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Wu Wei writes about “musical life in the Soviet Union.”

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LJ user tapirr (RUS) compares illustrations in the original Alice in Wonderland to those in a Swahili-language edition.

Svetlana Gladkova of Profy writes about Diomid, no longer a Russian Orthodox bishop: “Yesterday one of Russian bishops Diomid was degraded to a usual monk for a number of wrongdoings, including prohibiting churchgoers from using cell phones and internet.” More about Diomid's case - at Window on Eurasia.

Greater Surbiton writes about general Veljko Kadijevic's new Russian citizenship and the unlikely prospects of delivering justice to genocide victims.