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Contents
RM TEAM ACTING EDITOR OLGA KUDRIAVTSEVA
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LAYOUT YURI NOR
Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? 10-11
Yevgeny Chichvarkin: How Russians Prefer British Justice
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Russians and Christmas ...How Good Can It Be? 16-17
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COVER PHOTO VLADIMIR OVCHINNIKOV THE ILLUSIONIST HEAD OF EDITORIAL BOARD MARK HOLLINGSWORTH MANAGING DIRECTOR AZAMAT SULTANOV SPECIAL PROJECT DEPARTMENT DARIA ALYUKOVA
Vladimir Ovchinnikov: Between Realism and Surrealism
Stanley Kubrick: History in Photographs 1945-1950
Nikolai Lugansky: Pre-Destined to Be a Pianist
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ALINA BLINOVA IT DIRECTOR OLEKSII VYSHNIKOV SUB EDITOR JULIA GOBERT
20 The Soviet Art Utopia
ACTING EDITOR’S ASSISTANT RUKHSHONA SHAKHIDI DISTRIBUTION OLGA TSVETKOVA
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How to Win Business in London?
21 Have to Watch
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IN PRINT: RICHARD BLOSS, XANTHI SKOULARIKI, EKATERINA PETUKHOVA, OLGA LESYK, ANASTASIA GRISHCHENKO.
CONTACTS: EDITORIAL STAFF: OLGA@RUSSIANMIND.COM GENERAL ENQUIRIES: INFO@RUSSIANMIND.COM
Love a la Russe. Why Do Russians Idolise Foreign Brands?
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Where Ukraine Meets the West: Why Lviv is a Tourist Must-See
RM Guide
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Editor
IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY
OR HALF FULL? IF
someone says to you that Russia is a dejected place with dull people and a variety of problems, take a closer look before believing everything you hear. Look carefully, Russia is different. Her critics will point to the political instability, economic inequalities and probably even throw in alcoholism (vodka is in their blood, huh?). I won’t deny, there are certain problems, but there will always be, no matter whether we are talking about Russia or any other country in the world. But the most amazing thing about Russia is the people who live there. The people of a nation raise hope for a better future. Some time ago I read a story about Muscovites, which ended up concluding that “Moscow is for the sad�. I do not agree with this author, as every time I visit Russia, I meet friendly, cheerful people, who are open-minded and ready to help. Apart from that, recently I made another discovery about how quickly the young generation of recent graduates turn into highly-skilled professionals. Unlike the infantile Europeans who only get started in their mid-thirties, young Russians build a successful career in their mid-twenties. Consistency of ambition is the engine for progress. There are artists, painters, musicians, designers, journalists, photographers, who have a very good chance to be at the top of their profession in less than a decade. In this issue we have gathered together some successful people who have already achieved great results in their different spheres of life: businessmen
director Stanley Kubrick (p.14); pianist Nikolai Lugansky (p.16); actor and singer Vladimir Vysotsky (p.21). These and many more personalities, who appear on RM’s pages, prove that Russia is different due to the people that live there. It all depends from which angle you look at the country and whether you want to see this difference or not. There will always be a question “Is the glass half empty or half full?� And looking at modern Russia I would say it is “Half full�. Best Olga Kudriavtseva
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YEVGENY CHICHVARKIN: HOW RUSSIANS PREFER @%D/D50 GJ5/D Q by Mark Hollingsworth THE BEREZOVSKYABRAMOVICH COURT CASE HAS HIGHLIGHTED HOW LONDON IS THE CHOSEN VENUE FOR RUSSIAN TYCOONS TO RESOLVE THEIR COMMERCIAL AND LEGAL DISPUTES. BUT IT IS NOT JUST THE OLIGARCHS WHO ARE USING THE UK AS THEIR LEGAL ARENA. RUSSIAN BUSINESSMEN FROM THE YOUNGER GENERATION LIKE MOBILE PHONE MOGUL YEVGENY CHICHVARKIN, HAVE ALSO MOVED TO LONDON AS A SAFE PLACE TO DEAL WITH THEIR LEGAL PROBLEMS. Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Chichvarkin is one of ! " # $ the new generation of %&!! #&! !! and is almost as wellknown for his eccentric !! ! ! ! ! # ! # ! huge quantities. While # '
! * ! ' $ # journalist he lounged in an armchair, dressed # + +' ! /+!
