S., or you take a practical ap- consideration: there is school to con- market — I love going there. For you ket. The architecture is nice too — it’s a proach by starting as a cook or training sider and the girls have friends from it’s just a vegetable market, but you will beautiful hall, a beautiful venue. Q: You have been working with in reception. I chose training as a cook, whom it is difficult to part. hardly find anything similar anywhere Kuznechny market is the culinary sig- Russians for two months. Is there any- because I liked cooking, and still do. I The older the children become, the nature of the city. thing you would like to improve in think it’s good to have a background that more difficult it is. I’m becoming a bit your staff? is based more in practicalities than study. more stable, settled, but I still love trav- Q: What do you think about daily A: I tend not to change for the sake In this way you have a better feel for elling. As long as I can travel, I will. SJEFKE JANSEN life in St. Petersburg, is it comfortable of changing. I always spend the first what’s going on. You learn how to adapt Career: for an expat? several months observing and monitor- to certain hotel operational systems. Q: What about your family? Do February 2014 – present: General A: Currently it is very comfortable ing the way people work and deal with they enjoy all the traveling? Manager, Grand Hotel Europe, for me, but I am living at the hotel. It is guests. Q: Why did you decide to go into A: They love it. They have no choice St. Petersburg, Russia a surreal kind of life where I combine Russians remind me of people living the hospitality sector in the first anyway, so they have to love it. But my 2010–2014: General Manager, being a guest with being the general in the north of Germany. They are very place? family is still in Mauritius. They will join Le Touessrok Hotel, Mauritius manager. If I need something, I just reserved at first and want to get to A: It was not to become rich, be- me here in July, once the school year 2006–2010: General Manager, pick up the phone, dial a number and know you better, but then the barriers cause you won’t become rich in this in- has finished. The girls were born and The Oberoi, Mauritius get anything I need. I have all the ben- come down and you discover warm- dustry. Having the possibility to com- raised in the Indian Ocean region, one 2004–2005: Resort Manager, efits our guests have, I have all the luxu- hearted, friendly people. bine work with travel to different coun- in Singapore, the other in Mauritius. One&Only Reethi Rah, Maldives ries of the hotel and I pay for none of it. It’s a pleasure to work with staff that tries and cultures is amazing, and was They don’t know what winter is so I did 2002–2004: Executive Assistant I get paid for it, in fact. I also have a are concerned about the guests’ well- always a driving factor for me. I have not want to bring them here in January. Manager, One&Only Kanuhura driver, so I don’t need to drive. But I being. I enjoy very much working with worked in so many different countries, Resort & Spa, Maldives think the quality of life for an expat my staff. Everyone is very proud about including South Africa, Australia, Saudi Q: Have they ever seen snow? 1999–2002: Food & Beverage Man- here, as far as I can judge from the last what he or she is doing, proud to be a Arabia, Lebanon, the Maldives, Mauri- A: They do not know anything ager, Raffles Hotel, Singapore two months, is great. part of Grand Hotel Europe. tius and Singapore. colder than the fridge in the kitchen — 1997–1999: Assistant Food & that’s the coldest place. Beverage Manager, Hotel Al Q: Was it your own choice to live at Q: Are there many opportunities in Q: Where have you felt most com- Khozama, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia the hotel? St. Petersburg to build a career in hos- fortable? Q: And what do you think about 1995–1997: Restaurant Manager, A: I’ll live here until my family pitality? A: I felt comfortable in most of the the weather here? Is this your first visit The Cellars – Hohenort, Cape Town, comes. When they arrive, we have to A: If you really are keen on staying countries. It depends on your willing- to Russia? South Africa look for a place outside the hotel be- in the hospitality business, the oppor- ness to adapt to the country, to the spe- A: Professionally, yes. I’ve been be- 1990–1995: Owner, Restaurant cause we have three cats. I can’t see tunities are endless. You can work here cific character of the destination. It’s up fore on business trips to Moscow and Schinderhannes, Heidelberg, them running around the Mezzanine or you can work abroad. Yes, you have to you, whether you like it or not. You St. Petersburg, but not in January. I was Germany Cafe looking for cakes and chocolates. to be qualified and be able to speak can go anywhere and not enjoy it. It was always here in May, which was quite 1990: Events Manager, Otto’s Team Of course, they would be very happy. several languages, at least English. But my choice to go to work in these coun- nice. But the weather is not really a de- Catering, Heidelberg, Germany For my children it’s important to live a if you have these basics, I don’t see any tries and I enjoyed all of them. cisive factor for me. 1989: Assistant Restaurant regular life. limits. Cape Town has its amazing location Manager, Argyle Convention Center The days are over when people and Sydney is one of the nicest cities in Q: What was your first impression & Brasserie, Sydney, Australia Q: Does living at the hotel offer any worked for the same company for 30 the world. Beirut is different, a little bit of St. Petersburg? 1988: Demi Chef de Rang, Penta professional advantages? or 40 years. Now we see a generation surreal, while Singapore reminds me A: I think, especially when you come Hotel, Heidelberg, Germany A: I think it has as many advantages of nomads — people who are always the most of Europe. It is an extremely from the Indian Ocean region, where 1987–1988: Commis de Bar, Night as disadvantages. I think it is good to travelling and moving, moving, mov- disciplined country, highly efficient and culture and history are not as rich, Auditor, Der Europaeische Hof, stay for a while. But I also believe in be- ing. And I think there are lots of Rus- very clean. It’s extremely civilized and you’re overwhelmed by the history, by Heidelberg, Germany ing able to switch off in the evening, sians who want to see the world while so well organized; it’s incredible. You the architecture, by the cultural aspects 1986–1987: Receptionist Hotel Der which you can do at home. You’re not working. can do anything within the shortest pe- that St. Petersburg offers. Kleine Prinz, Baden Baden, surrounded by your workplace 24 hours riod of time. I have been to the theater six times Germany a day, seven days a week. You come in Q: Which qualities should a great It takes 24 hours to get a work per- in the last six weeks. Before that, I 1986: Commis de Rang, Hotel the next day with fresh eyes and see general manager have? mit in Singapore. You can open a com- hadn’t been to the theater for twenty Europaeischer Hof, Baden Baden, things that you probably had not seen A: There is only one quality he pany there within two hours. That’s my years. The possibilities you have, in- Germany or cannot see anymore while you are needs — passion. If he has a passion for home, which is why I know it so very cluding opera, ballet and piano con- 1983–1986: Chef in Training, Hotel staying in the hotel all the time. the industry, a passion to serve others, well. I have decided to live in Singapore certs, seem endless and I think Russians Traube Tonbach, Baiersbronn, I prefer to stay outside of the hotel. that is the most important. It is a re- — it’s my residence. are really spoiled in that respect. Germany It’s a different lifestyle and it’s impor- warding life, but very demanding. Don’t tant. It’s always good to have some pri- be mistaken and look for monetary re- Q: Do you like always being on the Q: Have you discovered a favorite Favorite film: ‘Forrest Gump’ vacy. Every time you leave the hotel, wards. They will come, but it’s a long go? place in the city? Favorite book: ‘Winter of the Worlds’ the staff are watching, saying “Oh, he’s journey. Really, passion is what drives A: Yes, you have to love it. When A: I visited the exhibition devoted by Ken Follett leaving again… Oh, he comes back at you in this business — passion and a bit you’re single it’s easier, you just pack to the Romanovs. The Romanov fam- three o’clock in the morning.” of luck. Business www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 ❖ 7 Struggling Fate of Russian Family Business By Olga Kalashnikova Hiertner says part of this may stem THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES from the fact that larger restaurants Last week Forbes acknowledged Christy have always been seen as a guaranteed Walton, the widow of John T. Walton, provider of quality offerings. one of the sons of Walmart founder Sam “People were used to going there be- Walton, as the richest woman in the cause they felt safe. We should be grate- world. Yet few people know that the ful to these restaurant holdings, as they world’s second largest public corpora- set a certain standard for restaurant ex- tion, according to the Fortune Global periences. Now the trend is changing, 500 list in 2013, the biggest private em- and I hope we will see a lot of indepen- ployer in the world with over two mil- dent restaurants which are run by the lion employees and the largest retailer chef in the kitchen rather than a man- in the world began as Walton’s Five- ager sitting behind a laptop and avoid- and-Dime store in Bentonville, Arkan- ing the customers,” he said. sas, in 1950 and has remained a family- The main obstacle facing most Rus- run business to this day. sian mom-and-pop restaurant busi- While nothing like the Walmart em- nesses is that the initial investment is pire exists in Russia, it may just be a often prohibitive, especially as interior matter of time. design plays such an important role in Currently, the majority of private the famously style-conscious Russian and family businesses in Russia are ex- dining scene. periencing growth at a rate higher than “Here, it is investors who open res- the rest of Europe. One fifth of local taurants. In Europe, the food is an im- businesses are expected to grow quickly portant part of the restaurant, so the and aggressively over the next five success is a result of what is coming out years. Only 10 percent, however, plan of the kitchen, not gilded interiors and to pass their company on to the next designer touches in the dining room,” generation, according to the “Private said Hiertner. and Family Business: A Resilient Family conflicts, such as divorce, Model for the 21st Century” report can offer other challenges for family from PriceWaterhouseCoopers. businesses, but most Russian entrepre- Russia is a country that still has an neurs do not regard it as a serious

