NO. 1 1793 САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ-ТАЙМС WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014 WWW.SPTIMES.RU CHRIS GORDON / SPT Thousands of the faithful began lining up at 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning in sub-zero temperatures for the chance to glimpse relics reputed to be fragments of the legendary ADORATION Gifts of the Magi. On display at the Novodevichy Convent until Friday afternoon, hundreds of thousands of worshipers are expected to bow before the cherished objects.

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Local charity ADC Memorial suspends operations after running afoul of the law. Page 2. LocalNews www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 ❖ 2 NGO Forced to Shut Following Court Ruling By Sergey Chernov THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES The St. Petersburg-based Anti-Dis- crimination Center Memorial has closed its offices due to continued pres- sure from the authorities. Most of its activities, however, are to be taken over by a new international organization, the NGO’s former pro- gram director Stephania Kulayeva told The St. Petersburg Times on Monday. The new organization is to be called ADC Memorial but will be based out- side of Russia. On Dec. 12, Leninsky District court judge Anna Moroz declared the NGO a “foreign agent,” the first such ruling in Russia since legislation passed in 2012 requiring any organization which received foreign funding and engaged in political activity to register as a for- eign agent. Large-scale inspections of NGOs to determine compliance with the law began in March 2013. The NGO’s report “Roma People, Migrants, Activists — Victims of Police Arbitrariness,” which was prepared by the organization for the 49th session of the UN Committee Against Torture in

2012, was used as the chief item of evi- / SPT CHERNOV SERGEY dence against the organization. ADC Memorial’s Jan. 19, 2013 anti-fascist vigil on Pionerskaya Ploshchad in memory of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova . “We have concluded all of our proj- ects and let everyone go. ADC Memo- ing, we will face criminal prosecution,” regation of children in schools, about ecution for communicating with or bly, association, speech and informa- rial now exists as an ‘empty’ organiza- she said. police violence against defenceless providing information to the Commit- tion,” Committee Chairman Claudio tion in the process of being closed,” “That means we either have to fulfil people guilty only of their appearance tee,” George Tugushi, CAT’s rappor- Grossman said. Kulayeva said. the requirements of the ruling or hurry and about the catastrophic conditions teur on reprisals said in a statement Due to the imminent closure of the “It still exists legally, but is no longer to close [the organization].” facing migrants and the Roma people released on Dec. 23. NGO, an annual anti-fascist vigil that functional. Our website and our ongoing both socially and economically. We Under the Convention, “Steps shall ADC Memorial held in the past in work will continue under the name of failed to have the standards of Russian be taken to ensure that the complain- memory of human rights lawyer Stan- ADC Memorial, but as an international and international law applied to the ant and witnesses are protected against islav Markelov and journalist Anasta- organization based outside of Russia. “ADC Memorial groups and people that we defended.” all ill-treatment or intimidation as a sia Baburova, who were gunned down “We will continue to pursue ADC The Dec. 12 ruling came as a sur- consequence of his complaint or any by neo-Nazis in Moscow on January Memorial’s chief activities — mainly now exists as an prise to the group because three courts evidence given,” Tugushi noted. 19, 2009, will this year take place with- the defence of vulnerable groups such ‘empty’ organization had previously thrown out the case due The Committee said it had previ- out the NGO’s involvement. as the Roma and migrants as well as to inconsistencies and the the lack of ously called on the Russian authorities This year’s event is due to be held as other minorities. We had to withdraw in the process of the grounds for the original inspection. to ensure that ADC Memorial and a “piket” – a stationary rally without the from several projects where we needed Prosecutors returned to the courts other NGOs would not face reprisals as use of amplified sound – on the Field of to work closely with state institutions, being closed.” with a civil lawsuit which contained the a result of their legitimate activities, in- Mars at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19. City such as schools and universities, but previous charges and also stated that cluding providing information to CAT. Hall refused to authorize a march or a they also won’t vanish, we simply won’t In a statement released on Dec. 31, the NGO’s “entire activities” violated “CAT is concerned with any mea- full-scale rally due to a technicality. be the ones conducting them.” 2013, ADC Memorial summed up the the “foreign agent” law. sure that undermines the indepen- “We applied on Jan. 9, the first According to Kulayeva, most of the results of its activities for the nearly six In December, the UN Committee dence and activities of non-govern- working day of the year, but they re- group’s analytical and human rights ad- years it had operated since opening in Against Torture criticized the ruling as mental organizations. The actions by fused to grant our request due to the vocacy work will be conducted via its 2007. violating international treaties. the Russian prosecutors against Me- fact that only nine working days re- website. “We managed to do a lot, but failed “Russia is a state party to the Con- morial reflect a worrying shift in the mained before the date, rather than 10 Kulayeva said she would appeal the to do even more,” it said. vention Against Torture and as such legislative environment governing the as required by law,” said Pyotr Kras- Dec. 12 ruling with the St. Petersburg “We managed to defend the rights should ensure that no group faces pros- enjoyment of the freedoms of assem- nov, formerly of ADC Memorial. City Court in the near future. of hundreds of people, but failed to “The bad news is that if the City stop discriminatory practices. We man- Court agrees with the lower court’s rul- aged to inform the world about the seg- ALL ABOUT TOWN РЕКЛАМА

Wednesday, Jan. 15 Friday, Jan. 17 Concert Hall today. Featuring en- Honor the birthday of celebrated Local KHL team SKA St. Petersburg sembles and soloists from Russia, Russian poet Osip Mandelstam by faces off against Moscow Oblast club Ukraine, Serbia and Austria, the fes- listening to a reading of some of his HC Vityaz at 7:30 p.m in one of their tival promises to bring together vari- most famous work today at the Anna final home games before the Olympics ous cultures once divided by the tides Akhmatova museum. Call 579 7239 start. Tickets are still available online of war. for more information about tickets on SKA’s website or they can be pur- and museum hours. chased either at their arena next to Monday, Jan. 20 For fans of Scottish rock band Prospekt Bolshevikov metro station or Take the family to the Peter and Paul Mogwai, watch “The Recording of at any of their merchandise stores. Fortress on the Petrograd side to see Mr. Beast,” a documentary detailing AmCham will be hosting an Au- the ice sculptures on display. Illus- the production of their fifth album in tomotive Committee meeting today trating various Russian fairy tales Glasgow spliced with scenes from at their office. Check their website and giving shape to childhood fanta- their live performances. Join fellow for more details. sies, the sculptures will be on display fans at GEZ-21 on the third floor of until the beginning of March despite Pushkinskaya 10 starting at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 the less than freezing temperatures. If you’re feeling nostalgic for the Thursday, Jan. 16 British musical invasion of the 1960s Tuesday, Jan. 21 Join the British Book Center for an or simply want to discuss the implied Meet photographer Dmitri Korablev English movie during their Film Club messages of famous English songs at the Bukvoed bookstore on Plo- from 6 to 8 p.m. at their location at and albums, then check out the Brit- schad Vosstanya starting at 8 p.m. this 18 Izmailovsky Prospekt. “Travels ish Book Center’s Piano Club start- evening. Listen as he discusses his ca- With My Aunt,” a comedy starring ing at 4 p.m. this afternoon. All are reer in photography and presents his Maggie Smith detailing a mourning invited to sing along or debate such newest book of portraits. son’s unexpected adventure with his important questions as which Beatle If you’d rather talk than listen, deceased mother’s sister, is the movie was the most talented. check out the American Council’s of choice for this meeting. weekly discussion club at their loca- For those looking to start the new Sunday, Jan. 19 tion near the corner of the Nab. Reki year off with a change in attitude, at- The final day of Epiphany Evenings, Moiki and Ulitsa Gorokhovaya. This tend Anastasia Borisova’s presenta- an international music festival com- way, you can talk about what you tion on effective life-management at memorating the 100th anniversary of love as well as meet new and inter- the Bukvoed bookstore on Ploschad the outbreak of World War I, finishes esting people trying to master the 16+ Vosstanya starting at 7 p.m. its three-day run at the Oktyarbrsky English language. The St. Petersburg Times | www.sptimes.ru LOCAL NEWS Wednesday, January 15, 2014 ❖ 3 Zenit Banks Katzenberg Sees Future in St. Petersburg By Ali Sar THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES On Swiss HOLLYWOOD — Call it the reincar- nation of Walt Disney. Jeffrey Katzen- berg, the head of DreamWorks Anima- tion studios, seems to be heading in that direction. Punctuality “I consider myself a student of Walt THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES Disney,” he explains. Although he Zenit St. Petersburg football club has quickly admits that he “never met the grown tired of waiting for its stadium on man.” Krestovsky Island to be rebuilt, a project His vision as an entertainment ex- that began in 2007, and has signed a con- ecutive was formed during his ten years tract with a Swiss company to construct a spent as head of Disney Studio’s mo- new ground at breakneck speed. tion picture division. Katzenberg ranks Swiss construction company Nussli as one of the most powerful figures in has agreed to build the new 25,000- American moviemaking as CEO of seater stadium, which will be located DreamWorks Animation. on a 25-hectare plot close to Kupchino Now Katzenberg sees his company’s metro station, by the end of 2014, Ger- future beyond animation, just as Walt man magazine Stadionwelt reported. Disney did when he launched the first Town planners are already working Disney-themed amusement park in on the necessary documentation for California in 1955. the build. Leveraging his company’s global Construction time will be reduced reach and economic potential, Katzen- because the changing rooms, toilets and berg is taking his vision internationally club merchandize shops are already and St. Petersburg is his initial launch- available as ready-made modules, and ing pad. He considers Russia one of the the club will fund the project itself. most important markets in the world. The stadium will primarily be built Seven of the top animated movies of all

for the club’s second team, but because time in Russia are DreamWorks pro- / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS LIM / UNIVERSAL STUDIOS EVELYN the pitch will be made from quality arti- ductions, he said. Themed attractions like ‘Madagascar: A Crate Adventure’ will be brought to St. Petersburg by DreamWorks. ficial turf, the first team will also be able “We have a partner in Russia who to play there, Fontanka.ru reported. has been granted permission to build plore diversified income sources over- Films such as “Shrek,” “Kung Fu at Disney for the rest of my life. I never Oleg Deripaska’s Transstroi started three parks,” Katzenberg told The St. seas, with live-action and park driven Panda” and “Puss in Boots” will form imagined that I wouldn’t.” the reconstruction of Zenit’s traditional Petersburg Times. “The first one will presentations leading the way. the foundation of park presentations. For Katzenberg the start of a new, home venue on Krestovsky Island, for- be in St. Petersburg.” The city’s Kras- Each of the DreamWorks films will “Our movies are now adapted into 46 post-Disney phase in his career was both merly known as the Kirov Stadium, nogvardeysky district has been tapped be an integral part of the park concept. languages,” points out Katzenberg traumatic and rewarding. Following a seven years ago, but costs quickly spi- as the location of the world’s first An example is the current hit “The while stressing the universal appeal of clash with his friend and then boss Mi- raled from 6.7 billion to 43 billion rubles DreamWorld park. Croods,” which so far has amassed a animation and their potential on the chael Eisner, who was then Disney chair- ($200 million to $1.2 billion). That figure The Glendale, California headquar- worldwide box office gross in excess of world stage. man, he was let go. But that one action was later reduced to 34.9 billion rubles. tered animation studio is partnering $600 million and has been nominated When he speaks about Dream- resulted in a $250 million settlement for In November Transstroi won a 12.5 with Russia’s Regions Group to con- for a Golden Globes award in the cat- Works, Katzenberg is always mindful Katzenberg. Today, with a reported per- billion ruble tender to finish the job, struct the indoor theme parks. Cur- egory of Best Animated Feature. The of the Disney influence and concept. sonal net worth of $1 billion, Katzenberg with the stadium slated for completion rently in the design stages, the St. Pe- film is also widely expected to appear “Starting DreamWorks for me was 100 wields an enormous amount of power in by the end of 2015. tersburg complex will be built and among the nominees for an Academy percent about being able to pursue the the world of show business. Power that Zenit have been based at the city’s managed by Regions Group with the Award this year when the list is an- thing that I loved the most [about] my he is now using to bring his vision to Petrovsky Stadium since the historic first location scheduled to open in ap- nounced on Jan. 16. job at Disney. I thought I would work Russia, starting in St. Petersburg. Kirov Stadium was demolished in 2006. proximately three years. Although DreamWorks has declined РЕКЛАМА to reveal the exact budget for these fa- cilities, each of them is expected to rep- City Places resent an investment in excess of several hundred million dollars. The entertainment pioneer has his focus on major population centers 28 января Ban on Dog around the world as his targets. The next venue is Yekaterinburg. “It’s the ТРЕНИНГ: fourth largest city in Russia and it’s the Hunter Sites location for the second park,” he re- ПРОГРАММА РАЗВИТИЯ THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES vealed to The St. Petersburg Times. Russian Internet censorship was broad- Katzenberg also said his partners are ДЛЯ РУКОВОДИТЕЛЕЙ: ened this week to include animal pro- “now trying to secure land in Moscow tection as two “dog hunter” websites for what would be a very big park.” ОПЕРАЦИОННОЕ УПРАВЛЕНИЕ КОМАНДОЙ were banned in St. Petersburg. After Russia, China is his next stop. Russia has a thriving underground Only a short while ago Katzenberg vis- Цель тренинга: формирование у участников понимания ключевых принципов проектного менеджмента, развитие community of vigilantes who kill off ar- ited that country exploring the same op- практических навыков. guably dangerous stray dogs in areas portunities there. “We are well on our where animal control measures are in- way with a partner there to building our Аудитория: руководители проектов. effective. An estimated 1 million strays first park in China, in Nanjing,” he said. roam the streets nationally and people The amusement parks will feature Результаты тренинга: освоение современных методов и средств управления проектами, понимание алгоритма по- have been wounded and even killed in what he calls “The DreamWorks Expe- ведения в ключевых ситуациях, умение занимать конструктивную позицию при решении конфликтных ситуаций. attacks by hungry dogs. rience.” The parks will be designed as a The court ban was imposed at the combination of shows and animated Основные темы: request of city prosecutors, who said on character engagements accompanied • Параметры, классификация и жизненный цикл проектов. their website that the sites violate Rus- by various related activities, an ice • Организационная структура проекта. sian laws on information, the animal show and a Madagascar-themed water • Планирование, правильная постановка задач и распределение функций. world and protection of minors. show, based on one of the company’s • Зоны риска, разделение ответственности. The move may spell a change in most successful properties. The shows • Способы мотивации и управление негативной реакцией. Russia’s approach to dog hunters, none already exist in various, separate forms • Работа с группами влияния. of whom have so far been found guilty and are playing in Brazil, Australia, • Мониторинг выполнения проекта и принятие решений. of animal abuse. The country’s animal Germany and Macau. • Возможности оперативного контроля с использованием KPI, быстрое определения расхождения с планом, принятие rights legislation only criminalizes ani- “These presentations [around the мер. mal abuse committed out of hooligan- world] are all small little steps on the • Итоговая оценка проекта. • Особенности проектов в функциональной, матричной и проектной компаниях. ism, for profit or in front of minors. way to what is sort of a bigger ambition • Работа с кейсами, реальные примеры, ролевые игры. Meanwhile, dog hunters claim to be do- for us, which is actually creating what ing the government’s job in protecting the we think could be a new park experi- Тренер: Александр Кузьменков - бизнес-тренер, опыт работы более 11 лет. Специализация – программы развития public. Some 16,600 people were attacked ence,” Katzenberg said as he explained для высшего и среднего менеджмента компании, сотрудников кадрового резерва. in Moscow alone by stray animals in 2008, the strategy behind DreamWorks’ vi- the last year for which statistics are avail- sion of an amusement park concept. Стоимость участия: 10 000 руб. (без учета НДС). able, according to the city branch of the United under a single roof and com- В стоимость включено: обучение, раздаточные материалы, кофе-брейки, обеды. Federal Consumer Protection Service. pletely enclosed, the DreamWorld Russia was not known before for parks are expected to encompass an blacklisting websites accused of animal area of approximately 75,000 square abuse. The country already censors on- meters and will include hotels, 4D line “extremist” content, pirated films movie theaters and retail stores. and websites deemed to promote suicide, Katzenberg is convinced that his con- illegal drugs and child pornography. cept “makes us different from any of The list of topics subjected to on- our other competitors.” line censorship is increasing, with pro- The ever-increasing international 16+ Подробности и регистрация по телефону: (812) 325-6080 доб. 333, motion of unauthorised rallies added revenue stream of American films are e-mail: [email protected], руководитель проекта Мария Гусакова. in late December. leading the movie companies to ex- NationalNews www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 ❖ 4 Lavrov and Kerry Meet Ahead of Syria Talks By Yekaterina Kravtsova neva II was to “put an end to the cur- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES rent despotic regime through a genuine MOSCOW — Foreign Minister Sergei political transition.” Russia earlier said Lavrov met with U.S. Secretary of the current regime was legitimate. State John Kerry in Paris on Monday In Paris, Lavrov and Kerry also dis- to discuss the long-awaited Syrian cussed the role of Iran in the peace talks, peace conference, which is scheduled a topic that Russia and the U.S. have had for next week in Switzerland but still trouble agreeing on. The U.S. sees Iran does not have the confirmed participa- as a military backer of Assad. Similarly, tion of Syrian opposition groups. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in- Topics such as the exchange of cap- vited more than 30 countries to the talks tives, humanitarian aid and a ceasefire but excluded Iran. will also be discussed, Lavrov said, add- “For us, the participation of Iran ing that Russia, the U.S. and the United and Saudi Arabia is necessary,” Lavrov Nations had urged the Syrian govern- said, without specifying whether he

