Topic: Vladimir Vysotsky

In the Spotlight

Moscow Times - 18 days ago
This week, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lined up their teams of celebrity supporters for the presidential race...

Russia theatre legend quits in fury after 50 years

AFP Global Edition - 234 days ago
Russia's most celebrated living director on Sunday parted company with the theatre he has led for almost a half century, accusing its actors of only being interested in money.Yuri Lyubimov, 93, who founded Moscow's Taganka Theatre in 1964, fell ...

UPDATE 1-Russia's Medvedev sacks navy officers for base fire

Scientific American - 560 days ago
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reprimanded the head of the navy on Wednesday and sacked several senior navy officers for a major fire at a navy base outside Moscow.. A forest fire destroyed at least 13 hangars containing aviation equipment at a navy ...