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Rebel Artist Recalls Historic Fight
Posted on August 4, 2011 | No CommentsPhotos by Hallie Golden “We moved into this house with the world collapsing around us,” Aslangery Uyanayev, an impressionist artist, said of a once-abandoned building in St. Petersburg, Russia. The... -
Americans Overweight And Ignorant? Not Always
Posted on July 31, 2011 | No CommentsSelf-centered, antisocial and willfully ignorant about world affairs? That is how many Russians, interviewed over the past week, described ordinary Americans. They also said they thought Americans were superficial and... -
Film “Inside Job” Ignites Debate About Russian Corruption
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No CommentsA recent showing of the Oscar-winning documentary “Inside Job” at a St. Petersburg University international summer program sparked an intense debate between the Russians in attendance about their own system... -
Tortured History Influence Russian Journalists’ Debate on Free Speech
Posted on July 16, 2011 | No CommentsRussian banking reporter Ana Keampets often receives threats on her life from the powerful men she covers. And she has one of the safer beats in St. Petersburg. “I’ve gotten...