' trousers, he twirled his + & $ Known for his garish ' # ! and a hairstyle that saw him nick-named ‘the
million dollar mullet’, he ! & rocker than a savvy & 0 ' ! # in Moscow on 10 5 # 789 6
He graduated from Moscow's State Management = 77 > #& ' ! # # ! ! & ! ! &
$ ! time selling clothing
at outdoor markets. In 1997 he dropped out of university and founded Euroset (or Yevroset) with his childhood friend Timur Artemyev. The company expanded rapidly after Russia recovered from the 1998 economic crisis assisted by the company’s provocative advertising campaigns. During 2000 its market share in Moscow grew from 2% to 5% and their sales jumped 250%. At year end, the retailer's chain of four outlets had grown to 32 shops. By 2004 the company’s turnover had reached $968 million and it was the fourth largest mobile retailer in Russia. In 2005 it acquired fellow retailer Techmarket and it subsequently overtook its rivals. By 2007 Euroset owned 5,156 stores in 12 former communists states and its value had exceeded $1 billion. However, in 2008 Euroset, like most Russian companies, ran into severe
The allegations against Chichvarkin are that he was involved in the kidnapping and blackmail of a former employee who worked for a Euroset subsidiary called Iled M. Iled M came under police investigation for tax evasion in 2005 and is alleged to have purchased mobiles from dummy companies and then acted as a supplier to Euroset. But according to Chichvarkin, Iled M employee Andrew Vlaskin stole 20 million roubles worth of mobile phones from Euroset and $ " ' ! captured and detained by Euroset security personnel for a month in a Moscow suburb. Chichvarkin did not initially apply for asylum in the UK. Instead his wife applied for migrant status and he applied for leave to remain as her dependent. { $ asylum on the grounds that he would not receive a fair trial in Russia and his human rights had been breached. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on 24 September 2009. But then the case was closed after the Russian authorities dramatically dropped the charges against him. This followed a decision by Russia's Supreme Court on 20 January upholding the not-guilty verdict in the case. In June 2011 an immigration court ruled that Chichvarkin could have his two nannies " ' @ /
$ & ! / make matters worse, Chichvarkin fell out with the Kremlin after he and several other retailers allegedly refused to increase their tax contributions. On 2 September 2008 prosecutors raided $ ! $ Euroset, and later that month Chichvarkin and Artemyev sold Euroset to Alexander Mamut’s ANN investment company for $1.25 billion with liabilities of approximately $850 million. Despite cashing out, Chichvarkin's relations with the Kremlin deteriated and
" ' { || December 2008 with his wife and two children. On 26 January 2009 Russian Prosecutors announced that they had issued an international warrant for Chichvarkin and the request for his extradition was only $ ! # the Russian embassy { |8 =& &! 2009. 7
report on the case suggested that he still faced a threat of arrest in Russia. When he arrived in the UK, Chichvarkin feared for the safety and life of himself and his family. But he retained the specialist solicitors Gherson and # ! ! { & ! Fransman QC and Duran Seddon of Garden Court Chambers and now appears to be safe from the Russian legal authorities. But he could not resist hitting back against the Kremlim. In 2010 he released an online video in which he accused the Russian cyber-crimes department $ ! >€ # roubles worth of goods from seven Russian retailers in 2005, and organising a raid to steal $20m of telephones from Motorola's Russian $ ! 0 named 13 individual $ ! ! who he called ‘wolves in epaulettes’ and blamed them for the death of Sergei Kozlov, the former head of Motorola in Russia, who died of a heart attack. Today Chichvarkin lives in a house off Kensington Chuch Street which ironically is near the Russian Embassy. He is currently looking for schools for his son and a dauighter and has also purchased a 57-acre mansion for ÂŁ9.7 million in the village of Dunsfold, near Godalming, Surrey. For now, he appears safe and is grateful to the fairness of the British judiciary.
Opinion
RUSSIANS AND CHRISTMAS... HOW GOOD CAN IT BE? BY RICHARD BLOSS LOOKS FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS
Its that time again. It comes round every year. You know, the time when we worship the guy in a red suit from Coca Cola! The same advert appears religiously every year, usually around mid September, and there are the usual scenes of little kids’ faces alight in wonder at the sight of a big truck ablaze with lights travelling through the snow. I don’t think the truck comes from Bethlehem, but it is a sort of modern commercial twist on the arrival of the three kings with goodie bags. You know it is Christmas, because Nokia always launch their new Organiser in November. And there are adverts for alcoholic cocktails that we never knew we needed, but somehow are now indispensable, a sort of elixir of happiness, that if we take a few slugs of this or that - then we are cool/attractive to men/women/successful/.. (delete whichever adjective does not apply to you)‌and everybody is eating themselves silly but still looks so slim.‌ And for those of you who don’t even live here
' & " ! ! platinum card and found a room, no problem! And he would have registered with social services and they would have sent someone round, and would have given him
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$ you translate that into the going exchange rate for gold, he would roughly be on a par with the frankincense and myrrh from the Wise Men. What goes around, comes around,..plus ca change...whatever...! No, my concern is that, if Christmas has become just an excuse for another party that happens to last three months, and gives Tiffany a chance to rack up their prices because you and I are on a guilt trip having to buy something, anything, before our Partner gives us one of those looks and says: "Are you sure you still love me, this has only cost a hundred quid!"then we are seriously missing the point. If you are religious, then you already know what Christmas means and I'm not going into all that now. My point is: why is the "Christmas story" so important for each one of
– the confusion must be total. According to my friend in Kyiv, you guys all celebrate New Year instead. I can totally understand that, after the year we’ve just had. I mean, next year can't be any worse, can it, and is much more practical. For you, Christmas as such is a few days later, some time in January, probably # &! ! $ ! ! $ presents haven’t arrived yet. I can empathise with that too. On a purely personal note, my own birthday happens a few days before that of Jesus each year, but I am absolutely sure nobody phones Him in February wishing him a Happy Birthday. In the same way that my own "Special Day" gets sort of lost, so things that are important in our individual lives, get overlooked whilst we celebrate things for the greater good. The fact is, we know we should celebrate Christmas. We are just not sure why? I have no issue with the commercialisation of Christmas. I'm quite sure that if they had had Hilton Honours points in those days, Joseph 8
us, humanity as a whole, that we keep talking about it every week on a Sunday, and we build ' ! & at the end of each and every year? It is because, in a world of constant change and the certainty that our material Gods of today, the Apples, the Microsofts, the Energy companies, etc, will all be gone tomorrow somehow somewhere we have this hope that here is something we can hold on to. Or maybe Christmas is simply about "giving", getting back to basics about giving a room to someone who needs it, etc. Or maybe "giving" itself, has moved on, we are all too used to it, the sophisticated demands for our money, which brings us back to the whole materialism thing. A guy is semi-asleep in a doorway in Oxford Street London, and I stop for a moment. “Look, I've got no loose change.� I say... “That's alright�, he smiles...�I can take MasterCard...!�
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Person
VLADIMIR OVCHINNIKOV:
BETWEEN REALISM AND SURREALISM Vladimir Ovchinnikov is one of the most ! ! ! to emerge from St. Petersburg during the Soviet era. He is known for his paintings that blur the boundaries between realism and surrealism, fusing together contemporary Russian subject matter with magical, fantastic elements, often derived from myth and religion. His distinctively rotund, heavy-bodied, yellow! & ! primeval, statuesque quality, as if stemming from ancient monuments or religious icons – and yet at the same time his works also allude to social
and political conditions, vividly satirising contemporary mores and puncturing the hypocrisy and spiritual bankruptcy at the heart of everyday life. These days Vladimir Ovchinnikov presents his art works in London:
from regular drawings in ink to a gradual mastery of painting – ! ' & > oil. Later, when I was about 18, there were some artists among my group of friends and this accelerated my development.
