German Abaev's Events

2011-11-04T22:40:00.002+04:00

Please visit my website www.german-abaev.ru for news in English. Thank you!

January-February Events 2011

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21.01 Wintershall Day. Wintershall AG - the German gas and oil company, a partner at the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom.

2.2 FIS European Cup ski race event in Moscow.

2.9 Presentation of the Delegation of the United wine houses of the region of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), headed by Minister of Agriculture of the region and President of the Association of wine houses in the region, Mr. José Luis Martínez Guiharro.

12.02 FIS World Cup Ski Freestyle Event.

2.13 The Awarding Ceremony of the annual Children's Festival Kid Witness News KinoSTART by Panasonic in the All-Russian University of Cinematography.

17.02 Ceremony of delivery of the first Volkswagen Caddy shipment to Russia's largest operator of express delivery mail «EMS Russian Post».

2.28 Show a new collection by ARDI called Femme Fatale

The events of November and December 2010

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23.11 Presentation of Russian TV and radio personality Vladimir Soloviev’s book "Manipulation: attack and defense"
29-30.11 The opening of wholesale shopping center Selgros Cash and Carry Altufevo
1-5.12 Book presentations of the Eksmo publishing house at Non-fiction Book Fair in Moscow
02.12 Telenor Christmas party in the Atrium of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
4.12 Promo event "Hot Winter" by Russian clothing company Baon
08.12 Press conference to launch the new media company D3
10.12 Skoda dealers’ conference
15.12 Reception Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin for the heads of diplomatic missions of foreign countries in Russia
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Good luck and new victories in 2011!

October 2010 Events

2010-11-01T12:56:00.000+03:00

02.10 Toyota Corporate Football Championship with Toyota Motor, Inc., Toyota Bank and authorized dealers of Toyota in Russia.
04.10 Celebrating of 80 years of establishment of the State Scientific Research Institute of Civil Aviation

13.10 Opening of the plant «SABMiller plc» in Ulyanovsk region

15.10 Celebrating the 80 th anniversary of the Moscow Margarine Plant (Unilever)
20.10 Celebrating 50 years of Ryazan Oil Refining Company (TNK-BP)
21-22.10 CEO Summit " Contact Center Opitimization - 2010"
28.10 Event by Reima company (Finland)

29.10 Charity event by Kia Motors

Charity Event by Charity Party Project at Pacha Moscow club

September 2010 Events

2010-10-11T14:27:00.003+04:00

4.9 The opening ceremony of the Sports complex "Yantar" in Moscow

9.9 Event "Switzerland invites!" by Switzerland Tourism Board
11-12.09 Exhibition and Festival “Fitness Moscow-2010” and the Dance Aerobics Moscow Mayor's Cup-2010

14-17.09 The stand of the European Commission's “Tasty of Europe” at “World Food Moscow-2010”
17-19.09 II Games of the European Parliamentarians
24.09 Moscow Mayor's Cup in Spear Fishing – 2010

July and August events 2010

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05.08 Danish clothing maker ARDI show.

11.08 Hyundai Motor CIS gave a training bus for children to the Traffic Police of Russia. The event was attended by Viktor Kiryanov, the Chief State Inspector of Road Safety in Russia and General Director of Hyundai Motor CIS Mr. Kerry Cho. (Photo: carsguru)

31.08 In the shopping and entertainment center Atrium in Moscow there was an opening ceremony of the Moscow week of the "Festive Hong Kong 2010". The opening ceremony was attended by Mr. Donald Tsang, the Chief Executive of the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, China. (Photo: Tourprom.ru)

05.07 DIM Paris press-conference in Moscow.

13 .07 The Gestamp plant opening ceremony in Kaluga region. The Gestamp has a production area of more than 30 000 square meters and will produce 135 components for Volkswagen cars.

14 .07 The largest in Russia technical center "Mercedes-Benz Sever" was opened in the Moscow region. The center provides after-sale services and sells Mercedes-Benz and Fuso cars. (Photo: Mercedes-Benz and inside Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG)

Notable Events in June

2010-07-04T18:38:00.002+04:00

I recorded guide’s voice-overs for the pavilion "Russia" at "Expo 2010" in Shanghai.

06/05/2010. In the Hermitage Garden of Moscow a charity party "Celebration of Life" was hosted by “Line of Life” Foundation.

06/09/2010 An official ceremony launching Forbo Flooring Systems plant in the Kaluga region with the participation of the Governor of the Kaluga region took place (pictured next to the left by the stage).

12-13/06/2010 Book signing by writers Andrew Gelasimov and Roman Senchin (Eksmo Publishing House) within the 5 Moscow International Open Book Festival in Central House of Artists.
24/06/2010 Charity party by "Line of Life" Fundation, Project Charity Party and club Pacha Moscow. (Photo: Foundation "Line of Life").