In recent months, the Also discussed was two countries’ Iran’s role in the peace positions on the talks, a topic that both situation in Syria seem countries have had to have grown closer. trouble agreeing on. ment and opposition to agree on a and Kerry were able to reach an agree- ceasefire and exchanging captives by ment on the matter on Monday. the beginning of the peace talks. Yevgeny Satanovsky, head of the Russia and the U.S. have sparred Middle East Institute, a think tank over how to seek a resolution to the specializing in Middle East studies, civil war in Syria, but Lavrov and Kerry said that the U.S. and Russia on the

have managed to reach agreement on / AP MONSIVAIS MARTINIEZ PABLO Syria conflict would probably not be certain steps toward peace, including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lightens the mood by gifting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov two Idaho potatoes. long-lasting. convincing the Syrian government to “The U.S. changes its position all destroy its chemical weapons stockpiles handing Lavrov a gift of two Idaho po- While in Paris, Lavrov also met with Although Syrian President Bashar the time. I would not be surprised if and to participate in the planned talks tatoes, to Lavrov’s apparent delight. The Ahmad al-Jarba, president of the Syria Assad is not expected to attend the once chemical weapons in Syria were with the opposition. Russian side reciprocated with a present National Coalition — an opposition Geneva talks, Syria’s Deputy Foreign eliminated, the U.S. position would In recent months, the two countries’ of a pink fur cap to the U.S. delegation. group that Russia has long criticized — Minister Faisal al-Mekdad said Sunday flip-flop 180 degrees,” Satanovsky said positions on the situation in Syria also The peace talks, known as the Ge- and asked him to ensure that the entire that his delegation would adhere to the by phone. seem to have grown closer, with the neva II conference and first scheduled Syrian opposition would take part in president’s wishes. He also said that it was entirely pos- U.S. becoming more concerned about to take place last year, are now set for the peace talks. The group is expected Disagreements on how a political sible that the peace talks would not extremist groups operating in the coun- Jan. 22. The conference will bring to- to announce its decision on participa- transition should be made in Syria and take place at all, and that even if they try, a trend that Russia has frequently gether the Syrian government and the tion by Friday. whether Iran should participate in the did there would be no result. spoken out about. In December, the opposition, as well as delegations from The Syrian government has already peace talks still linger. “The result of this conference is U.S. and Britain suspended delivery of some 30 states, the UN, the European approved the make-up of its delega- In a statement released Sunday, 11 zero by definition; everyone in Russia some units of humanitarian aid to reb- Union, the Arab League and Organi- tion, Lavrov said. Syrian Foreign Min- Western states calling themselves the understands this. The conference is els, worrying that they could be com- zation of Islamic Cooperation. ister Walid Moallem will visit Moscow Friends of Syria — including the U.S., needed not to find a solution but to mandeered by extremist groups linked “We expressed our concerns and on Friday, a Russian Foreign Ministry Britain, France and Gulf powers such talk, that is what diplomats are paid to al-Qaida. urged the Syria National Coalition to representative told Interfax. as Saudi Arabia — said the of Ge- for,” he said. At Monday’s meeting, Kerry said determine its position as soon as possi- Russia and the U.S. had common views ble and to cooperate with other opposi- on many issues relating to Syria, includ- tion groups in order to make the oppo- ing the fact that they both have insisted sition delegation as representative as is on seeking a peaceful resolution to the required by last year’s Geneva Com- Record Number of U.S. Visas Issued conflict. munique,” Lavrov said after meeting Emphasizing the chummy personal with Kerry and UN and Arab League THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES Edward Snowden and the passage of the years, up from the former average of relationship Kerry and Lavrov have de- Special Envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Bra- MOSCOW — A record total of about U.S. Magnitsky Act, which allows for one year, for people traveling for tour- veloped, Kerry opened the meeting by himi, in Paris, Interfax reported. 250,000 U.S. non-immigrant visas were sanctions against Russian human rights ism, business, a home stay or humani- РЕКЛАМА issued to Russians last year, a jump of abusers. But the countries have made tarian activities. 15 percent compared to the previous progress on visa rules for their citizens. The deal also abolished the require- record year, U.S. Ambassador to Rus- “Currently, the waiting time for an ment for Americans traveling for busi- sia Michael McFaul said Monday. interview is the shortest of all time,” ness or on a home stay to obtain an in- In 2013, more than 30 percent of McFaul tweeted, urging Russians to vitation from a Russian entity that had Russians obtained U.S. visas without apply for visas before the “spring hot to be approved at the Federal Migra- going through an interview due to a time” and stressing that a three-year- tion Service, a process that took up to a U.S.-Russia visa agreement, McFaul visa would cost “only $160.” month. Now, U.S. citizens coming to wrote on Twitter, referring to a Sep- An inquiry submitted to the U.S. Russia for those purposes need only a tember 2012 deal. Embassy for more statistics was not an- notarized invitation that takes just a Bilateral relations between the for- swered in time for publication. day to prepare. Moreover, Russian mer Cold War foes have been strained in The 2012 bilateral visa agreement consulates no longer require the invita- recent years over issues including Rus- extended the validity period of visas tion to be sent by mail but accept a sia’s granting of asylum to U.S. fugitive for citizens of both countries to three copy sent by e-mail or fax. Officials Given Option to Buy Back Gifts THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES der, published on the government’s handed out during official events, MOSCOW — Prime Minister website on Jan. 3. and awards. Dmitry Medvedev has signed an or- State officials will then assess the The order applies to all Cabinet der requiring state officials to hand value of the present, and if they de- officials, members of the State over to the state any gifts they re- cide that it’s worth less than 3,000 Duma, the Federation Council and ceive that are worth more than 3,000 rubles, the recipient will get it back. the regional legislatures and judges, rubles ($90), but gives them an op- If the value of the present is an explanatory note accompanying tion of buying the presents back. deemed to exceed that amount, the the order said. Employees of state- The anti-corruption measure re- recipient will get two months to file a run corporations and educational quires government officials to re- request for buying the present back. institutions, and other state em- port any gifts within three days of Otherwise, the present will remain ployees and holders of public of- receiving them. property of the state. fices, are also subject to the new If an official gets a present dur- The order covers any gifts pre- measure. ing a business trip, the recipient sented in connection with a govern- Gazprom was the only state- must report it within three days of ment official’s position, but excludes owned corporation that was cited by returning home, according to the or- flowers, office supplies that are name in the explanatory note. The St. Petersburg Times | www.sptimes.ru NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, January 15, 2014 ❖ 5 Letter Reveals Kalashnikov’s AK-47 Remorse By Vladimir Isachenkov “During the Vietnam war, Ameri- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS can soldiers would throw away their MOSCOW (AP) — In a regretful let- M-16s to grab AK-47s and bullets for it ter penned a few months before his from dead Vietnamese soldiers,” Ka- death, Mikhail Kalashnikov, the de- lashnikov said at a 2007 ceremony signer of the AK-47 assault rifle, asked marking the rifle’s 60th anniversary. the head of the Russian Orthodox Kalashnikov, born into a peasant Church if he was to blame for the family in Siberia, first showed his de- deaths of those killed by his weapon. signer skills when he invented some The Russian daily Izvestia pub- modifications for Soviet tanks while lished the letter on Monday, in which serving as a Red Army conscript. He Kalashnikov, who died last month at was badly wounded in a 1941 battle 94, told Patriarch Kirill that he kept with the Nazis and first started design- asking himself if he was responsible. The AK-47 is the world’s most popular firearm, with an estimated 100 million spread around the world. ‘If my assault rifle “The pain in my soul is unbearable. took people’s lives, I keep asking myself the same unsolv- able question: If my assault rifle took it means that I...am people’s lives, it means that I, Mikhail responsible for Kalashnikov, ... son of a farmer and Or- thodox Christian am responsible for people’s deaths.’ people’s deaths,” he said in the letter. Kalashnikov also shared his bitter ing the new automatic rifle while he thoughts about humankind. was recovering in hospital. “The longer I live, the more often Kalashnikov received numerous that question gets into my brain, the honors, including the Hero of Socialist