inordinately high proportion of first- WIKIMEDIA COMMONS threat to stability. According to the generation family companies and has Unlike foreign companies such as Walmart, above, Russian businesses don’t have a strong tradition of family ownership. PWC report, Russians give little weight not yet developed much of a tradition to the idea of family councils managing of succession. As a result, more than a “Russia is doing very well in the While history offers numerous ex- “Restaurants here are a way to a company and solving problems as is half of local small, independent, family- family business sector,” said Dr. Alain amples of mom-and-pop businesses make money and not a way of life. The common in the West. owned businesses plan to sell or float Bloch, director of HEC Entrepre- that have gone on to become global owners are often absent as they are Russian private and family busi- their enterprises. neurs and co-founder of HEC Family corporations and despite the fact that simply investors, or worse, open a res- nesses, like their global peers, expect Only 14 percent say that they plan Business, who analyzed family-led family businesses in Russia play a vital taurant as a hobby,” he said. that tough economic conditions as well on passing ownership of the business to businesses in seven countries. “But role in the country’s economy, namely “There is a small percentage of en- as attracting and retaining people with their descendants, and those that do will they generally believe their govern- by assisting in creating jobs and adding trepreneurs who were restaurant direc- the right skills will be the key chal- employ non-family management. These ment does not recognize the impor- stability to a balanced economy, there tors in the Soviet period and privatized lenges in five years’ time. While private indicators differ significantly from tance of private and family busi- is little to suggest that the next great their property during Perestroika, and family businesses around the world global averages, where 83 percent of nesses. There is a feeling that more family business will emerge from Rus- making it a family business. Today, see the need to constantly innovate, business owners say that they would like needs to be done to help private and sia. Even family-run restaurants, per- their children manage these restau- Russians do not place as much impor- to continue operating a family business. family businesses, including easing haps one of the easiest businesses to rants,” said Natalia Rudakova, whose tance on this issue. The reasons Russian entrepreneurs access to finance and generally re- get off the ground, is less popular here family has owned the Navruz restau- Yet despite all the challenges facing tend not to develop family business moving some of the perceived advan- than in many other parts of the world. rant for more than 10 years. small business operators in Russia, models include economic and political tages enjoyed by corporations, espe- “There is no real tradition in Russia of “It is rather difficult not only to run they may be able to teach the big boys instability, and a lack of qualified suc- cially state-owned corporations.” running a restaurant as a family business the business but even to simply make a thing or two, says Bloch. cessors with a willingness to go into the A full 87 percent of Russian private where the matriarch greets the guests, the the decision to open a family business “Manage your money as if it were family business. The shortage of clear- and family business owners feel nega- children wait on tables and dad is in the when there is no economic stability and your own, don’t spend more than you cut governmental support schemes also tively about government’s role in help- kitchen, as is found elsewhere in Eu- both taxes and the prices paid to sup- earn and borrow as little as necessary. conspires to stop people passing busi- ing them in the current climate, accord- rope,” said Hans Hiertner, CEO, Swis- pliers can increase overnight,” said And, more importantly, hold onto your nesses on to the next generation. ing to the PWC survey. sam Hospitality Business School. Rudakova. talent.” Wealthy Russians Prefer British Visas Interagency Blunders By Sam Skove Many of the MAC recommenda- Phillip Barth, top immigration at- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES tions are likely to pass, given the re- torney at Withers LLP, said the pro- Wealthy Russians are likely to favor spect the independent advisory body gram would remain an attractive op- Delay Issuance of Tax IDs a popular British citizenship-for-in- holds, said Anatoly Gakenberg, an tion because of Britain’s friendly at- vestment program despite a shifting attorney specializing in citizenship- titude toward foreign investment. In By Alexander Panin apply for the taxpayer ID,” he said, legal landscape and a looming threat for-investment programs. contrast, a similar program in the THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES adding that this has resulted in long of EU sanctions connected to the The British Home Office and the U.S. requires extensive proof of the A lack of coordination between two lines at the tax offices. Crimea crisis, people familiar with British Embassy in Moscow did not source of an investment, while Brit- government agencies concerning tax- But those standing in line are find- the situation said. reply to requests for comment. ain merely requires that the money payer identification numbers is creat- ing themselves directed back to the im- Millionaires have flocked to Brit- Meanwhile, the European Union be held in a freely transferable bank ing difficulties for some foreigners try- migration authorities, which, in turn, ain’s Tier 1 investor visa program in has threatened various sanctions account under the investor’s name ing to get a Russian work permit. may refuse a work permit on the recent years. Between 2008 and 2013, amid escalating tensions over Rus- for 90 days. Since the start of this year, all for- grounds that the taxpayer ID has not Britain granted 433 visas to Russian sia’s handling of the Ukraine crisis. “The Brits have always been very eigners applying for a work permit in been provided, Filipenkov said. investors through the program, more On Mar. 6, the EU announced the welcoming to capital, no matter what Russia are obligated to obtain a tax- Anastasiya Melnikova, an associate than to any other nationality during suspension of visa-liberalization talks part of the world it comes from, as payer identification number from the at Squire Sanders international law that period. with Russia, and warned that other long as it is legitimate,” Gakenberg Federal Tax Service. firm, said, “Our practice is to file the The program, which launched in measures could follow. said. Earlier it was only required for forms required to get the taxpayer ID 1994, offers a range of citizenship op- Asset freezes and travel bans may Furthermore, Britain will remain those in the category of highly qualified beforehand and submit them along tions to applicants looking to invest be implemented against certain Rus- more attractive to investors than professionals, who handled the paper- with other documents [for the work upwards of £1 million in Britain. sian officials as well, potentially to be some of the alternatives, said Mat- work to get the ID number. permit] to the migration service.” Although applicants are required followed by “additional and far- thew Roazen, special counsel at Under the new rules, the Federal According to the Federal Migration to spend a minimum of 180 days per reaching consequences.” Withers LLP. Roazen explained that Migration Service submits information Service, about 3 million foreigners year in the country to qualify for the British politicians have also ex- the perceived strength of Russian about those applying for a work permit were employed in Russia last year, up program, investors can circumvent pressed strong support for possible EU and Cypriot law enforcement ties has to the tax authority, which issues the from more than 2.6 million a year ear- this requirement by listing a spouse sanctions. “Hesitancy or weakness on discouraged investment in Cyprus, taxpayer ID number within 30 days and lier. as the primary applicant. the part of the EU about its response noting that his clients are “not inter- notifies the employer. More than 1.2 million of them had a Recently proposed changes may will send precisely the wrong mes- ested in sharing with the Russian “This was meant to be an interac- standard work permit and 1.5 million threaten the program’s cost-effec- sage,” said Ed Miliband, leader of Brit- government what their plans are with tion between agencies; foreign citizens obtained a “patent” — which is a work tiveness and simplicity. In February, ain’s Labour Party, BBC reported. respect to passports and residences.” were not supposed to be involved in visa often issued to migrant workers the British Migration Advisory Despite these difficulties, people Still, Gakenberg encourages cli- the process,” said Alexei Filipenkov, and involves a one-time fee. The num- Committee, or MAC, proposed who assist Russians in obtaining the ents to apply for the program before the head of Visa Delight human re- ber of people getting work permits in raising the investment threshold to visas said that Russian investors the proposed amendments take ef- sources consultancy. “But practice the “qualified” and “highly qualified” £2 million and encouraging riskier would likely continue to enjoy the fect, while costs are still relatively shows that sometimes immigration au- foreign personnel category in 2013 investments. benefits of the Tier 1 program. low. thorities put the paperwork burden on grew threefold to 155,000, from 55,000 individuals, telling them to personally in 2012. Sochi 2014 www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 ❖ 8 Putin’s Olympics End In Shadow of Crimea By Rob Harris ects, capable of creating modern infra- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS structure in a record short timescale, Triumphant in the midst of global con- both in terms of sports and the rest of demnation, President Vladimir Putin society,” Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry clinked his champagne flute with sports Kozak told The Associated Press in leaders, toasting the success of his pet Sochi. project in Sochi. “The new Russia is a Russia that Under chandeliers in ornate sur- open to the whole world, which cooper- roundings, the wine was flowing over ates and makes friends with people lunch during the Paralympics as the from all over the world,” he declared. president saluted the transformational That is the impression some visitors effect of his nation’s six-week sporting had after the much more high-profile extravaganza. For Putin, the 2014 Win- Winter Olympics — but it could be a ter Olympics and Paralympics were a rapidly shifting vision. validation of modern Russia’s place on “I think [the Olympics] did improve the world stage and “our invariably the image [of Russia],” Martin Sorrell, kind attitude toward friends.” CEO of global advertising giant WPP, But between the Olympians leaving said in an interview in Sochi. “But now the Black Sea resort of Sochi last month you have this controversy over Ukraine, and the Paralympians arriving, Putin Crimea, and that is driving a lot of the became rapidly isolated in the interna- perception.” tional community as Russian forces But the world cannot afford to os- took over Ukraine’s Crimean Penin- tracize Putin, Sorrell said, especially

ALEXEI KUDENKO / © RIA NOVOSTI ALEXEI KUDENKO sula, only 480 kilometers away. with domestic polls that indicate Putin’s Fireworks illuminate the night sky over Fisht Stadium in Sochi during the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games. The Paralympic flame was extin- popularity has risen as a result of the guished in Sunday night’s closing cere- games that are the centerpiece of his mony just as voting ended in a referen- third term as president. dum, denounced in the West as illegiti- “Putin is extremely strong, has a mate, on whether Crimea should split clear approach and a clear strategy — Paralympics Close in Sochi off from Ukraine and seek annexation you might agree with it, you might dis- RIA NOVOSTI He added: “I thank you all and say lympic ceremonies, Western music in- by Russia. agree with it — but he has considerable International Paralympic Committee with great pleasure, Sochi 2014 - the cluding Led Zeppelin and the “Mission Although Ukraine backed off from resources of all types,” said Sorrell. “We president Philip Craven declared the best Paralympic Winter Games ever.” Impossible” theme tune played as the boycotting the Paralympics, the crisis in the West do not quite get how influ- Sochi Games closed Sunday in a cere- As at the Olympics a month be- Tetris blocks were raised to reveal the afflicting their homeland remained on ential Russia is or how influential we mony celebrating the ambition and fore, Russia topped the final stand- slogan “Impossible.” the minds of athletes competing in Rus- are prepared to accept them being, po- ability of disabled people. ings, winning a total of 80 Winter That changed to “I’m Possible” as sia. In protest, Ukrainian paralympians litically and economically. But they are The uplifting and colorful ceremony Paralympic medals, more than any disabled performer Alexei Chuvashev covered their medals during podium a force to be reckoned with.” brought down the curtain on the XIth country in history. climbed a rope to insert the crucial ceremonies. The scale of the Sochi venture — it Paralympic Winter Games. Nine days of “The Paralympic Games have be- apostrophe. “That is how we show our protest was the most expensive Olympic Games competition which featured 547 disabled come a catalyst for our efforts to create A sequence followed mixing break- and disagreement that our country ever, winter or summer — was matched athletes from 45 countries ended as the a barrier-free environment in Russia,” dancing, traditional Cossack dance and could be divided and part of it could be by the record-breaking achievement of Paralympic flame was extinguished on its Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak performances by wheelchair dancers, excluded from Ukraine,” said Iuliia the Russian athletes who topped the tower in Sochi’s Olympic Park. said. “The Games are over, but we all dressed in the colors of the Russian Batenkova, who won six medals in Paralympic medals table. The Paralympic flag passed to the promise that this important work will flag. Sochi including one gold. “Crimea is “Russia always wants to try to be the organizers of the 2018 Games in Pyeo- continue throughout our vast country.” The Sochi Games featured 72 medal my motherland, where I was born, and best,” biathlete Alena Kaufman, who ngchang, South Korea, who staged a Themed around the slogan “Reach- events in five sports, the highest number of course I worry about it. I want won three golds for Russia, said through brief show featuring traditional dance ing the Impossible,” the closing cere- for any Winter Paralympics to date. peace.” a translator. “We have definitely done and calligraphy. mony featured a nod to Russian pio- Around 325,000 tickets were sold Putin’s government remains con- that.” “Do you sense a greater degree of neers of abstract art, but was otherwise for the Sochi Paralympics, organizers vinced that the successful transforma- She also noted with pride how sports liberation whether here in Sochi, in relentlessly high-tempo, with a hip-hop said earlier in the day. That is around tion of Sochi — once a decaying Soviet- can give hope to those with disabilities. wider Russia or throughout the world? dance sequence that celebrated the 90,000 more than the Winter Games era resort — into a world-class tourist “There could be small children in Well I do, I can tell you,” said Craven, computer game “Tetris,” designed by record set by Vancouver in 2010. hotspot will override the current diplo- children’s homes with disabilities who who peppered his closing speech with Russian Alexei Pazhitnov in the 1980s. The next Paralympics are the Sum- matic tensions. perhaps thought before they were lim- Russian words. “The Paralympic spirit In a rare nod to non-Russian culture mer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, “The new Russia is a Russia that is ited by their disability but now see there has united and infected us all.” at any of the Sochi Olympic or Para- in 2016. capable of carrying out large-scale proj- are possibilities,” Kaufman said. Company Tries to Register Defective Olympic Logo as Trademark THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES to allow his construction company, logo, and Medvedev was quick to spot The application process will take a existing Olympic logo. In any case, A Russian businessman has applied to se- Miroviye Shedevry, or World Master- a marketing opportunity. minimum of 12 months, during which World Masterpieces have carried out a cure trademark rights for a likeness of the pieces, to be able to use four full rings World Masterpieces, which special- time World Masterpieces will be able fantastic PR campaign, Entin said. defective Olympic rings, made famous af- and one closed ring as a trademark, izes in the construction of luxury cot- to continue using the image in their “Upon annulment of the applica- ter a technical mishap at the opening cer- RBC Daily reported Mar. 13. tages and pools, has already started an advertisements. tion, no financial sanctions can be ap- emony of the Sochi Winter Games. The image gained notoriety during advertising campaign using the symbol, However, intellectual property law- plied to the business,” while the bene- Dmitry Medvedev — no relation to the Winter Olympics opening cere- but wanted to “insure themselves yer Vladimir Entin expects the applica- fits of such high-profile publicity will the Russian prime minister — has filed mony, when only four of five “snow- against possible claims from the Olym- tion to be turned down, as the image is outdo the cost of applying for a patent, an application with the patents office flakes” opened to display the Olympic pic committee,” Medvedev said. likely to be deemed too similar to the he added. Education & JobOpportunities advertising section Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Arts&Culture www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 ❖ 9 Rock Musicians Speak Out Over Ukraine Russian artists refuse to remain silent, risking concert cancellations and having their music banned.

