NO. 31 (1823) САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ-ТАЙМС WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2014 WWW.SPTIMES.RU ANNA VOLKOVA

A festival in Pushkin this past weekend commemorated the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, when and Germany declared war on each other. Largely ignored by REFLECTION Soviet historians, who placed greater emphasis on the revolution and ensuing civil war, several new exhibitions in St. Petersburg are now focusing on the subject. See story, page 8.

ADVERTISING LocalNews www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, August 6, 2014 ❖ 2 LGBT Activist Detained After Solo Protest By Sergey Chernov THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES and, at times, getting out of control, LGBT rights activist Kirill Kalugin was with the police usually ignoring any detained on Palace Square within sec- misconduct. onds on Aug. 2 after he attempted to Kalugin said that he chose to stage hold a LGBT rights and anti-war one- his protest on that day because he sees man protest timed with the Russian the festivities as the “climax of milita- Airborne Troops Day. rism and chauvinism.” He said it was Kalugin unfolded a rainbow flag with also his reaction to homophobic jokes, an inscription saying “My freedom pro- where LGBT people were mockingly tects yours” and held it for about 10 sec- invited to hold their protests on Air- onds before he was assaulted by an anti- borne Troops Day —the underlying gay protester, who tried to take away his notion being that they would be imme- flag, while at the same time being seized diately be beaten by homophobic air- from the other side by the police, who borne veterans. had apparently been stationed on the “It’s an old joke from the times site to prevent his protest. when LGBT pride events were held in

Kalugin’s protest was ‘As long as there stopped by police who remains one group were already on site that is seen as ‘second- only seconds after it rate,’ the rest cannot had begun. call themselves free.’

According to the law, police must , [Moscow’s anti-gay ex-mayor show identification and give reasons NIKOLAY SHESTAKOV Yury] Luzhkov used to say that he for any arrest. However, according to Kalugin, center, is taken away by police after unfurling a rainbow flag in Palace Square that read ‘My freedom protects yours.’ would only agree if it was held on Aug. onlookers, they took Kalugin into a po- 2,” Kalugin said. lice vehicle and ignored his demands describes himself as a “colonel of the by officers from the counter-extremism neighboring states. The same people, It was the second protest staged by that they show him their identification first moral front,” and his attempts to Center “E” police force while held at who cried ‘Death to gays’ and hailed Kalugin on Airborne Troops Day. The or explain their actions. As the police have a high school teacher fired over the police station. “They tried to have a the laws banning ‘gay propaganda’ and first was held in 2013, when Kalugin remained silent, they also tried to pre- her participation in an LGBT rights conversation with me, but I refused to restricting public assemblies, ended up was beaten by anti-gay attackers vent him from showing his protest flag rally in 2013. talk to them, so they soon left,” he said. shouting ‘Crimea is ours’ and going to dressed as airborne veterans and then to the media present. Kalugin was released three hours “The only thing they did was confiscate and .” detained by the police. No charges The anti-gay protester who as- later without any charges being the flag.” Airborne Troops Day in St. Peters- were brought against him then as well. saulted Kalugin introduced himself to pressed. Speaking to The St. Peters- Explaining his protest this week, burg is known for the large number of Earlier this week, Kalugin said he onlookers as Timur Isayev from the burg Times this week, he said his de- Kalugin said it was directed against airborne veterans gathering in the city had not yet decided whether he would “Islamic” NGO Deistviye (Action). He tention was illegal because a one-man both the lack of civil freedoms and the center, drinking, swimming in fountains file a complaint against the police. was not detained by the police and in- protest does not require any prior au- growing militarism in Russia during the stead gave a brief interview to the me- thorization by the Russian law. ongoing conflict in . dia present on scene, describing St. Pe- “[The police officers] did not intro- “The suppression of any civil free- ALL ABOUT TOWN tersburg as “hell for homosexuals.” duce themselves or present any doms and the growth of imperial chau- Isayev then headed to the police grounds [for the detention]: they took vinism in Russia are interconnected, Wednesday, Aug. 6 enjoying live music, delicious food station where Kalugin was taken and me by the arms and first tried to put me and the issue has one and the same Avrora Theater on Nevsky Pros- and various activities. filed a formal report against him, ac- in a car, but then brought a police van root,” he said. pekt plays host this week to “My cusing him of violating the law prohib- and put me into the back section,” Kal- “As long as there remains at least Planet. Terre des Hommes” Film Sunday, Aug. 10 iting the “promotion of non-traditional ugin said. one group that is seen as ‘second-rate Festival put on by the Russian tele- Celebrate Soviet-era auto racing sexual relations to minors.” Kalugin said the police took his for- people’ in the country, the rest cannot vision channel My Planet. Discover during the Legends of Soviet Mo- At the time of printing, it is un- mal explanation of what happened. call themselves free. Even if they enjoy the hidden wonders of the rich and torsports event this afternoon at the known if any legal action against Kal- “It’s a standard procedure; when they some preferences now, this system can diverse planet we inhabit through a St. Petersburg Autodrome. Watch ugin will follow. detain people for nothing, they must hit them, too, sooner or later. series of films about it. classic cars duel it out on the race- Isayev is notorious for his homopho- create some document,” he said. Ac- “All this has grown so much that it Zenit St. Petersburg plays their track and attendees with similar ve- bic messages on the Internet, where he cording to Kalugin, he was approached has already started spreading into the first competitive home game of the hicles can even take part in one of season at Petrovsky Stadium this the afternoon’s races. evening against AEL Limassol from For something less adrenaline- Cyprus. The game will determine filled but no less exciting, Geek Pic- which team continues in qualifying nic, Russia’s largest science and tech- Zenit Opens Season with Big Win for the UEFA Champions League, nology fair, concludes today on Ye- Europe’s most prestigious club tour- lagin Island. See the latest innova- By Gus Peters minute as Criscito scored again after a round qualifier. Despite dominating nament. tions or try to network for a potential THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES corner kick skipped across the box to the first leg in Cyprus, Zenit found career in the lucrative industry. Zenit St. Petersburg opened their Rus- him, allowing him to head home from themselves on the wrong end of the Thursday, Aug. 7 sian Premier League season with a close range. scoreline thanks to AEL’s Polish striker Leather-jacketed biker gangs take Monday, Aug. 11 comprehensive 4-0 win over newly pro- “I think it was a good match for us,” Lukasz Gikiewicz, whose 64th-minute to the streets today as Harley Days Avid instagrammers and social net- moted Arsenal Tula on Aug. 2. First- Portuguese manager Andre Villas- header earned AEL the win. begins, continuing through Aug. 10. workers are running out of time to half goals from Italian defender Do- Zenit’s chances of advancing to the Celebrating more than 100 years of enjoy the street exhibition “Summer menico Criscito, Venezuelan striker next qualification round of the UEFA motorcycle culture, Ploschad Os- in St. Petersburg” on Malaya Kon- Salomon Rondon and Brazilian for- Champions League were further hin- trovskogo will be the site of the in- nushnaya Ulitsa. Featuring unusual ward Hulk led the way, and Criscito After cruising to an dered when Belgian midfielder Axel ternational festival as it makes it objects decorated with users’ pic- punctuated the win with his second Witsel was sent off only minutes after first appearance in St. Petersburg. tures, the area is a great place to snap goal halfway through the second half. opening day victory, Gikiewicz’s goal, meaning he won’t be a photo or enjoy a lazy summer day. Criscito’s first goal, and Zenit’s first Zenit hopes to win available to play tonight. Friday, Aug. 8 The exhibition closes Aug. 15. goal of the season, came after Tula Villas-Boas admitted that tonight’s Time is running out to see the Lily St. Petersburg’s reputation as a failed to clear a cross, allowing for the and progress in the game was on his mind when he selected exhibition in the city’s Botanical seafaring city is enhanced by the be- onrushing defender to drill the ball low the team that was victorious in Tula but Garden on the Petrograd side. Am- ginning of the Russian Open Sailing into the far corner. Champions League. he was not too concerned about who ateur botanists still have the chance Championships starting today and Zenit’s second goal came after some should or shouldn’t have played. to see the famous flower in all its continuing through the beginning of slick passing left Tula defenders chas- Boas told Zenit’s English-language “The problem is that we can’t glory and smell its enchanting next week. ing the ball before Rondon put it into website after the game. “Obviously we choose which match is more important. aroma before they leave the garden the top of the net. started off great, and did well at finish- They are all important,” Villas-Boas on Aug. 10. Tuesday, Aug. 12 The win was secured before half- ing our chances. said. “This is the beginning of the sea- Get ready for winter before the time when Hulk, left alone at the top of “We weren’t sure if our opponent son, the players have not had time to Saturday, Aug. 9 summer heat dissipates at Lenex- the box with the ball, smashed it in off would play with four defenders or five, accumulate fatigue in their legs. So Enjoy the experience offered by an po’s Fur Trade Fair starting today the far goal post, leaving Tula’s goal- and we were expecting a surprise...You sometimes we can’t afford to change anti-café, in which you pay for the and running through Aug. 17. Orga- keeper no chance. always have to keep in mind that any- 5-6 players at once.” amount of time you spend versus nized by TorgMex, a fur manufac- The St. Petersburg club had a thing can happen.” Tonight’s match at Petrovsky Sta- what you consume, during the out- turer that dates back to the Soviet chance to make it a four-goal lead be- The win on Aug. 2 was a confidence dium kicks off at 8 p.m. If Zenit fails to door picnic this afternoon in Upsala era, numerous items will be made fore halftime after Portuguese mid- boost for a team that needed it heading overturn its deficit from the first game, Park at 44 Sverdlovskaya Nabere- available at significant discounts for fielder Danny’s shot deflected off a de- into tonight’s match against Cypriot they will still have a chance to qualify zhnaya. Starting at 1 p.m., visitors those looking forward to colder fender and off the post, but they club AEL Limassol in the second leg of for the UEFA Europa League, the con- will be able to sip cool drinks while weather. reached the four-goal mark in the 69th their UEFA Champions League third tinent’s second-tier club competition. NationalNews www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, August 6, 2014 ❖ 3 IN BRIEF East Ukrainian City Dying Under Siege Kiev Readies Blacklist By Yuras Karmanau ■ MOSCOW (SPT) — Ukraine an- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS nounced Monday that it was preparing DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Resi- a list of some 500 Russian artists and dents say the eastern Ukrainian city of cultural figures who will be banned from Luhansk is dying. The power grid was entering the country for having sup- completely down Monday, the city gov- ported Russia’s annexation of Crimea. ernment said, and fuel is running dry. “I believe it is right not to allow Store shelves are emptying fast, and them [Russian artists who spoke out in those who haven’t managed to flee favor of the annexation] to earn money must drink untreated tap water. With at concerts and performances in little medicine left, doctors are sending Ukraine,” Anton Gerashchenko, an patients home. advisor to the head of Ukraine’s Inte- As Ukrainian government forces rior Ministry, wrote on his Facebook slowly tighten their ring around the city page Monday. — one of two major pro-Russian rebel Ukraine’s announcement follows strongholds — traveling in and out has ’s blacklisting last month of Rus- become a perilous undertaking. sian pop stars , Joseph Kobzon In an impassioned statement re- and Oleg Gazmanov for their stance leased over the weekend, mayor Sergei on the crisis in Ukraine. The three per- Kravchenko described a situation that formers were barred from entering the is becoming more unsustainable by the country to perform at the annual New day.

