Publications

Alla Shelyapina Photo credit: psy-files.ru We spoke to emigrants from Canada who will soon be moving to our country with the help of the State Program for the Voluntary Resettlement of Compatriots. Why did they decide to leave Canada and move to Russia? Here are two family stories, two similar fates. Vitaliy and Vyacheslav (not their real names) came to Canada from Ukraine in transit through Israel. They both met their spouses there who happened to be from Crimea. They both thought of moving to Russia after 2014. Although neither of them has ever lived there, they regard this country as...

Sergey Vinogradov Photo credit: Classica School of Arts Morocco's main TV channel recently aired a report about the highly anticipated premiere of The Nutcracker ballet on the main theater stage in Rabat, the capital. The production is executed by the Classica Russian school of arts. It has become the significant cultural event in the life of Morocco. Moroccan children and teenagers trained by Russian teachers are engaged in the ballet, Russian diplomats and representatives of the Ministry of Culture of Morocco were present at the premiere. Inna Hennioui, the founder and head of the Ecole Des Arts Classica...

Sergey Vinogradov "I love you, Pushkin," confesses Jollie Esso, a famous Cameroonian singer. She has dedicated her entire album Hanibal @ Pushkin to the Russian classic. Mpondo Doumb, her compatriot and film director, is getting ready to travel to Russia to shoot "In Gannibal's Footsteps". He is going to release the film in six languages. "The story of Alexander Pushkin and Abram Gannibal was a revelation to me" Joelle Esso is a person of many talents. She designs and draws comic books that have enjoyed wide circulation. She is also a...

Photo credit: Vitaly Belousov, Sputnik Sputnik International Multimedia Press Center in Moscow hosted a roundtable discussion on Russia-Africa: Media Cooperation and Media Sovereignty.  The discussion was attended by Sergei Kochetkov, First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Rossiya Segodnya International Media Group; Oleg Ozerov, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Head of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum Secretariat; and Svetlana Kukava, observer of the international TV BRICS network. Director General of the TAP News Agency (Tunisia) Najesh Missaoui; Roland Lumumba,...

Photo: Liu Shikun at the First Tchaikovsky Competition (1958). Photo credit: Tchaikovsky State House-Museum in Klin archive The International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition is always a powerful experience for those who cannot imagine their lives without classical music. Chinese pianist Liu Shikun knows everything about the redemptive power of music. 65 years ago, at the 1st International Tchaikovsky Competition, he came second to the legendary winner Van Cliburn at the Piano Competition, sharing the prize with Russian pianist Lev Vlasenko. Today Liu Shikun was invited to be a member of the jury panel of the...

Igor Bondarenko Central European countries hold large-scale events dedicated to St. Cyril and Methodius, Christian preachers, and the creators of the Slavic alphabet and the Church Slavonic language. Monument to Cyril and Methodius in Sečovce, eastern Slovakia The commemoration of the arrival of St. Cyril and Methodius in Moravia is not only about church life. Its aim is to share the cultural and educational impact of the activities performed by the brothers from Thessalonica. Cyril and Methodius were canonized. They are honored in both the East and West of Christendom. ...