deeper I go in my thoughts and guesses MICHEL EULER / AP Labor and Order of Lenin and Stalin about why the Almighty allowed hu- Kalashnikov’s guilt expressed in the letter strongly contrasts with his past statements saying he slept well at night. Prize, but never got rich because his mans to have devilish desires of envy, invention was never patented. greed and aggression,” Kalashnikov weapon of choice for the Third World said in interviews and public speeches “If the weapon is used to defend the Kalashnikov continued working continued. “Everything changes, only a insurgents backed by the . that he created the weapon to protect Motherland, the Church supports both into his late 80s as chief designer of the man and his thinking remain un- Moscow not only distributed the AK-47 his country and couldn’t be blamed for its creators and the servicemen using it,” Izmash company that first built the changed: he’s just as greedy, evil, heart- widely but also licensed its production other people’s action. the newspaper quoted Volkov as saying. AK-47. He started travelling the world less and restless as before!” in some 30 other countries. The gun’s “I sleep well. It’s the politicians who In 2007, President Vladimir Putin in the waning days of the Soviet Union, Kalashnikov’s daughter, Elena, was cult status among revolutionaries and are to blame for failing to come to an praised Kalashnikov’s weapon as a serving as a living symbol of Russian quoted by Izvestia as saying that a local national-liberation fighters is enshrined agreement and resorting to violence,” “symbol of the creative genius of our prowess in making weapons and help- priest could have helped her father on the flag of Mozambique. the designer told The Associated Press people.” Putin attended Kalashnikov’s ing negotiate new arms deals. write the two-page letter, which was The letter, which was sent in April, in 2007. The church sought to comfort burial at a memorial military cemetery In his letter to the Patriarch, Ka- typed and carried his signature. The ri- contrasted sharply with past statements him with exactly same argument. Izves- just outside Moscow. lashnikov said that at 91 he began visit- fle’s simplicity and reliability made it a by Kalashnikov, who had repeatedly tia quoted Kirill’s spokesman Alexan- While it’s not especially accurate, ing a church in the city of Izhevsk, der Volkov as saying the Patriarch re- Kalashnikov’s rifle can perform in sandy where he worked and died, adding IN BRIEF sponded to Kalashnikov and praised or wet conditions that jam more sophis- words of praise for the Russian Ortho- him as a true patriot. ticated weapons such as the U.S. M-16. dox Church. Banana Drug Bunch cation of students at institutions of all levels as part of their own professional ■ MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) — Dutch development, the director of the minis- authorities have handed over to Russia try’s department of youth affairs, Alex- ‘None of the Above’ Vote to Return a man accused of masterminding a ma- ander Stradze, said. jor drug operation that saw millions of The draft decree of the measure is By Oleg Sukhov make them competitive and will not United Russia thieves, and get a lot of dollars’ worth of cocaine smuggled into still being finalized. THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES have any strong rivals whose votes votes,” the politician wrote. Russia hidden in banana shipments. MOSCOW — The State Duma’s Legis- should be taken away, Navalny said. But the opposition leader said he The crime ring, operating since 2003, lation Committee on Monday ap- He argued that the bill was a re- supported the bill because it would hit was busted in 2010, but its alleged leader Rest in Pieces proved a bill reintroducing the “none sponse to his strong showing in the United Russia harder than opposition Vladimir Krasavchikov fled prosecution, of the above” option in all elections ex- 2013 Moscow mayoral election, in parties. Currently, some people vote Russia’s Interior Ministry said Jan. 4. ■ MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) — A man cept for those choosing a president. which he was the runner-up with 27.2 for the ruling party not because they Krasavchikov was held in the Neth- suspected of killing and dismembering The ballot option was introduced in percent of the vote, and jokingly de- think it is “good” but because they be- erlands in early 2012, but extradition his girlfriend has been detained by au- Russia in 1991 but was removed in scribed what he perceived as the Krem- lieve “everyone else is even worse,” formalities took two years to accom- thorities in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, 2006. Its planned reintroduction has lin’s rationale. and soon they will be able to express plish, the ministry said in a statement. Bishkek police said Monday. been widely interpreted as an attempt “A true explanation sounds like their distaste for all candidates, he The group was stashing away bags “Multiple body parts of a young by United Russia to take votes away this: Everyone hates us. Candidates wrote. of cocaine on transatlantic ships ferry- woman were found in a dumpster on from opposition candidates. like upstart Navalny and others emerge A first reading of the bill is sched- ing bananas from Ecuador to St. Pe- Panfilova Street over the weekend by who exploit the people’s hatred for us, uled for Friday. tersburg, police said. passers-by who called the police,” a po- РЕКЛАМА Upon arrival, drug couriers dis- lice representative said. guised as longshoremen picked up the According to preliminary informa- The bill has been cocaine, leaving ship crews unaware of tion, the suspect, who police said was a the extra cargo. drug addict, killed his 24-year-old girl- widely interpreted as About 70 kilograms of cocaine friend during an argument and pro- an attempt by United worth $85 million was seized during the ceeded to dismember her body into 28 crackdown on the operation in 2010, pieces. Russia to take votes implying far bigger long-term profits He allegedly tossed her head into away from opposition for the group. the basement before stashing the re- The ministry did not specify crimi- maining body parts in the dumpster. candidates. nal charges against Krasavchikov, but Police noted that pieces of fried meat drug trafficking is punishable with up were found in the suspect’s apartment. Legislation Committee chairman to 20 years behind bars in Russia. Vladimir Pligin, of United Russia, said Nine alleged accomplices of Kras- that the option would be reasonable avchikov were already slapped with Warships Launched for municipal elections but that its rel- prison terms in Russia. evance for State Duma and regional ■ MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) — A pair elections was open to discussion. of new missile corvettes have com- The bill was submitted last October Anti-Terrorism Classes pleted acceptance trials and will enter by Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of service in Russia’s Caspian Flotilla in the Federation Council, and other ■ MOSCOW — The Education and the first quarter of this year, the South- members of the parliament’s upper Science Ministry is planning to intro- ern Military District said Monday. The house. They argued that the option duce anti-terrorism and anti-extremism two ships, the Grad Sviyazhsk and Ug- would help determine whether a par- classes into educational institutions in lich, are the first in the new Buyan-M ticular vote was a protest vote against a bid to counter youth radicalization, a class and are equipped with anti-ship the ruling party or a genuine prefer- news report said Monday. and anti-aircraft missiles. ence for a specific candidate. Guidelines for the program’s imple- The vessels began sea trials in Au- Opposition leader Alexei Navalny mentation are unknown, but will in- gust and completed four test launches wrote on his blog Monday that United clude extracurricular activities aimed of the Kalibr-NK missile, which can en- Russia hoped to benefit as a result of at “fostering in youth a dislike for ex- gage surface, underwater and coastal people voting against everyone instead tremist and terrorist sentiments,” In- targets. of choosing opposition candidates in terfax reported. The five countries bordering the relatively competitive elections. But Anti-terrorism and anti-extremism Caspian Sea — Russia, Azerbaijan, they will not introduce the option in training will also be undertaken by Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Iran — presidential elections because Presi- teachers and those involved in the edu- all maintain a naval presence in the sea. dent Vladimir Putin cannot afford to Business www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 ❖ 6 State Seeks High-Tech Suicide Bomb Solution RIA NOVOSTI Anxiety about terrorist attacks is Amid the search for new ways to pre- higher than usual in Russia following a vent terrorist attacks, the Interior Min- recent series of suicide bombings in the istry has announced an open tender to southern city of Volgograd. In back-to- develop a device able to remotely detect back strikes on Dec. 29 and 30, two sui- explosives worn by suicide bombers. cide bombers blew up a city train sta- The gadget would have to detect ex- tion and a trolleybus, killing 34 people plosive devices concealed on the hu- and injuring nearly 80 others. Investi- man body from up to 10 meters away gators have not officially named any with 98-percent reliability, according to suspects in the attacks, though radical the order by the ministry’s special Islamic militants from Russia’s North equipment division. Caucasus region are suspected of being The ministry said it would pay a behind the deadly blasts. maximum of 39 million rubles ($1.2 The bombings, two months after an- million) for the device, which the order other suicide bombing on a bus in Volgo- said should be able to boot up within grad, came just weeks ahead of Russia’s five minutes, process signals in half a hosting of the Winter Olympic Games, second or less, and signal positive read- which open in Sochi on February 7. ings with audio and visual indicators. In October, NATO and Russia un- Design ideas for the device must be veiled a bomb detection system titled submitted by Jan. 29 and the result of STANDEX that they said could identify the tender will be announced Feb. 12, threats in large crowds of people. It was the statement posted on the govern- not immediately clear whether the device ment procurement site said. commissioned by Russia’s Interior Min- The gadgets should be ready for use istry would be connected to STANDEX by Nov. 15, 2016. technology, which is still being tested. BRENNAN LINSLEY / AP Leonid Nevzlin has announced he will continue the Yukos battle without the help of his former partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky. $100Bln Yukos Battle Continues Russia Leads in World By Oleg Sukhov Khodorkovsky has repeatedly said Judging by Nevzlin’s interview, Yu- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES Protectionist Policies since his release that he would not re- kos shareholders are prepared for talks Businessman Leonid Nevzlin said that turn to business and would not fight for with the Russian government, but the THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES tectionist measures as China while he would continue a $100 billion legal Yukos’ assets. Some analysts inter- key question is whether the Kremlin is Russia enacted more protectionist having only an eighth of the popula- battle with the Russian government preted this as a condition set by Putin ready for them, Makarkin added. trade measures in 2013 than any tion,” said GTA coordinator Simon over the assets of defunct oil firm Yu- for his release. The shareholders’ $100 billion claim other country, leaving it as the world Evenett, Reuters reported. kos, in contrast to his former business Economist Andrei Illarionov, a for- is an estimate of what Yukos’ value leader in protectionism, according He described Russia’s policy of partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s re- mer Putin aide, said in a LiveJournal post would have been if its assets had not to a new study. economic restructuring as “nothing cent promise not to participate in the published on Jan. 9 that the president been stripped away. Furthermore, Russia, with Belarus more than a potent mix of rampant litigation. could have pardoned the former tycoon The lawsuit was filed under the En- and Kazakhstan, its partners in the subsidization and aggressive protec- Nevzlin, who emigrated to Israel in because he needed his help in reaching a ergy Charter Treaty, which allows in- Customs Union, accounted for a third tionism,” which contradicts the World 2003 after the Russian authorities initi- settlement between Yukos shareholders vestors to enforce their rights against of all the world’s protectionist steps in Trade Organization’s principles. ated the case that resulted in Yukos’ and the Russian government. governments. Russia signed the treaty 2013, said the study by Global Trade Russia joined the WTO in 2012, dismemberment, said that a decision Such a settlement might be made in in 1991 but never ratified it. In 2009 the Alert (GTA), a leading independent while Kazakhstan and Belarus, are on Yukos shareholders’ case against exchange for the release of still-jailed Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled trade monitoring service. negotiating entry. the Kremlin — the biggest commercial Yukos executives Platon Lebedev and that the country was bound by the En- A total of 78 trade restrictions, Of Russia’s protectionist policies, lawsuit in history — could be made in Alexei Pichugin, Illarionov wrote. ergy Charter Treaty despite having not almost a third of all those enacted 43.4 percent were targeted bailouts mid-2014. The shareholders have “Apparently neither the non-verbal ratified the document. by the Group of 20 countries, were and direct subsidies for local com- claimed $100 billion in damages for methods of persuasion traditionally ap- Yukos’ shareholders have argued imposed by Russian legislators last panies, the report said. Tariff mea- what they called illegal expropriation plied by Russia nor the work of a highly that the tax evasion case against the year, the study said. sures accounted for 15.5 percent, of Yukos’ assets by the Kremlin. experienced international law firm company and its executives was politi- With the new restrictions, Russia while anti-dumping, countervailing Nevzlin, a former co-owner of the oil have worked in The Hague. There is cally motivated and amounted to illegal now has 331 protectionist measures duty or safeguard provisions consti- company, was speaking following a meet- only one bargaining chip left for [Putin] expropriation. Russian authorities filed in place, or a fifth of all protectionist tuted almost 10 percent. Other steps ing in Israel with former Yukos CEO — Mikhail Khodorkovsky,” he added. tax claims worth $30 billion against Yu- policies registered worldwide. included cuts in foreign worker quo- Khodorkovsky, who was pardoned in kos in 2003 and subsequently initiated Belarus is ranked second, with tas, export subsidies and restric- December after serving more than 10 many criminal cases against its execu- 162 measures. tions, and sanitary measures years in jail on tax evasion and embezzle- tives. With its assets and accounts fro- The Russian-led Customs Union, A surge in protectionism oc- ment charges. Upon release, Khodork- The shareholders have zen, the company failed to pay the which the Kremlin has presented as curred around the world starting in ovsky was immediately transported claimed $100 billion taxes and was declared bankrupt in an alternative to the European 2012, the report said. The 2013 data abroad by the Russian authorities. 2006, while its property was sold at auc- Union, came under harsh criticism indicate that this trend, which could Political analysts speculated that in damages for what tions that critics called bogus. from the report’s authors. slow down international economic President Vladimir Putin may have re- they called illegal Some analysts have accused the “The Customs Union was re- growth in the next several years, is leased Khodorkovsky to secure either president of directly benefiting from sponsible for 15 times as many pro- likely to continue. his non-involvement or assistance in expropriation of Yukos’ the case, arguing that his political op- the legal battle, which could deal an ponent Khodorkovsky was removed, enormous blow to the Kremlin and assets by the Kremlin. while many Yukos assets were sold to lead to Russian government assets Rosneft, then headed by Putin’s ally Rural Areas Remain Offline abroad being seized. Illarionov also said that Putin’s deci- Sergei Bogdanchikov, and some of its Gibraltar-registered Group Me- sion to release Khodorkovsky may oil flows were transferred to a com- RIA NOVOSTI southern steppes of the Republic of natep Limited, which used to control have been triggered by the receipt by modity trading firm run by another Pu- People living in more than a third of Kalmykia, the Yamal-Nenets autono- Yukos, “intends to achieve victory in the Samara regional government of a tin associate, Gennady Timchenko. Russia’s small towns and villages have mous district in the far north and the this case and get compensation from New York court order requiring Ros- Yukos shareholders have become a no access to the Internet, a new gov- Novosibirsk region in Siberia. the Russian Federation no matter neft to pay $186 million to Yukos’ major concern for Rosneft and the ernment study shows. The federal government plans to what,” Nevzlin told Dozhd television shareholders. Russian government. U.S., Dutch, Brit- Despite the boom in Internet use in provide Internet access by 2018 to 93 on Jan. 11. That ruling related to a loan inher- ish and Irish courts have backed the Russia, some 6,700 localities have no percent of Russia’s population of 143 He said, however, that Khodork- ited by Rosneft from a Yukos subsid- shareholders in their disputes with opportunity to get online, the Commu- million. ovsky “has nothing to do with” the iary that it gobbled up after the com- Rosneft, while several European and nications and Press Ministry said on its About 52 million Russians, or 45 case, which is being heard at the Per- pany’s dismemberment, and may have Israeli courts have refused to extradite website. percent of the adult population, went manent Court of Arbitration in The been seen by the government as a har- Yukos executives, saying that the case The figure represents 38 percent of online daily as of last summer, the Hague, and that they had largely ig- binger of court rulings to come. was politically motivated. the 17,500 towns and villages with pop- state-run pollster Public Opinion Foun- nored business matters during their Alexei Makarkin, deputy head of Unlike those courts, the European ulations of between 500 and 10,000 dation said in September. meeting, talking instead about their the Center for Political Technologies, a Court of Human Rights ruled last year people in Russia. About 57 million logged on at least children and the weather. think tank, was more cautious in his as- that it had not found any political moti- About 1,300 places, or 7.6 percent, once a month, according to the survey “Yesterday I attempted to talk with sessment. He said by phone that, while vation in the evidence presented, also have no access to cellular net- of 30,000 respondents, which did not Khodorkovsky about the revenues and the $100 billion lawsuit may have been though it ruled that the Yukos case had works, according to the study published specify a margin of error. expenditures of [Group Menatep Lim- one of the reasons behind Khodork- many violations and was not fair. In last week. In 2003, just 3 million went online ited] and its shareholders but was ovsky’s release, it was not necessarily 2011, the court also refused to grant The majority of black spots for In- each day and 8 million at least once a sharply rebuffed. He is not interested the main one. $98 billion in damages to Yukos share- ternet and cellular services are in the month, according to the pollster’s in this,” Nevzlin said. “The bargain may have been im- holders in a case separate from the on- republics of Dagestan and Kara- data, demonstrating the explosive He said he would continue to man- plied, rather than explicitly formu- going litigation at the Permanent Court chayevo-Cherkessia and the Stavropol growth in Internet use in Russia in the age Khodorkovsky’s stake in Menatep. lated,” he said. of Arbitration. region in the Caucasus mountains, the past decade. Feature www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 ❖ 7 Anisimova: ‘Coming Out’ For Human Rights By Joshua Kovensky the first time that a Day of Silence was kind of reaction there is among the THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES held in St. Petersburg. Afterwards, we wider society. I know that things have decided that we would have to sit down changed and more people are prepared oming out was a surpris- and seriously get to work on creating a to at least listen and try to understand ingly easy process for Vyk- new organization. At the start of 2009, what we’re trying to say with our work. hod (Coming Out), St. Pe- we registered Vykhod with the St. Pe- It’s really hard to offer an analysis of so- tersburg’s main gay rights tersburg city government. ciety as a whole. We’re losing the battle organization. While other of influence because we don’t have the LGBTC advocacy groups faced difficul- Q: What motivates you? necessary mass media resources. ties in registering as non-profits and suf- A: The fact that government policy at fered harassment, Vykhod managed to the current moment supports homopho- Q: What are Vykhod’s plans for the avoid most of the hurdles placed in front bia. That’s one side of it. From another, future? of other NGOs. we, as an organization, are motivated to A: We plan on continuing supporting Although that part of the process was act for the community at large. Monitor- the LGBT community and providing easy, for Anna Anisimova, and Vykhod, ing and improving the LGBT situation is legal and psychological support, regard- that straightforwardness has long since no small part of that. less of what happens. For us, honestly, come to an end. A year and a half ago, St. the fundamental part of our plan for the Petersburg passed a law prohibiting “gay next three years is to maintain the orga- propaganda,” and a similar law was en- nization so that people can still receive acted at the federal level a few months ‘I think that we are information, legal services and psycho- ago, provoking international outrage. currently at the very logical help. Anisimova has been with Vykhod since With the passage of the homopho- its foundation in 2008. In addition to beginning of the bic law and the growth of aggression working as the organization’s executive against the LGBT community that has director, she also serves on its board of di- path towards occurred over the past year and a half, rectors and coordinates the group’s activi- achieving LGBT we’ve seen a sharp rise in people com- ties, which range from public demonstra- ing in for consultations, both legal and tions to free, individual psychological rights in Russia.’ psychological. My impression, accord- counseling for members of the LGBT ing to what our psychologists and peo- community across the country. Q: What do you see as the future for ple who directly interact with the com- As Anisimova tells it, the passage of your organization and the LGBT in munity have said, is that they are very the recent law on “nontraditional sexual community in Russia? frightened. Many people feel as if they relations,” has made life more dangerous A: I can only speak of my personal are illegal. A situation occurs in which for members of the LGBT community in expectations. I think that we are cur- the laws that have been passed are Russia, giving those, “who experience rently at the very beginning of the path generally not enforced. There has hatred, rage, or hostility toward LGBT towards achieving LGBT rights in Rus- been no situation in which people people the feeling of legal justification.” sia. I think that there will be a turning holding hands on the street were Anisimova sat down recently with the St. . There might be more aggression grabbed on account of “propaganda,” Petersburg Times at Vykhod’s office in and more obvious state-sponsored ho- as is stated in the law. the city center to talk about what is one mophobia but there will then be a criti- That just doesn’t happen. But at of Russia’s only bulwarks against hatred cal moment where all of this will pass. the same time, these laws justify the and ignorance. So I don’t think that we’ve yet begun to violence that still does occur. People move forward. now, in much of society, see the law as Q: What was the idea behind founding a justification for hatred. People who

