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Sovremennik and the gates of hell by Stuart Jeffries

The story of one woman's struggle against Stalinist brutality and the gulag has electrified Russia. Will it work here? Roman Abramovich seems to think so.The last time I saw Moscow, Scarlett Johansson was two. Today, her commodified cleavage and blank eyes dominate the square in front of the Bolshoi theatre. Her gaze tracks you more pitilessly than that of a KGB agent bent on sending you to the gulag. Across the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PM on January 4, 2011

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