Wave festival held in the resort city of “As a result of the blockade and / AP LOVETSKY DMITRY Jurmala in late July. ceaseless rocket attacks, the city is on Tape crisscrosses the glass in a Donetsk bus stop to prevent it from shattering if there is an explosion nearby. the verge of a humanitarian catastro- phe,” Kravchenko said. “Citizens are A little is getting through all the One of the soldiers, medic Anton With prices for basic staples rising dying on the streets, in their courtyard same, mainly from Russia. Pro-rebel Shingera, said he was uncertain how fast, the elderly deprived of their now- Mummy’s Curse and in their homes. Every new day online television station Luhansk-24 on Ukraine would treat them upon their suspended pension payments are hit ■ MOSCOW (SPT) — An ancient brings only death and destruction.” Sunday carried a report about a con- return, but “no matter what, the main especially hard. mummy found in the Altai Mountains is Luhansk, a city of more than 400,000 signment of medicinal supplies reach- thing is that I am alive.” Other soldiers, Local authorities are inundated responsible for the area’s worst flooding people at peacetime, now has seen its ing the city from the southern Russian who declined to give their names, said with pleas for help that they are help- in 50 years, local activists and shamans population dwindle as citizens flee vio- city of . they had fled because they had run out less to address. In just one day last said, Interfax reported Monday. lence and deprivation. Located about This was a visible reminder that sup- of ammunition. week, a recently created crisis center A petition for the reinterment of an hour’s drive from Russia, which ply lines to Russia remain intact. With Ukraine’s government accuses the received 1,800 appeals for assistance. the 2,500-year-old “Altai Princess” is Ukraine insists is supplying rebels with clashes taking place at several spots sur- separatists of entrapping the civilian According to official figures, around presently under way, in a drive to spare weapons and manpower, Luhansk is rounding the city, however, maintaining a population in besieged cities like Lu- 100 people have been killed since fight- the Republic of Altai her posthumous being fiercely fought over by all sides steady convoy of goods is complicated. hansk and has pushed for the creation ing began in Luhansk. With public ser- wrath, Interfax said Monday. of the conflict. The fight for control over the fron- of humanitarian corridors. vices in total disarray, the reliability of The mummy, also referred to as Shelling is a daily occurrence and tier has been bitter. Their priority appears to persuade such figures is questionable. Oochy-Bala, has also launched earth- the targets apparently quite random. Authorities concede that more than as many people to evacuate cities in While the local government that ex- quakes and caused a spike in suicides On Aug. 2, eight buildings were dam- 60 miles (100 kilometers) of the Rus- advance of attempting full incursions. isted before the current conflict began is in the Siberian region, one of the cam- aged by rockets. These included a sian-Ukrainian border remains in rebel “We urge the peaceful population attempting to provide basic services, paigners was cited as saying. school, a supermarket and several mul- hands. The government says that Rus- to abandon territory seized by terror- real authority lies with the gunmen lead- Fifteen of the Siberian republic’s tistory apartment blocks, Luhansk city sia has been flagrantly smuggling large ists,” Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for ing the separatist government that dubs 106 cities have backed the petition government said. amounts of heavy weaponry and man- the government’s military operation in itself the Luhansk People’s Republic drive so far, ITAR-Tass said. Last week, a crucial electrical trans- power to aid the separatist cause. the east, said Monday. Yelena Gaida, 46, is one of the many Local officials pledged to consider former in Luhansk was hit by a shell, Sandwiched between the border and Those choosing to stay behind and thousands who have managed to get the request, the news agency said. leading to an 80 percent drop in power rebel fighters, government forces have assist people in need are facing a des- out of Luhansk. supplies, according to a report issued succumbed to routine defeats and hu- perate plight. Speaking in Donetsk, another reb- Monday by an Organization for Secu- miliations, even as they appear to slowly “Doctors can do nothing but cry. Ev- el-controlled city 90 miles (150 kilome- rity and Cooperation in Europe moni- gain the upper hand in the fight to regain ery day, wounded people come in and we ters) west of Luhansk, Gaida said she is Triathlon Investigation toring mission. control of the last rebel strongholds. can’t help them. We lack even basic med- abandoning her three-room apartment ■ MOSCOW (SPT) — Russia’s Inves- Rebels accuse the army of waging a On Monday, a Russian border secu- icines,” said Fyodor Solyanik, a doctor in and plans to head for Russia tigative Committee launched a probe vicious bombing campaign against the rity official said more than 400 Ukrai- the Luhansk regional hospital. “Almost half the city has fled al- Monday into the cause of death of an civilian population. Authorities deny nian soldiers crossed into Russia. Speaking briefly over a crackling ready,” Gaida said. “Every day they athlete during the country’s triathlon they have used artillery against resi- The Russian official said the soldiers landline connection, Solyanik said pa- bomb, shoot and kill.” championship on Aug. 2. dential neighborhoods and in turn ac- deserted the Kiev government and that tients who were due for long-planned Gaida was dismissive of the separat- Yegor Leontyev, a 26-year-old man cuse rebels of shelling civilians as a way the Russian side had opened a safe cor- operations are being sent home. ist cause. from the city of Chelyabinsk, lost con- of discrediting the army. This claim is ridor. A Ukrainian military official, who “This is a nightmare situation,” he “Yes, we have our Luhansk People’s sciousness during the 21-kilometer run- faithfully repeated by almost all Ukrai- did not give a number for the soldiers said. “It’s not just medicine we don’t have. Republic. But life there is impossible,” ning stage of the event held in Nizhny nian media, although it has been ques- involved, said the troops were forced We don’t even have food and water.” Gaida said. “Who needs it anymore?” Novgorod. Doctors on site provided him tioned by Human Rights Watch and into Russian territory by rebel fire after with medical assistance but were unable others. running out of ammunition. to save his life, RIA Novosti reported. With gas reserves all but exhausted, Border control official Vasily Ma- The regional branch of the Investi- even those willing to brave a drive out layev later said 180 of the soldiers were gative Committee said that it would of the city for supplies struggle to refill being returned to Ukraine at their own check whether Leontyev had taken a their cars. request. doping test, and determine the circum- stances surrounding his death. Japan Formally Agrees To World Cup Doubts ■ MOSCOW (SPT) — While several Western politicians have voiced con- More Sanctions on Russia cerns over Russia hosting the 2018 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS after the downing of Malaysia Airlines World Cup, former player and com- TOKYO (AP) — Japan has formally Flight 17. mentator Vladimir Pereturin, who approved additional sanctions against The U.S. and Ukraine accuse pro- worked for 19 years on the country’s Russia over the unrest in Ukraine. Russia rebels of firing a missile that leading football show “Football Re- Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide brought the plane down, killing all 298 view,” has become one of the first do- Suga said Tuesday the sanctions include people on board. mestic names to advocate not hosting the freezing of assets held in Japan by 40 Washington and EU have debated the tournament, citing the spiraling individuals and two groups supporting imposing tougher sanctions against costs involved in hosting it. the separation of Crimea from Ukraine, Moscow over its support for the rebels. “It is imperative to decline hosting and a ban on Crimean imports. He said Japan had previously only suspended [the tournament]. For us, it will be a the steps are in line with measures taken bilateral talks with Russia on some issues, very expensive championship. We must by and Group of Seven and imposed an entry visa ban on 23 indi- build bases, stadiums, telecenters. The nations. viduals whom it hasn’t publicly named. World Cup is not the Olympics,” Pere- He said financial institutions oper- Relations between Japan and Russia turin said Sunday in an interview with ating in Japan will follow the decision have suffered for decades due to a terri- Russian journal Sport Weekend. under the foreign exchange law. torial dispute that has prevented the sign- Russia, which earlier this year Despite the sanctions, Japan is still ing of a peace treaty after World War II. hosted the Winter Olympics at an esti- open to dialogue with Russia, and Tokyo has been seen as reluctant to ramp mated cost of $50 billion, looks set to hopes to assist in a peaceful settlement up sanctions due to concerns that they spend another $20 billion on hosting of the problem by cooperating with the could threaten to derail Japanese Prime the 2018 World Cup — making it the international community, Suga said. Minister Shinzo Abe’s moves toward most expensive World Cup of all time. Japan introduced the plans last week rapprochement with Moscow. Business www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, August 6, 2014 ❖ 4 Watchmaker to Stop Selling to ‘Decadent’ West By Peter Spinella phone that “for me, Crimea has always THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES been Russian.” Russia’s oldest and largest mechanical Petrodvorets also said it was recom- watchmaker says it will stop selling its mending a law to Russia’s parliament most prestigious self-winding watches to forbid state officials from buying abroad as long as the “decadent” West Western-brand watches as presents for continues to impose “unfair” sanctions employees and associates. over Russia’s involvement in Ukraine. Petrodvorets is Russia’s only pro- Jacques von Polier, the French CEO ducer of a complete mechanical watch of the Petrodvorets Watch Factory in movement, and Von Polier said it St. Petersburg, said the company will would continue to sell parts — specifi- refrain from selling to foreign retailers cally, springs and escapements — to its upmarket Avtomat (Automatic) watchmakers in Switzerland to fulfill watches, which use the wearer’s wrist demand after Swatch Group an- movement to wind automatically. nounced it would stop selling move- “The sanctions are totally unfair. ments to competing brands. The world wants to make Russia the “We are proud that we are one of only guilty country in the Ukraine con- only four or five manufacturers in the

flict, but the situation is not simply world that can produce such move- RAKETA black-and-white. The sanctions are ments,” he said. Avtomat watches sell for over $1,000. pouring oil on the fire,” he told The St. Petersburg Times on Monday. The company, famous for its nostal- gic Soviet-style Raketa (Rocket) and Foreign Travel Bans Hit Pobeda (Victory) brands, said in a re- cent press release that it had decided to “answer to the decadent Western coun- tries” because “workers of the factory Tour Operators Hard are shocked by these rude and unfair sanctions.” By Alexander Panin dent Maxim Pirogov told news agen- Von Polier, who has been trying to THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES cies the tour operator’s revenues had

