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...have so much to show." American burlesque star Dita von Teese stripped down to a black bustier to play the title role of Germany's entry, "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang"; she had originally hoped to go further, but officials warned her to respect "cultural differences." And the Ukraine's Svetlana Loboda, singing "Be My Valentine," did the splits on a ladder set inside an oversize wheel (which she paid for by mortgaging her house). The blogosphere has since labeled her a "stripper in a hamster wheel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the West Won: Norway Takes the Crown at Eurovision | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...wife Svetlana have a son, Ilya, born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russian President Dmitri Medvedev | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...Yukos hearing takes place, and if the claimants win, then it's not just the shareholders who could benefit. "This could have a roll-on effect on the other former Yukos executives, such as Svetlana Bakhmina, Vasily Aleksanyan, Lebedev and, of course, Khodorkovsky, all of whom had placed complaints with the European Court of Human Rights," says Claire Davidson, a spokeswoman for Yukos. But there could be a much higher cost in Russia, where the local media are already speculating on how a $34 billion payout could cripple the economy. Others suggest that, with a judgment against it, Russia could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Russians Go for Justice: France | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

Plot twists ensue. Anatoly and Florence leave together for Budapest, where Anatoly faces Freddie once again and Florence revisits her scarring childhood. There are “gasp” moments. Anatoly’s wife Svetlana (Victoria J. Benjamin ’12) decides not to wait idly in Russia while her husband embarks on an affair and instead pays a visit to the couple. Florence’s missing father vacillates between supposedly being alive and being presumed dead faster than you can say, “World Communist Conspiracy.” At one point...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Chess' Just Isn't Fun Anymore | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...Bulgarian, Dutch, American, Yugoslavian, Serbian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Slovenian, Croatian, European, Swedish, Mexican...but that is not enough—give me more identities,” said Ugresic, whose collection of essays “Nobody’s Home” was recently translated into English. Svetlana Boym, a professor of Slavic languages and literatures and comparative literature, introduced Ugresicc as a brave female journalist, writer, and intellectual who, “through humor, through playful writing, offers critical commentary on Croatian nationalism.” In 1991, the dismal conditions of war-torn Yugoslavia motivated Ugresic, a native...

Author: By Wendy H. Chang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Author Writes Without Borders | 9/28/2008 | See Source »

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