I found this video on a newly emerged blog called “SleeplessInMoscow.com” through a trackback to my site (they link Moscow-Blog.com). Its kind of interesting to see how freely the people talk on the videos of this blog. I wonder if they filmed that with a hidden camera. Still, this gives us a real inside view and they ask questions, I would not even ask in a (very) personal conversation. I am not sure what this is about, if its a voyeur kind of thing (they show tits and explicit photos as well, but all seems very amateur) or they just try to shed light on the red hot part of Moscow.

More on SleeplessInMoscow.com

Hello dear friends!!!
A-FILM Festival is back again
We are glad to inform you, that we continue on 07th of December and are waiting for you at 20.00 in Dom Kino (str. Vasil`evskaya, 13), white hall

The entrance is free!!!

Дорогие друзья! Мы снова встречаемся с Вами в белом зале Дома Кино на Васильевской, 13, м. Белорусская, Маяковская.

Программа
The BEST OF
7 декабря в 20-00

1. «Дверь» 19 мин.
Режиссер Владимир Котт, ВКСР 2004
Иногда может быть очень полезно, гуляя по городу иметь при себе дверь…

2. “Угольная пыль” 20 мин.
Режиссер: Маша Миро
Фильм о жителях маленького городка Челябинской области. Посвятив жизнь работе на благо государства, люди не заметили, как превратились для него в угольную пыль.

3. «Евровидение» 5 мин.
Режиссер - Семен Фролов
Удивительный музыкальный ролик, в котором Семен выступил не только режиссером и сценаристом, но и актером, оператором и автором музыки.

4. «Звуковое письмо». Игровой фильм 12 мин.
Ирина Раненко Ильина
Вернувшись из армии, молодой человек узнает о смерти своей матери, получив кассету с ее «завещанием». Из звукового письма он узнает о том, что мама завещала жить в мире с отцом, но мира не получается. И только чудо их может помирить…

5. “Рукокрылый”, 7 мин.
Режиссер: Вадим Оборвалов - анимационный шедевр, победитель майского фестиваля.

Гость Фестиваля:
“Мешок”, 13 мин.
Режиссёр: Артур Виденмеер
Фильм-притча о стране и времени, когда жизнь человека ничего не стоит, когда идеология превыше морали, когда страх сильнее совести

Напоминаем вам, что вход на фестиваль СВОБОДНЫЙ!!!

До встречи!
Ваш A-FILM фестиваль.
Наш сайт: www.afilmfestival.ru
Наше жж-сообщество: a_film.livejournal.com
Наш контакт: Марина Дроговейко +7-926-3704397

We had another Labelfucker Party last Friday. While we are sill processing the photos, we have the first video from the party already. It was a good party and for a the short time of Friday night we felt not being in Moscow, but in a New York style loft. Not only the loft was something different for Moscow, but also the people. There was a multi-culti mix with people from all over the world.

At one point the DJ stopped and some people feared the police ending the party at last time, but it was the highlight of the night, The Tipy a Russian Rock n Roll band that kicks ass.

More about Labelfucker and photos (coming up this week) from this party and the last on:
http://www.labelfucker.ru

A big THANK YOU to anyone who made this party possible!

There is a lot of media coverage worldwide about the parliament elections in Russia this weekend. While this is not the presidential election, which is only in March 08, this is important because Putin needs the majority in the parliament in order to become the premier minister, which is his plan of staying in power, even after his 8 year 2 term presidency. There is no doubt that Putin’s party will win this election, but still it is interesting to see how the public reacts.

I assume the public is either to lazy, think they will not change anything (with voting against Putin) or they will vote for him, because things changed to a better for most of the people in their personal lives, since Putin is in power. For the single citizen its more important, that he can buy (and afford) a TV or car with a credit nowadays, then the freedom of speech or any other democratic value, missing in today’s Russia. Even the poor people in the Russian regions support Putin, since Russia became a “worldpower” (again) since Putin is in power and for the poorest of the poorest in this country, nationalism, oh sorry patriotismn, is all they have and they can identify themselves with.

While CNN and others do the usual stupid Western Putin bashing, James Hill, an English photographer working for the NY Times brings it to the point with his slideshow:

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/
world/20071201_RUSSIA_FEATURE/index.html