Notable May Events

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13.05.2010 Panasonic 3D Convention. Pictured with the General Director of Panasonic Russia Mr. Kitagawa Junichiro.

15.05.2010 Concert in the Exhibition Hall "New Manege", a part of pan-European "Night at the Museum" project.
30.05.2010 The closing and awarding ceremony at the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy 2010.

The events of March and April

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3-4.03.2010 The opening of cash and carry center Selgros in Vnukovo (Photo: Eugenia Shkundina)

23.03.2010 CCG Call Center Awards Ceremony “Crystal Headset»

14.04.2010 Presentation and Press Conference to launch the book by Vladimir Solovyov and Nikolai Zlobin called "Medvedev and Putin. What's next?" (Eksmo Publishing House; Photo: Grigory Yashukhin)

20.04.2010 The official ceremony to launch the production of trucks Mitsubishi Fuso Cantor in Russia at a joint venture of OAO Kamaz and Mitsibishi Fuso Trucks at the exhibition “Commercial vehicles 2010”

26.04.2010 Conference of the Colgate-Palmolive Company in the 26th Moscow International Dental Salon

FIS Snowboard World Cup in Paralell Slalom

2010-03-12T11:15:00.002+03:00

FIS Snowboard World Cup in Paralell Slalom took place in Moscow on March 6 at the Vorobyevy Gory park. Pictured with Russian TV personality Denis Grebenyuk (DTV TV) who helped me to raffle snowboards at the event.

Recent Events

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28.01.10 Presentation of the book by Russian legendary writer Vladimir Voinovich alled "Self-Portrait. The novel of my life" at the RIA-Novosti News Agency, Moscow. (Photo: Gregory Yashukhin)

05.01.10 Filming for the reconstruction for a documentary film about the Soviet actress Tatyana Okunevskaya for the Russia’s First Channel. I am acting the part of her husband Boris Gorbatov, a Soviet writer. Okunevskaya is actress Ksenia Alexandrova, director Denis Trofimov, executive producer Vladimir Fedorko.

Since the beginning of the year at the invitation of Evdokiya Moskvina, I do voice-overs for her TV stories about the popular sports "Higher! Better! More fun! "For the Moscow channel VKT. Photo: a recording session.

Notable December events

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Happy New Year, everyone! Here is a short report on my significant moments in December:

03.12.09 Telenor Christmas Party at Bolshoi Theather which featured featured Norway’s outstanding opera singers Ina Kringelbotn (soprano) and Magnus Staveland (tenor), as well as pianist Sveinung Bjelland.

07.12.09 Russian TV personality and famous lawyer presented his new book called “Apartment”. (Photo: Gregory Yashukhin)

08.12.09 A press conference took place in the Russia State Library (Pashkov House) to present an unusual car - a mobile set of information and library services (Kibo). The project was implemented by the Ministry of Culture of Russia jointly with the "Pushkin Library" Foundation as a part of the Federal Priority Program "Culture of Russia (2006-2011)".

29.12.09 I was featured in a news story about New Year corporate holiday parties on Russia Today TV channel. Please visit the link http://rt.com/Business/2009-12-28/festive-season-dimmed-companies.html I would like to thank Daniela Loga for covering the story.

Book on Patriach Kirill

2009-11-14T11:00:00.003+03:00

On November 12 at the official residence of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Danilov Monastery, the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, held a presentation of the book "The Patriarch Kirill: life and world view". ("Eksmo" Publishing House) The book was presented by the author - the closest aide of the Patriarch, his successor as Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Volokolamsky Archbishop Hilarion (Alfeyev). Photo: Gregory Yashuhin

The VI Customer Management Congress

2009-11-10T15:23:00.002+03:00

On October 21-22 the VI Customer Management Congress - the annual meeting of business leaders from various industries and fields, as well as leading suppliers of CRM-solutions - took place in Moscow.

The Games of the European Parlamentarians

2009-10-05T23:15:00.001+04:00

The first Games of the European Parlamentarians took place in Moscow on October 3-5. Pictured with Anastasiya Yermakova, a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming and four-time Olympic champion at the official openning ceremony.

Joe Vitale

2009-09-17T20:56:00.002+04:00

Joe Vitale was in Moscow for the first time to promote his books. Joe Vitale is an American certified Metaphysical practitioner, a certified Chi Kung healer, an ordained minister, a certified hypnotherapist and an author of self-help books. His titles include Expect Miracles (2008), The Attractor Factor: 5 Easy Steps for Creating Wealth (Or Anything Else) From The Inside Out (2008), and The Key: The Missing Secret for Attracting Anything You Want (2007). He has appeared in the movie The Secret, on CNN's Larry King Live program and Extra TV.

