By Andrei Zolotov Jr.

S TAFF WRI TER

MOSCOW Gazprom-Media head
Alfred Kokh announced Thursday that
he is taking over control of NTV televi-
sion and planning to install a new board
that will not include NTV founder Vla-
dimir Gusinsky.
The announcement was a stunning
turn in the months-long battle for the
only national television station still in-
dependent of the Kremlin.
The stage was set earlier Thursday
when court marshals seized the disputed
19 percent of NTV shares and forbade
Media-MOST from voting with them.
This means that the number of vot-
ing shares is 81 percent, and conse-
quently Gazprom with 46 percent is the
controlling shareholder, Kokh said at a
news conference.
Gusinskys Media-MOST holding
company said the court marshals had
violated the court decision and pre-
dicted the battle was not yet over.
Kokh said he plans to call an emer-
gency shareholders meeting within days
and bring in new Gazprom representa-
tives, including himself. Gusinsky and
his closest associates, Igor Malashenko
and Andrei Tsimailo, will be ousted.
Management changes at NTV are
also likely, Kokh said, but he promised
to do his best to keep the existing team.
Appearing later in the day in a dramatic
duel with an NTV correspondent on
the channels program Geroi Dnya,
or Hero of the Day, Kokh said he is
satisfied with Yevgeny Kiselyov as
NTVs general director.
After insistent questions about the
Kremlins role in his takeover of NTV,
Kokh said in both public appearances
that on Jan. 14, President Vladimir
Putin had summoned him to his country
residence to discuss the future of NTV.
According to Kokh, Putin demanded
that Gazprom-Media should not influ-
ence the channels coverage.
Shares, debts, finance is your pre-
rogrative, Kokh quoted Putin as say-
ing. But dont touch journalists and
management, that is my prerogative. I
am the guarantor of press freedom. Our
task is to preserve the management and
editorial team as much as possible.
Media-MOST said Thursday that
Kokh had jumped the gun. Both in
comments from the press service, and
on NTVs news program, the company
focused on the difference between the
document it had received from the
Moscow Arbitration Court earlier this
week and the one it got from the court
marshals Thursday.
According to Media-MOST, the
court froze the 19 percent stake but re-
Kokh
To Take
Charge
Of NTV
By Masha Kaminskaya
S TAFF WRI TER
Since St. Petersburg prosecutors arrested
prominent Russian-Israeli businessman
Mikhail Mirilashvili on Tuesday, specula-
tion has raged over the possible political
and business motives for the arrest.
And while the prosecutors are stick-
ing to their story that Mirilashvili was
arrested on suspicion of kidnapping as
the result of a criminal investigation be-
gun last September Russian media
and sources close to Mirilashvili are fo-
cusing on his connection to two other
men who have fallen foul of prosecutors:
Media-MOSTs Vladimir Gusinsky, and
businessman Dmitry Rozhdestvensky.
Gusinsky, the president of the Rus-
sian Jewish Congress, is under house ar-
rest in Spain awaiting a Madrid court de-
cision on a Russian extradition request.
Mirilashvili is vice president of the Jewish
Congress, one of the two main national
Jewish organizations in the country.
Rozhdestvensky, who has been
charged with fraud and embezzlement, is
head of the board of directors of the ad-
vertising and film production company
Russkoye Video. Media-MOSTs acqui-
sition of a stake in Russkoye Video is at
the heart of the case against Gusinsky.
In an interview with The St. Peters-
burg Times, Rozhdestvensky, whose trial
is due to open Feb. 22, described Miri-
lashvili as an old friend. The two men
have a long-standing business associa-
tion, including partnership in the history
of Russkoye Video.
KIDNAPPING CHARGES
At a press conference on Wednesday,
however, City Prosecutor Ivan Sydoruk
denied that Mirilashvilis arrest had
anything to do with either Media-
MOST or [Mirilashvilis] membership
of the Jewish Congress.
We have enough proof to suspect
[Mirilashvili] of organizing the kidnap-
ping of two St. Petersburg businessmen
last year, said Sydoruk. He will be offi-
cially charged within the week.
Sydoruk refused to give any details
on the names or age of the kidnapped.
Immediately after news of the arrest
broke, Yury Novolodsky, Mirilashvilis
Mirilashvili Arrest Given Political Overtones
See KOKH, Page 2
See ARREST, Page 2
ALEXANDER BELENKY/SPT
Nadezhda Grebeshkova and Vera Bodrina, shown here singing songs at a get-together, are two of the 560,000 people who were left in the city in January 1944.
By Irina Titova
S TAFF WRI TER
Lidiya Lifanova, a 77-year-old pen-
sioner, has not thrown away a piece of
bread for 60 years.
For me bread is priceless, Li-
fanova said. All these left-over odds
and ends that we have in our family we
give to stray cats and dogs, she said.
Nadezhda Samsonenko, another
77-year-old woman, puts seemingly
useless scrapings from plates in the
fridge with which she magically pre-
pares delicious meals.
Unappealing frozen fish, three-
day-old boiled potatoes left by her
young relatives, a desiccated carrot,
left-over broth, and spices all combine
in her pot to create a delicious soup
that wastes nothing. She could even
make glue and bean skins an appeal-
ing dish.
Far from being some modern super-
recycling effort, however, these are
habits the women developed during the
900-day blockade of Leningrad during
which the city was surrounded by Nazi
troops. While the siege ended 57 years
ago this Saturday, more sombre cere-
monies will mark the 60th anniversary
of its beginning later this year.
At the beginning of the siege on
Sept. 8, 1941, the German army de-
stroyed all railways into the city, blew
up Badayevsky, the city centers main
food storage facility, shut off electric-
ity, water and all possible routes of
nourishment and vowed to starve
Leningrad to death until it gave in.
But the city never surrendered.
When the blockade ended, only
560,000 people remained in the city,
which in 1941 had a population of 3.2
million. Of those, 1.7 million were
evacuated during the war while
600,000 joined the army. Starvation,
sickness and bombing raids took the
rest more than 500,000.
At that time, small rations of bread
which was often more saw-dust
than flour were available on a daily
basis and distributed according to the
following scheme: laborers 250
grams; office workers 200 and an
additional 125 grams for each of these
peoples dependents.
Given the spartan fare, people had
to use their imaginations to come up
with more palatable cuisine which
today would look more at home on a
carpenters bench: soup made from
joiners glue; leather belts; potato peels
and tea from pine twigs for vitamins.
Others dug the sweet soil near the
bombed-out Badayevsky facility fol-
lowing the German bombing, where
fire had melted sugar into the earth.
In more morbid circles, some peo-
ple actually sold meat from corpses
and tried to pass it off as pork. Ac-
cording to Nina Volodina, who was 10
years old in 1941, city radio broadcast
almost constant warnings about canni-
balistic practices. Once when Anton-
ina Mirinova, now 75, went to take wa-
See SURVIVORS, Page 2
Blockade Survivors Who Lived by Bread Alone
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CENTRAL BANK RATE
In the first incident, two men and a
woman described by prosecutors as well-
known St. Petersburg mobsters of Geor-
gian nationality were shot dead in broad
daylight in front of the Astoria hotel,
where a conference on investment and
business security was taking place, which
Mirilashvili was chairing.
At the time, some local reports hinted
that Mirilashvili who is said to have an
underworld-style nickname, Misha Ku-
taissky was behind the shootings, in
revenge for his fathers abduction.
Novolodsky called rumors of Miri-
lashvilis criminal ties absurd. The
[shootings] may or may not be con-
nected with the arrest. I have no com-
ment, he added.
Rozhdestvensky also rubbished the
kidnapping and murder allegations. I
have never heard of a more absurd case,
he said. Mirilashvili is a peaceful man,
incapable of committing any crime.
It makes no sense for him to murder
three people outside a business-security
conference he himself was holding.
Ruslan Linkov, head of the St. Peters-
burg branch of the Democratic Russia
party, called the charges absolute non-
sense, according to an Interfax report.
This is yet another demonstration of
anti-semitic tendencies [...] on the part of
[the police and prosecutors], Linkov,
who has close ties to Rozhdestvensky,
was quoted as saying.
Staff writer Vladimir Kovalyev also con-
tributed to this report.
ter from the Neva river ice-hole she
came across the severed head of a
woman who had obviously been eaten.
What was striking is that we were
not shocked by the sight or the existence
of cannibalism, said Mironova. We just
tried to fill our buckets, a difficult task
with the head constantly popping up.
So pervasive were the ugly signs of
hunger that one became inured to them
in time. Samsonenko recalls walking
down Ulitsa Nekrasova in December,
1941 when a man in front her, struggling
to catch his balance, plopped down on a
box at the side of the side walk. When
Samsonenko reached him, she found he
was dead of exhaustion and starvation.
Wherever we walked somewhere
we simply stepped over the corpses on
in our path, said Volodina. We no
longer reacted to
such sights.
Despite the
thick skin one had
to develop during
the blockade years
to survive, no one
had any illusions
that they could
survive without
help. In turn,
many thousands of the city residents
were ready to give it.
Volodina recalled that one mother
of two in her communal apartment took
on the responsibility of two more young
children after their mother died of star-
vation while their father was at the
front. He too was killed, and from the
blockade on, the neighbor treated the
children as her own.
Indeed, except for the very young or
old, women dominated the city during
the blockade. When bombing set whole
city blocks ablaze, it was women who ex-
tinguished them in the fire brigades.
Women also dug trenches for shelter and
stood in the watch towers, watching for
enemy planes on the horizon. It was they,
too, who pulled survivors from under
smoking rubble, or looked after the chil-
dren of the dead, whom they would find
trying to wake their dead mothers.
In a way, it was not the Red Army
that saved Leningrad from the ruin of
the war, but the citys own tradition of
humanism and culture.
Samsonenko, who worked in a
school during the blockade, would read
the poems of Alexander Pushkin to the
children to distract them from their
painful hunger. Later, in the evenings,
radio announcers would read those
same verses to distract adults from their
hunger as well.
Indeed, the city refused to give its
culture up. People went to the sym-
phony, saw plays, visited museums,
wrote and read. They visited the zoo as
well, a storehouse of possible food that
no one ever dared to eat.
Some people including Alexan-
dra Pukhova, who smiles gently at the
recollection even managed to fall in
love. The young sailor she met, she
added, would always leave her extra ra-
tions of bread in her apartment
It moved me so much that he didnt
just give it to me outright, so as not to
embarrass me, Pukhova said.
They married
on January 30,
1944, three days
after the blockade
was over. On
September 28,
1944, she gave
birth to a son.
After the harsh
winter of 1942,
spring brought
some relief and people were able to cul-
tivate modest gardens in local parks.
Those who remained alive set about
cleaning up the city after the long winter.
Pukhova said that there were many
places where the corpses of the deceased
were piled, and in spring all of them
were buried at what is now Piskary-
ovskoye memorial cemetery, in the
North East of the city. Despite the dev-
astation of hunger and war, Leningrad
miraculously never suffered any out-
breaks of disease during the siege.
Those blockade survivors who are
still among the living are now, of course,
pensioners. In addition to the standard
800-ruble state pension they receive an
additional 800 rubles. Sometimes, the
government also gives them discounts
on bread and sugar.
It can hardly be called luxury, but af-
ter surviving the blockade, Lifanova
who still hasnt thrown a piece of bread
away in 58 years is hardly inclined to
wastefulness.
fused Gazprom-Medias demand that
Media-MOST be barred from voting
with these shares. The court marshals,
however, ordered the shares be ex-
cluded from voting.
Obviously, under pressure, the
court marshals have violated the courts
decision and carried out a crime, Me-
dia-MOST spokesman Dmitry Ostalsky
said. He said Media-MOST will dispute
the court marshals decision in court.
Nobody other than the court can de-
prive shareholders of their right to man-
age their property, Ostalsky said.
The procedure will take longer
than Kokh would like, he said. Mr.
Kokh is rushing.
Kokh said there is no contradiction
between the two documents. The form
of arrest is determined by the court
marshals, not by the court, he said.
The dispute over the 19 percent
portfolio derives from an agreement
Media-MOST and Gazprom-Media
signed on Nov. 17. Both sides accuse the
other of violating the agreement and
suits have been filed in London, Gibral-
tar and Moscow. The shares were
frozen Thursday pending a decision by
the Moscow Arbitration Court, which is
scheduled to hear the case on Feb. 14.
This is a blatant, rude attempt to
disregard the court and simply take our
television company away from us,
Kiselyov said in dramatic comments
aired by NTV. And the ruler will be
not the Prosecutor Generals Office, not
Kokh, but President Putin. The law is
on our side, I am convinced. We will de-
fend our legal rights, and we will win.
In an attempt to prevent the
takeover of NTV, Media-MOST an-
nounced late last week that they were
ready to sell Gusinskys shares in NTV
and three other media companies to a
consortium of investors led by CNN
founder Ted Turner. The company chal-
lenged President Putin to back the pur-
chase and guarantee that the state
would not interfere in editorial matters.
The $300 million raised from the sale
would go to repay loans to Gazprom.
Christopher Renaud, Media-
MOSTs head of finance and strategic
development, described the situation as
a race between Media-MOST trying to
repay the loans first and Gazprom-Me-
dia trying to take over the company be-
fore the loans had been paid.
Among the nine board members
Kokh plans to nominate, there are five
Gazprom representatives. Media-MOST
is to be represented by NTVs Kiselyov,
TNT head Sergei Skvortsov and another
NTV official, Mikhail Shmushkovich.
There is a ninth board member on
Kokhs list: chairman of the state-owned
RIA news agency, Vladimir Kulistikov.
Last October, Kulistikov left his post as
NTVs deputy director and joined RIA,
which is part of the government-owned
television and radio conglomerate,
VGTRK. The conglomerate is headed
by another Media-MOST defector, for-
mer NTV president Oleg Dobrodeyev.
Last week, the government-owned
newspaper Parlamentskaya Gazeta re-
ported that Media-MOST planned to
replace Kiselyov with Kulistikov in an
attempt to smooth its relations with the
government. Media-MOST officials ve-
hemently denied the reports.
Kokh blurred the answer to the
question of whom Kulistikov will repre-
lawyer, called a press conference and
declared his client innocent, demanding
his release on bail or on a guarantee that
he would not leave St. Petersburg.
Novolodsky said that Mirilashvili was
calm, if confused by the charges, which
the lawyer described as extremely vague.
He also said that prosecutors were trying
to frame Mirilashvili, who, he said, did
not know anything about the investiga-
tion or what it might be linked to.
[Mirilashvili] came to see me in my
office [Tuesday] evening and said he
was afraid that there was a smear cam-
paign being organized against him,
said Novolodsky on Wednesday. Half
an hour later, the police came and took
him to the Prosecutors Office to be in-
terrogated.
A RANGE OF THEORIES
Despite the prosecutors statements to
the contrary, the Gusinsky connection
was still highly fa-
vored by commen-
tators. Media-
MOSTs offices in
Moscow were also
searched by police
on Wednesday.
And although
Rozhdestvensky
said to Interfax
Wednesday that there is no connection
between the Russkoye Video case and
Mirilashvilis arrest, he said in an inter-
view that when he himself was arrested in
1998, Investigators asked me to give ev-
idence against Gusinsky and Mirilashvili,
and made anti-Semitic remarks.
They couldnt [successfully prose-
cute] me, so theyve gone after Gusinsky
and Mirilashvili.
NTV television, part of Gusinskys
Media-MOST, has been highly critical of
President Vladimir Putins government,
and many commentators have said that
his case and other attacks on Media-
MOST are politically motivated.
Law-enforcement agencies are being
used more and more for political and
economic goals, said Novolodsky.
Tankred Golenpolsky, a leading
member of the Russian Jewish
Congress, said to Agence France Presse
that he did not believe the charges
against Mirilashvili, whom he described
as a pleasant, cultured young man.
Well have to wait and see what the
courts say before drawing conclusions,
Golenpolsky was quoted as saying.
BUSINESS INTERESTS
Mirilashvili, 40, is a native of Georgia
who now holds dual Russian-Israeli cit-
izenship. Together with his father,
Mikhail, and brother, Gabriel, who now
reportedly live in Israel, Mirilashvili is
said to control a wide range of St. Pe-
tersburg businesses, including real-es-
tate, pharmeceutical, trading, entertain-
ment and construc-
tion companies.
Mirilashvili
himself is said to
control the Conti
Group, which runs
a number of casi-
nos in the city, as
well as having con-
nections to the lo-
cal branch of LUKoil, and being a ma-
jor shareholder in the Gostiny Dvor de-
partment store.
Police on Tuesday and Wednesday
searched Mirilashvilis apartment on Ka-
mennoostrovsky Prospect, and LUKoils
offices on Moscows Tverskaya Ulitsa.
According to both Dmitry Dolgov,
spokesman for LUKoil, and Mikhail
Varganov, director of the companys St.
Petersburg branch, police took away
audio and video tapes from the office
but did not remove any documentation.
Interfax quoted the two LUKoil
representatives as saying that the search
was only vaguely connected to
LUKoil. Mirilashvili has an office in the
same building, although it was not clear
if that had been searched as well.
Mirilashvili has never been an offi-
cial LUKoil representive in the North-
west, but weve heard that he has intro-
duced himself as such, the two said ac-
cording to Interfax.
CRIME CONNECTION
However, Prosecutor Sydoruk also said
on Wednesday that Mirilashvili could
have been involved in a triple murder
that took place in the center of St. Pe-
tersburg last September, perhaps in re-
sponse to the kidnapping of Miri-
lashvilis father a few weeks before that.
N E W S 2 O Friday, January 26, 2001 The St. Petersburg Times
ARREST
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KOKH
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SURVIVORS
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Mirilashvili, who was arrested Tuesday, has many St. Petersburg business interests.
ALEXANDER BELENKY/SPT
Yury Novolovsky
SERGEI GRACHEV/SPT
Ivan Sydoruk
Except for the very
young or very old,
women dominated
the city during the
Leningrad Blockade.
sent, but pointed to his expertise in
managing NTV.
The prosecutors office on Thursday
called Malashenko, Gusinskys first
deputy, and NTV anchor Tatyana
Mitkova in for questioning on Friday
morning. Ostalsky said Malashenko
was abroad and could not appear.
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With left-wing deputies staging a
walkout in protest, the State Duma
on Thursday gave a narrow tentative
approval to a bill enabling the pri-
vate buying and selling of non-agri-
cultural land.
The Duma voted 229 to 168 on
first reading to add a chapter to the
Civil Code regulating business
deals involving land.
The proposal had been blocked
by Communists who strongly op-
posed trading in land, most of
which remains in the hands of the
government and collective farms
left over from the Soviet era.
The bill must go through two
more readings, pass the Federation
Council and receive President
Vladimir Putins signature to be-
come law. Second readings are usu-
ally held within a month.
Communists and their allies ar-
gued unsuccessfully Thursday that
the rich or politically connected
would gobble up the best land, push-
ing most of the population deeper
into poverty.
Those who work and live on
land dont have money and wont
have any tomorrow, said Nikolai
Kharitonov, the leader of the Com-
munist-allied Agrarian faction. If
we pass this bill, we will become
slaves tomorrow.
He said it was premature to al-
low sales even of urban land.
Those who vote for this bill hate
farmers, echoed Communist Yury
Nikiforov.
After the vote, Kharitonov led
left-wing deputies out of the Duma
hall in protest.
Liberal and centrist supporters of
the bill dismissed such protests as
pointless since the bill only refers to
non-agricultural land. The ban on
deals in farmland will remain in
place until a special Land Code is
approved.
Pavel Krasheninnikov, the head
of Dumas legal affairs committee
and member of the liberal Union of
Right Forces faction, said the new
bill would provide long-needed legal
guidelines.
The State Land Committee esti-
mates the value of the nations land
at $5 trillion. Supporters of the Land
Code point out that if the govern-
ment were to levy a tax on privately
owned land as is done in the West
the state coffers would bulge.
Land deals are currently regu-
lated by myriad laws approved by lo-
cal legislatures, and the legal confu-
sion has created a rich ground for
corruption and fraud. The absence
of coherent legislation has spooked
foreign investors and helped stall
economic development.
The approval on first reading
Thursday will no doubt cheer those
foreign investors who have for
years been urging the government
to cobble together a law that would
clearly guarantee ownership rights
to land. They say the lack of legisla-
tion has drastically slowed down
their investments into the country.
But Vladimir Plotnikov, head of
the Dumas agriculture committee,
said Thursday night that the bill
would probably face a drawn-out
fight to get through a second reading
because among the agricultural
lands banned from private owner-
ship are dachas and gardens.
What we are doing by passing
this article now is actually forbidding
people who have dachas and gardens
from doing anything with them, Plot-
nikov, who is also a member of the
Agrarian faction, said in a telephone
interview. They cant sell them, give
them away or mortgage them.
The Land Code bans the sale of
seven different kinds of agricultural
land, and liberal deputies failed to
read the fine print in their rush to
get the code passed in first reading,
he said.
President Vladimir Putins repre-
sentative to the Duma, Alexander
Kotenkov, strongly backed the bill.
If we dont enact the Civil Code
chapter, we will preserve the black
market in land, he told lawmakers
before the vote.
The 1993 Constitution guaran-
tees the right of citizens to own pri-
vate land. But legislation setting up
procedures for buying and selling
land has been stalled for years in
parliament.
AP, SPT
Communists Walk
Out Over Land Bill
By Vladimir Kovalyev
S TAFF WRI TER
In what has become a cycle of hostility,
the Latvian Consulate in St. Petersburg
was vandalized early Tuesday morning
by a group that smashed windows on
the buildings first floor, thus touching
off a minor diplomatic furor.
Glass on the front door and two win-
dows on the first floor of the building
which is located on the 10th Line of St.
Petersburgs Vasilievsky Island were
shattered with a metal rod and stones,
consulate officials said. Latvian Embassy
officials accused the Russian authorities
of being lax for not posting 24-hour
guards in front of the diplomatic mission.
The Russians are not providing
safety for the consulate, which they
should be doing according to the Vi-
enna Convention [signed in 1963], said
Latvian Consul General Yuris Au-
darins in an interview on Thursday.
The police and consulate officials
say they think members of the national-
ist Russian National Unity Party, or
RNE, group which has no connec-
tion to the Yedinstvo, or Unity, political
faction were involved in the vio-
lence. In fact, a police source who re-
quested anonymity said that they had a
suspect for the most recent attack under
surveillance but had not arrested him
yet. The source declined to say why, but
he did say that the suspect had been
kicked out of RNE.
Throughout the year, said Audarins,
the consulate has suffered at least six
hostile acts, including angry pickets,
telephone threats, and even a Molotov
cocktail attack last July.
And last January, the consulate was
vandalized with black paint and eggs.
During the same month, the RNE
claimed responsibility for the action.
The police arrested a young activist,
Andrei Dmitriyev, who was charged
with deliberate damage of property. He
confessed, spent three days in jail, but
then he was amnestied and released.
Also last May, police said, RNE
members paid a beggar 250 rubles and
two bottles of highly alcoholic cleaning
fluid for the beggar to drink in ex-
change for his breaking the consulates
windows. He too was arrested and let
go shortly thereafter.
After Tuesdays attack, the Latvian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a letter
of protest to the Russian Embassy in
Riga, demanding Russia organize 24-
hour security for the St. Petersburg con-
sulate as well as apprehending the van-
dals, Audarins said. The note added
that Russias Embassy in Riga has
round-the-clock protection from Lat-
vian police.
Police at Vasilieostrovsky Police sta-
tion No. 16, however, say that they dont
have the staff to provide that kind of
service. Generally, police can cover the
consulate only on the days when its visa
section is working, the source said.
He said the Lithuanian, Czech and
Estonian consulates are in the same
situation.
Unconsoled, Audarins said there ap-
pears to be a method behind the vio-
lence, which appears to be driven by the
tensions that have existed between
Russia and the newly independent
Baltic state.
Dmitriyev, who was arrested last
year, said he was protesting the impris-
onment in Latvia of Vasily Kononov,
77, a former Soviet officer accused of
war crimes and sentenced to six years
last January.
RNE members were not available
for comment on the incident, but mem-
bers of the Russian Party, another local
nationalist group in St. Petersburg with
anti-Baltic leanings, said it supported
the alleged actions of the RNE.
The Baltic states made the policy of
apartheid legal, said Russian Party
leader Nikolai Bondarik, in reference
to the citizenship difficulties that Rus-
sians have had in the Baltic states since
the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
Latvia fell under Soviet rule as a re-
sult of the Molotov-Ribentropp pact
signed in 1939. Approximately 35 per-
cent of Latvias native population was
killed during World War II, deported to
Siberia, or fled.
Since Latvia regained independence
in 1991, Russia has been concerned
about the Baltic nations ethnic Russian
population and the Kremlin has
protested the republics policy of prose-
cuting suspected former Soviet officers.
Vandals Targeting Latvian Consulate
By Vladimir Isachenkov
THE AS S OCI ATED PRES S
MOSCOW Russian lawmakers on
Thursday gave final approval to a bill
that limits former presidents immunity
from prosecution and may spell prob-
lems for Boris Yeltsin, whose administra-
tion has been accused of corruption.
The bill, which the lower house of
parliament approved by a 280-130 vote,
substantially weakened the original
Kremlin-proposed version that would
have offered former presidents unlim-
ited immunity. The new version says
that a former president can be stripped
of immunity by a simple majority in
both houses of parliament if prosecu-
tors charge him with a serious crime.
Lawmakers in the State Duma
passed amendments to the bill Wednes-
day, and todays vote on the third and fi-
nal reading came virtually without de-
bate. To become law, the bill must be
approved by the upper house and
signed by President Vladimir Putin.
The vote revived discussions about
allegations of Kremlin corruption while
Yeltsin was president, which have lan-
guished since his abrupt resignation
Dec. 31, 1999.
Putin signed a decree immediately
after Yeltsins departure guaranteeing
total criminal immunity for former
presidents, fueling speculation that
Yeltsin stepped down before the end of
his term out of fear of investigations
into his corruption-tinged administra-
tion. The Kremlin then submitted a bill
to parliament in an effort to enshrine
the decree in law.
The bills approval follows last
weeks arrest in New York of Yeltsins
property chief and ally Pavel Borodin
on a Swiss money-laundering warrant.
Borodin is in a New York jail pending a
bail hearing scheduled for Thursday.
Swiss prosecutors say there is evi-
dence Borodin received tens of millions
of dollars in kickbacks from the Swiss
construction company Mabetex for a
contract to renovate the Kremlin.
Russias former prosecutor general,
Yuri Skuratov, has said that documents
provided by Swiss prosecutors allege
that Yeltsin and his daughters, Tatyana
Dyachenko and Yelena Okulova, used
credit cards provided by Mabetex, with
the company paying the bills. The
Kremlin has denied the allegations, and
no charges have been filed.
Yeltsin Threatened With Immunity Limitation
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THE AS S OCI ATED PRES S
STRASBOURG, France The
Council of Europes Parliamentary
Assembly restored Russias vote
Thursday despite persistent con-
cerns about the human-rights situa-
tion in Chechnya.
The European human-rights
bodys 600-member chamber said it
decided to reinstate the voting rights
of the 36-member Russian delega-
tion because of the Russian parlia-
ments increasing cooperation with
the group.
The assembly had revoked the
Russian delegations voting rights
last April, saying they would not be
restored without substantial
progress toward improving hu-
man rights in Chechnya.
While it noted some encourag-
ing, if limited, developments since
then, the assembly said that Russia
had a long way to go in adhering to
human-rights standards in war-torn
republic.
Russia did not act in line with
the Council of Europes principles
and values in the conduct of its mili-
tary campaign and many of the as-
semblys requirements in this regard
are yet to be implemented, it said in
a statement.
A progress report on Chechnya
said alleged human-rights violations
by Russian troops were not investi-
gated and cited a disturbing hu-
manitarian situation highlighted by
the scarcity of food, medicine, and
hospital treatment.
Chechen rebels drove Russian
troops out of Chechnya in a 1994-
96 war, but Moscows forces went
back last year and now occupy
most of the territory.
Fighting continues, and human-
rights organizations have fre-
quently accused both sides of hu-
man-rights violations.
Russia has repeatedly rejected
criticism of its war in Chechnya,
denying widespread abuses and in-
sisting that the conflict is an inter-
nal affair.
The Parliamentary Assembly is a
largely advisory body of lawmakers
from the 43 nations that belong to
the Council of Europe, which binds
members to the 1952 European
Convention on Human Rights.
Russia Regains Europe Council Vote
Members of the
extremist Russian
National Unity Party
have been linked to
the attacks.
instead of large-scale attacks.
Putin did not say how many of
Russias 80,000 troops presently serv-
ing in Chechnya would ultimately be
withdrawn or provide a timetable for
the plan. But on Wednesday, the
ITAR-Tass and Interfax news agencies
quoted the Defense Ministry as saying
that paratroop units and some artillery
equipment were preparing for a pull-
out next month.
Elsewhere on Wednesday, about
2,000 civilians rallied to demand an
end to the Russian military offensive
and the full withdrawal of Russian
troops. The protesters gathered in the
city of Gudermes, headquarters of the
Kremlin-backed Chechen administra-
tion, and in Shali, a town in southern
Chechnya.
Russian troops moved into Chech-
nya in September 1999 following rebel
attacks on Dagestan and apartment
bombings in Moscow and other Rus-
sian cities which were blamed on the
rebels. The offensive followed a
botched attempt to regain control over
Chechnya in a 1994-96 war.
The militarys massive air and ar-
tillery bombardments have led to casu-
alties among civilians and drawn broad
international criticism.
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By Barry Schweid
THE AS S OCI ATED PRES S
WASHINGTON In a clear message
sent to Moscow in one of its first for-
eign-policy pronouncements, the presi-
dential administration of George W.
Bush is pushing negotiations with rebels
in Chechnya as the only way to end the
16-month conflict.
The message was coupled Wednes-
day with open skepticism that Presi-
dent Vladimir Putins announcement
earlier this week of a reduction of
Russian troops in Chechnya had any
real meaning.
Weve seen announcements of
troop withdrawals from Chechnya be-
fore, but frankly, Russias presence in
Chechnya remains massive, State
Department spokesperson Richard
Boucher said. The fighting has con-
tinued, and there are continuing cred-
ible reports of humanitarian abuses
against the civilian population by Rus-
sian troops.
Russia maintains that the conflict
in rebellious Chechnya is a domestic
matter. The Kremlin also is likely to
be irritated by the Bush administra-
tions plan to go ahead with a national
missile defense system despite a ban
contained in a 1972 treaty the two na-
tions signed.
Talks on a political settlement in
Chechnya are the only way to bring
peace and stability to the troubled re-
gion, Boucher said. He also urged Rus-
sia to take steps to deal with
widespread social and economic prob-
lems in Chechnya.
Russian troops moved into Chech-
nya in September 1999 following rebel
attacks on Dagestan and apartment
bombings in Moscow and other Rus-
sian cities that were blamed on the in-
surgents.
