Lingua Hobokena Alexander Ulanov Publication date: June 1, 2000 Why do people gather at literary festivals and conferences? Of course, not in order to read two poems from the stage to the audience, stunned by the twenty previous speakers, and give up this stage to the twenty-second participant in the readings. They meet to look at each other and talk.

Visit announced at the rally Vitaly Portnikov Publication date: June 1, 2000 The unexpected visit to the Russian capital of three leaders of the Serbian opposition - Vuk Draskovic, Zoran Djindjic and Vojislav Kostunica - was, according to its organizers, supposed to demonstrate Moscow's support for the Yugoslav democrats.

Pavel Krusanov. Angel bite . - St. Petersburg: Amphora, 2000. Krusanov’s novel is a not very tightly twisted (but not boring) story about the rise of the main character to the emperor of Russia (the future, of course), about his spiritual development, personal life and struggle with internal and external adversaries. The consumer of historical and biographical fantasies is a fairly defined figure, and Krusanov tries to live up to his expectations.

"I'm writing to your album..." Gleb Pavlovsky Publication date: June 1, 2000 State-2 After the third call with the question: “Didn’t you come up with this letter from Berezovsky in the Kremlin? What a preparation!” - I was worried about something. The point is not how believable Berezovsky is as a democrat. It's not even a matter of the level of hypocrisy, perhaps.

Postscript to the anniversary Gleb Morev Publication date: June 1, 2000 Joseph Brodsky's sixtieth birthday passed surprisingly calmly in Russia. If we remember that five years ago, when the poet was still alive, a similar, but not round, anniversary was celebrated not only by holding a scientific conference, but also by the opening of busts of Brodsky in St. Petersburg and Amsterdam, then the course of current events is striking in its regularity.

Post-Congress Rus' Dmitry Petrov Publication date: June 1, 2000 The world is so arranged that from time to time he holds his breath and thinks: what will happen now? Nothing like that happened last weekend. Ladies and gentlemen breathed evenly as they went about their normal business, such as watching TV series, cultivating summer cottages, walking and educational exercises with children.

European-quality renovation by Joschka Fischer Sergey Kirukhin Publication date: June 1, 2000 Recently, debates on European politics have become noticeably livelier thanks to German Foreign Minister Joschke Fischer. First, during his visit to the United States, he clearly outlined European concerns about American plans to create a missile defense system.

Gleb Pavlovsky answers questions from RJ readers Pavlovsky the man When was the last time you were in your hometown? Does anything connect you with him other than memories? For my grandmother's birthday in April. Odessa for me is too personal for me to tolerate now. Odessa lives and dies in cycles, bright 10-20 year periods are separated by 20-30 year desolation - I have traced them since the 20s of the last century. In principle, from the beginning of the 70s, another decline in Odessa began.