Vykhod? Q: How do you go about organizing FOR SPT in the past might have felt hatred or A: Vykhod was founded in 2008. The protests? Anna Anisimova, one of the founders of Vykhod (Coming Out) remains optimistic. rage or hostility towards LGBT peo- original members met at an event orga- A: It’s a long process. We prepare up ple but did not express it, now feel that nized by the Russian Gay Network during to two months before any protest so as to For us it’s a really time-consuming ernment controls most of it. We can the law justifies their feelings. And a spring protest against homophobia. At make sure that everything is coordinated, process, meaning that we can’t hold count on acceptable coverage only from people who now show aggression, who the end of the rally, a few of us decided orderly, and breaks neither federal nor more than three or four protests a year. independent media. And independent beat people up or verbally abuse that protesting against homophobia in St. city laws. We think a lot about safety. It’s The exception was when the local law media are, as a rule, electronic, online members of the LGBT community, Petersburg once a year just wasn’t enough. really important for us that people are against propaganda was passed a year media, and media specifically for youth. now cite this law [as justification]; they We thought that it would be great to cre- not injured at our protests. Of course we and a half ago. Then we had multiple A large part of the population, not in feel supported by the state in their ha- ate an activist group that would hold can’t guarantee 100 percent safety, and unplanned protests, around ten in the the central cities but farther out in Rus- tred. This is the scariest part of what events to spread awareness about issues we warn people about this. But at the course of a month and a half. These ac- sia, beyond Moscow and St. Petersburg, this law has done. The LGBT commu- concerning the LGBT community, par- protests we organize, we put 200 percent tivities were much more spontaneous is much more difficult to reach. The nity now feels that if people start to ticularly as it exists in St. Petersburg, and effort into guaranteeing people’s safety. and aimed at directing society’s atten- Rossia-1 and NTV television channels beat them up because they’re gay, so- to fight against the current problems that We also liaise with other rights-protec- tion to the law. reach them, and naturally we don’t get ciety will not support them. And the the community faces, in particular those tion organizations. They send us workers coverage on these stations. If we do get government won’t help them because of discrimination and silence in the face of who help guarantee security at the pro- Q: What influence do you think these coverage, then it’s on absolutely biased of this law. Now our task is to explain hate crimes. tests. We monitor radical nationalist protests have on Russian society? programs where they use us [for their to people what their rights are, why Our first event was a Day of Silence, groups in order to get a rough under- A: It’s difficult to say. Of course, own ends]. And this is, of course, flawed they must defend their rights on the held in early May 2008. Around ten standing of what to expect on the day of Vykhod doesn’t get much coverage from information, so it’s really hard with these basis of their identity and why we need people helped organized it, and it was the protest. the mainstream media because the gov- stations. But it’s difficult to say what to fight hatred and oppression. Apple Asked to Shun Yevroset Deal Over Actor’s Homophobia

THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES “the rampant homophobic campaign” ter’s TwitLonger website, intended for in Russia. posts that go beyond the usual 140- group of almost 20 Yevroset CEO Alexander Malis told character limit, appeared to keep dis- Russian and foreign CNews that he wouldn’t comment on the appearing. gay rights groups have letter “because we do not offend gays ... Okhlobystin said on his Twitter ac- sent a letter asking We serve all people equally and are, in count on Jan. 11 that he repeatedly had Tim Cook, CEO of principle, against discrimination.” tried to publish the letter on TwitLon- AApple, to reconsider doing business Earlier Malis had responded to ger.com, but each time the text ap- with the Russian cell phone retailer Okhlobystin’s comments by saying: peared to have been deleted within Yevroset in light of homophobic re- “Ivan expressed his personal opinion, hours or even minutes of publication. marks by its creative director, actor and we will not dismiss him for it. Of “I didn’t delete the text,” Ivan Okhlobystin. course, we are against someone being Okhlobystin said in Twitter messages. The letter, which was published on burned in a furnace. We agreed that “Somebody deleted it for me!” Spectrum Human Rights website on there wouldn’t be any more such state- In the letter that was finally posted Jan. 12, came in response to ments,” Ridus reported. on Russia’s VKontakte social network, Okhlobystin’s comments last month, Okhlobystin, most famous for star- Okhlobystin asked Putin to restore an when he told fans in Novosibirsk, “I’d ring in a Russian take on the medical article of the Soviet-era Criminal Code put [gay people] all alive in an oven ... sitcom “Interny,” is known for being a that made homosexual relationships it’s a living danger to my children.” controversial media personality and was punishable by a prison term. Cook, a usually private executive an Orthodox priest before being sus- The law banning gay propaganda, who spoke about the discrimination he pended in 2010. Okhlobystin, however, which Russia adopted last summer, faces as a gay man at a speech last wrote an open letter to President Vladi- didn’t go far enough “because the exis- month, has not yet responded publicly mir Putin at the beginning of the month, tence of officially registered societies to the letter, which asks him to not allow urging him to restore a Soviet-era law of homosexuals is by itself a direct ad-

Yevroset to sell Apple products as that banned homosexual relations. But vertisement of homosexuality,” / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS MIKHAIL POPOV Okhlobystin’s remarks contributed to his publications of the letter on Twit- Okhlobystin said in the letter. Okhlobystin’s intolerance is now at the center of international controversy. Sochi 2014 www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 ❖ 8 SKA Forwards Make Russian Hockey Roster RIA NOVOSTI Olympic roster, fellow Russian young- NHL stars Evgeni Malkin and Alex ster Nail Yakupov, 20, does not after a Ovechkin lead the way on Russia’s hockey season so far characterized by clashes roster for its first home Winter Olympics with Edmonton Oilers management. in Sochi, with goaltender Semyon Varla- Playing in the NHL is far from be- mov also selected on last week’s list de- ing a ticket into the Russian Olympic spite his legal problems this season. team — wing Alexander Semin of the The 25-man roster includes 10 play- Carolina Hurricanes misses out, as do ers drawn from the Russia-based KHL, New Jersey defenseman Anton one more than at the 2010 Vancouver Volchenkov and Edmonton goaltender Olympics, with the most prominent of Ilya Bryzgalov. that group being ex-New Jersey Devils The Olympics will take place from wing Ilya Kovalchuk, now of SKA St. February 7 through 23, with the men’s Petersburg. hockey tournament running from Feb- He is also one of only nine survivors ruary 8-23. Russia will play the United from the 2010 roster as coach Zinetula States, Slovakia and Slovenia in the Bilyaletdinov looks to many of the opening pool stage. players who won Russia the 2012 world Full roster: championship gold medal. Goaltenders: Sergei Bobrovsky Colorado Avalanche netminder (, NHL), Se- Varlamov, who last month saw an as- myon Varlamov (Colorado Avalanche, sault charge against him dropped, is NHL), Alexander Yeryomenko (Dy- likely to fight for the starting goalten- namo Moscow, KHL). der spot with Vezina Trophy-winning Defensemen: Anton Belov (Ed- Sergei Bobrovsky of the Columbus monton Oilers, NHL), Alexei Emelin Blue Jackets. The third goaltender on (, NHL), Andrei

