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May 22, 7:00 AM

05/22/09: Greetings from Gulgag and Sovt. Porn

The Russian blogosphere conveniently, if bafflingly, revolves around LJ. Each week, RUSSIA! scans the chatter and brings you the top five topics.

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May 6, 12:00 PM

It Was Only a Small Yacht Anyway

by Julia Ioffe

Roman Abramovich has a problem, a gambling problem. His girlfriend, 26 year-old socialite Dasha Zhukova, gave him hell for it so he simply moved his habit online, to the "Everest Room." And then, last week, he lost a yacht in a poker game. Reportedly.

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May 23, 2:34 AM

Bear Bones wrote: Russians (and Europeans) abuse his name. they should stop. He is doing a right thing trying to control it somehow,…

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Travel

May 23, 12:00 AM

Paul McCartney, come to Yekaterinburg already!

by Tatyana Bokova-Foley

Now Yekaterinburg, an industrial city in the Ural mountains, has another landmark besides the church which marks the place where the last Russian tsar Nickolas the Second and his family were murdered, burned, cut into pieces and dropped in a mine. Now the city has its own Beatles monument. Why? No particular reason. They just love the Beatles.

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May 23, 2:36 AM

Bear Bones wrote: They should do a Laika monument. Much more appropriate.

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Made in Russia

May 18, 10:00 PM

Russian Titling Dolls

by Marina Galperina

For generations of Soviet children, this was their first toy. The Russian Tilting Doll - Nevalashka - is a classic. This leering, snowman-round, colorful girl-creature is an iconic artifact and fuzzy, ting-a-ling memory for most, even those who arrived into childhood after the fall of the Union.

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Leonid Sokov at Tilton Gallery, NYC: May 26 - July 9, 2009

Tilton Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of sculpture by Russian artist Leonid Sokov. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition at the Tilton Gallery and his first solo exhibition in New York since 1994. The opening reception will be held May 26, from 6-8 PM and the exhibition continues through July 9, 2009.

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May 17, 12:00 PM

Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Baimurat, From Warehouse to Web Stardom and Beyond

by Marina Galperina

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Jimmy. Perhaps the most charming of all Russian YouTube sensations, the Tajik loading worker in a small town near Moscow performs a heartbreaking version of the Bollywood classic "Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" in a warehouse.

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May 15, 11:00 AM

05/15/09: Viral Squabbles with Swedes, Girl Problems and Other Weekly Maladies

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.

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May 8, 11:00 AM

05/08/09: The Great LiveJournal After School Special and Some Robots

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.

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Books

May 5, 7:00 PM

The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War

by Alexander Nazaryan

Reagan, long viewed as the consummate Cold Warrior, was hesitant to rush into war, a new book persuasively argues.

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Sochi 2014

May 5, 12:00 PM

The Great Olympic Construction

by Tatyana Bokova-Foley

Early this year, 24 hours before the International Olympic Committee inspectors landed in Sochi, the Black Sea-resort town which will be hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics, there was an emergency meeting held in several local schools. Teachers were instructed to put on their best clothes, pack their best luggage and hand-pick five students each. Instead of going to class the next day, they were told to arrive at the local airport and stay there for a full day, posing as tourists and making the airport look packed with travelers.

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June 29, 8:39 AM

Ilya Merenzon wrote: That's the point of the article -- to show that not everything is as great as it seems.

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May 1, 12:20 AM

05/01/09: The Prince of St. Petersburg, Miss CHE-arming and Trotsky Cookies

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.

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May 5, 2:50 PM

Jason Blavatnik wrote: I think I saw this guy on TV today!

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Music

April 28, 3:00 PM

Mumiy Troll U.S. Tour Continues with Concerts in California

We'll come right out and say it: alongside Zemfira and Splean, Mumiy Troll are one of the very, very few Russian rock acts we're not embarrassed to crank up with Brits or Yanks within earshot. And Mumiy (pronounced like roomy) Troll might be the worldliest of the three, what with lead singer Ilya Lagutenko's multilingual punning (he's fluent in Mandarin, among other things) and no-translation-needed feline yowl. 2009 brought the band's first attempt to conquer the U.S.

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Politics

April 26, 3:00 PM

Update: Keith Gessen Briefly Arrested, Released in Sochi, Russia

Keith Gessen, who was arrested in Sochi today, was released two hours later. Gessen's friend wrote in an email: "I just talked to him and he's fine. He was like "yeah I got arrested no big deal.'"

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April 26, 3:57 PM

Bear Bones wrote: Godspeed Keith

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Politics

April 26, 1:00 PM

Breaking News: Keith Gessen Reportedly Detained by Police in Sochi, Russia For Covering the Mayoral Election

This afternoon, New Yorker contributor Keith Gessen was detained by OMON (Russian special forces unit) while he was covering the mayoral election in Sochi, the city which will be hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to Gazeta.ru, Russian online newspaper, Gessen was researching a claim by one of the candidates of tempering with the voting ballots.

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Sport

April 24, 10:00 AM

Arshavin Scores Four Goals; Vodka Consumption Rises in Moscow

Russian soccer player Andrei Arshavin, who is playing for London's Arsenal this season, scored four goals in a game against Liverpool (the game ended with 4-4 draw.) Arshavin's thrilling performance was greeted with joy and happiness in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the player's home city. The sports bars in Russia booked record profits that day as many of the Arshavin's fans came to cheer and got increasingly excited over the course of the game.