Allan Pease

2009-07-18T09:51:00.006+04:00

Allan Pease, an Australian author and motivational speaker, is internationally famous for his best-selling book "Body Language". Mr. Pease was in Moscow on July 16 to promote his new book “Why Men Want Sex and Women Want Love”. (Photo: Grigory Yashukhin)

Event Management Book

2009-07-11T10:26:00.004+04:00

On July, 9th there was a book presentation «Shaken, not Stirred: Recipes of Events Organization» by famous Russian event producers Alexander Shumovich and Alexey Berlov (Alpina Publishers).

Kostya Tszyu Event

2009-07-01T10:50:00.001+04:00

On July, 1st at the Red Square in Moscow there was sports event «Gymnastics with Champions» with participation of the Boxing World Champion Kostya Tszyu (Thunder from Down Under) boxing and Olympic Games Silver and Bronze medals winner pole vaulter Svetlana Feofanova. After the event Kostya Tszyu started his charitable auto race across Russia to promote sports among youth.

Tatiana Ustinova Book

2009-05-14T16:50:00.002+04:00

On April 23 there was a press conference on the launch of the new book called “The places where we are not present” by Russian TV personality and top selling detective author Tatiana Ustinova. (Photo: Gregory Yashukhin)

David Lynch

2009-04-11T22:29:00.005+04:00

Today US film director David Lynch had a press-conference and a book-signing session in Moscow to support the launch of the Russian version of his best-selling book "Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity". (Pictures: With David Lynch after the press-conference at Russian new agency RIA-Novosti; at the book-singing event).

Books of Russia-2009

2009-03-18T21:42:00.004+03:00

On March, 11-15 the Books of Russia-2009 exhibition took place in Moscow. Pictures: with employees of the Eksmo publishing house (I would like to thank them for letting me represent the company at the event) and during the live talk show with the authors.

Snowboard FIS World Cup (Big Air)

2009-03-10T10:47:00.002+03:00

On March 7 the FIS Snowboard World Cup (Big Air) took place in Moscow. The winner of the event and of the overall 2008-2009 season was Austrian rider Stefan Gimpl (video: Interview with Stefan Gimpl). I would like to thank Ekaterina Selyametova, the Vice-President of the Sports Club New League, the Mass Event Director of the City of Moscow Committee for Sports (Moskomsport) Veronica Smirnova as well as to employees of New League and Moskomsport.

Pavel Astakhov Press Conference

2009-03-05T10:41:00.000+03:00

On March 4th, Pavel Astakhov, famous Russian lawyer and a TV personality, presented his new book called “The Producer” at the RIA-Novosti news agency in Moscow. (Photo by Grigory Yakhrushin)

FIS Snowboard Europa Cup (Big Air) in Tver

2009-03-01T10:24:00.000+03:00

On February 28 the FIS Snowboard Europa Cup (Big Air) took place in Tver, Russia. The winner of the event was Russian rider Sergey Tarasov (pictured with Sergey Tarasov, TV Sport broadcast).

Diplomats’ Cup

2009-02-22T10:39:00.000+03:00

On February, 21st at Alpine skiing club "Kant" in Moscow there was the Cup of Diplomats: a competition in Alpine skiing among employees of foreign embassies in Russia. Pictured with the team of the Austrian Embassy, the winners of the Cup of Diplomats.

FIS World Cup in parallel slalom skiing

2009-01-03T23:59:00.005+03:00

On January, 02nd, 2009 on Vorobyevy Mountains in Moscow the FIS World Cup in skiing parallel slalom took place. I served as a commentator at the event. I’d like to express gratitude to the President of sports club " New league " Ekaterina Selyametova. (Below is a clip of a TV report by Leonid Shepelyov of the TV Channel Rossiya).

December events

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On December, 11th there was a presentation of a cooking DIY book by the Serbian chef Serge Markovich «Taste of the Sea » (Published by «Eksmo»). (Photo: Grigory Yashukhin)

On December, 17th in the city of Kotelniki of the Moscow Oblast there was an official opening ceremony of the first in Russia center of wholesale trade of the German company Zelgros Cash and Carry. (Photo: with officials during ceremony).

Recent Events

2008-12-16T15:23:00.008+03:00

Recent noteworthy events:

November, 20. Presentation of the book by Arcady Mamontov ("Russia" National TV Channel) “A Death Ticket» (on drug trafficking) at the press centre “RIA Novosti”.

November, 25. Presentation of the book by Nikolay Zlobin and Vladimir Solovyev «Opposition. Russia. United States» at the press centre "Interfax".

November 26-27. Book Fair Non/fiction in Moscow.

Microsoft CRM Forum 2008 Talk Show

2008-11-21T11:29:00.001+03:00

Russian marketing guru Igor Mann, famous Russian web and design personality Artemiy Lebedev and me as a host of a talk show called «Is Client an Enemy? », which was a part of the Moscow Microsoft СRM Forum 2008 this Febrary. Video is available here: http://www.e-xecutive.ru/knowledge/announcement/920495/

Bunge Factory

2008-11-02T11:01:00.001+03:00

On October, 31st there was an official ceremony to inaugurate new sun seeds extracting plan of Bunge CIS in Voronezh Oblast of Russia.