This week, Putin signed a troop re-
duction plan and turned over com-
mand of the war to Russias chief secu-
rity agency, the FSB, saying a new strat-
egy was needed to secure control of
Chechnya.
Boucher said: it remains to be seen
whether this announcement represents
a change in Russian strategy that could
resolve the stalemate in Chechnya.
In any event, he said, it doesnt pre-
clude the need for a political settlement.
Asked if the Bush administration
agreed with the Clinton administration
that Chechnya should remain part of
Russia, Boucher said: We have not
changed our view of the status of
Chechnya in any way.
In the meantime, a panel advising
the Energy Department issued a re-
port that urged Bush to appoint a
high-level official at the White House
to oversee U.S. efforts to help safe-
guard existing nuclear stockpiles in
Russia and to stem the spread of nu-
clear technology.
It is going to take someone who is
at a high level to make sure this issue is
not lost among other national security
issues, Lloyd Cutler, a former White
House counsel who served on the
panel, said at a news conference.
The most urgent unmet national
security threat to the United States to-
day is the danger that weapons of
mass destruction or weapons-usable
material in Russia could be stolen or
sold to terrorists or hostile nation
states and used against American
troops abroad or citizens at home,
the report found.
Bush: Its Time To Talk to Rebels
THE AS S OCI ATED PRES S
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico
Analysis of seismic waves sup-
ports conclusions that two onboard
explosions, not a collision, destroyed
a Russian submarine in August,
killing all 118 crew members.
The first explosion was relatively
small, consistent with a misfiring tor-
pedo aboard the
Kursk, according
to a report by Ari-
zona and New
Mexico re-
searchers pub-
lished Tuesday in
the geophysical
journal Eos. That
blast was followed
about two minutes
later by an explosion 250 times larger
than the first, the researchers said.
Most investigators have said they
believed an explosion sank the sub
in the Barents Sea on Aug. 12, but
Russian researchers have left open
the possibility of a collision possi-
bly with a ship shadowing the sub.
The Eos authors, led by Keith
Koper and Terry Wallace of the Uni-
versity of Arizona, say their data were
collected by a network of seismic sta-
tions used in part to monitor a Rus-
sian nuclear test site 805 kilometers
from the location of the Kursk sink-
ing. Los Alamos National Laboratory
scientists Steve Taylor and Hans
Hartse participated in the study.
The main shock is consistent
with the explosion of approximately
five tons equivalent TNT detonated
near, or on, the sea floor, they
wrote. That second blast was likely
caused by fire from the first blast set-
ting off other tor-
pedo warheads or
propellant fuel,
Wallace said Tues-
day by e-mail from
Chile, where he
and Koper are do-
ing other research.
Divers who en-
tered the sub
found two notes
written by sailors trapped in a rear
compartment after the explosions.
One note described 23 crew mem-
bers as suffering from carbon
monoxide poisoning from a fire and
the other described how its author
was writing by feel in the dark.
Taylor said the research team is
not suggesting either blast was a nu-
clear explosion. The report refers
only to conventional explosives.
In December, an American diver
who worked on the Kursk recovery
team said damage he saw convinced
him the sub blew up.
Seismic Data Supports
Theory of Kursk Blast
By Yuri Bagrov
THE AS S OCI ATED PRES S
NAZRAN, Russia A day of rebel
ambushes and mine blasts killed 14
Russian troops in breakaway Chech-
nya, officials said Wednesday as Rus-
sian artillery and paratrooper units re-
portedly prepared to pull out of the
republic.
Chechen rebels trapped a Russian
convoy leaving the eastern town of
Vedeno, in the process killing one sol-
dier, an official with the Russian-
backed Chechen administration said
Wednesday. Five Russian servicemen
were killed in a gunfight in the village
of Novogroznensky on Tuesday, five
died in other rebel attacks and three
more were killed when their vehicles
ran over mines in the capital, Grozny,
the official said on condition of
anonymity.
In Russia this week, President Vla-
dimir Putin signed a troop reduction
plan and turned over command of the
16-month-old Chechnya war to Rus-
sias chief security agency, saying a
new strategy was needed to secure
control of the republic. The federal
forces, who suffer daily casualties
from hit-and-run rebel raids, say they
will focus on small special operations
Guerrilla Strikes Kill 14 Soldiers in Chechnya
REUTERS
NOVOSIBIRSK, Western Siberia A
Russian jet with 89 people on board
made a safe emergency landing in the
Siberian city of Novosibirsk after the
landing gear on its right side failed to
lock shut, an airport spokesman said
Wednesday.
Oleg Shulmin said a Sibir Tu-154 air-
liner left from Irkutsk for Moscow
early on Wednesday with 80 passengers
and nine crew. But the right side of its
undercarriage failed to retract after
takeoff.
Shlumin said it is not clear why the
undercarriage seized up.
The crew realized soon after take-
off that there was a problem with the
planes undercarriage, a second air-
port spokesman, Gleb Osokin said,
but they decided to fly to Novosibirsk
to use up fuel because the Tu-154 is
equipped with a system for emptying
its tanks in flight.
Russian Jet Makes Emergency Landing
Shutov Case Finalized
I ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) Yury
Shutov, a local businessman and former
aid to Gov. Vladimir Yakovlev, is soon to
stand trial on charges of organizing a
string of contract hits, prosecutors said at
a press conference on Wednesday.
We have finalized Shutovs case
consisting of 25 counts. His case will be
sent to court on January 26, said City
Prosecutor Ivan Sydoruk.
Shutov, a former Legislative Assem-
bly member, is charged with organizing
and committing several grave felonies
including murder, extortion, kidnapping
and robbery, and arranging the contract
hits of prominent St. Petersburg lawmak-
ers and businessmen. He has been in pre-
trial detention since Feb. 1999. If not for
the finalization of the case, Shutov would
have been released on Jan. 26.
In late December, the assembly
granted the City Prosecutors request
to withdraw Shutovs deputys immu-
nity from prosecution. If found guilty
of all charges, Shutov could face life in
prison.
Train Kills 2
I ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) A
woman and her 5-year-old daughter
died Wednesday night in a train acci-
dent, Interfax news agency reported.
According to the press service of the
St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
Emergency Situations Ministry, the
mother and daughter were hit by a train
when trying to cross the railway tracks at
the crossing near the 21-kilometer mark
of Pushkinskoye highway. Both mother
and daughter were killed instantly.
Trans-Siberian Siege
I VLADIVOSTOK, Far East
(Reuters) Police in the freezing Far
East drove back hundreds of protesters
Wednesday trying to block the Trans-
Siberian Railway to complain at being
left without power and heat.
Desperate residents of Razdolnoye
village, which has had its power and
light cut off, attempted to surge onto
the track of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
But a police spokesman said security
forces outnumbered the protesters at
the village, some 50 kilometers from
Vladivostok, and no demonstrator ac-
tually reached the track.
You should be ashamed of yourself,
pushing old ladies into ditches, one el-
derly woman was shown shouting on
television as she struggled up an em-
bankment toward the tracks.
The situation in Vladivostok has im-
proved since last week, with some parts
of the far eastern city now spared
power cuts while others lose heat and
light for up to four hours daily.
Convoy Embarks
I LONDON (AP) Three Russian
trucks left London on the third and fi-
nal leg of a round-the-world expedition
Tuesday, their crew hoping to become
the first people to circumnavigate the
globe by truck.
If the team arrives in Moscow in
February as planned, they will have
driven 26,000 kilometers and crossed 11
national borders. Five out of the seven
team members had never been outside
of Russia before the expedition.
Stefania Zini, the Italian-born cap-
tain of the trucking team and the only
female crew member, said she kept
dreaming about driving around the
world three years ago while working at
a Moscow-based company importing
Italian furniture. Zini garnered dozens
of sponsors and selected her crew of
mechanics, truck drivers and engineers
during the next few years. The team left
Moscow last Feb. 16.
Tuleyev To Resign
I MOSCOW (SPT) Kemerovo re-
gional Governor Aman Tuleyev an-
nounced Wednesday that he will re-
sign in what RTR television said was a
plan to hold early elections and win
the post again.
Tuleyev said on RTR that he was re-
signing so that gubernatorial elections
would be held at the same time as local
elections April 22, a move that he said
would save the region money.
Kemerovos regional parliament will
decide Thursday whether to accept
Tuleyevs resignation, which would
cause gubernatorial elections to be held
three months early.
I N B R I E F
The first blast was
followed about
two minutes later
by and explosion
250 times larger.
this week by returning to Minsk from
Moscow a day early, ostensibly to
meet Kyrgyzstan President Askar
Akayev.
Some insist that Lukashenko, hav-
ing been offended by such treatment,
decided on his own to cut short his
Moscow trip. Others assert that the re-
quest came from the Kremlin, Be-
lorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta newspa-
per said.
Andrei Ryabov, political analyst
with the Moscow-based Carnegie En-
dowment for International Peace, said
Thursday that the decision to replace
Borodin is a pretext to show Luka-
shenko that he is losing the Kremlins
favor.
Yevgeny Volk of the Heritage Foun-
dations Moscow office also said that
Borodin was too closely affiliated with
Lukashenko. In my view, Russian au-
thorities have recently lost trust in
Borodin because he has become an odi-
ous figure, Volk said.
Ryabov and Volk both agreed that
the Kremlin has yet to use all of the
resources it has at its disposal to try to
contest Borodins arrest. It would be
inaccurate to say that the Kremlin
gave Borodin up, but, for a number of
reasons, it chose not to fight [for his
freedom] too vigorously, Ryabov
said.
Reuters, SPT
N E W S Friday, January 26, 2001 The St. Petersburg Times O 5
By Ana Uzelac
S TAFF WRI TER
MOSCOW The State Duma passed
a bill Thursday that will allow 69 of the
men who now govern Russias 89 re-
gions to seek a third or even a fourth
term in office.
The legislation had the support of
the Kremlin and was seen as President
Vladimir Putins biggest concession yet
to the regional elite.
Among the beneficiaries of the
move is Moscow Mayor Yury
Luzhkov, who will be able to run again
in 2003 and try to stay in office until
2007. Another is Tatarstan President
Mintimer Shaimiyev, who now has the
potential to rule his region for a total
of 20 years.
The move was hotly opposed by
the liberal Yabloko and Union of
Right Forces factions, which accused
the president of backtracking on his
earlier promises to fight corruption in
the regions.
The bill was an amendment to the
law on regional government, which
took effect Oct. 16, 1999, and limited
the governors to two consecutive
terms.
When passed in the first reading on
Nov. 30, the bill defined a governors
first term as the one he was serving on
Oct. 16, 1999. This would have limited
those eligible to seek a third term to
about 40 and would have excluded
Luzhkov, who was re-elected to a sec-
ond term in December 1999.
The version that passed Thursday in
the third and final reading defined a
governors first term as the one started
after Oct. 16, 1999. As a result, Luzhkov
can run again, while a governor like
Shaimiyev, who was re-elected to a sec-
ond term before that date, can run for
two more terms. Shaimiyev comes up
for re-election in March.
The revised bill was put forward
Wednesday by Georgy Boos of Father-
land, the party founded by the Moscow
mayor. It passed Wednesday in second
reading, but took the more liberal fac-
tions by complete surprise, said Vadim
Bondar of the Union of Right Forces,
or SPS.
It was clear that the Kremlin
would make concessions for a limited
number of extra terms, but not for al-
most everybody, Bondar said Thurs-
day by telephone.
The bill passed with the support of
the pro-Kremlin Unity and Peoples
Deputy factions, indicating that it had
Putins approval.
Kommersant newspaper reported
that two members of the presidential
administration deputy head Vladi-
mir Surkov and the head of its political
department Andrei Popov were pre-
sent at Wednesdays Duma session.
For the bill to become law, it still
has to be passed by the Russian parlia-
ments upper house, the Federation
Council, and be signed by the presi-
dent, but neither step appeared in
doubt.
The bill means that all governors
who have not come up for re-election
since October 1999 are in effect not
even serving their first term yet and will
only be seeking it in the future.
There are 17 such regional leaders,
including Ruslan Aushev of In-
gushetia, Murtaza Rakhimov of Bash-
kortostan and Kirsan Ilyumzhinov of
Kalmykia.
The 52 others, who like Luzhkov
were re-elected after that date, can run
for one more term. They include
Alexander Lebed of Krasnoyarsk,
Yevgeny Nazdratenko of Primorye and
Konstantin Titov of Samara.
The rest, who were elected for the
first time in their political careers after
Oct. 16, 1999, fall in the same category
and can seek one more term.
Sergei Markov, the director of the
Center for Political Research and the
head of the foreign desk of the Krem-
lin-connected Strana.ru Web site, said
that the concessions to the governors
were greater than expected but not a
surprise.
These concessions were a part of a
deal that the Kremlin struck with the
governors last spring, when it intro-
duced the legislation that curbed their
federal powers, he said in a telephone
interview Thursday.
As soon as he was inaugurated in
May, Putin began pushing for legisla-
tion to deprive the governors of their
seats in the Federation Council, strip
them of their immunity to criminal
prosecution and give the president the
right to get rid of those who disregard
federal law. With remarkably little ob-
jection, the governors in the Federa-
tion Council gave in and passed the
legislation.
The deal was simple: You lose
your federal influence in exchange for
full control over your regions, Mar-
kov said.
He said Thursdays concessions
show that the Kremlin now has a re-
gional elite it thinks it can work to-
gether with and wants to keep it that
way. The Kremlin was able to rid itself
of some of the most objectionable
governors in regional elections held
last year.
I think the presidents revolution-
ary zeal for reforming relations be-
tween the federation and the regions
has been overestimated, Markov
said.
Andrei Ryabov, a political analyst at
the Moscow Carnegie Center, said the
Kremlin is also counting on its repre-
sentatives in the seven new federal dis-
tricts to keep the regions in line.
The Kremlin is counting on that
when the representatives get stronger, it
will be completely irrelevant who is in
power in the regions, he said. So
theres no need for hostilities.
But the bill has caused another rift
between the Kremlin and SPS, its
sometimes-loyal Duma partner.
The leader of the SPS Duma faction,
Boris Nemtsov, said the bill was un-
dermining the foundations of Russian
statehood.
Whole regions are practically being
given away to the old regional elite,
which will result in a rise in the level of
corruption and make local bureaucra-
cies unchangeable and unpunishable,
he said.
Yabloko went a step further, calling
the bill a constitutional coup and
warning that it might be just the first
step toward allowing the president to
extend his time in office as well.
Luzhkov has been mayor of
Moscow since 1992, when he was ap-
pointed by then-President Boris Yeltsin.
He was re-elected in June 1996 and De-
cember 1999.
Shaimiyev has ruled Tatarstan
since 1989, when he became first sec-
retary of the Communist Partys re-
gional committee. Yeltsin appointed
him the republics president in 1991.
He was elected for the first time in
March 1996 and is still serving that
five-year term.
Rakhimov is another long-serving
leader. He became head of the
Supreme Soviet in Bashkortostan in
1990, was elected president in 1993 and
re-elected in 1998.
Putin-Backed Bill Buys Governors More Time
The legislation was
seen as Vladimir
Putins biggest
concession yet to the
regional elite.
The bill has caused a
rift between the
Kremlin and SPS, its
sometimes-loyal
Duma partner.
COMBI NED REPORTS
Japanese power companies are con-
sidering shipping radioactive waste
from Europe to Japan through Rus-
sias northern seas, a Russian official
said Wednesday.
The international environmental
group Greenpeace says the project
is a nightmare scenario: a Soviet-era
nuclear icebreaker crashing through
the ice, followed by a ship carrying
radioactive materials through the
fragile Arctic.
Alexander Ushakov of the
Transport Ministry said plans for
such shipments have been under dis-
cussion for a year.
However, the Japanese consor-
tium interested in the route denied it
was involved in any negotiations but
said it was working with a Russian
concern on a feasibility study.
Shigeki Okada, spokesman for
Japans Federation of Electric Power
Companies, refused to elaborate on
the position.
In an interview broadcast by the
Norwegian state radio network
NRK, Vladimir Blinov of the Mur-
mansk Shipping Co. also said that
talks were under way. He said a test
run, which would not involve any
waste on board, was planned for this
summer, with shipping to begin in
2002.
NRK said he refused to discuss de-
tails of the talks. There are such ne-
gotiations, such positions, but nothing
more, Blinov said in English. In
principle, it is good business.
News of the negotiations, which
was first reported by Japans Kyodo
news agency, comes as the govern-
ment is seeking ways to increase ex-
ploitation of the northern sea route,
which proponents say is the fastest
and cheapest route between Europe
and Asia.
Russia has the largest fleet of nu-
clear-powered icebreakers, which
are operated by the Murmansk
Shipping Co., but aside from ship-
ments by Norilsk Nickel, the route is
largely unused.
It also comes as the government
is is in the process of pushing
through legislation that would allow
Russia to import spent nuclear fuel
for storage. That plan has been met
with outrage from environmental-
ists, who were no more pleased
about the shipping plan.
Igor Forofontov, nuclear cam-
paign coordinator for the Moscow
office of Greenpeace, said that the
northern sea route was a particu-
larly dangerous way by which to
ship nuclear waste.
The northern sea route is a
tough waterway, and sailors who
navigated it were always called
heroes, he said.
The Japanese companies and
their European partners have been
shipping the waste since 1995 as
part of a deal set up to reprocess
spent uranium and plutonium from
Japan at La Hague in France and
Sellafield in Britain. The resulting
mixed-oxide nuclear fuel and the
high-level waste that is a by-prod-
uct of the process are then shipped
back to Japan.
So far, two routes have been tried
through the Panama Canal and
around the tip of South America.
Both were met with protest by the
countries along the routes.
Caribbean states, Argentina,
Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Australia and
other South Pacific countries have
protested the shipments, forcing the
Japanese to look for other routes.
A shipment launched Jan. 19 and
set to travel around South Africa is
also expected to meet with strong
opposition, said Tobias Muench-
meyer, a nuclear campaigner at
Greenpeace International, speaking
by telephone from Berlin.
AP, MT
Nuclear Waste Shipments
May Test Northern Route
COMBI NED REPORTS
MOSCOW The Russian govern-
ment rejected accusations of high-
handedness from Belarus on Thurs-
day after replacing Pavel Borodin,
who is under arrest in the United
States, as head of the proposed union
between the two states.
The former Kremlin property man-
ager was due to attend a bail hearing in
New York later Thursday linked to
Swiss attempts to extradite him. He is
accused of taking multi-million dollar
kickbacks from Swiss construction
companies.
Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov
appointed Igor Selivanov, who is one
of Borodins deputies, as acting secre-
tary of the Belarussian-Russian
Union, a nebulous body preparing the
planned economic merger of Belarus
and Russia.
The appointment brought an indig-
nant reaction in Minsk. Theoretically
Kasyanov has the right to propose can-
didates for council secretary, an offi-
cial in Minsk said on condition of
anonymity.
But it should be confirmed by the
Council of Ministers. Not just by the
Russian prime minister but by the Be-
larussian too, he said. Kasyanov can-
not give directions and orders for both
governments.
Deputy Prime Minister Viktor
Khristenko said the Belarussian-Rus-
sian Union needed an acting chief to
prepare for a meeting scheduled for
Monday.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky led a parade
by supporters of his nationalist-ori-
ented Liberal Democratic Party to the
Swiss Embassy in Moscow on Thurs-
day, waving banners and placards back-
ing Borodin. This is a form of war
against Russia, Zhirinovsky said. It is
provocation.
Belarussian President Alexander
Lukashenko has vehemently criticized
Borodins arrest and said he was duty-
bound to support the head of the Be-
larussian-Russian union.
Media say Lukashenko signaled his
fury at Russias inaction over Borodin
Borodin Replacement Draws Belarus Ire
vestment plans will radically change
only in the event of a dramatic down-
turn in the price of oil this year, Kras-
nov said.
Yukos executives dont expect such
an event to happen. In the past two
years, Yukos focused on cost cutting,
and this gives it a cushion in case the
price of oil slips.
The $1.5 billion will go toward
drilling, construction of 80 to 100 wells,
a gas-compressing station and a
pipeline from the West Siberian fields
that would join them to Transnefts
network.
Yukos wants to exploit the West
Siberian fields as fast as possible be-
cause they are a relatively new playing
card in Russias oil game, said Ivan
Mazalov, an oil analyst at Troika Dia-
log. Overall, the quantity of their in-
vestment is in line with what other
petroleum companies are doing this
year, he said.
At the beginning of this year, Yukos
raised its stake in West Siberia from
19.9 percent to 68 percent. The other
32 percent belong to Mettalinvest,
which, in turn, belongs to Rossiisky
Kredit bank.
For 2001, Yukos intends to extract
56.5 million to 57 million tons of oil, and
Beilin noted that this will, in part, de-
pend on the companys processing and
retail capabilities. This is a 15 percent
increase from last year. Also, the oil
company has allocated $750 million in
total this year for its upstream activities.
The St. Petersburg Times O 6
Business
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2001
By Andrey Musatov
S TAFF WRI TER
St. Petersburg Telephone Network
(PTS), through its wholly owned Tele-
cominvest subsidiary, has further
strengthened its position in the local mar-
ket in the last two weeks with the launch
of St. Petersburg Transit Telecom (PTT).
PTT immediately attracted big-name
clients to its $48.6 million ground-line
capacity system with cellular providers
North-West GSM, Delta-Telecom and
Fora Communications switching to the
carrier for their ground-line traffic.
The cellular providers had previously
routed this traffic through the Peterstar
system. The transfer deals a serious blow
to Peterstar as cellular traffic generated
about $19 million in revenues during
2000 about a third of total revenues
United Financial Group (UFG) reports.
Telecominvest holds a 29 percent
stake in Peterstar, while it owns 100 per-
cent of the newly created company. The
remaining 71 percent stake in Peterstar
belongs to Metromedia Telecommunica-
tions, an international holding company.
According to a report authored by
Ari Krel, a telecoms analyst with UFG,
the PTT project was originally launched
in January 2000 by PTS itself, but was
later transferred to Telecominvest be-
cause the parent firm lacked the funds
to complete it.
Telecominvest provided $21 million
of the price tag for the new 320-kilometer
fiber-optic network, with an additional
$10 million credit provided by Moskov-
sky International Bank and the remain-
ing $17 million coming in the form of
credits from equipment suppliers.
While Krel reported that other
firms, such as payphone service
provider Metrocom, and Sovintel,
which provides long-distance and other
services, are also negotiating a shift to
the PTT network, he stressed that the
cellular-related business was the most
important factor for the new system.
The most lucrative part of PTTs op-
eration will be the provision of connect-
ing and numbering capacity to cellular
operators, Krel wrote. PTT has taken
this business away from Peterstar ... .
According to Aleksei Ionov, a press
officer at North-West GSM, the PTT
plan was originally hatched with the
goal of rationalizing the citys phone
traffic and easing the load on the exist-
ing PTS network. But Ionov said that
the system ultimately provided a num-
ber of advantages to cellular providers.
While a more suitable infrastruc-
ture was one reason to switch, Ionov
said in a telephone interview on Thurs-
day, a big reason is that the cost for our
traffic on the system will be lower.
Ionov would not comment on the fi-
nancial specifics of North-West GSMs
agreement with PTT, citing one condi-
tion of the agreement, but did say that
the negotiations with the new system
took place over a long period.
North-West GSM signed the agree-
ment with PTT just a few days ago, but
negotiations were initiated last fall,
Ionov said.
Industry analysts said the reduction
in costs for the cellular carriers would be
significant, but they said it was unlikely
that these savings would make much of
a difference in the rates cellular users
would be charged for their service.
Although carrying costs are about
half of what they were, this will hardly in-
fluence the prices of St. Petersburg cell-
phone operators, Anton Pogrebinsky, a
telecoms analyst at Json & Partners, said
in telephone interview Thursday.
North-West GSM, for instance,
which is the only operator in the area
working on the GSM standard, probably
wont lower their rates in the absence of
a competitor, such as Telecom XXI.
In late 1997 Russias Communica-
tions Ministry divided the country into
eight regions and then stipulated that
two licenses to operate the GSM stan-
dard were to be granted in each. Along
with North-West GSM, Telekom XXI
was granted a GSM license for the
Northwest region in spring 1998, but has
yet to begin operating a system here.
Aside from the incentive provided by
lower charges, Pogrebinsky said corpo-
rate structure concerns may have also
played a role in the decision by North-
West GSM and Delta to switch carriers.
Telecominvests direct stake in
North-West GSM is 45 percent, but an-
other 6 percent belongs to Kontakt-S
and Vest-Link, which are also associated
with Telecominvest, he said. Delta
Telecom is 25 percent owned by Tele-
cominvest and 32 percent owned by
PTS, a total of 57 percent, so the switch
could just represent the integration of
daughter companies within a sector.
Cell Cos. Jump to New System
The transfer is a blow
to Peterstar as cellular
traffic generated
about $19 millon in
revenues during 2000.
By Svetlana Kovalyova
REUTERS
MOSCOW A loan from the Central
Bank is the best way for the government
to service its debt to the Paris Club of
creditor nations, senior deputies in the
State Duma said Tuesday.
Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov
said last week the government, facing
tough talks with the club, would ask
the lower house of parliament to re-
vise the 2001 budget so that a greater
share of any extra incoming budget
revenues could be allocated for for-
eign debt servicing.
But Duma banking committee head
Alexander Shokhin said the Duma
would hardly support this proposal be-
cause deputies had agreed to pass a tight
2001 budget in exchange for a fixed dis-
tribution of additional revenues.
Shokhin advised the government to
use the Central Banks burgeoning re-
serves to pay debts to the Paris Club
falling due in the first quarter. The
Duma, which has to approve such bor-
rowing, would support the government,
he said.
The easiest way is to borrow from
the Central Bank. The Duma will sup-
port it. It always supports the govern-
ment, even when it believes that the
government is not quite right, Shokhin
told a news conference.
He said the government was likely
to present its proposals on Paris Club
debt repayment to the Duma in mid-
February.
The 2001 budget doesnt provide for
$3.8 billion for payments to the Paris
Club this year, nor
does it allow the
government to bor-
row from the Cen-
tral Bank.
The budget
states that if there
are additional rev-
enues up to 70 bil-
lion rubles ($2.47
billion), they are to be split in half be-
tween domestic needs and foreign debt.
If extra revenues exceed 70 billion
rubles, 70 percent will go to foreign debt.
The government, which hopes to re-
structure and partially write off the $38.7
billion of Soviet-era debt it owes to the
Paris Club, angered creditors earlier this
month by saying it would not pay in full
$1.6 billion owed in the first quarter.
Kasyanov has said funds are tight
and social spending would not be cut
for the sake of paying foreign debt, but
he has opposed borrowing from the
Central Bank, saying this would under-
mine macroeconomic stability.
Central Bank gold and foreign ex-
change reserves are near post-Soviet
highs at $27.8 billion. But the banks
first deputy head, Tatyana Paramonova,
said the bank would lend money to the
government only as a last resort.
Only if there are no other sources,
then, under the law, such an option
could be used, Paramonova told re-
porters on the sidelines of a banking
conference.
If we have to pay in the first quar-
ter, the cheapest way is to take a Cen-
tral Bank credit.
Central Bank Proposed as
Paris Club Debt Solution
SPT
Alexander Shokhin
By Anna Raff
S TAFF WRI TER
MOSCOW The nations No. 2 oil
major is stepping up its efforts to
breach Chinas energy market with
plans to invest $1.5 billion into its
West Siberian subsidiary over the next
five years.
We aim to extract 7.5 million tons of
crude a year from its fields, Yury Beilin,
Yukos head of exploration and extrac-
tion, said Wednesday at a conference.
The West Siberia Oil Co. has the
permit for geological exploration of the
Yurubshensky plot in the Evenkiisky
Autonomous District. The total conces-
sion, which also includes several sur-
rounding plots, has lain fallow since its
discovery in the 1980s. The concession
is estimated to hold more than 500 mil-
lion tons of oil.
The discovery was never exploited
due to the economic slowdown during
the twilight of the Soviet Union, and
until now, no one has put forward the
substantial funds necessary to extract
oil from these fields.
Chinas growing energy needs, and
an intergovernmental understanding
that it would be an eager buyer of oil
pumped from western Siberia, also
acted as a catalyst for Yukos decision,
said Beilin, a dead ringer for former
presidential candidate and current pres-
idential envoy to the Volga region,
Sergei Kiriyenko.
Profit figures for 2000 are not yet
available, but recent record-breaking
dividend handouts testify to the
amount of last years take, much of
which will finance Yukos investment,
officials said.
Yukos spokesman Andrei Krasnov
said that the $1.5 billion investment
figure was reached using a pessimistic
estimate of the price of oil traded on
international markets. Last year,
Yukos invested $700 million. Our in-
Yukos Plan Targets Chinese Energy Market
REUTERS
HELSINKI A plan to build a
northern-tier pipeline to carry Rus-
sian natural gas to Western Europe
via Finland took a step forward on
Wednesday when the Finnish and
Russian governments signalled their
support.
Finnish Prime Minister Paavo
Lipponen told reporters in Moscow
that Finland and Russia had agreed
in principle to support the concept of
a pipeline from Russia through
Finnish territorial waters under the
Baltic Sea to continental Europe.
But one of the likely builders,
Finnish energy group Fortum, said it
and Gazprom had not yet made any
firm decision to invest in the esti-
mated $3 billion pipeline, and would
first seek European partners.
Gazprom board member Yury
Komarov told reporters in Moscow
that Gazprom, Fortum and Ger-
manys Ruhrgas and Wintershall
planned to create a consortium in
the next two months to build the
pipeline.
A northern line would rival Cen-
tral European routes for Russian
gas, including one through Ukraine
and another, the Yamal line, through
Belarus and Poland.
Fortum and Gazprom have
made feasibility studies on the
pipeline via their joint venture
North Transgas, whose chief execu-
tive, Rainer Moberg, said that if the
project goes ahead, it would aim to
start pumping gas by the end of the
decade.
Moberg said the partners would
now proceed with further studies
on a pipeline starting near the town
of Vyborg in Russia, passing
through Finnish waters in the east-
ern Baltic Sea and emerging in
northern Germany.
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B U S I N E S S Friday, January 26, 2001 The St. Petersburg Times O 7
By Peter Baker
and Susan B. Glasser
THE WAS HI NGTON POS T
MOSCOW A plan by Russias
largest bank to sell millions of shares of
stock at bargain-basement prices
threatens to undercut foreign investors
and revive the long-simmering issue of
shareholder rights in a country still try-
ing to lure Western businesses back af-
ter the financial crisis of 1998.
The state-controlled Sberbank plans
to raise $135 million by issuing new
shares. But American and other in-
vestors whose holdings would be
severely diluted are trying to block the
sale and remove the head of the bank.