By Sergey Chernov tally destroyed city were accompanied 13 as a reaction to an official petition in THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES by her piano-backed cover of the Kino support of Putin’s policy over Ukraine song “Legend.” and Crimea published on the Ministry ome leading Russian rock mu- While Zemfira commented using Culture website on Mar. 12. sicians have spoken out against only music and video, without making Called “Don’t Bend, Don’t Yield to war. any verbal statements on the planned Lies,” the letter — published by Novaya It’s a small wonder, as rock military intervention of Ukraine, other Gazeta — directly called the Kremlin’s musicians are generally ex- musicians were more forthcoming. actions “aggressive” and “imperialist.” pectedS to be against war of any kind. In The frontman of Mashina Vremeni, “We are against the invasion of the addition, few musicians know Ukraine Andrei Makarevich, spoke out even ear- territory of another state,” it said. better than Russian rock musicians, as lier, when the news about the Russian “We are against war against Ukraine Ukrainian cities were almost always part troops arriving in Crimea first broke. and hostility with the world community. of their tour routes, as well as Russia be- Makarevich, whose band Mashina We stand in solidarity with all those who ing a necessary destination for leading Vremeni performed at the Kremlin’s do not bend and do not yield to lies.” Ukrainian bands. election event in 2008 and who hosted a There has been no news about Rus- Not that speaking out against Rus- meeting of rock musicians with then- sian bands being banned from perform- sia’s military involvement does not re- President Dmitry Medvedev in a Mos- ing for their support of Ukraine yet but, quire courage in the atmosphere of in- cow club in 2010, was surprisingly articu- last week, a concert by Belarusian band tolerance created by the Kremlin and its late and uncompromising. Lyapis Trubetskoy scheduled to be held media outlets, with the risk of having “I am worried about what is happen- in Pskov in support of the band’s new al-

concerts canceled and music banned ing in Ukraine,” he wrote on the Snob. NCA bum “Matryoshka” on Mar. 14 was alleg- from being played on the radio or else- ru website on Feb. 28. Boris Grebenshchikov of Akvarium, is against Russian military intervention. edly canceled for their support of where. “But much more, I am worried about Ukraine. Following a vote by the Federation what is happening [in Russia]. […] I Russia by order of prosecutors on Mar. can to avoid a war” and DDT perform- In a statement on Mar. 5, the Pskov Council on Mar. 1, which unanimously can’t remember such unbridled propa- 13, and a number of opposition activists ing an acoustic excerpt from his song Oblast department of the Communist supported Russian President Vladimir ganda and such amounts of lies since the and journalists, the website blacklisted “Don’t Shoot.” Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) Putin’s plans to invade Ukraine, the height of the Brezhnev era. […] Guys, music critic and producer Artemy In a propaganda war, familiar songs called for a “ban on concerts by fascists’ hugely popular singer-songwriter Zem- we will have to live with the [Ukraini- Troitsky for writing, “Ukraine gained its suddenly take on unexpected meaning. minorities,” claiming that “Matryoshka” fira posted an amateur live video on her ans]. We will still live next to one another freedom through suffering; it will be un- Grebenshchikov’s song, “Train on presents Russia and the Russian lan- website in which she performed a song and it is desirable that it be in a friendly easy and troublesome there, but every- Fire,” was used in a program by journal- guage as well as Soviet leaders in a bad by Ukrainian band Okean Elzy. way. How they should live, they will de- thing will end well,” on his blog on Ekho ist Arkady Mamontov on the state tele- light. Called “Vidpusti” (Let Me Go), the cide themselves.” Moskvy radio’s website on Mar. 3. vision channel Rossiya-1. The song’s ex- It also said that frontman Sergei song was originally recorded at Zemfi- On Mar. 9, Makarevich briefly com- Yury Shevchuk, the frontman of St. cerpt with the words “It’s time to take Mikhalok supported what the Commu- ra’s stadium concert in Kiev on Mar. 5, mented on the situation again. Petersburg stadium rockers DDT, this land back” was recorded over foot- nists called a “coup d’etat” in Ukraine 2008. “How fast everything has returned to posted an anti-war statement on the age of the now-disbanded Berkut riot by performing at the Maidan protesters’ Introducing the song, Zemfira of- the Soviet Empire with its ‘we unani- Ekho Moskvy radio on Mar. 2. police attacking protesters on Maidan. camp in Kiev. fered words of support to Ukrainian mously approve’ and ‘we angrily con- Called “Don’t Shoot,” after Recorded by Akvarium in 1987, Unlike many left-wing groups and musicians. “There is more money in demn,’ with military invasions wherever Shevchuk’s earlier song written during “Train on Fire” was a protest song urg- movements, the KPRF supports the Russia, but there is more soul in we find necessary and a confrontation the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the ing people to deal with the 70 years of Kremlin in many aspects, including its Ukraine,” she said before calling its au- with whole human world!,” he wrote. early-1980s, the lyrics state, “We, the the Soviet era and get back to normal apparent plans over Ukraine. thor, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, “Ukraine’s “I can’t shake off the heavy feeling people of Ukraine and Russia, are rela- life, free of enforced ideology. In the Lyapis Trubetskoy reacted to the ban most talented composer.” that I have lived my life in vain.” tives. Each of us simply must do every- Rossiya-1 version on Feb. 25, it was used on their Facebook page. Earlier, Okean Elzy’s Russian con- When accessed on Mar. 14, however, thing possible not to allow the fratricidal to support state violence and repres- “Anarcho syndicate Lyapis Crew is certs, due to take place in late March, no articles were publicly available on slaughter. Otherwise, inhumanity will sion. eager to enlist the KPRF’s Pskov Oblast were banned following an outcry from Snob.ru. Instead, a notice stated that prevail.” Grebenshchikov reacted several days Committee in full, say, as part of its ad- the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly’s they could be accessed only by members Shevchuk went on to record a state- later. “I am touched that you decided to vertising and ideological department,” United Russia deputy Vitaly Milonov. of the website. ment against the planned military inter- use an excerpt from my song ‘Train on the band wrote on Mar. 12. Officially, the gigs were canceled over al- For his views, Makarevich found him- vention of Ukraine with his St. Peters- Fire’ in your program,” he wrote on his “Because after all these Pskov state- leged financial or technical issues. self on a new website called Traitors — burg counterparts Boris Grebenshchikov Facebook page addressing the channel’s ments, boycotts and bans, the number of There was nothing else on Zemfira’s created by an anonymous group who set of Akvarium, Vyacheslav Butusov and editors. people who listened to the album ‘Ma- website other than the video against a as their goal the exposure of Russian citi- Maxim Leonidov, which was shown on “But once you do it, have the cour- tryoshka’ and watched the video from black background, which highlighted the zens who “insult our soldiers and dispute Ukrainian television channel 1+1 on age not to tear out a line from the song, this album increased many times! Thank artist’s strong and tragic statement. the necessity of fighting neo-Nazis [i.e. Mar. 5. but play it in full, including the words, ‘I you, fathers, for solidarity and brotherly The video was replaced by the word Ukrainians], however talented journal- One after another, the musicians saw generals, they drink and eat help! We owe you…” “Reconstruction” on Mar. 10, but on the ists, authors or directors they may be.” spoke about the attachment between death.’” same day Zemfira posted a fragment Apart from opposition leader Alexei Russians and Ukrainians, and against Most recently, both Shevchuk and Mashina Vremeni is scheduled to per- from the Russian film “Stalingrad,” Navalny, who is now under house arrest war. The video ended with Shevchuk Grebenshchikov signed an anti-war let- form at Oktyabrsky Concert Hall in St. where dark battle sequences in the to- and whose popular blog was blocked in urging people to “do everything they ter from Russian intelligentsia on Mar. Petersburg on Apr. 8.

ADVERTISING the word’s worth When in Ukraine, Never Say ‘The Ukraine’

By Michele A. Berdy have been arguing about it ever since. designations: Посольство Российской And finally there’s the “it doesn’t Here is a breakdown of the main argu- Федерации в Украине (the Embassy of matter” argument: Государственность В Украине: In Ukraine ments. the Russian Federation in Ukraine). Украины никак не зависит от того, The “tradition says” argument: мы, Now they use на. говорят ли русские “в Украине” или f you are having trouble under- носители языка, привыкли так говорить The “don’t mix politics with lan- “на Украине” (The sovereignty of standing Russian-Ukrainian re- (we native speakers are used to saying guage” argument: (Не надо путать язык Ukraine does not in any way depend on lations, take a look at Russian it this way). This would be a good argu- с политикой). This is a bit rich coming whether Russians say “in Ukraine” or discussions about prepositions ment if it were true. Over the centuries from a country where politics have sub- “in the Ukraine”). I would agree with used with Украина (Ukraine). both на and в have been used. В Укра- stantially changed the Russian language this, but for the odd way language us- TheyI will tell you everything you need ине has been used by such political and twice in one century. 1917: Господин и age signals attitudes and shapes percep- to know. cultural leaders as Pushkin, Gogol, госпожа (Mr. and Mrs.) are out, това- tions. And after listening to Russian In case you forgot, in Russian на Chekhov and Peter the Great. рищ (comrade) is in. 1992: Товарищ is politicians, the sovereignty of Ukraine (on, at, in, to) is used with islands, The “authority says” argument: out and господин и госпожа are in. may not actually depend on preposi- mountains, and areas without fixed Справочное бюро gramota.ru предпочи- The “outsiders can’t change Russian tional use, but it certainly correlates borders, like на Руси/на Русь (in or to тает консервативную норму — “на grammatical norms” argument: суверен- with political positions. Rus). В (in, to) is used with countries, Украине” (The Inquiry Bureau of gra- ность чужого государства не может In the end, I’m afraid the situation like в России/в Россию (in or to Russia). mota.ru prefers the conservative norm влиять на грамматику нашего языка is more like this commentator suggests: This is a bit similar to distinction in of “in the Ukraine”). The problem (the sovereignty of a state cannot influ- Если ехать в гости, то скажи “в English between “in the Ukraine,” with this argument is that the most re- ence the grammar of our language). Who Украину.”А если собираешься атако- which sounds like a territory, and “in cent edition of the Rozental grammar is trying to influence Russian grammar? вать, то “на Украину” (If you’re going Ukraine,” which sounds like a country. book supports “в Украине” and the Is Ukraine a country? Is в used with ev- to visit, say “to Ukraine.” If you’re go- Before the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., Academy of Sciences says “есть две ery single country in Russian? ing to attack, say “to the Ukraine”). the norm for most Russian speakers традиции” (there are two traditions). The “ain’t nobody gonna make me was на Украине. But when Ukraine be- Another problem with this argu- talk different” argument. Зачем мне ме- Michele A. Berdy, a Moscow-based came a country, the leaders requested ment is that no less an authority than нять язык? (Why should I change my translator and interpreter, is the author that the Russian grammatical norm for the Russian government has used “в language?) How about: because it is of ‘The Russian Word’s Worth’ (Glas), countries be applied: в Украине. People Украине” in its formal documents and important to Ukrainians? a collection of her columns. 10 ❖ Wednesday, March 19, 2014 ARTS & CULTURE www.sptimes.ru Russians Develop a Taste for Whisky Swedish Film Scotland’s distilleries have profited from a recent boom of wealthy Russian visitors. Festival Shines

