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Market Matters: As Conflict Ends, Markets on Road to Recovery
After tumbling to its lowest point in almost two years on Tuesday, Russia's MICEX Index began to slowly claw its way back over the rest of the week, suggesting a possible end to the volatility that has plagued the country's markets since tensions erupted between Russia and Georgia on Aug. 8.

The Moscow Times » City Wise

Issue 3981 | 4 Sep 2008

Folk, Fire And Food To Feature At Festival
By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer The annual open-air folk music festival Harvest will take place on Saturday for the fifth time as a part of Moscow's City Day celebrations.

Issue 3980 | 3 Sep 2008

Spend City Day Clowning Around
By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer Circus artists from all over the world have gathered in Moscow to perform at the Moscow International Youth Festival of Circus Arts, which coincides with City Day.

Issue 3979 | 2 Sep 2008

City Hall Invites Kids to The Party
By Marina Kamenev / Staff Writer With 2008 designated as ""Year of the Family,"" the City Day celebrations this weekend offer a number of events and activities for children and their parents.

Issue 3978 | 1 Sep 2008

Big Ring On Red Square for City Day
By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer This year's City Day celebrations will offer something new at the very heart of the capital: boxing on Red Square.

Issue 3976 | 28 Aug 2008

Tourney For the Sword of Russia
By Peter Slezkine / Special to The Moscow Times In Russia, even medieval fairs are treated like an Olympic sport. Just a week after one group of fencers left Beijing with their rapiers, epees and sabers, another will arrive in Moscow with broadswords, shields and breastplates. Their destination -- the Sword of Russia historic fencing tournament, which is being held this Saturday at the cultural complex Setunsky Stan.

Issue 3975 | 27 Aug 2008

Getting an Authentic Taste of Havana
By Jeremy Ventuso / Special to The Moscow Times Though recent rumors regarding the possibility of Russian strategic bombers refueling on Cuba and allusions to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis might amount to nothing more than a lot of hot air, a Cuban base of sorts has opened its doors for business right in the heart of Moscow.

Issue 3974 | 26 Aug 2008

New Ways To See Moscow By Water
By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer One of the most relaxing ways to see any city is from the river.

Issue 3973 | 25 Aug 2008

Carmakers Putting Their Best Wheels Forward
By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer With Russia quickly overtaking European countries to become the biggest car market, perhaps it is no surprise that a record number of carmakers have picked Moscow to unveil new models.

Issue 3971 | 21 Aug 2008

Shooting Young Moscow's Raw and Trendy Denizens
By Anna Yukhananov / Special to The Moscow Times There are two young men on the expanse of white canvas. One wears sunglasses and a Ramones T-shirt, the other a sleeveless shirt, boxing hand wraps, and a Vans baseball cap. With their confident slouch, they are the epitome of cool, sporting the gestures, brands and attitudes of international youth culture.

Issue 3970 | 20 Aug 2008

All That Famous Jazz at the Hermitage Garden
By Alexandra Odynova / Special to The Moscow Times Every jazz fan knows that the last weekend in August is the best time to hear favorite music performed live by top musicians. As the summer draws to a close, the 11th annual, three-day international jazz festival gets under way in the Hermitage Garden on Friday.

Issue 3969 | 19 Aug 2008

5,000 Dancers Will Try to Bring Music to Life
By Alexandra Odynova / Special to The Moscow Times What do you get when you combine a DJ, a Russian orchestra and pairs of dancing Argentines?

Issue 3968 | 18 Aug 2008

A Portal Into a Time That Russia Never Knew
By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer Glamorous blondes in sequined dresses, director Federico Fellini in his signature hat and beaming Elizabeth Taylor with big hair -- the black-and-white images, set against Stoleshnikov Pereulok's boutiques, are like a portal into a time that Russia never knew.

Issue 3966 | 14 Aug 2008

Some Familiar and Improvised Tunes in the Park
By Alexandra Odynova / Special to The Moscow Times There's classical music, pop music and folk music. And then there's Svetolitiye, a group that says its music defies being pigeonholed into a genre.