restore the aging factory’s Soviet pres- RAKETA The fourth Russian tour operator in fallen sharply because of the ban. tige since joining in 2009, said the re- Jacques von Polier’s factory produces the Raketa and Pobeda watch brands. just over one month went bust this “Over the first half of the year our fusal to sell the Avtomat watches, weekend, said to have been toppled by, revenues slumped 25 percent, among which can retail for more than $1,000, triotism in Russia as the country’s Petrodvorets seized the marketing op- among other causes, a drastic slump in other reasons due to the regulation would have little effect on his business. standoff with the West continues. portunity early. Around the time of the demand after the government recom- put on state employees traveling Indeed, for the Russia-focused com- Since Russia’s annexation of the for- annexation, it released a special-edition mended that security and law enforce- abroad,” Pirogov told news agency pany, the move is a nifty piece of PR. mer Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in “Crimea Victory 2014” watch, which had ment officers do not travel abroad. RIA Novosti. “There is so much demand in Rus- March, the United States and European originally been intended to commemo- This stricture, together with geopo- There are no exact figures, but the sia that we don’t need Western mar- Union have imposed a number of sanc- rate 70 years since the peninsula’s libera- litical tensions over Ukraine, an eco- combined force of Interior Ministry kets,” he said, adding that the measure tions on Russian companies and citizens tion from the Nazis in World War II. nomic slump and a fast-weakening ru- staff and other enforcement agencies is is at least partially a marketing gim- in an effort to dissuade the country from Von Polier, whose great-grand- ble, has resulted in a 20 to 50 percent estimated at 4 million people. This is 3 mick to jump on a groundswell of pa- further involvement in Ukraine. mother was born in Crimea, said by decline in the flow of Russian tourists percent of the country’s population, abroad compared to last year, depend- and nearly 5 percent of its working age РЕКЛАМА ing on the destination, said Irina population. According to the State Sta- Tyurina, a spokeswoman for Russia’s tistics Service, on average about 10 Tourism Industry Union, citing indus- percent of Russian citizens travel try estimates. abroad on a regular basis. On Monday, the tourism industry’s However, Tyurina said the ban was troubles had drawn the attention of only significant for Neva, which was Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who initially set up by a former silovik and ordered his deputy Dmitry Kozak to take drew many of its customers from the the situation under personal control. state rolls. “This is some kind of a breakdown, I “Overall, an array of factors have do not remember anything like this hap- contributed to the decline in the flow pening before,” Medvedev said, com- of tourists from Russia abroad,” she menting on the state of affairs in the in- said. “Besides the weakening ruble and dustry, the RBC news agency reported. the sluggish economy it was the global In July, Neva, one of Russia’s oldest political situation. Many Russians de- tour agencies, declared it was unable to cided against going abroad and chose meet its obligations, resulting in the not to send their children to summer abrupt cancellation of more than 6,000 camps there for fear that they would be active tours abroad. Two smaller compa- persecuted because of nationality,” nies halted operations at the end of July. Tyurina said. “The state employees ban And on Saturday, the biggest yet, tour was just the straw that broke the cam- operator Labyrinth, said it was suspend- el’s back,” she added. ing operations, leaving an estimated Vadim Prasov, vice president of 25,000 customers stranded overseas. the Federation of Restaurateurs and Labyrinth said in a statement that Hoteliers, agreed that a number of the reasons for its shutdown included factors were straining the Russian the falling value of the ruble against tourism industry. foreign currencies, and an overall nega- “First, there is mismanagement on tive political and economic situation. part of one company and fraudulent The ruble has fallen by 9 percent schemes on part of the other. Second against the dollar since the start of the comes the overall decline of demand year, and by 7 percent against the euro, for the trips abroad,” he said. while the economy fights to avoid slip- On Monday, the Investigative Com- ping into recession. mittee said in a statement it would look Labyrinth also blamed the recom- into the business of Neva and Laby- mended ban on travel abroad by employ- rinth to check whether there was evi- ees of the state’s law and order apparatus, dence of attempted fraud leading to such as prosecutors, police, tax enforcers cancellations of tours that people had and military personnel — called in the paid for. The committee said it would vernacular siloviki, or strongmen. check other tour operators who filed In April, amid the mounting stand- for bankruptcy as well. off between Russia and the West over Russians commonly turn to tour op- Ukraine, Russian media reported that erators because they offer cheaper the government had strongly recom- holidays. Tourist companies book hotel mended these state employees to re- rooms in bulk and whole charter flights consider traveling abroad due to the well in advance. political uncertainty. “But now there is a wide array of on- “As a result, they began to back out line services that offer similar prices … so of their tours,” Tyurina said. “Tourist tourists are more inclined to turn away companies realized how many custom- from tour operators to buy airline tickets 16+ ers from state agencies they had, and it and book hotels themselves,” Prasov became a serious issue.” Prior to Ne- said. “They are also becoming tired of va’s bankruptcy, the company’s presi- routine guided tours,” he added. BusinessFocus www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, August 6, 2014 ❖ 5 Defense Watchdog ‘Outguns’ Think Tanks By Alexey Eremenko Well, being graduates from the MGIMO THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES certainly helped, too — it is, after all, the RUSLAN PUKHOV prime “talent foundry” for producing fter the neglect and de- diplomats and security service officers. Work Experience cay of the turbulent We were not defense experts, but I 1997 — Present: the Center 1990s, Russia’s defense did my master’s thesis on Russian arms for Analysis of Strategies and Tech- industry has become a imports, and the field was wide open as nologies, director hive of activity. independent analysis on this subject 2007 — Present: the Defense Ministry’s AThe country exported almost $17 bil- was virtually unheard of at the time. Public Council, member lion worth of military equipment from And so, when Russian arms imports 1991 — 1997: the Moscow State 2012 to 2013, according to the Stock- became a hot topic after several years Institute of International Relations, holm International Peace Research In- of being almost completely ignored, we M.A. in International Relations stitute, or SIPRI, and a whopping $650 had something. billion is currently earmarked for a do- So we set up a magazine [Arms Ex- mestic rearmament program through ports] and started selling it. The first magazines are either stuck in the past, 2020. Defense industry officials are also issue had two subscribers, both of like the Defense Ministry’s Foreign racing to replace equipment imports whom were military attaches, one from Military Review, or stick to the “pay us with domestic production in an effort to South Korea and the other from the and we’ll write for you” business

help Russia cope with U.S. and EU Czech Republic. We were scrawny FOR SPT model. As for academic think tanks, sanctions, and the recent cutoff of mili- greenhorns who did not even dare to Ruslan Pukhov’s CAST is a rarity in an industry dominated by the state. they are abundant, but their quality is tary ties with Ukraine. promote it in person at first, so we just questionable to say the least, in partic- The chances are that any company advertised by mail, but we gradually ular the Russian Academy of Sciences’ gunning for a piece of that market will started frequenting military fairs and research institutes. I think that if you at some point come into contact with appearing in the media. At some point, closed down its Institute for U.S. and the Moscow-based Center for Analysis our reputation began to work for us. Canadian Studies tomorrow, no one of Strategies and Technologies, or would even notice. My money’s on tal- CAST, a for-profit think tank. Q: What do you sell? ented “Sunday defense analysts” any CAST is best known for its bimonthly A: The mainstay of our business is the day. I suspect things are not that great magazines Eksport Vooruzheniy (Arms Arms Exports magazine, which is now in even at the analytical departments of Exports), which is published in Russian, its 113th issue. Since 2002, we have also Russian intelligence agencies, which the English-language Moscow Defense published the Periscope daily media di- are by and large unable to attract the Brief, and Periscope, a Russian-language gest. Anyone can carry out something best staff due to the lack of a general media digest. But CAST also does mar- like that in the Internet age, but what is party line in the government for them ket analysis and “miscellaneous defense interesting is not just the facts, but the in- to follow, the need to give up certain crap that brings in money,” according to formation about the information — who civil rights [personnel at most security its founder, Ruslan Pukhov. says what and why? So we have our con- agencies in Russia are banned from CAST has been around for 17 years tent produced and filtered by people in traveling abroad], and because intelli- — an impressive stint for any Russian the know. We also keep it brief. Churchill gence is generally less important now

company, let alone in the defense in- once said: “This report, by its very length, / SPT VLADIMIR FILONOV than it was in the 19th and 20th centu- dustry, which is dominated by the state defends itself against the risk of being A Buk missile launcher, the same weapon accused of destroying flight MH17. ries. But that is all guesswork. and plagued by occasional bouts of spy read.” We want none of that. We are not like most Western think mania. Then there is our ad hoc market reviewers, both said it looked like some is better to skip out on some easy bucks tanks I know of either, because most of It does not exist in isolation — Russia analysis. People just come to us and say, of the information had come from a leak than to end up behind bars over a mis- them are state-sponsored. They are like has plenty of military analysts and people “Analyze stuff for us.” There are a lot of of a classified document from Russia’s understanding. lions in a zoo — they never had to be studying its arms industry — but CAST things we do in this field: due diligence, General Staff, and they advised us to mean and lean to survive. Release them, stands out among its competitors like a business intelligence, market research, delay the publication, which we did. Yet Q: Do any conflicts of interest arise and they get hunted down or run over. pirate at a forex trader convention. feasibility studies, you name it. the entire work was open-source, con- in your work? In general, there is a demand for high- This is partly due to its founder’s per- And then there is the miscellaneous firmed by our contacts and experts. A: Sometimes. We feature in the me- quality defense analysis in Russia, but sonality: In a field dominated by heavy- defense crap that pays the bills, as we like You know the concept of “Sunday dia regularly, and our public comments the supply is lacking, and the clients just jowled, ponderous men and soft-spoken to call it, only using stronger words. This historians” — people who study history can impact our clients, especially pub- accept it because what else can they do? military nerds, Pukhov is known for his cannot be put in a nutshell very easily. as a hobby in their free time? Well, we licly traded ones. So what we do is em- We offer an exclusive product at a rapier wit and, unofficially, the ability to For example, we organized the 2011 off- use occasionally the term “Sunday de- bargo our statements on matters con- high price and we have spent 17 years deliver analysis using expletives. shoot of the [Kremlin-sponsored] Valdai fense analysts.” One of the contribu- cerning our current clients — and, when promoting the idea that good content An ironic message is displayed on Discussion Club that focused on military tors to “The Tanks of August,” for ex- necessary, concerning our former clients is expensive. You get what you pay for: CAST’s website: “We don’t sell weap- affairs. We also do what they call “lobby- ample, was a municipal official from as well. If we are working together, our Pay little, get informational junk, pay a ons :) (although we have been asked to, ism” in Russia, which is really just a net- the regions who studied the Russian silence is part of the arrangement. lot, and maybe you’ll get something on occasion).” You would hardly ex- working medium for various players in army’s actions in Georgia through so- worthwhile. pect to see this on the website of the the industry who might be interested in cial networking posts and YouTube Q: Who are your main competitors? Institute of Global Security Problems each other’s services but don’t know it videos. When you have a lot of free A: I don’t think we have a direct This interview has been edited for length in Moscow or even SIPRI. yet. We are basically experts on human time to focus on a single topic that you competitor in Russia. Arms industry and clarity.

But more importantly, CAST is a relations in our field, you could say. love, you can crank out phenomenal ADVERTISING rare example of a privately owned — results that no academic think tank can and thriving — company in a field popu- Q: How many people do you em- hope to match. And though we pay lated by state institutes and think tanks ploy and what is your budget? these people, they really do it for the affiliated with various governmental A: We have about 10 in-house re- fame or, rather, the exposure. agencies and state-run corporations. searchers who make up our “inner cir- The St. Petersburg Times sat down cle.” Then there is the “second circle,” Q: How do you ward off espionage with Pukhov to find out how to make another 10 or so experts who write for accusations? money researching the Russian arms us either regularly or intensively, and A: We use a three-layered defense. market, how to dodge conflicts of inter- the outer circle, whose lineup is no less First off, you want more politics and est and spy allegations, and why so- precious to us, but who only contribute economics in your publications, and less called Sunday defense analysts are occasionally. There is one Brazilian technical specifics — of which [the jailed more useful than having access to clas- journalist, a friend of mine, a real top researcher Igor] Sutyagin was very sified information. gun with insider information who only fond. wrote three articles for us, but all three Second, you need to be loyal to the Q: How did you end up in arms-mar- were top-notch. government. In this business, if you are ket analysis? About a third of our income comes not a loyalist, you’re out. But this does A: My friend and business partner from our publications, another third not mean you have to chum up with the Konstantin Makienko and I graduated from market research and the rest from officials — again, like Sutyagin was al- in 1996 from the Moscow State Institute the miscellaneous crap. Most of our cli- ways trying to do. Just play it straight. of International Relations, or MGIMO, ents are Russian. Our annual budget is And the third layer relates to what with a clear understanding that we about 1 million euros ($1.34 million), one Brazilian populist politician once wanted to work in international affairs. and we spend about 50 percent of that said: “Poor people’s main problem is But we did not want to become diplo- on salaries, our biggest outlay. Real tal- that they lack rich friends.” This does mats or sell electric kettles for the distri- ent is not cheap. not just apply to Brazil. In our business bution arm of some big company. So we as well, you also need influential friends. decided to become analysts, which at Q: Where do you get your informa- You don’t need them to lobby for you, that time meant joining up with the near- tion from? but just for clout, so that if someone re- defunct think tanks at the Russian Acad- A: Open source; the world is awash ports you as a spy, the investigators will emy of Sciences. We wanted none of with information, you just need to sort mull it over and think — “These guys that, so we founded our own company. through it and filter out the false and the show up on top television channels and It was a long shot, but two things obsolete. For example, 11 months after fly with the defense minister” — and helped us: First, we were too naive to re- Russia’s war with Georgia in August just drop it. Basically, you need a repu- alize what we were taking on, and sec- 2008, we had already written a book tation. It is your shield. ond, we were young and single, so we about it, called “The Tanks of August.” Still, we have turned down contracts could afford to work almost for free. But when we showed it to two separate from Western companies in the past. It Opinion www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, August 6, 2014 ❖ 6 Ukraine: Outrage and Double Standards By Galina Stolyarova Russia’s complaints about rampant Ukrainian nationalism and violations of dangerous polarization of the rights of ethnic Russians were at first opinion between Russia largely ignored in the West, as if they and the West developed were a total fabrication. during the early months But from the Ukrainian parliament’s of the Ukraine crisis, cre- move in February — blocked by the Aating a growing gulf between Russians president — to repeal a law giving the and many parts of the outside world. Russian language official status in some This polarization has reached a new regions, to Ukrainian nationalists sing- level of rhetoric and hysteria with the ing anti-Russian chants as pro-Russian apparent shoot-down of Malaysian activists were being burnt alive in Airlines flight Odessa, clearly the claims were serious. MH17. Many Rus- Several Russian journalists, includ- sians — regardless ing reporters from Russia’s Zvezda TV, of whether they were captured by Ukrainian forces, and have been sup- three Russian journalists were killed porters or oppo- when covering the conflict in Ukraine. nents of Vladimir Some Russian sources maintain the Putin — have Ukrainian army was responsible. come to believe This month, Ukraine’s Culture Min- the tragedy, and istry announced it is preparing a list of Galina Stolyarova the bodies of its Russian actors and singers who will be victims, are being banned from performing in Ukraine, used to whip up a hatred that threatens and the government has announced a all of them. ban on two Russian films, including They compare this atmosphere to The White Guard, based on the novel the deafening silence that greeted Rus- of the early 20th-century writer Mikhail sia’s repeated pleas for an international Bulgakov, and Poddubny, based on the investigation of the May 2 massacre in life of a Ukrainian-born, Soviet-era Odessa. Dozens of pro-Russian protest- champion wrestler. ers were burned alive when the building Further, any books presented at