By D. Garrison Golubock Light On Social THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES ritain is becoming increas- Issues, History ingly well-known as a place for lavish spending By Gus Peters by wealthy Russians — THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES from Roman Abramov- Dmitry Kiselyov, director of the new ich’sB ownership of London’s Chelsea Russian media conglomerate Rossia F.C. soccer team to the voyeuristic Segodnya and accuser of Sweden as an “Meet The Russians” reality show on instigator of the initial Ukrainian pro- FOX, Russian emigres are getting tests in Kiev, won’t be nearly as excited plenty of headlines in London. as Scandinavian film buffs about the However, a new wave of Russians upcoming Swedish Film Festival begin- is headed further north, to Aberdeen ning Thursday in St. Petersburg. Now and the Scottish region of Speyside, in its second year, the festival includes eight feature-length films and two pro- grams of shorts. Organized in cooperation with the ‘Russian tourists in Consulate General of St. Petersburg as well as Tour de Film, an international particular are very festivals agency, the northern nation’s welcome because they brightest filmmakers and their most re- cent work will be screened through Mar. are very kind, polite, 30 at the Rodina Cinema Center. Shown in Swedish with Russian sub- very well-behaved...’ titles, the genres of this year’s partici- pating films range from the political to where the booming oil industry and the criminal, the dramatic to the famil- the lure of plentiful Scotch whisky ial. have lured many wealthy Russians. The opening film this year is “The Scots welcome wholeheart- “Avalon,” a dark comedy about an af-

edly all tourists from any part of the / FLICKR SNORRE LOVAS fluent family’s struggles with its own world,” said Elena Sargeant, head of Glenfiddich, one of Scotland’s most famous Scotch whiskey distilleries, now has a Russian-language website. self-denial that won the International TransAberdeen Languages and Tours, Critic’s Award at the Toronto Interna- a company offering interpreting ser- While tourism in general has declined whisky industry also reported seeing to tour distilleries. While most Rus- tional Film Festival for the 34-year-old vices and tours aimed at Russians. since the economic crisis, wealthy Rus- more Russian women than men. sians simply rent cars or hire drivers, up-and-coming director, Axel Petersen, “Russian tourists in particular are very sians have helped to make up for losses Despite the increase in Russian the expense is still substantial. who will be in town to open the festival. welcome because they are very kind, with extravagant spending. tourists, it is still relatively difficult for The language barrier may present Other films featured at this year’s polite, very well-behaved, very knowl- While stereotyped as alcoholics, Russians to travel to Speyside — there an additional problem for many Rus- festival, which hopes to expand across edgeable about Scottish and British Russians traditionally have had little are no direct flights to Aberdeen, and sians, as practically no Scots speak Russian in the future, include Mikael history,” Sargeant added. exposure to whisky. As single malt the new EasyJet route to London does Russian and very few distilleries offer Marcimain’s “Call Girl,” a conspiracy Sargeant said numerous Russians Scotch whisky became available in not allow for an easy connection, forc- any Russian language information. At thriller focused on a young girl inducted and Russian speakers from the former Russia after the collapse of the Soviet ing most Russians to fly through Paris present, services like Sargeant’s Trans- into the world of high-class prostitution Soviet Union lived in Aberdeen, Union, prices were extremely high Aberdeen company offer translation in 1970s Sweden; “Palme,” a documen- working in positions ranging from and availability was limited to only services, and it seems likely that the tary about the controversial liberal poli- company directors and university lec- the most elite stores. However, this local tourism industry will soon adapt tician Olof Palme’s assassination in turers to cleaners and laborers. The exclusivity seems only to have in- to serve the growing numbers of Rus- Stockholm in 1986; and “Ice Dragon,” a number of Russian speakers has creased whisky’s popularity among a Wealthy Russians and sian tourists. youthful adventure film which will be steadily grown in recent years, with a certain set of rich Russians, many of their extravagant The yearly Speyside Whisky Festi- presented in St. Petersburg by director large influx of immigrants from the whom are now exploring whiskey val is already hoping to increase the Martin Högdahl. Baltic republics. connoisseurship. spending have helped number of Russian visitors. Ann All the films that are scheduled to be The growing local population of Sandy, a guide at the Glenlivet Dis- boost the general Miller, brand ambassador for Chivas shown meet the festival’s criteria of a fo- Russians, as well as growing numbers tillery, said he had seen numerous Brothers and festival organizer, said cus on Sweden’s history as well as a of Russian tourists — the number of Russians on tours who had a fairly decline in tourism. that Russians were one of the top strong desire to address the most impor- Russian visitors to the U.K. has risen good taste for whisky, much more dis- groups targeted for growth by festival tant problems afflicting modern society by more than 60 percent since 2009 — cerning than the French. He added or Amsterdam to get to Speyside. Once organizers in coming years. While in a country renowned for its efficiency has led to a noticeable number of that Russian women in particular in Speyside, Russians are faced with 2014 saw record ticket sales for the and social balance. wealthy Russians visiting Speyside, seemed to be getting into Scotch limited public transportation to get to festival in all categories, organizers A complete program for the festival the region around Aberdeen, which is whisky and that he had encountered the distilleries. did note a continuing rise in the num- can be found on the Tour de Film web- known for its great quantity of single several groups of young Russian Once again, these limitations mean ber of Russian visitors, which may be site as well as on the Rodina Cinema malt whisky distilleries. women traveling together and tasting that only the wealthiest Russians can aided by the ongoing 2014 U.K.–Rus- Center website. “We do get a lot of Russians coming whiskies. This would seem to belie the afford to visit Speyside. Andrew, a lo- sia Year of Culture. Tickets for the movies are 250 rubles in, and luckily they do have a lot of common stereotype of Russian men cal driver and tour guide, recounted a Perhaps the next Russian tycoon to ($6.80) for general admission, 200 ru- money,” said Michael Lord, proprietor drinking more alcohol than women, story of a wealthy Russian renting an invest in Britain will buy a whiskey bles ($5.45) for students and pension- of “The Whisky Shop” in Dufftown. yet other people in the Speyside entire private train to take his family distillery and transfer it to Russia! ers, and 100 rubles ($2.75) for children. THE DISH ObedBufet: Cafeteria Chic ObedBufet that. For one, it’s difficult to know ply load up your plate with a bit of you have to be careful about not over- ($0.45) while slices of cake hover 114 Nevsky Prospekt, Nevsky Center, 5th Floor where to even begin loading up your everything since it’s all tasty. loading your plate. If the hot foods around the 100-ruble ($2.70) range. Open 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. tray. At the entrance to the buffet, you Once you make your way past the don’t pique your interest, there is a By the time you finally reach the Meal for two without alcohol, 1,796 rubles encounter a long table offering various first counters, you’re greeted by yet blini station further ahead offering cashiers, it’s almost a relief since it ($49) types of Russian-style salads as well as another dilemma: Do you go straight the traditional Russian dish with means you’re no longer tempted by a do-it-yourself option. A line of soups for the hot dishes ahead of you or meat, mushrooms and other options. the glorious spread that can seem un- at 89 rubles a bowl ($2.40) ranging take a few of the pastries to your There is a pasta and pizza station as ending. When you finally pay, they By Gus Peters from the traditional borsch to the right? Or maybe you should get a well that offers items a la carte in con- weigh each plate and calculate the to- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES more generic chicken soup and a deli drink from one of the selections of- trast to the do-it-yourself, laissez faire tal of your hedonism. It’s easy to overdo it at ObedBufet, counter offering items like shaverma, fered to your left, such as various philosophy of the place. At that point If you’re trying to observe lent, this Ginza Project’s new restaurant on the hamburgers and cutlets takes up the juices or coffee. Alcoholic beverages though, you start to wonder just how it is not the place to go. If you’re trying fifth floor of Nevsky Center at Ploschad wall that splits the restaurant into two are available but only once you’ve is possible to eat any more. There is so to stick to a diet, this is not the place to Vosstanya. Being a hungry American, sections: the buffet and seating. worked your way through the buffet much to choose from before you even go. If you’re hoping to eat healthy and I’m fond of buffets, especially the kind At the salad counter, as well as the and paid for your food. reach the dessert table. The circular be responsible about your calorie in- where eating until you’re stuffed is not hot food counter, prices are deter- The hot foods further exemplify shrine to all that is sweet is the final take, this is definitely not the place to only tolerated but encouraged. Obed- mined by how hungry you are. For 59 the restaurant’s emphasis on variety hurdle before you can finally, merci- go. While some people might go here Bufet fits this bill and more. rubles ($1.60), you can take 100 grams and choice: Meatballs in a tomato fully just pay for your food and sit for a quick bite to eat because of it’s The idea is simple: Multiple tables of whatever you want. You can go for sauce, tilapia with vegetables, cutlets down. Like the pasta and pizza sec- cafeteria atmosphere, it’s almost too offer multiple types of food for reason- a medley of dishes ranging from cous- made from either carrots or beetroot, tion, as well as the deli, all the items easy to get carried away with the able prices. You realize from the get-go cous with chicken to the staple her- etc. Similar to the salad bar, the price are a la carte but reasonably priced. amount of food you put on your plate. though that it is so much more than ring salad. The best option is to sim- is 89 rubles ($2.40) per 100 grams and For example, cookies start at 16 rubles You have been warned. WWW.SPTIMES.RU LISTINGS Wednesday, March 19, 2014 ❖ 11