Issue 3965 | 13 Aug 2008

Camp in a Hut, Admire the Macaroni Memorial
By Alexi Shaw / Special to The Moscow Times On a huge field in the Kaluga region stands a museum of the Russian stove, a massive jungle gym and 91 international huts.

Issue 3964 | 12 Aug 2008

'Historical Insinuations' With a Detached Gaze
By Anna Yukhananov / Special to The Moscow Times A bald Soviet army soldier with bushy eyebrows holds a rosebud to his lip, half-smiling. He looks to the side, and you can imagine that in the next moment he will start dancing the tango.

Issue 3961 | 7 Aug 2008

Ride With The Best Mountain Bikers
By Peter Slezkine / Special to The Moscow Times Moscow's mountain biking fans will get the chance to see some of Russia's best racers compete in the third and final stage of the Univega Country Cup at the Kant Sports Complex this Sunday.

Issue 3960 | 6 Aug 2008

20,000 Fountains Dance to Mozart
By Marianna Tishchenko / Special to The Moscow Times Ever seen a fountain dance to ""Swan Lake""? How about 20,000 fountains?

Issue 3959 | 5 Aug 2008

Fancy Hats and Kadyrov's Horses at Hippodrome
By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer One of the major horse racing events of the year will bring together Russia's beau monde and equestrian fans at the Central Moscow Hippodrome.

Issue 3958 | 4 Aug 2008

No Kissing Policemen At New Video Exhibit
By Alexandra Odynova / Special to The Moscow Times The collection by mostly Russian artists seeks to reflect the entire spectrum of contemporary visual art.

Issue 3933 | 30 Jun 2008

Salmon Kebab
Chef's Secrets

Wall St. Watering Hole
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer Wall St. Bar, as the name might suggest, is positioning itself as a place for stock traders and the like to unwind after a hard day working the markets.

Looking Behind The Mirror
By Svetalana Osadchuk / Staff Writer Women are starting to pay attention to the composition of their cosmetics.

Ride the Library Train
By Lara McCoy Roslof / Special to The Moscow Times What to Do

Issue 3931 | 26 Jun 2008

Summertime Swan Lake
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer Last year, Kak na Kanarakh was ""the"" summer spot. Created by the people behind Solyanka night club and cafe, the pontoon restaurant was a virtual floating resort on the river beside Gorky Park, complete with a swimming pool and deck chairs.

Crimea Revisited
By John Wendle / Staff Writer The beaches and mountains of Crimea have much to offer a new generation of vacationers.

Ask the Chef
Alexander Saburov is head chef at the St. Tropez restaurant.

Issue 3929 | 24 Jun 2008

Something A Little Fishy
By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer Local divers and spearfishers find much of interest in the rivers and lakes of the Moscow region.

Mango Mousse
Chef's Secrets

At Home in Dom i Ko
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer Natura Viva with its unusual colonial theme, has passed into the history books, and in its place has arrived Dom i Ko. Unusual is not the word needed to describe this new restaurant, however.

Issue 3928 | 23 Jun 2008

Restaurant News
By Nathan Toohey / Special to The Moscow Times

Embracing the Unexpected
By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer Once a typical American girl from Colorado, Laura Williams left the city for a tiny village in rural Russia.

Go for a Walk in a Garden
By Lara McCoy Roslof / Special to The Moscow Times What to Do

Diky Ris Hits the Center
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer The opening of the original Diky Ris late last year was promising, as the democratic Japanese eatery offered more than just the typical selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls, including some other Asian cuisine.

Issue 3926 | 19 Jun 2008

Meaty Treats at Torro
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer The first Torro Grill opened at a shopping center in southern Moscow in February, 2007. A little over a year later, Torro Grill No. 2 has opened, this time much closer to the center. Not only is the new grill house better located, it also has more serious lodgings, with its own separate entrance from the street.