The flare-up echoes similar disputes
at a variety of major Russian businesses
recently and presents a fresh challenge
for President Vladimir Putin, who has
promised to create an economic market
with fair and predictable rules rather
than one governed by backstage deal-
making at the expense of minority own-
ers. Until now, Putin has done little to
curb the Wild West business climate.
Just Wednesday, however, the gov-
ernment finally stepped in on one
prominent case. The Federal Securities
Commission filed a lawsuit to stop a
controversial restructuring by Norilsk
Nickel, one of the worlds largest pro-
ducers of nickel and platinum. Minority
shareholders had complained that they
would be ravaged by Norilsk, controlled
by prominent tycoon Vladimir Potanin.
The question of the states relation-
ship to business remains a touchy one in
a nation that has spent the past decade
trying to create a market economy from
scratch, only to find a select handful of
politically connected oligarchs like
Potanin profiting by privatizing govern-
ment industries on favorable terms.
Putin came to power a year ago
promising to rein in the oligarchs, but he
has targeted only two who owned media
companies sometimes critical of govern-
ment policies. During a meeting on
Wednesday, Putin emphasized to a
group of the nations leading business
moguls that he will not try to re-examine
the sometimes questionable deals of the
past and that rumors of the destruction
of Russian business were unfounded.
I am certain that those fears are al-
ready behind us, he said in televised
remarks. Nothing of the kind is hap-
pening, as you see.
The Sberbank case carries particular
political sensitivities for Putin, both be-
cause the Central Bank owns the major-
ity of shares and because it is the one
bank most used by the Russian people.
Sberbank holds nearly three-quarters of
the deposits by private individuals in
Russia, for the simple reason that it is the
only bank here with a commitment from
the government to back its accounts.
Sberbank executives want to issue 5
million shares to raise capital, taking
advantage of authorization by share-
holders given in 1997, but the stock
price has fallen from a high of over $350
that year to around $28.75 now.
Foreign investors complain that sell-
ing new shares at such a low price
would diminish the value of their stock.
Critics calculated that the companys
book value, meaning the price based on
the actual worth of the company, was
four times as high as the price on the
open market. Analysts said selling stock
at such a price was virtually unheard of
for a bank except in bankruptcy cases.
The suspicion is that theres some-
thing going on that these guys are
going to issue the equity and a big
chunk will end up with somebody we
dont know about, said a neutral ana-
lyst, Chris Weafer, research director at
the Troika Dialog brokerage firm, who
downgraded Sberbanks stock Wednes-
day. In Russia, when you dont know,
its always led to bad things.
William F. Browder, managing direc-
tor of Hermitage Capital Management,
put together a coalition of enough for-
eign investors to call for an extraordinary
shareholders meeting to try to oust Sber-
bank chief executive Andrei Kazmin. In
a letter to the Central Bank this week,
Browder accused Sberbank of misman-
agement and said the proposed stock
offering is not a rational decision.
Browder and others argue that other
options are available to raise the banks
capital funds, which hover near the 10
percent minimum ratio required by
Russian law. One alternative might be
short-term subordinated debt, he
said, perhaps from the Central Bank.
Sberbank and Central Bank officials
did not respond Wednesday. But a
prominent Sberbank board member
who normally sides with minority in-
vestors said he agreed with the ratio-
nale for the stock sale.
Boris Fyodorov, a former finance
minister, said he sympathizes with the
absolutely legitimate complaints and
agrees that selling at such a low price is
not a very nice thing. But, he said,
there was little choice and expressed
confidence that the plan was not a
scheme to sell to a hidden buyer waiting
in the wings.
Theres no foul play in the sense
that they want to ship the whole issue to
some oligarch or friends or something,
he said. Weve got gentlemans word
that nothing like this will be tried.
Sberbank Stock-Sale Plan Draws Flak
Foreign investors
complain that selling
shares at such a low
price would drop the
value of their stock.
By Mikhail Yenukov
VEDOMOS TI
MOSCOW An Indian oil com-
pany is to receive a stake in the
Sakhalin-1 offshore oil and gas pro-
ject in return for an order for Rus-
sian armaments in a deal that brings
a windfall to state-owned oil major
Rosneft, sources said Tuesday.
Under the deal, which arose after
President Vladimir Putin visited the
subcontinent in October, Rosneft has
agreed to pass on half of its 40 per-
cent stake in Sakhalin-1 to Indias Oil
and Natural Gas Corp.s international
arm, ONGC-Videsh Ltd., or OVL.
Under the deal, OVL will pay Ros-
neft $200 million and cover the com-
panys previous expenses of about $100
million to $150 million, and also fund
Rosnefts participation in Sakhalin-1
until the project starts to make a profit.
The initial, loss-making stage of
the project is to be completed by 2005,
before which the participants are due
to invest $4 billion. Once Rosneft is
left with a 20 percent share, it will be
required to invest $800 million. Now
OVL will be picking up the bill.
OVLs conditions will most likely
force Rosnefts old partners in
Sakhalin-1 U.S. giant ExxonMo-
bil and Japans Sodeco to waive
their preferential option to purchase
the 20 percent stake, said a source
close to the Property Ministry.
OVL is offering an unjustifiably
high amount [for the 20 percent
stake], the source said. Most likely
this has all been resolved by political
and international relations.
Putin promised that he would
sell a share in Sakhalin to India. This
is definitely a condition for selling
Russian aircraft to India, said a
source close to the Energy Ministry.
Putins visit to Delhi in October
initially appeared not to have
brought any significant results, and
Russia reduced the value of military
hardware it plans to sell to India.
Now it seems that the reduction
may have been made for a reason
it is almost equal to OVLs costs in the
deal with Rosneft. During the visit, it
was anticipated that contracts licens-
ing production of the new Su-30MKI
fighter and T-90C tanks in India
would be signed. India wasnt excited
about the terms, however. According
to unofficial sources, the tank con-
tract fell in price from $880 million to
$520 million, while the price of the
Su-30MKI deal signed in December
last year was slashed by $700 million.
Initially it was proposed that India
would pay $4 billion for the license.
This political deal between
Russia and India could be extremely
good news for Rosneft, which an-
nounced in 1998 that it planned to
sell off half of its Sakhalin share but
failed to find a suitable buyer.
Rosneft is happy that everything
ended this way. Sakhalin is a risky
project so far research has been
carried out that has not given com-
plete information as to how profitable
it actually is, said Rosneft press sec-
retary Alexander Stepanenko.
Rosneft hopes that once we
have sold our share we wont lose the
money that we could have earned
from implementing the project.
Putin Visit to India
Leads Way to Deals
By Yulia Latynina
P
AVEL Borodin, secretary of the Russia-Be-
larus Union, is sitting in a New York jail, fac-
ing possible extradition to Switzerland. With
the notable exception of President Vladimir Putin
who has the habit of maintaining silence about
any arrests the whole nation has reacted with
outrage to this event. One businessman I know
captured the mood perfectly when he told me,
Well, theyve found a fine person to arrest! Oth-
ers dont do anything but steal, while Borodin at
least built something!
It looks like they got Borodin just as he was hit-
ting his stride. The former Kremlin property chief
continued to show a healthy interest in architec-
ture. His latest project was the proposed federal
parliament complex in St. Petersburg, which car-
ries a projected price tag of $2 billion.
Not so much, but its worth noting that this is
about two-thirds of the amount that Russia
presently is trying to avoid paying out to the
Paris Club.
Ironically, the parliament complex was to be
built not by the Swiss company Mabetex, but by
Americas Cushman & Wakefield.
This connection encourages speculation that
Borodin traveled to America not, as was reported,
to attend the inauguration of President George W.
Bush, but to tend to his own business. Otherwise,
it seems likely that someone would have told him
that Bushs inauguration would be held in Wash-
ington, not New York.
Nonetheless, I find myself sharing my compa-
triots outrage. As Pushkin put it, Of course I de-
spise my fatherland from head to toe, but it upsets
me when foreigners share this sentiment.
It isnt right when foreigners decide which Rus-
sians are corrupt and which arent. It is still worse
when the person deciding is someone like Swiss in-
vestigating judge Daniel Devaud, a man of known
leftist leanings. As Russian television commenta-
tor Mikhail Leontiev wryly observer, Devaud is
sparing no effort in the struggle against Russian
capitalism.
Devauds battle has found support in the global
financial community, which for some reason sus-
pects there is some direct connection between the
huge profits Mabetex received and Russias refusal
to pay its debts.
Of course, if foreigners think the arrest of two
or three bribe-takers is going to put an end to cor-
ruption in Russia, they are sadly mistaken.
I imagine that if we took half of all our bu-
reaucrats out tomorrow and shot them, the other
half would just work twice as hard to take up the
slack.
Incidentally, Devaud has no legal proof that
Borodin is guilty of anything. Most likely this is
indicative not of Borodins clean hands, but of the
ineffectiveness of any prosecutor even
Switzerlands.
Even the arrest order says that Borodin is be-
ing detained not as a suspect, but as a witness. It
notes that he has repeatedly refused to appear
and testify.
If you look at the case that has been prepared
so far, it is far from clear what crimes Devaud
thinks Borodin may have committed. He needs
Borodin to come and tell him what he should be
arrested for.
And judging from what Ive heard, Russian
prosecutors are using just the same approach in
their questioning of employees and managers of
Media-MOST.
Yulia Latynina is the creator and host of The Ru-
ble Zone on NTV television.
By David Ignatius
P
RESIDENT George W. Bush appears set to
make a potentially costly mistake by politi-
cizing his administrations approach to
global financial crises. He announced plans last
week to create a White House team to handle such
economic problems but it's one that could
spend as much time in inter-agency bickering as in
crisis management.
This is one area where Bush would have been
wise to learn from the Clinton administration,
which developed real expertise in handling in-
ternational financial crises, from the 1995 Mexi-
can bailout to the 97 Asian crisis to the 98 Rus-
sian default.
A president who loved to put his arms around
other policy problems learned to back off and
leave these delicate matters to experts at the Trea-
sury Department and the Federal Reserve. They
were able to handle crises quietly and calmly
outside the political spotlight.
The Bush administrations decision to dump
this successful Clinton approach is perplexing and
potentially dangerous. Instead of leaving it to the
pros, Bush has chosen to
politicize global finance, by
vesting power in the White
House and its policy-making
National Security Council.
Bush told The New York
Times last week that he
would shift control of global
economics to his national-
security adviser, Con-
doleezza Rice, and his chief
economic adviser, Lawrence Lindsey. They
would share a desk, Bush said an amicable
formula that in real-world Washington often
presages a power struggle.
The desk-sharers will have to coordinate with
each other, as well as with Treasury, State, Com-
merce, the special trade representative and the
CIA not to mention the television networks.
Globalization has altered the dynamics in the
White House, as well as between the White House
and the Treasury, Bush explained. He said he
wanted to make sure the economic people don't
run off with foreign policy and vice versa.
But why reinvent this particular wheel? Partly,
the answer is bureaucratic politics. Global eco-
nomics is a hot issue, so Rice and Lindsey under-
standably want to control it. Putting a White
House stamp on the issue is a way of marking it
Important.
The problems will come when a financial crisis
strikes. That's when the White House, operating
under the klieg lights, may be the wrong address
for crisis management. The real tasks will involve
negotiating with banks, imposing harsh conditions
on foreign countries and avoiding public state-
ments that could send financial markets into a
death spiral. White House operatives don't fit this
job description.
During the Clinton years, Treasury secretaries
Robert Rubin and Lawrence Summers and Fed
chairman Alan Greenspan were able to move
quickly and quietly when disaster loomed. A Time
magazine cover dubbed these three The Com-
mittee to Save the World, because of their success
in averting financial disasters.
The danger in Mexico, Asia and Russia was
spreading financial panic a rush for the exits as
investors tried to unload bad debts. The secret of
success was to negotiate workout plans that kept
these economies functioning and stemmed the
panic. The model was Wall Street rather than
Pennsylvania Avenue.
Lets imagine that a major international bank
or foreign debtor should default over the next sev-
eral months, threatening a cascade of similar fail-
ures by other financial institutions. Sadly, this is
not an entirely far-fetched scenario. How would
the Bush administration react?
First, it apparently hopes to have earlier
warning of such crises, thanks to more-aggressive
economic reporting by U.S. intelligence agen-
cies. Thats the initial fallacy. If the global
bankers and financiers who have money at risk
don't see the crises coming, how will a junior an-
alyst at the CIA?
The next thing Bushs crisis managers will do
is to hold meetings. Theyll have to coordinate
all the Cabinet agencies that
have their fingers in the pie.
With so many parties in-
volved, theres the added
danger of leaks to the media
so maybe they'll have to
hold some press confer-
ences, too.
Finally, the president him-
self may jump in. Bush sig-
naled his eagerness to be
cheerleader-in-chief in early January, when he said:
I am pleased that the Fed has cut the interest
rates. Clinton made a rule of not commenting on
Fed policy, and Bush later signaled his comment
had been a mistake.
Beyond the bureaucratic difficulties with the
Bush approach is a personnel problem. So far,
the new administration doesnt seem to have
anyone with the expertise Rubin brought from
his days as a trader at Goldman Sachs, or Sum-
mers brought from his years as chief economist
at the World Bank. Rices expertise is in foreign
policy, not economics.
And while Lindsey is a former member of the
Fed board, critics say he has little feel for the nu-
ances of international finance.
The Bush Treasury is also weak on global fi-
nance. Secretary-designate Paul ONeill may
have been a fine CEO at Alcoa, but he lacks Ru-
bins knowledge of financial markets. That gap
led many to expect that ONeill would recruit a
Wall Street financier as his deputy. But the lead-
ing candidate for the deputy's job is said to be
Kenneth Dam, a law professor whose most im-
portant government service was at the Reagan
State Department.
The new president is right to highlight the
global economy as a crucial area for his adminis-
tration. But so far, his efforts to deal with it are
taking him in the wrong direction.
David Ignatius is a columnist for the Washington
Post, for which he wrote this comment.
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HIS is a big step forward, said
former Moscow City Court
Judge Vladimir Mironov after
President Vladimir Putin had introduced
legislation that would finally bring the Crim-
inal Procedural Code in line with the Con-
stitution. Human Rights Commissioner
Oleg Mironov said he felt great satisfac-
tion with Putins action.
The Duma legislation committee was set
to begin immediate consideration of the
proposal, which was widely expected to sail
through with ease. The bill which would
have mandated court-ordered arrest and
search warrants was set to become the
next major step in legal reform, following
Decembers passage of a bill that reduced
the maximum period of pretrial detention
from 18 to 12 months.
Until, that is, Putin unceremoniously
withdrew it on Monday, reportedly under
pressure from police and prosecutors.
Dmitry Kozak, the Kremlins deputy chief
of staff, told journalists that although Putin
still supports the bill, a number of legal,
technical and organizational issues need to
be resolved. Supporters of the reform,
though, fear that the proposal will be
worked to death behind closed doors.
We can only hope that these fears prove
unjustified and that the government quickly
returns with a bill that is substantively the
same. Legal reform must remain a priority
of the highest order, especially as the gov-
ernment is moving very quickly to
strengthen the police and security organs.
Only a strong legal foundation based on
constitutional guarantees can prevent
Putins much-ballyhooed dictatorship of
law from devolving into mere dictatorship.
The presidents primary obligation is to
ensure that all the provisions of the Consti-
tution are consistently and effectively en-
forced. By introducing this legislation, Putin
has shown that he takes this obligation seri-
ously. Now he must show that he has the de-
termination to stay the course despite en-
trenched interests pursuing less noble ends.
Serious reform is rarely easy. The resis-
tance that we are now seeing in regard to le-
gal reform, we fear, is childs play compared
to what is to come when Putin moves seri-
ously with the military reform that the Secu-
rity Council approved last November.
However, Putin has no excuse for back-
ing down. His popularity rating is astonish-
ingly high, and there is significant public
support for this particular reform. The pres-
ident has committed allies in the Duma, and
the necessary funds for implementing the
reform can surely be found.
Yielding in this instance may under-
mine all of the much-needed reforms that
Putin has pledged himself to. Now Putin
must prove he is ready for the difficult
fights to come.
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His Reforms
The Complex
Battle Against
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The Next Crisis
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power in the White
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T O O U R R E A D E R S
impotence and makes fools out of everybody
surrounding him in the process. Akimov
Comedy Theater
PREMIERE! Don Juan Gennady
Trostyanetsky stages Molires play about the
legendary seducer. Alexandrinsky Theater
Milashka Pop star Dmitry Nagiyev stars in
Lev Rakhlins production of a musical by
Marina Gavrilova loosely based on Italian
films. Baltiisky Dom
PREMIERE! Phaedra Grigory Dityatkovsky
stages Racines tragedy based on Greek myth
about a princess whose forbidden love for her
stepson has catastrophic consequences
Bolshoi Drama Theater
Old Maid Boris Milgram directs
Nadezhda Ptyushkinas story of a lonely
about to spend the Christmas holidays alone
with her ailing mother when fate intervenes.
With Inna Churikova, Zinaida Sharko,
Alexander Mikhailov and Larisa Savankova.
Gorky Palace of Culture. 4 Ploshchad Stachek.
M: Narvskaya.
Scandal at the Grand Opera, or Lend Me a
Tenor Alexander Isakov directs Ludwigs
comedy about an opera singers romantic
escapades. Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater
Caligula Yury Butusov directs Albert Camus
famous story of the life of the Roman emperor.
Lensoviet Theater
A Fine Sunday for a Picnic Director Vladimir
Pazi stages Tennessee Williams character
study of four women in what he describes as a
jazz quartet. Lensoviet Theater, Small Stage.
7:30 p.m.
Running Wanderers Directed by Vladimir
Tumanov, this contemporary piece is based
on the reminiscences of a girl and her
mother, with relevance to the lives of women
today. Maly Drama Theater Theater of
Europe
Restauranchik... Restauranchik...
Cabaret Play Igor Konyayev directs a
freestyle song-and-dance interpretation of
works by Chekhov, Zoshchneko, Averchenko
and Mayakovsky. Maly Drama Theater
Theater of Europe, Chamber Stage. 7:30 p.m.
The Tricks of Scapin Vladimir Vetrogonov
directs one of Molires less-acclaimed comic
farces. Molodyozhny Theater
PREMIERE! Mother, or the Unrest of the
Dead Venyamin Filshtinsky directs Karel
Chapeks 1938 philosophical play which was
born of disputes with Maxim Gorky and
Bertholt Brecht. Priyut Komedianta Theater
The Forest Grigory Kozlovs production of the
Alexander Ostrovsky play about a group of
Russian provincial actors. Theater on Liteiny
The Marriage Anatoly Morozov directs
Gogols grotesque farce about a man
attempting to escape marriage. Vasilyevsky
Ostrov Theater of Satire, Small Stage
Zaklikukhi Svetlana Svirko directs her own
play, which uses two different sets of actors,
young and mature, to tell a story based on
folklore. Vasilyevsky Ostrov Theater of Satire,
Small Stage
for children
The Christmas Mystery A fairy tale plot
based on E.T.A. Hoffman about the unhappy
orphan Elza, turned out of the house on
Christmas Eve by her vicious master and his
mistress. A magician appears to Elza and tells
her the story of the Christ child. To the music
of Bach. Zazerkalye Childrens Theater. 11 a.m.
Sat., Jan. 27
ballet
Jewels Ballet stars of the Mariinsky perform
three different divertissements by Tchaikovsky,
Faur and Stravinsky representing emerald,
ruby, and diamond. Mariinsky Theater
MANILA BALLET TOUR Erica Cruz, artistic
director. The greatest ballet troupe of the
Philippines performs several signature pieces
set to the music of the Beatles, Frederic
Chopin, Herbie Hancock, David Grusin,
Giuseppe Verdi, etc. Mussorgsky Theater
concert
Vladimir Viardo Piano. Peter Feranec
(Slovakia) conducts the St. Petersburg
Philharmonic Orchestra. Dvorak, Duca, Ravel.
Shostakovich Philharmonic
Stil Pyaty Folk Ensemble Music by Debussy,
Mozart, Ramaud and Scarlatti is given the folk
treatment. St. Petersburg State Cappella
theater
My Little Cherry Orchard Slapovskys
nostalgic comedy set in contemporary times
with amusing references to Chekhovs classic
tale. Directed by Tatyana Kazakova. Akimov
Comedy Theater
PREMIERE! Cyrano de Bergerac Vladimir
Tykke directs Edmond Rostands famous tale
of the incorrigible duellist with a large nose
who writes love poems to his lady conveying
them via his rival. Baltiisky Dom
Deceit On Long Legs Nikolai Pinigin
directs Italian actor-director Eduardo De
Filippos comedy about family intrigues.
Staged in a black-and-white color scheme,
with elements of commedia dellarte and
music from early Italian neorealist films.
Bolshoi Drama Theater
Old Maid See Jan. 26. Gorky Palace
of Culture. 4 Ploshchad Stachek.
M: Narvskaya.
The Tempest Elements of circus theater and
modern comedy combine in this
interpretation of Shakespeares exit play, with
direction and innovative stage design by
Bulgarias Alexander Morfov.
Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater
PREMIERE! Hellish Garden Andrei
Andreyev directs contemporary Italian
dramatist Renato Mainardis black comedy
about an aristocratic family bursting at the
seams with secrets, lies, treachery, betrayal,
intrigues and scandals. Lensoviet Theater
PREMIERE! Fro Up-and-coming young
director Irina Zubshitskaya stages a
production based on Andrei Platonovs short
stories set in 1930s Russia. Lensoviet Theater,
Small Stage. 7:30 p.m.
Mumu Veniamin Filshtinsky stages
Turgenevs short story abut the tragic fate of
the serf Gerasim. Maly Drama Theater
Theater of Europe
PREMIERE! Miss Julie Igor Nikolayev, a
regular on the MDT stage, directs a version of
Strindbergs controversial classic play. Maly
Drama Theater Theater of Europe, Chamber
Stage
Dates and times given in All About Town are
correct at the time of publication. However,
last-minute changes are not infrequent for live
performances. If you plan to attend an event,
verify dates and times using the telephone
numbers at the end of each entry or in the
address list on page 12. Unless otherwise
listed, stage events start at 7 p.m. Last
admission to most museums is one hour
before closing.
stages
Fri., Jan. 26
ballet
Swan Lake Tchaikovskys romantic classic,
distinguished by the Mariinsky Theaters
spectacular corps de ballet. Mariinsky
Theater
opera
Die Fledermaus Stanislav Gaudasinsky
directs Strauss operetta about a neglected
wifes clever plan to regain the attention of her
philandering husband. Mussorgsky Theater
concert
Vasily Ilisavsky Piano. Liszt, Schubert. Glinka
Philharmonic
Teodor Kerkezos Saxophone (Greece.)
Peter Feranec (Slovakia) conducts the St.
Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Glazunov,
Piazzola, Respighi, Stravinsky. Shostakovich
Philharmonic
Olga Bunder Soprano (Estonia.) Ballads and
arias from various operas. Smolny Cathedral
St. Petersburg State Cappella Orchestra
Alexander Chernushenko, conductor.
Tchaikovsky. St. Petersburg State Cappella
theater
The Country Wife Tatyana Kazakova directs
English playwright William Wycherlys 1675
satire where the hero, Horner, feigns
music
Electronic
music in
Russia is
no worse
than anywhere else in
the world, as a new
compilation released in
Austria aims to prove to
foreign listeners
(page 11).
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Moving somewhat
further afield, this
weeks review travels to
the hinterlands of
Grazhdansky Prospekt
to discover some
interesting approxi-
mations of interna-
tional cuisine
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chernovs choice
As old rockers prepare to see what re-
mains of a bunch of once big names
from the 1970s such as Slade and T.
Rex (i.e.: not much at all), there other
bizarre and not so bizarre events hap-
pening in the city over the next two
weeks.
Local hippies have come up with
an idea to as a
press release
proudly states
prove once again
that the hippie
movement is alive
with the Hippie
Festival, which will
take place at the
Valencia Gallery
this weekend.
The festival, which is co-promoted
by the magazine Hippieland, will start
with a show by hippie-minded local
bands such as Zelyoniye Rukava and
Laterna Magica as well as a photo exhi-
bition called From the life of St. Pe-
tersburgs Hippies. The second day
will concentrate on something called
Musical Poetic Performance.
According to the press release, the
organizers expect the crowd to be
long-time and newly-converted hip-
pies from St. Petersburg, Russia and
even from abroad.
In their favor is that both events
start some time in the afternoon, leav-
ing you free at night to look for some-
thing more exciting.
Valencia Gallery, 5 Pr. Bakunina,
274-40-45. 3 p.m. on Sat., 4 p.m. on Sun.
Local music critic and promoter An-
drei Burlaka has conceived a new
rock festival, which is called Proryv
(Breakthrough) with two purposes
to celebrate the breakthrough of the
Nazi blockade of Leningrad in 1943
and to draw attention to those less
known local club bands, which he
considers interesting. Thus, the name
also hints at the isolation of rock mu-
sic by the media, Burlaka says.
Though the historical date came
on Jan. 27, the festival will take place
a couple of weeks later, as Burlaka
says the idea occurred to me too late
to have time to organize everything.
The line-up as published by music
press agencies is far from perfect,
however, as it mentions the band
Leningrad, which is not participat-
ing. Check next weeks gigs for the
full list.
Yubileiny Sports Palace (Small
Arena), Feb. 8.
Fuzz Magazine, which will celebrate its
10th anniversary later this year, will
stage its so far increasingly massive
Fuzz Awards. Though the three last
ceremonies were headlined by rela-
tively new popular acts, this years
headliner is Akvarium, with Zemfira
appearing as a special guest.
Yubileiny Sports Palace, Apr. 8.
Returning to the present, a show by
Pep-See, the local three girl-fronted
group responsible for Parni, Muzyka,
Narkotiki Rus-
sias answer to Sex,
Drugs and Rock
and Roll is al-
ways good fun. Pep-
See will play at Faculty on Friday. And
if you dont feel like vomiting when you
hear Tula Lula, go to see Chicherina
at the Lensoviet Palace of Culture on
Sunday.
by Sergey Chernov
opera
Champions
of Rus-
sian
opera, the
Mariinsky theater,
premiere a new produc-
tion of Rimsky-Kor-
sakovs The Invisible
City of Kitezh
(page 10).
by Natasha Shirokova
The premiere of Racines Phaedra by
Grigory Dityatkovsky at the Bolshoy
Drama Theater, which was shown for
the first time just before Christmas,
was an important event despite having
next to no publicity. Dityakovskys pro-
fessional motto is to work only with
excellent drama, and here he has
shown that even eloquent classical
tragedy can be adopted for contempo-
rary theater and take its place in the
repertoire.
Dityatkovsky sweeps the dust away
from the old story and displays this
tragedy, when people resist the will of
the gods, in its all grandeur.
Dityatkovsky, one of the most inter-
esting directors in the city, easily recog-
nizable by his intellectual, restrained,
and analytical style, began his career as
one of Maly Drama Theater director
Lev Dodins actors.
He still appears in a minor role in
Dodins production of The Devils
based on Dostoevskys novel. At the
Maly Drama Theater he also staged
the first production of his own, The
Star Child, which is still in the reper-
toire. Though he works a lot abroad,
his first production at home brought
him the Golden Sophit award, an in-
terpretation of Joseph Brodskys Mar-
ble, shown in the unusual atmosphere
of Borey Art Gallery.
His next production, August
Strindbergs The Father won him a
Golden Mask award. Both produc-
tions showed his main focus is on
archetypal situations, and his interest
in philosophical generalizations.
There are several peculiarities
about the new production of Phaedra,
which struck the audience at once, but
at the same time are a part of the
whole concept of the production. For
example, he uses the traditional 19th-
century translation of the play which
contains a great deal of obsolete vo-
cabulary. This lends the text a musical
quality, and is in line with the direc-
tors intention not to modernize the
consciousness of his characters. He
even underlines the difference and the
distance between the present day
mentality and that of the 17th century,
when the tragedy was written. He uses
a different rhythm of action, which is
accentuated by the old translation,
and different motivations. To watch
this production you need to tune in to
its elevated atmosphere.
There is no reference to any histor-
ical time in the production. Tragedy, in
the opinion of the director, has no
time. This idea is underlined by the
sets of Marina Azizyan, who wraps the
whole stage in black, which helps us to
concentrate on the action. The luxuri-
ous costumes work also to accentuate
the exclusiveness of the characters, as
members of the royal Athenian family,
but dont emphasize a particular pe-
riod of time.
The most valuable thing about the
production, however, is the acting. Ma-
rina Ignatova, who plays Phaedra,
makes her character passionate, subtle
and brave. She is burning with love,
and this dominates all her words and
deeds. Also worthy of mention is Ye-
lena Popova in the role of Oenona.
The way Popova depicts her, strong
and devoted, ready to sacrifice herself,
makes Oenone the second leading part
in the production. These two women
understand the situation and the in-
evitability of divine punishment from
the very beginning.
Phaedra thus stands aloof from all
current productions in St. Petersburg,
and is one of the most interesting the-
ater events of the current season.
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Friday, January 26, 2001 THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
by Galina Stolyarova
Russian opera has always been a prior-
ity for the Mariinsky Theater, and un-
veiling its hidden treasures to the
world has been declared the companys
prime goal.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakovs The
Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
and Maid Fevronia may be considered
the composers best operatic creation,
but the piece is far from being a favorite
in the opera world, and stagings often
fail to avoid stereotypes.
Rimsky-Korsakov, whose Snow
Maiden, Kitezh, and The Maid Of
Pskov, among others, had their world
premieres at the Mariinsky, is one of the
idols of Mariinsky artistic director
Valery Gergiev.
Gergiev has admitted to having an
obsession with the spiritual magnetism
and power of Kitezh, but was dissatis-
fied with previous renditions of the
opera.
It is often hard for opera directors to
offer an original approach to operas tar-
geting historical subjects, such as Kitezh
which juxtaposes historical events and
13th-century legend.
Gergievs long-term goal is to eradi-
cate the sugary feel, or susalnost, a com-
mon critcism levelled at a number of
the theaters previous productions of
Russian classics.
Trying to to get rid of traditional folk
imagery, Gergiev invited young director
Dmitry Chernyakov, a 1993 graduate of
Russian Academy for Theater Art in
Moscow, to offer a fresh look. The risky
move paid off, and the new Kitezh,
which premiered on Jan. 20, is a con-
trast to the versions you may have seen
previously.
No onion church domes frame the
stage in Chernyakovs production, and
female characters dresses are devoid of
any kokoshniki.
The operas four acts are designed as
four stylistically different fragments,
which are visually compelling, but give
the piece as a whole a somewhat dis-
jointed impression.
The eclectic mixture of styles makes
for an interesting sight, though at times
what you see has little to do with what
you hear. However, the production def-
initely deserves attention, for the direc-
tor has managed to get away from the
stereotypes and cliches which have
dogged the opera for decades.