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Tel. 764 8565, 764 Unless otherwise stated, stage theater 9843. 8 p.m. Hits of Broadway Director Badi Tomas. Anna Chaikovskaya featuring Andrei events start at 7 p.m. Choreographer Vladimir Romanovsky. Ryabov and Andrei Kondakov Vocal jazz. Conductors Alexey Nefedov and Yury Krylov. JFC Jazz Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ulitsa. All stage shows and Musical Comedy Theater, 13 Italianskaya Ul. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. films are in Russian Tel. 210 4316, 7 p.m. Pola Negri Janusz Stoklosa’s musical. unless noted. Director Janusz Jozefowicz. Lensoviet Theater, sunday, march 23 8 p.m. rock, etc. concert Dedoox A cappella. A2, 3 Prospekt Medikov. STAGES Symphony Music Verdi, Arensky, Strauss Tel. 309 9922. 7 p.m. and others. Conductor Alexander Polishuk. L’One Hip-hop. Aurora Concert Hall, Hermitage Theater St. Petersburg Hotel, 5/2 Pirogovskaya wednesday, march 19 Choral Music Mussorgsky. Conductor Andrei Naberezhnaya. Tel. 907 1917. 8 p.m. Petrenko. Mariinsky II, 7.30 p.m. Good Times Ska punk. Dada, 47 opera Gorokhovaya Ulitsa. Tel. 983 7050. 8 p.m. Aida Verdi’s opera about a princess enslaved L’elisir d’Amore Donizetti’s masterpiece Somebody Called Me Sebastian / in ancient Egypt. Mariinsky Theater about a salesman who tricks a village into Atlantic Beats Indie rock. Fish Fabrique Madame Butterfly Puccini’s opera about an believing that his wine is a love potion. Nouvelle, 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. American soldier who leaves his wife. Director Director Laurent Pelly. Conductor Luciano Di Tel. 764 4857. 9 p.m. Yury Alexandrov. St. Petersburg Opera Martino. Mariinsky Concert Hall The Spootniks Rockabilly. Griboyedov, Singer and guitarist Michael Gira, an American experimental-rock and dark-folk 2A Voronezhskaya Ulitsa. Tel. 764 4355, theater ballet musician who broke into fame as the main force behind the New York City 973 7273. 9 p.m. Feminine Revolt Yevgeny Ptichkin’s musical PREMIERE! Aladdin Alan Menken’s musical post-industrial group Swans, will perform at Dada on Friday, Mar. 21. Candy Dulfer Smooth jazz. Music Hall, based on Aristofan’s comedy “Lisistrat”. based on the Disney movie. Director Voyceh 4 Alexandrovsky Park. Tel. +7 812 232 9201. Director Yury Laptev. Musical Comedy Theater, Kempchinski. Musical Comedy Theater, 7 p.m. 13 Italianskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316 13 Italianskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316, 1 p.m., Kaspiisky Gruz Hip-hop, urban folk. Trio Super Heroes Covers. Jagger, 4 p.m. GIGS Kosmonavt, 24 Bronnitskaya Ulitsa. 2 Ploshchad Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. concert Tel. 922 1300. 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Opera Noire of New York Verdi, Puccini and opera The Show: A Tribute to ABBA Pop. AIDS charity concert Acts t.b.c. Zoccolo 2.0, others. Lensovet House of Culture, Hits of Broadway Director Badi Tomas. wednesday, march 19 Lensoviet Palace of Culture, 50 korpus 3 Ligovsky Prospekt. 8 p.m. 42 Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, Choreographer Vladimir Romanovsky. 42 Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt. M: Petrogradskaya Conductors Alexey Nefedov and Yury Krylov. rock, etc. Tel. 346 0438. 8 p.m. jazz & blues Vivat Strauss Conductor Alexei Karabanov. Musical Comedy Theater, 13 Italianskaya Ul. Miyavi Rock, pop, hip-hop. Aurora Concert Dead Billy B. Rock. Manhattan, Big Blues Revival Blues. Jazz Philharmonic Hermitage Theater Tel. 210 4316, 7 p.m. Hall, St. Petersburg Hotel, 5/2 Pirogovskaya 90 Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki. Hall, 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, Naberezhnaya. Tel. 907 1917. 8 p.m. Tel. 713 1945. 8 p.m. 764 9843. 7 p.m. opera Tri Pandy i Luna Improvised, ethno, ambient. The Place’s Anniversary Party Mister Swing Couture Gypsy jazz. JFC Jazz Club, The Queen of Spades Tchaikovsky’s opera sunday, march 23 Dada, 47 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa. Tel. 983 7050. Maloy, IsaakDunayevsky, True Flavas, et al. 33 Shpalernaya Ulitsa. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. based on Pushkin’s story about a soldier who 8 p.m. The Place, 47 Ul. Marshala Govorova. seeks to learn the secret of winning at cards. theater Conductors of Acoustical Resonance Tel. 331 9631. 9 p.m. Director Nikolai Duksin. Choreographer Natalia Pola Negri Janusz Stoklosa’s musical. Lounge pop, rock. Dada (After), The 69 Eyes Gothic rock, glam rock. monday, march 24 Kuricheva. Kochneva House, 41 Nab. Reki Director Janusz Jozefowicz. Lensoviet Theater, 47 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa. Tel. 983 7050. 8 p.m. Zal Ozhidaniya, 118 Naberezhnaya Fontanki, M: Gostiny Dvor, tel. 710-4002 8 p.m. Lackband Nu-jazz, abstract hip-hop, funk. Obvodnogo Kanala. Tel. 333 1069. 8 p.m. rock, etc. The Tale of Kai & Gerda Banevitch’s opera Griboyedov Hill, 2A Voronezhskaya Ulitsa. Morekorabli Alternative rock. Zoccolo 2.0, S.T.A.G.E. Rock covers. Jagger, 2 Ploshchad based on Andersen’s tale. Director Mikhail Tel. 764 4355, 973 7273. 10 p.m. 50 korpus 3 Ligovsky Prospekt. 8 p.m. Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. 8:30 p.m. thursday, march 20 Golikov. Children’s Philharmonic Hall, 12 a.m. Maxim Leonidov Pop rock. Jagger, Symphony Music Mussorgsky. Conductor 2 Ploshchad Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. jazz & blues jazz & blues opera Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky II, 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Elvira Trafova and Pyotr Kornev Band Lera Gehner Original compositions. JFC Jazz Elektra Strauss’ opera based on Sophocles’ A Day With Mussorgsky Mussorgsky. Elephant Pop. Kosmonavt, 24 Music from films, shows and musicals. Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ulitsa. Tel. 272 9850. tragedy. Director John Kent. Conductor Valery Mariinsky II, 3 p.m. Bronnitskaya Ulitsa. Tel. 922 1300. 8 p.m. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, 27 Zagorodny 8 p.m. Gergiev. Mariinsky II, 8 p.m. Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, 764 9843. 7 p.m. concert jazz & blues Nikolai Sizov Band Mainstream. JFC Jazz theater Symphony Music Tcherepnin, Tchaikovsky. Lady Jazz Yulia Kasyan, Yulia Mikhailovskaya Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ulitsa. Tel. 272 9850. tuesday, march 25 Madam Pompadour Leo Fall’s operetta. Conductor Alexander Titov. Shostakovich and David Goloshchyokin Band. Jazz 8 p.m. Director Miklos Sinetar. Musical Comedy Philharmonic, Main Hall, 3 p.m. Philharmonic Hall, 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. rock, etc. Theater, 13 Italianskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316 PREMIERE! Aladdin Alan Menken’s musical Tel. 764 8565, 764 9843. 7 p.m. Hippie Diktat / Arriere Guarden / based on the Disney movie. Director Voyceh Domino Quartet Hits from the 1930s to the saturday, march 22 Benzolniye Mertvetsy / Resistor Jazzcore, concert Kempchinski. Musical Comedy Theater, 1950s. JFC Jazz Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ulitsa. avant-jazz. Grindcore, experimental noise. Dada, Symphony Music Strauss, Haydn, Beethoven 13 Italianskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316, 1 p.m., 4 p.m. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. rock, etc. 47 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa. Tel. 983 7050. 8 p.m. and others. Conductor Antoni Wit. Back to Zero: Gold [Amatory], Tracktor Heidi Happy Folk rock, chanson, jazz, Shostakovich Philharmonic, Main Hall opera Bowling, [5 Diez], The Korea. A2, 3 Prospekt folk. Fish Fabrique Nouvelle, 53 Ligovsky Organ Recital Bach, Wagner, Verdi and others. Hits of Broadway Director Badi Tomas. thursday, march 20 Medikov. Tel. 309 9922. 7 p.m. Prospekt. Tel. 764 4857. 9 p.m. Ludger Lohmann. Mariinsky Concert Hall Choreographer Vladimir Romanovsky. Smysloviye Gallyutsinatsii Pop rock. Kvadrat Jazz Club Jam session. Griboyedov, Conductors Alexey Nefedov and Yury Krylov. rock, etc. Aurora Concert Hall, St. Petersburg Hotel, 2A Voronezhskaya Ulitsa. Tel. 764 4355, ballet Musical Comedy Theater, 13 Italianskaya Ul. Yarga Sound System / Eject Electronica. 5/2 Pirogovskaya Naberezhnaya. 973 7273. 10 p.m. Jewels Three ballets representing the emerald, Tel. 210 4316, 7 p.m. Dada, 47 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa. Tel. 983 7050. Tel. 907 1917. 8 p.m. Atlas Losing Grip / Svoboda Vazhneye ruby and diamond set to music by Tchaikovsky, 8 p.m. Whisky Bar / The Big Blocks / The Dizzy Mody / Panda / ZR / Way Out! Melodic Faure and Stravinsky. Choreographer George theater Overlook / Freaky Biff Experimental Heads Indie rock. Fish Fabrique, hardcore, punk rock. Zoccolo 2.0, 50 korpus 3 Balanchine. Mariinsky II, 7.30 p.m. Salammbo Modest Mussorgsky’s libretto electronica. Fish Fabrique, 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 4857. 8 p.m. Ligovsky Prospekt. 8 p.m. based on Gustave Flaubert’s novel. Conductor 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 4857. 9 p.m. Sunduk Indie pop. Fish Fabrique Nouvelle, Pavel Petrenko. Mariinsky Concert Hall Psikheya Alternative rock. Kosmonavt, 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 4857. jazz & blues friday, march 21 24 Bronnitskaya Ulitsa. Tel. 922 1300. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. Kvadrat Jazz Club Jam session. Jazz concert Legendarniye Plastilinoviye Nogi Pop Antimateriya / Kuda Privodyat Mechty Philharmonic Hall (Ellington Hall), opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) Mozart’s rock, grunge, showgaze. Mod, 7 Naberezhnaya Rock. Manhattan, 90 Naberezhnaya Reki 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, PREMIERE! Boris Godunov Mussorgsky’s opera about wisdom and love. Director Kanala Griboyedova. Tel. 712 0734. 8 p.m. Fontanki. Tel. 713 1945. 8 p.m. 764 9843. 8 p.m. opera about the tsar and his bid for power. Alexander Petrov. Zazerkalye Theater, 3 p.m. General Levy / Steppa Style Ragga, jungle. Booze and Glory Oi!,street punk. Mod, Jerry Kim Band Fusion, jazz rock. JFC Jazz Director Graham Vick. Mariinsky Theater The Place, 47 Ul. Marshala Govorova. 7 Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboyedova. Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ulitsa. Tel. 272 9850. Rigoletto Verdi’s opera about a court jester Tel. 331 9631. 8 p.m. Tel. 712 0734. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. who plots to kill his master. Director Yury monday, march 24 Jack Wood / Scofferlane / Velvet Alexandrov. St. Petersburg Opera Breasts / The Foxy Riders Indie rock. The Tsar’s Bride Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera opera Zoccolo 2.0, 50 korpus 3 Ligovsky Prospekt. based on Leo Mey’s drama. Rimsky-Korsakov Betrothal in a Monastery Richard 8 p.m. Conservatory Theater Sheridan’s play about a father’s meddling in the lives of his children set to Prokofiev’s jazz & blues theater score. Mariinsky Theater Mikhail Kostyushkin and His Band The Merry Widow Lehar’s operetta. Director Silva Imre Kalman’s operetta. Director Saxophone night. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, Miklos Sinetar. Musical Comedy Theater, V. Tsjupa. Musical Comedy Theater, 13 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, 13 Italianskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316 Italianskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316, 7 p.m. 764 9843. 7 p.m. Kondakov Volkov Bagdasaryan Original concert theater compositions. JFC Jazz Club, String Music Haydn, Beethoven, Symphony Music Brahms. Conductor Nikolai 33 Shpalernaya Ulitsa. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. Mendelssohn and others. Conductor Dmitry Alexeyev. Shostakovich Philharmonic, Main Hall Koryavko. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory Theater, Small Hall friday, march 21 tuesday, march 25 ballet rock, etc. PREMIERE! Die Fledermaus Strauss’ theater Ploshchad Vosstaniya Rock. A2, operetta about a wife’s plan to regain the Folk and Baroque Music Khandoshkin, 3 Prospekt Medikov. Tel. 309 9922. 8 p.m. attention of her husband. Director Yury Trutovsky, Schnelzer and Uccelini. Vasya Oblomov Pop, hip-hop. Aurora Alexandrov. St. Petersburg Opera Shostakovich Philharmonic, Small Hall Concert Hall, St. Petersburg Hotel, 5/2 Pirogovskaya Naberezhnaya. Heidi Happy, a Swiss singer-songwriter whose music incorporates chanson, jazz, opera concert Tel. 907 1917. 8 p.m. folk and chamber music influences, will perform at Fish Fabrique Nouvelle on The Tsar’s Bride Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera Symphony Music Liszt, Prokofiev. Conductor Michael Gira Dark folk. Dada, Tuesday, Mar. 25. based on Leo Mey’s drama about how Ivan the Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky II 47 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa. Tel. 983 7050. 8 p.m. 12 ❖ Wednesday, March 19, 2014 LISTINGS WWW.SPTIMES.RU