VISA Event

2008-10-27T21:08:00.001+03:00

On October, 22nd in Moscow there was an awarding ceremony of the best employees of Rosbank who demonstrated the best result within the VISA Olympic Debit Card Program this year. Russian 4-time Olympic champion Alexei Nemov was at the event to hand over the gifts and commemorative certificates. (Photo: Artem Ivanov).

Jackie Collins in Moscow

2008-09-29T21:04:00.005+04:00

Today there was the only press conference of a legendary Jackie Collins, a British-born but Hollywood-based novelist and former actress. She is the younger sister of actress Joan Collins (the TV series Dynasty star). Each of Collins' twenty-six novels have been on the New York Times bestsellers list, her books have been published in 40 languages with the cumulative 400 million issues worldwide. Jackie Collins is in Moscow for the first time to promote the Russian-language edition of her book “Drop Dead Beautiful”. The press-conference also featured Russian pop star Valeria as both Jackie Collins and Valeria share the same literary agent Andrew Nurnberg. (Photos by Tatiana Meshkova: At the press-conference).

Day of the City of Serpukhov

2008-09-23T22:44:00.003+04:00

On September, 21st at the stadium "Trud" there was a celebratory concert devoted to Day of the City of Serpukhov of the Moscow Oblast. (Pictured with co-host Olga Reshetnikova and Russian pop group "Chelsea").

Snow Show: the Swiss Alps in Moscow

2008-09-19T17:04:00.002+04:00

There was a mountain-skiing event «Snow Show: the Swiss Alps in Moscow» in the all-weather mountain-skiing complex «Snej.com». The event was organized by tour operator Jet Travel. (Photo: During preparation of a national Matterhorn dish Raclette with the President of Matterhorn Region Simon Buman (left) and the Deputy Director of Valais Canton Bruno Huggler).

At the Moscow International Book Fair 2008

2008-09-07T21:40:00.007+04:00

As part of the Moscow Book Fair 2008 there were talk-show style events with the authors of the the Russia’s top publishing house Eksmo. The authors included Oksana Federova, a TV personality and the first Miss Universe from Russia (2002) and Russia’s popular political journalist and commentator Andrei Kolesnikov (pictured).

Moscow Mayor Rugby Cup

2008-08-12T13:39:00.001+04:00

On August, 5th there was an opening ceremony, and on August, 10th a closing ceremony of the International Rugby Tournament" The Moscow Mayor Cup among the Eurasian Clubs" 2008.

Geneva Festival

2008-08-01T13:26:00.000+04:00

On July 31 I took part in the concert of the Russian State Chamber Jazz Orchestra named after Oleg Lundstrem in Geneva, Switzerland. The concert was a part of the Geneva Festival (Fêtes de Genève 2008) which had the City of Moscow as a Guest of Honor. Photo: after the concert.

Anniversary of Svetlana Tyagacheva

2008-06-28T21:36:00.000+04:00

Today there was a anniversary celebration of Svetlana Tyagacheva, the wife of Russian Olympic Committee President Leonid Tyagachev, The even took place in the Moscow Oblast town of Dedenevo.

Latest Notable Events

2008-06-25T17:13:00.006+04:00

Recently I have taken part in following events:
1) Vice Chairman of the Russian State Duma V.V.Zhirinovsky’s Mini-football Cup (June 8th),
2) Opening ceremony of the 25th Youth Goodwill games "Moscow-Seoul" (June 16th);
3) Promo show of a Russian-made construction pile-driving hammer Ropat (General Hammers) at the 9-th International Specialized Demonstration Show CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGIES'2008 (June 17th-21st),
4) Press-conference of Panasonic and the world-renowned Japanese director and actor Takeshi Kitano (June 22nd),
5) Press-conference on world launch of the new RICOH GX200 digital photo camera (June 25)
Photo: during press conference of Panasonic/Takeshi Kitano (above) and during a promo show of pile-driving hammer “Ropat”.

Days of Moscow in Sofia

2008-05-23T22:36:00.000+04:00

On May 22, there was an opening ceremony and a concert to launch Days of Moscow in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Russian State Academic Ensemble of Popular Dance named after Igor Moiseyev. Pictured with co-host Bulgarian actress Stela Stoyanova and with the dancers and management of the Moiseyev Ensemble.

Festival of Champions of the UEFA Champions Leagues Final 2008

2008-05-20T22:24:00.002+04:00

From May 18 to 20 I took part in the operation of the Festival of Champions at the Red Square in Moscow. The event was dedicated to the UEFA Champions League Final 2008 which took place in Moscow for the first time.

