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24.02.10

"Modernization Should Have a Moral Component" - Interview with Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin

The report The Moral Foundation of Modernization, published on the website of the Institute for Development of a Modern Ideology, has received largely negative reviews in Russian mass media. The document was developed by experts of the institute for a meeting of the Center for Social-Conservative Policy of the United Russia Party. A rather critical review of the report has already appeared on this site. To provide another viewpoint, we spoke with Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synod Department for Relations between the Church and Society.

04.02.10

"This isn’t theater, it’s a way of life" – Interview with Vyacheslav Polunin, the renowned clown and performance artist.

Vyzcheslav (Slava) Polunin spoke with RusskiyMir.ru about what theater means to him, what he finds difficult to do and what he dreams about doing.

18.01.10

“Russia would do well to consider how others perceive it” - Interview with Blair Ruble, director of the Kennan Institute - America’s leading center for Russian studies.

How do Americans today perceive Russia? What kind of image does our country have overseas, and what can be done to improve it?

14.01.10

"The Road is Ploughed by Those Who Move" - Interview with Alexander Visly, general director of the Russian State Library.

What types of problems do Russian libraries face today, and what waits for them tomorrow?

24.12.09

"The question “What do you think about Russians?” seems outdated" - Interview with Evgenia Rostova, Leading Researcher at the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

Recently, a team of authors from the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute and their counterparts from several Italian universities prepared a textbook on reading and conversation development for Italian students of the humanities. We spoke about the book itself, and the fact that Italians and Russians know about each other's culture, with Evgenia Rostova, the project’s director and a leading researcher at the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute.

15.12.09

"Attitude to Russia and the Russian Language Has Changed Significantly in Many Countries" - Interview with Vyacheslav Nikonov, Executive Director of the Russkiy Mir Foundation

Vyacheslav Nikonov, Executive Director of the Russkiy Mir Foundation told Vesti TV channel about the foundation’s operations to date and its plans for the future.

11.12.09

“I belong to the Russian world” - Interview with Nikolai Mishutushkin, a famous artist, the owner of a wide collection of primitive paintings and sculptures by the peoples of Oceania

He is a famous artist, an officer of France’s Order of Arts and Letters, one of the creators of the emblem and flag of the Republic of Vanuatu, and more ... a descendent of Terek Cossacks. He is Nikolai Mishutushkin. At 80, he continues to work energetically, representing with dignity a small community of our compatriots who have settled in Oceania.