The Moscow Business Community Looks at Crisis in Arts

The Moscow Business Community Looks at Crisis in Arts

MOSCOW, July 13/PRNewswire/ -- Outside its borders, Russia was always famous for its creative
achievements in arts and sciences. Plays of Russian writers still fill up
theatres around the world. Novels by Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky continue to
affect minds in many languages. Tchaikovsky and Rakhmaninov are known and
played in all countries. Mendeleyev and Tsiolkovsky are quoted in all leading
universities. The Soviet 20th century gave the world Gagarin, Sakharov,
Shostakovich, Nabokov, Pasternak, Tarkovsky and many others. The new, barely
understood, 21st century is unsure as it struggles through economic
crisis, a crisis of minds and generations - generations of the past, present
and future. During the few years since the collapse of the USSR the world
saw the new Russia as a land of suddenly appearing billionaires, aggressively
claiming their world recognition, and a land of vast territories with an
abundance in natural resources and a rapidly shrinking population.

On Thursday 9 July 2009, at the height of the summer holidays,
diverting from its usual business topics Finance & Investment Markets
Players Club "KIFIR", joined by business contacts Club "Partners" and Moscow
business club "Sobranie", gathered nearly two hundred of the Moscow
international business community to discuss contemporary performing arts
against the background of materialistic reality in Russia at the time of
current crisis.

The main guest of the program became the famous Russian actor
Mikhail Gogevoy ( http://www.gorevoy.ru ). Open interview with the actor soon
turned into a lively discussion and a dialogue with the audience. Values of
contemporary society, goals that we set in life and priorities that we choose
were at the centre of discussion. The sincerity with which the actor spoke of
his views on reality brought profound thoughts on business audience. The
actor spoke of his theatre "Fabrika" and his new project - a feature film
entitled "Downway", which touches upon the most sacred themes of contemporary
reality. Club "KIFIR" offered to assist the actor in raising finance for his
new project.

Pop-singer and showman Vladimir Efimov offered his original
views on the effect of the crisis on the pop industry, and a few of his songs
performed live gave the meeting a concert like ambiance.

Later, Russian company Sale Luxury Spirits offered the party a taste of
rare spirits during a light buffet meal.

During the event the sum of 11,510 roubles was collected in aid of
"Downside Up" Benevolent Fund (http://www.downsideup.org) whose mission is to
improve the quality of life for children with Down syndrome in Russia.

Photo gallery from the event: http://www.kifir.info/kifir/?page_id=234

PR Newswire Europe is the official information distribution partner for
the Club "KIFIR" and this meeting.

(http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=226970)

KIFIR - Finance & Investment Markets Players' Club, is the first of its
kind in Russia, created to unite international professionals involved in the
volatile markets of Finance and Investment.

Eugene Kasevin, Club Chairman,
+7-963-716-5837,
kasevin@kifir.info.

http://www.kifir.info

Source: KIFIR

Eugene Kasevin, Club Chairman, +7-963-716-5837, kasevin@kifir.info.

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