Days of Moscow in Krakow

2008-05-17T21:59:00.000+04:00

On May 15 and 16 there were two concerts to mark the launch the Days of Moscow in Krakow. Russian National Symphony Orchestra took part in one of the concerts. Pictured: during the official opening ceremony and with co-host, Polish actor and TV personality Katarzyna Aleksandrowicz. (Photo by Robert Kardzis)

Harry Harrison in Moscow

2008-05-13T21:37:00.000+04:00

Harry Harrison, an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), the basis for the film Soylent Green (1973) visited Moscow on May 12-13. During the visit he had book-singing sessions and a press-conference (pictured).

MBA Program Enrollment

2008-04-08T17:10:00.003+04:00

I am pleased to announce that today I received a confirmation of acceptance to the internet MBA program at School of Management of Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden. The estimated competition was more than 10 applicants per seat. I’d like to thank Natalia Schneider (Telenor) and Alexander Savin (Rosevent) for supporting me through the application process. I will begin studies in September 2008 with the program ending in 2010.

Publishing house Eksmo at the “Books of Russia” expo

2008-03-16T22:01:00.002+03:00

Today was the last day of the XI “Books of Russia” expo at the All-Russia Exhibition Center. I hosted discussions with the authors at the Eksmo stand. Pictured: during presentation of the book «Sweet Recipes: Let’s cook together home pastry» by Alexander Seleznev, who is the absolute champion of Russia in Confectionery and the presenter of the TV show «Sweet Histories» at Russian national TV channel Domashny. (Photo: Eksmo)

Reception of the Nizhny Novgorod region Governor at MIPIM-2008

2008-03-14T12:19:00.005+03:00

On March, 12th I took part in a reception of the Nizhniy Novgorod region Governor Valery Shantsev in the city of Cannes, France. The event was a part of the world’s largest international real estate forum MIPIM-2008. Photo: at the covered terrace of hotel with a view of the city of Cannes bay, just before the reception began. Additional info (in Russian): here .

FIS Freestyle World Cup in Moscow

2008-03-01T20:16:00.002+03:00

Today at the skiing ramp which made it into the Guiness World Records Book, at Vorobevy Gory, just next to the main building of the Moscow State University there was an Aerials Freestyle FIS World Cup event. I served as the announcer at the event with the invaluable support of Evgeny Brailovskogo (the Freestyle Champion of Russia 2006) and the Chief of Competition Gennady Belousov. I’d like to thank the employees of sports club «New League» and Ekaterina Selyametova personally. Pictured with Evgeny Brailovsky.

Microsoft CRM Forum

2008-02-29T20:09:00.001+03:00

The Microsoft CRM Forum took place yesterday. The new system Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 was presented at the Forum. During a forum there was an intellectual debate between Igor Mann (a well-known Russian marketing expert) and Artemy Lebedev (a popular Russian web designer) who argued on the issue of client relationship management. Pictured during the debate (photo by Denis Klimentyev). I’d like to thank the employees of the Russian office of Microsoft and Eventum event company.

Defender of the Fatherland Skiing Event in Sochi

2008-02-24T23:35:00.004+03:00

Yesterday there was a skiing competition among the servicemen of the Russia’s Armed Forces and Interior Armed Forces of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (The Police). The competition was dedicated to the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland and took place in Krasnaya Polyana skiing resort in Sochi, the site for 2014 Winter Olympics. The Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attended the event and the gave the awards to the winners. (Photo: Anton and the Press Service of the President of the Russia).

Lyudmila Ulitskaya's Book "Russian Jam"

2008-02-19T23:28:00.001+03:00

Today one of the Russia’s top selling author Lyudmila Ulitskaya presented her new book “Russian Jam and others”. Ulitskaya is a finalist of Russia’s prestigious "Big Book" literary award. The book was published by Eksmo publishing house. (Photo by Tatiana Meshkova)

Nokia FIS Snowboard World Cup, 2008

2008-02-14T00:42:00.001+03:00

This Saturday, on February 9, the Nokia FIS Snowboard World Cup Tour Moscow took at Vorobyevy Hills next to the Moscow State University. Organization of the Moscow leg of the World Cup was patronized by FIS, Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the Sports Committee of the Russian Federation (Rossport), the Federation of Alpine Ski and Snowboard of Russia (the FGSSR), the Moscow Sports Committee (Moscomsport) and Sports Club New League. I’d like to thank the New League team.

Vladimir Solovyev's Book "Putin. A Guide for Those Who Care"

2008-01-30T20:47:00.000+03:00

Today at Interfax Press Center in Moscow there was a press-conference presenting the new book by Russian TV personality Vladimir Solovyev. The book is called “Putin. A Guide for Those Who Care” and was released by Eksmo Publishing House.