Ascetic Settlements
By William C. Brumfield / Special to The Moscow Times The Vologda region features several interesting monastic complexes that reflect Russia's unique religious history.

Ask the Chef
Jonas Grip of Sweden is the head chef at Scandinavia restaurant.

Issue 3924 | 17 Jun 2008

Restaurant Called Cafe
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer Given the crowds of the well-to-do spilling out of the upmarket restaurant Aist, it would seem that rumors of its fading mojo are exaggerated.

A Challenging Drive
By John Wendle / Staff Writer Participants in the Peking Challenge face a long drive from Amsterdam to Beijing via Russia to raise money for charity.

Chef's Secrets: Summer Yogurt Soup
A recipe from Yankel Schein, concept chef at Filimonova & Yankel fish house.

Issue 3923 | 16 Jun 2008

From the Ground Up
By John Wendle / Staff Writer Trained in finance, Dmitry Lutsenko found his calling in real estate development after building his own home.

Restaurant News
By Nathan Toohey / Special to The Moscow Times

A Democratic Debut
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer According to the staff of the recently opened Dem restaurant, ""Dem"" is short for ""democratic,"" which seems fairly appropriate. The cafe, as it calls itself, is indeed democratic in the egalitarian sense of the word, or at least the atmosphere is.

Issue 3921 | 10 Jun 2008

What Price Glory
By John Wendle / Staff Writer Re-enacting major battles from a wide range of wars is becoming a popular hobby as incomes rise.

Lemon Sole Belle Meuniere
Chef's Secrets

Finding a New Guroo
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer The veteran Indian/Thai restaurant Guroo has just opened a second branch -- this time right downtown. The original has been around for years, so it is somewhat a surprise to see its sudden expansion.

Issue 3920 | 9 Jun 2008

Going Back East
By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer Russian-Americans working in the financial services sector find more opportunities in Moscow than in New York.

What to Do
By John Wendle / Special to The Moscow Times Pop-eyed monsters floating in space. Technicolor prints combining 19th-century anatomical design with drawings of strange robots and clockwork mechanisms.

Southern South Korean
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer You could call Sammi the secret Korean restaurant. Its location is certainly hard to find -- there's absolutely no way you could just stumble upon it while walking by.

Restaurant News
By Nathan Toohey / Special to The Moscow Times The city's restaurants continue to unveil their summer terraces, patios and balconies. The Pinocchio chain of upmarket restaurants has simultaneously opened three summer outdoor options.

Issue 3917 | 5 Jun 2008

City By The Black Sea
By John Wendle / Staff Writer Odessa has been influenced by the many nationalities that have passed through its port.

Syrok
By Maria Antonova / Special to The Moscow Times Icon

Designer Coffeehouse
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer Design guru Artemy Lebedev has certainly branched out with his latest creation -- a diminutive cafe on Bolshaya Nikitskaya called Lavka Artemia Lebedeva.

See Where the Revolution Began
By Lara McCoy Roslof / Special to The Moscow Times What to Do

Issue 3916 | 4 Jun 2008

Be Fruitful And Multiply
By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer A rising number of multiple births brings praise from bureaucrats, but doctors worry.

Rytsarsky Goes French
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer Rytsarsky Club has undergone a complete culinary transformation. The restaurant, which is well liked for its spectacular position perched atop Sparrow Hills, has dropped its Georgian menu in favor of a predominantly French selection.

Ask the Chef
Henry Wong, a chef from the Kopi Tiam restaurant in Swissotel The Stamford Singapore, is a guest chef for Swissotel Krasnye Holmy's Singaporean Culinary Week, which runs from June 2 to 8 at Cafe Swiss.

Issue 3915 | 3 Jun 2008

Taking It to The Streets
By Edward Cowley / Special to The Moscow Times As the number of cyclists in Moscow grows, some enthusiasts are lobbying the city for better bicycling conditions.

Chef’s Secrets: Caprese
A salad recipe from Dmitry Gotovtsev,
head chef at Italian restaurant Pasta Della Mamma
(Mamina Pasta).