in which they had taken refuge from book fairs this year that were produced / AP GHIRDA VADIM pro-Ukrainian gangs was set on fire. Ac- in Russia will have to have a label to A makeshift memorial to the victims of the May 2 fire in Odessa, which left more than 40 people dead. cording to a New York Times account that effect, regardless of their content, confirmed by witnesses from both sides, and there are calls to ban Russia from civilians in order to promote a certain ter compiling a report for the Norwe- after reconciliation or punishment? as the flames engulfed the building participating in a book fair in Lviv later political view does not mean that alle- gian ecological organization Bellona Justice or redemption? If the idea is “Ukrainian activists sang the Ukrainian this year. gations about these deaths should not about the environmental dangers that growing pressure from Washing- national anthem. They also hurled a One comment on a Washington Post be investigated. posed by disused and semi-abandoned ton and Brussels might make Putin new taunt: ‘Colorado’ for the Colorado discussion board pleaded for objectivity The temptation to condemn Putin Russian nuclear submarines. change his policy, it does not appear to potato beetle, striped red and black like about Ukraine and railed against Amer- and whatever he does is reaching a cre- Putin was effectively prejudging Ni- be working. the pro-Russian ribbons. Those outside ican indifference to evidence that ethnic scendo in the West, and many Western kitin’s trial and his guilt. So the West- If anyone in the West expected pub- chanted ‘burn Colorado, burn.’” Russians were being victimized by ram- politicians and newspapers have used ern indignation at his comment was lic opinion to turn against Putin at Alarmingly, the exact number of ca- pant Ukrainian nationalism. language that could create a mood of fully justified. home as Russia faced growing isola- sualties still has not been established, “Where’s the OUTRAGE, Amer- ethnic hatred toward the Russian peo- But I haven’t noticed much criticism tion, quite the opposite seems to be and there is no international effort to ica?” this person wrote. “This has been ple. Often, it seems, accounts in the of the Washington officials who, before happening. A siege mentality is taking find the truth. going on for months, videos of these Western media consist of little more any official investigation was held, said hold and, on this issue at least, Putin is If Western news organizations de- crimes against civilians posted on you- than what “Ukraine says.” Ordinary Russia was responsible, although indi- winning new supporters. clare that it’s their policy to expose the tube [sic] for four months, I have per- Russians feel that their voices are un- rectly. Importantly, while Russia is re- One Russian expat in London spoke shameful facts of ethnic hatred or the sonally posted them over and over on heard in the outside world and that peatedly blamed for secretly funding for others when he told the Guardian, abuse of human rights, they should do the WaPo comment boards, only to their opinions are being twisted. the separatists, Ukraine has received no “All this blaming Russians, I am Rus- so without their fear or favor, regard- have them ignored and minimized, no American and Western politicians condemnation from the U.S. govern- sian English. I have been living here for less of the nationalities involved. outrage, just the usual apologists for are outbidding each other, coming up ment for using military force, including 25 years. I don’t quite like Putin’s poli- It is easy to dismiss calls to protect everything done by Kiev, and accusa- with new ways to punish Russia. Some ballistic missiles, against civilians. tics. But, unfortunately, all this has re- ethnic Russians in Ukraine as Kremlin tions that there are only ‘Russian have called for Putin’s daughter, who is U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ally pushed me over to the Russian side, propaganda. Europe has already paid a troops’ in eastern Ukraine, same BS reportedly married to a Dutchman, to claimed to have overwhelming evi- which I haven’t been since the events high price for its limp response earlier over and over again. American ‘excep- be expelled from the Netherlands. dence of Russia’s complicity in the started in the Ukraine.” this year to the escalation of the conflict tionalism’ is a myth, a sad myth.” Britain’s deputy prime minister, Nick downing of the plane, but no names or Svetlana, a reader of the BBC Rus- in eastern Ukraine between govern- The assumption that Russian televi- Clegg, suggested that Russia be ranks of Russian officers allegedly in- sian Service’s website, commented as ment forces and the pro-Russian rebels. sion makes claims about the deaths of stripped of hosting duties for the 2018 volved were given, and the issue of the follows:

РЕКЛАМА World Cup. The idea was at once re- Ukrainians government’s responsibil- “I am from Belarus, and I always jected by the football world governing ity for using serious military force wanted from my country a European body, FIFA, but that did not stop The against civilians was not raised. integration. But having turned for the Wire, a news blog affiliated with The I am no fan of Putin, who has Western media for the coverage of Atlantic magazine, from posting an harmed the cause of human rights in events, I have discovered such hatred item headlined, “No One Wants Rus- my country. But Putin’s role in the — and perhaps, contempt? — that I sia To Host the 2018 World Cup.” downing of MH17, and the level of his now feel such an integration will never Some of the rush to sanction carries responsibility, can be established only be possible.” particularly unpleasant undertones. Af- by an investigation. In the West there has been little ter Britain criticized France for not can- Nonetheless, the unequivocal me- criticism of Ukrainian government celing a lucrative deal to supply defense dia barrage of condemnation contin- forces shelling civilians, even though equipment to Russia, French Foreign ued, such as this statement in Canada’s Human Rights Watch says it has found Minister Laurent Fabius fired back, say- Globe and Mail: “The tragic downing evidence of noncombatants being ing (according to Britain’s Telegraph), of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 on 17 killed by the Ukrainian army. “David Cameron should start by clean- July by Russian-armed troops provides Journalists covering the war in ing up his own back yard,” apparently another occasion for the West to use its Ukraine, or writing about it from a com- referring to Russian oligarchs who have superior power to bring Russia’s war in fortable desk far from the conflict, should sizable interests in Britain. Having to Ukraine to an end.” remember Aldous Huxley’s observation “clean up” implies that there is some- Or this, from an article in the re- that “the propagandist’s purpose is to thing dirty about these Russians, who spected international affairs journal make one set of people forget that cer- have in fact invested huge sums in British Foreign Policy titled, “How to Knee- tain other sets of people are human.” sports, media, and culture. Some Russian cap the Thug in the Kremlin”: If, after reading a report, you begin audiences have complained about the “Last week, Putin’s wholly owned to feel that either side is inhuman, take connotation of ethnic cleansing. guerrilla subsidiary in Ukraine blew 298 a step back and make sure you are not It is important to ask ourselves now: civilians out of the sky, looted the be- being targeted by propaganda. And, is this language becoming racist? This longings of the victims, let their cadav- perhaps, listening to both sides of a is an issue that human rights groups ers rot for days in the hot summer sun, conflict presents a more efficient solu- need to look into. In the absence of any then violently obstructed OSCE moni- tion to the drama than one-sided bully- such examination, it is hard for Rus- tors from inspecting the carnage.” ing, gone out of hand. Why not start sians to not see most Western coverage In my opinion, language like that is with a careful look into the Odessa as one-sided and biased. bent on inflaming feelings and encour- massacre? I remember the fierce international aging hatred of Russians. The person criticism of Putin in 1999-2000 when he who wrote them should examine his This article first appeared at Transitions alleged that Alexander Nikitin, a for- conscience. Online, an award-winning analytical mer Russian naval officer, was a spy. The important question is, what online magazine covering Eastern Eu- Nikitin was facing treason charges af- does the West want to achieve? Are we rope and CIS countries, on www.tol.org Arts&Culture www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, August 6, 2014 ❖ 7 Zakhar May: A One-Man Punk Band The Ukrainian-born, Russian singer-songwriter remains an outspoken critic of the current administration.

By Sergey Chernov With Shiva — which did not have a THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES fixed lineup — May performed at mu- sic clubs and at a number of outdoor akhar May is an unmatched rock festivals in Russia. figure in the Russian music “St. Petersburg is Russia’s music capi- scene. Born in Kharkiv, tal, my musicians lived there,” he said. Ukraine, in 1969, the singer- “My younger friends once pre- songwriter with a penchant sented me with a whole box of [St. Pe- forZ unlikely Russian pop covers gained a tersburg pioneering hardcore punk Russian-language cult following while he band] Khimera tapes, perhaps to teach was a programmer and blogger in the me everything at once, without any U.S. in the late 1990s and early 2000s. words. I am still very grateful to St. Pe- May, whose music blends rock and tersburg for this.” roll, reggae and folk punk, released his Last year, May took part in a high- only full-fledged studio album, “Black profile outdoor concert in Moscow in Helicopters,” with a group of St. Peters- support of leading Russian opposition burg rock musicians in 2003, with the activist Alexei Navalny, who was hit rest of his recorded work being mostly with several criminal cases in the after- live albums and home recordings avail- math of the mass anti-Kremlin protests able on his website, www.baza.com. in 2011 and 2012. In 1988, when he was 19, May moved “I often write songs live on Twitter,” to the U.S. with his parents after the So- he said, referring to his manner of post- viet Union allowed Jewish people to ing a new line on his Twitter account as leave during Mikhail Gorbachev’s liber- soon as it comes into his mind. alization in the late 1980s. “For instance, I wrote the song ‘Na- He lived in Baltimore, New York, valny,’ for which I was invited to per- Chicago and San Francisco until 2002, form at that concert live, on Twitter when he came back to Kharkiv after his about a week earlier, but actually I have songs gained underground popularity in loved, respected and promoted Alexei his homeland, and spent several years Anatolyevich [Navalny] since the early living in St. Petersburg and Moscow. days of the Russian Internet.” Currently based in Kharkiv again, A supporter of the Maidan protests