RM: What made you RM: How has your work
want to become an artist?
VO: I always wanted
developed over the years?
to express myself, but due to my inability to do it verbally, I turned to art instead. But this happened quite late, when I was 16 or 17. There’s nothing in particular I can recall that led me to become an artist. It started slowly, step by step, progressing
VO: The big change took place at the end of the 1960s and the beginning of 1970s. I can vividly recall the scandalous exhibition at the Hermitage in 1964 – the works I exhibited there were very different from what I do now. To me, now, these works look
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like bad impressionism – not bad in terms of idea, but bad in technique, in execution. I can’t say what led to a change of style, after this. It’s just the way things happened for me – not just in painting, but in my life generally. I steadily build up opinions and ideas and then when the time came, a switch was thrown and things suddenly changed – quite extreme changes, I must say. I don’t think there have been any major changes to my practice since the 1970s. Of course, there’s always some smallscale progression: my paintings are much more monochromatic now, for
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instance, then they were in the 1980s.
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RM: Which other artists awareness was there of Western artists, growing
VO: Back then, it was &
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periods of complete emptiness – I had one recently. Now it’s ! D $& of ideas again. After the exhibition is over, I will rest for a while and then get back to work. I already have some ideas ! $ $& & – * !&#” ! me strangely and in many different ways. For instance: a street scene that I titled ‘The Crossing’ – showed a crossing with pedestrians. I painted it, & $ > then several months later I came across this exact same scene in real life, ”&! ! D the painting! That was ˆ #& $ ' times when this sort of thing has happened, it has frightened me. I’m not inclined to mysticism; I’m normally a man of good, common sense. I ‰ & ” recalling anecdotes like D ”&! &> #& ' ! &
! $ – D ' ! working on a big canvas depicting the Kazan Cathedral – not the whole > $ & ! > #& a section I had chosen, ! / canvas was orientated vertically, and portrayed ! & ! $& height with their capitals reaching the roof – 7 or — & ! perspective. When I took a step back to examine the canvas, I decided it ' ! & some changes, so I removed the capital on & > as if I had missed it. A
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or a football game that I watched – I love all these different forms of ! &
RM: Speaking of the stories, you frequently RM: And yet your works incorporate references to often have supernatural a wide variety of literary or fantastic elements to sources, mainly of a them, even when you work magical nature: Gulliver’s within quite traditional Travels, Gabriel Garcia genres, such as still live, Marquez, Biblical stories, or scenes of satire and Greek myths – what social comment – can you draws you to this type of explain a bit more about story? this? VO: First of all, VO: It’s always hard to # & !> explain the things that possibility of endless & ! !> & ˆ D‰ ' ! # meanings and points of fascinated by mythology view. I often read stories &! ! and have an inner dialog In the 1970s and 1980s with myself – this is I began to read a lot of what pleases me most. @ !> * ’& ‘ D ‰ & works of magical realism to the Soviet period in $ 5 & = ˆ & ! ˆ ! their ideas really chimed government departments with what I try to do with that claimed to defend my art. My intention the innocence of the isn’t to entertain or cheer & – D ! & ˆ ' D > days, what I was often D ! $ ! & >
&! $ ' ! • this: having too many I don’t talk to anyone, I ”&! ' $ ! meanings in my works. the precise moment. I’m only beholden to myself. RM: How did the collapse of the Iron RM: Often you repeat Curtain affect your certain visual motifs. Is practice? What are there a kind of personal your feelings about the symbolism at work in increasing popularity of your paintings? Russian art in the West? VO: Maybe this VO: Honestly, I don’t symbolism can be seen by think it affected my art a newcomer to my work, very much. Of course, #& D ‰ ! ˆ ! feeling yourself a free motifs are simply part of man, when you can me as an artist. I see the go anywhere you like, ' & > D ! anytime you like – that &! > D ˆ ! was overwhelming. I love always something to grab to travel and go whenever hold of. Then, if it can I want. But I really can’t be incorporated within a say that the changes were painting, I’ll start to work on that art. As for Russian art in !&#” D ‰! general – I’m glad, though ' !&#” I don’t consider myself a matter was inspired by great patriot. Russian art = & ! > – it’s a weird thing, some 13
kind of strange, sick paradox: Person in the 1970s, Russian art was under all this intense pressure and that spurred it on to evolve; but I realised in the early 1990s that, as political restrictions began to loosen, a lot of artists became a little bit lost. were used to living at a ! in shallow water – they were more comfortable under pressure. I hope that this is temporary, because conditions of freedom. ™ & > D ! %&!! ! ! are being exhibited everywhere, from the USA to China and that the whole world is interested; and the interest which began in the 1990s has # ˆ ! & can see by looking at any & & = moment, the market for %&!! ! ! # healthy. So the only place %&!! ! ! mention his nationality ! &! ! & ! ˆ ! ‰ have to be any overt statement of national > # &! ! %&!! ’& ‰! ' ! # in the works themselves. Exhibition “Vladimir Ovchinnikov: New & Recent Work� takes place from 28th November 20117th January 2012 at Erarta Gallery. Address: 8 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DN erartagalleries.com Information & photographs provided by Erarta Gallery.
