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...Luzhin Defence is adapted from the book of the same name by the brilliant Vladimir Nabokov. A much earlier novel than more well-known works like Lolita and Pale Fire, Nabokov nonetheless provides the grounds for intriguing themes weaved within an intricate plot. Director Marleen Gorris has improved upon the original by tightening the plot and adding a complex and unpredictable ending that highlights the strength of her female protagonist and leaves the viewer puzzled over how to respond...
TIME.com: Now that the Kremlin has completed its coup against the independent media owned by Vladimir Gusinsky, the journalists at NTV have lost their battle, while those at some of the group's magazines and newspapers have lost their jobs, too. What does the future hold for independent-minded journalists in Russia...
...RUSSIA Personal Choices President Vladimir Putin put his stamp on Russia's government with significant changes to the Cabinet that he inherited a year ago from Boris Yeltsin. Out went Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev, to be replaced by Putin's closest confidant, Sergey Ivanov. Duma Deputy Boris Gryzlov, who in his first year in high politics has become best known for unquestioning devotion to the President, took over the Interior Ministry from Vladimir Rushailo. And the Defense Ministry acquired its first female deputy minister, financial specialist Lyubov Kudelina...
...news about Vladimir Putin's first year in power is that he has shown a consistent desire to curb independent media. The more reassuring news is that he is making a hash of it ? so far, at least. Over the past year the full force of the Russian state has been concentrated on Media-Most, the owner of NTV, the one independent TV station with a near-nationwide reach. It has been raided dozens of times, founder Vladimir Gusinsky is in Spain fighting extradition and other executives have fled the country. Judges have consistently ruled against NTV ? or quickly changed...
...Paul Quinn-Judge: This is a very good example both of the desires and of the limitations of President Vladimir Putin. His fundamental desire is to have a well-controlled society, and an integral part of that desire is to have the electronic media, which unlike most Russian newspapers actually has a nationwide reach, under his control. So he's been slicing away at NTV all year, using all manner of economic pressure and police investigation to erode the network's independence and bring it under the control of elements sympathetic to the Kremlin. Yet, when Putin tries to make...