Pavel Globa's Book

2007-12-27T21:39:00.000+03:00

Yesterday there was a book presentation and book signing session with a Russian TV astrologer Pavel Globa at Molodaya Gvardiya Book Store in Moscow. The book called “The Teachings of Ancient Arias” (Publishing House Eksmo).

Political Debates for the Youth

2007-12-10T21:39:00.000+03:00

Yesterday there were youth political debates in Moscow club “Rich” called “Russia between Elections”. The debates were a team competition of four youth movements of the parties that made it to the new Duma, the Russian parliament. There teams were the Molodaya Gvardia of United Russia, Pobeda of Spravedlivaya Rossiya (Just Russia), LDPR (Liberal Democratic Party of Russia) and the youth movement of Communist Party of Russia (KPRF). There event was organized by the Moscow City Government Department of Family and Youth Policy. The winner in the debates was Alexander Varskoi of LDPR.

Diplomats’ Cup

2007-12-08T21:26:00.001+03:00

Today at Novo-Peredelkino Skiing Club in Moscow the first-ever Diplomats’ Cup in Alpine Skiing was carried out. There were more than a 100 of competing participants from 15 Moscow-based embassies. The team of Canada was the first with Austrian team being the second and Finnish team the third in the team category. The event was carried out by Sporting Club “New League” with the support of RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow Skiing Federation and Russian Federation of Skiing and Snowboarding.

Norwegian Musicians

2007-12-06T21:04:00.000+03:00

Yesterday Norwegian musicians as a part of the Telenor Culture Program performed at 15-year of Telenor in Russia anniversary celebration. The Royal Norwegian Ambassador to Russia, His Excellency Mr. Oyvind Nordsletten spoke at the event. Pictured with (left to right): Mikhail Alperin (piano), Helene Boksle (vocals), Sidsel Walstad (electric harp) and Borre Flyen (percussions).

Allan Chumak’s Book

2007-12-04T18:50:00.001+03:00

On November 30 at Moscow House of Books store and on December 3 at Molodaya Gvardia book store there were presentations and book-singing sessions by Russian popular healer Allan Chumak. The book was published by Eksmo publishing house and is called “For Those Who Believe in Miracles”.

Young Muscovites Program Concerts

2007-12-02T17:40:00.001+03:00

During last week I took place in a series of concerts called “Elections are Fashionable!”. The concerts were carried out by the Moscow City Government Department of Family and Youth Policy within the “Young Muscovites” Program and All-Russia public organization “Molodaya Gvardia – United Russia”. A small report in Russian on the event at DK MAI (the Performing Arts and Activity Center of the Moscow Aviation Institute) can be found here (in Russian, thanks to Renata Abdulina) Pictured: With Promo Team “Our Choice” at DK MAI before the concert.

Pavel Astakhov's Book "Mayor'

2007-11-30T12:40:00.000+03:00

Yesterday Russia’s TV personality, writer and a celebrity attorney Pavel Astakhov presented his new book called “Mayor” (published by Eksmo Publishing House) at Itar-TASS press agency. The book is second in the series of “Attorney’s novels by Pavel Astakhov”. (Photo: Inokenty)

Yelena Isheyeva's Book Presentation

2007-11-28T22:47:00.000+03:00

A book presentation of Russia’s TV personality and author Yelena Isheyeva took place today at Moscow House of Books store at Novy Arbat. The book called “Life on the Verge of TV” was produced by Eksmo Publishing House. The Q&A session was followed by a book-signing.

Congrats!!!

2007-11-23T11:08:00.000+03:00

In the news: “The National literary award " The Big Book " winners were named at an official ceremony in Pashkov’s House in Moscow on November 22. Lyudmila Ulitskaya with her novel “Daniel Stein, the Interpreter” took the first place, the second place was taken by Alexey Varlamov's with the novel “Alexey Tolstoj” and Dina Rubina with her book “On the Sunny Side of the Street” is the third place winner.” (РИА Новости) I’d like to extend my congratulations to both Lyudmila Ulitskay and Dina Rubina as well as to Russian largest publishing house Eksmo (which released both of the books). Pictured here with Dina Rubina at the presentation of her short stories book “Gypsy” in Moscow this September. Unfortunately there is no photo of the presentation of Lyudmila Ulitskaya’s book “Daniel Stein, the Interpreter" (which I also helped to emcee) .

My interview for talk-show "Russian View"

2007-10-23T22:21:00.000+04:00

Ladies and Gentlemen! Please tune in for talk-show “Russian View” on Channel 3 (TV-Center in Moscow) to see my interview this Sunday, October 28 at 15:25.

Photos from Germany

2007-10-13T15:46:00.000+04:00

Today I received the pictures of the City of Moscow concert dedicated to the official opening of the Days of Moscow Economy in Düsseldorf. The pictures were taken by the German photographer Susanne Alexandra Diesner.