Kontsuba, Boris Nikolayev and other GALLERIES Russian artists are on display. SCREENS Through Mar. 31 CAPELLA GALLERY GEZ-21. Outbuilding B, 3rd floor. NEW! Beauty and the Beast (La belle et 20 Nab. Reki Moiki. Tel. 314 1058 Tel. 764 5258. Daily, 3 p.m. to midnight. la bete) (2014, France-Germany) Christophe NEW! Petersburg Meets London: Anatoly Kino-FOT-703. Office 703. Tel. 764 5353. Gans’ romantic fantasy starring Vincent Medvednikov. Photography. A memorial RACHMANINOV GARDEN Cassel, Lea Seydoux and Andre Dussollier. exhibition of the late photographer’s work. 5 Kazanskaya Ul. Tel. 312 9558. Tuesday – Mirage Cinema. Mar. 21 through Apr. 4 Saturday 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. www.fotorachmaninov.ru NEW! The Congress (2013, Israel-Germany- D-137 GALLERY No Analogs: Valery Dyagteryev. Poland-Luxembourg-France-Belgium) Ari 12 Zvenigorodskaya Ul., 3rd floor. Photography. Black-and-white photographs are Folman’s sci-fi film starring Robin Wright, M: Pushkinskaya. Tel. +7 (981) 687 6051. used to reimagine Dostoevsky’s St. Harvey Keitel and Paul Giamatti. Angleterre Thursday through Saturday 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Petersburg. Through Mar. 29 (in English with Russian subtitles), Dom Kino. www.d137.ru My Art is Me: Georgy Guryanov. Painting. ROSPHOTO STATE CENTER OF NEW! Family United (La gran familia The work of legendary Russian band Kino’s PHOTOGRAPHY espanola) (2013, Spain) Daniel Sanchez recently deceased drummer is on display. 35 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul. Tel. 314 6184. Arevalo’s comedy starring Veronica Echegui, Through Apr. 27 Daily 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. www.rosfoto.org Antonio de la Torre and Quim Gutierrez. Dom Zones: Hannes Heikura. Photography. The Kino. Starts March 20. LOFT-PROJECT ETAGI Finnish photographer leads the viewer 74 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 458 5005. Daily towards the boundaries of light and darkness. NEW! The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Through Apr. 6 U.K.-Germany) Wes Anderson’s comedy-drama Golden Tortoise 2014. Photography. An A Woman’s Destiny: Dana Kindrova. with Ralph Fiennes heading an all-star cast. exhibition of winning photos selected from Photography. Nearly 100 photos of different Angleterre (in English with Russian subtitles) 15,000 entries from 77 different countries. European countries from the Czech Avrora, Mirage Cinema, Velikan Park Through May 18 photographer’s portfolio. Through Apr. 20 Cinema and Fashion: Alexander NEW! The Necessary Death of Charlie MARINA GISICH GALLERY Vasilyev. Photography. Hollywood’s biggest Countryman (2013, Romania-U.S.) Fredrik 121 Nab. Reki Fontanki, Tel. 314 4380. Daily, stars are captured through Vasilyev’s lens. Bond’s romantic comedy action film starring Shia 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday). Through Apr. 20 LaBeouf, Rupert Grint and Evan Rachel Wood. Closed Sunday. Dom Kino, Velikan Park. Starts March 20. 64+: Vladimir Kustov. Photography, SPAS GALLERY The winning entries from Russia’s Golden Tortoise nature photography contest graphics. Kustov uses chess and the genetic NEW! A Letter to Myself: Viktor Norkin. NEW! Non-Stop (2014, U.K.-France-U.S.) are on view at Loft-Project Etagi now through mid-May. code as inspiration for his newest show. Painting. Both text and color are used to Jaume Collet-Serra’s mystery-thriller starring Through Apr. 5 express the artist’s vision. Mar. 25 through Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore and Scoot Apr. 26 McNairy. Mirage Cinema, Velikan Park. through the eyes of children. Mar. 20 through MAYAKOVSKY LIBRARY MUSEUMS Apr. 21 46 Nab. Fontanki. Entrance via the courtyard. An “I” for Creativity: Ivan Tarasyuk. Tel. 571 0856 ACADEMY OF ARTS MUSEUM Painting. An exhibition of the artist’s musically NEW! Crocodiles and Hippopotamuses. 17 Universitetskaya Nab. Tel. 323 6496, thematic work. Through Mar. 26 Installation. An exhibition devoted to the 323 3578 M: Vasileostrovskaya. Wednesday satirical magazines of post-revolutionary through Sunday, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. POLITICAL HISTORY OF RUSSIA MUSEUM Russia. Mar. 21 through Apr. 5 Tribute to Maria Callas and Grace Kelly. 2/4 Ulitsa Kuibysheva. M: Gorkovskaya. Sculpture. Greek artist Nikos Floros uses Tel. 233 7052. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. MOKHOVAYA 18 GALLERY aluminum to recreate the iconic women’s Closed Thursday and the last Monday of the 18 Mokhovaya Ul. M: Chernyshevskaya. Daily fashion. Through Apr. 6 month. www.polithistory.ru 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed Sunday, Monday. I Came to Your Country as a Guest. Tel. 275 3383. www.gm18.ru ANNA AKHMATOVA MUSEUM AT THE Exhibition. The lives of anti-fascist German NEW! Paintings by Outstanding People. FOUNTAIN HOUSE families in the Soviet Union are traced across Views of St. Petersburg created by diplomats, 34 Fontanka River, entrance from 53 Liteiny three generations. Through Apr. 9 artists and athletes as part of a charity project Pr. M: Gostiny Dvor, Mayakovskaya. to benefit children in need ahead of an Tel. 272 2211. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed PUSHKIN APARTMENT MUSEUM auction on Mar. 25 at Astoria Hotel. Mar. 17 Monday; 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the last Wednesday 12 Nab. Reki Moiki. Tel. 571 3801. Daily, through Mar. 24. of every month. www.akhmatova.spb.ru 10:30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Closed Tuesday and NEW! 45 Years of the Alexandrino the last Friday of each month. MOSKOVSKY DISTRICT EXHIBITION HALL Children’s Art School. Paintings, graphics, Yevgeny Chemodurov. Exhibition. 6 Pl. Chernyshevskogo, M: Park Pobedy. sculpture. A display of student artwork in A collection of posters, photos and private Tel. 388 3984. Tuesday – Friday, 11 a.m. to celebration of the St. Petersburg institution. items from the famed Soviet actor’s career. 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Mar. 21 through Mar. 30 Through Mar. 31 Sunday, Monday. NEW! The Immigrant (2013, U.S.) James Gray’s drama about prostitution in 1920s Instantanaities: Asiya Malina-Lapteva. New York starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, and Jeremy Renner. Avrora, Dom DOSTOEVSKY APARTMENT MUSEUM RIMSKY-KORSAKOV APARTMENT MUSEUM Painting. The artist uses watercolors to try to Kino, Mirage Cinema. Starts Mar. 20. 5/2 Kuznechny Pereulok, M: Vladimirskaya. 28 Zagorodny Prospekt, Courtyard. capture on canvas the more elusive, fleeting Tel. 571 4031. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed M: Dostoyevskaya. Tel. 713 3208, moments of life. Through Mar. 30 Monday and the last Wednesday of each 315 3975. Wednesday through Sunday, Nikola Zverev’s Memory. Painting. month. www.md.spb.ru. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed last Friday of each The pieces in this exhibition tackle Guess the Place. Photography. Test your month. psychological issues in an expressive way. knowledge of St. Petersburg by trying to guess NEW! Small Tragedy – Fatal Passion. Through Mar. 30 where the pictures on display were taken. Personal items, posters. Dedicated to the Through Mar. 26 170th anniversary of the birth of the famed NAME GALLERY Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. 33 Nab. Kanala Griboyedova. Tel. 571 5517. KONSTANTINOVSKY PALACE Mar. 22 through Oct. 5 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Closed Sunday, Monday. 3 Beryozovaya Alleya, korp. 1, Strelna. www.namegallery.ru Tel. 421 4289. NIKOLAI ROERICH APARTMENT MUSEUM Gloomy Pictures: Vladimir Shinkaryev NEW! 3rd International Children’s 1 Line 18, V.O. Wednesday through Sunday, Painting. A series of pictures depicting Festival of Technical Creativity. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tel. 325 4413. St. Petersburg in black and gray colors. Exhibition. Future scientists, inventors and www.roerich.spb.ru Through Apr. 12 engineers compete to build the best robot. Roerich School of Contemporary Art. Mar. 25 through Mar. 28 Painting. Through Mar. 30 PERINNIYE RYADY ART CENTER Nikolai Roerich and Estonia. Painting, 4 Dumskaya Ulitsa. M: Gostiny Dvor. Daily MATYUSHIN MUSEUM OF THE ST. installation. Through Apr. 20 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tel. +7 904 601 0000. PETERSBURG AVANT-GARDE www.artcenter.su 10 Ul. Professora Popova. M: Petrogradskaya. STATE MUSEUM OF THEATRICAL AND Pop-Art Forum. Graphics, installation. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Tuesday). MUSICAL ART Famous works ranging from Banksy to Andy Closed Wednesday. www.spbmuseum.ru 6 Pl. Ostrovskogo, M: Gostiny Dvor. Warhol ask the viewer whether it is actual art NEW! Short Term 12 (2013, U.S.) An American indy drama written and directed by Destin Victory Over the Sun. Decorative art, photo, Tel. 571 2195. Monday through Sunday, or intended for simple shock value. Through Daniel Cretton starring Brie Larson, John Gallagher, Jr., Keith Stanfield and Kaitlyn Dever. graphics, installation. Through Apr. 3 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (1 p.m. to 9 p.m. May. 25 Dom Kino. Wednesday). Closed Tuesday and last Friday MUSIC MUSEUM AT THE SHEREMETYEV of every month. PUSHKINSKAYA 10 ART CENTER PALACE Among My Peers. Graphics. The work of 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 5371. Open 34 Nab. Reki Fontanki. Tel. 272 4441. Open famed theater actor Yury Bogatyryev is on Wed to Sun, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. www.p-10.ru Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. display. Through Apr. 7 NEW! The Door. Nimfoteka: ARTem NEW! Heavenly Line. Painting. The winning Vetrov. Painting. An exhibition of the artist’s watercolors from a local competition for young STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM psychedelic and surrealist work. Mar. 22 artists depict St. Petersburg landmarks 2 Inzhenernaya Ul. M: Nevsky Prospekt. through Apr. 20 Tel. 314 3448, 595 4248. Open 10 a.m. to NEW! Museum of Non-Conformist Art. The ADVERTISING 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Monday). 1 p.m. to 9 p.m on Geometry of Nature. Painting. Pieces Thursdays. Closed Tuesday. inspired by Mikhail Matyushin’s themes are www.rusmuseum.ru/eng displayed in honor of the 100th anniversary of Russian Women’s Folk Costumes from Vladimir Sterligov’s birth. Mar. 22 through Apr. the 18th – 20th Centuries. Exhibition. 20 Colorful dresses and clothes reveal a rich NEW! Museum of Non-Conformist Art. part of Russia’s cultural history. Through Dates Without Numbers: VIK. Painting. May 4 Optical effects and color variations are combined to infer artistic freedom. Mar. 22 STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM: MARBLE through Apr. 20 PALACE NEW! Parnik Art-Project. Kolaider: 5/1 Millionnaya Ul. M: Nevsky Prospekt. ARTem Vetrov. Painting, installation. Tel. 312 9196. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. An exhibition of the artist’s psychedelic and Monday). 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays. surrealist work. Mar. 22 through Apr. 20 Closed Tuesday. NEW! 2,04 Gallery. The Russian Rock NEW! Actual Drawing. Drawing. Traditional, Museum. Installation. 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rouble, even when expected, can come at unexpected times. For many months, Russians have expected that authorities would begin to block Internet sites that publishT opinions from opposition leaders, activists and supporters. But when a number of sites were blocked on the morning of Mar. 13, it was like a bolt out of the blue. The Federal Mass Media Inspection Service blocked access to the website of the Ekho Moskvy radio, the online publications Ej.ru, Grani.ru and Kasparov.ru, the homepage of world chess grand- master Gary Kasparov. The legal justification was the so-called Lugovoi law, named after its author, State Duma Deputy Andrei Lugovoi. He is also the main suspect in the 2006 London murder of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko. Even if Lugovoi’s guilt as a murderer has not been proven in court, there is no doubt that he is a killer of freedom on Russia’s Internet. When a number of Internet sites were blocked on Mar. 13, it was like a bolt out of the blue. This law entered into force on Feb. 1, during protests in Ukraine. The law allows the Federal Mass Media Inspection Service to block sites “containing calls for unsanctioned acts of protest” without a court injunction. As usual for repressive laws in Russia, it is applied rather loosely. The editors of Grani.ru were not told which of their hundreds of online pages contained “calls for un- sanctioned acts of protest,” if there were any at all. It goes without saying that the Lugovoi law violates the Russian Constitution, where Article 29 strictly prohibits any censorship. While similar to the Chinese approach, the Russian law is technically applied in a different Attacks on Internet freedom have long been journalist Boris Stomakhin, who faces up to eight What is not in doubt is that the increase in In- way. China has its centralized “great firewall.” In one of the trademarks of the Putin regime. Al- years in prison for alleged “extremism.” He is ac- ternet censorship moves Russia closer to a totali- Russia, individual providers block sites if they though the authorities monopolized most main- cused of a long list of “criminal acts,” from “incit- tarian state. Igor Yakovenko, a media analyst, receive notice from the Federal Mass Media In- stream newspapers, radio and television, they ing hatred of Orthodox believers by using an in- wrote: “When creating his authoritarian power spection Service about a problem on their URL. lost the battle for the country’s minds on the In- sulting term for the Almighty” to “justifying the vertical, Putin began by destroying the main pri- This model is far from perfect. Some providers ternet, where official propaganda is treated as a actions of the terrorists who killed Tsar Alexan- vate television channel, NTV. The authoritarian do not block access at all; others block some ac- joke. For more than ten years, the Kremlin has der II, which took place in 1881. regime allowed a few small information niches cess. Online publishers can get around it easily tried in various ways to limit the possibility of Against this background, the destruction of the that let the thinking public satisfy their need for by creating a mirror site that has a different free expression on the Internet. Hacker attacks most popular Russian news site, Lenta.ru, seems diverse information. Independent thinking was URL. It is even easier for users to get around it on independent sites and blogs became the norm. positively mild. The pro-Kremlin owner recently not encouraged, but it was not persecuted. Today, by using proxy servers. Hundreds of trolls were paid to monitor forums fired the editor, after which all the publication’s the country is sliding toward totalitarianism, Since their technical means are somewhat lim- and post nationalistic and xenophobic com- employees, including technical personnel, quit. The which ends when the authoritarian regime is ited, the authorities have begun to threaten sites ments. Their aggressive comments in broken newly appointed editor is the former editor of the transformed into a totalitarian regime.” with misdemeanors and felonies. Editors of blocked English can be found under many articles and openly nationalistic site Vzglyad, or Vz.ru. This text was published on the site Ej.ru, which sites have been warned that they will be fined sig- comments on this newspaper’s website. There is no doubt that the new attacks on free- most readers living in Russia could not open un- nificant amounts for creating mirror sites. Alexei All the same, these attempts to limit free ex- dom of Internet are related to the events in less they used an anonymous proxy. Welcome to Navalny, the No. 1 critic of the regime has also been pression on the Internet have failed. It has been Ukraine. But it is not clear if this is an attempt to the brave new world of Vladimir Putin. threatened. He is under house arrest, but his wife far more effective to persecute bloggers for “ex- prevent Maidan protests in Russia, or if it is a re- has continued posting on his blog. But Navalny has tremism.” Several have already been sentenced to hearsal for total censorship if military operations Victor Davidoff is a Moscow-based writer and been warned that if his blog is not closed, house ar- fines or jail terms. Threats have forced others to escalate in Ukraine. The answer to that will be- journalist who follows the Russian blogosphere in rest might be changed to pretrial detention. flee the country. 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But in the end they will merely very similar to Russia’s — until its latest klepto- Instead of peak oil, when supply of “black speed up the process of Russia’s economic decline Address: 190000, Russia, St. Petersburg, rd crat, the utterly shameless and supremely greedy gold” would start to diminish, analysts now talk that was going to take place in any case. 4 Konnogvardeisky boulevard, Entrance 7, 3 floor. Telephone/Fax: (7-812) 325-60-80. former President Viktor Yanukovych, finally ran it of peak oil demand as proven reserves are re- ĉÂÒ ‰‡ÍˆËË: 190000, Конногвардейский бульвар, into the ground. The choice to adopt a more open, vised upward. In the U.S., gasoline use per car Alexei Bayer, a native Muscovite, lives in New 3 competitive, rules-based Western-style system is peaked in 2004 and has now fallen to its lowest York. His detective novel “Murder at the Dacha” д. 4, лит. А, подъезд 7, этаж Internet: http://www.sptimes.ru natural for a democratic Ukraine. 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To Wooden Skyscrapers: i / FLIC K R Osamu Iwasak Towards a Sustainable Future The renewal of Housing Stock offers plenty of opportunity.

