Word: dmitri
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Always an adventurer, Dmitri Nabokov ’55 accelerated out of Harvard Yard on Commencement Day 50 years ago to embark upon a career studded with a colorful confetti of activity...
...While Dmitri seems to have broken into the spotlight, there was once a time when he lived in his father’s shadow...
...Joseph Stalin coming back in style? Members of Russia's political élite certainly seem to miss him. Their views received striking expression in a 3,000-word article in the Russian Defense Ministry daily, Krasnaya Zvezda. The author, Marshal Dmitri Yazov, a former Defense Minister who was one of the leaders of the botched 1991 coup against ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, describes the former Soviet dictator not only as "the greatest military leader of all ages and peoples" but as an inspiration for today's Russia. Yazov's article glossed over Stalin's errors - "even geniuses make mistakes...
...Siloviki élite. If they're right, the next step will be a Rosneft victory in the race to snap up Yukos assets. Meanwhile, the ties among Moscow's new élite grow ever closer. Last year, Sechin's daughter Inga married an FSB school cadet named Dmitri Ustinov. The cadet's father is Vladimir Ustinov, the prosecutor-general overseeing the legal attack on Yukos. Welcome to Moscow's new Family...
Those arriving at the Brattle Street theater expecting a spot of Dostoevskian drama will be disappointed to learn that the performers’ formidable moustaches are practically the only things linking the men on stage to their Russian namesakes Dmitri, Alexei, Ivan and Pavel. And only three of the entertainers have facial hair...