May now performs solo, reaching his in Kiev between November 2013 and ZAKHAR MAY Russian-speaking audiences by touring February 2014, and an opponent of May has only one full-fledged studio album, but many of his live performances and home recordings are available online. permanently in Ukraine, Russia, Ger- Russia’s alleged intervention in Ukraine, many, Israel and the U.S. beginning with the annexation of noted that his Russian audience has “They are weird, but they have al- spect intended, as polite Americans “I am a Russian musician and I have Crimea in March, he said he was not in continued to grow. ways been weird,” he said. say,” May said. always been one!” said May in an inter- Ukraine when the protests began. “My audience in Russia constantly “I really allow everyone more po- Still, May spoke out against the view with The St. Petersburg Times “I spent that winter in the [U.S.], grows, while I am liberal enough to al- litical freedom than is customary cultural boycott of Russia in light of ahead of his concert on Aug. 9 at the and supported [the Maidan protests] low it to have a broad liberty of politi- in Russia — both for liberals and continued hostilities in Ukraine and new installment of the underground club with everybody from there,” he said. cal views,” he said. reactionaries.” Russians’ alleged support of Putin’s Zoccolo, which moved to Ligovsky May dismissed the common Russian In 2012, May recorded two songs However, May reserved some harsh actions. Prospekt earlier this year. idea about art and music being outside for “Limonoff,” a tribute album to au- criticism for liberal-minded rock musi- “God forbid, a permanent and com- “I lived my first 20 years in Kharkiv, politics. “As with many things that they thor and political leader Eduard Li- cians like Mashina Vremeni’s Andrei prehensive exchange is necessary,” he then another 15 years in different cities talk about in Russia now, this idea has monov, whose political parties, the Makarevich and DDT’s Yury said. in the [U.S.], then about seven years in no roots, no history, no sense.” National-Bolshevik Party, or NBP, and Shevchuk, who first spoke out against “It is criminal to forget that the Russia. Now I live in Kharkiv again and Living in Ukraine, singing in Rus- The Other Russia, formed after the Russia’s intervention in Ukraine but most important musicians for Russians I hope to die here as well.” sian and having U.S. citizenship, May NBP was banned for alleged extrem- have recently said they were involved live in Ukraine and in the West, be it During his stint in St. Petersburg in described himself as a Russian, even if ism, were instrumental in the Russian in collecting humanitarian aid for peo- Knopfler and Gilmour or [Sergei] Bab- the early 2000s, May met some of the only ironically. protest movement of the 2000s. ple in eastern Ukrainian regions con- kin and [Svyatoslav] Vakarchuk.” best-known local rock musicians, such as “I feel I am a Russian – just as an Even though Limonov and The trolled by pro-Russian insurgents. blues rocker Sergei “Chizh” Chigrakov, American Jew in Ukraine should,” he Other Russia supported the interven- “I usually explain the confusion in Zakhar May will perform at 8 p.m. on as well as some former and then-current said. tion in Ukraine in March, May, who the heads of Shevchuk and Makarev- Saturday, Aug. 9 at Zoccolo 2.0, lo- members of the rock band DDT, to re- Despite Russian polls allegedly had spoken sympathetically about the ich to myself by their total mental dis- cated at 50 Ligovsky Prospekt, Korpus cord “Black Helicopters” under the showing ever-growing support for Pu- National-Bolsheviks in interviews, still ability, as well as their obvious help- 3. Tel: 945 4305. Metro: Ploschad moniker Zakhar May and Shiva. tin over his actions in Ukraine, May abstained from criticizing them. lessness in songwriting — no disre- Vosstaniya. city tales The Alexander Column By Jonathan Melvin manship and, at the time of construc- pedestal, which feature the metaphor- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES tion, a significant feat of engineering. ical figures of Wisdom and Abun- The main part of the column features dance, Justice and Mercy, and Peace amed after Alexander I, a single piece of red granite, nearly and Victory. who ruled Russia from 25.5 meters tall and around 3.5 meters Arguably the most iconic piece of 1801 to 1825, the Alex- in diameter. The gargantuan granite the Alexander Column is the statue ander Column (Alek- monolith — weighing in at just over of an angel bearing a cross at its very sandrovskaya Kolonna) 600 tons — was transported by sea top. Designed by Russian sculptor isN one of the most iconic monuments from Virolahti, , to St. Peters- Boris Orlovsky, it is said that the face of the northern capital. Anchoring the burg in 1832. Remarkably, the column of the angel was modeled after the surrounding Palace Square, the col- was so finely set that the base of the face of Emperor Alexander I. umn is indeed the focal point of the column remains unfastened. Taking place exactly two years after open area outside the Winter Palace. The column’s pedestal features the column was placed upon its pedes- Designed by French-born architect bas-relief decorative illustrations that tal, the column was officially inaugu- Auguste de Montferrand, who also exemplify Russia’s military glory. The rated with a military ceremony on designed St. Isaac’s Cathedral, and side of the pedestal facing the Winter Aug. 30, 1834. Poet Vasily Zhukovsky built between 1830 and 1834 under Palace features winged, angelic-like wrote on his recollections of the event: the direction of Swiss architect Anto- figures holding a plaque with the “No pen can describe the grandeur of nio Adamini, the monolith — the tall- translated inscription, “To Alexander that moment when, at the sound of est of its kind in the world — was built I from a grateful Russia.” Depictions three cannon shots, from all the streets at the behest of Nicholas I in dedica- of iconic Russian military arms and there suddenly appeared, as if spring-

tion to his brother’s and Russia’s mili- wear — including the shield of Prince ing out from the earth, huge, shapely / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS ONDREJ ZVACEK tary victory over Napoleon during the Oleg of Novgorod, the helmet of Al- columns of Russian troops moving to The Alexander Column is still considered an engineering marvel to this day. French conquest of Europe, known as exander Nevsky, and the breastplate the thunder of drums and the sound of the Napoleonic Wars, which lasted of Emperor Alexander I, amongst the Parisian March.” Soviets apparently did not undertake less, the original, nearly 200-year-old from 1803 to 1815, or in Russia as the others — serve as reminders of those Allegedly, Soviet authorities such a measure, a historic cast-iron monolith survived the Soviet era and Patriotic War of 1812. military heroes who brought glory sought to secretly replace the angel railing around the column was re- stands today as a gigantic, solitary Standing at 47.5 meters, the col- and victory to Russia. Just as impres- atop Alexander Column in 1952 with moved for some time, though it was guardian at the gates of the Winter umn itself is a masterpiece of crafts- sive are the other three sides of the a statue of . Though the eventually restored in 2002. Nonethe- Palace. 8 ❖ Wednesday, August 6, 2014 ARTS & CULTURE www.sptimes.ru St. Petersburg Museums Remember WWI Overshadowed by the revolutions of 1917 and the civil war, World War I is an indelible part of Russia’s history.

By Larisa Doctorow who fought on the front lines, partici- THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES pated in military brigades, created patri- otic works of art and raised the morale of his year marks the 100th an- the soldiers. Among the 200-plus exhibits niversary of the start of on display are paintings, drawings done World War I, or WWI, and during short breaks between battles, the across Europe it is being re- covers of satirical magazines, posters and membered with exhibitions, pieces of folk art called lubok. A sound Tlectures, theatrical presentations and installation also fills the halls with the the release of new books. songs, marches and waltzes of the era, Despite Russia being one of the ma- adding to the atmosphere. jor countries involved, remembering In addition to this exhibition, the what Europe still calls “The Great War” museum also has a display featuring a is a new phenomenon here — the rea- son being that Russia’s own revolution and the bloody civil war that followed overshadows the memory of the war. Despite being one of Russia entered WWI on Aug. 1 the major players, when Germany declared war against the Russian Empire and two million sol- remembering WWI diers were soon drafted to fight. The war was ruthless, bloody and in Russia is still a desperate on both sides, involving 34 new phenomenon. countries fighting in Europe, Asia, Af- rica, the Far East and the Middle East. large and rich collection of photographs Like elsewhere, the start of the war and films taken during that same time in Russia was marked by an upsurge of period. Throughout the display, viewers patriotism. St. Petersburg was renamed can see how Russian society was opti-

Petrograd, people with German roots mistic and certain of victory over Ger- MUSEUM RUSSIAN STATE changed their surnames to Russian ones many and Austria. Petrov-Vodkin’s ‘Thirst Warrior’ is one of the pieces on display in the State Russian Museum’s new exhibit. and many artists and museum workers As criticism increased, the country volunteered to go to the front lines, entered another period, this one of lations. It became referred to as the artist Andrey Kovalchuk, who finished Unlike Russia, Europe has always where many were wounded and killed. strikes and social unrest. The Russian “Forgotten War,” and the new govern- it in 2013. The sculpture manages to commemorated the anniversary of the The State Russian Museum in St. Empire soon collapsed and although it ment prohibited the wearing of medals connect the present to the past and hon- start of the WW1, especially Belgium Petersburg is among the first art muse- lost 900,000 soldiers and officers on the awarded during the course of the war as ors the heroes of WWI, making it a — a country that suffered especially ums in the country to now recognize front line, Russia was not invited to par- new heroes and new awards were pro- striking and memorable work of art. badly during the war. Not only was it and pay respect to WWI with its new ticipate in signing the peace treaty after moted during the Russian Civil War. Other smaller museums in the city occupied by Germany for four years exhibition, “The First World War 1914- the war ended. The exhibition also displays a num- are commemorating the anniversary but large territories in Flanders were 1918,” devoted to the memory of the Then in the new, post-revolutionary ber of rare items, such as the monumen- this year with their own exhibitions such turned into killing fields where the victims and participants in the conflict. society, nobody wanted to hear about tal canvas by Vasily Shuchaev entitled as the Military Historical Museum of bloodiest battles were fought. Today, The exhibition sheds light on hun- the heroes of WWI, about the injured, “Regiment at the Emplacement Site.” 100 years later, the fields of Flanders in dreds of artists and museum curators about the misery of the displaced popu- When it was shown in 1917 it was named Belgium are covered by endless rows “A Requiem for Russian Officers,” with of white crosses. an intense drama captured under an ap- A hundred years Belgium has also organized more pearance of calm in the painting as the after its beginning, commemorative WWI exhibitions than viewer knows that in a few hours these other European countries, with the officers will die. the cost of war can be most impressive being at the Royal Another striking painting is “In the Museum of the Army and Military His- Line of Fire” by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. seen in the endless tory in Brussels. Unlike the State Rus- The artist shows three young, handsome crosses in Flanders. sian Museum exhibition, this exhibition men in the last seconds of their lives and displays not only a number of things uses intense reds and greens to convey Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps at that characterize the time period but despair and futile bravery. 7 Alexandrovsky Park and the Military also trenches, shelters and dugs-outs, Many of the large, mosaic-like can- Medicine Museum at 2 Lazaretny pere- as organizers wanted to give visitors a vasses on display, with deep, somber ulok, where its exhibition pays tribute total immersion into the war by letting colors were made by the enigmatic and to the courage of doctors, nurses and them feel the hardships experienced by tragic Russian genius Pavel Filonov. professors who organized the medical soldiers — cold, hunger, danger and Looking at his work, it is obvious that service during the war. misery. The display is also accompa- before the start of the war he foresaw The Tsarskoye Selo State Museum- nied by a sound installation with watch- the disaster and this is reflected in his Preserve is also honoring the anniver- dogs barking, shells exploding and art, with some of his works showing the sary with the opening of a new WWI people screaming — all sounds that cynical dividing up of the spoils of vic- museum in the Martial Chamber. Fea- filled the trenches at that time. tory, such as in his “Feast of the Kings.” turing a permanent display entitled A more modern piece in the exhibi- “Russia in the Great War,” the museum For more information about the exhibits,

STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM RUSSIAN STATE tion is the bronze sculpture called “A is open to visitors from Thursday to visit www.rusmuseum.ru or Shuchaev’s ‘Regiment at the Emplacement Site’ captures their final moments. Soldier” by the contemporary Russian Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. milmed.spb.ru the word’s worth Russia’s ‘Maskirovka’ Keeps Us Guessing By Michele A. Berdy For example, in an example of shared Маскировать is the verb that de- советуют использовать более густой ception). It is the whole shebang — holiday-making: Купил страшную scribes donning a mask or the act of тон в тех случаях, когда необходима from guys in ski masks or uniforms Маскировка: camouflage, variously маску «тыква-убийца» на Хэллоуин camouflage. In the kitchen, this kind более эффективная маскировка недо- with no insignia, to undercover activi- (He bought a scary mask of a killer of concealment is innocent: маскиро- статков кожи (Make-up artists ad- ties, to hidden weapons transfers, to ecause I’m a news junkie, pumpkin for Halloween). In “House вать (to mask) means to cover pre- vise using a thicker foundation when — well, starting a civil war but pre- I read more about the M.D. “ or «Доктор Хаус» doctors don pared food with a layer of sauce or you need to effectively camouflage tending that you’ve done nothing of Ukraine crisis than any- маска for surgery and put маска over glaze. But elsewhere it can be nefari- skin problems). the sort. one who values their san- the patient’s nose and mouth on the ous. Продают синтетический мёд, In the military, it can refer to cam- Way back in 1995, when the U.S. ity. And because I read operating table. маскируя под натуральный (They sell ouflaging troops or equipment from and Russia were so friendly that lan- Bso much about Ukraine and am so in- Appearance-conscious women synthetic honey that they pass off as enemy eyes. Нельзя нарушать один guage columnist William Safire could terested in language, right now my and men put питательную (nourish- the real stuff). Or protective: Зелёная из основополагающих принципов мас- come to Moscow and chat about ter- main sources of new words are mili- ing), очищающую (cleansing), or осве- сетка маскировала от вражеских са- кировки: не иметь в своей одежде minology with the boys on Lubyanka, tary terminology and obscenities. But жающую маску (refreshing mask) on молётов пушки, машины и ангары предметы, отражающие свет (You he fell under the spell of this Russian at least the word family I’ve become their faces before a night out on the (Green netting camouflaged the guns, can’t violate one of the main princi- term. “What a beautiful word, pro- obsessed with this week is not just town. And in both languages, маска/ vehicles and hangers from the enemy ples of camouflage: Don’t wear any- nounced mas-kir-OAF-ka,” he wrote used in the theater of war, but in the mask can be used to describe a per- planes). thing reflective). then. kitchen, gym, operating room — and son’s false appearance, although in Маскировка is an act of conceal- But маскировка has a broader mil- Man, what a difference two de- the regular theater, too. English this kind of mask is usually a ment that might be benign. It might itary meaning: strategic, operational, cades make. I’m thinking of маска (mask), мас- facial expression while in Russian it be carried out in the garden: Вьющи- physical and tactical deception. Ap- кировать (to mask), маскировка can refer to more general behavior. еся растения подходят и для маски- parently in U.S. military terminology, Michele A. Berdy, a Moscow-based (something masked). Под маской лояльности он нас жутко ровки старых пней (Climbing plants this is called either CC&D (camou- translator and interpreter, is the author Маска is used in Russian pretty подвёл (While pretending to be loyal, are good for hiding old tree stumps). flage, concealment and deception) or of ‘The Russian Word’s Worth’ (Glas), much the way mask is used in English. he really let us down). Or in front of the mirror: Визажисты more recently D&D (denial and de- a collection of her columns. www.sptimes.ru ARTS & CULTURE Wednesday, August 6, 2014 ❖ 9 Geek Picnic: Bringing Sci-Fi to Life The popular festival returns, ready to impress with the latest technology being used in various cultural mediums.

