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Alexander Izosimov, general director of the newly formed VimpelCom ltd © RIA Novosti

Telecoms shake-up gains momentum

Anna Sulimina
Vimpelcom gets approval for its Telenor deal, while Megafon eyes Synterra

A wave of protests among angry passengers seems to have derailed the new legislation and shunted prices back to the old levels © Dmitry Korobeinikov/RIA Novosti

Train bosses backtrack on fares

Anna Sulimina
People power set to derail so-called Moscow visa charge

Memorabilia at Bakhrushin’s Central Theatrical Museum © RIA Novosti

Felt boots and ballet slippers

Phoebe Taplin
Colourful collections in three unusual Moscow museums

Aeroflot Boeing-767 © RIA Novosti

Aeroflot deal first of many

Anna Arutunyan
Shakeups across industries are driven by the effects of the crisis, analysts say

Sushi Rumba has massively high ceilings, a warm-hued colour scheme and a clubby atmosphere © Courtesy of Sushi Rumba

Restaurants & Bars

Sushi meets ceviche

Ayano Hodouchi
A new kind of fusion is shaking up the city’s dining scene

Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov addressing the largest anti-government demonstration in a decade © RIA Novosti

Kaliningrad rising

Roland Oliphant
RussiaProfile.org
Fierce opposition in the tiny Baltic exclave may cost its governor his job

Tim Wall
Bread-and-butter issues such as transport taxes, jobs, car import duties and utility bills were to the fore in the Jan. 30 protest by 10,000 people in Kaliningrad, showing that even if the economic recovery is underway, for many ordinary Russians it has yet to be felt in their pockets

Sergei Eisenstein © RIA Novosti

Cinematic symphony

Andy Potts
See films by Eisenstein accompanied by a live orchestra and opera chorus

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus © Courtesy of West Video

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Vladimir Kozlov
Movie of the week
February 5 – 8

Depeche Mode © Courtesy of Sav Entertainment

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February 5 – 11

Dorian Gray © Courtesy of Kinogallery.com

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The Bolshoi has announced several new productions © RIA Novosti

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February 5 – 8

A 1936 poster by British artist Tristram Paul Hillier for Shell’s ad campaign © Courtesy of State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

From underground to everywhere

Jennifer Chater
See the genesis of advertising poster art at the Pushkin Museum

Hockey. KHL. 51st round. Dynamo Moscow vs. CSKA Moscow © Vladimir Fedorenko/RIA Novosti

February 5 – 8

Welsh band Skindred mixes punk rock with heavy metal and reggae © Courtesy of Glavclub

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Ukraine's Yanukovich to visit United States in April - foreign minister

11:47 20/03/2010 |Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will visit the United States in April, the country's prime minister said.

Uzbek police drug raid seizes some 100 pounds of opium, heroin

10:30 20/03/2010 |Uzbekistan's special police force have confiscated more than 46 kilograms (over 100 pounds) of narcotics during a police operation, a spokesman for the Uzbek National Security Service said on Saturday.

Russian police authorities shut down website calling for nationwide protests

08:59 20/03/2010 |Russian police authorities on Saturday closed down an Internet website calling for participants to hit the streets throughout the nation in protests during the "Day of Wrath," Ekho Moskvy radio station reported.