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Getting shortlisted for the annual Red Bull Music Academy is equivalent to Olympic gold for the aspiring music makers from Russia. Being the only available platform which regularly picks up young talents from unusual places and ejects them onto the global orbit, RBMA is praised by those who otherwise have no chance to get noticed.
‘Target’ is one of the most impressive movies I’ve seen since Gaspar Noe’s ‘Enter the Void’. The film was produced together by a director Alexander Zeldovich and a popular Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin Read More
As it usually happens with the rapidly developing countries, sometimes poor infrastructure is an advantage rather than a drawback. While most of the countries in Europe are still unfolding their 3G networks, Russia has already jumped into a 4G future totally skipping the previous phase. Read More
Strelka – the trendiest, sexiest and flashiest place in today’s Moscow – has opened its spacious terrace to show the cream of the independent film industry. Read More
The weirdest problem with the Russian bands is that they never get tired of doing the same kind of shit thing again and again. Read More
I’ve never been an ardent fan of the torrents, neither do I like paying money for watching some oldy stuff directed dozens of years ago. Here comes the solution – YouTube has just launched its brand-new service which would allow such pennypinchers like me to have an opportunity to enjoy old-timers for free. Read More
As it’s widely rumored, Dasha Zhukova, the flamboyant girlfriend of Roman Abramovich, plans to launch her new fashion and art magazine, which will be called ‘Garazh’. The first issue of the title will hit news agents in September, proving that there is still some room for the quality paper on Russian market. Read More
It finally seems that the day when journalists will die out just like the dinosaurs is dramatically close. Take a look at the website of Narrative Science company – a recent start-up developing a program which would finally allow all sorts of data to be structured and edited into a polished piece of journalist art. Read More
Quentin Tarantino has never tried to make a secret of his long-lasting love affair with the iconic action movies from Hong Kong.
New face of the beat culture: Miracle Libido. Creative network of artists and musicians How2Make keeps on storming European and American beat charts with the help of their new masterminds – Miracle Libido and OL. Read More
With a brand-new design school ‘Strelka’ presenting its first breed of young urban planners, it’s enormously interesting to follow the ‘Arch-Moskva’ exhibition programme. Read More
‘Flakon’ is a new center of gravity for local idle youth. Despite being placed on the outskirts of an abandoned Savelovsky railway station, the place is rapidly turning into a pleasant green spot with numerous quirky events taking place every single moment. Read More
Most old people in Russia are wary of street photographers. That is why it took Igor Gavar a lot of time and efforts to launch the blog depicting street style of old ladies living in Omsk – a Russian city situated in the Ural mountains.
As even kids know, professors and teachers from around the world already use Skype to communicate with their students in other countries. Many of them even arrange virtual tours and lectures from time to time. But now this popular service will make the process of distance learning even easier.