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STANLEY KUBRICK: HISTORY IN PHOTOGRAPHS
1945-1950 The Multimedia Art Museum presents a unique series of photographs by legendary "# $ director Stanley Kubrick, % & in Moscow. Some 200 of the images he produced for Look magazine in the 1940s convey New York's distinctive atmosphere, compelling us to remember and reinterpret this cult director's superb *
{ š ! ('2001: A Space Odyssey') and the psycho-erotic drama ('Eyes Wide Shut'). Hundreds of thousands of articles have been written about Kubrick's work, including thousands of research papers and hundreds of # ! 0 ! ! been studied in great detail, but until now one aspect of this great director's talent has been largely ignored. Few people know that Kubrick was a professional
Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999), the 'professional illustrator of human nature', has long been recognised as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinematography. With his own brand of individuality, Stanley Kubrick embraced &! ! during his career: the epic ('Paths of “ š ! # ('Full Metal Jacket'); psychological utopia ('A Clockwork Orange'); the
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photographer. From his earliest years he was fascinated by photography and frame composition and this gave rise to his passionate ! ! The exhibition: “Stanley Kubrick: History in Photographs 1945-1950� From: 18 November 2011 till 29 January 2012 At: The Multimedia Art Museum. Address: Ostozhenka str., 16, Moscow www.mdf.ru
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Culture
NIKOLAI LUGANSKY:
PRE-DESTINED TO BE A PIANIST by Olga Kudriavtseva
AT THE AGE OF FIVE, BEFORE HE HAD EVEN STARTED TO LEARN THE PIANO, NIKOLAI LUGANSKY ASTONISHED HIS PARENTS WHEN HE SAT DOWN AT THE
PIANO AND PLAYED A BEETHOVEN SONATA BY EAR, WHICH HE HAD JUST HEARD A RELATIVE PLAY. SINCE THEN, THE MUSICIAN HAS BECOME FAMOUS NOT ONLY IN RUSSIA
BUT FAR BEYOND. DESPITE HIS SCHEDULE BEING FULL OF EUROPEAN CONCERT TOURS, RUSSIA REMAINS FOR NIKOLAI HIS DEAREST PLACE IN THE WORLD: 16
RM: There’s a common myth about inaccessibility of classical music, its complexity for the general public. What do you think about that? NL: I wouldn’t call it a myth – it is a blatant lie that has purely economic grounds. In almost every country of the world, ! ˆ they have to be fast and large. Pop music yields ! !> so in order to avoid competition, the myth of “complexity� of classical music is cultivated. In fact classical music is a vast ocean, it’s so ! D !& ! something for everybody – for any age group, and amongst others, it surely has complex things that have to be listened to many times over and approached gradually.
RM: Playing classical music at a concert, do you transmit your emotions to the audience or do they stay internalised? NL: I guess only a listener can answer this question. But it’s impossible not to add your own emotions to the music you are playing. Some feelings are less powerful, some are more, and this is natural that art is emotionally charged, but this is $ & ! D always feel something when I play – but the next time emotions can be totally different, even if I am playing the same piece. It is vital to have a responsive listener. RM: Tatiana Nikolaeva, your tutor, described you as a rising superstar. How does it feel when such praise are put upon you?
NL: Well, it should not be my judgment. It is certainly a great compliment from my tutor, and I try to justify the hope and be worthy of her and other representatives of the great Russian school. But I cannot tell whether I have managed to. T. Nikolaeva and L. Dorensky were my teachers, but Tatiana was the main one – she taught me for 9 years at the Central School of Music. RM: You don’t give concerts in Moscow very often, why is that? Is the European audience more appreciative, more emotionally open towards classical music? NL: I think this is a misconception. Every single city has its own features and associations. And I give more concerts in Moscow than anywhere else – 4-5 a year. Second in a line is Paris with around 3 concerts a year, and then London with 1 or 2.
RM: With such a tight
has not expressed his preferences yet, as he’s only 2 years old‌ But, well, they all like music. As do my parents. But I am the only one with a professional education in music.
schedule like yours, do you have enough time for a personal life, for friends and family? Or is music your whole life? NL: Well, it would be fair to ask my wife and kids for an opinion on that! (he laughs) Sometimes I think that I’d like to play fewer concerts, as I spend so much time away from Moscow. But even in the busiest months I try to spend at least a week at home, and in summer I am there for most of the time.
RM: Did you parents want you to become a musician when you were a child? Did they direct you, or it was your own choice? NL: It has always been my personal choice, my parents never forced me. My father was quite !& ! & I had an ear for music, as he expected me to become a journalist. Luckily, at that time – in late 1970s – a musical education in the USSR was accessible.
RM: You’ve been playing the piano since early childhood – are your kids interested too? Do they want to become musicians? NL: I’d rather say it’s the contrary. The two ! ' not play, even at a basic level. The youngest one
RM: What else interests you, apart from music? NL: Plenty of things, actually – I like art in its various forms, as
RM: Your glorious debut abroad took place 20 years ago. Since then you’ve played in more than 150 cities. Have you ever felt like leaving Russia? NL: Why would I want to, given I spend so much time abroad anyway? (he laughs). Well, maybe living in Frankfurt or Paris would save me time. But new things and places are always exciting, just because they are new. As for people and the environment, even something horrible can be native and dear. All my family and friends live in Russia, as well as my ancestors. 17
any normal person. I read Culture a lot of books, too. Wherever I go, I try to visit local museums, despite my tight schedules. I like sport – table tennis and badminton, chess. Nothing exotic though! RM: Nikolai, you are very talented and this is internationally acknowledged, and you have a great loving family. Looks like you have everything a human being needs to be happy? NL: Thinking of whether you are happy isn’t really productive. Of course, doing what you like and being with those you love makes you happy. But if you constantly try to assess your own level of happiness, it signals a certain problem in your attitude to life. In most cases it can be changed.
