Anna Sheremet

The set of instruments our politicians in general and members of parliament in particular use to make their position known is limited: bombastic denunciation (about opponents), boundless love (about the people), and pompous decisiveness (about reforms)… Sometimes things boil down to a...

An album-cum-catalogue entitled From Red through Yellow-Blue to Orange (Kyiv, Oranta publishers, 2004-2005) has just been published. This gorgeous folio-sized book (668 pages and more than 600 illustrations) is fascinating from the artistic and esthetic angle. But even more important is the content...

Mykola TOMENKO, Vice Prime Minister for Humanitarian Questions, visited The Day right before the recent government-parliamentary crisis. His interview answers many questions that have emerged. So far, Mr. Tomenko may be the only government official who has given an honest explanation of the crisis...

Several years ago a Western businessman shared his impressions after visiting one of the post-Soviet republics: “Where I come from, a boss of a major company normally speaks two or three foreign languages and his secretary one at best. Here everything is the other way around: the boss does not...

In continuation of our story about the Krok-2000 International Festival of Animated Films, I cannot avoid again touching on the topic of contrasts. They not only accompanied on the whole trip from Moscow to St. Petersburg, but took a very high profile in the competition program. Recall that it...

The seventh Krok (Step) International Festival of Animated Films has taken place. For the second time in its decade- long history it has been held in Russia. The route of the festival ship, the Feodor Chaliapin, went from Moscow to Saint-Petersburg via Uglich, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Goritsy (Vologda...