Piano Strikes a Chord
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer Piano is your typical local’s local restaurant. It has few pretensions, yet is nonetheless formal in its presentation. The interior is basically one large, dark beige hall.

Issue 3914 | 2 Jun 2008

Taking Flight On a Budget
By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer Marina Bukalova's youth has been an asset in building Russia's first low-cost airline.

Restaurant News
By Nathan Toohey / Special to The Moscow Times

Smelt at St. Petersburg
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer Nothing heralds the arrival of spring in St. Petersburg more surely than the appearance of smelt on the Northern capital's menus. It is a tradition to ring in the new season with a large helping of these fine fish. Now Muscovites have the chance to partake in this tradition, as local restaurant SPB is flying in fresh St. Petersburg smelt daily.

Art Walk
By Maria Antonova / Special to The Moscow Times What to Do

Issue 3912 | 29 May 2008

Silk Road to The Present
By Maria Antonova / Special to The Moscow Times The old cities of the Silk Road offer modern-day travelers new places to discover.

Have Breakfast
By Lara McCoy Roslof / Special to The Moscow Times What to Do

Fish Tanks and Fugu
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer Yet another Japanese eatery opening may not seem very remarkable in a city that is host to hundreds of sushi bars, but the new Misato restaurant is noteworthy for several reasons.

Travel News
By Maria Antonova / Special to The Moscow Times

Issue 3911 | 28 May 2008

Buying Some New Wheels
By John Wendle / Staff Writer Bikes in every price range can be found in Moscow, even if places to ride them are scarce.

Where to Go: Rostokinsky Aqueduct
On Google Earth, it is just a dash -- a hyphen beginning nowhere and ending nowhere, with no apparent purpose.

Baking the Daily Bread
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer The Le Pain Quotidien chain certainly has lots of buns in the oven. In less than a year, it has expanded across Moscow, opening bakery cafes not only in new shopping centers, but also in more appealing locations, such as the pedestrian-only Kamergersky Pereulok.

Ask the Chef
Antonio Baratto of Italy is head chef of the seafood restaurant Sirena.

Issue 3910 | 27 May 2008

Bewitched by The Balkans
By Nataliya Vasilyeva / Special to The Moscow Times A popular Internet community helps connect Russians who love south Slavic culture.

A Revamped Vinograd
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer Given the continuing popularity of The Real McCoy among fun-loving expats, it would seem to be a safe bet that if the people behind it chose to open another such establishment, then it would soon be guaranteed a loyal expat following.

Chef's Secrets: Rojak
A recipe from Henry Wong, one of the Singaporean guest chefs for Swissotel Krasnye Holmy's Singapore Culinary Week, as a part of Spotlight Singapore in Moscow, which runs June 2-8 at Cafe Swiss.

Issue 3909 | 26 May 2008

The Sausage Man
By Edward Cowley / Special to The Moscow Times John Warren, cook, entrepreneur and musician, is one of the best-known British expats in Moscow.

Steakhouse Surprise
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer It was only late last year when, with great fanfare and much news coverage, Grande Bouffe opened with its celebrity chef Stalik Khankishiyev, backed by restaurateurs Dmitry Borisov and Dmitry Yampolsky of Jean-Jacques, Apshu and Mayak fame.

Restaurant News
By Nathan Toohey / Special to The Moscow Times Bocconcino, the upmarket pizzeria restaurant that recently opened a second establishment out at the posh Vremena Goda shopping center on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, has just expanded its new restaurant.

Issue 3907 | 22 May 2008

Mixing East and West in Ukraine
By John Wendle / Staff Writer The west Ukrainian city of Lvov offers a blend of cultural heritage.

The Carpathians
By John Wendle / Special to The Moscow Times Where to Go

Cabbage of the Sea
By Maria Antonova / Special to The Moscow Times There is a whole array of foods in Russia whose existence can only be justified by the fact that they have a high concentration of vitamins or minerals.

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