№74, (2011)
20.12.2011 - 00:00
Did “other Russians” turn out?
What is going on with the Rus-sian society and in the Rus-sian society? Are the protest actions really unexpected or were they predictable? This is what The Day discussed with Vladimir MAGUN, head of...
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A double-edged pipe
Continued from the previous issue
“RUSSIAN DOLL PRINCIPLE”
The energy problem may become a lever for drawing Ukraine, fully or partially, into the Eurasian Union. As experience...
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Zinaida LIKHACHOVA: Ethnic modern art for me is a worldview rather than a style
The main theme of the collection “More” is guelder rose. Red coral necklaces on white shirts bring to us Ukrainian rituals with all their antiquity and homeliness.
Why guelder rose...
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This day in history
1616: The first dated book is printed at the Kyiv Pechersk Monastery of the Caves. 1720: Peter I of Russia orders Kyiv Governor Golitsyn to impound the ancient scrolls, chronicles, and books stored...
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Land sales have been postponed for a year
MPs propose to extend the moratorium on sale of farmland until Janu-ary 1, 2013, the bill No. 9586 reads. It has been submitted to the parliament by leader of the Party of Regions’ faction Oleksandr...
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Ironic rebuses
One sees great things at a distance. It’s been almost a year now since Andrii Lipatov passed away.
When my soul is afraid to sing I open the album of Lipatov’s art works and emerge...
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Philosophy of competitive success
On Wednesday night, December 14, International Institute of Management (MIM) summed up the results of the past year, as always, elegant and in democratic spirit in presence of respectable...
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Havel’s time will never pass
The last resonant Havel’s article was about Ukraine. Regrettably, it was not optimistic. His article published last summer in The Moscow Times read that Ukraine had come to a crossroads and...
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Vaclav Havel’s life in truth
Topic continued from TITLE PAGE
PRAGUE – Long before Czechoslovakia’s communist regime collapsed in 1989, Vaclav Havel was one of the most remarkable figures in Czech history –...
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Viewing in Marseille
It is difficult to negotiate with such country. European politicians would probably like to see people with different views among their Ukrainian negotiation counterparts. Not necessarily would they...
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Neither failure, nor success
Last night’s Ukraine-EU jubilee summit ended in achieving a compromise of sorts as Ukraine’s actual membership remained questionable until the very last moment. The Ukrainian side...
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On the “demarcation line”
Many people are trying to compare Maidan and Triumphal Square and find out why we were not able to do this, and if they will be able to.
I have got several observations on this matter.
Ukraine...
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On “dancing with skeletons”
“Before changing power in Russia, one should change the opposition,” the Russian political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky said recently. Incidentally, the Ukrainians also have a lot of...
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Kuchma’s case is the reason for lustration
The film Zmova [The Collusion. – Ed.] shown at ICTV [last week] polished the decision of the Pechersk СCourt concerning Kuchma’s case. It was a kind of “dessert” after the...
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Uniting to promote culture
The Friends Club of Mystetsky Arsenal met on December 14 to receive gratitude of the institution’s leadership for its contribution to the development of the museum complex. For the first time...