Art
THE SOVIET ART UTOPIA by Xanthi Skoulariki
A major exhibition dedicated to the Russian avant-garde architecture is currently showing at the Royal Academy of Arts, which gives an insight into the artistic thought and interpretation of Social Realism. The exhibition Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915–1935 examines Russian avant-garde architecture made during a brief but intense period of construction and design that took place from 1922 to 1935. Fired by the Constructivist art that emerged in Russia from 1915, architects transformed this radical artistic language into three dimensions, creating structures whose innovative style embodied the energy and optimism of the new Soviet socialist state. The exhibition juxtaposes large-scale photographs of extant buildings with relevant Constructivist drawings, paintings and vintage photographs. D ! ! many of the works have
They left a distinctive mark not only on the two most prominent cities in what was then the USSR, Moscow and St. Petersburg, but also on other urban centres such as Kiev, Ekaterinburg, Baku, Sochi and Nishni Novgorod. The distinguished photographer Richard Pare has documented these iconic buildings in a series of sympathetic and timely images made over the past two decades. They provide an eloquent record of the often degraded condition into which these buildings have fallen.
been shown in the UK. The drive to forge a new Marxist - Socialist society in Russia gave scope to a dynamic synthesis between radical art and architecture. This creative ' ! " in the engagement in architectural ideas and projects by artists such as Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, Liubov Popova, El Lizzitsky, Ivan Kluin and Gustav Klutsis; and in designs by architects such as Konstantin Melnikov, Moisei Ginsburg, Ilia Golosov and the Vesnin brothers. European architects including Le Corbusier and Erich Mendelsohn were also draughted in to shape the new utopia. Their novel buildings ! > " + $ > white-walled and with horizontal banded fenestration - appeared alien among the surrounding traditional low-built wooden structures and densely developed nineteenth century commercial and residential blocks.
The exhibition explores the interplay between art and architecture during these heroic years. In the courtyard of the Academy sits a 1:40 reconstructed model of the Monument to the Third International, or as it is most widely known as 'Tatlin's Tower'. The tower destined to be be built in St. Petersburg and had this ambitious plan materialised, it would have risen to 400m in height and even today
RUSAKOV WORKERS' CLUB: GENERAL VIEW SHOWING THE THREE AUDITORIUM SEGMENTS, RICHARD PARE, 1995
NARKOMFIN COMMUNAL HOUSE: CORNER DETAIL OF RESIDENTIAL BLOCK, M.A. ILYIN, 1931
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it would rank amongst the highest buildings in the world. The architecture in the main exhibition, which is arranged by building type residential buildings, industrial facilities, health, recreational and educational complexes; state headquarters and communications structures - is presented through a juxtaposition of Pare’s work and carefully selected vintage photographs of each building either under construction or shortly after completion. These vintage photographs have never been exhibited before. Together they demonstrate the formal innovations in design " $ new, building types and new functions. These photographic groups are set in dialogue with paintings and works on paper from the Costakis Collection, which demonstrate the vital experimentation of Russian avant-garde artists from c.1915 to 1930, as well as the
SHABOLOVKA RADIO TOWER, 1998 PHOTO BY RICHARD PARE
intense dialogue that developed between them and radical architects, contributing to a new, revolutionary language for architecture.
Art
The Costakis collection has 1,275 artworks currently the property of the Thessaloniki State Museum of Contemporary Art, presenting paintings, drawings, installations, and ceramics by pioneers of the Russian art scene of the time, such as Kazimir Malevich, Vasilii Kandinsky, Liubov Popova, Vladimir Tatlin, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Ivan Kliun, Solomon Nikritin, Olga Rozanova, Varvara Stepanova, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Mikhail Matiushin and Gustan Klutsis. The man behind the collection was George Costakis, a Greek born in Moscow in 1913 who made his diplomatic career at the Greek embassy in Russia. Without any previous exposure in the arts nor a relevant education, Costakis became fascinated by the then contemporary ! ' ! came across a painting by Olga Rozanova in 1946. From this moment and for the next three decades, he became a dedicated patron of the Russian avant-garde, thus rescuing from Stalin's socialist realism ! $ European modern art.
Thessaloniki SMCACostakis collection, with the participation of the Schusev State Museum of Architecture in Moscow and Richard Pare. The exhibition is curated by Mary-Anne Stevens, Royal Academy of Arts and Dr Maria Tsantsanoglou.
The exhibition is organised in collaboration with the LIUBOV POPOVA, SPATIAL FORCE CONSTRUCTION, 1920-21
Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935 will be shown until 22 January 2012 and 'Tatlin's Tower' recreation until the 29th of the same month. royalacademy.org.uk
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DOES ART REFLECT LIFE? IN MOVIES, YES
KHODORKOVSKY Documentary Director: Cyril Tuschi When Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia’s richest oligarch, begins to support the political opposition and challenges Russia’s all powerful President Vladimir Putin, he sets in motion a series of events that are still being felt today and most likely for years to come. Enraged, Putin instructs his secret service police to arrest Khodorkovsky in a dramatic raid on his private jet in October 2003 and then banishes him on trumped up charges of tax evasion, to a Siberian gulag. Featuring an exclusive interview with Khodorkovsky behind bars (the only one of its kind), and with contributions from major political insiders and journalists, Khodorkovsky traces the metamorphosis of Russia’s richest man into its most famous political prisoner. Premiered at the Berlin Film Festival 2011 UK release date: 2 March 2012 Russia: 1 December 2011
VYSOTSKY. THANKFUL FOR BEING ALIVE DRAMA, BIOGRAPHY Director: Petr Buslov / # & $ &! ! and actor Vladimir Vysotsky written by his son Nikita became one of the main cinematic events in Russia this winter. / $ &! ! ! of Vysotksy’s tour in summer 1979 when the actor had a heart attack on stage and survived the clinical death. The cast features many well-known names: Ivan Urgant, Sergey Bezrukov, Andrei Smolyakov, Andrei Panin and others. During his lifetime Vladimir Vysotsky achieved remarkable fame and to this • ! ! "& on many of Russia's popular musicians and actors who wish to emulate his iconic status. Release Date (Russia): 1 December 2011 21
THE NOMAD POP-UP CINEMA The Nomad Cinema spent the !& & + screenings in parks and gardens across London. Now they're taking up residence at Whiteley's Shopping Centre (Bayswater, W2 4YL). The cinema will pop up in the space vacated by the now sadly defunct Books Etc, paying tribute to its previous occupant with wordplay and a speech #&## + / programme mixes recent releases 'Bridesmaids', 'Senna' and 'The Tree of Life' with popular classics such as 'Back to the Future', 'The Big Lebowski' and 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'; and family matinees, including 'E.T.' and 'Tangled', &! ! ! ' shopping mall scenes, notably 'Dawn of the Dead' and 'Mallrats'. Until 21 December 2011 (London)
Fashion
LOVE A LA RUSSE.
