someRussiantelevisionq&otherquestions

Fri Aug 17 20:03:38 UTC 2001

Everything concerning Russian TV is in such a state of flux that I would be
ghesitant to commit anything to a large print run. Kiselev is at
Berezovsky's TV6, but his arrival caused much resentment within TV6.
Sorokina stuck with NTV in a major catfight with Kiselev. I don;t know what
the current state of Kukly is. NTV said they were going to keep the
broadcast, but even when NTV was still independent, Kukly producers would
take the summer off. Best best: go to www.km.ru, look up their TV page and
do a search for Kukly (or any other shows). Itogo switched to TV6. You can
probably catch Kukly (if it's still on) on NTV International, once the fall
starts. Right now NTVi is doing Kukly reruns. (In fact, NTVi is
headquartered in NY and broadcasts some NTV stuff but also has lots of the
renegade TV6. Check out their schedule for North America at
http://www.russiantvguide.com/framesets/russiantvguide.htm. The service for
educational institutions is cheap. Buy an el cheapo dish and pay Dish
Network $200 per year.

You might want to add that the top rated programs over the past few years
have been the KVN "amateur" college game show. (...Amateur in name only),
Pole chudes (the Wheel of Fortune knock-off),  the cop show, Ulitsa razbityx
fonarei (also known as Menty), and of course, Kto xochet stat' millionerom
(now on ORT with a namby-pamby host; it started out life on NTV as "O,
Cshastlivchik," but lost its British license when ORT outbid NTV for the
2001 season rights.)

Exo Moskvy is in trouble. Lots of people left, but lots of good people have
stayed. But things can't be that good. They used to have round-the-clock
webcasts. Now the webcasts are spotty, and despite pleas by western
listeners (like me), the management remains mum on what's up.

Rich Robin
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The George Washington University
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phone: 202-994-7081
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----- Original Message -----
From: <ZitaD at AOL.COM>
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Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: someRussiantelevisionq&otherquestions

August 17, 2001

Dear SEELANGERS:

This week I have been reviewing my editor's comments on revisions  for the
second edition of "The Russian Way" that I sent to McGraw-Hill Publishing
Company. I have a few  areas in which I would appreciate help. In early
April
I had written:

1)  Point 66 Television and Radio: "Programs dealing with politics are
popular in Russia. The best known anchors and programs are Nikolai Svanidze
on RTP's "Window" "Zerkalo"/ Ptfhrfkj6 Evgeny Kiselyov on NTV's "Roundup,"
"I
togi"/Bnjfub76 and Svetlana Sorokina on NTV's "Hero of the Day" "Geroy
dnya"/"
Uthjfq lyz") which features one-on-one interviews with political and
cultural
figures. Two NTV programs which satirize politicians are especially popular,
"Itogo"/Bnjujf ("Altogether") and "Kykli"/Refrks ("Puppets"). On "Kykli,"
puppets in the likeness of various politicians appear in satirical skits, on
the former, anchor Viktor Shenderovich, in the manner of  "Saturday Night
Live," satirizes actions and  statements made by politicians in the course
of
the current week. The government has made several attempts to take the show
"Kukli" to court for its sharp criticism of it."

In Mid-April NTV ceased to be an independent station. I realize that
Kiselyov
moved to a local TV station. Does he have a specific program, and if so,
what
is it called? Is Sorokina still with NTV,  or has she moved to another TV
station, and if so, to which one and does she have a specific program of
which she is in charge of?  Regarding "Kykli," I understand that it is still
on air, but less offensive to the government. What about "Itogo"/Bnjujf
("Altogether")?  Is it still on air with Viktor Shenderovich?

2) Revision of Point 47, "Politics and Parties": Gusinsky was jailed at one
point for embezzlement (he has since fled abroad), but many believe that in
the view of the government, what he was really guilty of was heading an
independent media group of a television station, NTV, its affiliated radio
station, Ekho Moskvi/"[j Vjcrdsf6 magazine "Itogi"/Bnjfub and newspaper
"Sevod
nya"/Ctujflyz, all of which served as a center of resistance to Putin's
political machine. In April 2001, NTV was taken over by Gazprom, a
state-controlled energy giant, the magazine's entire staff was fired, and
the
newspaper was shut down. Boris Jordan became the new CEO of NTV."

My question here is to what extent Ekho Moskvi/"[j Vjcrdsf is still an
independent and respected station? Probably not so independent any more....
Are the other facts in the paragraph  correct?

3) Is the former Soviet holiday "Soviet Army and Navy Day" now called "Den
zashchitnika or zashchitnikov otechestva?  And how would it be translated
into English?

4) Finally, if anyone can recommend some websites that would be especially
useful for travelers to Russia, that would be great.

Please reply off line. Thank you!

Zita Dabars
zitad at aol.com
CORLAC in retirement
7223 Lanark Road
Baltimore, MD 21212
Phone & fax: (410) 821-1994

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