By Gus Peters THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

eek Picnic, the country’s largest science and tech- nology festival, is set to return to St. Petersburg this weekend on Yelagin IslandG on Aug. 9 and 10. Over two days, the newest ideas and inventions will be on display for visitors as com- panies present their new projects, while aspiring entrepreneurs and job seekers look for ways to break into their respective industries. Now four years old, the festival has expanded from simply focusing on IT strategies to embracing art and pop culture as well. This year’s festival not only includes speakers talking about the latest innovations but also various master classes, a fashion show, gourmet food and a market for shoppers. Yet at heart, rather than trying to be too tech-

nical, the main idea is that this is, after GEEK PICNIC all, a picnic. It is an opportunity for Geek Picnic has become a showcase for the latest in science and technology. both tech-lovers and families to enjoy the warm summer days. ideas,” Gorely said. “We are living with Artemy Troitsky, the famed music Nikolay Gorely, a co-founder of the an old infrastructure and we want to critic, who will discuss the current era picnic, is an obvious believer in the im- live in a world where quadra-copters in music in Russia. portance of technology and he is very can bring us food or we can pay for Last year’s Geek Picnic drew aware of its ever-increasing popularity. something with the touch of a finger.” 17,000 people and organizers hope for “In the ‘70s, people were waiting for a similar turnout this year as well. The days for Led Zeppelin tickets,” he said. festival features foreign speakers and “In the 21st century, in modern coun- companies but the majority of busi- tries, people are waiting for one or two While people used to nesses on hand will be local compa- days to buy an iPhone. No one is wait- wait in line for concert nies. As well as its entertainment as- ing to buy tickets for a band.” pect, Geek Picnic has become a sort of It is a sentiment echoed on the tickets, they now wait job fair as well, in which local compa- event’s website in their manifesto. “The nies search for the best and brightest release of a new gadget, an incredible for days to buy the talents while promoting their own in- discovery — these are the things that we latest iPhone model. terests. For start-ups especially, the have regularly heard about from news event is a chance to make a name for

reports, this is what the press writes Geek Picnic, rather than just about themselves amidst potential competi- GEEK PICNIC about,” it reads. “These rock stars have what exists, is focused on the bigger tors and partners. Futuristic fashion is just one of this weekend’s many attractions. become internet entrepreneurs and the ideas and how they can be achieved as But one of the best parts about the word ‘Geek,’ which has traditionally well. That’s why there is such a diver- festival, in Gorely’s opinion, is the col- Moscow and with future festivals being Despite its grander plans, organiz- been synonymous with ‘nerd,’ is becom- sity in lectures and opportunities for laboration between such varying disci- organized for Tel Aviv and Rio de Ja- ers hope to stay true to their roots and ing popular and fashionable.” visitors. This year’s speakers include plines. “We saw that many people made neiro. For now though, Gorely is fo- not alienate the casual visitor, who This is a cultural phenomenon and Jonathan LeBlanc, a developer evan- connections after the first one and some cused on fine-tuning the idea before might be overwhelmed by the technical the rise in popularity is something that gelist for PayPal, whose main interests speakers created new projects in multi- expanding it. “The main idea is to jargon used by industry professionals. the festival hopes to capitalize on. revolve around the development of disciplinary spheres, and this is a result make the format popular and to get a “It’s not a high level of science,” Gorely “Geek Picnic is a festival for well-edu- open source technology in social appli- of the picnic,” Gorely said. big base of speakers, and making it lo- explained, “just a picnic.” cated people looking for something cations, Sergey Ryazan, an astronaut The festival has ambitious plans for cal in every big city that is interested,” new, to find a new way of life, new who spent over 166 days in space, and the future too, expanding already to he said. “Now it is only the start.” For more information, visit geek-picnic.ru Education & JobOpportunities advertising section Wednesday, August 6, 2014

job vacancies advertised All in The St. Petersburg Times newspaper can be viewed at www.sptimes.ru Food&Drink www.sptimes.ru | Wednesday, August 6, 2014 ❖ 10 TABLE TALK Vodka in the Northern Capital CITY INDULGENCE The recent heatwave has pushed The city’s relationship with the famed spirit dates back to the reign of Peter the Great. ice cream sales up around most of the country last month with Pe- tersburgers eating up to 150 tons By Gus Peters of the frozen treat on particularly THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES hot days, a news report said. Russians have already eaten hen foreigners think up the supplies of ice cream that of Russia, one of the producers stocked for the sum- first things that comes mer, prompting dairies to work to mind is vodka. The overtime to meet the increased alcohol has become demand, Valery Yelkhov, direc- Wan inseparable symbol of the culture tor of the Ice Cream Producers and has been so for hundreds of years. Union, was cited by Izvestia as The first distillery arrived in Russia saying July 31. during the reign of Vasily II, the Grand The most ice cream is de- Prince of Moscow in the 15th century. voured in St. Petersburg, Mos- As the story goes, a man brought back cow and Russia’s southern re- a prototype of a distillery from Europe gions, though Siberia’s Novosi- but Vasily distrusted not only it but the birsk, Omsk, Irkutsk and Barnaul man who brought it, believing that the regions are also top consumers, influence of the West had corrupted Yelkhov was quoted as saying. him. Eventually, the man was able to Sales spike when temperatures escape imprisonment and flee to Italy. rise between 25 to 30 degrees Cel- Since the somewhat awkward intro- sius, prompting Petersburgers to duction of then modern technology to eat 150 tons of ice cream a day, alcohol making, vodka has played an topped only by Moscow at 250 important role in the history not only tons, Izvestia reported. of the country but also of St. Peters- Unusually high sales this sum- burg. Ever since the reign of Peter the mer have also contributed to an Great, the builder of the city and a

increase of total ice cream sales well-known lover of spirits, vodka has ANTHONY KNUPPEL / FLICKR for the first half of the year by 9 remained intertwined with the city’s Vodka continues to be a staple at any celebration in Russia, whether it be a national holiday or a birthday party. percent compared to last year, colorful history. Yelkhov was quoted as saying In Peter the Great’s day, vodka was discovered by none other than Dmitry While some Soviet leaders were well drink or just a way to get drunk,” said not nearly as alcoholic as it is now, Mendeleev, the creator of the periodic known for their hard-drinking ways, to- Maria Koliakina, the managing direc- SANCTION HIT LIST more of a strong wine than a spirit. table of elements. He discovered that day’s modern leaders differ. Former tor of the Russian Vodka Room No. 1. In response to the increasing During the raucous parties thrown by the perfect ratio was 38.5 percent, al- president Boris Yeltsin was no stranger “It’s very important to understand that trade sanctions imposed by the Peter, affairs known to combine all- though this was rounded up to 40 per- to the spirit but President Putin prefers it’s a part of our history and part of our U.S. against Russia following the night drinking with the emperor’s love cent in 1894 and has remained the stan- German beer and Prime Minister culture and, like wine in France or downing of Malaysian airline for the stranger things in life, vodka dard ever since. Dmitry Medvedev doesn’t drink. whiskey in Scotland, it is our national MH17, Russia has retaliated by was a key component. Yet people’s affinity for the spirit Vodka’s colorful history is best ex- drink.” threatening to ban both U.S. It was during Peter’s reign that a did not prevent Nicholas II, the last perienced at the Russian Vodka Mu- Yet despite vodka’s status as the poultry imports and Kentucky tradition became commonplace: the tsar, from prohibiting the alcohol from seum, part of the Russian Vodka Room country’s national drink, the stigma of Gentleman bourbon, reported shtrafnaya. This is a penalty drink for sale and consumption during World No. 1 restaurant on Konnogvardesky alcoholism related to overconsumption Reuters Monday. arriving late and it usually involves War I. After the 1917 revolutions, Bulvar near St. Isaac’s Cathedral. Con- is a difficult stigma to break away from. Moscow has also threatened drinking a shot of vodka. Yet Peter’s vodka makers were imprisoned and it sisting of two rooms lined with various A study published earlier this year by with additional food restrictions version was closer to a liter and guests wouldn’t be until Stalin’s tenure as memorabilia, hundreds of different the Lancet, a medical journal, claimed ranging from soy to Californian were forced to drink all of it before leader of the that the types of glasses and other mementoes that 25 percent of men in Russia die pistachios, reported Reuters. joining the party. drink was re-allowed. from vodka’s long history, any tour lets before they are 55, with most of these Already this year, Russia has It was not until Catherine the Great During World War II, soldiers were visitors delve into the culture surround- deaths contributed to drinking too banned Australian beef, Latvian ruled Russia that the first license for a given a ration of 100 grams of vodka a ing the spirit before tasting it in the ru- much alcohol. and Lithuanian pork, Moldovan distillery was granted. This led to a day to calm the nerves. Yet despite its michnaya, a Soviet-era drinking estab- However, Koliakina believes that fruit and Ukrainian juice. boom in the production of the spirit important role in the war effort and the lishment, in the last room, complete this should not be people’s lasting im- Russia imported about $1.3 bil- and by the beginning of the 20th cen- people’s love of the spirit, Gorbachev with tall tables and pickled snacks. pression of the spirit. “If you do every- lion in U.S. food and agricultural tury, there were 40 distilleries in St. Pe- in 1985 prohibited the drink. Although One of the most important parts of thing in the right way, it only has a products last year, or about 11 per- tersburg alone, an astounding number not as strict as the prohibition at the the museum tour involves the dispel- positive effect. All our holidays, events cent of all U.S. exports to the considering there are only three today beginning of the century, sales were se- ling of myths and the more common and birthday parties were always cele- country, according to U.S. Census in the city. verely limited and even when sales re- stereotypes associated with vodka. “I brated with this drink,” she said. “If data. It was in St. Petersburg as well that sumed in 1987, people could only buy think that it is very important for for- you do it the right way, everything will the common ratio of spirit to water was vodka from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. eign people to realize that it’s not just a be fine.”