the roster is Alexander Yeryomenko, Markov (Montreal Canadiens, NHL), / AP KOROTAYEV VIKTOR who has won the KHL title in the last Evgeny Medvedev (, The discovery of handmade bombs on the weekend, defused by police, has increased fears regarding security at the Games. two seasons with Dynamo Moscow. KHL), Nikita Nikitin (Columbus Blue St. Louis Blues wing Vladimir Jackets, NHL), Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars Tarasenko said he was overjoyed to be Kazan, KHL), Fyodor Tyutin (Colum- selected. bus Blue Jackets, NHL), Slava Voynov “It’s hard to put my joy into words (, NHL). U.S. Issues Travel Warning because, after all, this was a childhood Forwards: Artem Anisimov (Co- dream, to make it to the Olympics,” he lumbus Blue Jackets, NHL), Pavel Natalya Krainova The games run from Feb. 7 through dence from federal authorities since the told R-Sport. “And now it’s worked Datsyuk (, NHL), THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES March 15. fall of the Soviet regime in 1991. out, and at home too, in Russia.” Denis Kokarev (Dynamo Moscow, The U.S. State Department has issued Despite the security boost, however, The State Department attributes its Now the real work begins, he added. KHL), Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA St. Pe- a travel alert for Americans traveling the State Department stressed on its concern to the three deadly suicide “The time’s coming when you have tersburg, KHL), Nikolai Kulemin (To- to Sochi for the Winter Olympics and website on Jan. 10 that personal security bombings that took place in Volgograd, to prepare well for the tournament so ronto Maple Leafs, NHL), Evgeni Mal- Paralympics as security threats con- still depends very much on individual 965 kilometers from Sochi, between as not to slip up in Sochi,” he said. kin (Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL), Val- tinue to emerge in southern Russia, “good judgement and discretion.” Oct. 15 and Dec. 30, as well as the ap- One significant omission from the ery Nichushkin (, NHL), which is set to host the Games next U.S. citizens should “remain vigi- peal of rebel leader Doku Umarov in roster is 39-year-old Dallas Stars defen- Alex Ovechkin (Washington Capitals, month. lant…when using any form of public July urging his followers to attack the seman Sergei Gonchar, who will now NHL), Alexander Popov (Avangard Over the weekend, police defused transportation” in Sochi, located in the upcoming Olympics. not become the first hockey player to Omsk, KHL), Alexander Radulov two handmade bombs in the North Krasnodar region, which borders the Continuous reports about deten- compete at five Olympic Games for (CSKA Moscow, KHL), Sergei Soin Caucasus republic of Kabardino- volatile North Caucasus federal dis- tions of suspected rebels or foiled Russia. Gonchar has missed Dallas’ (Dynamo Moscow, KHL), Vladimir Balkaria, Interfax reported. trict, the State Department said. bombings in the past few days have last five NHL games with concussion, Tarasenko (St. Louis Blues, NHL), They discovered one in the regional U.S. citizens are also highly recom- been further fueling the fears of U.S. but has since returned to the team. Alexei Tereshchenko (Ak Bars Kazan, center of Nalchik on Jan. 11, in a coun- mended to subscribe to the government’s authorities. Although 18-year-old forward Val- KHL), Viktor Tikhonov (SKA St. Pe- terterrorism operation where five sus- Russia seems to be fully aware of ery Nichushkin of Dallas makes the tersburg, KHL). pected members of an international such fears, however, as it launched a terror group were detained, and the massive security operation in Sochi on other one on Sunday in a car near the Continuous reports Jan. 7, which includes ground patrols town of Tyrniauz, 90 kilometers west of about recent suspected conducted by 37,000 police and mili- Sochi Inspires Name Calling Nalchik. tary officers, surveillance from space, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES uncommon now in Russia, but in the On Jan. 10, six suspected terrorists terrorist activity has as well as monitoring of phone and In- Two parents in Sochi have em- Soviet era, especially in its early were detained in the southern Stavropol ternet communications in the city. braced the Olympic spirit by nam- stages, giving babies unusual names region of Pyatigorsk, which allowed se- fueled the fears of U.S. Apart from terrorism, U.S. citizens ing their newborn girl Olympiada in was not out of the ordinary. curity forces to prevent a terrorist at- authorities. risk falling victim to theft and robbery honor of the Winter Games that are As well as many names contain- tack, the National Anti-Terrorism Com- and therefore should not carry large set to begin in the city on Feb. 7. ing references to the theorists of mittee said, without specifying where Smart Traveler Enrollment Program in sums of money around and use marked On Jan.8 “parents registered a communism and its early leaders — and when the attack had been planned. order to receive updates about security taxi services, and also store copies of baby, whom they named Olympiada,” Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin — On Jan. 8 and Jan. 9, police found threats in the region through e-mail, or important documents in a secure place, said Tatyana Burova, head of a civil parents sometimes gave their chil- six bodies with gunshot wounds and check regularly with the Embassy’s or the the State Department said. registry office in Sochi. dren names associated with indus- the same number of explosive devices State Department’s website. Another danger for travelers is pub- “It is the first time parents have trialization or science, such as Elek- planted in cars throughout the region In addition, U.S. citizens should lic demonstrations, which have the po- given such a name to a baby girl in trifikatsia (“electrification”), Ra- of Stavropol, in what appeared to be a provide a friend, relative, or colleague tential to abruptly turn violent, the Russia,” Burova said, Interfax re- dium, and Traktor for boys or Trak- trap for law enforcement, Kommersant a copy of their itinerary. statement says. ported Jan.9. torina for girls. reported. Although “Westerners have not been The statement also warned about The girl was born on New Year’s The 1917 Revolution and revolu- The discovery was followed by an specifically targeted” in bombings in poor healthcare, possible shortages of Eve, Burova added. tionary concepts also inspired the announcement from FBI Director Russia in the past 15 years, rebels view hotel rooms and against “promoting She refused to disclose the girl’s names Revolyutsiya, Oktyabrina, James Comey on Jan. 9 that the U.S. them as “complicit in the Russian gov- LGBT equality in public,” for the latter surname for confidentiality reasons. Barrikada (“barricade”), and Giotin will send two dozen FBI agents to Mos- ernment’s efforts to control” the North may result in a fine of up to 100,000 Giving strange names to kids may be (“guillotine”). cow, and another dozen to Sochi to Caucasus region, where rebels in ethnic rubles ($3,100), up to 14 days in jail or help with security during the Olympics. republics have been fighting for indepen- deportation.

IN BRIEF

tee are a small share of the total Sochi Rutte said on Jan. 10 he will attend Rutte says his country “has repeat- games, said Jan. 10 that a park in the Petty Cash Games costs that amount to $51 billion, with King Willem-Alexander, an honor- edly voiced concerns about the human town of Khosta will serve as the “pro- ■ MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Cabi- making them the most expensive ary member of the International Olym- rights situation in Russia and will con- test zone.” net has approved the allocation of Olympics in history. pic Committee, and Queen Maxima. tinue to do so.” Khosta is on the Black Sea coast be- nearly $50 million in extra subsidies for Leaders of countries including the tween the city of Sochi and the Olympic the organizers of the Sochi Olympics. United States, France and Germany Park, about seven miles (12 kilometers) The Cabinet’s decision, reported by the Double Dutch are not going to the Sochi Games, Protest Park from the nearest arenas. RIA Novosti news agency, takes the to- which are a pet project of President Russia is most likely to expect pro- tal number of subsidies for the Sochi ■ THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) Vladimir Putin. ■ MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has tests from critics of its anti-gay laws or Organizing Committee to the equiva- — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte The heavyweight Dutch delegation is picked a spot where protests can be other rights abuses. lent of more than $420 million. and King Willem-Alexander will at- visiting Sochi despite calls by rights activ- held during next month’s Winter Olym- The R-Sport news agency quoted Ko- The Cabinet said without elabora- tend the Winter Olympics in Sochi ists for a boycott and a string of diplo- pics in Sochi, miles away from where zak as saying: “At the park in Khosta, tion that the extra money would help next month, despite the Netherlands’ matic incidents in 2013 that overshad- the athletes will compete. people will be able freely to express their finance the committee’s activities. The recent troubled relationship with owed what was supposed to be a year Dmitry Kozak, a deputy prime min- opinions without violating the rights of allocations for the organizing commit- Russia. celebrating Netherlands-Russia ties. ister overseeing preparations for the other citizens or the Olympic charter.” Arts&Culture www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, January 15, 2014 ❖ 9 Garfield Given Russian Spin the word’s worth Created 36 years ago, Garfield finally appears in translation. A Trip Down Soviet By D. Garrison Golubock

nyone who has spent time Culinary Lane in Russia knows the Rus- sians like cats. Elderly By Michele A. Berdy But beware: ГОСТ is now a market- women spend hours ing tool, and if you read carefully you coaxing strays out of cel- s you wander through might find that the ГОСТ on сгущенка Alars to feed them and most families have the aisles of your local (sweetened condensed milk) is actually at least one formidable feline prowling grocery store, you might for safety standards at the factory. their cramped Soviet apartment. notice a curious phenom- Но не будем о плохом (let’s not talk Thus, it may come as a surprise that enon: a growing nostal- about bad things). Instead we’ll push our only now has the hit American comic Agia for советская кухня (Soviet cook- mental shopping cart toward кулинария Garfield been translated into Russian. ing). Пельмени (meat dumplings) are (delicatessen, deli section), which is a Created by Jim Davis, Garfield is once again packaged in gray cardboard store or section of a grocery store selling among the most popular syndicated boxes with faded orange lettering, pas- ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat food. comics, depicting the life of a fat, per- try display cases are filled with слоеные Here you might want to sample икра petually grumpy striped cat named Gar- язычки (puff pastries) and the Ye- (caviar) — not the fish roe, but the thick

field and his nerdy owner Jon Arbuckle, / AP MICHAEL CONROY liseyevsky shop on Nevsky Prospekt vegetable puree: кабачковая (squash), with numerous side characters. Jim Davis, the creator of the Garfield comic strip, in his studio. seeks to emulate the pre-revolutionary баклажанная (eggplant) or грибная First created in 1978, Garfield has shopping experience. (mushroom). Now stores try to make it since spawned a wide variety of books, have found a very small market for sented another challenge. Many transla- For foreigners who spent time in the as close as possible to what one person animated films, television shows and such forays. tors consider humor to be one of the Brezhnev-era Soviet Union, this nostal- calls вкус кабачковой икры времён соци- merchandise, with the entire franchise The opaque nature of the Russian most difficult things to translate, and it gia might seem a bit misplaced. I would ализма (the taste of squash caviar from earning up to $1 billion per year. While publishing industry has further compli- is difficult to guarantee that what Amer- personally like to forget the standard the age of socialism). Garfield has appeared in numerous cated bringing foreign comics to Russia. icans find funny will also be appreciated Intourist lunch fare of mystery meat in But probably the tastiest food made foreign countries, the comics have Depeille described how other publish- in Russia. For this reason, Depeille se- sauce on overcooked buckwheat groats. from the Soviet recipe file can be found never previously made it to Russia. ers had tried to bring comics to Russia, lected the comics very carefully, decid- Nor do I ever want to stand in line for in the выпечка (baked goods) section of “Russia practically doesn’t have any but had run out of funding at some stage ing to print only Garfield and a few se- three hours to buy a half-kilo of green- your grocery store. Start with some гла- of its own comics,” said Elena Depeille, or not found distributors, meaning the ries of French comics, all of which she ish tinged колбаса (cold cuts). But the голики — sugar cookies in the shape of the brains behind the new translation books were not produced. felt were universally funny. good stuff, when you could get it (до- the letter Г, which used to be called гла- from Elf Comics publishing. “Apart Several years ago, a Russian pub- “The format was probably one of the стать), really was good. And perhaps гол (verb) in the Russian alphabet. Try from just translating Garfield, we want lisher purchased the rights to repro- most difficult parts of the translation,” it tasted even better because it was a some шоколадные картошки (chocolate to create a culture of comics in Russia.” duce the popular Belgian Smurfs com- said translator Mikhail Khachaturov. rare treat. Absence makes the heart pastry “potatoes”), which are made by The U.S. and Europe both have long ics — the company was given the rights “The speech bubbles are small, and grow fonder, with people and буженина mixing cake crumbs with milk, butter, traditions of comics — while comics like for three years, yet never did anything there are very strict limitations on the (cold roast pork). sugar and сгущенка and then rolling the Garfield, The Far Side, and Calvin and with them. Instances like this have led size of the text. Since phrases in Russian In any case, here’s a guide to some of mass in cocoa and sugar. And end with a Hobbes have appeared in daily newspa- foreign syndicates and authors to look tend to be longer than their English Soviet cooking’s Greatest Hits. сочник (from the word сочный — moist), pers in the U.S., European comics like on Russian publishers with suspicion. counterparts, Khachaturov had to be First, look for the abbreviation ГОСТ a shortcrust pastry filled with творог Asterix and Tintin have also achieved “It was difficult to get the rights to the very creative to make the text fit in the (state standard). Starting in 1925, recipes (pot cheese) and сметана (sour cream). great popularity and been published in comics; the Americans did not want to appropriate space, occasionally making were developed and assigned state stan- You might find yourself agreeing regular comic books. give them out,” Depeille said. “For them, up expressions in Russian to find the dard numbers to ensure that, say, the with this old ditty: Каждый школьник In Russia, however, there has never a big print run is 3 million; but for us even most concise translation. докторская колбаса (dietetic baloney знает с парты / Как важны стране been such a tradition, and the only 3,000 is large, and so they didn’t want to While Russian audiences may be — an oxymoron if there ever was one) стандарты, loosely translated as: Every comics have been largely aimed at very get involved.” Depeille’s firm has the slow to warm to the idea of comics, De- you bought in Kazan was exactly the schoolchild knows the answer! What’s a young children, without any “family” rights to one book of comics, and said peille and Khachaturov report that sales same as the stuff you bought in Kiev. country without its standards? comics like Garfield, which can be ap- that if sales went well they hoped to do a are promising so far. The book is cur- And lest you sneer, some of these recipe preciated by many generations. While second book in the new year. rently on sale at more than 250 loca- developers knew what they were doing. Michele A. Berdy, a Moscow-based attempts have been made to try to Apart from the issues presented by tions, including brick-and-mortar chains The ГОСТ recipe for докторская кол- translator and interpreter, is the author of bring comics to Russia, this lack of a obtaining the rights to the comics, the like Biblioglobus and Respublika as баса includes a bit of cardamom and ‘The Russian Word’s Worth’ (Glas), a tradition has meant that publishers translation of the text into Russian pre- well as online retailers like Ozon.ru. nutmeg. Who knew? collection of her columns. Education & JobOpportunities advertising section Wednesday, January 15, 2014

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By Sergey Chernov couldn’t be so. The whole country was the Kirov Palace of Culture, a massive THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES in a kind of jar. Only diplomats went Stalin-era constructivist building on abroad, no-one else. Vasilyevsky Ostrov, in 1967. Kvadrat azz promoter Natan Leites, “In school you were taught that the then moved to the Leningrad Palace of who was a fixture on the Len- steam-engine was invented by the [Rus- Youth in 1986, where it remained until ingrad and St. Petersburg jazz sian engineers] Cherepanovs, that all the building was closed for repairs. Be- scene for more than 50 years, things were done by Soviets or Russians, tween 1990 and 1999, the club took up died at the age of 76 on Dec. that we lived better than anyone, be- residence at the Food Industry Worker’s J30, 2013. He was cremated on Jan. 5. cause we had no unemployment. We House of Culture on Ulitsa Pravdy be- For nearly 50 years, Leites headed the saw nothing.” fore returning to the Kirov Palace of Kvadrat Jazz Club, Russia’s oldest surviv- According to Leites, the first signs Culture for another three years. ing jazz association, which organized con- of the Soviet system becoming some- For the past decade Kvadrat has certs and festivals, produced albums, held what more relaxed during Nikita had no location of its own, holding lectures and published a typewritten Krushchev’s Thaw came in 1956. The events, mostly jam sessions, elsewhere. magazine containing information about year was marked by the 20th Congress It also continued its tradition of “jazz jazz music at a time when it was officially of the Communist Party, where boats” in the summer – floating jazz discouraged by the Soviet state. Khrushchev exposed the mass execu- concerts taking place aboard boats ply-

