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	Film June 12, 9:40 PM It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Retro-Future! by Marina Galperina
	Russia's most famous contemporary director Timur Bekmambetov is due to release his newest slick flick in December and it's about a flying black Volga fighting crime. Knight Rider, you're about to be totally pwned.
Art October 2, 8:00 PM In Russia, Artists Look At You by Tatyana Bokova-Foley
This October, Moscow hosts the 3rd Contemporary Art Biennale. As exaggerated as everything else in Russia, passion for contemporary art reached previously unseen levels, with major exhibitions taking place in 39 locations across the city and thousands of people crowding the openings. Those who did not make it to the galleries still got a glimpse of the art or, rather, of the artists, whose photos, in a truly contemporary-art way, became an art installation in itself. Huge screens with photos of the 20 most celebrated Russian contemporary artists hanged from the underpass near Vinzavod Art Center, a space where Moscow's major art galleries are located.
Live from LJ June 12, 8:20 PM 06/12/09: Drunk Oligarchs, Shiny Pop Stars, More Terrible Stuff by Marina Galperina
*The Russian blogosphere* conveniently, if bafflingly, revolves around LJ. Each week, RUSSIA! scans the chatter and brings you the top five topics.
Art June 15, 10:00 PM The Bull, the Bear, Art, War, Sex and Trouble by Marina Galperina
Bad politics breeds good reactionary art. Throw in some pornography, profanity, and hard-headed art-activists, and - as the director of the Central Art House learned last weekend - there'll be a public shit storm. The lesson: next time, don't invite the Moscow art-group War to participate unless you're down with conceptual art orgies... or willing to call the cops.
Media June 9, 6:00 PM Update: Chrystal Callahan is Real, Premiers Show on Chechen TV by Marina Galperina
Canadian model Chrystal Callahan's weekly program premiered last Sunday, as we presumed. The fifteen minute show focused on positive news items and local culture of the Chechen Republic. Additionally, Callahan's background reveals the unlikely host as a bit more likely than originally thought.
Media June 5, 10:00 PM Canadian Model to Host a Chechen TV Show by Marina Galperina
On a mission to improve their world image, Republic of Chechnya has enlisted an unlikely ally - Canadian model Chrystal Callahan. The model will host her own weekly Sunday evening television show, "An Inside Look with Chrystal Callahan." The show premiers tomorrow.
Live from LJ June 5, 6:00 PM 06/05/09: Self-Hatred, Child Patriots, and Russia's Most Unusual Jobs by Marina Galperina
*The Russian blogosphere* conveniently, if bafflingly, revolves around LJ. Each week, RUSSIA! scans the chatter and brings you the top five topics.
Architecture June 4, 5:00 PM Tornado Hits Suburbs 30 Miles Outside Moscow by Marina Galperina
Yesterday, several strong storms clashed above the small town of Krasnozavodsk of the Moscow region. The resulting tornado shredded through the town, overturning cars, uprooting trees and destroying homes. After devastating Krasnozavodsk, the tornado tore through the landscape 30 miles outside of Russia's capital.
Made in Russia June 3, 12:00 AM Iconic Soviet Arcade Game Reincarnated; Brezhnev Still Dead by Tatyana Bokova-Foley
Morskoi Boi, the iconic torpedo-launching simulator that introduced Soviet children to the world of coin-operated entertainment, is now available not only in the weird Moscow's Soviet Arcade Games Museum, but online, thanks to the Art. Lebedev Design Studio, which launched the free flash version of the game today.
Advertising Taste of Russia, by Darra Goldstein The top-rated, top-selling cookbook of Russian cuisine. Full of literary citations, descriptions of how food and culture mesh, history, and of course really fine recipes. Slate magazine: "cerebral... prose rooted in hands-on kitchen advice." "This is simply the best and most complete book on Russian cooking in English." -- Suzanne Massie
Live from LJ May 29, 12:00 AM 05/29/09: Putin, Schoolgirls and Tanks Under Your Blanket by Marina Galperina
*The Russian blogosphere* conveniently, if bafflingly, revolves around LJ. Each week, RUSSIA! scans the chatter and brings you the top five topics.
Business May 27, 8:00 PM Russia's Richest Man Likely to Beat The Shit Out of Someone by Tatyana Bokova-Foley
We have to interrupt your blog briefly to keep you up to date with Russia's richest man Mikhail Prokhorov's news. This week he is planning to kick some yet to be identified ass. Since Prokhorov is not only the richest Russian ($19.5 billion), but also one of the tallest (6.75'), we have to take his words seriously.
Made in Russia May 28, 12:00 PM Filya, Hrusha, Stepahska and Karkusha Will Put You To Sleep by Marina Galperina
Since Soviet times, these humble hand puppets have lead Russian children into primordial explorations of morals, codes of behavior, and neuroses. Filya the dog, Hrusha the piglet, Stepashka the baby rabbit, and Karkusha the crow (not pictured, fondly remembered) came to many of us on a nightly television program Good Night, Little Ones! They hopped around, talked and did stuff - then there was a cartoon! Though the actual adventures of our talking-animal friends have faded from memory, we know that each one was special, with its own traits, dreams, and personality disorders.
Blah-blah May 25, 9:00 AM Alina Kabaeva, Rumored to Have an Affair with Vladimir Putin, Gives Birth To Son by Tatyana Bokova-Foley
Russian Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics Alina Kabaeva, who was rumored to have an affair with President Vladimir Putin, gave birth to son in Moscow earlier this week. Russian media kept conspicuously quiet about Kabaeva's pregnancy and personal life.
Architecture May 23, 10:00 PM Moscow Is at War With Ugly Buildings (and Might Be Loosing) by Tatyana Bokova-Foley
Construction boom transformed Moscow over the last decade and some of the newer buildings there do look like cocks (thank you, Curbed.com!.) But lately, after the high oil prices building rush is over, developers aim for beauty rather than masculinity. Here are twelve new buildings that were put up for the "Building of the year" award.