WHY DO RUSSIANS IDOLISE FOREIGN BRANDS? by Ekaterina Petukhova The recent opening of the Victoria Secret’s lingerie store in Moscow made a big splash amongst Russian women. Sure, this brand has been in huge demand for many years. Before it came to the Russian market, enterprising guys were bringing this brand of lingerie into the country illegally, stimulating the demand. No wonder, that $ ! gathered huge crowds. So, what is so special about Victoria Secret’s that provoked such a rush? Frankly speaking, it is just a lingerie store
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and in and of itself isn’t the only reason for being in demand. The real cause lies deeper – in the psyche of Russians. If we look a few years back, it becomes clear that we underwent the same thing when H&M, Uniqlo and Zara stores were opened in Moscow, and even when McDonald’s was opened in the central Moscow street Tverskaya. The fact we have all these brands could mean that we have a mature market, just like other countries. In fact this is not the best thing to boast about. Nowadays having a global retail chain becomes an indicator of being civilised. We judge a city’s level of civilisation not by its cultural accomplishments, but by the quality and quantity of stores it has.
Russian styles, but it was rather out of necessity than out of admiration. And this tendency remains the same today. It’s fashionable to buy from H&M, but it’s shameful to buy Gloria Jeans. If someone tells you about Gee Jay, the story would be accompanied by explanations that the prices are good, the quality is adequate and >
‰ wear apparel for very long any way. Names of Russian brands are necessarily then translated into English or Italian and sometimes have a touch of French to them. By comparison, if we look at world famous H&M and Zara, both companies were born from small familyowned businesses and never concealed their
Access to consumer paradise! On the whole this perception exists all over the world, but there is not any other place where it could thrive better than in Russia. Love for the cult of foreign names is inherent in the Russian character. Centuries pass, preferences changes. Under Peter the Great people went crazy about German and Dutch patterns, during Napoleon’s invasion it became popular to speak French and before the Great October Revolution in 1917, writer Vladimir Nabokov and his family were extending Anglo mania in everything from education to routine objects. Russian culture and fashion always used to be in second place, giving way to everything foreign. Only in the USSR people loved
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past. Zara still generates half Fashion $ ! ! their national market, even with the Spanish economy deep in crisis. Russian fashion companies are not yet ready to develop their own market, as we still exploit the ruins of the Soviet heritage. The problem here is mainly the economic background. While fashion in Europe ! # ' market steadily growing, the Russian economy enjoys quite a few other sectors that are rising much faster than fashion. Even making ! ! the fashion industry, it ' & # $ & persuade consumers to buy Russian brands. A prophet is not recognised in his own land, for the time being...
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by Olga Lesyk
WHERE UKRAINE MEETS THE WEST: WHY LVIV IS A TOURIST MUST-SEE
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PANORAMIC LVIV FROM THE TOP OF RATUSHA (65 meters)
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ethnic and cultural; &! ˆ comfortably in place to create a stunning picture of an Eastern European city with a Western European slant. When in Lviv, however, don’t expect the locals to know or understand English. It is better now, but in earlier days the Ukrainian and Ukrainian/Polish mix were the only languages spoken. The Russian language was neglected. The Western Ukraine-Russia love-hate relationship warrants a whole new story. But let’s say, the exciting prospect of co-hosting the 2012 big event, has put Lviv on its best behaviour. Maybe that’s why the ‘anti-Russian’ moods have literally gone underground and now exist in the form of a patriotic bar called ‘�Kryyivka� (‘bunker’). Security on the door will ask you: - Moskali ye? (Are there any Russians?), and you should reply: - Nema (No). Then they ask you for the password, which is ‘Slava Ukraini (Viva Ukraine!). If you answered the questions correctly, they offer you a shot of medovuha (Ukrainian honey vodka). Places to see Vysokiy Zamok – a natural hill turned viewing platform, offering a bird’s eye panoramic view of Lviv. You can get there on foot. The same views are
available from the top of Ratusha (the historic city council building), a guided tour will cost you 5 (hryvna; less than ÂŁ0.50). Lviv Opera House – once in the Top 3 of Ukraine’s Opera Theatres in the Soviet era. Tickets start from 70 hryvnia (ÂŁ5.80). Shevchenkivskyj Hai – an open air museum of folk architecture and lifestyle. Scattered over 150 acres are wooden huts and churches representing the six ethnic regions of Ukraine, with every detail of the traditional household carefully restored. You can go in a hut, don a national costume and take some great photos. An open-air market ‘Vernisazh’, just off the posh Stometrivka, is a perfect one-stop souvenir shop for everything: from national symbolic items, to the Soviet memorabilia. Venturing out Your trip would not be complete without visiting the countryside. An English person would take comfort in the fact that the vicinity of Lviv is, arguably, a mirror " $ hills of Surrey, except it is sunnier there all year round. Visit the town called Sambir on the river Dniester, off the Polish border, for a picnic out
in the wilds. You will love walking down the quiet streets, along ‘doll houses’ with lavish ! " ' BEST UKRAINIAN FOOD patches. Most homes SERVED HERE have raspberry bushes lining their fences, so treat yourself to some berries, if you see any. 60 km south of Lviv is another attraction – the village of Borynychi. Every year, on August 19, the Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of / ! & = Spas). Borynychi turns into a Mecca, pulling in crowds for a mass at (UPPER PICTURE) LVIV a small church in the COUNTRYSIDE nearby forest. (BOTTOM PICTURE) A local legend has it THE 'HOLY WATER' that the Virgin Mary WELL KAPLYCIA IN herself descended upon BORYNYCHI this forest clearing on August 19th early in the XX century and told the villagers to dig out a well on that spot. Since then, # " there for its ‘holy water’. A taxi from Lviv will get you to Borynychi in less than 50 minutes. And chances are, the STOMETRIVKA driver will walk you over LVIV'S OWN OXFORD to the well (also known STREET / PICCADILLY as Kaplycia). If not, the CIRCUS locals will happily escort you over to it, if you show way a Ukrainian mama would do it. them a picture or write The most popular night down the name of this clubs are Mi100 and destination. Millennium. Entry fee from ÂŁ5-6, same as the Food and Nightlife Opera House. With these Set aside time to prices, ‘going cultural’ taste the local cuisine. has never been easier. Visit the fast food I even coined a term style brassiere Puzata to describe Lviv. It’s Hata (Paunchy Hut). a ‘culture travel’ your ‘Fast food’ only denotes budget will love – the speed of service; especially, in the current everything is wholesome economic climate. home cooking, just the
