UK-Russia Crossviews

Press review (22-28 June)

July 1, 2009 RBTH, Sergey Merinov

No mademoiselles!

July 1, 2009 RBTH, Svetlana Smetanina

Not long ago a deputy in the European Parliament had a brilliant idea: abolish all gender-specific appeals to colleagues of the female sex - "Miss", "Madame", and "Mademoiselle", also "Fraulein", "Señora" and so on - and replace them with the unisex "Deputy So-and-So".

Power sharing: a gentlemen's agreement

June 30, 2009 RBTH, Anna Arutunyan, The Moscow News

Far from Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin falling out over key policy issues, Russia's leaders are united in their determination to modernise the country and prevent it from slipping into extremism during the economic crisis, a top adviser to Medvedev said in an interview.

Economic data is grim on both<br> sides, but Russia has the<br> option of stimulating its<br> economy

Putin oils the wheels as UK banks on finance

June 30, 2009 Paul Atherton, Russia Now

Britain and Russia have chosen very different strategies to negotiate their way through the current economic downturn

Arkady Dvorkovich: it's about cooperation.

BRIC: the magnificent four

June 30, 2009 RBTH, Vladislav Kuzmichev, Russia Now

Emerging economic giants Brazil, Russia, India and China (the `Bric' countries) recently met to coordinate policy in Yekaterinburg. Will co-operation bear fruit, and is it directed against anyone?

If your job means everything to you, you suffer

June 30, 2009 RBTH, Artem Zagorodnov, Russia Now

We asked three ordinary Russians from different sectors - state, private and financial - about how the crisis has affected their personal and professional lives, and discovered that there were vast differences in their reactions and concerns for the future.

Casinos became a symbol of an era where<br> money could be easily won and lost

No more Russian roulette: casinos closing, but zones are not ready

June 30, 2009 RBTH, Sergey Topol, Russia Now

On July 1, all Russian casinos move to four `Las Vegas'-type zones

Pushkin in Britain: poetry with rhyme and reason

June 30, 2009 RBTH, Ekaterina Godunova, Russia Now

London's seventh International Festival of Russian Poetry and Culture proves to be a winner

The Mariinsky's ballet troupe is considered<br> among the world's best. Here, they perform a<br> scene from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake

A tour de force for London

June 30, 2009 RBTH, Elena Fyodorenko, Russia Now

St Peterburg's world-renowned Mariinsky Theatre returns to the UK this summer and it promises to be spectacular

Jam tomorrow: a sweet treat for the winter

Preserve the summer with fruity varenye

June 30, 2009 RBTH, gourmand

Alexander Lebedev: A man who gets what he wants

June 30, 2009 RBTH, Artem Zagorodnov, Russia Now

Billionaire newspaper owner tells us about his wealth, politics and how he wants to be remembered

Russia's most popular destinations beyond her two<br> "capitals"

Beyond Moscow into extreme adventure

June 30, 2009 RBTH, Alexander Nefyodov, CEO, Collection of Adventures

We asked a tourist operator and travel guide with 20 years' experience about Russia's most isolated, yet attractive, regions and the dangers associated with travelling there

Andrei Gromyko was the quintessential Soviet<br> Foreign Minister under Stalin, Khrushchev and<br> Brezhnev

The man behind "Mr. No"

June 30, 2009 RBTH, Leonid Mlechin, Russia Now

This month we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Andrei Gromyko, the man who led Soviet foreign policy for nearly 30 years

When are you a `liberal' and when are you not?

June 30, 2009 RBTH, Pavel Palazchenko, Russian Translation Company

Some political terms mean more or less the same to a Russian, an Egyptian, or an American; others have diverged so much that using them may require prior agreement about their meaning. One of the latter is "liberal".

US President Barack Obama is expected in Moscow on<br> July 6-8 for his first summit with Dmitry Medvedev

Mission impossible? Not for these two (video)

June 30, 2009 RBTH, Andrey Shitov, ITAR-TASS Political observer

President Barack Obama will visit Moscow with high expectations for better relations and a historic summit

Bric-built future: the global economy shake-up

June 30, 2009 RBTH, James Dowey, Economist, Neptune Investment Management

Recurring stumbling blocks on the road to understanding

June 30, 2009 RBTH, Dmitry Babich, special for Russia Now

Russia and Great Britain have a singular capacity of seeing eye to eye on world events in times of crisis and ruining their relationship in times of stability due to some weird scandals involving controversial figures on both sides

Our long relationship still leaves much to desire

June 30, 2009 James Nixey, special for Russia Now

Barack Obama's visit to Moscow will be the most significant attempt so far to reset the relationship with the Kremlin

Knocking on the WTO's door

June 30, 2009 Dmitry Varnavin, political expert

Russia's decision to seek membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) together with two other post-Soviet states, Belarus and Kazakhstan, puzzled many observers in the EU, which had given a green light to Russia's membership back in spring 2004.

Pink Floyd comes to the Caucasus

June 25, 2009 RBTH, Ruslan Karamurza, Nalchik

On May 22 in the heart of the Caucasus, at the foot of Mt. Elbrus, the city of Nalchik resounded with the magnificent music of Pink Floyd. After touring Japan, the English group Off the Wall brought its celebrated show "The Spirit of Pink Floyd" to the Caucasus. The group, founded by Richard Wright himself, consists of nine musicians from Great Britain who have been touring the world for seven years to tremendous acclaim and halls of many thousands. They do not have a free day in their schedule.

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