In recent years, we have been observing the sad alienation of Russian and Ukrainian cultures, related and very close. Cultural communication is the only way to overcome political disagreements. We proceed from the idea that culture is the highest fruit of human stay on the planet, and politics reflects only temporary and transient circumstances of history. Sergey Zhadan is one of the most striking writers of modern Ukraine, but in Russia they know little.

On Trafalgar Square appeared a "gifted horse" © Rod / Flickr On Wednesday, March 5, a sculptural composition of the German artist Hans Haak “Giff Horse” was installed on an empty pedalgar square in London. The sculpture is a horse skeleton, the foot of which is attached to the tape from the scoreboard showing quotes on the London Exchange. The source of inspiration for Haak was the engraving of the English artist of the 18th century George Stubbs.

March 15 in the club "16 tons" frontman Billy ' s Band Billy Novik will perform with an unusual concert at which Yegor Letov will perform songs - in his own words, how the robot sang. COLTA . Ru contacted the musician to find out why he needed it. - New Album Billy ' S Band " In Rock ” is recorded in rock stylistic, with which it is not customary to associate you. Why did you suddenly decide to play rock and roll? - This is unexpected for those who do not follow the Billy ' s group Band .

The enemy himself is no longer there. He died. It expired somewhere in Pomerania, died under the cloudless sky of Argentina, turned into a scarecrow, a horror story, which is customary to scare in the evening news releases. The miserable shadow of what once threatened the calmness of the entire continent. A pile of books about Horst Wessel, several brave marches and mountains of archival films remained from him. Here is the first film.

For the first time in Russia, Tyler, The Creator will perform © Pop Farm On August 18, the Moscow Club of Yotaspace will host the first Russian concert of the American rapper and musical producer Tyler Gregory Vokama, known under the pseudonym Tyler, The Creator. This was reported by the organizers of the performance, the Pop Farm concert agency.

RBC: Kapkov will leave after the holidays The head of the Moscow Culture Department, Sergei Kapkov, will leave his post on Tuesday, March 9, of his own free will. The source of RBC believes that the cause was disagreement with Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin. On Thursday evening, March 5, TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak said on Twitter: “Sergey Kapkov announced to his friends (in particular, Kirill Serebrennikov), which leaves the city hall. His version-wanted the position of vice-mayor-did not give.

Evgeny Gerasimov may become the artistic director of the Taganka Theater. © Barkanov-st. / Wikimedia Commons Theater and film actor, director, deputy of the Moscow City Duma from the United Russia party, Yevgeny Gerasimov, may take the position of artistic director of the theater on Taganka. Such a wish expressed part of the theater team, reports TASS . “I am ready to lead this theater, I am ready to help the artists,” Gerasimov commented.

A set of molecular and theoretical biology of the Dynasty Foundation has been announced to the school © School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology / Dmitry Zimin Foundation "Dynasty" The school of molecular and theoretical biology, organized by the Dmitry Zimin Foundation "Dynastia", opens a competitive set for the 2015 season. Classes will be held from August 4 to 20 in Pushchino (Moscow Region).

Colta.ru continues a joint project that was conceived and implemented by colleagues from the N-SST (Union of Journalists covering events in Eastern Europe) with the support of Frankfurter Allgemeine and the Polish weekly Tygodnik Paowszechny . The English version of materials can be read on sites www.stpol.de and Transitions Online . We are glad to be a Russian platform for publishing these texts. What do they think in Ukraine about what is happening with the country today?

The play “The anniversary of the jeweler” of the British actress and playwright Nikola Makoliff (translation by Olga Warsaver and Tatyana Tulchinskaya) was written for two age -related beneficiaries - so that the hall laughs a lot, cries and touched. Konstantin Bogomolov, who put her to the coming in August 2015 Oleg Tabakov, acted decisively: he forced the artists to speak in everyday votes, and he transferred all the feelings to the credits, which from time to time appear on four screens.

There is a collection of signatures under the demand to withdraw accusations in the Tangayzer case © Change.org Timofei Kulyabin An appeal appeared on the Internet to the Prosecutor's Office of the Novosibirsk Region and personally to the prosecutor of the Novosibirsk Region Yevgeny Ovchinnikov demanding that the accusations made in connection with the production of the Tangeyer opera against the director Timofei Kulyabin and the director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater Boris

ISIS militants destroyed the ancient nimrud © Malay Mail Online Extremists from the group of the Islamic state of Iraq and Levant (ISIS, a terrorist organization prohibited in Russia) plundered and destroyed the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud with bulldozers. About this writes The Guardian with reference to the official message of the Iraq government.

In the "Garage" will open the workshop © Polytechnic Museum From March 11 to March 14, the program of the Polish biochemer of the Bizinsky Biosemiyotics will host the Garage Museum of the Polish Museum of Garage. Michal Brzezinsky is a media artist and a futurologist who specializes in the biosemiotics of plants, the theorist of the art, the founder of the Galeria NT in the city of Lodz and the curator of the Center for Contemporary Art łaźnia in Gdansk.

Yesterday , the Less-2 Spirit, the continuation of the film adaptation of the same name by the Palp-Roman Sergey Minaev, was released . In the new film, the hero of Danila Kozlovsky turns from a downshift into a glamorous copy of Alexei Navalny, and from the direct sanction of the supreme power (read more about the film here ).