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Guide
THINGS TO DO THIS CHRISTMAS
ICE SKATING IN LONDON With the advent of winter, atmospheric ice rinks pop up all over London:
1. Natural History Museum Ice Rink Until 8 Jan 2012, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd, SW7 5BD 2. Canary Wharf Ice Rink Until 19 Feb 2012, Canada Square Park, E14 5AH 3. Broadgate Ice Rink Until 12 Feb 2012, Broadgate Circle, EC2M 2BL 4. Hyde Park Winter Wonderland
Until 3 Jan 2012, Hyde Park, Serpentine Rd, W2 2UH 5. Eyeskate Until 6 Jan 2012, London Eye, SE1 7PB 6. Tower of London Ice Rink Until 8 Jan 2012, Tower of London, Tower Hill, EC3N 4AB Ice Rink Until 8 Jan 2012, ¢ ! { > = Way, W12 7SL
City Ice Rink Until 8 Jan 2012, ¢ ! 5 $ > Great Eastern Rd, E20 House Until 22 Jan 2012, Somerset House, The Strand, WC2R 1LA 10. Hampton Court Palace Ice Rink Until 8 Jan 2012, Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 9AU
CHRISTMAS MARKETS Looking for gift inspiration? Look no further than London's Christmas markets. Among a raft of events &š $ $ !> + $ !! ! usually a bit of glßhwein to help you get into that merry spirit‌ Until 8 Jan 2012, Somerset House, WC2R 1LA ! ! "" #$ Until 21 Dec, Columbia Rd, E2 7RG ! ! Until 24 Dec, Southbank Centre, SE1 8XX 26
Address: Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, NW3 3EX hampsteadtheatre.com, 020 7722 9301
RIHANNA 21-22 Dec Concert The clothes-allergic Barbadian prances around in her undies to promote her sixth album in six years, 'Talk That Talk'. Expect her saucy and spectacular live show to whip a crowd of devoted fans into a frenzy, but probably do her no favours with the UK's farming community. Tickets: ÂŁ40-ÂŁ55 Address: The O2, Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX theo2.co.uk, 0844 856 0202
stars as the grizzled journo who teams up with a punk-rock computer hacker, played by Rooney Mara, to uncover the mystery. Release Date (UK): 26 Dec
LONDON AT CHRISTMAS WALK Until 28 Dec A night-time tour of central London's Christmas illuminations and displays. Meeting point is the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree (side facing Nelson's Column).
MAZAIKA CHRISTMAS CONCERT 22 December Concert An evening of Russian folk and Gypsy music plus some unique arrangements of classical favourites. Guaranteed to transport you from the fairytale Russian Steppes to the Gypsy $ House to Baroque concert chamber. Full of Russian soul and Gypsy Passion. Tickets: 15, conc. ÂŁ12 (Friends of Pushkin House, students and OAPs)
OXFORD STREET AND REGENT STREET TRAFFIC FREE DAYS 10, 11, 26 Dec •$ 5 Regent Street are closed $ #&!
BEASTS AND BEAUTIES Until 5 Jan 2012 Theatre Eight stories from around the world - from the goat that poos gold to the stepmother who serves a son up to his father for dinner retold by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and dramatised by Tim Supple and Melly Still, who also directs and designs. A fabulous, irreverent show which returns to Hampstead by popular demand. Ages 8+. Tickets: ÂŁ29, concs ÂŁ12
Christmas shopping weekend of Dec 10 and 11. In addition, the streets will be closed to $ @ • ‹ THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Drama, Thriller Director: David Fincher David Fincher adapts Stieg Larsson’s blockbusting novel of rape, fascism and murder in the Swedish aristocracy. Daniel Craig
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CHRISTMAS AT COVENT Guide GARDEN Until 4 Jan 2012 Covent Garden's Xmas displays are bookended by a Britishgrown Christmas tree on the West Piazza and a 15-foot-high topiary reindeer on the East Piazza. Decorating the market building are giant red baubles and mirror balls, with festoon lighting illuminating the market arches. Martha † !š 5{ ! created an animated
nativity scene, which slowly changes during the course of each day. Address: Covent Garden Market, Covent Garden Piazza, WC2E 8AA coventgardenlondonuk.com SANTA'S GROTTO Until 24 Dec A traditional Santa's Grotto in Chelsea where young visitors can have their photo taken with Father Christmas, meet his dancing elves and scoop sweets from a giant confectionary treasure chest. Address: Duke of York Square, King's Rd, SW3 4LY Admission Free dukeofyorksquare.com, 020 7351 2888
Diary
ZORIKTO DORZHIEV:
GRAND OPENING AT V&A
THE SPONSORS OF THE EXHIBITIONS – CONGLOMERATE “METROPOL�
LANA HOLLOWAY
The Grand opening of the exhibition “Steppe Story� by Buryat painter Zorikto Dorzhiev took place on the 22 November at V&A museum in London. To mark the opening, Buryatian celebrities staged a star-studded concert with performances from Albert Kuvesin, the group leader of the unique group YatKha, internationally renowned throat singing punk band from Tuva and Lilya Burdinskaya, dancer and choreographer. A hugely unusual and fascinating fashion show featuring national costumes which were used in the Oscar-nominated ž*  place along with Zorikto’s paintings on which the
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ZORIKTO DORZHIEV WITH “CONCUBINES�
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STEFANY GORBYNOVA “CHATILA JEWELLERY� WITH GUEST
ALIONA MUCHINSKAYA, ALBERT KUVEZIN, ZORIKTO DORZHIEV, ALEXANDER YAKOVENKO, ERKIN TUZMUKHAMEDOV
VICTORIA ANDREYANOVA:
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UNDRESSED COUNTRY PHOTOGRAPHER: KIRILL LAGUTKO
FILM DIRECTOR ALEKSANDR STRIZHENOV
THE CENTRAL EXHIBITION HALL MANÈGE
The exhibition “Undressed Country” by fashion designer Victoria Andreyanova was held on the 27 November at the Central Exhibition Hall Manège in Moscow.“The exhibition “Undressed Country” is not only a retrospective. On the contrary, it looks forward and makes us think about the future. What have we done today for our tomorrow? Let us work on this together and feel proud and grateful”, says Victoria Andreyanova.
