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NUMBER 109, JUNE 6 - 13, 1995

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COSSACKS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY WITH CHARACTERISTIC PANACHE

TOP STORIES

• Gang linked to forgeries at Russian Museum
  Hundreds of paintings at the Russian Museum could be fakes substituted for the originals by sophisticated art thieves, federal intelligence agents have revealed.
• Couple held over killing of US man
  A couple have been arrested in St Petersburg for a spate of violent crimes committed in Ukraine -- including the murder of an American man who was gunned down and robbed of $13,000.
• Kirov director denies rumors that he has been forced to quit
  The Kirov Ballet's artistic director has stressed he is still at the helm of the world's most famous classical ballet despite rumors that he had been forced to quit.

INTERVIEW

• The changing face of the Kirov Ballet. (Photo)
  St Petersburg's world-renowned classical ballet, the Kirov, is off to London next month to perform at the Colosseum. CHRIS GRAEME talked to the company's new man -- deputy artistic director Farouk Ruzimyatov, about the challenges the Kirov presents and the forthcoming tour.

FEATURE

• School seeks to create new, progressive women. (Photo)
  When the Bolsheviks swept to power in 1917, they promised to abolish inequality on the basis of sex as well as class. But, as the Communists settled down to power, they exploited and repressed women as much as any other system of government. Now, the times are a-changing. ALI NASSOR spoke to a woman determined to empower a new generation of women.

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