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...despite the provocative title of his self-published 2002 collection of poems, The Era of Brainwashing, his work went mostly unnoticed. If not for the Internet, Zheng, now 57, might still sit in his mildewed sixth-floor walk-up near the Manchurian city of Dalian, surrounded by bookshelves of Russian literature, tapping verse onto his Legend computer...
...first appeared in Italy in the same year. Subsequent translations have charmed critics in France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and Spain. Newly published in English, it comes with a map of the many trans-Caucasian journeys recounted, plus a glossary of words imported from Arabic, Hindi, Kyrgyz and Russian: you're in for a long - and enchanting - trip. Kaja, born into the nomadic Tunshan tribe in the late 1930s, can trace her ancestry back to Genghis Khan. She grows up in the warm embrace of family and clan, close to nature though not entirely removed from civilization. "We were tolerant...
...international celebrity. In May, Vital Voices Global Partnership, a group of female American human-rights activists including Senator Hillary Clinton, invited Dmitruk to a function in Washington. As Dmitruk entered the hall, she bumped into former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright, who hugged her and said in Russian: "Natalya, I'm proud of you. You're a smart one." Dmitruk says that made her feel "warm and deeply moved," though she says she does not "feel like a hero at all." Dmitruk learned her signing skills from her deaf-mute parents, former industrial workers who are now retired. Though...
...another legal investment dispute, Harvard has struggled with Russian oil company Surgutneftegaz (Surgut), which it alleges has underpaid its dividends to American shareholders. The investment has been managed by Larson, first at HMC and now at Sowood...
Harvard’s lawyer at Ropes & Gray, Robert Skinner, said that Surgut had sought to move the dispute from arbitration to Russian courts. While Surgut’s motion was unsuccessful, it is appealing the judge’s decision. The arbitration and appeal will proceed concurrently...