A true jazz aficionado, Leites was at tions of the Stalin era, and the prepara- FOR SPT ing St. Petersburg’s waterways. the center of everything that happened tion for the 1957 International Festival Natan Leites carries an American flag at Pulkovo Airport to welcome jazz In 1970 Leites, who was a technical on the local scene, inspiring and edu- of Youth and Students in Moscow. musician Wynton Marsalis to St. Petersburg in 1999. specialist at a military research insti- cating generations of musicians. “[Western] people were to come tute, left his job and could not find an- “I first came across something re- and [the authorities] were forced to crimes take place in the apartments that tition,” it featured six sold-out concerts other for 18 months due to growing sembling jazz music at the Mayak Club show that there was something else appeared since Khrushchev began his at large venues and a gala at the Winter state anti-Semitism. on Krasnaya (now Galernaya) Ulitsa,” apart from the Komsomol,” he said. large-scale construction [of five-story Stadium which drew 5,000 fans, accord- “‘Yes, please come, we need you,’ Leites said in an interview with The St. “The first ‘club of friends’ emerged housing blocks] in 1957,” Leites said. ing to Leites. The club started planning they told me. And then, ‘Sorry, no need Petersburg Times in 1997. “They played the Lensoviet Palace of Culture, where “The Komsomol and the trade unions the next festival in 1967 and even had anymore, we hired someone yesterday,’” music there starting from the Stalin era they recruited people who had the were given the task of getting the youth posters printed, but it was abruptly he said. Leites ended up getting a badly at some dance nights and stuff.” right to converse [with foreigners] as out of their flats. An eye was being kept shut down by the authorities due to the paid job at a dry cleaners, which, to a “The trendiest and best-known was members. They were checked a hun- on us. But we did not know anything (then) growing liberalization in certain extent, made him immune to a band led by [Izrail] Atlas. Generally, dred times over. Out of this, poetry, about it, we found out later. [The invita- Czechoslovakia, which was ended by a KGB threats. “How could you scare me people danced a lot after the war, in the jazz and music clubs emerged. Some tion] came from out of the blue. They Soviet-led military invasion in 1968. if I worked at a dry cleaners,” he said. 1950s and the early and mid-1960s. It information [about jazz] began appear- invited us in and asked, ‘Guys, would The KGB attempted to recruit Unlike many fashion-conscious jazz became a growth medium for so-called ing in the Soviet Union by the time of you like to make a jazz society here?’ We Leites and his deputy director Vitaly musicians and fans, Leites pursued a Leftfield ‘ensembles.’ I heard some- the youth festival. did. Then we held a couple of festivals Shepshelevich in 1965, he said. modest lifestyle, caring only for the thing of the kind for the first time in “Willis Conover started to host his with the Komsomol and they started to “They summoned us and said music itself. around 1952. ‘Jazz Hour’ broadcasts on the Voice of be nice to us. But they were forbidden to ‘Would you mind…,’ but we said, ‘How “The musicians had their own “I became acquainted with [genu- America in [1955],” Leites said. “In deal with us after a while.” can we? We work in the morning, and scene, it was only the music itself that ine] jazz in the late 1950s; I thought it 1959, two Americans visited with a Leites believed that his group of we’re here in the evening, how can we we had in common,” Leites said. was good music, I liked it even if it had symphony ensemble and then wrote an jazz enthusiasts was approached due to do anything else?’ It was all said very “Because my mother was a tough been terribly abused [by the Soviet au- article, so the Americans started to the strong presence of the KGB at the politely, of course.” woman, I began to live on my stipend thorities] since the early 1950s, espe- learn something about Russian jazz. military-oriented LETI. That is when he began to attract at- alone so as not to have to listen to her cially after [Viktor] Gorodinsky’s book Checked jackets and thick-soled shoes “Well, I wonder why it was us who tention from the security services, rebukes. I bought only one suit in my life called ‘Music of Spiritual Poverty,” for 103 rubles first appeared.” were invited? Because the LETI was an when jazz activists and musicians met — a real suit in a real shop with my own which came out in 1951.” Leites first became involved in jazz institute with a very strong ‘first depart- with visiting Western musicians, which money. When my mother died, I re- The conversation took place at club activities when he began studying ment’ [a KGB department at Soviet in- was strictly banned. ceived an inheritance and bought a new Leites’ small apartment in the only at the Leningrad Electro-Technical In- stitutions that was in charge of secrecy According to Leites, meetings with pair of shoes. I bought all the rest in sec- Khrushchev-style building on Kazans- stitute and helped form a jazz music and political security]. Looking back, I the Thad Jones Mel Lewis Orchestra in ond-hand shops during my entire life. I kaya Ulitsa, which was packed with all society in 1962. think that we were chosen because we 1973 and with the Duke Ellington Or- lived extremely modestly. But I tried not sorts of audio equipment, records, tapes, Kvadrat Jazz Club, Leites’ lifelong had all been thoroughly examined at chestra in 1974, took place one way or to deny myself food and drink; every- books, magazines and manuscripts. passion, was founded in December the LETI. Also, they expected that it another despite eavesdropping, threats, body drank a lot in the 1970s. But the According to Leites, he was not a 1964, originally as the jazz society of would be jazz, fun and chicks… They detentions and acts of provocation on the rest was very humble. I am the wrong political dissident, being first and fore- the youth club at the Lensoviet Palace were astonished that we spent five days part of the Soviet security services. Such man [to speak to about lifestyles].” most attracted to the music, rather than of Culture. The initiative, unexpect- a week at the Komsomol office trying to meetings frequently resulted in protests Without Leites, the Kvadrat Jazz to its political overtones. edly, came from the KGB, via a mid- get things permitted.” and repression such as the shutting down Club continues to hold its weekly jam “I was quite a red or pink person — dleman, Leites claimed. Kvadrat’s early feats include orga- of the Kamerton music association after sessions at the Jazz Philharmonic Hall at least I believed in socialism,” he said. “We were invited there because a nizing the Soviet Union’s largest jazz a meeting with Ellington in 1974. at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, which continues “Too many now say that they survey on youth crime was held at that festival to date in 1966. Officially called Kvadrat took its current name (Rus- at the Griboyedov Hill music club from opened their eyes awfully early. It time which showed that 70 percent of “The Amateur Jazz Collective Compe- sian for “chorus”) when it relocated to 10 p.m. on the same night. THE DISH Geographia: A Culinary Discovery Geographia ings accented with a band of electric in flavor it was, however, delicious. pepper, garlic and coriander. The lamb waiter. The popcorn, caramel and ice 5 Ulitsa Rubinshteina blue, the room is furnished with a beau- The next appetizer to emerge from was accompanied by two violently col- cream were scrumptious but the taste- Tel. 340 0074 tiful octagonal table at its center and the kitchen was a roasted beetroot car- ored sauces — one red and one green less jelly added only a gelatinous texture Open 11 a.m. until the last guest leaves. resists seeming claustrophobic despite paccio with a house-made cheese (290 — which suited the meat perfectly. A that we could have done without. A bit Dinner for two with alcohol 3,980 rubles the lack of natural light. rubles, $8.78). Expecting a pinwheel of plate of grilled vegetables (240 rubles, of chocolate fudge would perhaps have ($120.56) The menu at Geographia presents a crimson discs on a plate, it was a pleas- $7.27) that included tiny new potatoes, been better. mix of Asian inflected dishes that treads ant surprise to be presented with five peppers and eggplant were cooked to The only other real disappoint- By Chris Gordon a fine line between fusion and classi- slices of beetroot folded around a perfection and provided just enough ment was the music. Out of keeping THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES cism. The wine list is one of the best we creamily delicious cheese perched atop of a side to share. with the harmonious and relaxing in- The latest eatery to open on Ulitsa Ru- have come across in a long while and a bed of arugula and tomatoes. Pre- With all the richness of the meal, one terior, the volume was much too loud binshteina, Geographia is a cut above the selections by the glass are all appeal- sented on a wooden cutting board cov- of us was in search of a bit of astringency and the techno-tinged playlist a bit the rest, single-handedly raising the ing. While waiting for glasses of a 2010 ered with a piece of butcher’s paper, the in the form of sorbet, which the house too aggressive. That it was a sort of tone of a street that frequently offers Billaud-Simon Petit Chablis (390 rubles, beets were slightly charred and perfectly unfortunately didn’t offer. As a result, digital radio station with intermittent more choice than quality. Of the street’s $11.81), we skimmed the concise menu complimented by the creamy cheese we chose a passion fruit panna cotta announcements from a DJ really handful of truly enjoyable restaurants, finding it hard to choose from the de- and a tiny dash of fresh horseradish top- (250 rubles, $7.57) and a decadent ice brought the tone of the place down. Geographia now tops the list of eater- lights on offer — but choose we did. ping each Agnolotti-shaped bite. cream sundae (290 rubles, $8.78). The Thankfully, the extremely attentive ies that deserve a second visit. For starters, a Greek salad (320 ru- For mains we selected for lamb panna cotta arrived in the now familiar waiter was kind enough to lower the Visiting early on a quiet evening bles, $9.69) seemed like a good way to chops (850 rubles, $25.75) and a glass jar with a layer of perfectly bal- volume when asked, and it remained over the new year holidays, the true find out what the kitchen was capable steamed sea bass (640 rubles, $19.39). anced fruit puree on the bottom and a that way for most of the meal. character of the place was not yet in of, requiring as it does a certain amount The fish apparently changes with what scattering of lemon zest on top, with an- When we emerged from the back evidence. What we did find was a calm, of restraint and the highest quality in- is available in the market but we were other footed shot glass containing a pair room, the place had filled up with a elegant and modern oasis that was at gredients to make it sing. What arrived pleased with the bass, which was the of ripe strawberries. The sundae was an number of young and handsome pro- once welcoming and familiar. was a wide and shallow black bowl platonic idea of clean simplicity, indulgent holiday treat with the unique fessionals sipping cocktails and we Ushered into the back dining room filled with a mix of greens, roasted pep- steamed in a banana leaf and served a combination of vanilla ice cream atop a noticed a DJ podium. It seems that — a windowless chamber that is tran- pers and tomatoes with an herb-cov- slightly spicy Thai tomato sauce. The Pu’erh black-tea jelly. Served in a thick late at night the place becomes a sort quil and plush — we settled into a wide, ered slab of rustic feta. To keep the lamb arrived atop a trio red and yel- metal bowl that kept everything cold, of disco restaurant but early in the comfortable booth. With walls covered salad from being over dressed or wilt- low roasted peppers and was perfectly the ice cream was scattered with freshly- evening is the perfect place for an in- in a burgundy red painted paneling and ing, the sauce was presented in a footed rosy on the inside and crusted with a popped corn kernels and the whole lot dulgent and relaxed meal that is in- herringbone tweed and red seat cover- shot glass. While not strictly traditional blend of spices that included black doused in a salted caramel sauce by the ventive and thoughtful. WWW.SPTIMES.RU LISTINGS Wednesday, January 15, 2014 ❖ 11