Musically, the production has a cer-
tain folk element, with gusli and several
domras joining the orchestra during the
wedding scene in Act 2, much to the
shows advantage.
Chernyakov takes an independent,
creative and imaginative approach,
but the spirituality with which the mu-
sic is pierced is lacking throughout the
entire first act. The stage is reminis-
cent of a contemporary design studio:
oversized white jugs and handwashing
fixture, tall grass, and a floor so clean
it shines.
Act 2, when the Tartars ransack
Kitezh the Less, is set in a typical St.
Petersburg courtyard with beggars
looking just like their counterparts
from Nevsky Prospect, and leading
characters dressed in long dark coats or
sportswear and camouflage. The scene
of the fight with the Tartars seems to
have come straight out of Star Wars,
with the Tartar commander arriving in
Kitezh the Less on a peculiar hybrid of
a horse and Barber of Siberia-type ma-
chine with blinding lights shining
around the stage.
Chernyakov approaches death
scenes with much attention to detail.
Fevronias passing has been turned
into a ceremony: birds of paradise
dressed up like normal Soviet pen-
sioners wash her body, help her
take off her dress, put her in a white
shroud and take her away on a
wooden toboggan. The scene takes
you directly back to film chronicles of
the Leningrad blockade.
The productions strong point is
that it bridges centuries and genera-
tions. Here the costume designer Olga
Lukina is very much in line with the
director, as the cast is dressed eclecti-
cally, in certain scenes juxtaposing the
fashions of different ages.
Before every act Chernyakov
quotes Konstantin Korovins and
Apollinary Vasnetsovs sets for the
1907 premiere, which appear in the
form of a curtain that rises before the
singing starts.
The show mixes the real and ethe-
real, the historical and the fantastic, the
divine and the damned. While
Chernyakov seemed reluctant to exper-
iment with colors in the sets, lighting
designer Gleb Filshtinsky has done
some virtuoso, finely nuanced work.
Masterful lighting enables the sets to go
through many transformations, with the
earthly world turning into a celestial
paradise in an instant.
The production is stylistically a de-
parture from the Mariinskys two most
recent operatic shows David Free-
mans rendition of Strauss Salome
and Marta Domingos take on Offen-
bachs Tales Of Hoffmann which
both had illustrative tendencies, while
Salome was even naturalistic.
But just like in Salome and Tales Of
Hoffmann, the orchestra under Valery
Gergievs baton was a head above the
singing and direction.
Yury Marusin, as drunkard Grishka
Kuterma, was lacking depth, power and
spark on the opening night, and failed
to make a duo for Olga Sergeyeva who
was convincing as the maid Fevronia.
Marusins Kuterma didnt seem to suf-
fer from the meanness of his nature as
much as thrive in it.
Mockery rather than inner drama
was the key to his peformance, which
could well make the audience wish
tenor Vladimir Galuzin was back in St.
Petersburg it was in the Mariinskys
1994 production of Kitezh that Galuzin
made a thrilling, mesmerizing duo with
soprano Galina Gorchakova.
The Legend of the Invisible City of
Kitezh and Maid Fevronia plays next on
Feb. 2.
kitezh at mariinsky:
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Yelena Popova and Marina Ignatova daring to defy the gods.
theater
racines masterpiece gets timeless production at bdt theater
11 Malaya Morskaya Ul.
Tel: 311-13-43.
Erotic dancing show
starts daily at 11 p.m.
Open daily from noon to 6 a.m.
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usic: Eurodance, Disco
30% discount before 7 p.m. Business lunch from noon to 7 p.m.
European Cuisine
The
National Hunt
Disco-Bar
Service for tourist groups
Free entrance for foreigners
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rock, etc.
Art Spirit New art venue launched early last November
is located in the university hostel for foreigners and ori-
ented primarily towards students. Stage, cheap bar and
small billiard room. Decent sound. Bar is open daily from 2
p.m. Live rock concerts start at 8 p.m. (Fri.-Sun.) and are
usually followed by dance parties with DJs. 50-100 rub.,
when a band is playing. 20 Prospect Korablestroitelei. M:
Primorskaya. 355-31-67. www.artspirit.nm.ru
Chaplin Club On the scene since April 1997, the club
was formed by the clown group Litsedei, the remains of
Slava Polunins once-famous collective. The clowns fill most
of the schedule, but there are occasional jazz, rock and pop
concerts. Daily 12 p.m.-11 p.m. 60-150 rub. cover when live
bands or clowns are performing. Seating capacity is limited to
48; reservations recommended. 59 Ul. Tchaikovskogo. M:
Chernivshevskaya. 272-66-49. www.chaplin.spb.ru
City Club Located above the rockabilly bar Money
Honey, and with a more mature crowd, the club specializes
in pop/rock, blues, reggae and Latin. Hot meals, three bars,
pool and Russian billiards, plus real fireplaces. Music styles
are pop/rock, blues and occasionally Latin. Live shows
Mon.-Sun. at 8.20 p.m. and on Fri.-Sat. also at 1 a.m., 40 rub.
See gigs for events. 28-30 Sadovaya Ul., Apraksin Dvor, Ko-
rpus 13. M: Gostiny Dvor. Entrance through Money Honey.
310-05-49. www.moneyhoney.org/cityclub/
Dostoyevsky Art Bar Long and narrow room with two
lines of tables, bar and small stage. Mostly cover bands play-
ing rock, blues, and Latin, usually too loud to talk. Daily, 12
p.m.-1 a.m. (Thurs.-Sat., 12 p.m.-2 a.m.) 30-50 rub. from 7 p.m.
(Thurs.-Sat. only) 15 Vladimirsky Prospect. M: Dos-
toeyevskaya/Vladimirskaya. 310-61-64.
Faculty Designed to be the official club of the St. Pe-
tersburg State University, Faculty was launched last
November with a Markscheider Kunst concert, and offers
performances from live club acts and DJs (vinyl only). Daily,
6 p.m.-6 a.m. Live concerts start at 10 p.m. (Wed.-Sun.) 50-
60 rub. (after 9 p.m.) University students get a 50 percent
discount at the door. Face control. 6 Prospect Dobrolyubova.
M: Sportivnaya/ Gorkovskaya. 233-06-72.
Fish Fabrique Despite the spartan interiors and menu,
this place is still a favorite for local rock musicians and al-
ternative artists, with the bonuses of table hockey and cult
foreign films. Daily 3 p.m. until the last person leaves. Live
gigs start at 10:30 p.m. (See gigs.) 50 rub. 10 Pushkinskaya
Ul. (entrance through the arch at 53 Ligovsky Pr.). 164-48-
57. www.fishfabrique.spb.ru
Manhattan/Kotyol Art club with bar, billiard room and
very strangely organized toilets. Originally intended for the
formerly underground art elite, it has since changed man-
agement and direction a number of times. The latest addi-
tion is an Internet cafe. Shows start at 11 p.m. (no concert
on Monday.) Open daily 2 p.m.-5 a.m., 60-100 rub. 90 Nab.
Fontanki.113-19-45. www.kotel.spb.ru
Moloko Probably the best underground rock club,
where Tequilajazzz, Spitfire and Markscheider Kunst like to
perform. Thurs.-Sun. 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Latin dance school on
Wed. 30-100 rub. 12 Perekupnoi Pereulok. M: Pl. Alexandra
Nevskogo/Pl. Vosstaniya. 274-94-67. http:// moloko.piter.net
Money Honey The citys first and premier rockabilly bar
complete with a confederate flag and Elvis and Marilyn
posters. Usually packed with a rowdy crowd of technical
students and leather-clad teddyboys. Coat check can only
handle half the crowd. Bar open from 11 a.m. Shows daily
at 8 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., 40 rub. 14 Apraksin Dvor. M:
Gostiny Dvor. 310-05-49. www.moneyhoney.org
Planeta Internet The official club of Internet provider
PeterLink is still having problems with art direction and
repertoire, based around pop, rock and blues. Two bars,
video screen and, of course, Internet cafe. Daily, 12 p.m.-
11 p.m. (Fri.-Sat., 12 p.m.-5 a.m.) Live shows start at 9:30
p.m. 50 rub. when a band is playing (the price includes one
beer.) 3 Ul. Chapayeva. M: Gorkovskaya. 238-74-06.
www.planeta-internet.spb.ru/
Poligon Heavier styles from hardcore punk to thrash metal
with lots of teenagers in grubby leather until recently, but
now the direction seems to have changed in favor of more
mainstream rock sounds. Billiards. Concerts start at 6 p.m.
See Gigs for events. The Web site which contains tons of info
and audio files is much better than the real thing. 40-100 rub.
65 Lesnoi Pr. M: Lesnaya. 245-27-20. http://polygon.cool.ru
Psycho Pub Small alternative and chaotic bar with
an unlikely downtown location. Psychobilly and punk con-
certs. Cheap beer. Tattoo studio. Daily, 3 p.m.-5 a.m. Con-
certs usually start between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. 20-50 rub. 23
Nab. Fontanki. M: Gostinny Dvor. No telephone.
Saigon Launched with much pomp as the citys best
rock club in 98, Saigon made a change of direction last
June, and now holds striptease and comedy shows. The
people who go there have changed as well. Three levels,
two bars, a video screen, and lots of shiny metal, plus an
Internet cafe. 50-120 rub. 7/9 Nevsky Pr. 315-58-73.
www.saygon.spb.ru
SpartaK Located in a 19th-century Lutheran church
which is also home to the cult movie theater with which
the rock club shares the space. The main hall holds be-
tween 600 and 700 fans. Two bars. Nasty security. 50-120
rubles. 8 Kirochnaya Ul. M: Chernyshevskaya. 273-77-39.
Taxi Bearing the full name of Taxi Drive Club, this is a tiny
place (two rooms with 60 seats altogether), which specializes
in various blues styles and striptease. Live concerts start at 9
p.m. (Wed.-Sat.) So-called Sex Bomb Shows, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
(Tues.-Sat.) Eurodance nights, 11 p.m.-6 a.m. (Tues.-Sat.) 10
p.m.-6 a.m. (Sun.-Mon.) Men 50 rub., women 30 rub. 4 Bron-
nitskaya Ul. M: Tekhnologishesky Institut. 316-76-96.
Zoopark Small club located in the citys zoo specializing in
live rock and folk music. Locally famous sexologist Lev
Shcheglov occasionally lectures there, too. Singers/songwrit-
ers or bards perform on Thurs. Cheap beer, toilet outside.
Daily, 7 p.m. (7:30 p.m. Thurs.) 50-100 rub. 1 Alexandrovsky
Park. M: Gorkovskaya. 232-21-45. http://chz.da.ru
pop/dance/floorshow
Fiesta Latina An old movie theater turned into a Latin
dance joint, although a recent visit showed no sign of the
girls who were once on hand to show you your Latin ropes.
Theyve installed a TV next to the dance floor, which doesnt
put this place on the must-see list. Securitys menacing,
so keep your tango clean. Fri.-Sun. 11 p.m.-6 a.m. 30-70 rub.
13 Ul. Smolyachkova. M: Vyborgskaya. 542-11-94.
Gigant Hall A venue for the new rich located in the
building of the former Gigant cinema occupied by the
Conti Casino. Inconveniently located if you dont have a
car. Mostly pop shows, approximately three times a
month. See gigs for events and times. 100-600 rub. 44
Kondratevsky Prospect. M: Ploshchad Lenina. 540-13-55.
Hali-Gali One of two places the Moscow tusovka want
to go when they deign to visit. Great place if you speak
good Russian, but without it youll miss the point of the
cabaret. Open daily. 300 rub. 15 Lanskoye Shosse, 246-
38-27.
Havana Smart Cuban theme club with live bands and
three dancefloors playing Latino, house and pop. Restau-
rant, chill-out room, pool, and free popcorn for all. Daily un-
til 6 a.m. 30-60 rub. Free on Wed. for real Latinos with
passports, 75 rub. Fri.-Sat. 21 Moskovsky Prospect, M:
Tekhnologichesky Institut. 259-11-55.
jazz & blues
Blues Billiard Blues bar, billiards and gambling ma-
chines. The repertoire is lovingly compiled by ex-Akvarium
guitarist Alexander Lyapin (who can play his instrument
with his teeth), who often plays there himself. Daily, 10
p.m.-7 a.m. Free entrance. Live blues concerts start at 9 p.m.
(Thurs.-Sun.) 48 Ulitsa Professora Popova. M: Petrograd-
skaya. 234-44-48.
Decadence Tucked away behind the Admiralty, this small
night spot has lately become a haunt for the ber-tusovka,
and boy, does it know it. Entry is supposedly by club card
only, although being exceptionally beautiful will probably
mollify the embittered face-controller. Open daily, 12 p.m. un-
til last client leaves. Free entry, but strict face control. 12 Ad-
mirateiskaya Naberezhnaya. M: Nevsky Prospect. 312-39-44.
Jazz Philharmonic Hall Staid jazz venue organized
by local patriarch Dave Goloshchokin, who fills most of
the bill. Mostly respectable, well-dressed crowd. Main-
stream and Dixieland fills the auditorium. The Ellington
Hall is the Jazz Philharmonic Halls more intimate venue
upstairs. 7 p.m.-11 p.m., 20-50 rub. Tickets in advance at
box office, 2 p.m.-8 p.m. 27 Zagorodny Pr. M:
Vladimirskaya. 164-85-65.
JFC Jazz Club The most innovative and open-minded
jazz venue in town, where Russian and foreign celebrities
usually play. Less formal venue, with all styles up to avant-
garde and improv, classic and folk concerts occasionally.
Mostly jazz crowd and expats. Bar and snacks. Reserva-
tions a must it is tiny. Daily from 7 p.m., 60-100 rub. 33
Shpalernaya Ul. M: Chernyshevskaya. Tel: 272-98-50.
Jimi Hendrix Blues Club What was once the Armenian
cafe Shagane now offers live blues, rock and jazz concerts,
with videos of the likes of Eric Clapton and Blue Cheer in be-
tween. Open 24 hours. Concerts start at 7:30 p.m. every other
day, adding shows at 12 a.m. Fri.-Sat. and at 3 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
50 rub., Fri.-Sat., 70 rub. Daytime concerts are free. 33 Liteiny
Pr., 279-88-13.
Kvadrat The latest location for the jazz club with a long
history. Launched in 1964, it was the center of Russian
jazz for decades. Mostly mainstream jazz. Tues., Thurs., 8
p.m. 30 rub. 83 Bolshoi Prospect. M: Vasileostrovskaya.
315-90-46.
Neo Jazz Club What the restaurant Mukha Tsokotukha
(opposite the Mukhina Art College) turns into at nights. Spe-
cializes in mellow jazz styles, with duos and trios performing.
Capacity: 35-40 seats. Armenian and European cuisine (150-
200 rub. a meal). Daily, 9 a.m.-12 a.m. Mon. Thurs., Sun., 30
rub. Fri.-Sat., 50 rub. 14 Solyanoi Per. 273-38-30.
house, techno etc.
Griboyedov Located in a bomb shelter and operated by
Dva Samaliota, this club is generally full and cool, with a
good habit of booking alternative bands to mix with its ha-
bitual rave and techno. This is one of the best in the city.
Wednesday is disco night. Daily, 5 p.m.-6 a.m. 60-80 rub.
Free between 5 p.m and 8 p.m. 2A Voronezhskaya Ul. M:
Ligovsky Pr. 164-43-55. www.mfiles.spb.ru/griboedov/
Mama Decadent house-party feel with an element of
personal danger. Best techno in St. Petersburg, accord-
ing to one regular, but no chill-out room.
Drumnbass/jungle, visiting and resident DJs. Wasted
Russian student crowd with too much disposable in-
come. Fri.-Sat., 11:50 p.m.-6 a.m., 60 rub. 3B Mal. Monet-
naya Ul.. M: Gorkovskaya. 232-31-37.
Metro Someone has spent a great deal of money on
Metro and the results, while hardly intimate, have been a
great success. Now Metro comes with a full-functioning
third floor containing a relaxing saloon-bar and yet another
dance floor, enabling it to accomodate even more well-off
local teenagers. Open daily 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Mon.-Thurs., Sun.,
40-60 rub. Fri.-Sat., 60-80 rub. After midnight, 100 rubles. 174
Ligovsky Pr. 166-02-04. www.metroclub.ru
PORT Intended to blow the competition away when it
first opened, with great layout and loads of space. Needs
to be full, otherwise its emptiness is overwhelming. Techno
and pop, plus a billiards room. Daily 3 p.m.-6 a.m. Techno
parties with resident DJs at 10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. For special
events see gigs. 40-300 rub. 2 Per. Antonenko. M: Sennaya
Pl. 314-26-09. www.clubport.spb.ru
gay
Club 69 The citys No. 1 gay venue leaves the compe-
tition streets behind. The venues include a popular
restaurant, busy dance floor, two bars and a dark room.
Tues.-Sun., Tues., men only. 50-150 rub. (men), 100-250
rub. (women). 6, 2-aya Krasnoarmeiskaya. M: Tekhno-
logichesky Institut. 259-51-63.
Greshniki The decor suggests that Greshniki (Sin-
ners) is more of an S&M joint, with chains hanging
across the spiral staircase and a curious medieval castle
interior, but its actually unpretentious and generally
friendly, with cheap beer and free Internet access. Daily,
6 p.m-6 a.m., free-70 rub. (men), 100-200 rub. (women),
29 Kanal Griboyedova. M: Gostiny Dvor.
Jungle The citys oldest surviving gay club aptly recalls
Soviet-era deprivation in both heating, decor and service.
What it lacks in sophistication it makes up for in friendli-
ness and a sense of the bizarre . Fri.-Sat., 11 p.m.-6 a.m.
Shows start at 2 a.m. Men, 50 rub., women, 80 rub. 8 Ul.
Blokhina, M: Sportivnaya.
by Sergey Chernov
A new CD compilation demonstrates
some of St. Petersburgs most interest-
ing electronic acts, while simultaneously
taking a snipe at President Vladimir
Putin and his politics.
Released in Austria on the Subetage
label on Jan. 18, it is called putINout.
Finest Tunes From Saint Petersburg,
while its cover shows a submarine sunk
in a bottle of vodka, called you
guessed it Putin.
Robert Jelinek, the director of Sube-
tage, a division of Sabotage
Communications, ex-
plained that the title of the
record which is intended
for distribution outside
Russia expresses the St. Petersburg
music scenes feelings about the regime.
To protest against the Putin
regimes most recent abuses of power,
and in the face of the music scenes po-
litical powerlessness, the title and CD
cover is designed, at least ironically, to
show up Russias present collective dis-
content, said Jelinek in an e-mail in-
terview with The St. Petersburg Times
earlier this week.
Every country has a different clich
about others countries, added Jelinek.
If a Russian label made an Austrian
compilation including an illustration of
the political climate, they would probably
have Joerg Haider dressed as Mozart and
eating Wiener schnitzel on the cover.
For me it was important to release
great Russian music along with a per-
sonal statement and to communicate the
feelings and worries of the young Rus-
sian music scene about politics, he said.
PutINout contains 12 tracks by lo-
cal acts such as PCP, EU, DJ Udjin and
Igor Vdovin the ex-Leningrad singer,
who switched to electronic music after
leaving the band culled from around
50 tracks chosen and sent by local DJ and
promoter Misha Chak to
be mastered in Vienna.
Styles range from hip-hop
and electro to
drumnbass and acid jazz.
The idea to release the record was
cemented when Jelinek, who has been
always interested in scenes around the
globe, came to St. Petersburg last March
to visit Chak, who fed Sabotage with lo-
cal electronic music for years while dis-
tributing Sabotages vinyls in the city.
I met a lot of very good Russian
musicians and had the chance to see
their studio situations and to enjoy the
club scene, he said.
Chak claims the novelty of the com-
pilation is that local DJs such as Udjin,
Demidov and 108 have presented their
own music for the first time.
Also, they are the first St. Peters-
burg-based DJs whose tracks have been
released on a foreign label Chak says
90 percent of the represented acts
havent released anything in the West.
But the main reason for releasing
the CD was to push young and [in the
West] unknown artists, and give them a
chance for a global response, said Je-
linek, as the album started getting posi-
tive reviews from European specialized
media.
Most Russian productions have
never had the chance to be heard out-
side of Russia and our label has global
distribution channels. The other reason
was to show Western listeners the very
high level of these Russian productions.
According to Jelinek, what is special
about St. Petersburgs electronic music
scene is the specific sound. A lot of
jazz influences and a playful cynical
spectrum using sound collages and sam-
ples from old Soviet material.
Claiming that Russian electronic
music can easily match what is pro-
duced in other countries, Jelinek out-
lined the scenes major problems.
In Russia theres no vinyl produc-
tion, which is very important for the
DJs playing their own records in clubs,
he said. There are just a few under-
ground distributors for imported West-
ern records. But there is no distribution
for Russian CDs or other material in
the West.
The next problem is the mail costs.
Most of the Russian artists cant send
their material by normal mail, because it
gets lost. And sending stuff by courier is
too expensive for them, which makes
communication with the West very diffi-
cult. So Russian artists can only send
downloaded material from their local In-
ternet cafes.
For more information and free MP3s
check out www.sabotage.at.
electronic music takes on putins government
music
G Great Russian and vegetarian food served all day
G Jazz, cappuccino, fresh juice, specialty teas
G Happy hour from 6:30 to 7:30
G Weekend brunch
G Used Englishlanguage books and magazines, plus an art gallery
Open daily 11 a.m. 1 a.m.
82 Naberezhnaya Moiki, tel. 3151675
C A F E B A R
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THE IDIOT
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Splendid cuisine, excellent whiskey,
live music, interior of the Wild West
All-night disco, billiards, darts.
Host banquets, fourchettes,
presentations.
Various discounts
Relax and enjoy yourself
at the Rodeo Bar from 10:00 a.m.
to 5:30 a.m. at 2 Konyushennaya Pl.
Tel. 314-4973
oriental
KARAVAN
Delicious food from the Middle East
and the Caucasus: kebabs, plov and
fresh breads from our hearth.
Unique design and reasonable
prices.
46 Voznesensky Pr.
Corner of Voznesensky Pr. and
Naberezhnaya Fontanki.
Tel. 311-28-00
russian
DAVIDOVS RESTAURANT
Russian cuisine and Russian
entertainment in the evening. Every
Saturday and Sunday from 12 p.m.
until 10 p.m. Russian Table (starters,
main dish, dessert, 250 g. of vodka
and free-flowing beer). The central
part of the restaurant is a magnificent
caviar and vodka display. Chef de
Cuisine: Sergei Zhorkhovsky, menu
enclosed.
Open from 7 a.m until 11 p.m. (80
seats).
39 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul.,
Astoria Hotel.
KALINKA
Traditional Russian cuisine in a
traditional Russian environment. Live
Russian folk songs, balalaika and
gypsy music every night. Small
banquet facility.
9 Syezdovskaya Linia,
Vasilievsky Ostrov
Tel. 328-28-66, 323-37-18 .
$$
PREMIER RESTAURANT-CLUB
Russian-European cuisine. Cozy
interior, friendly atmosphere. Live
music, casino, gambling. English
spoken.
Daily. 24 hours.
47 Nevsky Prospect.
315-78-93, ext. 050.
$$
RESTORAN
Russian cuisine. Open from noon to
midnight.
2 Tamozhenny Per. Tel. 327-89-79
Fax 327-89-75
http://www.ad.sp.ru
THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Take yourself on a first-class culinary
trip on the Orient Express. Russian
cuisine mixed with elements of
Caucasian and European cuisines.
Dishes are cooked on a grill right in
front of your eyes. French wine right
out of the barrel. Business lunch
from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. for 130 rubles.
A separate banquet hall for events
and holidays. All credit cards
accepted.
Open daily noon to midnight.
21 Ul. Marata (five minutes from Nevsky
Prospect)
Tel. 325-87-29
spanish
TORRES
Spanish cuisine. Very large selection
of Spanish wines. Pleasant setting.
Daily live music from 9 p.m.
Flamenco dancing and the
Argentine tango on Fridays and
Saturdays from 10 p.m. Business
lunch for 130 rubles on weekdays. All
credit cards accepted. Open daily
noon to 5 a.m.
53 Nevsky Prospect.
Tel. 113-14-53.
international
BORSALINO RESTAURANT
Executive Chef Torbjorn Lofaldli
places emphasis on combining local
produce with imported delicacies,
producing a wide range of Russian
and international dishes.
From 7:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. we
offer buffet breakfast with a
Japanese corner (including:
Japanese steamed rice with fried
salmon, sushi, Miso soup, Wasabi,
soya sauce).
The adjoining bar is the ideal place to
meet for an aperitif or a cocktail from
the exclusive menu.
From 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. live
blues and jazz music (singer from the
United States), menu enclosed.
Open from 7:00 a.m. until 2:00 a.m.
(140 seats and two private rooms for
12 or 16 guests).
39 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul.,
Astoria Hotel. $$
DVORIANSKOYE GNEZDO
(NOBLE NEST)
The citys top restaurant, located in the
Trianon of the Yusupov Palace.
Excellent cuisine combined with
impeccable service and a wide range
of exceptional wines. Live music from 8
p.m.
Open 7 days a week from 12 p.m. to 12
a.m.
Reservations recommended.
Call 312-32-05 or 312-09-11 to
reserve.
21 Ulitsa Dekabristov
(near the Mariinsky Theater). $$-$$$
SENAT-BAR
Delicious Russian and European
cuisine. Business lunch for only $12.
Ampir-style interior. Greatest choice
of wines. Free dessert for children.
Catering.
All major credit cards accepted.
Located in the historic heart of the
city.
Daily: noon 2 a.m. 1 Galernaya Ulitsa
(near St. Isaacs Square).
314-92-53.
$-$$
TALEON CLUB
The finest European & Russian cuisine
in St. Petersburg, surprisingly not the
most expensive. Book early for our
superb $29 buffet Brunch every
Sunday from 12 p.m. till 4 p.m. live
music and black caviar will make your
Sunday special. Childcare facilities
available. Alternatively, try the best
value meal in town $8 in the Taleon
Club Bar from 12 p.m. till 4 p.m.
Sporting events and films with English
or Russian subtitles shown every day
on the big screen.
Open: restaurant from noon to 3
a.m., bar from noon to 6 a.m.,
casino 24 hours.
59 Moika Nab.
315-76-45.
$-$$$
THE NATIONAL HUNT
Open from noon to 6 a.m. European
cuisine. Business lunch $4.5. Erotic
show every night from 11 p.m. Free
entrance and bar for all ladies from 10
p.m. till midnight. Free evening
entrance and one complimentary beer
when you buy a business lunch.
11 M. Morskaya Ul.
Tel. 311-13-43.
THE CITY BAR & RESTAURANT
Over 21 different types of freshly
ground hamburgers, steaks, chicken
filets and fish. Fresh-cut french fries,
excellent salads. Apple crumble.
All-day American breakfast. DJ Souheil
Thursdays and Fridays. Live music on
Saturday. Student discounts all day,
every day.
Fridays all you can drink from 9 p.m. to
midnight for one low price. Happy hours
Monday Friday.
20 Nab. Moiki, 2nd floor.
314-10-37.
bars
ALL-STAR CAFE
A new sports bar in St. Petersburg.
January 29 at 2 a.m. SUPER
BOWL LIVE on a giant screen. New
York Giants vs. Baltimore Ravens.
Russian and American cuisine. Darts &
karaoke. Business lunch from noon to
5 p.m.
Open daily noon to 5 a.m.
33 Zhukovskogo Ul. Tel. 279-90-17
ASTORIA HOTEL BARS
Rotonda Bar in the Astoria, offering
a comprehensive cocktail list and
refreshing draft beer, is the ideal
place to relax and meet friends.
Open from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m.
Tel. 210-5837. $$
Lobby Lounge of the Astoria hotel
offers continental breakfast from 7 a.m.
till 10 a.m. and Russian tea time from 3
p.m. until 6 p.m every day.
Tel. 210-58-15,
39 Bolshaya Morskaya. $$
CAFE IDIOT
Great Russian and vegetarian food
served all day. Jazz, cappuccino, fresh
juice, specialty teas. Happy hour from
6:30 to 7:30. Weekend brunch. Used
English-language books and
magazines, plus an art gallery.
Open daily 11 a.m. 1 a.m.
82 Naberezhnaya Moiki,
315-16-75 $-$$
KONYUSHENY DVOR
European cuisine. 15% discount from
noon to 8 p.m. Monday through
Thursday. Live Latin music. Erotic shows
daily.
Open 12 p.m. to 6 a.m. 5 Nab. Kanala
Griboedova, 315-76-07. $-$$
SADKOS
St. Petersburgs favorite meeting
place for fun, food and music.
Complete bar, appetizing snacks and
meals, and the citys best view of
Nevsky Prospect.
Open daily noon to midnight.
Corner of Nevsky Prospect and
Mikhailovskaya Ulitsa. In the Grand
Hotel Europe. 329-60-00.
$$-$$$.
TRIBUNAL BAR
The place to be for a complete night
out! Great food, cool drinks. 50%
discount on all dishes and drinks on
the menu from noon to 9 p.m. Splendid
dance music.
Daily 4 p.m. 6 a.m.
1 Dekabristov Sq.
311-16-90.
ZVEZDOCHET CAFE BAR
The name of our cafe Zvezdochet
means in English a person who counts
the stars. This is why our interior
design reflects everything related to
stars, astrology and sacred knowledge
of mankind. It creates an unforgettable
break from 9 a.m. to noon.
2 Yuzhnaya Doroga, Krestovsky Is.
Tel. 235-23-95 $$
european
CROCODILE WHISKEY BAR
More than 25 kinds of whiskey
(Scotch, Irish, American, Canadian).
Friendly atmosphere and excellent
European cuisine at the lowest price
you can get. Expats most welcome.
Modern photo art exhibitions.
Chess and backgammon.
Crocodiles are all over the interior, but
bartenders are nice and quick-
minded.
Daily 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. All credit cards
accepted.
18 Galernaya Ul. (near St. Isaacs
Square).
Tel. 314-94-37
HOLLYWOOD
Russian and European cuisine.
Open 24 hours. A restaurant located
in the historic center of St. Peters-
burg with a view of the old city.
All credit cards accepted. Nightclub.
Casino. Billiards. Gambling
machines.
46 Nevsky Prospect.
Tel. 325-72-73.
JAMES COOK PUB & CAFE
You are welcome anytime to enjoy
European cuisine and more than 40
kinds of whiskey amid the
atmosphere of a real English pub.
Friendly staff.
The cafe serves 40 kinds of coffee
prepared in more than 100 different
ways, as well as a wide variety of elite
teas and more than 50 kinds of coffee
cocktails.
We have our own confectionery.
We accept Visa, MasterCard, Diners
Club.
Open daily 8 a.m. till last man standing.
2 Shvedsky Per. 312-32-00
german
TSCHAIKA
Seven kinds of German beer. Live
music daily. Authentic German
cuisine.