By Frank-Jürgen Richter THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

Science parks around the world have been hailed as a way of enhancing their nations’ GDP. This may well be true in the long term, but novel science does not translate quickly into GDP and a general sense of “well-being” until years of trials have occurred. Science parks such as Skolkovo are one of the main drivers behind the Russian strat- egy through 2020, with technology and innovation fostering a growth in pro- ductivity. Yet with the route from pure science to innovation fraught with pit- falls, renovating existing housing stock may be a more homely way to elevate te r s / W I K IP E DI A the lives of ordinary people. And this

activity, which would be perceived as l Cha r Mic hae the government wishing to help all of The Big Wood project is a prototype for mass timber construction that offers the possibility to build more responsibly while actively sequestering pollutants from our cities. its citizens, might do much more to raise the spirits of the innovators them- gently needs to be repaired or rebuilt. acting requirements for strength and Looking to the East, one finds that Russia needs bedroom communi- selves than high-tech enclaves that The authors also noted that Federal low weight in ever-larger single struc- India and China face different prob- ties since existing cities cannot easily seem far from ordinary life. laws mandate high levels of energy ef- tures. lems to those of Russia. They too need be renovated to meet carbon-neutral- Modernizing the housing stock of ficiency but realities suggest three This increase of scale stimulated re- to renovate old and inadequate urban ity: Their infrastructures need to be European nations is important on two separate renovation routes: Basic, re- searchers at the University of Southern housing. A high percentage of Indian replaced by a system of integrated lo- counts. Shoddily built after each of the alistic and energy efficient, with the California to consider spraying thin films of houses do not have access to sanita- cal services of all types, including world wars to poor building standards latter costing up to 4,000 rubles ($109) concrete to build walls. Essentially they are tion, for example, but they face mass schools, medical centers, corner shops, that do not permit easy upgrading to per square meter while offering sav- doing little more than replacing traditional rural migration to cities as they change malls and green spaces all connected modern eco-standards, scientists have ings of up to 28 percent on heating manual methods with robot-guided from an agrarian to technological by routes that link urban mass transit shown that Europe’s legacy buildings costs. In total, the government faces a sprays. The thin films dry quickly without mode. That was the situation in Eu- to intercity systems and work places. produce directly, or indirectly, 40 per- bill of some 2.5 billion rubles ($68.24 hidden, structure-weakening cavities and rope through the 1930s to 1950s, which The dwellings ought to offer a larger cent of global CO2. million) to eliminate dilapidation and the surface finish is good. As in all 3D print- caused an almost uncontrolled urban floor space than presently available Governments have an intensely improve energy efficiency throughout ing, the robots can spray complex shapes, building boom. In India and in China, with a mix of single as well as family costly puzzle to deal with — and Rus- the housing stock. with openings for doors, windows and some 400 million people now demand homes built to the new standards of sia is no exception in this respect. One potential solution is to print pipework. Thermal insulation can be new houses in cities through the next carbon-neutral HVAC (heating, venti- Working with the European Bank for the houses. Not printing as in ban- sprayed at the same time. All in all, this pro- few decades. This poses the problem of lation and air conditioning) minimiz- Reconstruction and Development, the knotes, but by extending this technique cess is very fast and yields a superior prod- how to design very large eco-cities. On ing energy demands. Then old housing Russian Institute for Urban Econom- via the new technology called additive uct more cheaply than using craftsmen. this point Russia can nurture a new can be pulled down with historic build- ics reported in 2011 on the status of manufacturing. 3D printing has be- Russian technicians could easily develop world-class industrial sector — build- ings retained and other structures re- urban housing renewal, the potential come established across many manu- this system to re-build much of suburbia ing high-tech, high-rise buildings in its cycled allowing for modern eco-infill. opportunities and costs. Essentially, facturing sectors through all high-tech and, having gained experience, could ex- cities, or more precisely, in new dormi- Developing high-tech wooden Russian building stock is old and ur- industries and to aerospace with its ex- port the methodology. tory cities. buildings is an appealing idea which could also stimulate a global market. Russia has abundant forests which can be harvested and eco-managed. The timber could be used for “glu-lam” technology to create strong, tall build- ings with a low embodied energy. The wood, glued and laminated to form structural items, usually has greater strength than steel as well as being fire resistant. While such new buildings are being offered globally — up to 9 floors in the UK, and even 33 floors are being proposed in Vancouver, Canada — Russia has planning restrictions on wooden buildings of more than four floors. It is time to move forward. Tall wooden buildings look good and will be great to live in. Thus urban Russians living presently like other city dwellers worldwide in old buildings could have their “happiness quotient” boosted. The new cities would be desir- able and generate a sense of “being,” and they would demand much less en- ergy than is the present case.

