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Controversial Russian sculptor says may take on Medvedev, Putin

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:52:00 GMT

Controversial artist Zurab Tsereteli has hinted he may slap together a sculpture of President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Russian Orthodox Church opens channel on YouTube

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:47:00 GMT

The Russian Orthodox Church officially opened its channel on the YouTube video content service at a presentation on Monday.

Russian Orthodox Church opens channel on YouTube

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:47:00 GMT

The Russian Orthodox Church officially opened its channel on the YouTube video content service at a presentation on Monday.

Moscow students divided over Putin's birthday calendar

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:08:00 GMT

Emotions are high at Moscow State University following the publishing on Thursday of an erotic calendar by students at the university's journalism faculty in celebration of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's birthday.

Cirque Du Soleil: Hitting the Russian stage

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:31:00 GMT

The world-renowned Canadian-based Cirque du Soleil will hit Moscow on Saturday with its second show, Corteo, inside of its traveling big-top which is likely to turn into a permanent ring in Russia.

Cirque Du Soleil: Hitting the Russian stage

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:31:00 GMT

The world-renowned Canadian-based Cirque du Soleil will hit Moscow on Saturday with its second show, Corteo, inside of its traveling big-top which is likely to turn into a permanent ring in Russia.

Peter the Great ready to set sail for the Baltic

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:14:00 GMT

Sculptor Zurab Tsereteli's monument to Peter the Great in the middle of the Moscow River, one of the tallest outdoor statues in the world, has been dividing public opinion in the Russian capital ever since it was erected there in 1998.

Canonical rock-n-roll as remedy for iPhone-junky Moscow

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:19:00 GMT

While Russia's capital sees growing iPhone 4 hysteria, the members of a young Moscow rock band say the city needs "canonical rock-n-roll" to wean it off its technological dependence.

Egyptians uncover statue of Tutankhamun's grandfather

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:41:34 GMT

Egyptians uncover statue of Tutankhamun's grandfather

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:41:00 GMT

Egyptian archeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old piece of a statue of Amenhotep III, believed to be the grandfather of the famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun.

From grunge to glam at Moscow's World of Beauty Festival

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:38:00 GMT

The VII World of Beauty Festival that took Russia's beauty-conscious public on a three-day tour through the latest trends in hairdressing and makeup came to an end on Saturday in Moscow.

Hitler's watercolors snapped up by emerging market buyers

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:37:00 GMT

A collection of sixteen watercolors by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler sold for $164,800 to buyers from Russia, China and India at an auction in London on Thursday.

Plan to return church property sparks row in Russian Public Chamber

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:07:06 GMT

Plan to return church property sparks row in Russian Public Chamber

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:07:00 GMT

Members of the Russian Public Chamber have clashed over a bill on the return of church property seized in the Soviet era, a newspaper said on Friday.

Adolf Hitler's watercolor paintings up for auction in England

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:56:00 GMT

Seventeen watercolor paintings by Adolf Hitler will go under the hammer at an auction to be held in the west of England on September 30.

Sotheby's to auction Warhol's Coca-Cola in November

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:29:00 GMT

Andy Warhol's Large Coca-Cola will be auctioned in New York on November 9 for the first time in decades.

The tip of the needle: Russia’s escalating HIV epidemic

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:31:00 GMT

On a dimly lit street in north Moscow, two drunk men kill time outside a local pharmacy as they wait for the arrival of clean syringes so they can shoot up.

Egyptian police suspect museum employee of Van Gogh painting theft

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:50:00 GMT

A Cairo museum employee is behind the theft in Egypt last month of Vincent Van Gogh's Poppy Flowers painting.

Art - Real and “Medialized”

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:47:00 GMT

“Russian Angle” broke out of its studio to go and visit the annual “Art Moscow” fair - one of the city’s prime events in the field of contemporary art. Chief Editor of RussiaProfile.org Andrei Zolotov, Jr. visited the fair as a guest of art director Christina Steinbrecher and spoke to her about the most relevant trends in Russian contemporary art, on whether the boundary between art and media is being blurred, what can be considered authentic in this world of “medialized” art, and how Russian art market has recovered after the 2008 economic crisis.

British trip-hoppers Massive Attack to play one-off Moscow, St. Petersburg shows

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:03:00 GMT

British trip-hop duo Massive Attack will play a one-off gig in Moscow's Megasport Palace to promote their new album late on Friday.

Patriarch Kirill visits Russia's easternmost monastery

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:10:00 GMT

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Tuesday visited Russia's easternmost monastery on the Pacific island of Sakhalin.

RIA Novosti to revive Soviet-era Moskovskiye Novosti newspaper

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:21:55 GMT

RIA Novosti and the publishing house Vremya are beginning joint work on the resurrection of the famous Perestroika-era newspaper Moskovskiye Novosti (MN), which closed down in 2007.

RIA Novosti begins work to resurrect Moskovskiye Novosti newspaper

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:58:00 GMT

RIA Novosti and the publishing house Vremya are beginning joint work on the resurrection of the famous Perestroika-era newspaper Moskovskiye Novosti (MN), which closed down in 2007.

Patriarch Kirill arrives in Sakhalin

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:06:00 GMT

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has arrived on a visit to the Russian Far Eastern island of Sakhalin.

Patriarch Kirill arrives in Sakhalin

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:06:00 GMT

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has arrived in the Russian Far Eastern island of Sakhalin.