Anatoly Medzyk

This year Dynamo Kyiv celebrates a jubilee: it has won this country’s championship for the tenth time in the modern history of Ukrainian soccer. It is the Kyivans’ first triumph after the death of Valery Lobanovsky. The team, now led by Meritorious Coach of Ukraine Oleksiy Mykhailychenko, proved...

Mykhailo, police major, 37: “I like contemporary young people for having a broad outlook. It seems to me things were different 15-20 years ago, when we were more inhibited. Now young people are much freer in both their thoughts and actions. As to negative traits, first, I do not think young...

What is today’s Russia? What possibilities does it give Ukraine and what problems does it create? What can we, in our turn, offer Russia and how can we help it? What kind of Russia do we need? With these far from traditional but to our mind important questions, our journalists set off to a round...

Twice a year (on Kyiv Day and Independence Day) Andriyivsky uzviz gathers artists, potters, sculptors and other masters of the decorative and applied art from all parts of Ukraine. Passing on Kyiv Day almost the whole gallery with ceramic pussycats, still lifes, portraits, and other artistic...

The Government Day in parliament on February 11 was dedicated to the problems of the physically challenged and preceded a rather emotional overture. A group of people with special needs, looking into the eyes of every people’s deputy climbing out of his car, asked them to “take a notice of their...

Igor Bobrin, a celebrated Russian figure skater, European singles champion, Merited Master of Sport, legendary Cowboy, Paganini, and Musketeer, is currently the artistic director of the popular Theater on Ice. The cast includes the excellent duet of Natalia Bestemyanova and Andrei Bukin, four-time...

My first experience of wearing skates was not all that rewarding. Naturally, I had misgivings that things were not as simple as they seemed. I suspected it would take time to master the loops and curves, a feat of great skill and daring, but I still had the faintest of hopes that things would work...

Some 1,200 dogs and their owners took part. For many of them their dogs were also a major source of income, so, apart from the competition, the exhibit was meant to detect the best breeds for commercial purposes. Becoming a dog-breeder is not a problem these days. Often a breeding farm can...

The National Opera of Ukraine hosted the premieres of Stravinsky’s and Mussorgsky’s one-act ballets The Rite of Spring and Pictures at an Exhibition (choreographed by Radu Poklitaru and conducted by Volodymyr Kozhukhar) on November 22-23. The appearance of the ballets on the National Opera’s...

“THEY SAW WE WERE STILL IN SHORT PANTS” “By what percentage did you manage to stand aside in this book from hot events and say what you consider the truth?” “By about 75%...” “Will you be able to specify some points in the future?” “Naturally. Especially in what concerns the inner...