Talk-show "Russian View" on Channel 3

2007-10-13T02:46:00.000+04:00

Today my interview was taped for the weekly talk-show “Russian View” which is broadcast on Channel 3 each Sunday at 3:25 pm (in Moscow and Moscow Oblast). The topic of the discussion was international education for Russians. Pictured with TV reporter Veronika Trofimova and her crew after taping. Special thanks to Larisa and Anastasia.

Tatiana Ustinova's Book Presentation

2007-10-11T19:02:00.000+04:00

Yesterday, there is a presentation of the new book "From the First to the Last Word" by Tatiana Ustinova. She is a Russia's popular detective stories writer and a TV personality. The presentation which took place at Moskva Book Store in Moscow was followed by book-singing.

Style Hong Kong

2007-09-27T18:42:00.001+04:00

On September 26 I emceed the official opening ceremony of Style Hong Kong 2007 Exhibition in Moscow which will be open until September 28 at Expo Center “Manezh”. On the same day I emceed a Gala Night called Hong Kong Extravaganza at Surikov Hall. There were Russian and Hong Kong musicians as well as Hong Kong fashion parades by the Russian and Hong Kong top models. The special appearance was Miss Hong Kong 2007 Miss Kayi Cheung. (Photo: With Miss Hong Kong behind the scenes at Surikov Hall. Video: At the opening ceremony at Style Hong Kong 2007 Expo).

Presentation of Moscow at UNESCO in Paris

2007-09-24T22:43:00.000+04:00

On September 23 I took part in the concert of the young performing artists at the City of Moscow Year of the Child Exhibition at UNESCO in Paris. On the same day I emceed a concert of the Moscow musicians at the official reception by the Moscow government at UNESCO. (Picture: at the UNESCO building in Paris before the reception).

Days of Moscow Economy in Duesseldorf, Germany

2007-09-20T20:19:00.001+04:00

Yesterday, on September 19, I took part in a concert dedicated to the official opening of the Days of the City of Moscow Economy in Duesseldorf, Germany. The lead singers of the Moscow Musical Theater named after Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, a Student of the Central Music School of the Moscow State Conservatory named after Tchaikovsky as well as the Academic Chamber Orchestra “Muscia Viva” all performed at the concert at the Tonhalle Duesseldorf.

Dina Rubina

2007-09-13T22:37:00.001+04:00

Today Dina Rubina, Russian language most published author in Israel and one of the most popular authors in Russia held a press-conference at Library and Foundation “Russians Abroad” center in Moscow. Before two Q&A and book-singing sessions took place with readers and fans took place in Moscow top book store “Moskva” as well as at the conference hall of the Library and Foundation “Russians Abroad. In Russia Dina Rubina’s books are published by Eksmo Publishing House, the new book by Dina Rubina called “Gypsy” is a compilation if the short stories

20th Moscow International Book Fair

2007-09-10T14:51:00.000+04:00

On September 5-9 I have moderated and emceed the events at the stand of the leading Russian publishing house “Eksmo” at the 20th Moscow International Book Fair. The events included book singing as well as talk-show styled Q&A sessions with Russian celebrity writers and TV personalities. Photos: A shot of TV news report on REN-TV on the Fair and the presentation of the new book by Russian writer and TV personality Vladimir Soloviev. (Photo by Elena Izmailova).

Svetlana Masterkova's Book

2007-09-04T21:26:00.002+04:00

Today Russia’s athlete, TV personality, Olympic Summer Games (Atlanta, USA 1996) winner, World and European Championships winner Svetlana Masterkova and Russian Publishing House Eksmo presented Masterkova’s new book called: “The Olympic Track to Beauty”. The event took place at Moscow’s sports complex Luzhniky track stadium. At the same day a feature film based on Masterkova’s story shooting was in progress at the same stadium. Russian movie stars Olga Pogodina (as Masterkova) and Tatyana Dogileva (as Masterkova's coach) had been cast for the film. (Photo: Elena Bakhareva)

Moscow-Tver Sailing Regatta

2007-07-29T19:16:00.000+04:00

On July 28, 2007 at the city of Vesyegonsk of Tver Oblast, about 300 km from Moscow the Moscow-Tver sailing competition took place. The Governor of Tver Oblast Dmitry Zelenin attended the opening ceremony. The crew of the micro class yacht Norma was the absolute winner. After the race there was a concert by popular Russian all-female group Reflex followed by fireworks.

Russian and Chinese Women Forum

2007-07-06T12:37:00.000+04:00

On 4th of July there was a opening ceremony of the 4th Week of the Russian and Chinese Culture and of the 2nd Forum of the Russian and Chinese Women. The ceremony took place at the Moscow Academic Music Theater named after Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. I did live voice-overs at the event.

Andrei Malakhov

2007-06-27T22:44:00.000+04:00

Today Russian TV personality Andrei Malakhov (Pervy Kanal-The First Channel) had a Q&A and a book-singing session at BookBerry store at Kutuzovsky Prospekt in Moscow.