The exhibition featured a display studying “the lack of dressing” of different styles and how it can be overcome and the “Undressed Country” installation, occupying an area of 5,600 sq. m. with the participation of 1,000 people. It ended up with a fashion show where the new S/S 2012 collection was presented.
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S/S 2012
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SOME LIKE IT BLONDE PLAYERS FROM EASTERN EUROPE LEAD THE WOMEN’S TENNIS RACE by Anastasia Grishchenko ISLAND NAMED PETRA A new tennis queen was born in the Czech village of Fulnek with a population 6,000. On the tennis court she is quick and powerful. In ordinary life she is shy, laconic and even naïve. She is a girl with a tender smile, golden fairytale hair and‌ her name means stone! Get acquainted with Petra Kvitova, the best player of the last year. How is it that Caroline Wozniacki is number one in the world? Are there mistakes in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) ranking? No, even though the Dane born in Poland did not win
the most successful team of the 21st century, on their home courts. Russia won four titles in the last 10 years, but for the Czech Republic ! ! † & victory in the last 23 years. “If the Czech Republic did not have Kvitova, the team would not be so strong�, the Russian Captain Shamil Tarpischev said. Do not believe it when people say that ‘one man is not an island!’
any Grand Slams, she had consistent results winning medium-sized competitions. On the other hand, Petra made it the season of her dreams. Winning six WTA titles - including
! “ 5 title at Wimbledon and the WTA Championships, she has risen from No. 34 to No. 2 in the rankings. By the way, Petra is also the name of the ancient city cut out of rock, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Kvitova, won the main WTA nomination “Player of the Year�, she is also a great talent for her country. Thus, she led the Czechs to the Fed Cup title beating Russia,
SIMPLY THE FIRST Though Caroline Wozniacki lost in the round-robin of the WTA Finals, here in Istanbul, she was still the leader of the WTA tour for the second year running.
Petra Kvitova (WTA No.2) Photo by Natasha Chetverikova
“Where is her Grand Slam title?� carping tongues say. “I hear this question 100 times a month�, her father and coach Peter said. “But ! > ' ! the Grand Slam quarter ! ' ! Secondly, just take a look, there were four different girls amongst the Grand Slam winners. In Australia – Kim Klijsters; at Roland Garros Na Li; at Wimbledon – Petra Kvitova; and at the US Open – Samantha Stosur. Great results! But after that they could not perform at the same level in the following tournaments. It’s impossible to be in top shape mentally
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Czech team (from left to right) double partners Lucie Hradecka and Kveta Peschke; Captain Petr Pala; Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova. Each girl is wearing earrings in the shape of a lion, the national Czech symbol Photo by Natasha Chetverikova
During the match against Na Li (No.5) Maria Sharapova (No.4) was hardly standing on her injured leg Photo by Anastasia Grishchenko and physically all the time. Caroline is not a champion yet. Nevertheless, we accept new challenges. I guarantee, she will win a Grand Slam�. Tennis is an individual sport. Friendship between players is rare. But the Dane is good friends with Agnieszka Radwanska and Vika Azarenka. “It’s strange, as soon as a player reaches the top, managers advise them not to have close friendships with other players, be indifferent, they say. That’s the way Maria Sharapova is�. Peter said. “Tennis is one close family. Do you think it’s possible not to interact with each other, when staying at
Russian Team (from left to right) Anastasia Pavlychenkova, Maria Kirilenko, Vera Zvonareva, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Shamil Tarpischev Photo by Natasha Chetverikova ' $ Fed Cup title, so I have to support the team sitting on the bench�, Vera said. When it comes to Maria losing two matches in the roundrobin, she could continue to take part in competition and get a huge sum of money, $ & ! match. But it’s not the style of Sharapova, one of the richest athletes in the world. “Maybe I could have had a quicker type of treatment or some anti " ! !> #& I like to let injuries heal naturally�, the Russian said. “Obviously, it’s disappointing to end the season this way, but I have no regrets. I
the same hotels? We are happy that Caroline is a nice, easy-going person and being number one she does not put on any airs and graces. Otherwise, nobody will respect you�. GIRLS DON’T CRY At the end of the season injuries surprise nobody. Still Sharapova’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Championship and Zvonareva’s refusal to play the Fed Cup match became the most dramatic moments at the end of the year. “I have had problems with my shoulder since the Kremlin Cup. That’s why I lost to Vika Azarenka in the quarter ! D! #& D 31
started the year barely in the top 20 and have !!  “I love men’s tennis, but spending one week in Istanbul, I realised that women tennis is something unique, interesting and really exciting�, Swedish legend Mats Willander said. “I’m sure Sharapova and Azarenka have real chances to win one of the Grand Slams and lead the race. As well as Kvitova who’ll surely be number one in the world. She is very positive with everything she does, also smart and funny. You’ll never see her behaving like Serena Williams, shouting at people. The time for new tennis stars is here�.
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