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Music of Risotto: How to Make It a Real Italian?

Submitted by Anastasia Grish... on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 20:15

Italian composer Antonio Rossini enjoyed cooking as much as writing music. Sometimes, he did them simultaneously. Di Tanti Palpity, the most popular aria of those times, was known as ''Rice Aria'' because Rossini composed it whilst cooking risotto. Rossini considered Haute cuisine and beautiful music to be two trees that come from one root and aspired to perfection in both fields. 

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The Fast Life and Slow Death of Boris Berezovsky

Submitted by Mark HOLLINGSWORTH on Mon, 04/15/2013 - 19:15

When I first heard from Russian contacts that Boris Berezovsky had died on that cold fateful Saturday afternoon, I was sceptical.  There has been so much hostility in Russia to the Oligarch, most of it justified, that there has been as much misinformation as accurate reporting about his life.  But when his death was confirmed I was not that shocked.  I already knew that he was engulfed by a financial crisis and I had evidence that he was selling off assets.  I also knew that he had been spending a lot of time on his own at his country house near Ascot, Berkshire, depressed, alone and accompanied only by his bodyguard.

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Dr Charles Tannock MEP: “Dialogue not Demonisation”

Submitted by russianmind on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 17:43

Foreign Affairs and Human Rights are topics never far from the news where Russia is concerned. In fact, I’m beginning to wonder if there is some cosmic conspiracy that leads our events, organised months in advance, to accidentally land within days of some Russian-related controversy.  

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Party like Russians on 24 April with RussianMind Club!

Submitted by russianmind on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 17:39

RussianMind Club is back with its first 2013 event. It’s time to shake you up after the long winter with a good party!

On 24 April 2013 RussianMind Club invites you to party in style and from dusk till dawn. In other words – TO PARTY LIKE RUSSIANS!

From the magnificent dancing balls of the Imperial Russia to Soviet-style “kitchen talks’ and home concerts to the glitzy nightclubs of the “Putin's Glamour” era – what makes Russian parties so exceptional?

Why are Russians such party animals?

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Total Dictation in London, 6 April

Submitted by russianmind on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 14:59

Being literate is cool! Will you accept the Russian language challenge?

Total Dictation is a program aimed at promoting literacy among Russian speakers.

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I was a Potato Oligarch

Submitted by russianmind on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 21:36

John Mole’s book, ‘I was a Potato Oligarch’, is described in the blurb as ‘eye-wateringly funny and always entertaining’ and having read it from cover to cover, I can vouch for the fact that this summary is entirely accurate. It is categorised by genre as travel narrative and business, but I think it would be equally at home in the comedy section of any decent bookshop.