Vladimir Soloviev

2007-06-20T22:20:00.000+04:00

Russian TV and Radio personality, writer and singer Vladimir Soloviev presented his new book called “Us and Them: A Short Manual for Survival in Russia” at the Moscow House of Books at Novy Arbat Street, Biblio-Globus and Respublika stores. (Video: Maria Lukyanova, Photo: Tanit)

Russian Sci-Fi Writer Nik Perumov

2007-06-15T11:31:00.001+04:00

Russia’s best-selling sci-fi and fantasy author Nik Perumov answered the questions from the readers and singed books at Moscow’s major book store Moskva. At the event the Russian publishing house Eksmo presented Perumov’s new book called “Tern” (“Blackthorn”) which starts the new series “Railig’s Seven Animals”. Nikolay now lives in the United States (in N.C.), where he works at a research center as a microbiologist. He claims writing is his 'hobby', while science is his work.

Terry Pratchett

2007-06-07T15:52:00.000+04:00

Today I moderated the press-conference of Terry Pratchett, the one of the top Britain’s writers who created a series of books about the Discworld. Mr. Pratchett visited Russia for the first time. Later that day here signed books for about three hours at a major book store in the center of Moscow (pictured). While doing that he said that I reminded him of the American actor Stanley Tucci (Devil Wears Prada).

International Competition Network Events

2007-06-01T15:42:00.000+04:00

This week I emceed the receptions by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia as well as by the Moscow City Government for the delegates of the 6th Conference of the International Competition Network.

Olga Budina New Book

2007-05-17T15:36:00.000+04:00

Russian star actress Olga Budina had a presentation (which I helped to emcee) of her new book called "A talking pregnancy" at the Central House of the Writers. Olga Budina was involved in major hit TV series in Russia.

Books of Russia Fair

2007-03-18T14:21:00.000+03:00

March 14-18 I hosted the meetings with authers of the Russia's #1 popular literature publishing house "Eksmo" at the X Books of Russia Fair (at All-Russia Exhibition Center). There authers answered the questions and signed the books: Alexey Kolyshevsky, Pavel Astakhov, Masha Malinovskaya, Alexandra Marinina, Andrey Malakhov, Yulia Shilova, Tatiana Ustionova and titled Russia's best writer 2006 Daria Dontsova. Photo and video with Russian TV personality and writer Andrey Malakhov. (Photo: Vitaly Gorsul)

With Alexander Shokhin

2007-03-12T14:29:00.000+03:00

There was a reception today dedicated to the opening of a Moscow office of a Japanese financial company. Pictured here with headliner speaker Alexander Shokhin, the President of the Russian Union of the Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

Pavel Astakhov New Book

2007-03-12T14:15:00.000+03:00

Today I moderated the presentation and the press-conference for the Russian celebrity lawyer and TV personality Pavel Astakhov. The event took place at the Russain news agency RIA Novosti. Below is clip of a TV coverage by Russia's REN-TV.

Talk Show On Stolitsa TV Channel

2007-02-21T14:33:00.000+03:00

On February 20 there was an airing of the Talk Show "Gorozhanka" (City Woman) on the Moscow TV Channel "Stolitsa". I was talking about emceeing promotion shows for commercial products.

Nokia FIS World Cup Snowboard 2007

2007-02-07T14:26:00.000+03:00

On the first day I was the announcer at the Shukulovo Parallel Slalom and on the second day I was the announcer at the Big Air Vorobyevy Gory (next to the Moscow State University). On the second day there was a open air concert which was emceed by Russian movie star Gosha Kutsenko (pictured).

Pervy TV Channel

2007-01-23T14:22:00.000+03:00

There was some footage of me and Russian top-selling ironic detective stories writer Daria Dontsova on the Russia's major national TV channel called Pervy (The First Channel). The footage was shot at International Moscow Book Fair in 2006.

TV Show "Ask the Cook"

2007-01-16T14:15:00.000+03:00

This Sunday, on January 14, 2007 an episode of a Russian cooking show "Ask the Cook" was shot at my place. The show is broadcast by Domashny TV channel. The air date is March 03.

Russian Olympic Committee President's Birthday Party

2006-10-15T14:14:00.000+04:00

I emceed the 60th anniversary сelebration of Russian Olympic Committee President Leonid Tyagachev alongside with Alexandra, his daughter. The event took place at the Tyagachev Ski Club in Moscow Region. Pictured here with a Russian member of parliament Gennady Zyuganov delivering a speech and Alexandra.

Moscow International Book Fair 2006

2006-09-11T11:10:00.000+04:00

I emceed the events with writers presenting their books at Eksmo Publishing House stand at the 19th Moscow International Book Fair at All-Russia Expo Center . Pictured here with Lion Izmailov (right) and Arkady Arkanov during their books presentation.