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Griboyedov (Hill), 2A Voronezhskaya Ulitsa. on Pushkin’s novel in verse about the Khachaturian, Khrennikov. Klassika Symphony 7 p.m. Tel. 764 4857. 9 p.m. Tel. 764 4355, 973 7273. 10 p.m. intertwining fates and love between four young Orchestra. Conductor Alexander Kantorov. The Dizzy Heads / Angelic Milk Pop rock. Kressi Covers. Jagger, 2 Ploshchad people. Mariinsky Theater Shostakovich Philharmonic, Main Hall jazz & blues Fish Fabrique (Maly Zal), 53 Ligovsky Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. 8:30 p.m. Chamber Music Satie, Rabinovitch, Schubert. Yulia Kasyan, Yulia Mikhailovskaya and Prospekt. Tel. 764 4857. 9 p.m. Litfort Indie rock. Zoccolo, 2/3 3-ya concert Shostakovich Philharmonic, Small Hall David Goloshchyokin Band Jazz vocal Alexander Ragazanov Improvised music. Sovetskaya Ulitsa. Tel. 274 9467. 8 p.m. Symphony Music Mahler. Philharmonic night. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, 27 Zagorodny GEZ-21 (Gallery of Experimental Sound), Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Yury Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, 764 9843. 7 p.m. 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 52 58. 8 p.m. jazz & blues Temirkanov. Smolny Cathedral Chamber choir. monday, january 20 Gaivoronsky Volkov Kondakov Art jazz. Rock in Girls Covers. Jagger, 2 Ploshchad Kvadrat Jazz Club Jam session. Jazz Art director and conductor Vladimir Begletsov. JFC Jazz Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ulitsa. Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. 8:30 p.m. Philharmonic Hall (Ellington Hall), 27 Zagorodny St. Petersburg Chamber choir. opera Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. Dilemma Rock. Manhattan, Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, 764 9843. 8 p.m. Shostakovich Philharmonic, Main Hall Don Carlos Yury Alexandrov directs Verdi’s 90 Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki. Lera Gehner Original compositions. JFC Jazz Olga Sergeyeva’s Wagneriana Arias and tale of royal love, deception, politics and the Tel. 713 1945. 8 p.m. Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ulitsa. Tel. 272 9850. duets from operas by Richard Wagner. power of the Spanish Inquisition. friday, january 17 Change of Loyalty / Punishing Argument 8 p.m. Mariinsky Concert Hall Mariinsky Theater / To the Surface / Leplan Alternative metal, rock, etc. rock, hip-hop. Mod, 7 Naberezhnaya Kanala concert Centr Hip-hop. A2, 3 Prospekt Medikov. Griboyedova. Tel. 712 0734. 8 p.m. friday, january 17 Prayers and Hymns From Russian Tel. 309 9922. 9 p.m. Watain Black metal. Zal Ozhidaniya, MUSEUMS Operas Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Marradyory / The Pauki Punk, alternative. 118 Naberezhnaya Obvodnogo Kanala. ballet Tchaikovsky. The Mariinsky Choir and Dada, 47 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa. Tel. 983 7050. Tel. 333 1069. 8 p.m. Romeo and Juliet Prokofiev’s adaptation of Orchestra. Conductor Andrei Petrenko. 8 p.m. Slyozy / Challenger Rock, alternative. ANNA AKHMATOVA MUSEUM AT THE Shakespeare’s tragedy about feuding families Mariinsky Concert Hall Detsky Tsar / Redsquare / f42t Art rock, Zoccolo, 2/3 3-ya Sovetskaya Ulitsa. FOUNTAIN HOUSE and young love. Choreography by Leonid alternative, post-punk, folk rock. Dada (After), Tel. 274 9467. 8 p.m. 34 Fontanka River, entrance from 53 Liteiny Pr. Lavrovsky. Mariinsky II, 7.30 p.m. 47 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa. Tel. 983 7050. 8 p.m. Never Back Down / Sunisgone / M: Gostiny Dvor, Mayakovskaya. Tel. 272 2211. tuesday, january 21 Phenomen with Yan Cook Techno. Dada, Absolyutny Resurs Punk, hardcore punk. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Monday; 1 p.m. opera 47 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa. Tel. 983 7050. Zoccolo, 2/3 3-ya Sovetskaya Ulitsa. to 8 p.m. on the last Wednesday of every Madame Butterfly Yury Alexandrov directs opera 11:55 p.m. Tel. 274 9467. 11:59 p.m. month. www.akhmatova.spb.ru Puccini’s tragic opera about an American The Bird Seller Yury Alexandrov stages Carl Ulitsy / Superstruny / Mon I Dzhigity Pop The Masters’ Fair. Decorative art. December soldier who leaves his Japanese wife. Zeller’s comedy featuring two lovers; Adam, a rock. Fish Fabrique Nouvelle, jazz & blues 27 through January 19, 2014 St. Petersburg Opera handsome bird seller from the Tyrol, and 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 4857. 9 p.m. Leningrad Dixieland Band Jazz dancing. Golden Chain. Christmas exhibition. Yevgeny Onegin Tchaikovsky’s opera based on Christel, the village postmistress. Magical Unicellular Music Dead Frank, Jazz Philharmonic Hall, Installation, performance. December 20 Pushkin’s novel in verse about the intertwining Musical Comedy Theater, 13 Italianskaya Ul. Gramm, Total Station, Arriere Guarden. 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, through January 19, 2014 fates and love between four young people. Tel. 210 4316 Griboyedov, 2A Voronezhskaya Ulitsa. 764 9843. 7 p.m. NEW! Discovering Brodsky. Illustrations Mariinsky Theater Tel. 764 4355, 973 7273. 8 p.m. Gentle Voice Viktoria Urusova and Her Band. by children to the Brodsky poem “The concert Tutti Frutti Show Covers. Jagger, Jazz Philharmonic Hall (Ellington Hall), Ballad of a Little Tugboat.” Painting. theater Symphony Music Handel, Mozart. 2 Ploshchad Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, January 21 through February 9 Chaplin Warren Carlyle (USA) directs the St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor 8:30 p.m. 764 9843. 8 p.m. Christopher Curtis musical about the life of the Fyodor Lednev. Shostakovich Philharmonic, Zhenya Gimer Jazz. Manhattan, Vadim Lebedev Project featuring Sergio DERZHAVIN MUSEUM legendary actor. Musical Comedy Theater, Main Hall 90 Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki. Brandao Brazil. JFC Jazz Club, 33 118 Nab. Reki Fontanki. M: Tekhnologichesky 13 Italyianskaya Ul. Tel. 210 4316 Piano Recital Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tel. 713 1945. 8 p.m. Shpalernaya Ulitsa. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. Institut, Sennaya Ploshchad. Tel. 713 0717. Rachmaninov, Stravinsky. Nikita Abrosimov. Tuesday to Sunday, 10.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. concert Mariinsky Concert Hall Folk Pictures. Lubok from the Pushkin Vocal Music Alexei Yemelyanov (vocal), Choral Music Orff. Mariinsky Choir, museum. December 23 through February 28, Alexander Yampolsky (violin), Valery Krol Children’s Choir and Orchestra. Conductor 2014 (piano). Kochneva House, 41 Nab. Reki Andrei Petrenko. Mariinsky II Fontanki, M: Gostiny Dvor. Tel. 710 4002 DOSTOEVSKY APARTMENT MUSEUM Symphony Music Schubert, Grieg, Dvorak, 5/2 Kuznechny Pereulok, M: Vladimirskaya. Brahms, Hindemith, Stravinsky, Piazzolla. Tel. 571 4031. Tuesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. GIGS 6 p.m. www.md.spb.ru. Conductor Alexander Titov. Celebrating Dostoyevsky’s Heroes. Shostakovich Philharmonic, Main Hall Installation. December 15 through February Piano Recital Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev, wednesday, january 15 11, 2014 Musorgsky. Ilya Yakushev. Mariinsky Concert Hall rock, etc. HISTORY OF RELIGION MUSEUM Prokhor I Puzo Punk, alternative. Dada, 14/5 Pochtamtskaya Ulitsa. M: Nevsky saturday, january 18 47 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa. Tel. 983 7050. 8 p.m. Prospekt / Sennaya Ploshchad, Sadovaya. Lackband Nu-jazz, hip-hop, funk. Tel. 571 0495, 314 5838. Daily 11 a.m. to ballet Griboyedov (Hill), 2A Voronezhskaya Ulitsa. 6 p.m. Closed Wednesday. Ballet Evening Divertissement, Carmen Tel. 764 4355, 973 7273. 10 p.m. Religious Art in the Netherlands. Painting, Suite. George Balanchine’s classic. Cappuccino Italian pop covers. Jagger, graphics, installation. December 5 through Mariinsky Theater, 7.30 p.m. 2 Ploshchad Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. February 26, 2014 8:30 p.m. Local art-rock band Zorge will perform its Traditional Winter Concert – this time opera Pethole / MI6 / 667 Free entrance. Mod, based on the band’s second album “What We Know about the Equilibrium” – at HISTORY OF ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM Betrothal in a Monastery Vladislav Pazi stages 7 Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboyedova. Zoccolo on Friday, January 17. Peter and Paul Fortress. M: Gorkovskaya. Prokofiev’s opera based on Richard Sheridan’s Tel. 712 0734. 7:30 p.m. Tel. 230 6431. Daily, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (6 p.m. 12 ❖ Wednesday, January 15, 2014 LISTINGS WWW.SPTIMES.RU