Open daily 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. Some
credit cards accepted.
14 Kanal Griboedova.
M: Nevsky Pr. 312-46-31.
$$
indian
RESTAURANT TANDOOR
Delicious food. Good vegetarian
selection. Very popular. English spoken.
Business Lunch from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
for only $10.
Daily 12 p.m. to 11 p.m
2 Voznesensky Prospect,
near St. Isaacs Cathedral.
312-38-86.
Some credit cards accepted.
$$
atmosphere of total relaxation and
understanding. Russian and European
cuisine. A great choice of national and
foreign spirits.
35 Ulitsa Marata. Tel. 164-74-78
catering
GRAND HOTEL EUROPE CATERING
Catering for any event, small or large,
casual or elegant. Events catered
within the hotel, at the location of your
choice, or at a spectacular St.
Petersburg palace. Wide range of food
choices and extra services.
Tel. 329-60-00.
IVAN CATERING
Catering for banquets, fourchettes
and cocktail parties at any address in
St.Petersburg and the region. Outdoor
activities, BBQ. Original scenarios for
festivities, interior design.
Entertainment programs, musical
accompaniment, decoration,
fireworks.
Call Mon. Fri. 10 a.m. 5 p.m.
E-mail: ivancatering@mail.ru
Tel. 294-02-52, 296-12-01. $$-$$$
POTEL & CHABOT
From small corporate receptions and
private dinners to the largest gala or
high-profile events, Potel & Chabot
offers full catering and event co-
ordination in St. Petersburg and
Moscow for a unique experience with
savoir faire.
Tel. 294-44-64, 294-54-81. $$$
Give your next event a touch of
excellence with our five-star catering
services. Banquets, buffets and full
event planning.
Sheraton Nevskij Palace.
Tel. 275-20-01 (ext.135). $$$
TANDOOR RESTAURANT
We provide small to medium outdoor
catering services for parties and
banquet functions. Reasonable prices.
2 Voznesensky Prospect
Tel. 312-38-86. $$-$$$
chinese
CHOPSTICKS
Authentic Szechwan and Cantonese
specialties. Enchanting Oriental decor.
Dishes served mild or spicy hot upon
request.
Open daily `noon to 11 p.m.
In the Grand Hotel Europe.
Tel. 329-60-00. $$
clubs
Bar, strip show. Monday
Wednesday: show-1. Thursday -
Saturday: show-2. Open from 10 p.m.
to 6 a.m. We accept AMEX, Visa,
MasterCard, JCB.
4 Alexandrovsky Park, Music Hall
Building. Tel. 232-01-93.
entertainment
RUSSKAYA RYBALKA
(RUSSIAN FISHING)
The tastiest fish is the one you catch
yourself! You catch sterlet, sturgeon or
trout in the pond and then have it
either baked or smoked. Tackle, bait,
fishing and preparation free. The
location in the park on Krestovsky
Ostrov promises relaxation in the
country like surroundings almost in
the center of the city.
Open daily around the clock, with a
italian
LANDSKRONA RESTAURANT
Come up to the Landskrona and
discover our acclaimed menu of
Mediterranean specialties.
Experience our Executive Lunch at
$29. Open-air rooftop terrace in
summertime.
Daily 12:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
57 Nevsky Pr., 8th floor,
Sheraton Nevskij Palace.
275-20-01. $$$
PIZZICATO
You can enjoy a melody of taste in our
restaurant where we prepare your
pizza in real Italian wood stoves, youll
be surprised by pasta in the amount of
your choice, and youll have the chance
to taste fresh meat and fish prepared
over coals that would win over any
gourmet. Our prices are terrific.
Pleasant and comfortable
surroundings along with extraordinary
food will turn every day into a holiday.
Open from noon until the last
customer.
45 Bolshaya Morskaya,
Dom Kompozitorov
Tel. 315-0319 Tel./Fax 315-0339
ROSSIS
Regional Italian and Mediterranean
specialties served in a refined
atmosphere. Freshly prepared
pasta, superb antipasti and
desserts. Ideal choice for supper or
business lunch.
Open daily from noon to 11 p.m. In the
Grand Hotel Europe. 329-60-00. $$$
japanese
SHOGUN
The well-known Japanese restaurant
Shogun invites you all to the opening
of the eponymous SUSHI BAR at 11
Gorokhovaya Ulitsa. In your presence,
the skilful chef prepares SUSHI,
SASHIMI and other Japanese
delicacies. The restaurants interior puts
you in the pleasant atmosphere of the
Land of the Rising Sun, and the
extraordinary aroma of the plum wine
and the surprising taste of Japanese
cuisine allows you to uncover the secret
of the health and long lifespan of
Japanese people. All dishes are
prepared using ecologically clean water.
Sushi bar from $7.
11 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa, Tel. 314-74-17
Restaurant Business lunch from 12
p.m. to 6 p.m. from $15.
26 Ulitsa Vosstaniya, Tel. 275-32-97.
jewish
7:40 SEVEN-FORTY
One of the best restaurants in our
city. Beautiful interior. Delicious
Jewish homestyle cuisine. Gehakte
leber, Gifelte fish, Jsymes from
Aunt Jsiliy, Aunt Helen`s tart
Napoleon.
Wines with Kosher label. Relax in a
friendly atmosphere. Live music from 7
p.m. daily except Monday. Jewish
melodies. Open-air terrace in
summertime, parking.
Daily 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. All credit cards
accepted. Reserve tables 246-34-44.
108 Bolshoi Sampsonievsky.
Fax 246-16-23.
Sheraton Catering
Service
american
To advertise, call
Lubov Martynova
at
325-60-80
a paid service $ under $10, $$ under $25, $$$ over $25
Friday, January 26, 2001 THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
Restaurant
THE NOBLE NEST
21 UL. DEKABRISTOV
TEL.: 312-32-05,
312-09-11
contemporary tale for all ages. Priyut
Komedianta Theater. 12 p.m.
Mon., Jan. 29
concert
Vladimir Kotov, Mikhail Yakovlev and
Rostislav Yakovlev Flute, violin, contra bass.
Bottezini, Klind, Schumann, Sperger. Glinka
Philharmonic
Three Orchestras Saulus Sondeckus
conducts the Lithuainian Chamber Orchesta,
the St. Petersburg Camera and the State
Hermitage Orchestra. Tchaikovsky.
Shostakovich Philharmonic
theater
Im Not Ashamed of You, Years of My
Youth Svetlana Milyayeva directs Nikolai
Marton and Inessa Prosalovskaya in a
theatrical concert of poems and ballads by
Russian writers and composers. Alexandrinsky
Theater
In a Lively Place Vladimir Vetrogonovs
production of Ostrovskys play. Lensoviet Theater
The Winters Tale British Director
Declan Donnellan directs Shakespeares
tragicomedy which examines the power of
jealousy. 1999 Golden Mask Winner. Maly
Drama Theater Theater of Europe
PREMIERE! The Disappearance Yury
Kordonsky adapts Shamay Golans story about
contemporary Israeli society to the stage. Maly
Drama Theater Theater of Europe
She Throws Down a Challenge Viktor
Minkov directs Marells depiction of the final
period in the life of the 19th-century Parisian
actress Sarah Bernhardt. Priyut Komedianta
Theater
Tues., Jan. 30
ballet
One-Act Ballets Roland Pety
choreographs and Farukh Ruzimatov dnaces
Mikhail Fokines ballet adaptions of Rimsky-
Korsakovs Scheherzade, Bizets Carmen,
and Maurice Bjarts Le Jeune homme et la
mort, set to the music of Bach. Mariinsky
Theater
concert
Mozart Requiem Performed by the Congress
Orchestra. Mussorgsky Theater
opera
One-Act Operas The comic opera The
Falcon by Bortnyansky and Donizettis The
Night Bell, both staged by Yury Alexandrov.
St. Petersburg Opera, Yusupov Palace
Cries from Odessa Semyon Spivak directs
his students from the Academy of Theater
Arts in this adaptation of Isaac Babels play
Sunset. Molodyozhny Theater
PREMIERE! Mother, or the Unrest of the
Dead See Jan. 26. Priyut Komedianta Theater
The Night of the Iguana Vladimir Tumanovs
production of Tennessee Williams play of
loneliness and love, a triangle drama involving
two women and a former priest. Theater on
Liteiny
The Last Sacrifice Modest Abramov stages
Ostrovskys play about a woman who finds
herself a commodity among men and
struggles to defend her honor. Vasilyevsky
Ostrov Theater of Satire
Tanya-Tanya Vladimir Tumanov directs
Olga Mukhinas romantic comedy about six
men and women as they fall in and out of love.
Vasilyevsky Ostrov Theater of Satire, Small
Stage. 7:30 p.m.
for children
Emils Escapades The play by Astrid
Lindgren in its first-ever staging in Russia.
Director Vladimir Vorobyev promises bright
stage settings and the music of Abba. Akimov
Comedy Theater. 12 p.m.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Vladimir Tykke directs the famous childrens
tale from a play by Oleg Tabakov and Leonid
Ustinov. Baltiisky Dom. 12 p.m.
The Story of the Nightingale, the Emperor
and Death Composer Alexander Nikiforov
turns Hans Christian Andersens tale The
Nightingale into an elliptical taoist fable with
Mikhail Ogorodov and Sergei Gasanov.
Zazerkalye Childrens Theater. 6 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 28
ballet
Swan Lake See Jan. 26. Mariinsky Theater
opera
The Marriage of Figaro Yury Alexandrov,
director of The St. Petersburg Opera, stages
Mozarts classic four-act comic opera based
on Beaumarchais witty novel. Sung in Italian
and conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.
Mariinsky Theater. 12 p.m.
Otello Verdis opera based on Shakespeares
play about the tragic love affair of Othello and
Desdemona. Mussorgsky Theater
Trojans Viktor Kramer stages Hector Berliozs
opera based on Virgils interpretation of the
Trojan War. Sergei Stadler conducts. Rimsky-
Korsakov Conservatory Theater. 5 p.m.
concert
An Evening with Valery Gavrilin Oksana
Shved, soprano; Yelena Spist, piano. The
Skomorokhi Folk Ensemble; Viktor Akulovich,
artistic director. Gavrilin. Glinka Philharmonic
The Ball in the Gathering of the Nobility
Arkady Steinlucht conducts the Zazerkalye
Orchestra and soloists in a program of 18th-
century dance music. Shostakovich
Philharmonic. 3 p.m.
Divertissement Ensemble Ilya Ioff, artistic
director and soloist. Bernstein, Rota,
Tchaikovsky. Shostakovich Philharmonic
Anastasia Sidelnikova Organ. Bach, Brahms,
Mendelssohn, Schumann. St. Petersburg State
Cappella
theater
The Lovers Tatyana Kazakova brings another
Goldoni comedy to the Akimov, about how
love can be a fearsome weapon in the battle
of the sexes. Akimov Comedy Theater
Three Sisters Rostislav Goryayev directs
Chekhovs study of the Russian provincial
intelligentsia. Alexandrinsky Theater
Milashka See Jan. 26. Baltiisky Dom
The Pickwick Papers Gyorgy Tovstonogovs
stage adaptation of Dickens novel, about a
gentleman of an English club who finds
himself embroiled in scandal. Bolshoi Drama
Theater. 11 a.m.
Art Written by French playwright
Yasmina Reza, and directed by Nikolai Pinigin,
this contemporary play deals with the wedge
an abstract painting drives between three
friends. Bolshoi Drama Theater
Little Doves Vyacheslav Dolgachev stages
Paula Vogils thoroughly American play
Russian-style, with Olga Antonova, Svetlana
Kryuchkova, Zinaida Sharko, Nina Usatova.
Gorky Palace of Culture. 4 Ploshchad Stachek.
M: Narvskaya.
PREMIERE! Death of a Salesman Vlad
Furman of the Mironov Theater directs
Arthur Millers play about a man whose
view of the American Dream does not quite
match reality. Komissarzhevskaya Drama
Theater
King, Queen, Knave Vladislav Pazi directs an
adaptation of Nabokovs 1928 novel about a
love triangle. Lensoviet Theater
PREMIERE! Fro See Jan. 27. Lensoviet
Theater, Small Stage. 7:30 p.m.
Mumu See Jan. 27. Maly Drama Theater
Theater of Europe. 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
PREMIERE! Miss Julie See Jan. 27. Maly
Drama Theater Theater of Europe, Chamber
Stage
The Swallow Alexei Tolstoys play about three
individuals who flee tumultuous 1916 St.
Petersburg to find solace in a peasant village...
until the Revolution catches up with them.
Directed by Semyon Spivak. Molodyozhny
Theater
Brilliant Commotion (Actors Tricks, or
Dinner Is Served) A fantasy-improvisation
in two acts loosely based on 19th-century
vaudevilles by Nikolai Khmelitsky and Nikolai
Nekrasov. Authored by Alexei Arefeyev and
directed by Yury Tomoshevsky. Priyut
Komedianta Theater
The Night of the Iguana See Jan. 27. Theater
on Liteiny
The Ghosts Akhmat Bayramkulov
directs Henrik Ibsens turn-of-the-century
chronicle of family guilt. Vasilyevsky Ostrov
Theater of Satire
The Route Adrian Rostovsky directs a
contemporary social comedy by Stanislav
Stratiyev about the extreme situations
which arise among people trapped on a
runaway bus. Vasilyevsky Ostrov Theater of
Satire
for children
The Prince and the Pauper Vladimir Tykke
directs Nikolai Denisovs stage adaption of
Mark Twains famous story about trading
places. Baltiisky Dom. 12 p.m.
The Crocodile Anatoly Praudin stages Korney
Chukosvkys famous childrens tale. Baltiisky
Dom. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
PREMIERE! Made of Tin, Wood and Glass
Sergei Kargin stages Viktor Olshansky
theater
PREMIERE! I Want to Be in Pictures
Tatyana Kazakova directs Neil Simons comedy
about a playwright trying to win back his
estranged girlfriend by writing a play for her.
Akimov Comedy Theater
Taras Bulba The title character is nowhere to
be found in this contemporary amalgam of
Nikolai Gogols plays, staged by controversial
director Andrzej Zoldak-Tobilevic IV, in which a
harsh and bloody world becomes the
centerpiece of Heaven on Earth. Baltiisky Dom
FORMAL THEATER: School for Fools
Andrei Moguchy stages his version of
Alexander Sokolovs story of a boy suffering
from a split personality. Baltiisky Dom, Formal
Theater
Arcadia Estonian director Elmo
Nganen directs an award-winning
production of Tom Stoppards 1993 play, a
witty and erudite work concerning Lord
Byrons mysterious disappearance from Britain
in 1809. Bolshoi Drama Theater. 6 p.m.
The Lover Pinters drama about the symbiosis
of love and enmity in relations between the
sexes. Directed by Vladislav Pazi. Lensoviet
Theater
PREMIERE! The Eternal Husband Director
Pyotr Shereshevsky stages a progressive
adaption of Fyodor Dostoevskys title short
Friday, January 26, 2001 THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES 13
continued from page 9
world cuisine at worlds end
by Kirill Galetski
The intersection of Grazhdansky
Prospect and Prospect Nauki is one of
the most heavily traveled crossroads
in the city. With a metro station (albeit
on the part of the metro line that col-
lapsed in 1995 and has yet to be re-
paired) and a market, it is an area of
commercial possibilities that deserves
a decent eatery.
The Liner Cafe, located nearby,
barely fits the bill. While the decor is
ultra-modern, the theme at Liner is
international, with a series of inexpen-
sive combo dishes (59 rubles each)
named after various cities of the world,
allegedly offering foreign cuisine.
My most recent trip abroad con-
vinced me that I needed to introduce
Russians to foreign cuisine at a price
they can afford, declares the chef in
his English-language press release
about the establishment.
Well, at least they got the prices
right. My wife and I pored over the
menu, which is currently available
only in Russian. I opted for the Aca-
pulco, which includes Salad with fresh
vegetables, rice and feta cheese, a
Burrito, boiled Rice, beet-marinated
cabbage. My wife ordered the Shang-
hai, which comes with Korean carrot
salad, noodles in bouillon with sea-
weed, breaded chicken fillet stuffed
with pineapple, rice and carrots.
These along with the Seafood Cock-
tail (45 rubles) served as appetizers,
while the Texas Steak (112 rubles)
and the Rose Dream Salmon (72
rubles) provided a filling representa-
tive sample of the Liners fare, along
with side dishes, which although not
authentically ethnic were quite re-
sourceful from the point of view of
the Russian economys food market.
Take for example the noodles with
bouillon and seaweed served with the
Shanghai if taken on ethnic value, it
is a rather poor attempt at making a
Chinese-style soup. However, it is an
intriguing and rather tasty mix of in-
gredients which are readily available
flat noodles, Far East salad (sea-
weed), and presumably bouillon cubes.
The chefs press release also
claims that the Acapulcos burrito
went through a painstaking process.
This claim does whet the appetite,
but the actual result, while being
quite edible, is also quite under-
whelming. The tortilla bears no dif-
ference from the thin lavash you can
get from every other bakery in town,
and the burrito filling tastes akin to
something I produced in my kitchen
once when experimenting with Mexi-
can food in other words, nothing
special just kidney beans in tomato
sauce with a hint of spicy red pepper
powder.
The vegetable sides that came
with the Acapulco were perplexing
one was a cabbage, apple and feta
cheese concoction which in my mind
has no business being anywhere a
Mexican combo plate, and the spiced,
beet-marinated cabbage is a case of
confusion as to which border to be
south of in this case its the Russia-
Georgia border!
The steak was palatable and came
with French fries. It was thankfully
easy to cut with a knife, but had none
of the grilled taste promised by the
menu, looking and tasting like the
kind of amorphous blob you get
when you order steak and eggs at a
really cheap diner in the U.S.
The salmon, also garnished with
fries, was the best - a light, flaky
breaded filet with a pleasant enough
taste and consistency, albeit with a
slight smack of cafeteria food. At
least the service was fast and the beer
was low-priced, from 17 to 22 rubles
for a half liter.
Dinner for two with alcohol, 583
rubles. ($21) No credit cards. 14A
Prospect Nauki. M: Akademich-
eskaya. Tel.: 533-24-02.
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story starring Eldoradio DJ Oleg Almazov.
Priyut Komedianta Theater
Lost in the Stars Grigory Dityatkovsky directs
a play based on contemporary Israeli
playwright Hanoch Levins The Rubber
Merchants, a tragicomic tale of a love
triangle. Theater on Liteiny
Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro Polish
director Andrzej Bubenj directs a revisionist
version of Beaumarchais oft-staged 18th-
century comedy. Vasilyevsky Ostrov Theater of
Satire
for children
Kashtankas Passion A sad but
endearing cooperative production by the
Zazerkalye Theater and the Terem Quartet
musical ensemble based on the much-
adapted Chekov story Kashtanka. Zazerkalye
Childrens Theater
Wed., Jan. 31
ballet
La Bayadre Petipas choreography set to
Minkus score based on Pushkins poem tells a
tragic love story of a Bayadera, or professional
dancer in India, punished for her love of a
warrior destined to marry the kings daughter.
Mariinsky Theater
opera
Prince Igor Stanislav Gaudasinky directs
Borodins opera about Prince Igor and his son
Vladimir who are held as prisoners during the
war with the Polovtsians. Mussorgsky Theater
concert
The Court Music of Maria Fyodorovna and
Grand Duke Alexander Petrovich The Play-
el Trio: Sergei Filchenko; Yury Martynov, piano;
Dmitry Sokolov, cello. Music by Russian and
European composers. Glinka Philharmonic
Dmitry Yeryomin Cello. Yun-Sun Chang
(South Korea) conducts the St. Petersburg
Philharmonic Orchestra. Dvorak, Franck,
Wagner. Shostakovich Philharmonic
In Memory of Lyubov Brook Andrei
Alexeyev conducts the St. Petersburg State
University String Orchestra and the
Rostrapovich Childrens Art School Orchestra.
Music by Russian and foreign composers. St.
Petersburg State Cappella
theater
PREMIERE! Ladies and Hussars Zazerkalye
Theater director Alexander Petrov directs
Alexandre Fredreaus Romantic-era comedy as
a musical. A group of officers who try to do
without the company of women;
unsuccessfully, of course. Music by Igor
Rogalev. Akimov Comedy Theater
Cap and Bells Vladimir Vorobyov directs a
drama set in a small Sicilian village involving a
beautiful wife and her deceitful husband.
Alexandrinsky Theater
Lies Marina Gavrilova directs her own
detective story chronicling the adventures of
Russian emigrants in 1930s Paris.
Alexandrinsky Theater, Small Stage
Taras Bulba See Jan. 30. Baltiisky Dom
FORMAL THEATER: School for Fools See
Jan. 30. Baltiisky Dom, Formal Theater
California Suite Neil Simons famous romantic
comedy revolves around a trio of vacationing
couples staying at the same hotel. Directed by
Nikolai Pinigin. Bolshoi Drama Theater
The Imaginary Invalid Whizz-bang light
effects and other special surprises spice up
Molires last play, directed by Gennady
Trostyanetsky. Lensoviet Theater
The Winters Tale See Jan. 29. Maly
Drama Theater Theater of Europe
PREMIERE! The Disappearance See Jan.
29. Maly Drama Theater Theater of Europe
Lost in the Stars See Jan. 30. Theater on
Liteiny
Thurs., Feb. 1
opera
Orpheus and Eurydice A concert
performance of the opera by Gluck based on
ancient Greek legends. Mariinsky Theater
concert
Miroslav Kultyshev and Yekaterina Murina
Piano. Vladimir Verbitsky conducts the St.
Petersburg Academic Philharmonic Orchestra.
Beethoven, Rakhmaninov. Shostakovich
Philharmonic
theater
The Shadow Schwarzs satirical fable about a
mans relationship with his shadow, directed
by the late Nikolai Akimov, founder of the
Comedy Theater. Akimov Comedy Theater
The Tale of Tsar Peter and his Murdered
Son, Alexei Alexander Galibin directs the
Alexandrinskys version of Friedrich
Gorensteins play, a polemic against Peters
conception of history, which resulted in the
murder of his son. Alexandrinsky Theater
How I Ate a Dog Yevgeny Grishkovets
acclaimed, award-winning one-man show.
Baltiisky Dom
concert
Russian Orthodox Church Music Anastasia
Sorokina conducts the St. John Choir. Sacred
music by Bortnyansky, Rimsky-Korsakov and
Chesnokov. Glinka Philharmonic
Boris Shtokolov Guitar. Artistic director
Vladimir Popov conducts the Russian
Chamber Orchestra. Early Russian Ballads.
Shostakovich Philharmonic
St. Petersburg State Cappella Orchestra
Alexander Sladkovsky, conductor. Mahler,
Verdi. St. Petersburg State Cappella
theater
The Country Wife See Jan. 26. Akimov
Comedy Theater
A Comedy from Our Life Vladimir Golub
directs Nadezhda Ptushkinas contemporary
play about an old maid who finds love with a
New Russian. Alexandrinsky Theater
At the Same Time Yevgeny
Grishkovets new(er) one-man show. Baltiisky
Dom
Boris Godunov Temur Chkheidze directs
Pushkins 1825 play about guilt and power in
16th-century Russia. Bolshoi Drama Theater
Gold Roman Kozak stages Joseph Bar-
Josephs Jewish comedy with Alexander
Feklistov, Valery Garkalin, Larisa Kuznetsova
and Tatyana Vasilyeva. Gorky Palace of Culture.
4 Ploshchad Stachek. M: Narvskaya.
The Hoaxer Alexander Isakov directs a
whimsical comedy about the paranormal by
Inga Garuchava and Pyotr Khotyanovsky.
Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater
Love Till Your Dying Day Igor Vladimirov
directs Nikolais ironic comedy about the
meaning of love. Lensoviet Theater
The Winters Tale See Jan. 29. Maly
Drama Theater Theater of Europe
PREMIERE! The Disappearance See Jan.
29. Maly Drama Theater Theater of Europe
PREMIERE! The Venetian Woman See Feb.
1. Priyut Komedianta Theater
The Peasant Mistress (Barishnya
Krestyanka) Alexander Petrov directs a
musical version of Pushkins short story.
Theater on Liteiny
gigs
Fri., Jan. 26
rock, etc.
El Coyotas Latin. Art Spirit. 8 p.m.
Solaris Pop/rock. City Club. 8:20 p.m.
Kartel Funk. City Club. 1 a.m.
Pep-See Pop/rock. Faculty. 10 p.m.
Avrora (Moscow). Fish Fabrique. 10:30 p.m.
Natasha Pivovarova and SOUS Pop grunge.
Griboyedov. 10 p.m.
Nastya Poleva Pop/rock. Manhattan. 11 p.m.
Spasm/Vegetative/Psychea Grunge,
hardcore, industrial. Moloko
Hot Wheels Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m.
Propellers Rockabilly. Money Honey.
12:30 p.m.
Crazy Alice Planeta Internet. 9:30 p.m.
Protozoa/Dve Sashi/Tire Bons/MiDzhi
Alternative. Poligon. 6 p.m.
jazz & blues
Bossa Nova Night Pyotr Kornev Band with
Elvira Trafova on vocals. Jazz Philharmonic Hall
Doggy Doggy Rock and roll, blues.
JazznPhrenia. 9 p.m.
Dmitry Bratukhin Band Original
compositions. JFC Jazz Club
Yana Radion and Braziliera Latin. Jimi
Hendrix Blues Club. 7:30 p.m.
Magic Bus Rock. Jimi Hendrix Blues Club.
12 a.m.
Ira Zubareva and Jazz Trio Jazz standards
and other songs. Neo Jazz Club. 8 p.m.
party mix
DJs Sahaj and Nose House, big beat. Faculty.
10 p.m.
DJs Udjin, Chikatilo and Compass Vrubel
Griboyedov. 12 a.m.
Sat., Jan. 27
rock, etc.
Solnechny Udar Pop/rock. Art Spirit. 9 p.m.
Scary B.O.O.M. Psychobilly. City Club. 8:20 p.m.
PORT 812 Pop/rock. City Club. 1 a.m.
N.O.M. Rock. Faculty. 10 p.m.
Begemot Pop/rock. Fish Fabrique. 10:30 p.m.
Netslov Ethnic dub electronica. Griboyedov.
10 p.m.
Solaris Pop/rock. Manhattan. 11 p.m.
Zelany Rashoho Acid jazz. Moloko
Big Livers Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m.
Hot Wheels Rockabilly. Money Honey.
12:30 a.m.
Magic Bus Rock. Planeta Internet. 9:30 p.m.
The Krysha/Amatory/Psychea Alternative.
Poligon. 6 p.m.
Malako/Sad Kamnei Zoopark
jazz & blues
Leningrad Dixieland Band Jazz Dancing.
Jazz Philharmonic Hall
Gasan Bagirov Trio Jazz Philharmonic Hall
(Ellington Hall). 8 p.m.
Alexei Kanunnikov Jazz Band Vocal jazz
group. JazznPhrenia. 9 p.m.
Nikonov Degusarov Band From Swing to
Funk. JFC Jazz Club
Skip Parente Jazz classics. Jimi Hendrix Blues
Club. 3 p.m.
Skip Parente Jazz classics. Jimi Hendrix Blues
Club. 7:30 p.m.
El Coyotas Latin. Jimi Hendrix Blues Club.
12 a.m.
Tanya Tolstova and Jazz Comfort Neo Jazz
Club. 8 p.m.
party mix
P.C.P. Party Live acts Yolochniye Igrushki,
Ruff Engine, Zhutky Lazer, DJs Slon and
Kisloid. Faculty. 11:30 p.m.
Do Re Mix Presents DJs Tengiz, Vissardi and
Tim. Griboyedov. 12 a.m.
DJ Tsvetkov Live mix. Titski-Boomerang DJ
Team, Gnom, Slava Vinyl, Igrunov. PORT. 11 p.m.
Energetika Progressive dance party. DJs
Optimus Ell (trance), Struker (garage), Magnet
Freak (progressive house, house),
Nazhiklidabulu (trans), Rain Flash (techno)
and Turbo (hardcore). SpartaK (Garkundel).
11:59 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 28
rock, etc.
Sasha I Natasha Pop/rock. Art Spirit. 9 p.m.
Mad Lori Pop/rock. Followed by X-Dance all-
night party. City Club. 8:20 p.m.
Skafandr Alternative. Faculty. 10 p.m.
Project 11 Blues. Griboyedov. 10 p.m.
Chicherina Pop/rock. Lensoviet Palace of
Culture, 42 Kamennoostrovsky Pr., 346-04-38.
Palma Break Disco funk. Manhattan. 11 p.m.
Mad Lori/Chekultura Pop/rock. Moloko
Rattlesnakes Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m.
Doggy Doggy Rockabilly. Money Honey.
11:45 p.m.
Metallurgiya Heavy metal. Poligon. 6 p.m.
Propellers Rockabilly. SpartaK (Garkundel).
10 p.m.
Vladimir Vysotsky Night Vitaly Katsabashvili
(Moscow). Zoopark
jazz & blues
Jazz for Children Leningrad Dixieland Band.
Jazz Philharmonic Hall& 12 a.m.
Antigone Anouilhs modern treatment of the
Sophocles classic about a woman whose
destiny is to say no to the king. Directed by
Temur Chkheidze. Bolshoi Drama Theater
Console My Sorrows Sergei Buranov stages
Georgy Korolchuks lyrical comedy about
knowing ones roots, as seen through a family
whose generations are scattered across the
globe. Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater
Caligula See Jan. 26. Lensoviet Theater
The Winters Tale See Jan. 29. Maly
Drama Theater Theater of Europe
PREMIERE! The Disappearance See Jan.
29. Maly Drama Theater Theater of Europe
PREMIERE! The Venetian Woman Mikhail
Gruzdov stages a 16th-century erotic dram by
an unknown author. Priyut Komedianta Theater
Catherine the Great Gennady Trostyanetsky
directs the truly great Olga Samoshina in
Shaws short comedy about the life of the
Russian empress. Theater on Liteiny
Fri., Feb. 2
ballet
Swan Lake The Askold Makarov Theater of
Classical Ballet performs the famous romantic
classic. Mussorgsky Theater
opera
PREMIERE! The Tale of the Invisible City
of Kitezh and the Maid Fevronia Rimsky-
Korsakovs fanciful opera about the lost city of
Kitezh, which sinks under the ocean rather
than surrender to invaders, has become a full-
fledged production, staged by Dmitry
Chernyakov, with artistic direction and
conducting by Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky
Theater
Queen of Spades Yury Alexandrovs fluid,
contemporary production of Tchaikovskys
opera based on the Pushkin poem about the
ill-fated passions of gambling nut German.
Conducted by Vadim Afanasiev. St. Petersburg
Opera, Hermitage Theater
Mikhail Kostyushkin and His Band
Saxophone Night. Jazz Philharmonic Hall. 7 p.m.