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HOW TO USE THE LISTINGS: concert theater Organ Music Bach, Buxtehude, Pachelbel Broadway Hits Ivan Ozhogon and others Dates and times are correct at the and others. Andrey Kolomiitsev. perform hits from Broadway musicals. time of publication, but last-min- Smolny Cathedral, 8 p.m. Musical Comedy Theater, 8 p.m. ute changes are not infrequent, theater so it’s best to check by contacting Broadway Hits Ivan Ozhogon and others monday, august 11 COMPLETE LISTINGS perform hits from Broadway musicals. the venue. can Musical Comedy Theater, 8 p.m. ballet be found at www.sptimes.ru. The Sleeping Beauty Tchaikovsky’s fairytale Unless otherwise stated, stage ballet about the fate of a princess doomed to friday, august 8 sleep until woken by true love’s kiss. events start at 7 p.m. All stage Alexandrinsky Theatre, 8 p.m. shows and films are in Russian ballet theater unless noted. Le Corsaire Romantic ballet based on a Broadway Hits Ivan Ozhogon and others poem by Lord Byron. Choreography Marius perform hits from Broadway musicals. Petipa and Pyotr Gusev. Starring Anastasia Musical Comedy Theater, 8 p.m. Kolegova. Mariinsky II, 7.30 p.m. STAGES opera tuesday, august 12 Aida Verdi’s tragic tale of an Ethiopian slave DAILY SHOW! Folk Show and her love for an Egyptian soldier. Conductor Feel Yourself Russian! Two hours of traditional Christian Knapp. Mariinsky Theater. ballet Russian songs and dance. The show starts at Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s evergreen classic, 19:00 p.m. Nikolayevsky Palace, 7 p.m. and theater choreographed by Marius Petipa. 9 p.m. www.folkshow.ru Broadway Hits Ivan Ozhogon and others Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, 8 p.m. perform hits from Broadway musicals. Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet about Musical Comedy Theater, 8 p.m. the fate of a swan princess, choreographed by wednesday, august 6 Marius Petipa. Hermitage Theater, 8 p.m. ballet saturday, august 9 opera Le Corsaire Classic ballet based on Byron’s Faust Charles Gounod’s opera after motifs poem. Choreography Marius Petipa and Pyotr ballet from the eponymous legend and tragedy by Gusev. Starring Anastasia Kolegova. Chopiniana. Le Carnaval. Scheherazade Goethe. Staged by Isabella Bywater. Conductor Mariinsky II, 7.30 p.m. Three one-act ballets by Mikhail Fokin set to Mikhail Agrest. Mariinsky Theater. Goran Bregovic and His Wedding and Funeral Orchestra will headline the outdoor Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet about music by Chopin, Schumann and Rimsky- event Das Fest, which celebrates German culture, opening in St Petersburg’s the fate of a swan princess, choreographed by Korsakov. Mariinsky Theater, 7.30 p.m. theater 300th Anniversary Park at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9. The lineup also includes Marius Petipa. Mikhailovsky Theater, 8 p.m. Melodies of Love Excerpts from operettas the St. Petersburg Ska- Review, Troll Gnyot Yel, Orkestr Trollya, Zdob si Zdub Requiem Boris Eifman’s two-act ballet set to opera by world-famous composers. and Markscheider Kunst.

music by Shostakovich and Mozart. Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky’s opera based Musical Comedy Theater, 8 p.m. FEST DAS Alexandrinsky Theater, 8 p.m. on Pushkin’s novel in verse. Starring Gelena Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet about Gaskarova. Mariinsky II. (Ellington Hall), 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. the fate of a swan princess, choreographed by Tel. 764 8565, 764 9843. 8 p.m. MUSEUMS Marius Petipa. Hermitage Theater, 8 p.m. concert GIGS Chamber Music Vivaldi’s ‘The Four friday, august 8 ACADEMY OF ARTS MUSEUM opera Seasons.’ Camerata Ensemble with Sandra 17 Universitetskaya Nab. Tel. 323 6496, Le Nozze di Figaro Yury Alexandrov stages Shinder. Smolny Cathedral, 7.30 p.m. wednesday, august 6 rock, etc. 323 3578 M: Vasileostrovskaya. Wednesday one of Mozart’s most popular opera buffe. Leonid Fyodorov Art rock, alternative through Sunday, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mariinsky Theater. theater rock, etc. rock. A2, 3 Prospekt Medikov. Tel. 309 9922. Francesca Leone: Myth and Broadway Hits Ivan Ozhogon and others Lackband Nu-jazz, abstract hip-hop, funk. 8 p.m. Metamorphosis. Painting. Italian artist theater perform hits from Broadway musicals. Griboyedov Hill, 2A Voronezhskaya Ul.. Lyokha Nikonov Hardcore poetry. Dada, Francesca Leone harmoniously blends Broadway Hits Ivan Ozhogon and others Musical Comedy Theater, 8 p.m. Tel. 764 4355, 973 7273. 10 p.m. 47 Gorokhovaya Ul.. Tel. 983 7050. 8 p.m. elements of contemporary art and classicism. perform hits from Broadway musicals. Pop Punk Party Svoboda Vazhneye Mody!, Barto Electro punk. Griboyedov, Through Sept. 7 Musical Comedy Theater, 8 p.m. Limonady, Razbor Paletav, Shokoladny Tort, 2A Voronezhskaya Ul.. Tel. 764 4355, sunday, august 10 Little Zoo, T.U.P.I.K., ScarySecretOfCaroline. 973 7273. 9 p.m. ANNA AKHMATOVA MUSEUM AT THE Mod, 7 Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboyedova. Vasya Vasin Alternative rock, hip-hop. FOUNTAIN HOUSE thursday, august 7 ballet Tel. 712 0734. 7 p.m. Mod, 7 Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboyedova. 34 Fontanka River, entrance from 53 Liteiny Pr. Chopiniana. Le Carnaval. Scheherazade Tel. 712 0734. 8 p.m. M: Gostiny Dvor, Mayakovskaya. ballet Three one-act ballets by Mikhail Fokin set to jazz & blues Tel. 272 2211. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Giselle Adolphe Adam’s ballet about the music by Chopin, Schumann and Rimsky- Dmitry Bayevsky Quartet Saxophone night. jazz & blues Monday; 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the last Wednesday consequences of a young peasant’s love for a Korsakov. Mariinsky Theater, 7.30 p.m. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, 27 Zagorodny Mikhail Kostyushkin and His Band of every month. www.akhmatova.spb.ru member of the aristocracy. Starring Olesya Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet about Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, 764 9843. 7 p.m. Saxophone night. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, He is Not Here: 7 Steps Towards the Light. Novikova. Mariinsky Theater, 7.30 p.m. the fate of a swan princess, choreographed by Moskva-Piter-Jazz Jazz. JFC Jazz Club, 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, Mixed media. Artist Katya Margolis presents Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet about Marius Petipa. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, 33 Shpalernaya Ul.. Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. 764 9843. 7 p.m. videos, paintings, lithographs, photos and a light the fate of a swan princess, choreographed by 8 p.m. installation exploring author Joseph Brodsky’s Marius Petipa. Mikhailovsky Theater, 8 p.m. Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s evergreen classic, time spent living in Venice. Through Sept. 15 Requiem Boris Eifman’s two-act ballet set to choreographed by Marius Petipa. Hermitage thursday, august 7 saturday, august 9 music by Shostakovich and Mozart. Theater, 8 p.m. SIGMUND FREUD MUSEUM OF DREAMS Alexandrinsky Theater, 8 p.m. rock, etc. rock, etc. 18a Bolshoi Prospekt, Petrograd Side. Swan Lake Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet about opera Trio Super Heroes Rock, acoustic. Jagger, 2 Zakhar May Rock. Zoccolo 2.0, 50 M: Sportivnaya. Tel. 456 2290. Tuesday and the fate of a swan princess, choreographed by Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky’s opera based Ploshchad Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. 8:30 p.m. korpus 3 Ligovsky Prospekt. 8 p.m. Sunday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. www.freud.ru Marius Petipa. Rimsky-Korsakov on Pushkin’s novel in verse. Starring Anna Nekromantix Psychobilly. Mod, Ivan Razumov: Drawn Dreams of a Conservatory, 8 p.m. Barkhatova. Mariinsky II. 7 Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboyedova. jazz & blues Soulful Machine. Graphics. This exhibition Tel. 712 0734. 8 p.m. Konstantin Khazanovich Jazz Band includes drawings that were never intended opera concert Traditional jazz night. Jazz dancing. Jazz for display in the form of spontaneous Il Trovatore Verdi’s four-act opera starring Chamber Music Danzi. Taffanel. Ligeti. jazz & blues Philharmonic Hall, 27 Zagorodny Prospekt. sketches from the notebooks of the celebrated Olga Savova and Alexei Markov. Conductor Nielsen. Mariinsky II, Prokofiev Hall, Tatyana Bubelnikova and Nikolai Sizov Tel. 764 8565, 764 9843. 7 p.m. painter and book illustrator. Through Sept. 5 Mikhail Sinkevich. Mariinsky II. 6.30 p.m. Band Mainstream. Jazz Philharmonic Hall HISTORY OF RELIGION MUSEUM sunday, august 10 14/5 Pochtamtskaya Ul.. M: Nevsky Prospekt / Sennaya Ploshchad, Sadovaya. rock, etc. Tel. 571 0495, 314 5838. Daily 11 a.m. to Countach Rock, covers. Jagger, 2 Ploshchad 6 p.m. Closed Wednesday. Konstitutsii. Tel. 923 1292. 8:30 p.m. He Qi. Painting. Christian-themed art exploring the interplay between traditional jazz & blues Chinese art and Western medieval and Big Blues Revival Blues night. Jazz contemporary art, referencing stained-glass dancing. Jazz Philharmonic Hall, 27 windows, primitivism, cubism and Zagorodny Prospekt. Tel. 764 8565, 764 expressionism. Through Sept. 7 9843. 7 p.m. World War I. Photographs, paintings, posters, leaflets and objects from the museum archives connected with WWI sit alongside monday, august 11 church utensils used in religious services held on the battlefield. Through Sept. 21 rock, etc. Klondike Rock Band Hard rock, covers. HISTORY OF ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM Jagger, 2 Ploshchad Konstitutsii. Peter and Paul Fortress. M: Gorkovskaya. Tel. 230 Tel. 923 1292. 8:30 p.m. 6431. Daily, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (6 p.m. Tuesday). Closed Wednesday. www.spbmuseum.ru. jazz & blues Imperial Postcards. Graphics. An exhibition Olesya Yalunina an Alexei Degusarov of graphics from the early-20th century from Vocal jazz. JFC Jazz Club, 33 Shpalernaya Ul.. the museum collection depicting the Russian Tel. 272 9850. 8 p.m. royal family. Through Aug. 31 Romanovs in St. Petersburg. Decorative art, photo, painting, graphics, installation. tuesday, august 12 Through Oct. 8 From Feather to Computer. Installation, rock, etc. new media. Through Sept. 7 Kvadrat Jazz Club Jam session. Griboyedov Hill, 2A Voronezhskaya Ul.. Tel. 764 4355, HISTORY OF ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM: 973 7273. 10 p.m. RUMYANTSEV MANSION 44 Angliiskaya Nab. M: Vasileostrovskaya, jazz & blues Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 571 7544. Daily, 11 a.m. Singer and guitarist Leonid Fyodorov, who founded St. Petersburg’s seminal art-rock band Auctyon in the 1980s, will Lera Gehner: Flora & Fauna Original to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Tuesday). Closed Wednesday perform a solo concert at A2 on Friday, Aug. 8. compositions. JFC Jazz Club, 33 Shpalernaya and the last Tuesday of each month.