Dinner is Served. The Russian Museum NEW! Stopping Time With the Brush: Culinary Companion. Decorative art, Sergei Silchenko. Painting, graphics. SCREENS painting, graphics, installation. November 27 January 18 through February 2 through February 2, 2014 NEW! Angelique (2013, France-Belgium- NEW MUSEUM GALLERY Czech Republic-Austria) Ariel Zeitoun’s STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM: MARBLE 29, 6th Line, V.O. Tel. 323 5090. adventure film starring Nora Arnezeder, PALACE M: Vasileostrovskaya. Wednesday – Sunday Gerard Lanvin and Tomer Sisley. Avrora, 5/1 Millionnaya Ul. M: Nevsky Prospekt. 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. www.novymuseum.ru Formula Kino Galereya, Khudozhestvenny, Tel. 312 9196. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Metaphors For Taking Long Distances: Neva, Pik. Monday). 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays. Alladin Garunov. Video, photo, painting, Closed Tuesday. installation. November 22 through February NEW! Best Night Ever (2014, U.S.) Jason 2nd Biennial of Historic and Archive 9, 2014 Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer’s comedy starring Photography. Photo. December 18 through Desiree Hall, Samantha Colburn and Eddie February 2, 2014 PUSHKINSKAYA 10 ART CENTER Ritchard. Mirage Cinema. Starts Jan. 16. Vladimir Yashke. Painting. December 11 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 5371. Open through February 2, 2014 Wed to Sun, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. www.p-10.ru NEW! The Book Thief (2013, U.S.-Germany) NEW! Nonconformism Art Museum. Brian Percival’s war drama starring Sophie ST. PETERSBURG STATE MUSEUM OF Realities of Existence: Yury Medvedev. Nelisse, Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson. THEATER AND MUSIC Floor 4. January 11 through February 9 Avrora, Jam Hall, Mirage Cinema, Velikan 8 Stremyannaya Ul. Tel. 764 1130. Daily NEW! Nonconformism Art Museum. Any Park. Starts Jan. 16. 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Monday, Tuesday Time of Activity: Vasily Golubev. Painting. and last Friday of the month. January 11 through February 9 NEW! Expecting (2013, U.S.) Jessie Theatrical Dynasties. Komissarzhevsky. McCormack’s comedy starring Michelle Personal items, letters, costumes, posters, RACHMANINOV GARDEN Monaghan, Radha Mitchell and Jon Dore. photo, decorations. December 19 through 5 Kazanskaya Ul. Tel. 312 9558. Tuesday – Mirage Cinema. Starts Jan. 16. April 12, 2014 Saturday 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. www.fotorachmaninov.ru NEW! Grudge Match (2013, U.S.) Peter Mobile Phone Photography Photo. January Segal’s sports comedy starring Robert De 14 through February 22 Niro, Sylvester Stallone and Kim Basinger, GALLERIES Jam Hall, Mirage Cinema, Velikan Park. ROSPHOTO STATE CENTER OF Starts Jan. 16. PHOTOGRAPHY ARTISTS UNION OF RUSSIA EXHIBITION 35 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul. Tel. 314 6184. NEW! Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014, CENTER Daily 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. www.rosfoto.org U.S.-Russia) Kenneth Branagh’s action thriller 38 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul. Tel. 314 3060. Landscapes: Svetlana Timofeyeva. Photo. starring Chris Pine, Kevin Costner and Keira 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Closed Monday. December 25 through February 9 Knightley. Avrora, Mirage Cinema, Velikan www.spb-uniart.ru FOAM Magazine Talents 2013. Photo. Park. Starts Jan. 16. NEW! Yury Lavrukhin. Painting. January 21 December 22 through February 23. through February 2 NEW! Parkland (2013, U.S.) Peter Hope-10. Painting. December 25 through SPAS GALLERY Landesman’s thriller starring Zac Efron, Tom January 19, 2014 93 Nab.Reki Moiki. M: Gostiny Dvor, Sennaya, Welling and Billy Bob Thornton. Formula Kino A traveling exhibition of young international photographers selected by FOAM Sadovaya. Tel. 571 4260. Daily, 12 a.m. to Galereya, Khudozhestvenny. Magazine makes a stop in St. Petersburg at Rosphoto. BOOK AND GRAPHICS CENTER 7 p.m., Saturday 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Closed on 55 Liteiny Prospekt. M: Mayakovskaya. Sunday. www.spasgal.ru NEW! Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013, U.S.) Tel. 273 5452. Daily 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. NEW! Love Color: Vyacheslav Shraga. Wayne Kramer’s comedy starring Paul Walker, Tuesday). Closed Wednesday. PUSHKIN APARTMENT MUSEUM www.naiv-art.ru Painting. January 21 through February 15 Norman Reedus and Elijah Wood. Rodina. www.spbmuseum.ru. 12 Nab. Reki Moiki. Tel. 571 3801. Daily Buddhist Treasures. Decorative art, photo. Works From the Museum Collection: 11 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Closed Tuesday. January 9 through January 19 2008-2013. Photo, installation. December 20 through February 4, 2014 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV APARTMENT MUSEUM ERARTA MUSEUM Romanovs in St. Petersburg. 28 Zagorodny Prospekt, Courtyard. 2, 29th Line, V.O. M: Vasileostrovskaya. Decorative art, photo, painting, graphics, M: Dostoyevskaya. Tel. 713 3208, 315 3975. Tel. 324 0809. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Closed installation. November 8 through October 8, Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday. www.erarta.com 2014 Closed last Friday of each month. NEW! IgRai, ne Noi: Arthur Molev. From Feather to Computer. Installation, Rimsky-Korsakov and Pushkin: Opera Painting. January 17 through February 10 new media. September 9 through September Masterpieces. Installation, graphics, Terrestrial and Celestial. Painting, 7, 2014 painting. October 16 through March 9, 2014 graphics, installation. December 27 through February 27 HISTORY OF ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM: NIKOLAI ROERICH APARTMENT MUSEUM Alexander Lufer. Painting. December 20 RUMYANTSEV MANSION 1 Line 18, V.O. Wednesday through Sunday, through January 27, 2014 44 Angliiskaya Naberezhnaya. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tel. 325 4413. Hendrik Kerstens. Photo. December 13 M: Vasileostrovskaya, Nevsky Prospekt. www.roerich.spb.ru through January 20, 2014 Tel. 571 7544. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Roerich School of Contemporary Art. Tuesday). Closed Wednesday and the last Painting. December 20 through March 30, HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY Tuesday of each month. www.spbmuseum.ru 2014 MUSEUM Kingdom of Flora. 17th-Century Dutch Roerich and Estonia. Painting, installation. 23 Professora Popova Ul. Tel. 346 1850. and Flemish Still Lifes. Painting. October December 5 through April 20, 2014 Tuesday – Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 17 through March 8, 2014 www.photohismus.spb.ru Leningrad Inhabitants. Painting. October 3 SIEGE AND DEFENSE OF LENINGRAD Simple: A Zorka Art-Group Project NEW! Death of a Shadow (2012, Netherlands) Tom Van Avermaet’s short film about a through March 15, 2014 MUSEUM (Poland). Photo. December 27 through soldier who by collects shadows. Angleterre (in Dutch with English subtitles), Avrora. 8 Solyanoi Pereulok. Tel. 275 7208. Daily January 28 MATYUSHIN MUSEUM OF THE 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (3 p.m. Tuesday). Closed ST. PETERSBURG AVANT-GARDE Wednesday and the last Thursday of every LAZAREV GALLERY 10 Ul. Professora Popova. M: Petrogradskaya. month. 5, 6th Line, V.O. M: Vasileostrovskaya. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Tuesday). Tel. 328 222. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed Closed Wednesday. www.spbmuseum.ru SHUVALOVSKY PALACE Monday. www.ivan-slavinsky.com. Victory Over the Sun. Decorative art, photo, 21 Nab. Reki Fontanki, M: Mayakovskaya, Witness Your World: Mummy Troll/Leroy graphics, installation. December 3 through Gostiny Dvor. Tel. 314 7053 Brothers. Video, photo, installation, April 3, 2014 Viktor Vekselberg’s collection of work by performance. December 5 through January Faberge. 31, 2014 MUSIC MUSEUM AT THE SHEREMETYEV PALACE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM LOFT-PROJECT ETAGI 34 Nab. Reki Fontanki. Tel. 272 4441. Open 1 Palace Square. M: Nevsky Prospekt. 74 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 458 5005. Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tel. 571 3420, 571 3465. Daily, 10.30 a.m. to Daily 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Style on the Stage: The Art of Elegance. 6 p.m. (9 p.m. Wednesday). Closed Monday. 365 Days: Jonas Mekas. Video. December Decorative art, graphics, installation. www.hermitagemuseum.or 25 through February 25 November 20 through January 20, 2014 Edgar Degas: Figure in Motion. Painting. Animation Covered With Snow. Animation, December 21 through February 16, 2014 installation, video, installation, performance. VLADIMIR NABOKOV APARTMENT British Silver from the Victorian Age. December 22 through February 20, 2014 MUSEUM Decorative art, installation. December 8 47 Bolshaya Morskaya. Tel. 315 4713, through March 16, 2014 MART GALLERY 717 4502. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (12 p.m. to Mono-no Aware: The Beauty of Things. 35 Ul. Marata. M: Vladimirskaya, Frankenstein (2011, U.K.) Danny Boyle’s production of Nick Deer’s play starring Jonny Lee Miller 5 p.m. on weekends). Closed Monday. Contemporary Japanese Art. Video, photo, Dostoyevskaya. Tel. 710 8835. 12 p.m. to and Benedict Cumberbatch screens as part of the U.K.’s National Theater Live series. Avrora. www.nabokovmuseum.org sculpture, installation. 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Homemade pasta, sausages, • Breakfast BRUGGE is a new Belgian gastropub European cuisine. luxury interiors are complemented by desserts and ice-cream. Supervised • Business lunch (from 210 rubles) where you can try more than 70 The restaurant is located within the affordable prices and in the cozy kids’ playroom and menu. Summer • Freshly baked pizza unique sorts of Belgian beer. The historic mansion of Prince V.S. lounge you can enjoy fellowship of terrace. Japanese dishes from the • Desserts from our own menu offers a great variety of Belgian Kochubeya. friends and family while gazing along adjacent “Sushi Lounge” can be confectionery. culinary delights — from Flemish lamb Open daily from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. the bustling Nevsky Prospekt. ordered. Open Sun-Thurs 11 a.m. – Romeo’s Bar & Kitchen will also help stew and Waterzoi to world’s most Business lunch menus are available The large dining room is convenient for 11 p.m., Fri-Sat until 1 a.m. Delivery you organize birthdays, weddings, famous Liege-style waffles. Each of our Monday to Friday from noon to 4 p.m. business meetings, while the concealed service available. parties and any other special event. beers is served in an original glass and (290 rubles). During lunch hours, a VIP lounge is ideal for confidential our eccentric way of serving each meal 20% discount is offered on the a la conversations where you can be sure of $$ $$$ will both intrigue and delight. carte menu. Every Friday and Saturday, not being disturbed. Younger guests will enjoy live music (guitar, keyboards, be offered entertainment in the $$$ vocals). Knyaz welcomes corporate children’s playroom. 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ussia’s Islamist insurgents may attack the Sochi Winter Olympics with drones. These will not be like the drones usedR by the Americans, armed with Hellfire mis- siles. Rather they will be jerry-rigged unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, of the sort easily avail- able online for a few thousand dollars. Such re- mote-controlled UAVs are probably unstoppable at low altitudes and will not need much armament to cause mayhem. The Chechens, in particular, have already proved innovative in pioneering new methods for inducing terror. In fact, they are credited with the first, and so far the only, instance of nuclear ter- rorism. In November 1995, Chechen rebels buried a dirty bomb — cesium 137 wrapped around dy- namite — in Moscow’s Izmailovo Park. The me- dia was alerted and the unearthing of the bomb was televised live, possibly spreading as much fear as if it had actually exploded. A UAV carrying a similar device would not have to explode either to cause pandemonium at the Winter Games. In 2004, the president of Chechnya was assas- sinated by a bomb blast while attending a Victory Day ceremony celebrating the Soviet defeat of the Nazis in World War II. The explosive device had apparently been built into the reviewing stand long before the event, possibly when the stadium was undergoing repairs. This, too, was inventive compared to the usual suicide bomber armed with dynamite, shrapnel and the readiness to die. Two bombings of that sort in Volgograd in late December — one in the main train station, the that were then set on fire or were machine-gunned. Three recent bombings took place in Volgo- peoples of the North Caucasus, this is a date that other on a municipal bus — nevertheless sent rip- Something like a quarter or a third of those exiled grad, formerly Stalingrad and site of the battle lives in infamy. ples of fear across Russia. The number of people died en route or in the first harsh years. Some have that turned the tide against the Nazi invaders. Iz- Doku Umarov, leader of the Islamist insur- attending New Year’s Eve festivities in Moscow termed this attempted genocide. mailovo Park where the first radiological dirty gents and called the Osama bin Laden of Russia was down by 50 percent. About 50,000 people Stalin accused the Chechens and Ingush of aid- bomb was planted, used to be known as Stalin with even the U.S. State Department offering up turned out and were watched over by 5,000 police. ing the Nazis. Some did support the Nazis, as did Park. The explosives built into the receiving stand to $5 million for his capture, has called for “maxi- The history of relations between Russia and many Ukrainians and Russians for that matter, in Grozny were detonated during a May 9 Victory mum force” to be used against the Sochi Games. the peoples of the North Caucasus, especially but for the most part Chechens and Ingush fought Day celebration. One of the worst suicide bomb- He considers the games a sacrilege, a “Satanic Chechnya, is long and tangled. Some historians bravely for their Soviet homeland. ings took place in Moscow’s Lubyanka Metro sta- dance on the bones of our ancestors.” To schedule date the initial clash between Russia and Chech- Many of today’s Chechen and Ingush leaders tion right by the old KGB headquarters. Not ev- the concluding ceremonies on the day that marks nya to the time of Peter the Great at the begin- grew up in exile. For them, Stalin’s crime against ery act of terrorism in Russia has symbolic reso- the 70th anniversary of the deportation only adds ning of the 18th century, while others date the their nation is not just historical memory but per- nance, but a great many do. insult to injury. That choice was either an act of conflict to the period of Catherine the Great at sonal experience. And so many people of the For that reason, it is astonishing that Feb. 23 colossal ignorance or colossal arrogance. What is the end of that century. In any case, the grievances North Caucasus bear bitter grievance against has been chosen as the date for the concluding sure, though, is that the Chechens remember and are many and the memories long, with the victims Moscow, regardless of whether they have separat- ceremonies of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games. so do the other deported peoples. always having longer memories than the victors. ist or Islamist values. The specific objects of their That was the very day in 1944 when the Chech- If the Islamic insurgents are indeed planning on Among all the traumas and atrocities, one wrath are Stalin, the KGB, which carried out the ens, Ingush and other ethnic groups were using drones or UAVs to ruin Russia’s Olympics, stands out. In early 1944, on Josef Stalin’s direct or- deportations, and the glorification of the Soviet rounded up for deportation, a task made all the they may save them for the concluding ceremonies ders, the entire Chechen and Ingush nations — ev- victory in World War II. easier because it was Soviet Army and Navy Day, so that the Russians, too, may never forget Feb. 23. ery man, woman and child were rounded up, Terrorists choose targets for a variety of reasons and people were expected to assemble in public packed into cattle cars and exiled to Kazakhstan. — convenience, maximum impact, publicity — but places. Now renamed Defenders of the Father- Richard Lourie is the author of “The Autobiography Those unfit to travel were herded into buildings the symbolic aspect should never be discounted. land Day, it is still celebrated on Feb. 23. For the of Joseph Stalin” and “Sakharov: A Biography.”

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The St. Petersburg Times is a part of Sanoma Independent Media The High Price of Long Vacations CEO: Jean-Emmanuel de Witt Board of Directors: Tatiana Shalygina, Tatyana Shishkova, By Alexei Bayer nomic impact of generous vacations, which is set by state planners. But to a large extent, Rus- Mikhail Doubik, Alexander Gukasov, Elena Razumova similar to what Russia experienced under com- sia’s elevated GDP reflects high commodity Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Derk Sauer ussians enjoy longer holidays than peo- munism and which could come to haunt it once prices, notably oil, which in turn have been in- Publisher: OOO “Neva Media” ple in any of the other 40 countries again in the near future. flated by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s relentless General Director: Tatyana Turikova tracked by the travel website Hotels. Whether or not people worked longer hours in printing of dollars. Editorial: Christopher Gordon, Acting Editor-in-chief com, combining the generous 28-day the Soviet Union is beside the point. Pay was low, Meanwhile, productivity in Russia’s non-oil Advertising: Ksenia Chiritsa, Ylia Yanchuk Subscription: Viktoria Borovkova Production: Alla Kalinovskaya paidR vacation required by the labor law with 12 but productivity was even lower. “They pretend to economy is generally low. Where productivity is IT Department: Sergei Karasev days of official public holidays adds up to 40 days pay us and we pretend to work,” went the popular higher, such as in the automobile and food-process- per year, compared to 36 days off work for sec- saying. Much time was wasted on party meetings ing industry, it is also largely a reflection of petro- OOO Neva Media ì˜‰ËÚÂθ Ë ËÁ‰‡ÚÂθ – ééé “ç‚‡ å‰ˇ” ond-place Italy. and indoctrination, and the system itself was eco- dollar-driven consumer demand. Moreover, even Copyright © 2005 The St. Petersburg Times. All Rights Reserved. Some aspects of such long vacations are un- nomically inefficient. The Soviets mined coal and in those industries unit labor costs are high, since Mass media registration certificate number èà ‹ îë2-8918 of November 30, 2007, doubtedly positive. A long summer vacation com- ore to make machinery to mine more coal and ore. employers have to pay for government-mandated issued by the Directorate of the Federal Service for the monitoring of compliance with bined with more than a week off at the start of the The added value of such activity was negligible. fringe benefits and generous vacations. legislation in the sphere of mass communications and the preservation of cultural heritage year and a holiday many people create for them- Once communism collapsed and Russia be- If oil prices drop, Russia may suffer a decline of the North-West Federal District. ë‚ˉ ÚÂθ ÒÚ ‚Ó Ó Â„Ë ÒÚ ‡ ˆËË Ò‰ÒÚ ‚‡ χÒÒÓ ‚ÓÈ selves in early May gives families more time to- came integrated into the world economy, the eco- in wealth similar to the one that occurred after ËÌÙÓ χ ˆËË èà ‹ îë2-8918 ÓÚ 30 ÌÓfl · fl 2007 „Ó‰‡, ‚˚‰‡ ÌÓ ìÔ‡ ‚ ΠÌË ÂÏ î‰Â- gether and allows them to travel abroad. In the- nomic value of Soviet communism was appraised the fall of communism, albeit on a smaller scale. ‡Î¸ÌÓÈ ÒÎÛÊ·˚ ÔÓ Ì‡‰ÁÓ Û Á‡ Òӷβ ‰Â ÌË ÂÏ Á‡ÍÓ ÌÓ ‰‡ ÚÂθ ÒÚ ‚‡ ‚ ÒÙÂ χÒÒÓ ‚˚ı ory, this should remedy the pernicious effect of by the market. The result was a sharp devaluation In particular, falling oil prices would require a ÍÓÏÏÛ ÌË Í‡ ˆËÈ Ë Óı ‡ Ì ÍÛθÚÛ ÌÓ „Ó Ì‡ÒΠ‰Ëfl ÔÓ ë ‚ÂÓ-ᇠԇ‰ ÌÓ ÏÛ Ù‰ ‡Î¸ ÌÓ ÏÛ the Soviet-era Iron Curtain and make younger of the ruble. The Soviet ruble went from parity to devaluation of the ruble, with sharply negative ÓÍÛ „Û. Издание предназначено для аудитории старше 18 лет. Russians more knowledgeable about the world, the dollar artificially set by the state, or about 10 consequences for dollar-denominated national Отпечатано в ОАО «Первая Образцовая типография» филиал «СПб газетный more tolerant and open-minded. The shrillness of rubles per dollar on the black market, to the accounts. комплекс». 198216, СПб, Ленинский пр., 139. 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Учредитель и издатель – ООО «Нева Медиа». Главный редактор – Крис Гордон. Адрес: 190000, СПб, Конногвардейский бульвар, 4, 7 подъезд, 3-й этаж. Свидетельство о регистрации средства массовой информации ПИ № ФС2-8918 от 30 ноября 2007 года, выдано Управлением Федеральной службы по надзору за соблюдением законодательства в сфере массовых коммуникаций и охране культурного наследия по Саверо-Западному федеральному округу. Издание предназначено для аудитории старше 18 лет. Отпечатано в ОАО «Первая Образцовая типография» филиал «СПб газетный комплекс». 198216, СПб, Ленинский пр., 139. Заказ № 1211. Подписано в печать: по графику в 1.00, фактически в 1.00. Тираж 20000 экз.