The Way Blues. JazznPhrenia. 9 p.m.
Ritmo Caliente Latin. JFC Jazz Club
Gasan Bagirov Trio Jazz. Jimi Hendrix Blues
Club. 3 p.m.
Ritmo Caliente Latin. Jimi Hendrix Blues Club.
7:30 p.m.
The Way Blues. Neo Jazz Club. 8 p.m.
party mix
DJ Alex Breakbeat. Faculty. 11:30 p.m.
Sqatter Diction Jungle Party for Youth
Griboyedov. 5 p.m.
DJs Chak, Keet and guests Acid jazz, soul-
funk, hip-hop. Griboyedov. 12 a.m.
Mon., Jan. 29
rock, etc.
Experimental GEZ-21 (Experimental Sound
Gallery), 10 Pushkinskaya Ul. (entrance from 53
Ligovsky Pr.), 7th floor, room 702. 7:30 p.m.
Barbulators Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m.
Katyusha Rock. SpartaK (Garkundel). 9:30 p.m.
jazz & blues
Skip Parente and Friends Jazz classics.
JazznPhrenia. 9 p.m.
Sweet Little 60s Rock and roll. JFC Jazz Club
Anna Guzikova and VIP Band Jazz classics.
Jimi Hendrix Blues Club. 7:30 p.m.
Alexei Cheremizov Trio/Jam Session
Mainstream. Kvadrat. 8 p.m.
Leonid Sendersky Quartet Jazz standards.
Neo Jazz Club. 8 p.m.
party mix
X-Dance City Club. 8:20 p.m.
Ground Level DJs Maxim Kislovsky, Sputnik
and guests. Griboyedov. 10 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 30
rock, etc.
Kotovsky Bros. Funk. City Club. 8:20 p.m.
On Moi Rock. Fish Fabrique. 10:30 p.m.
Bliznetsy Pop/rock. Manhattan. 11 p.m.
Big Livers Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m.
The Other Culture Presents St.
Petersburgs Experimental Art Erzatshuman
(primitive minimal rhythm). SpartaK
(Garkundel). 9:45 p.m.
Kirill Miller Presents Improvized music.
Zoopark
jazz & blues
Dmitry Nazarychev Band with Viktoria
Urusova on vocals Jazz Philharmonic Hall
(Ellington Hall). 8 p.m.
Yellow Pillow Big beat, rock. JazznPhrenia.
9 p.m.
Mainstream Kings Jazz classics. JFC Jazz
Club
Ines & S.B.A. Blues. Jimi Hendrix Blues Club.
7:30 p.m.
El Coyotas Latin. Neo Jazz Club. 8 p.m.
party mix
DJs Danya and Lovesky Griboyedov. 10 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 31
rock, etc.
ReggiStan Reggae. Followed by X-Dance all-
night party. City Club. 8:20 p.m.
Tu-Tu 134 Pop/rock. Griboyedov. 10 p.m.
500 Potseluyev New wave, disco. Manhattan.
11 p.m.
Rattlesnakes Rockabilly. Money Honey.
8 p.m.
Lone Star Riders New country. Money Honey.
11:45 p.m.
Barocco Flash Art rock. SpartaK (Garkundel).
9:30 p.m.
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Friday, January 26, 2001 THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
community
bulletin board
K Al-Anon, a self-support group for friends and
relatives of alcohol and drug addicted people,
meets Saturdays and Thursdays. Call 327-36-83.
KThe American Womens Monthly Information
Exchange invites all Americans to share information
about upcoming events. Call 275-17-01 ext. 330.
KThe Caring Hands Childrens Orphanage
welcomes volunteers to help with children aged 7-
21. Call 155-67-39.
K Assertiveness training courses and free legal
consultations are available to women at the St.
Petersburg Center for Gender Issues. Call 275-
87-22, 275-37-53.
KCenter RNO, or Center for the Development of
Non-governmental Organizations, provides free
consulting services for NGOs. English and German
speakers are available. Call 325-8913/14.
KEldophone is a free, 24-hour telephone directory
service that gives updated cultural and practical
information in English and Russian. Call 326-96-96.
KThe International Womens Club will hold its next
meeting on Jan. 30 at the Lomonosov Porcelain
Factory, 151 Obukhovsky Oborony Pr. at 7 p.m. Nearest
Metro: Lomonosovskaya. Call Denise, 314-90-70, or
Emmi, 279-33-64, for times and details.
K Anyone wishing to become a member of the
Friends of the Hermitage Museum should call
the Development Department and Friends Office
at 110-90-05.
KThe citys Jewish Community Center is at 3
Rubenshteina, apartment 50. Call 113-38-89.
K The Leningrad Association of Homeopathy
unites physicians, pharmacists and scientists to
compare notes. Investigations of difficult illnesses are
held on Thursdays at 5 p.m. Call 560-00-12, 560-00-77.
KRotary International Club St. Petersburg
Neva welcomes Rotarians to its meetings on
Thursdays. Call 273-69-12 or e-mail at
alvad@mail.wplus.net.
KRotary Russia (RR) invites Rotarians to its
meetings on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. RR is based on
the first Rotary club constitution of 1906. It is not a
member of Rotary International. Contact Vadim Panov
at 172-54-51 or e-mail rotaryru@mail.softjoys.ru.
KThe Salvation Army is calling all volunteers
willing to assist in an all-night program that will
provide food and activities for the citys numerous
homeless. Call Joseph Smith at 327-36-83 or or e-
mail jjsmith@neva.spb.ru for further information.
KThe St. Petersburg Center of the International
AIDS Charity offers information on AIDS in Russia.
Call 233-73-36.
K The St. Petersburg Gay and Lesbian
Association KRILIJA, offers help, information and
accommodation. Call 312-31-80 or e-mail
krilija@ilga.org. English spoken.
KThe St. Petersburg Hash House Harriers is a
running organization for expats and Russians that
meets every other Sunday at 1:00 p.m. on the
Square of Arts near the Grand Hotel Europe. Call
110-07-29, 320-79-29.
K The St. Petersburg International Business
Association holds monthly meetings for
foreigners who are doing business in St.
Petersburg. Call 325-90-91.
KThe Student Choir of St. Petersburg State
University is open to everyone who can read music.
Call Alla Borisovna at 218-96-70.
KEveryone is welcome to catch Ultimate Frisbee
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worship
KAll Nations Bible Church Evangelical Charismatic
service in English with translation into Russian. Karl Marx
House of Culture, 114 Obvodniy Canal Embankment. Sun-
days 11 a.m., Thursdays 7 p.m. 5542 3794
KAnglican/Episcopal 24 Nab. Reki Fontanki, apt. 22.
Through the arch, turn left. Sundays, 11 a.m.. 964-52-57.
K Apostolic New Apostolic Church holds services
Sundays at 11 a.m. at 113 Leninsky Pr. 153-37-01.
K Armenian Church of St. Catherine holds services
Saturdays at 6 p.m. at 40 Nevsky Pr.
KArmenian Apostolic Orthodox Church Church of
St. Resurrection has services Sundays at 12 p.m. at 29
Smolenka Nab. 350-53-01.
KBaptist International Baptist Church, 47 Novocher-
kassky Pr., corpus 1, stairwell 12. Services on Sundays at
11 a.m. and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. 442-01-07.
KBaptist The Immanuel Baptist International Church
has English-language services at 11:15 a.m., Bible study
10:10 a.m., on Sundays at the Mayakovskaya Library, 46
Nab. Fontanki. Call David Pettis at 232-24-43.
K Buddhist Daily services at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the
Kuntsechoinei Datsan Temple, 91 Primorsky Pr. 239-03-41.
K Catholic Services on Sundays at 1:30 p.m. in the
Church of the Assumption at 11 1-aya Krasnoar-
meiskaya Ul.
K Catholic St. Catherine Roman Catholic Church
holds masses at 32-34 Nevsky Pr. Sundays at 9:30 a.m. in
English, 10:30 a.m. in Russian, 12 p.m. in Russian, 1:30
p.m. in Polish and 7 p.m. in Russian. Weekday services at
8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. in Russian. 311-71-70.
K Charismatic Church of Our Savior Hotel St. Pe-
tersburg Conference Hall at 5 Vyborgskaya Nab. M: Pl.
Lenina. Sunday services in Russian with English transla-
tion at 11 a.m.
KChristian Science Society Services on Sundays at
11 a.m. and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. 20 Basseinaya Ul.,
2nd floor, room #205. 323-47-52.
K The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
(Mormons) Meetings in Russian at 6 Aerodromnia at
10 a.m. English meetings Sundays at 2 p.m. at 56 Nab.
Reki Fontanki. 346-75-67.
K Evangelical Services on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.,
Sundays at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. and Mondays at 5 p.m. 52
Borovaya Ulitsa. 166-44-19.
KHindu The Hare Krishna Temple meets every day at
7 p.m., with Sunday programs at 4 p.m., at 17 Bumazh-
naya Ul. Call 186-72-59 or e-mail Marat@pronto.bbt.se.
K Jehovahs Witness English-language meetings
Wednesday at 7 p.m. and every other Saturday at 5:30
p.m. Russian-language meetings Tuesday to Friday at 7
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Kolomyazhsky Prospect, 394-53-81. More Russian-lan-
guage meetings: Tuesday to Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
71. Ul. Chernyahovskogo, 164-25-29. Tuesday, Friday
and Saturday at 5 p.m., Sunday at 11 a.m. 6a Ul. Fuchika,
174-76-29.
K Jewish Daily prayers at 9 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. in the
small synagogue, sung Sabbath service at 10 a.m. in the
Great Synagogue. 2 Lermontovsky Pr. 114-11-53.
KLutheran (German-Russian) Bilingual services at
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.;
Wednesday services in German at 6 p.m. and in Russian
at 7 p.m. 22/24 Nevsky Pr. 312-0798.
K Lutheran (Evangelical) Services at the Church
of St. Mary at 8 Bolshaya Konyushennaya Ul. on Sun-
days at 10:30 a.m. in Finnish and at 1:30 p.m. in Russian
and on the first and third Sunday of the month at 3 p.m.
K Lutheran (Evangelical) The Russian Evangelical
Lutheran Ministry in St. Petersburg has services in En-
glish Sundays at 9:30 a.m. at St. Michaels Lutheran
Church, 18 Sredny Pr. 218-04-77.
K Lutheran (Swedish) Swedish-Russian services at
St. Catherines Church at 1 Mal. Konyushennaya on the
second and fourth Sunday of the month at 5 p.m.
KMoslem Daily 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mosque is at 7 Kro-
nversky Prospect. 233-98-19.
K Russian Orthodox Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathe-
dral holds services daily at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at 1 Preo-
brazhenskaya Pl. 272-36-62.
K Salvationist Russian-English services on Sundays
at 3:30 p.m. at 44b Liteiny Prospect. 327-36-83.
K Salvationist Salvation Army services at 19 Bol.
Monetnaya Ul., 11 a.m. Sundays. 310-44-70.
K Seventh-Day Adventist Services usually in Rus-
sian only on Saturdays at 10 a.m. and Fridays at 7 p.m., at
85 Morisa Toreza. 553-94-33.
KStreetCry Christian Fellowship Meetings every day.
Live rock worship, 3:30 p.m. Sundays. Healing ministry to
drug addicts, Bible school, prayer meetings, street evange-
lism. DK Bolshevichka, 9 Ul. Tyushina, 3rd fl. 164-58-35.
Submit items to Simon Patterson by Wednesday.
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jazz & blues
The Way Blues. Jazz Philharmonic Hall
El Coyotas Latin. JazznPhrenia. 9 p.m.
Los Sabrosos Band Latin. JFC Jazz Club
Alexei Kanunnikov Jazz Band Jazz classics.
Jimi Hendrix Blues Club. 7:30 p.m.
Anna Guzikova and VIP Band Jazz classics.
Neo Jazz Club. 8 p.m.
party mix
DJs Kon and Yarik 1970s disco. Griboyedov.
12 a.m.
Thurs., Feb. 1
rock, etc.
El Coyotas Latin. Followed by X-Dance all-
night party. City Club. 8:20 p.m.
Lizzie Borden Rock, blues, Tarantino hits.
Fish Fabrique. 10:30 p.m.
Zachem Rock. Manhattan. 11 p.m.
Kirpichi Hiphop. Moloko
Barbulators Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m.
Buoyant Band Rockabilly. Money Honey.
11:45 p.m.
Thursday at Zoo Singers/songwriters.
Zoopark. 7:30 p.m.
jazz & blues
Up-and-Coming Stars of St. Petersburg
Jazz Autumn Marathon Competition. Jazz
Philharmonic Hall
Alexei Kozhevnikov Piano Jazz Night.
Kvadrat. 8 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 2
rock, etc.
Kafe Rock. Art Spirit. 8 p.m.
Expansive Dance Pop/rock. Fish Fabrique.
10:30 p.m.
Mungo Jerry Good-time rock. Gigant Hall.
10 p.m.
Duran Duran Greatest hits from the
1980s hearthrobs. Ice Palace, 1 Pr. Pyatiletok,
118-63-13, 118-63-18.
Doo Bop Sound Acid jazz, funk. Manhattan.
11 p.m.
Hot Wheels Rockabilly. Money Honey. 8 p.m.
Propellers Rockabilly. Money Honey. 12:30 p.m.
Jan Coo Grunge. Poligon. 6 p.m.
Nochniye Snaipery Rock. Zoopark
jazz & blues
Golden Era of Jazzs Popular Melodies
Pyotr Kornev Band with Elvira Trafova on
vocals. Jazz Philharmonic Hall
exhibits
Academy of Arts Museum Wednesdays
through Sundays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Permanent Collection Works from members
of the Academys faculty, including many
items from the Pushkin-themed exhibit held
last year, with works from Mikhail Anikushin,
Yevsey Moisenko, Boris Ugarov and
Vyacheslav Zadonik. Paintings, graphics and
sculpture.
NEW! From Harmony to the Truth Over 70
displays of sketches, studies, mosaics,
ceramics - diploma works by students,
dedicated to the 2000th anniversary of Christs
birth.
NEW! Alexei Parkhomov: 100 Years Well-
known Blockade-themed graphic works by
this famous book illustrator, plus sketches of
his monumental art. Starts Jan. 31.
Alexander Blok Apartment Museum
57 Ul. Dekabristov. M: Sennaya Ploshchad.
113-86-33.
Permanent Collection Bloks material legacy,
located in the apartment where he spent the
last years of his life.
Anna Akhmatova Museum at the
Fontanka House Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed Mondays and the last Wednesday of
every month.
Permanent Collection Mementos of the
beloved Russian poet.
The Gifts of the Magi The Anna Akhmatova
Museums fifth Christmas exhibit, with
paintings, graphics, installations and objets
dart. Of particular interest are Christmas toys
made by art students from the St. Petersburg
Theater Arts Academy.
Art City Gallery Daily 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 27 6th
Line Vasilyevsky Island. M: Vasilyostrovskaya.
Filipp and Maria Kazak: Painting, Batik,
Painting On Cloth Bright colors reign
supreme in the simple yet romantic canvas
and cloth visions of the Kazaks, two students
from the Mukhinsky School.
Artists Union of Russia Exhibition Center
Daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
NEW! Year 2000 Members Paintings,
graphics, sculpture, ceramics, decorative and
applied art for theater and cinema by new
union members, who joined up in 2000.
Through Jan. 31.
Boris Sergeyev and Company Paintings,
graphics and sculpture by Lidia Kuznetsova-
Sergeyeva, Olga Pankratova, Boris Sergeyev,
Ksenia Sergeyeva, Boris Stepanov, Nikolai
Tsvetkov and Natalya Yurkina. Through
Jan. 28.
The Pearl of Kazan Artists from Kazan
present their work. Through Jan. 28.
Association of Free Artists Gallery at
Nevsky 20 Daily 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
My City Photographs of Petersburg by Andrey
Marsanov.
Vladimir Alexandrov Association member
Alexandrov astounds with his realist
Petersburg landscape paintings.
Borey Art Gallery Daily 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Closed Sundays and Mondays.
NEW! 00:00 - The Effect of Memory Six
years worth of work from photographer
Alexander Lyashko, in his first exclusive
exhibit. Through Feb. 3.
NEW! The Gospel According to the
Unicorn Decorative and applied art as well as
leather works by Alexander Shuysky.
Bread Museum Tuesdays through Saturdays
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Permanent Collection The rise of bread in
St. Petersburg.
Christmas Bread An exhibit of yuletide
loaves from around the world.
Central Naval Museum Daily 10:30 a.m. to 8
p.m. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Permanent Collection More than 650,000
historical objects and art works on the navy,
plus about 2,000 models of Russian and
foreign ships.
On the Trail of Ayvazovsky Works
from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century
by the artists from Russias naval
departments, including Ivan Ayvazovsky,
Alexander Beggrov, Leonid Blinov and Alexei
Bogolyubov.
The Road to Peterhof More than 50
photographic works from Oranienbaum
Reservation Museum employee Nikolai
Karmazin.
Chaliapin Apartment Museum Daily 12 p.m.
to 6 p.m. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and the
last Friday of every month. 2B Ul. Graftio. M:
Petrogradskaya. 234-10-56.
Permanent Collection Fyodor Chaliapins
pad from 1914 till his emigration from Russia
in 1922.
Dostoevsky Museum Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed Mondays. 5 Kuznechny Per., M:
Vladimirskaya/Dostoevskaya. 311-40-31.
Permanent Collection Dostoevskys digs
from 1878 till his death in 1881.
Engineers (Mikhailovsky) Castle Daily 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Tuesdays.
Permanent Collection Portraiture from the
end of the 17th century to the early 20th
century.
Vasily Sadovnikov Drawings and paintings,
including watercolors.
Friday, January 26, 2001 THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES 15
theater
Akimov Comedy Theater 56 Nevsky Pr., 312-4555.
Alexandrinsky Theater 2 Pl. Ostrovskogo, 110-4103.
Baltiisky Dom 4 Alexandrovsky Park, 232-6244.
Bolshoi Drama Theater 65 Nab. Fontanki, 310-0401.
Hermitage Theater 34 Dvortsovaya Nab., 311-9025.
Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater 19 Italianskaya
Ul., 315-5355.
Lensoviet Theater 12 Vladimirsky Pr., 113-2191.
Maly Drama Theater 18 Ul. Rubinshteina, 113-2028.
Mariinsky Theater 1 Teatralnaya Pl., 114-4344.
Molodyozhny Theater 114 Nab. Fontanki, 316-6870.
Mussorgsky Theater 1 Pl. Isskustv, 219-1978.
Priyut Komedianta Theater 27 Sadovaya Ul., 311-3314.
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory Theater 3 Teatral-
naya Pl., 312-25-19.
St. Petersburg Opera 33 Galernaya Ul., 315-6769.
Theater Dozhdei 130 Nab. Fontanki.
Theater on Liteiny 51 Liteiny Pr., 273-5335.
Vasilievsky Ostrov Theater of Satire 48 Sredny Pr.,
213-6683.
Yusupovsky Palace 92 Nab. Moiki, 314-9883, 315-6769.
Zazerkalye Theater 13 Rubinshteina Ul., 164-1895.
halls
Childrens Philharmonic Hall 1/3 Dumskaya Ul.,
219-41-75.
Glinka Philharmonic 30 Nevsky Pr., 312-45-85.
Shostakovich Philharmonic 2 Mikhailovskaya Ul.,
311-73-33.
St. Petersburg State Cappella 20 Nab. Moiki, 314-10-58.
museums
Academy of Arts Museum 17 University Embankment.,
213-64-96.
Anna Akhmatova Museum at the Fontanka House
34 Nab. Fontanki, 272-22-11.
Artists Union of Russia Exhibition Center 38 Bol-
shaya Morskaya Ul., 314-30-60.
Art Collegium Gallery 64 Ligovsky Pr., 164-95-64.
Association of Free Artists Gallery at Nevsky 20 20
Nevsky Pr., 311-77-77.
Bread Museum73 Ligovsky Pr., 164-11-10.
Borey Art Gallery 58 Liteiny Pr., 273-36-93.
Center of Photographic Arts 3B Malaya Monetnaya Ul.,
232-31-37.
Central Naval Museum 4 Birzhevaya Pl., 218-25-02.
Engineers (Mikhailovsky) Castle 2 Sadovaya Ul.,
210-41-73.
Ethnographic Museum 4/1 Inzhenernaya Ul., 210-47-15.
Free Arts Foundation at Pushkinskaya 10 Located
at 10 Pushkinskaya Ul., enter from 53 Ligovsky Pr.,
164-53-71.
Hermitage Museum 34 Dvortsovaya Nab., 311-34-65.
Kunstkamera 3 Universitetskaya Nab., 328-14-12.
Manezh Central Exhibition Hall 1 St. Isaacs Sq.,
314-88-59.
Masters Guild Gallery 82 Nevsky Pr., 279-09-79.
Marble Palace 5/1 Millionnaya Ul., 312-91-96.
Mitki-Vkhutemas Gallery 16 Ul. Pravdy, apt. 20.
Museum of the History of St. Petersburg Peter and
Paul Fortress, 3 Petropavlovskaya Krepost, 238-45-40.
Museum of the Political History of Russia 2/4 Ul.
Kyubysheva, 233-70-52.
Museum of Theatrical and Musical Arts 6 Pl. Ostro-
vskogo, 310-19-39.
Pushkin Apartment Museum 12 Nab. Moiki, 312-19-62.
Rumyantsev Mansion 44 Angliiskaya Nab., 311-75-44.
Russian Museum 4 Inzhenernaya Ul., 219-16-08.
Smolny Cathedral Exhibition Hall 3/1 Ploshchad Ras-
trelli. 311-36-90.
SPAS 93 Moika Embankment, 311-42-60.
Stroganov Palace 17 Nevsky Pr., 311-23-60.
St. Petersburg Center for Modern Art 60 Nevsky Pr.,
219-47-37.
cinemas
Avrora 60 Nevsky Pr., 315-52-54.
Barrikada 15 Nevsky Pr., 315-40-28.
Crystal Palace 72 Nevsky Pr., 272-23-82.
Dom Kino 12 Karavannaya Ul., 314-80-36.
Khudozhestveny 67 Nevsky Pr., 314-00-45.
Kolizei 100 Nevsky Pr., 272-87-75.
Leningrad 4 Potemkinskaya Ul., 272-65-13.
Molodyozhny 12 Sadovaya Ul., 311-00-45.
Parisiana 80 Nevsky Pr., 273-48-13.
Spartak 8 Kirochnaya Ul. (former Ul. Saltykova-Shched-
rina), 272-78-97.
Photomarathon 2000: Goodbye 20th
Century, Hello to the New Century
Photographs.
Museum of the Political History of Russia
Annex Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed
Thursdays. 2 Gorokhovaya Ul., M: Nevsky Pr.,
312-27-42.
The History of the Secret Police All of your
favorite state spooks, with uniforms.
Museum of Theater and Musical Arts Open
Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesdays 1 p.m. to 7
p.m. Closed on Tuesdays.
Permanent Collection This unique
collection includes various sketches of
scenery, decorations, music, photographs and
the personal belongings of great Russian
actors.
Stars of St. Petersburg Ballet The exhibit
covers the history of Russian ballet since the
beginning of the 19th century.
Nabokov Apartment Museum Daily 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. 47
Bolshaya Morskaya Ul., M: Nevsky Prospect or
Sennaya Ploshchad. 315-47-13.
Permanent Collection The childhood home
that features prominently in Vladimir
Nabokovs autobiography Speak, Memory
returns to life.
National Center Gallery Daily 11 a.m. to 7
p.m. Closed Mondays. 166 Nevsky Pr., M:
Ploshchad Aleksandra Nevskogo. 277-12-16.
The Doll and the Batik Holiday-themed art
by local artists.
Printing Museum Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 32/2
Moika Embankment. 311-02-70.
Musical Salon A 19th-century St. Petersburg
music lovers apartment, replete with all
manner of gramophones, records and other
paraphernalia. The singing nightingale is of
particular interest.
Pushkin Apartment Museum Daily 11 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Closed Tuesdays.
Permanent Collection Pushkin
paraphernalia, located in the apartment where
he died.
Dialogues With Lovers of Russian
Literature and Arzamas An exhibit about
the literary circles of Pushkins era, some of
which he had participated in himself.
Paintings, graphics, letters and other
documents.
The Price of Freedom Nikolai
Domashenkos illustrations to works by
Decembrist poets.
Free Word A chronicle of samizdat,
featuring photographs, manuscripts and
underground and gulag pressings of works
by Akmatova, Tsvetayeva, Vysotsky. Through
Jan. 27.
Rumyantsev Mansion Open Daily 11 a.m. to
5 p.m., Tuesdays to 4 p.m. Closed on
Wednesdays and on last Tuesday of each
month.
Acquired Russia 20th-century Russian
masterpieces of poster Art.
The Light of Valaam Photos of Valaam, an
island on Lake Ladoga. Through Jan 28.
Samoylov Dynasty Apartment Museum
Daily 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Mondays and
Tuesdays. 8 Stremyannaya Ul. 164-11-30.
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The Ethnographic Museum Daily 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. Closed Mondays.
Permanent Collection Artifacts and
anthropological bric-a-brac from every corner
of the former Soviet Union.
Petersburg Time at the Turn of the Century
An exhibit dedicated to the 300th anniversary
of Peter the Greats time reforms. Features all
manner of clocks and watches within
historical context.
Christianity in the Everyday Life and
Culture of the Peoples of Russia from the
19th to the 20th Century A multifaceted
exhibit details the variety and variation of
Christian customs throughout Russia.
Free Arts Foundation at Pushkinskaya 10
Museum of Nonconformist Art and Art Polygon
are open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 3 - 7
p.m.; the New Academy Museum, Saturdays, 4
- 7 p.m.; Navicula Artis, daily 5 - 7 p.m. the
Gallery 21 Techno-Art Center, Tuesdays through
Saturdays, 3 - 8 p.m.
NEW! Art Polygon: A Woman For Every
Soldier An open workshop by the Star-Perts
arts collective. Starts Feb. 2.
NEW! ENGLISH TRANSLATION! Fish
Fabrique: Russian Drama Theater
Presents A showing of Joseph Cheifetzs
1960 film The Lady With a Dog, based on the
short story by Anton Chekhov. English
Translation through headphones.
NEW! Gallery 21 Techno-Art Center:
Bourgeoisie A new art club holds its
meetings every Friday at 6 p.m.
Gallery 103: City of Color Paintings by Yulia
Tretyakova. Through Feb. 4.
NEW! City of Color II Clothing by Yulia
Tretyakova, accompanied by music from the
band Delta Nevy. Sat., Jan. 27, 5 p.m.
A joint U.S.-Russian exhibit of computer
art.
New Academy Museum: Darya Fursey -
Frozen World Paintings, graphics and
glasswork. Through Feb. 1.
Kirov Apartment Museum Daily 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. 26/28 Kamenoostrovsky Pr. Call 346-02-17
for info.
Permanent Collection Sergei Kirovs old
residence with mementos.
To Our Happy Childhood An exhibit which
details the life of a typical child in pre-World
War II times.
Kunstkammer Museum Daily 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. Closed Thursdays.
Permanent Collection The Kunstkammer
Collection, the oldest museum in Russia,
featuring sundry items belonging to Peter the
Great, the Lomonosov Science Museum,
meeting place of the Academy of Sciences,
Asian and Native North American
ethnographic exhibits.
Anatomical Rarities Freaks floating in jars,
brought back by Peter I from Holland. Not for
the fainthearted!
The Langsdorf Expedition The exhibit details
Georgy Langsdorfs expedition into the
Amazon jungle from 1822 to 1828. Of
particular interest is documentation of the
regions namesake, the female-dominated
tribes.
Restored Items from the Japanese
Collection 30 regenerated items from the late
17th to the early 19th centuries culled from
the Japanese inventory. Paintings, decorative
and applied art, and some very sharp
weapons!
The Sword and the Book: The Culture
of Islam Art and artifacts from various middle
eastern countries.
Toys of the World A collection of toys
from around the world, including some really
weird playthings.
Manezh Central Exhibition Hall Daily 11
a.m. to 6 p.m.
Petersburg 2000 An enormous annual
exhibit of new art from new and old figures
running the entire gamut of the St. Petersburg
art scene. Features works completed from
1999-2000. Through Jan. 28.
Masters Guild Gallery Daily 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
NEW! Little Winter Game Bright, loud oil
paintings by Idish Shaimardinov.
Mitki-VKhUTEMAS Gallery Saturdays only, 4
p.m. to 8 p.m.
Marina Alexeyeva: Watercolors Around 30
watercolors of the avant-garde artists garden
in Shuvalovo.
Museum of the History of St. Petersburg
Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Permanent Collection The history of the city
from its founding in 1703 to the middle of the
19th century.
Christmas Section St. Petersburg Christmas
traditions.
Decembrist Relics: The 175th Anniversary
of the Uprising on Senate Square
Documents, accouterments, drawings and
graphics detailing the 1825 Decembrist
revolution.
The Museum of Old Petersburg Pieces
dating back to the museums opening in 1907,
including paintings and architectural artifacts
from the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Francisco Bartolomeo Rastrelli: 300th
Birthday Rastrellis original drawings and
blueprints, detailing his various architectural
projects and achievements in and around St.
Petersburg.
The Memory of the Body: The History of
Undergarments Undergarments from the
museum collection and private collections as
well. Around 100 graphics and photos, as well
as rare advertising posters, cotemporary art
and an underwear-themed video. Through
Jan. 31.
Museum of the Political History of
Russia Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed
Thursdays.
Permanent Collection Exhibits such as
Memories of the Future: Russia from 1917 to
the 1990s, Business Russia, and an exhibit
on the history of 20th-century
parliamentarianism.
Alexander Kostyuchenko: Melodies of
White Russia Soft, lyrical, realistic landscapes
and genre painting done in a neoclassical
style. Through Jan. 31.
Who Killed Nicholas II? An exhibition
devoted to the assassination of the last
Russian tsar.
Sergei Witte - Financier, Politician,
Diplomat Documents, photographs and
personal effects belonging to one of Russias
most illustrious politicians from the turn of the
century.
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Boris Godunov On the Stage An
exhibit commemorating the 175th anniversary
of the writing of Pushkins play and the 130th
anniversary of its first staging. Mementos of
various drama theater and opera productions,
including Chaliapins costumes and
production sketches.
Sheremetyev Palace Wednesdays through
Fridays, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays and
Sundays, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. 34 Fontanka
Embankment. Tel.: 272-44-41.
Permanent Collection The suites of the
Sheremetyev Palace, which house the
Museum of Theater and Musical Arts Annex,
are open following a restoration.
Blue Hall: Vladimir Pesikov The dean of the
Academy of Arts presents his work from the
last few years - portraits and panoramic
landscapes done in a Realist style. Paintings
and graphics.