te r s / W I K IP E DI A Frank-Jürgen Richter is founder and chairman of Horasis, a global visions community committed to enacting vi- l Cha r Mic hae Sited in Chicago, Michael Charters’ Big Wood aims to write a new chapter in high-rise construction. sions for a sustainable future. real estate Special Issue ● III A Russian Home Apart own property in which they do not The hotel market is cur- live,” she said. “In Finland, the concept was to rent rently seeing stiff com- a flat outright and take on the risk of whether or not it is occupied. The owner petition from serviced received a certain amount every month and does not have to bother about any- apartments — both for thing. True, we pay them less, but there are fewer risks for the owner. In Russia, short stays and for we do everything on our own, asking friends or posting announcements on long-term accommo- the social networks. Finns are different in that they prefer not to waste time dation. searching for tenants because there are specialized companies to take care of that for them,” said Goldberg. By Olga Kalashnikova access to a fitness cen- Currently, there are no laws in Rus- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES ter. Developers are al- sia that cover and control the market of lowed to build apart- residential tenancy and even less so for As the number of tourists preferring to hotels on commercial apart-hotels. Sales of the apartments in stay in rented flats in the historical city land without immedi- the buildings which are still under con- center grows, so does the number of ate access to schools struction fall under the federal law 214, Prinsotel / F LI CK R Prinsotel companies relocating staff to the city in and hospitals, which Austere but affordable, apart-hotels make relocation easier for both companies and employees. which applies to shareholding in the search of affordable temporary hous- makes them both easy construction of residential buildings as ing solutions. As a result, there has and profitable. operates totally without staff. The Although Forenom counts tourists well as other objects of real estate, as been a boom in both companies rent- “When a person lives in a hotel, he guests are given a code which they use among its clients, its target audience is the title of the law states. “For develop- ing serviced apartments and the con- often gets tired of it. Even going to a to gain access to the rooms,” she said. companies that need to relocate em- ers, the absence of a legal framework struction of new apart-hotels. restaurant for breakfast everyday and The absence of staff makes stays in ployees. Founded in 2011 in Finland, presents a risk that they may in the fu- “The real estate market needs alter- meeting people there, whom one such types of accommodation more af- to relocate a group of workers from the ture lose the opportunity to launch natives both for the development of should greet or communicate with, can fordable, as guests are not required to north of the country to Helsinki, the such projects, but the absence of any the hotel segment and the shadow mar- become tiresome” said Natalya Gold- pay for the services of hotel employees company has grown to provide services other opportunities forces them to take ket of apartments for rent,” said Natalya berg, CEO of Forenom Russia, a Finn- that they do not use. Forenom has tried throughout Finland, Sweden, Estonia this risk”, said Yelizaveta Konvey, the Skalandis, managing director of PM NAI ish relocation services company. “Many in the past to create this sort of model and Russia. director of residential real estate with Becar, the company developing an people just want to wake up and have a through the rental of apartments. In addition to relocation and accom- Colliers International in St. Petersburg. apart-hotel located on Moskovsky Pros- cup of coffee in their own kitchen.” “We can compare it to the Ikea con- modation services, the company also The market for apart-hotels is ex- pekt in St. Petersburg, “which can make “It is all very individual, of course, cept. When you buy something there, offers property management to pro- pected to surge over the next two years the market more transparent and com- but those who want to feel at home you are not surprised when you have to vide investors with “an uninterrupted and by 2016, when investors have prehensible in the future.” tend to choose accommodation in go to the warehouse and find every- flow of rental income and worry-free ironed out any wrinkles, the market In the eyes of the law, apart-hotels apartments. It can be uncomfortable thing by yourself,” said Goldberg. “We apartment ownership,” Goldberg may take off. By that time, however, the are commercial properties. They con- for some to stay in a hotel for an ex- offer the same sort of thing. We elimi- claims. law may have caught up with them. Un- sist mainly of one-bedroom apartments tended period of time,” she said. nate all the overhead while offering “We can rent a flat out by ourselves til then, serviced apartments and the with kitchens and certain services pro- “We are planning to open an apart- tenants the choice of whether or not or find a client and leave it to the owner companies that manage them will con- vided by a managing company, such as hotel by the end of the next year. It will they want an extra service, which is and tenant to come to an agreement. tinue to fill a need among both tourists a concierge, housekeeping, meals and be a hotel of around 150 rooms that made available for a fee.” There are many private investors who and businesses. IV ● Special Issue real estate The St. Petersburg Times Slumping Ruble A Challenge To Tenants, Investors

sure in negotiations to hold down dol- The currency’s lar rents to relieve pressure on tenants. Office Prime Rents Because of the ruble’s volatile history, ongoing some leases already provide for a cap, USD/sq m / year Source: Jones Lang LaSalle similar to the corridor mechanism em- 2.000 depreciation ployed by the Central Bank of Russia. Only if there was a sustained rise in the 1.800 since January is dollar and fall in the ruble, might they Moscow consider expanding the share of the 1.600 St Petersburg partly a reflec- market devoted to ruble leases. Indus- try insiders say that for now, ruble 1.400 tion of the leases remain a distinct market sector, 1.200 characterized primarily by the size of economy’s companies and the quality and size of 1.000 premises, which is lower and smaller. slowdown Olesya Dzuba, Deputy Head of Re- 800 search, Jones Lang LaSalle said “In 600 and the rela- 2008-09 it took from half a year to a year and a half for U.S. dollar rents to 400 tive attraction fall. But this correction includes not only the reaction to ruble depreciation, 200 of more estab- but also to the declining economy. The Russian economy was down 7.8 per- 0 00 01 01 02 03 04 04 05 06 07 07 08 09 98 98 99 13 13 12 11 10 lished mar- cent in real terms in 2009. And now we 10 20 20 20 20 20 still have economic growth, although 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 kets. Foreign moderating. So U.S. dollar rents for Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 exchange some properties, mainly for high-qual- ity prime properties that are scarce, Warehouse Prime Rents will not fall at all in the environment of movements will a weak ruble. Properties which are cur- USD/sq m / year Source: Jones Lang LaSalle rently under active leasing and prem- not on their ises where rents are approaching rene- 300 gotiation will be affected.” own influence Retail rents are often pegged to turnover and, if the falling ruble results Moscow investors. in higher prices and inflation, this hurts 250 retail sales. This would make it harder St Petersburg for landlords to raise rents and they By Mark Gay may come under pressure to cut them. 200 THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES In 2008-09, shopping center rents were the most stable within commercial real The sudden devaluation of the Russian estate, said Jones Lang LaSalle. How- ruble, compared to major foreign cur- ever flagship stores in prime street re- 150 rencies at the beginning of 2014, has tail locations saw declines similar to had a negative effect on both investors those reported for offices. and current property owners. The ruble Restaurant and service sector busi- has depreciated by 10 percent to the U.S. nesses are likely to be hit by declining 100 dollar since the beginning of the year demand which, in turn, may encourage and continues its downward trend. attempts to negotiate a decline in Though investing and charging in dol- rents. During the height of the finan- 50 lars largely insulate landlords, tenants cial crisis between the third quarters of 01 01 02 03 04 04 05 06 07 07 08 09 98 98 99 10 10 11 12 13 13 can be hurt by local currency deprecia- 000 19 19 19 2 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2008 and 2009, industrial rents were 20 tion, especially in the retail segment. more resilient than offices or prime re- Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 The price of commercial real estate in tail, declining 44 percent in St. Peters- Q4 Russia may be quoted in different cur- burg. port their goods from abroad. Cur- increase the cost of a dollar lease. We’ll without a broader change in strategy, rencies but transactions take place in Events may turn out differently this rency depreciation can lead to an in- see what that does to the marketplace which would include end-sales to Rus- rubles. For companies who earn their time said Stanislav Bibik, executive di- crease in prices and, therefore, a de- and what happens with the dollar-ruble sian investors, including non-govern- income in rubles, the cost of paying rector of Capital markets at Colliers. crease in sales. This can cause a slow- rate. It does concern customers. If the mental pension funds. rent denominated in dollars or euros Since weak local currency makes im- down of the Russian retail industry, ruble devalues as in 2008 by 30 per- “Now developers are looking for A- has jumped sharply. ports more expensive, this will affect which was so appealing to foreign re- cent, then that would change things.” class exit strategies and that means Landlords could come under pres- most of the retail companies that im- tail companies who were looking to The warehouse developer and opera- selling to big investment funds, Rus- enter the Russian market. A slowdown tor recently concluded a $250 million sian funds, and end users. But it may in the retail segment can potentially dollar loan with Sberbank. happen that some developers could go Reach your target audience in impact the demand for warehouse Investment by Russian companies into ruble leases and go into B-class space, he said. “However, warehouses fell by 7 percent in January, compared rather than looking at A-class custom- are popular among representative of with the same month of 2013. The data ers only. If someone finds a niche that various industries and among large re- from federal statistics organization allows them to get the financing and tail companies who will unlikely be sig- Rosstat is indicative of a broader slow- get the exit strategy, then ruble con- nificantly impacted by currencies fluc- down. The Russian economy grew by tracts and B-class premises could be an tuations,” he said. 1.3 percent last year. option for the market. However this In the warehouse sector, the ruble Viacheslav Kholopov, partner has not happened yet. We would need Real Estate increase in rental rates for 2013, even Knight Frank, Offices, logistics and to see a 20-30 percent fall in rental before January’s ruble tumble, was land, said developers were considering rates for this to happen.” 15.5 percent, according to research by their strategies in case the ruble falls Those investing in A-class look for Vladislav Ryabov, Partner and Re- further. longer leases: Five years at minimum, section gional Director of Warehouse, Indus- Most developers currently build A- with seven to 10 considered a good trial Real Estate and Land at Colliers class premises in order to attract prime lease. That compares, in B-class, to International. “Because of the decline tenants. This allows an exit strategy of shorter leases of two to three years. of the ruble against the dollar, the ruble selling to Russian local buyers, foreign “Tenants are not so demanding in increase in rental rates for 2013 were investment funds or to the end users of terms of the quality of a place which is To advertise, please call: higher than in U.S. dollars (about 7.7 the premises. perhaps smaller and cheaper,” said percent) and amounted to 15.5 per- This means the Russian market has Kholopov. “It illustrates the size of the cent.” seen many projects built to standards companies. Companies wanting to Christopher Van Riet, Managing that sometimes are higher than those lease B-class may not be sure how their 325 6080 or email to: Director, Customer Solutions, Legal & in central European countries, Khol- market is going to grow but it means Finance, Radius Group, said the ru- opov said. they may have to double the space in [email protected] ble’s fall would have no impact on ex- He said developers of A-class ware- two years so they don’t want to commit

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