-Who killed the music? - Alexey Shulgin: “Not me!” Maxim Volkov Publication date: January 22, 2002 Alexey Shulgin's recent concert at the O.G.I. became for me, as well as for some other ideological gourmets, a serious revelation. The virtual and the real have merged in a paroxysm that literally everyone is constantly buzzing about: cyberpunks, adherents of experimental electronics, gamers, office rats and maximalist escapists. In short, humanity's dream has come true.

Where's the money? Issue fourteen Are we headed for an economic downturn? Oleg Basov Publication date: January 22, 2002 Depending on the situation, Putin acts as a complete bureaucrat of the Soviet-Chekist type - when the anthem changed, when the St. Petersburg teams were formed. And there are moments - in foreign policy, in economics - when Putin acts as a member of the Union of Right Forces. B.

I don’t dare to predict how their traditionalism will turn out The conversation was conducted by Elena Kalashnikova Andrey Nemzer Publication date: January 22, 2002 Five years ago, the Academy of Russian Contemporary Literature ( ARSS ) and Rosbank established a prize for the best literary work of the year written in Russian in any genre except criticism. On January 25, the shortlist for the fifth Apollo Grigoriev Prize will be announced.

Amateur artists from London and beyond Please review Valentina Totskaya Publication date: January 22, 2002 No matter how everyone around started talking about a scandal, appealing to the wisdom of Evgeniy Kiselev and his comrades and the money bag from London now standing behind them, nothing happened. A scandal broke out. And in the worst of all possible forms. The aggression of the conflict, which became obvious and open, grew on the air of TV-6 day by day.

Genius Loci Tatyana Mersadykova Publication date: January 22, 2002 "How is Odessa different from Brazil? In Brazil, wild monkeys climb trees, and in Odessa - semi-wild brides. What do brides do in the trees? Posing. When the bride gets down from the tree, and the wedding procession moves to accompany her to the next one, you can watch, how Odessa crows eat walnuts: the feathered gourmet finds a nut, takes it in its beak, flies and throws it on the asphalt until the nut breaks.

Encryption of a resident from the Ministry of Education Student and teacher talking to Ministry of Education official NN Elena Golubeva, Katerina Sokolova Publication date: January 22, 2002 And the story of this interview is very entertaining, if not instructive: in September 2001, Mr.

Auction mania For the first time in 10 years, the signature of the MICEX CEO could be purchased for 900 rubles Mikhail Sidlin Publication date: January 22, 2002 The 10th anniversary of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange was celebrated in New Manege . Modestly and tastefully: the exhibition "Current Russian Painting. 1992 - 2002" and wine tasting, performances by young poets (!) and solemn messages from the president, government, State Duma, patriarch and other various others.

Several years of shame - and sweet revenge as a reward Kirill Yakimets Publication date: January 22, 2002 “And walking together” is, of course, not Komsomol. These are clowns. The latest action - to exchange books by Pelevin, Sorokin and Marx for a book by Boris Vasiliev (with a funny remark: “Marx’s works will be sent to the writer’s homeland, to the city of Karlmarksstadt”) - scared Vasiliev himself . As a result, Vasiliev should be replaced by Bunin, Kuprin and Leskov.

The Ministry does not plan, the directors do not approve Masters of culture and art advise loving theater as much as they love it Oksana Dubovenko Publication date: January 22, 2002 "RJ" addressed those on whom the theater's fate depends - both creative and organizational and financial, offering to answer the questions: 1) Is it time to close theaters? 2) Who would you entrust with such an important matter? 3) What, in your opinion, is the future fate of the repertory theater in general?

"Intellectuals" and "intellectuals" Rebekah Frumkina, Alla Yarho Publication date: January 22, 2002 R.F.: How do you see the contrast between “intellectuals” and “intelligentsia” that has recently emerged in Russian discourse from your French distance? A.Ya.: I read your article from the penultimate issue of “Emergency Reserve” and generally agree with it. In France, dictionaries record several meanings for the word intellectuels.