The Fountain House in Blueprints,
Watercolors and Photographs. An exhibit
commemorating the 250th anniversary of the
building of the Sheremetyev Palace.
Smolny Cathedral Exhibition Hall Daily 11
a.m. to 6 p.m.
Rastrelli and Yelizaveta An exhibit
commemorating the 300th anniversary of
Rastrellis birth and Yelizaveta Petrovnas
reign. Paraphernalia from their era, including:
furniture, household items, weapons,
porcelain, the architects sketches, models,
etc.
SPAS Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Sundays.
NEW! Province Paintings and graphics by
Vyacheslav Shrag.
State Hermitage Museum Daily 10:30 a.m.
to 6 p.m., Sundays 10:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed
Mondays.
Permanent Collection One of the great
museums of the world, featuring over three
million works of art from ancient times until
the present day.
The Birth of Christ: 15th-18th
Century Icons from the State Hermitage
Collection The greatest hits of icon painting
spanning four centuries.
Calendar: The Keeper of Time An exhibit of
calendars from ancient times until the present
time.
The Christ Child in Western European
Engraving from the 15th to the 18th
Century The title says it all.
For Service and Valor The Medal of St.
George is on display.
For the Common Good: Commemorating
the 300th Anniversary of the Monetary
Reforms of Peter the Great Over 500
displays from the collection of the Mint
Museum: coins, Russian, European and Asian
medals from several centuries. The test
mintings and medals from the era of Peter the
Great and rare 19-century medals are of
particular interest.
State Russian Museum Daily 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Closed Tuesdays.
Permanent Collection Russian art from
16th-century icon-painters to the latest
movements in modern art.
Jesus Christ in the Christian Culture
and Art of the 14th to the 20th Centuries
Icons, paintings, graphics tracing the evolution
of the image of Christ in Russian art, with the
oldest items dating from the 14th century.
Kazimir Malevich in the Russian
Museum Over 100 works by Malevich from
the museums collection. Many of these are
now correctly annotated with dates. Spans
Malevichs entire oeuvre, from grandiose
canvases such as Sportsmen and The Red
Cavalry to obscure Futurist booklets.
Ivan Ayvazovsky Over 100 works by the
well-known 19th-century Russian maritime
artist, culled from the collections of the
Russian Museum, the Central Naval Museum
and the museums of Peterhof. Through Jan. 29.
Marble Palace: In Malevichs Circle
Paintings, easel and regular graphics, book
illustrations and porcelain by Kazimir
Malevichs students and artists who were
influenced by him. Through Jan. 29.
St. Petersburg Center for Modern Art
Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
NEW! Yevgeny Yufit Minimalistic, grainy
black and white body and landscape
photography by Necrorealist Yufit. Through
Feb. 2.
screens
avrora
Come Look At Me (Prikhodi Na
Menya Posmotret) (2001, Russia) Oleg
Yankovsky directs and stars in this
contemporary Christmas-themed story co-
starring Irina Kupchenko and Yekaterina
Vasilyeva. Fri., Jan. 26 - Fri., Feb. 2
Cast Away (2000, U.S.) A Federal Express
employee played Tom Hanks gets stranded on
a desert island, but thats only the beginning.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Fri., Jan. 26 - Fri.,
Feb. 2
Taxi 2 (2000, France) A taxi driver and cop
from Marseilles become embroiled in a plot
to kidnap a Japanese politician. As with the
original, the script was penned by Luc
Besson and directed by someone else
Grard Krawczyk. Fri., Jan. 26 - Fri., Feb. 2
Meeting the Parents (2000, U.S.) Ben
Stillers stars as a guy named Greg Focker
who has to put up with the very suspicious
dad (Robert DeNiro) of his girlfriend. Directed
by Jay Roach. Fri., Jan. 26 - Fri., Feb. 2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000,
U.S.) Jim Carrey applies on pounds of make-
up in this big-budget update of the half-hour
animated Holiday Season chesnut. Directed by
Ron Howard. Sat., Jan. 27 - Sun., Jan. 28
barrikada
Charlies Angels (2000, U.S.) A cinematic
version of the popular 70s TV show, in which
three supervixens, played by Drew
Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu,
retrieve stolen voice recognition software
with the aid of beauty and brains,
surreptitiously supervised by their boss Bill
Murray. Directed by Joseph McGinty Nichol.
Fri., Jan. 26 - Fri., Feb. 2
crystal palace
The Cell (2000, U.S.) Jennifer Lopez plays a
psychiatrist who journeys into the mind of a
comatose serial killer in order to find his latest
victim, who may still be alive. Directed by
Tarsem Singh. Starts Feb. 1.
Charlies Angels See Barrikada entry. Fri.,
Jan. 26 - Fri., Feb. 2
Bedazzled (2000, U.S.) Average comedy
stars Brendan Fraser as a hapless twit
tempted by the devil, played by Elizabeth
Hurley. Directed by Harold Ramis. Fri., Jan. 26
- Fri., Feb. 2
Unbreakable (2000, U.S.) Bruce Willis
and Samuel L. Jackson square off in this
psychodrama with unusual twists on comic
book themes. Directed by M. Night
Shyamalan. Fri., Jan. 26 - Wed., Jan. 31
dom kino
The Actors (Les Acteurs) (2000, France)
Veteran director Betrand Bliers questionable
take on thespians, a series of vignettes which
dont quite hang together, with many notable
French stars such as Belmondo, Delon,
Dpardieu, Piccoli playing themselves. Fri., Jan.
26 - Fri., Feb. 2
Farewell, Home Sweet Home! (Adieu,
plancher des vaches!) (1999, France-Italy-
Switzerland) Georgian-born director Otar
Ioseliani helms this film about a family of non-
conformists who sometimes go to extremes to
make their occasionally dull lives exciting. Fri.,
Jan. 26 - Fri., Feb. 2
khudozhestveny
Beowulf (1999, U.S.) Christopher Lambert
stars as Beowulf in this futuristic sci-fi horror
re-working of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem.
Good for a few unintentional laughs.
Directed by Graham Baker. Fri., Jan. 26 - Fri.,
Feb. 2
Komodo (1999, U.S.) Grade-Z horror flick
about killer lizards. Directed by Michael
Lantieri. Fri., Jan. 26 - Fri., Feb. 2
Brother 2 (Brat 2) (2000, Russia) Director
Alexei Balabanovs follow-up to his hit film
about a young Chechen War vet-turned-
hitman, played by Sergei Bodrov, Jr. This time
the action takes place in Moscow and
Chicago. With Viktor Sukhorukov and Sergei
Makovetsky. Fri., Jan. 26 - Fri., Feb. 2
leningrad
Shub-Baba Lyuba (2001, Russia) Larisa
Udovichenko and Pyotr Ulyanov star in a
lyrical romantic comedy. Directed by Maxim
Voronov. Starts Mon., Jan. 29.
My Dear Little Star (Zvyozdochka Moya
Nenaglyadnaya) (2000, Russia) Hunky
Yevgeny Sidikhin stars in this sudser about
love, the war in Chechnya and male
friendship. Directed by Sergei Mikelyan. Sun.,
Jan. 25, 6 p.m.
Bedazzled See Barrikada enty. Fri., Jan. 26 -
Fri., Feb. 2
His Wifes Diary (2000, Russia)
Director Alexei Uchitels biopic of Nobel
Prize-winning writer Ivan Bunin seen from
the point of view of his wife. Nominated for
the Best Foreign Film Oscar. Fri., Jan. 26 -
Sun., Jan. 28
molodyozhny
The Envy of the Gods (2000, Russia) Vera
Alyontova stars as a middle-aged Russian
woman falling in love with a French reporter
during the tumultous events surrounding the
Korean Air disaster in 1983. Grard Depardieu
receives top billing, but his role is in fact very
small. Starts Feb. 1.
The Alchemists (Alkhimiki) (2000, Russia)
Yury Stoyanov and Ilya Aleynikov star in
Dmitry Astrakhans medieval comedy. Fri., Jan.
26 - Wed., Jan. 31
Russian Revolt (Russky Bunt) (2000,
Russia) Vladimir Mashkov and Sergei
Makovetsky star in an accurate but unsubtle
adaption of Pushkins The Captains
Daughter. Directed by Alexander Proshkin.
Fri., Jan. 26 - Tues., Jan. 30
parisiana
My Dear Little Star (Zvyozdochka Moya
Nenaglyadnaya) See Leningrad entry. Starts
Sun., Jan. 28.
Japanese Film Festival This years showcase
is expanded as it features not only
contemporary Japanese cinema, but an
animated film program. Call 275-58-26 for
more info. Fri., Jan. 26 - Sun., Jan. 28
spartak
An Andalusian Dog / The Golden Age
(Un Chien Andalou / LAge dOr) (1929 /
1930 France-Spain) Two experimental films
helmed by Luis Buuel and co-scripted with
Salvador Dal. The former is a surrealist
classic and the latter, in which Buuel
departed from Dals original ideas, is a dud.
Wed., Jan. 31, 8:30 p.m.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944, U.S.) Cary
Grant stars as a man who learns a siginficant
part of his older relatves are killers in this
famous black comedy directed by Frank
Capra. Wed., Jan. 31, 2 p.m.
The Damned (La Caduta degli dei) (1969,
Italy-West Germany) Dirk Bogarde stars in
director Luchino Viscontis brutal and tragic
film about the downfall of a wealthy family of
industrialists in Nazi Germany. Sun., Jan. 28, 8
p.m.; Wed., Jan. 31, 6 p.m.
Every Man For Himself, and God Against
All (The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser) (1974,
West Germany) A man who has been kept
prisoner for most of his life (Bruno S.) is
suddenly released in 19th-century
Nuremberg. Directed by Werner Herzog. Mon.,
Jan. 29, 8 p.m.
The Exterminating Angel ( El ngel
exterminador) (1962, Mexico) Director Luis
Buuels surreal high-society satire in which
wealthy diners find themselves somehow
unable to leave a dinner party. Wed., Jan. 31,
4 p.m.
Grand Hotel (1932, U.S.) Star-studded Berlin
hotel drama featuring John Barrymore, Lionel
Barrymore, Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo.
Directed by Edmund Goulding. Mon., Jan. 29,
2 p.m.
Heart of Glass (Herz aus Glas) (1976,
West Germany) A glassmaker dies, taking
the secret of his villages fabled glassmaking
with him, after which the entire town goes
off the deep end. Director Herzog hypnotized
almost the entire cast in order to achieve the
ultimate weirdness. He succeeded! Tues.,
Jan. 30, 4 p.m.
The Gold Rush (1925, U.S.) Charlie Chaplin
directs and stars in this classic comedy about
The Tramps adventure to the Klondike in
search of gold. Fri., Jan. 26, 4 p.m.; Sun., Jan.
28, 6 p.m.; Mon., Jan. 29, 4 p.m.
In Love and War (1996, U.S.) While bravely
risking his life in the line of duty in World War
I, Ernest Hemingway (Chris ODonnell) falls in
love with his nurse (Sandra Bullock.) Directed
by Richard Attenborough. Sun., Jan. 28, 2 p.m.;
Tues., Jan. 30, 8 p.m.
It Happened One Night (1934, U.S.) A
spoiled heiress meets a newshound in this
love story starring Ellie Andrews and Clark
Gable. Directed by Frank Capra. Sun., Jan. 28,
4 p.m.; Tues., Jan. 30, 6 p.m.
Orchestra Wives (1942, U.S.) Glenn Miller
stars in this gentle swingers movie. Directed
by Archie Mayo. Fri., Jan. 26, 2 p.m.
Stroszek (1977, West Germany) A German
immigrant (Bruno S.) flounders in the U.S. in
this tragic film by Werner Herzog Mon., Jan.
29, 6 p.m.
Woyzeck (1978, West Germany) Klaus Kinski
stars as a soldier who goes mad in director
Werner Herzogs cinematic adaptation of Georg
Buchners tragic play. Tues., Jan. 30, 2 p.m.
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O P I N I O N Friday, January 26, 2001 The St. Petersburg Times O 17
The big story this week was the fate of
Pavel Borodin, who flew to the United
States to attend George W. Bushs inau-
guration, only to be arrested on arrival
in New York and faces the possibility of
extradition to Switzerland. At home, a
largely indifferent public has ignored a
campaign launched by a handful of
Borodin sympathizers calling for his im-
mediate release from jail.
Change of Plan
Former Kremlin property supremo and
current Russia-Belarus Union Secre-
tary Pavel Borodin found himself be-
hind bars last week instead of the more
civilized White House his intended
destination, where he was to salute the
new American president.
As he set foot on U.S. soil, Borodin
discovered how serious prosecutors in
Switzerland really were when they had
put out an international warrant on
him, sticking tenaciously to their belief
that he received huge kick-backs from
Swiss contractors Mabetex and Mercata
in return for lucrative Kremlin con-
tracts, says Komsomolskaya Pravda.
While Russian and Belarussian au-
thorities immediately protested, saying
that Borodin enjoyed diplomatic immu-
nity owing to his status as secretary of
the Russia-Belarus Union, interna-
tional lawyers rubbished the claim, say-
ing the union itself was virtually non-ex-
istent and Borodins post therefore bo-
gus, according to Moskovsky Komso-
molets v Pitere.
World in Union
Indeed, says the paper, Borodins arrest
is a reflection of how the international
community regards the union, suggest-
ing that giving it a parliament and com-
mon currency are considered as so
much nonsense in the eyes of the world.
Even a document signed by Belarus
President Alexander Lukashenko ap-
proving Borodins official trip to at-
tend the inauguration reflected nothing
more than their joint ignorance on the
status of the union, says the paper.
However, says the paper, Borodin has
few friends left in Russian politics. Some
politicians have gone as far as calling him
a mere businessman who is only inter-
ested in a deal if it involves more than
$100 million. To prove it, one only has to
look at his project to build a half-billion-
dollar Russia-Belarus parliamentary
complex in St. Petersburg, the paper says.
But Kommersant says Borodin still
has some leading cultural activists on his
side, all of whom are blaming the Rus-
sian press for not securing his release.
Kangeroo Court
But Leonid Yakubovich, host of ORTs
Polye Chudes game-show program,
was more forthright in pronouncing the
state guilty over Borodin, saying it has
always failed to protect its own citizens.
He was quoted by Kommersant as
warning other Russian nationals of the
dangers ahead, saying: Its possible that
Zanzibar could tomorrow issue an arrest
warrant [for a Russian] accused of steal-
ing the tail of a kangaroo.
You could end up in jail for 60 days
awaiting extradition to Zanzibar, he re-
portedly added.
For its part, Komsomolskaya Prav-
da defends Borodin, who in his own
words is a simple civil servant living
solely on his wages, but now in a
Brooklyn jail without even enough cash
left for a phone call home. Both federal
authorities and the public seem reluc-
tant to chip in, however, says the paper.
Street Charity
The papers reporters, who took to the
streets for a Free Borodin fund-rais-
ing campaign, found little sympathy.
One man suggested the campaigners
look for fools elsewhere.
They took their campaign to the
State Duma, only to be told Borodin
has more money than Mabetex.
But even if Borodin had enough
money to call Moscow, Argumenty i
Fakty suggests, there would be no one
to call, as President Vladimir Putin has
finally found an excuse to get rid of one
of Boris Yeltsins family members
and leave his conscience untroubled.
He cant even rely on Lukashenko,
says Izvestia, since a) Lukashenko has
become an irritant to the Kremlin, in-
terrupting Putins work, and b)
Borodins replacement for the Russian-
Belarus Union has already been found.
What Other Papers Are Saying
by Ali Nassor
Dear Editor,
I read the study mentioned in your
article ["New Book Casts Some
Light on Local 'Shadow Economy,'"
Jan. 16] and found it useful for bet-
ter understanding this vital problem.
Having worked with a variety of
businesses here, I can confirm the
trend noted by the authors. All busi-
nesses (especially small- and
medium-size ones) feel uncomfort-
able and unsafe conducting even
part of their operations in the "gray
economy." (Many analysts divide
the "shadow economy" into "black"
and "gray," the former being crimi-
nal activities such as drugs and ille-
gal weapon sales, prostitution, rack-
eteering, money laundering, etc.) It
goes without saying that the "black
economy" is to be suppressed, but
much effort and patience are needed
to make "gray" economy "white."
First, taxation must be "business-
friendly." It must be clear and ap-
plied uniformly to everyone. It must
allow the deduction of all legitimate
costs of doing business. Moreover,
the business registration and ac-
counting systems must be simplified
as soon as possible.
Second, employees must be
given incentives to receive all their
wages "in white." The flat 13 per-
cent personal income tax rate must
be made stable for at least 10 years.
Finally, I would mention that the
large "gray" economy is one of the
basic causes of the stagnation of
Russia's banking system. It means
that banks are not earning what they
might in the form of commissions on
transactions.
Andrei Sedin,
Moscow
Dear Editor,
I would like to register my disagree-
ment with the reader who criticized
Chris Floyds Global Eye. Its true
the column is strong meat, but I
dont think it can be called unbal-
anced, unfair or irresponsible. The
mainstream media has done a very
poor job of reporting the facts of the
Bush family empire and its political
agenda. This one little column, cry-
ing in the wilderness, as it were, is a
very small counterweight to the
mass medias silence on these mat-
ters. Floyds characterizations are in-
deed partisan, and often scathing,
but his facts are correct.
Millions of Americans strenu-
ously opposed Bush and the very nar-
row special-interest agenda he repre-
sents. Millions of Americans do be-
lieve that he was placed in office
through an unjust process. Millions of
Americans do believe that his elec-
tion represents a very severe blow to
the American ideal of a constitu-
tional republic based on the elec-
torally expressed will of the people.
I hope that you will continue to
run this entertaining and necessary
column in your newspaper.
Arthur Kobel
Moscow
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WorldFRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2001
By Pamela Constable
THE WAS HI NGTON POS T
ALLAHABAD, India Vivek Anand
Shastri, a teacher and devout Hindu
from Bombay, shivered violently as he
stripped off his soggy clothes on the
sandy bank of the Ganges and Yamuna
river delta. But his face was beaming,
and he insisted he did not feel the cold.
What I feel right now is just bliss,
said Shastri, 28, moments after emerg-
ing from the frigid waters just after
dawn. Daily life tires the soul as well as
the body. This one day, this one bath, is
like a new birth for my soul.
Crammed onto the beach around
him, thousands of other Hindu pilgrims
shivered and laughed as they changed
their wet clothing after the spiritual ex-
perience of a lifetime: a ritual dip at In-
dias most sacred river site, on the peak
holy day of the largest reported reli-
gious gathering in history.
More than 25 million people, ac-
cording to official estimates, converged
Wednesday at the height of the Maha
Kumbh Mela, a 41-day Hindu festival
whose Hindi name means Great Pot of
Nectar. By the time the festival ends on
Feb. 21, a total of 70 million pilgrims
are expected to have taken the plunge,
known as a snan, which they believe
cleanses their souls of sin.
For days, Hindus from all walks of
life have been streaming in trucks,
buses and tractors toward a 600-hectare
riverside campground on the outskirts
of Allahabad, 530 kilometers southeast
of New Delhi. The surge has built
steadily toward Wednesday, an espe-
cially holy day known as Mauni
Amawas, when snans are believed to be
particularly purifying.
By Tuesday, roads were so clogged
that officials banned all traffic, and peo-
ple walked the last few kilometers,
many barefoot and carrying bundles of
bedding on their heads. Well before
dawn, the beachside crowds were so
dense that the human mass simply
flowed toward the river and waded as
one into the knee-deep water.
But for much of the morning, the
scene was dominated by tens of thou-
sands of sadhus, or Hindu holy men,
who put on a spectacular show as they
paraded toward the water in a caravan
of saffron-bedecked chariots, trailed by
barefoot disciples and guarded by
mounted police, as trumpets blared and
drums pounded.
The most exotic sight was the pranc-
ing, naked army of several thousand
naga sadhus, a sect of reclusive and
primitive mystics who smear their bodies
with ash, wear only string around their
loins and carry swords and tridents.
As they marched back from the
beach, the nagas leaped in mock sword-
fights and tossed flowers at the crowds
that watched, awestruck, from behind
carefully guarded fences. Some posed
teasingly for the phalanx of news pho-
tographers trying to slip past the police,
but others angrily threw stones.
Once the parade was past, the beach
immediately filled again with hundreds
of thousands of pilgrims. The lucky
ones had slept on straw mats inside
ashrams, tent shelters operated by reli-
gious groups, but most had spent the
night huddled on sandy fields, wrapped
in blankets around smoking campfires
and waiting for the chance to bathe dur-
ing Mauni Amawas.
It gets very cold, but we dont mind
the hardship. We pass the night singing
songs in praise of our mother Ganges,
said Ramavati, 50, a villager from Uttar
Pradesh state who was camped in a
field Tuesday night. She and her friends
had cooked rice and lentils over a cow-
dung fire. When we get home, people
will touch our feet because we will be
sacred now.
Kumbha Melas are a traditional part
of Hindu religion, which is shared by 85
percent of Indians, and they are held
every six years at different spots on the
Ganges. But this one is considered the
most sacred in 157 years because of a
unique planetary alignment, and it is
taking place at an especially holy site
where Hindu myth says the ancient
gods spilled drops of nectar. Thus, this
years event is a Maha, or Great,
Kumbha Mela.
The festival has been a major logisti-
cal feat for police and civilian authori-
ties. More than 10,000 police have been
stationed here to control the swirling
crowds and shoo bathers in and out of
the water. The Uttar Pradesh state gov-
ernment erected thousands of street
lights, toilets and a dozen pontoon foot
bridges across the Ganges.
Faithful Bathe at Hindu Festival
JAYATA SHAW/REUTERS
A Hindu holy man blessing onlookers on his way to bathe Wednesday in Allahabad.
Iraq Draws UN Praise
I BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) UN nu-
clear experts praised Iraq for cooperat-
ing with an inspection completed
Wednesday, but refused to say whether
they had found any evidence Iraq was
restarting banned weapons programs.
The visit came as Iraq prepared to sit
down with the United Nations to deter-
mine whether broader monitoring of its
weapons programs could resume, and as
the new U.S. administration made clear
it will take a hard line on Iraq.
Iraq is under sanctions that can only
be lifted once UN inspectors confirm it
has ended its programs to develop chem-
ical, biological and nuclear weapons.
Manila Minister Quits
I MANILA (Reuters) The Philip-
pine defense minister abruptly resigned
Thursday, deliver-
ing a jolt to Presi-
dent Gloria Maca-
pagal Arroyos
five-day-old gov-
ernment which is
already beset with
economic woes
and rumors of
coup plots.
Defense Secretary Orlando Mer-
cado said he did not agree with the ap-
pointment of a retired general as na-
tional security adviser, whom he had in-
vestigated in the past for discrepancies
in pension funds.
The move appears to underscore di-
visions in the new government, which is
already struggling with a depleted trea-
sury, woefully slow economic growth
and rumors that ousted President Joseph
Estrada may be seeking a comeback.
Fashion Crime
I KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) The
Taleban religious police have jailed 22
hairdressers accused of propagating a
Western-style haircut referred to
among young men in Kabul as the Ti-
tanic, residents said Thursday. The
hairstyle mimics that of actor Leonardo
DiCaprio and the cut is named for the
movie in which he starred.
Religious police deployed by the
Ministry of Vice and Virtue say the
hairstyle is offensive, according to Mo-
hammed Arif, a barber in Kabul. The
hairstyle allows hair on the forehead,
which the Taleban say could interfere
with a persons ability to say his prayers.
Leading by Example
I NEW DELHI, India (AP) All
government ministers in a Western In-
dian state have agreed to rear a cow at
home to emphasize the need to care for
cattle during a widespread drought, a
newspaper reported Thursday.
Rains have been scarce in Gujarat,
where a large majority of people are
farmers. An estimated 12,000 villages
are affected by the drought and about 10
million cows, buffaloes, goats and camels
are suffering from the lack of water.
Cows are considered sacred animals
by Hindus, who are the religious major-
ity in India.
Falun Gong Thwarted
I BEIJING (AP) China scored a
victory Wednesday in its 18-month-old
standoff with the Falun Gong spiritual
movement, thwarting protests by the
banned sect at the cost of the heaviest
security in central Beijing in years.
Checkpoints ringed Tiananmen
Square, marring the beginning of the
lunar new year, the most auspicious
date in the Chinese calendar. Police in-
spected identification papers, bags,
pockets and coat sleeves to ferret out
suspected Falun Gong followers.
The intrusive security came after five
people, doused in gasoline, set fire to
themselves on Lunar New Years Eve.
The attempted group suicide killed one
and marked an ominous shift in Falun
Gongs sustained campaign of civil dis-
obedience against the governments ban.
Swiss Security Set
I CHUR, Switzerland (Reuters)
Swiss police urged even peaceful
protesters to stay away from the annual
World Economic Forum summit in
Davos this week for fear they could fuel
violent anti-globalization clashes.
Hundreds of activists opposed to the
increasing integration of global com-
merce have vowed to be on hand on Sat-
urday to demonstrate against the WEF
annual meeting, which brings together
the worlds business and political elite.
Swiss officials are mounting a mas-
sive security operation to protect heads
of state and business executive among
the 3,200 participants.
NATO Downplays Risk
I BRUSSELS (Reuters) A commit-
tee of 50 nations hastily set up by NATO
two weeks ago has
found no evidence
so far to support
claims that depleted
uranium (DU) mu-
nitions can cause
cancer, NATO says.
Soldiers serving
as peacekeepers in
the NATO-led mis-
sions in Bosnia and Kosovo where
U.S. aircraft fired some 40,000 DU shells
were no sicker than those who had
not, committee chairman Daniel Speck-
hard told a news conference.
NATO spokesperson Mark Laity said
Wednesday that it was quite possible
that tiny traces of highly radioactive plu-
tonium and uranium 236 would turn up
in Balkans soil samples now being taken
or analyzed by international experts.
Serbs Decry Tribunal
I BELGRADE (Reuters) Yu-
goslavia told visiting UN war crimes
prosecutor Carla del Ponte on Wednes-
day that any trial of former president
Slobodan Milosevic should take place
in his homeland and not at the interna-
tional tribunal in The Hague.
A day after absorbing stinging criti-
cism in a meeting with President Vojislav
Kostunica, del Ponte also saw further ev-
idence of local opposition to her tribunal
as Serb protesters blocked a road out-
side the Foreign Ministry in Belgrade.
Demonstrators denounced the tri-
bunal as anti-Serb and chanted their op-
position to del Pontes demand that Milo-
sevic, the ousted Yugoslav president, be
handed over to face charges that his
forces committed atrocities in Kosovo.
Corpses Dumped
I SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador
(Reuters) San Salvador slum-
dwellers complained this week that the
government is dumping the decompos-
ing human remains of earthquake vic-
tims from a middle-class suburb into
their backyard.
More than 700 people died in an
earthquake on Jan. 13. About half the
victims were buried when the quake
triggered a landslide in the middle-class
Las Colinas suburb outside the capital
of San Salvador.
To stop the spread of disease, au-
thorities began carting off the mixture
of soil, debris and unidentified human
remains that covered hundreds of
houses. It was taken to government
dump sites, but when those reached
their limit, the government asked pri-
vate landowners for permission to be-
gin dumping on wasteland some of it
in slum areas like Montecristo.
W O R L D W A T C H
THE AS S OCI ATED PRES S
PUERTO BAQUERIZO, Galapagos
Islands Authorities detained the cap-
tain of a crippled tanker who took the
blame for the accident that spilled at
least 185,000 gallons of fuel in the Gala-
pagos Islands.
Capt. Tarquino Arevalo, who appar-
ently mistook a signal buoy for a light-
house, and 13 crewmen from the tanker
Jessica were confined to a military base
on San Cristobal island pending formal
charges, Merchant Marines Vice Admi-
ral Gonzalo Vega said Wednesday.
Arevalo and the tankers owners
could face two to four years in prison if
convicted of negligence or crimes
against the environment.
The Jessica ran aground nine days
ago off San Cristobal Island, one of the
Galapagos chain, spilling diesel fuel
into an ecosystem populated by rare
species that inspired Charles Darwins
theory of evolution.
But the spill appeared less serious
than it could have been, although the
long-term environmental damage to the
islands 1,000 kilometers off the main-
land remained unclear.
Only one pelican and two seagulls
are known to have died. But dozens of
other birds and marine animals sea
lions, seagulls, blue-footed boobies and
albatrosses have been affected,
Galapagos park officials said.
One environmental worker said that
the spill was under control.
We were very worried at first, but
what has happened is not so grave,
said Carlos Valle, the Galapagos coor-
dinator for the World Wildlife Fund.
Hundreds of volunteers, park
rangers and environmentalists combed
the shores of San Cristobal and Santa
Fe Island for wildlife affected by the
spill. Four sea lion cubs were cleaned
and released Wednesday, said park di-
rector Eliecer Cruz.
Some conservationists fear the fuel
will sink to the ocean floor, destroying
algae vital to the food chain and threat-
ening marine iguanas, sharks, birds that
feed off fish and other species.
Officials blamed human error for
the spill an allegation Arevalo ad-
mitted to in an interview with the
British Broadcasting Corp. He said he
confused two landmarks, leading to the
accident.
I know whats happened but what
can I do now? he said in the interview
aired Wednesday and posted on the
BBC Web site.
Arevalo said he has not slept since
the accident and knows the islanders
blame him. If they want to kill, kill me,
but I need a little peace, he said.
Efforts to reach Arevalo for further-
comment were unsuccessful.
Conservationists worldwide de-
manded that Ecuador take greater
steps to protect the Galapagos.
Ecuadorean Environment Minister
Rodolfo Rendon said new legislation is
being written to require special permis-
sion and insurance for all vessels enter-
ing the Galapagos with more than 38
liters of fuel aboard.
Shipping authorities have con-
firmed that the Jessica was not insured
for environmental contamination, he
said. International shipping rules re-
quire such insurance for vessels carry-
ing 2,000 tons of fuel, while the Jessica
had only 300 tons aboard, Galapagos
park officials said.
We are writing up the regulations
to establish what fuels can enter the
Galapagos, and moreover, that the min-
imum amount possible is used, Ren-
don said.
The 28-year-old tanker Jessica is
owned by the Ecuadorean company
Acotramar. It regularly transported
diesel and bunker, a heavy fuel used
by tour boats, from the mainland into
the Galapagos, Ecuadors main tourist
attraction.
It was carrying a cargo of some
234,000 gallons of fuel when it hit bot-
tom 500 meters off San Cristobal, the
easternmost island in the archipelago.
Tens of thousands of liters were
safely removed from the tanker after it
hit, but much more spilled into the water.
Tanker-Spill Captain, Crew Detained
Kumbha Melas are a
traditional part of
Hindu religion, which
is shared by 85
percent of Indians.