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ST. PETERSBURG STATE MUSEUM OF damaged wooden icons that are beyond THEATER AND MUSIC restoration and then displays the resulting SCREENS 8 Stremyannaya Ul. Tel. 764 1130. Daily images as lightboxes or on canvas. Aug. 9 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Monday, Tuesday through Aug. 24 The Dance of Reality (2013, Chile-France) and last Friday of the month. Navicula Artis Gallery. NEW! Liza Alejandro Jodorowsky’s fantasy drama film Petersburg-Montmartre. Graphics. The Morozova: Apotheosis of the Scream. starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, Adan creativity of the residents of Photography, video. Moscow-based artist Jodorowsky and Pamela Flores. Dom Kino. Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, with its historical Liza Morozova’s performance art-based association with artists, writers, publishers, examination of the modern world’s obsession Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014, poets, musicians living in architectural with simulation in an effort to return meaning U.S.) Matt Reeves’s sci-fi action film starring masterpieces, is compared to the famed to Munch’s iconic painting of ‘The Scream.’ Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman and Jason Clarke. quarter of the French capital. Aug. 9 through Aug. 30 Mirage Cinema, Velikan Park. Through Sept. 28 Boris Tishchenko: The Fight Against ROSPHOTO STATE CENTER OF Guardians of the Galaxy (2014, U.S.) Time. Painting, sculpture, graphics, PHOTOGRAPHY James Gunn’s sci-fi adventure film starring documents. An exhibition in celebration of the 35 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul. Tel. 314 6184. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Dave Batista. 75th birthday of the composer, who was a Daily 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. www.rosfoto.org Avrora, Mirage Cinema, Velikan Park. student of Dmitry Shostakovich. Stratis Vogiatzis: Inner World. Greek Through Aug. 31 photographer Stratis Vogiatzis exhibits 40 Hercules (2014, U.S.) Brett Ratner’s The Passion of Shakespeare. Exhibition. photographs taken in the mastic villages on adventure film starring Dwayne Johnson, John The famous bard’s works are examined the island of Chios over a two-year period that Hurt, Ian McShane and Joseph Fiennes. through their interpretations by Soviet actors. capture Aegean folk culture and reveal the Avrora, Mirage Cinema, Velikan Park. Through Aug. 10 hidden world of these medieval villages. Liza Morozova’s new exhibition at Pushkinskaya 10 Art Center’s Navicula Artis Through Aug. 31 Maleficent (2014, U.S.) Robert Stromberg’s Gallery uses performance art to examine a modern obsession. John R. Pepper: Evaporations. Photo. adventure fantasy film starring Angelina Jolie Italian photographer John R. Pepper examines and Elle Fanning. Mirage Cinema. GALLERIES the lives of people living in coastal areas Portraits from the 19th Century. Painting. SHUVALOVSKY PALACE around the world. Through Aug. 17 NEW! The Purge: Anarchy (2014, U.S.- The artistic styles of the era are reflected in 21 Nab. Reki Fontanki, M: Mayakovskaya, ANNA NOVA France) James DeMonaco’s horror thriller film the depictions of famous figures. Through Feb. Gostiny Dvor. Tel. 314 7053 28 Ul. Zhukovskogo. Tel. 275 9762. Tuesday TAIGA GALLERY starring Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo and Zach 10, 2015 Faberge. Viktor Vekselberg’s private through Saturday 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. 20 Dvortsovaya Nab. M: Nevsky Prospekt. Gilford. Mirage Cinema, Velikan Park. collection. www.annanova-gallery.ru Tel. +7 (921) 837 1820. MILITARY MEDICINE MUSEUM Vlad Kulkov and Marya Dmitrieva: Zoas www.space-taiga.org Quantum Love (Une rencontre) (2014, 2 Lazaretny Pereulok. M: Pushkinskaya. STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM Records. Installation. Kulkov and Dmitrieva Anastasia Potemkina: A Few Words France) Lisa Azuelos’ drama film starring Tel. 315 5358, 315 7287. Daily, 11 a.m. to 1 Palace Square. M: Nevsky Prospekt. present their observations from a visit to about Politeness. Painting, graphic, Sophie Marceau. Avrora. 6 p.m., (10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday). Closed Tel. 571 3420, 571 3465. Daily, 10.30 a.m. to Death Valley in the U.S. in the form of poetry, sculpture, multimedia. Moscow-based Sunday. 6 p.m. (9 p.m. Wednesday). Closed Monday. drawings, audio and video recordings. Potemkina uses a collage of art mediums to NEW! Tracks (2013, Australia) John Curran’s Soldiers of a Forgotten War: World War I www.hermitagemuseum.org Through Oct. 10 attack patriarchal values, overcome bigotry adventure-biographical film starring Mia Medicine. Exhibition. Medical achievements Manifesta 10. With work by more than 50 and expose humanity’s deepest fears. Wasikowska and Adam Driver. Angleterre (in from 1914-1918. Through Dec. 31 contemporary artists and various associated ART RE.FLEX Through Aug. 10 English with Russian subtitles), Dom Kino. arts and education programs scheduled 5 Ul. Bakunina. Tel. 332 3343. 12 p.m. to MUSIC MUSEUM AT THE SHEREMETYEV throughout its run, Manifesta is one of the 7 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday. PALACE most significant contemporary art exhibitions www.artreflex.ru 34 Nab. Reki Fontanki. Tel. 272 4441. Open ever to be mounted in St. Petersburg. Through Alexandr Morozov: What Do You See? Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 1 Painting. Mobile phone photographs and film At the Court of the Russian Emperors. stills painted in egg tempera on gesso. POLITICAL HISTORY OF RUSSIA MUSEUM Costume. A display of imperial clothing from Through Sept. 1 2/4 Ul. Kuibysheva. M: Gorkovskaya. T the museum’s vast archives. Through Sept. 21 el. 233 7052. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Claude Monet. Painting. Switzerland’s ERARTA MUSEUM Thursday and the last Monday of the month. Beyler Foundation loans three of the French 2, 29th Line, V.O. M: Vasileostrovskaya. www.polithistory.ru Impressionist’s paintings to the Hermitage for Tel. 324 0809. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Closed NEW! War. Siege. Memory. Drawing, the summer. Through Sept. 13 Tuesday. www.erarta.com painting, graphics. The etchings, lithographs NEW! Kirchen, Kuchen, Kinder. Painting. and monotypes by Elena Marttila on view are STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM This group show features paintings by 11 from her – Leningrad. 1941-1945’ series, the 2 Inzhenernaya Ul. M: Nevsky Prospekt. women artists from St. Petersburg and sketches for which were made during the Tel. 314 3448, 595 4248. Open 10 a.m. to focuses on women’s role in society as Siege of Leningrad. The exhibition also 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Monday). 1 p.m. to 9 p.m on defined by the German kaiser William II at includes post-war graphics, still lifes and Thursdays. Closed Tuesday. the turn of the 20th century. Aug. 1 through landscapes. Aug. 8 through Aug. 26 www.rusmuseum.ru/eng Sept. 24 Two Worlds, One War. This exhibition Paper Sculpture. Sculpture. Over 100 Alyosh’e: Bioismen. Painting, drawing. devoted to the 100th anniversary of World sculptural works created out of paper by artists The Ukrainian artist’s solo exhibition draws War I brings together Russian and French from St. Petersburg and Moscow. Though inspiration from the field of biotechnology posters, postcards, a book of George Gross Aug. 18 and genetic engineering. lithographs and “War Chronicles,” a journal First World War. 1914–1918. Painting, Through Aug. 11 NEW! Under the Skin (2013, U.K.-U.S.- Switzerland) Jonathan Glazer’s sci-fi drama starring that documented the entire history of the graphics. This exhibition brings together about Scarlett Johansson. Angleterre (in English with Russian subtitles), Mirage Cinema.

conflict as it raged across Europe. Through 250 works from the museum collection of the MARINA GISICH GALLERY STUDIOCANAL Sept. 15 Russian Museum to honor the memory of 121 Nab. Reki Fontanki. Tel. 314 4380. BAM – The Rails of Time. Photos, participants and victims of the WWI. Through 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. documents. An exhibition celebrating the Aug. 11 Closed Sunday. www.gisich.com. construction of the Baikal-Amur railroad. Zurab Tsereteli: Possible Worlds. Kerim Ragimov: Human Project. Painting. Through Dec. 26 Painting, drawing, sculpture. The Georgian A retrospective of the painter’s figurative work monumetalist responsible for the Peter the that aims to capture the diversity of the human POLITICAL POLICE MUSEUM Great sculpture in the Moscow River will experience and which he has worked on for the 6 Admiralteisky Prospekt. M: Gostiny Dvor, present about a hundred works from different past 20 years. Through Aug. 31 Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 312 2742. Monday series created between 1990 and 2000. through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Through Aug. 11 LOFT-PROJECT ETAGI For Loyalty: D.A. Bystroletov. Exhibition. 74 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 458 5005. Daily The life and work of a sleeper agent who STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM: MARBLE 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. spent years abroad recruiting agents for the PALACE Solus and Guests. Video. The Irish film Soviet Union before being imprisoned. 5/1 Millionnaya Ul. M: Nevsky Prospekt. collective Solus presents a selection of recent, Through Dec. 31 Tel. 312 9196. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. avant-garde video shorts from Ireland. Monday). 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays. Through Oct. 2 PUSHKIN HOUSE RUSSIAN LITERATURE Closed Tuesday. The Austere Style of GG. Group show. INSTITUTE NEW! Latif Kazbekov: Watercolors. Taking legendary Petersburg artist Georgy 4 Nab. Makarova, M: Vasileostrovskaya. Painting. The exhibition presents the work of Guryanov as its subject, this exhibition Tel 328 1901. Weekdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. contemporary St. Petersburg artist Latif presents more than a hundred works by Closed Saturday and Sunday. Kazbekov, who combines the grotesque with Guryanov’s peers and includes paintings, www.pushkinskijdom.ru lyricism and photo-realistic precision that photographs, music, video and archival Treasures from the Lermontov Collection approaches abstraction. Aug. 7 through Sept. documents. Through Sept. 30 NEW! Into the Storm (2014, U.S.) Steven Quale’s action thriller starring Sarah Wayne at the Pushkin House. Memorabilia, 15 Callies, Richard Armitage and Jeremy Sumpter. Mirage Cinema. Starts Aug. 7.

antique books, autographs and documents MANEZH CENTRAL EXHIBITION HALL PICTURES BROS WARNER connected with the life of Russia’s greatest STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM: 1 St. Isaac’s Square. Tel. 314 8859. Daily poet. Through Oct. 24 MIKHAILOVSKY (ENGINEERS’) CASTLE 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. www.manege.spb.ru 2 Sadovaya Ul.. M: Nevsky Prospekt. Igor Burmistrov: Invisible City. Painting. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV APARTMENT Tel. 313 4112. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. This exhibition of Russian icon painter and MUSEUM Monday). 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays. monumentalist Igor Burmistrov displays the 28 Zagorodny Prospekt, Courtyard. Closed Tuesday. artist’s virtuosity and understanding of color M: Dostoyevskaya. Tel. 713 3208, 315 3975. Art as a Profession: The Bekkerman theory across several series of work. Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Collection. 48 paintings and sculptures from Through Aug. 17 Closed last Friday of each month. the celebrated Bekkerman collection featuring Small Tragedy – Fatal Passion. Personal work by leading Russian artists from the late- NOVY MUSEUM GALLERY items, posters. Dedicated to the 170th 19th century to the early-20th century. 29, 6th Line, V.O. Tel. 323 5090. anniversary of the birth of the famed Russian Through Aug. 11 M: Vasileostrovskaya. Wednesday – Sunday composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Through 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. www.novymuseum.ru Oct. 5 STATE RUSSIAN MUSEUM: STROGANOV The Remarkable Life of Monroe. Painting, PALACE graphics, photo. This retrospective exhibition NIKOLAI ROERICH APARTMENT MUSEUM 17 Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 571 2360. Open of work by the late Vladislav Mamysheva 1 Line 18, V.O. Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Monday). 1 p.m. to 9 Monroe presents the wide variety of styles and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tel. 325 4413. p.m on Thursdays. Closed Tuesday. A branch subjects encompassed by one of www.roerich.spb.ru of the State Russian Museum. St. Petersburg’s most celebrated artists. NEW! Karma Gadri Tangka: Marian van Kocherov Collection. This exhibition Through Aug. 31 der Horst. Painting. Traditional images of presents works of European and Russian deities, relics, symbols and ritual ceremonies religious art from the collection of Maxim PUSHKINSKAYA 10 ART CENTER by Marianne van der Horst, the most Kocherov, a well-known bibliophile and 53 Ligovsky Prospekt. Tel. 764 5371. Open renowned European master of tangka collector from Moscow, including a number of Wed to Sun, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. www.p-10.ru NEW! Prince Avalanche (2013, U.S.) David Gordon Green’s comedy-drama starring Emile painting, and her apprentices. Aug. 7 through rare, ancient Russia icons. 2,04 Gallery. NEW! Hermes Zygott. Hirsch, Paul Rudd and Lance LeGault. Angleterre (in English with Russian subtitles).

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