REUTERS
Daniel Speckhard
REUTERS
Orlando Mercado
W O R L D Friday, January 26, 2001 The St. Petersburg Times O 19
By Harmonie Toros
THE AS S OCI ATED PRES S
SELCUK, Turkey It was the battle
of the giants: Cobra versus Thunder,
furry neck to furry neck, using every
trick in the book to wrestle the other to
the ground.
Cobra tried to lock Thunder in a scis-
sor move, while Thunder countered by
tying his neck around Cobra. It took 20
sturdy Turks to divide the two as a crowd
of more than 10,000 cheered on a fa-
vorite winter pastime: camel wrestling.
The judges ruled Sundays competi-
tion a draw between the two nearly
one-ton animals.
For more than 100 years, camel
wrestling has drawn crowds in western
Turkey during the winter months
camel mating season and a time when
farmers have little to do on their fields.
I learned to love this from my fa-
ther, and now I bring my son, Ibrahim
Soysal said at Sundays match, oblivious
to the large white stains of camel saliva
on his jacket.
Male camels naturally fight for their
females during mating season their
readiness to do battle visible in the
white froth coming from their mouths,
the tension in their hind legs and their
tails whipping at their backs.
Crazy Camel from Umurlu wont
fight without his scantily clad beloved,
Emine, prodding him on. Emine wears
just a carpet covering her hump in
sharp contrast to the male wresters, be-
decked in huge bead-embroidered sad-
dles, veil-draped headdresses and fluo-
rescent pompoms swaying on the sides.
But, for all the glory, wrestling
camels never consummate their lust
during their fighting careers; sexual ac-
tivity would diminish their determina-
tion to fight.
For a winner to be declared, one of
the camels has to run out of the arena, cry
out of frustration after being dominated
by an opponent, or fall to the ground.
Most matches end in ties because
their owners fear their prized camels
could be harmed. During matches, the
camels mouths are tied to keep them
from biting each other.
Sundays gathering in Selcuk, the
largest camel-wrestling festival in
Turkey, gathered 96 fighting camels.
Smaller festivals are organized across
the Aegean from December to March.
Winners at Sundays competition re-
ceived a machine-made carpet and all
participants were given about $30 for
transportation nowhere near the
minimum $1,500 per year it costs to
maintain a camel. A good wrestling
camel costs $20,000 on average, with
camels from Iran especially valued.
But owning a good fighter is a sign
of power, and many village leaders buy
them to emphasize their positions.
He won! exclaimed Ahmet Uza,
standing by his camel Master of the
Universe.
Its important for the family and the
village to win, added Uza, wearing the
eight-cornered flat cap, leather boots
and jacket, and tweed trousers tradi-
tionally worn by camel owners.
Its also sheer fun, say camel owners
and spectators. The matches are accom-
panied by traditional music and entire
families set up barbecues on the hills
overlooking the arena, feasting on beef,
chicken and camel sausage washed down
by raki, Turkeys strong anisette alcohol.
This is the best kind of entertain-
ment, said Selami Onder, who grows
apples and peaches in the village of
Yapildak.
Residents hope that camel
wrestling will increase winter tourism
to the region and officials in Selcuk, a
small Aegean town just a few miles
from the ancient Greek city of Eph-
esus, hope to attract thousands of
tourists in the coming years.
Wrestling Camels Enliven Turkish Winter
MURAD SEZER/AP
Two male camels trying to trip each other up before an enthusiastic crowd at the annual camel-wrestling event on Sunday.
By Deborah Kyvrikosaios
REUTERS
TRIKORFO, Greece A group of
Greek Orthodox monks, whose rock
music has stormed the Greek charts,
are ruffling the feathers of Greeces
conservative Holy Synod.
The 15 monks of the Saints Augus-
tine and Serafeim Sarof monastery high
in the hills of central Greece say mod-
ern times call for modern methods.
Last year the monks, who call them-
selves the Free People, released a CD
called I Learned to Live Free. In con-
trast to Byzantine chant it was rock and
roll accompanied by revolutionary lyrics
that struck out at big power, globalisa-
tion, drugs, conformity and the new
world order.
The CD was a huge hit, going plat-
inum after selling some 60,000 copies
on the Greek market. And despite the
Greek churchs warnings about scan-
dalous behaviour, the young monks
are doing it again.
Their new CD is called SOS-Save
Our Souls and is full of bold lyrics
about issues such as money, power, drug
abuse, and human exploitation by mod-
ern technology.
An accompanying video shows a
man implanted with a microchip, his
movements monitored by a Big
Brother. Throughout the video, one of
the monks watches over the scene, an
apparent symbol of the church observing
how man is enslaved by technology and
is coming to save him.
I am a little chip so small, that will
drive you to slavery, buy whatever you
desire in this world, as long as you live
without God, goes the song.
Father Pandeleimon, Free Peoples
28-year-old lead singer, says the intention
is to bring youth closer to the church.
Life goes forward, and according to
the needs and demands of the times, we
as clerics of the church have to do things
to adjust to those demands of society, and
to transform the language of God into
the language of modern society. he said.
The monks say the idea came from
an article they read in a computer mag-
azine about chip implants. Despite their
warnings against the evils of technology
they are planning to design a Web site
www.freemonks.gr where the lyrics
of the songs will be written in English so
they can be read in other countries.
They are even toying with the idea
of opening their own Internet cafes.
Their ideas have angered members
of the Holy Synod and some bishops
have condemned the monks, calling
their actions unseemly. They plan a
trip to the monastery to investigate.
[The Holy Synod] feels the need to
state its distress over this kind of action,
which is not consistent with a long or-
thodox monastic tradition nor in line
with the modesty and distinction that
characterises the orthodox monastic
ideal and causes in many instances
problems and scandal to the God-lov-
ing congregation of the church, reads a
statement issued by Synod members.
The head of the Greek Orthodox
Church, Archbishop Christodoulos,
whom the monks idolise, initially em-
braced their schemes but now appears
to have distanced himself.
Reacting to the bishops complaints,
monastery abbot Father Nektarios,
who has been behind the endeavor
from the start, said there was no sin in
the monks actions. The church, he con-
tinued, had to realise that sooner or
later it too will have to modernise.
Whether the church wants to or not,
it will be forced in the next decade to do
the things we are doing, he said.
Hip Monks
Shaking
Orthodox
Traditions
By Michael Christie
REUTERS
SYDNEY Sharks, one of natures
most fearsome killers, are coming in in-
creasing numbers to feed in Sydney
Harbor, where every weekend hun-
dreds of sailing boats dot the water and
thousands of bathers frolic in the coves.
Or are they?
Battle lines have been drawn be-
tween newspapers and some scientists
who claim the cleanest Sydney Harbor
waters in many years have boosted fish
populations and the predators that feed
off them, and sceptics who deride it all
as shark-ploitation.
The catch in mid-January of a three-
meter Bull shark way up the Parra-
matta River which snakes from the har-
bor through Sydney suburbia was seen
by some experts as unusual.
The Parramatta catch, headlined
Monster in our Midst by the tabloid
Daily Telegraph, made many locals
wonder if a decades-long truce was end-
ing between Sydneysiders and sharks.
The last fatal shark attack in the har-
bour was in 1963.
Some professional divers, who
spend most of their days swimming in
the supposedly shark-infested waters of
Sydney harbor and the surrounding
coastline, think the local media is get-
ting caught up in a shark headline
frenzy after a number of attacks and
sightings around the country.
Theyre not after humans anyway.
For the most part, if they take a bite out
of you theyll realise youre not a fish
and spit it out, said a 76-year-old vet-
eran in a Sydney dive shop.
The New South Wales Environmen-
tal Protection Agency (EPA) said this
week that the water off Sydneys ocean
beaches was now cleaner than it had
been in decades because of deep sea
sewage outflows, stormwater drain im-
provements and public education.
It said that the same applied, to a
slightly lesser extent, to the harbor itself
and anecdotal evidence of an increase
in fish and marine life was incontro-
vertible.
Its only anecdotal but it seems con-
sistent. No one can doubt the harbor
water is getting better and thats having
a beneficial impact on wildlife, more
fish, more sharks, said John Dengate
of the EPA.
Australia has always had its sharks.
Much maligned, they strike fear in most
hearts but have actually killed far fewer
people since European settlement than,
for example, bee stings.
Nevertheless, the government is us-
ing their menacing presence off Aus-
tralias shores to try and deter illegal im-
migrants.
Frequent shark sightings that fol-
lowed two fatal attacks last September
by suspected Great Whites off South
Australia, and two highly publicised at-
tacks in Western Australia, have per-
suaded South Australia authorities to
reinstitute aerial patrols.
Last Sunday, Mark Ellington of a
cancer fundraising campaign called
Kayaking for Kemo Kids said he was
flung into the sea when what might
have been a Mako shark rammed his
kayak as he paddled down to Sydney
from Queensland.
As for Sydney harbour, Dave Crass
of Manly Oceanworld said on Wednes-
day that shark numbers were miniscule
in comparison with 150 years ago, when
hundreds would have been swimming
in the water. But the sharks out there
would certainly head for the food.
If there are more food stocks in the
water, then there will be more accommo-
dation for large predators, Crass said.
The expert of Australian shark ex-
perts, John Stevens of the government-
funded Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisations ma-
rine research division in Hobart, said
the catch of the large Bull shark deep
in the harbor was fairly unusual.
But to say cleaner water meant
more fish and therefore more sharks
was a hypothesis that might not stand
up to scrutiny.
The thing is, sharks are always
there. Id think youd be in for quite a
surprise if they drained the harbour and
you found out exactly how many are
swimming about in there, he said.
Marine biologists question the thesis
that clean water is simply good for
ocean critters.
Strip out the charismatic stuff like
seals, birds and big fish and you find
that many lifeforms in the sea thrive in
a crisis such as contamination as
they madly reproduce to stabilise their
numbers, said Tony Underwood, a pro-
fessor and invertebrate biologist at Syd-
ney University.
Mostly, water quality has bugger all
to do with anything, Underwood said.
With the sharks in Sydney you have to
ask: Is it because now we can see them?
Theyre no longer hidden by sewage?
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S PECI AL TO THE S T. PETERS BURG TI MES
St. Petersburg hockey team SKA
spelled out their recipe for survival
Wednesday night enlisting foreign play-
ers as they opened the professional
hockey Superligas second stage with a
3-0 loss to Dinamo Moscow.
SKA changed their team formula
from a young team by signing a number
of experienced players including 34-
year-old Canadian defenseman Bob
Halkadis, who played 11 seasons in the
NHL before being sent to the minors in
1997, and 32-year-old defenseman Vla-
dimir Tarasov.
Tarasov debuted on Petersburgss
top line paired with Alexei Danilov
while Halkadis teamed up with Russian
national junior team defenseman Fyo-
dor Tyutin.
The army teams second offensive
line was made up entirely from scratch
with Ukranian winger Bogdan Saven-
ko, 34-year-old Vladimir Kochin, and
37-year-old Mikhail Kravets who
played center despite playing most of
his career at right wing.
We are short of centers and I chose
Kravets to fill the gap, said SKA head
coach Rafail Ishmatov who added that
he hoped to move him back to his regu-
lar position soon.
Likely to ease this problem is Swe-
dish center Peter Nylander who failed to
debut because his luggage, including all
his hockey equipment, hasnt arrived yet.
The fourth and final foreigner is
Ukrainian forward Yevgeny Mynchen-
ko who didnt get much ice time in his
opening match.
Russian hockey veterans Igor
Belyaevsky and Konstantin Bytsenko
were also listed on the SKA roster, but
have yet to arrive in St. Petersburg.
Despite the sprinkling of seasoned
veterans into SKAs lineup, the young of-
fensive line of Alexander Shinkar, Alexei
Tsvetkov, and Yury Trubochev was the
Sports
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By Phil Brown
THE AS S OCI ATED PRES S
MELBOURNE, Australia Martina
Hingis finally beat both Williams sisters
in the same tournament, and handed
Venus her worst loss ever in the process.
Playing with a new wave of confi-
dence, former troubled teenager Jen-
nifer Capriati reached her first Grand-
Slam final.
The matchup for the Australian
Open championship was set after Hingis
beat Venus Williams 6-1, 6-1 Thursday,
and Capriati knocked out defending
champion Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 6-4.
Capriati, the No. 12 seed, reacted by
putting her hand behind her head in a
gesture of disbelief.
Both losers suffered from a rash of
errors as Williams missed a chance to
collect a fourth consecutive big title af-
ter the Wimbledon, U.S. Open and
Olympic championships.
Capriati, who rates the 1992
Olympic gold medal as the greatest feat
of her career, beat Steffi Graf in that fi-
nal at age 16. That was before her mid-
1990s hiatus from tennis with drug and
personal problems.
Hingis is seeking her fourth title in
the last five Australian Opens.
Williams, who beat Hingis on her
way to the Wimbledon and U.S. Open
titles, held service only once, commit-
ted 38 errors and yielded her second
service break of the second set by serv-
ing three double faults.
She gave Hingis match point by
slamming a volley far out, and then
missed a backhand long.
Things happen all the time for no
apparent reason, Williams said.
She said Hingis played her normal
consistent, counterpunching game.
A lot of times Id be in there and
Id just miss a shot, just giving it back to
her, a subdued Williams said. Thats
something you cant do, especially in a
Grand-Slam semifinal.
Williams, however, had been strug-
gling throughout the tournament, need-
ing three sets in three of her first five
matches. She had to rally from 3-5 in
the final set to beat Amanda Coetzer in
Wednesdays quarterfinals.
Its a sad thing not to go home with
the title, Williams said.
Hingis also was responsible for one
of Williams worst previous losses, 6-2,
6-1 in 1997 when I was like a baby,
the 20-year-old Williams said.
Before rallying from 1-4 in the final
set to beat Serena Williams on Wednes-
day, Hingis watched Venus slow start
against Coetzer.
[It] was the same thing today,
Hingis said.
I am fitter now and taking the ball
earlier, and I think that helps me when
I play the power players like the
Williamses, Hingis said.
In three previous events, Hingis had
beaten one Williams sister and then lost
to the other, including the 1999 U.S.
Open, won by Serena.
She became the third player to beat
both sisters in the same tournament.
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario did it in
1998 and Steffi Graf in 99.
Davenport hung her head or banged
her racket on the court after some of
the 43 errors that accounted for a ma-
jority of Capriatis 78 points.
Trying to stay in the match with
Capriati serving at 5-4 in the second set,
Davenport missed two serve returns,
netted a backhand and finally dumped
a forehand into the net while chasing a
wide shot by Capriati.
In all the semifinals Ive ever
played, this was probably the most dis-
appointing in the way that I showed up
to play, Davenport said.
Davenport said she was sending
balls long because the 34-degree heat
made the balls lighter and harder to
control.
Her balls were coming extremely
hard, so then its hard to do what you
want with the ball, she added.
Capriati said she was stronger and
more aggressive than when she lost to
Davenport in last years semifinals here.
Maybe I was kind of intimidated
by her and the whole moment,
Capriati said.
Not this time.
Just in this tournament, from the
beginning, all of a sudden this confi-
dence came over me, like this wave of
confidence, said Capriati, who beat
No. 4 Monica Seles in the quarterfinals.
I had to really jump on top of her
early, especially on her serve, Capriati
said of Davenport. Maybe I thought
she was taking me a little bit lightly
there. So I got the early break [in the
second game]. I think that helped a lot.
In 1990-91, Capriati also reached
three Grand Slam tournament semifi-
nals, but lost each time.
I was happy just playing and even
Capriati To Meet Hingis in Aussie Open Final
WILL BURGESS/REUTERS
No. 2 seed and defending champion Davenport, left, congratulating fellow American and No. 12 seed Capriati on her semifinal victory at the Australian Open Thursday.
SKA Looks to Foreigners
For Much-Needed Boost
By Colleen Barry
THE AS S OCI ATED PRES S
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia Russians
Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharu-
lidze overcame an early mistake Wednes-
day to reclaim the European Figure-
Skating title stripped from them last year.
The error a missed combination
came during a charming long pro-
gram drawing on Charlie Chaplins
goofy grace. The victory was redemp-
tion for last year, when they were dis-
qualified after Berezhnaya tested posi-
tive for a banned substance.
Skating with equal musical acuity, the
until-now-overlooked No. 3 Russian pair
of Tatyana Totmyanina and Maxim
Marinin vaulted to second with a snappy,
error-free program to West Side Story
selections. Sarah Abitbol and Stephane
Bernadis of France finished third.
Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze earned
a perfect 6.0 for presentation in a field
where 5.9s were common after a pro-
gram that won over the audience with its
comical poses. At one point, Sikharulidze
stuck out his belly and scratched his be-
hind, and there were pleasing pauses as
they pretend to falter at a musical stop.
The Chaplinesque humor van-
quished their one error: Berezhnaya
touched down during the side-by-side
double axel, forcing them to pass on a
planned combination.
The performance held off an ad-
vance by Totmyanina and Marinin,
who made no mistakes and were the
only pair to complete two side-by-side
triple jumps.
Still, Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze
edged them technically, with marks
ranging from 5.7 to 5.9s, to their compa-
triots 5.6s to 5.8s.
Abitbol and Bernadis, third at least
years worlds, defended their European
bronze with a routine to an edgy, some-
times industrial version of Tristan and
Isolde arranged specially for them.
Abitbol touched down on a throw triple
loop, but it was a small error.
Defending European champion
Irina Slutskayas pursuit of technical dif-
ficulty has raised the bar for American
champ Michelle Kwan, who has been
seeking consistency in her triple-triple
combination. Yet that competitive drive
was notably absent from Slutskayas
qualifying Wednesday, where she fin-
ished easily at the top of her group.
The round counts for 20 percent of
the final score but neither Slutskaya,
seeking her fourth European title, nor
teammate Maria Butyrskaya, looking
for her third, displayed more than a
glimmer of their true mastery.
Slutskaya even wore her reserve
costume, saving the elegant black and
Bordeaux red dress designed by Bol-
shoi ballets own costume designer for
the final free skate on Saturday.
Slutskaya is the only woman who has
hit the difficult triple lutz-triple loop, and
her long program can feature up to seven
triple jumps. Yet in qualifying she hit just
five triples. It was for lack of trying.
Both Butyrskaya, 28, and Slutskaya,
21, will be taking aim at Kwan at the
worlds in Vancouver, British Columbia,
in March. Both Russians have beaten
her in the past, Slutskaya three times in
2000. Butyrskaya, European champion
in 1998 and 1999, beat Kwan at the 1999
World Championship.
The Russians are on track to win
both the womens and mens titles, with
Yevgeny Plushchenko, Alexei Yagudin
and Alexander Abt locked in the top
three spots going into Thursdays final.
Russian Duo Reclaims Figure-Skating Crown
See TENNIS, Page 23
FIGURE SKATING
TENNIS
ICE HOCKEY
S P O R T S Friday, January 26, 2001 The St. Petersburg Times O 23
REUTERS
VANCOUVER Markus Naslund be-
came the National Hockey Leagues first
30-goal scorer this season and the Van-
couver Canucks used their special teams
to cool off the Phoenix Coyotes, 6-2.
Vancouver scored three power-play
goals and a short-handed tally to snap a
four-game losing streak while prevent-
ing Phoenix from recording a season-
high sixth straight win.
After Josh Holden scored his first
goal of the season 5:52 into the game
Wednesday night, Naslund doubled the
Canucks lead with a power-play goal
just before the midway point.
Vancouver put away the game with
three goals in the second period. Trent
Klatt and Harold Druken scored 93 sec-
onds apart early in the session before
rookie Jarkko Ruutu got his first NHL
goal while killing a penalty at 7:05.
Former Canuck Brad May and Tka-
chuk provided the offense for Phoenix.
Pittsburgh 3, Montreal 1. In Pittsburgh,
Mario Lemieuxs improbable comeback
continued as the Hall of Famer
recorded a hat trick to lift the Pitts-
burgh Penguins to a 3-1 victory over the
injury-riddled Montreal Canadiens.
Lemieuxs 40th career hat trick
ranks second all-time behind Wayne
Gretzkys 50.
Lemieux completed his hat trick 87
seconds into the third period. Lemieux
has 14 goals and 12 assists in 13 games
since moving from the owners box to
the ice. He has a point in every game
except a win over Anaheim on Jan. 15.
Eric Chouinard scored his first NHL
goal on the power play with 2:12 to go
to break up Garth Snows bid for a sec-
ond straight shutout.
New Jersey 4, Dallas 1. In Dallas, the
New Jersey Devils scored three goals
on as many shots in a 71-second span of
the first period and coasted to a 4-1 vic-
tory over the Dallas Stars.
Scott Niedermayer, Petr Sykora and
Alexander Mogilny did the damage,
chasing rookie goaltender Marty Turco.
Martin Brodeur made 32 saves for
the Devils.
Detroit 4, Nashville 3. In Detroit, Mar-
tin Lapointe and Aaron Ward scored
second-period goals on a historic night
at Joe Louis Arena as the Detroit Red
Wings held on for a 4-3 victory over the
Nashville Predators.
Defenseman Larry Murphy helped
set up Lapointes tally as he became
only the second player in NHL history
to appear in 1,600 games. Long-time
Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman had
a pair of assists to tie Phil Esposito for
sixth place on the leagues all-time scor-
ing list with 1,590 points.
Carolina 3, New York Rangers 2. In New
York, defensemen Niclas Wallin and
David Tanabe scored 29 seconds apart to
spark a three-goal second period as the
Carolina Hurricanes held on for a 3-2
victory over the New York Rangers.
Wallin forged a 1-1 tie 5:53 into the
second with his second NHL goal.
Tanabe put Carolina ahead for good
at 6:22 with his first goal since Nov. 12.
Martin Gelinas stretched the lead to 3-
1 with 5:47 left in the period.
Pens Win as Mario Continues To Amaze
JASON COHN/REUTERS
Lemieux celebrating his second goal in a 3-1 win over Montreal on Wednesday.
By Barry Wilner
THE AS S OCI ATED PRES S
TAMPA, Florida They dont mind
getting down and dirty, so the New
York Giants and Baltimore Ravens al-
most relish the idea of deciding the Su-
per Bowl in the trenches.
And most of them insist thats ex-
actly where the outcome of Sundays
NFL title game will be determined.
We both have the same style of
play, blue-collar and physically aggres-
sive defenses, said Pro Bowl defensive
tackle Sam Adams, a key contributor to
Baltimores record-setting defense.
Thats how we both win and got here.
Neither team is at a defensive disad-
vantage at the line of scrimmage. While
the Ravens allowed the fewest points in
a 16-game season and still are six
points below the old mark the Giants
have been nearly as staunch up front.
Tackle Keith Hamilton might have
been their best defensive player. Or
perhaps it was end Michael Strahan.
Baltimore, of course, has Adams and
Tony Siragusa inside, nearly 320 kilo-
grams of practically immovable beef. On
the outside, the Ravens have sackmas-
ters Rob Burnett and Michael McCrary.
Burnett and McCrary penetrate a
lot, they are very quick, said Giants of-
fensive line coach Jim McNally. Then
you have those two in the middle.
A big part of the game is fought in
the trenches, and their defense obvi-
ously has been a stone wall.
Which means New Yorks revamped
offensive line, led by Pro Bowl guard
Ron Stone, must act like a wrecking ball.
Stone believes the unit, bolstered by
the offseason addition of veterans Lo-
mas Brown at tackle, Glenn Parker at
guard and Dusty Zeigler at center, can
handle the destructive assignment
even if right tackle Luke Pettigout is
hampered by a left ankle injury sus-
tained in Wednesdays practice.
Youve got your stars at other posi-
tions, but the game is always won in the
trenches, said Stone, who wore a T-
shirt with Overworked and Underap-
preciated emblazoned on it.
Theyve got two athletic guys who
are very big and take up so much space
and they get into the blocks and you
cant get to Ray.
That would be Ray Lewis, the NFL
defensive player of the year. The mid-
dle linebacker knows how to dig ditches
as well as anyone, although the idea is
for Adams and Siragusa and, to a
lesser extent, Burnett and McCrary
to keep the blockers away from Lewis.
Then Lewis is free to make tackles,
something nobody does better.
Unoffically, Lewis has led the league
in tackles three of the last five years.
The guy in that position has been
the quarterback on defense, defensive
coordinator Marvin Lewis said. So ev-
erything starts with him and centers
around him. Hes the focal point of your
defense, the leader and the guy you
look to. Hes got to take the coaches
personality out on the field and relay it
to the guys in the huddle.
That rugged personality isnt confined
to the Ravens in this game, of course.
Nor is it limited to the defensive fronts.
Jon Ogden, Baltimores All-Pro of-
fensive tackle, is big enough, strong
enough and mobile enough to dominate
at the line. But so is Hamilton, who, de-
spite being just an NFC alternate for the
Pro Bowl, has been as good as any de-
fensive tackle for the last two months.
We get too much exposure for
things like holding, not enough for
helping win games, Ogden said.
What I like is Im going to have my
guy right here, in front of me, and Im
going to have to move him, he said.
And I plan to move him, Hamilton
added.
Whichever team wins in the
trenches will have a huge edge consid-
ering points may be at a premium.
Giants, Ravens Claim Super Bowl Victory Lies in the Trenches
REUTERS
HOUSTON, Texas Tyrone Hill re-
bounded Allen Iversons second con-
secutive missed free throw and put in a
lay-up in the final minute that lifted the
Philadelphia 76ers to their franchise-
record 12th straight road victory, an 85-
84 overtime triumph over the Houston
Rockets.
Hill pulled down a season-high 19
rebounds but none bigger than his grab
with 56 seconds to go.
Iverson scored 32 points and won his
duel with Steve Francis, who had 24.
Cleveland 94, Chicago 86. Elton
Brands short jumper gave the Chicago
Bulls an 82-81 lead with 4:53 to play be-
fore the Cleveland Cavaliers awoke
from their slumber to win 94-86.
Andre Miller hit two free throws, La-
mond Murray followed a missed lay-up
by Miller with a dunk and Jim Jackson
drilled a three-pointer as Cleveland took
an 88-84 lead with 3:46 remaining.
Murray hit two free throws Wednes-
day night, Gatling knocked down a
mid-range jump shot and Murray fed
Clarence Weatherspoon for a dunk that
made it 94-86 with 54 seconds left, se-
curing the Cavs first consecutive victo-
ries since Dec. 15-16.
Miller had 13 points, nine assists and
seven rebounds and Jackson and
Weatherspoon added 12 points each for
Cleveland.
Charlotte 81, New York 67. In Char-
lotte, North Carolina, Jamal Mash-
burn had 31 points, 13 rebounds and
fueled a decisive run to close the first
half as the Charlotte Hornets snapped
a five-game losing streak with an 81-67
triumph over the slumping New York
Knicks.
David Wesley the only other
Charlotte player to score in double fig-
ures had 18 points as the Hornets won
for the first time since an 86-85 triumph
at NBA-worst Chicago on Jan. 12.
Latrell Sprewell scored 22 points for
the Knicks.
Phoenix 106, Detroit 73. In Auburn
Hills, Michigan, Cliff Robinson scored
12 of his 27 points in the first quarter
and Shawn Marion added 18 and 16 re-
bounds as the Phoenix Suns snapped a
three-game losing streak by pasting the
Detroit Pistons, 106-73.
Robinson had the final four points in
a game-opening 8-0 run and the Suns
never looked back.
Jerry Stackhouse, the NBAs leading
scorer who missed the last game with
the flu, was held to 19 points.
Miami 103, Toronto 83. In Miami, An-
thony Mason scored 21 points to lead a
balanced attack as the Heat beat the
Toronto Raptors 103-83.
Eddie Jones scored 18 points and
Brian Grant added 17 for the Heat (26-
18), who have won 12 of their last 16
games.
Vince Carter scored 21 points for
the Raptors.
Golden State 109, New Jersey 87. In
Oakland, Antawn Jamison scored 28
points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the
Golden State Warriors used a big third
quarter to defeat the New Jersey Nets,
109-87.
Former Net Mookie Blaylock
scored 20 points and rookie Marc Jack-
son had 17 and 13 rebounds.
Stephon Marbury suffered through
three-of-14 shooting and scored just 11
points for New Jersey.
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having a good couple wins here and
there, getting my ranking up, Capriati
said, referring to her matches early in
her comeback. But now my expecta-
tions are going to be higher.
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Defending champion Andre Agassi
beat an injured Pat Rafter in five sets
Thursday to reach the Australian Open
final for the third time.
Agassi sealed a 7-5, 2-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3
victory in just over three hours after the
Australians legs cramped up so badly
that he could hardly run.
Rafter had led by two sets to one
even though his legs had started to seize
up early in the third set, but won just
four more games as his muscles tight-
ened more in the last two.
Rafter, bidding to become the first
local player since Pat Cash in 1998 to
make the mens singles final, needed
treatment after the fourth set but
bravely played on even though he was
in obvious discomfort.
The sixth-seeded Agassi will play the
winner of Fridays second semifinal be-
tween Frenchmen Arnaud Clement and
Sebastien Grosjean in Sundays final.
Rafter had begun strongly, sending
down four aces in his first service game,
but the Agassi took the opening set
when he claimed the first break of serve
in the 11th game after Rafter pushed a
backhand long.
Rafter, a dual U.S. Open champion,
fought back to take the second set 6-2.
He got the first break in the fourth game
when Agassi double-faulted then again
in the eighth game when he lunged to
send a forehand winner cross court.
The Australian serve-and-volleyer
blasted three aces past Agassi in the
11th game of the third set, taking his to-
tal for the match to 19, before taking
the tiebreak.
Rafter beat Agassi in a thrilling five-
setter in last years Wimbledon semifinals
but it quickly became clear that he was in
trouble this time as he struggled to run.
With Rafter unable to move freely,
Agassi had no problems holding serve
and broke twice to win the fourth set
and once more in the fifth to reach his
12th grand slam final.
Agassi won the Australian Open in
1995 and again last year.
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most aggressive with chances to put the
home team on the board early in the first.
Visiting goalie Mikhail Shtalenkov was
invincible and held on for a shutout.
Muscovite Alexander Kuvalenko
opened the scoring at 16:03 of the first.
Even though SKA showed rare
spirit in the second Dinamo ran away
with the game after scoring a power-
play goal at 38:41 and went ahead 3-0 at
1:44 in the third. Dinamo stifled the Pe-
tersburgers with tight defense and ex-
cellent goaltending in the third.
SKA finished at the bottom of the
leagues first stage with a 2-0-0-2-30 (W-
OTW-T-OTL-L) record.
For the second stage, which started
Wednesday, the league has been di-
vided into three separate groups of six
teams each. The top six are guaranteed
spots in the play-offs and will play to
improve their standings. The middle six
will compete for the last two play-off
spots, while the bottom six fight to
avoid relegation to the first division.
Joining SKA in the relegation group
are capital teams Dinamo and CSKA,
Moscow Region team Viyatz, Molot-
Prikamye from Perm and Yekaterin-
burgs Dinamo-Energia.
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