fredag 13 april 2012
torsdag 12 april 2012
Om Putin fran Vedomosti...
Yesterday’s speech by PM Vladimir Putin in his final report to the Duma on the Government’s work in 2011, in our opinion, was absolutely truthful. Indeed, few governments can boast of such results - GDP growth in Russia is ahead of many countries, wages are rising and the ruble has strengthened its position. We have a low external debt, population growth and increased pensions. But the report clearly omits several important facts about the life of the country, without which the picture is incomplete.
Despite all the successes, money and people are fleeing the country. In the four years of Putin's premiership the capital flight from Russia reached a catastrophic level - $ 338.9 billion – the amount equal to Russia’s entire annual state budget.
Capital flight is accompanied by a brain drain: according to polling agency Levada Centre, over the past 12 months the desire to leave the country was expressed by about a third of the polled residents of cities with a relatively high level of education. During the last three years 1.3 million people left Russia, 40% of them had college education.
The intellectual and financial elite are leaving the country, among other things, because Russian entrepreneurs have in recent years been subjected to monstrous reprisals from the state. During the last 10 years, according to the Center for Legal and Economic Research, every sixth entrepreneur was criminally prosecuted. Two-thirds of the companies owned by the prosecuted business-people were closed and two million people employed by them lost their jobs. According to experts, more than 100,000 business-people are currently behind bars.
The country is suffering from a catastrophic shortage of investment: its volume still has not surpassed the pre-crisis highs. Of those capital investments that are being made, two-thirds are the large-scale State-financed oil and gas pipelines. The rest look more like desperate hole-patching rather than investments: 70% of the 10,000 enterprises polled in the survey conducted by the Higher School of Economics have invested in the replacement of old equipment. The reason for these investments was not the low efficiency of the equipment, but its complete physical depletion.
One of the reasons why companies cannot invest is significant rise in tax burden, which Mr. Putin for some reason forgot to mention. When the current cabinet commenced its work, the total tax burden was 35.8% of GDP; now, according to presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich, the tax burden reached 40% of GDP.
Increased social tax contributions not only slowed down investment and growth, but also pushed some business in the ‘grey economy’ contributing to the development of ‘cash transactions’ and criminal schemes.
Budget problems also have increased. Following the crisis, most governments have actively pursued a policy of belt-tightening, bringing their expenditures to more reasonable levels while Putin's government has done the opposite: during the post-crisis years the share of social spending in our budget has risen from a fourth to a third. A pre-crisis budget deficit (excluding oil and gas revenues) of 2-3% of GDP rose to 10% of GDP today. The current budget would not sustain the 2008-like shocks when the price of oil has fallen by 75%. Unfortunately, Russian senior citizens are still not well-off. While pensions did increase, they barely reach the subsistence level.
Mr. Putin is proud of the fact that we began to build more apartments, but he did not mention that today fewer people can afford them. Housing became less affordable because of the rise in corruption price premiums. Builders set aside 20% to 50% of the value of the investment project for the bribes to government officials. According to authors of the "Strategy 2020", Russian corruption leads to a 15% higher prices for food and 25%-30% for real estate. In the 2011 ranking of perceived corruption by Transparency International Russia occupies 143th place out of 183 - on par with Nigeria and Uganda.
The report to the Duma ought to have mentioned the growth of monopolistic state-owned corporations - we have eight now with one more on its way. It would also be nice to include in the report the number 1 trillion rubles (33B$) – this much, according to President Dmitry Medvedev, is stolen every year in State procurement.
Apart from that, Putin's report is an exemplary one and is full of progressive ideas.
Despite all the successes, money and people are fleeing the country. In the four years of Putin's premiership the capital flight from Russia reached a catastrophic level - $ 338.9 billion – the amount equal to Russia’s entire annual state budget.
Capital flight is accompanied by a brain drain: according to polling agency Levada Centre, over the past 12 months the desire to leave the country was expressed by about a third of the polled residents of cities with a relatively high level of education. During the last three years 1.3 million people left Russia, 40% of them had college education.
The intellectual and financial elite are leaving the country, among other things, because Russian entrepreneurs have in recent years been subjected to monstrous reprisals from the state. During the last 10 years, according to the Center for Legal and Economic Research, every sixth entrepreneur was criminally prosecuted. Two-thirds of the companies owned by the prosecuted business-people were closed and two million people employed by them lost their jobs. According to experts, more than 100,000 business-people are currently behind bars.
The country is suffering from a catastrophic shortage of investment: its volume still has not surpassed the pre-crisis highs. Of those capital investments that are being made, two-thirds are the large-scale State-financed oil and gas pipelines. The rest look more like desperate hole-patching rather than investments: 70% of the 10,000 enterprises polled in the survey conducted by the Higher School of Economics have invested in the replacement of old equipment. The reason for these investments was not the low efficiency of the equipment, but its complete physical depletion.
One of the reasons why companies cannot invest is significant rise in tax burden, which Mr. Putin for some reason forgot to mention. When the current cabinet commenced its work, the total tax burden was 35.8% of GDP; now, according to presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich, the tax burden reached 40% of GDP.
Increased social tax contributions not only slowed down investment and growth, but also pushed some business in the ‘grey economy’ contributing to the development of ‘cash transactions’ and criminal schemes.
Budget problems also have increased. Following the crisis, most governments have actively pursued a policy of belt-tightening, bringing their expenditures to more reasonable levels while Putin's government has done the opposite: during the post-crisis years the share of social spending in our budget has risen from a fourth to a third. A pre-crisis budget deficit (excluding oil and gas revenues) of 2-3% of GDP rose to 10% of GDP today. The current budget would not sustain the 2008-like shocks when the price of oil has fallen by 75%. Unfortunately, Russian senior citizens are still not well-off. While pensions did increase, they barely reach the subsistence level.
Mr. Putin is proud of the fact that we began to build more apartments, but he did not mention that today fewer people can afford them. Housing became less affordable because of the rise in corruption price premiums. Builders set aside 20% to 50% of the value of the investment project for the bribes to government officials. According to authors of the "Strategy 2020", Russian corruption leads to a 15% higher prices for food and 25%-30% for real estate. In the 2011 ranking of perceived corruption by Transparency International Russia occupies 143th place out of 183 - on par with Nigeria and Uganda.
The report to the Duma ought to have mentioned the growth of monopolistic state-owned corporations - we have eight now with one more on its way. It would also be nice to include in the report the number 1 trillion rubles (33B$) – this much, according to President Dmitry Medvedev, is stolen every year in State procurement.
Apart from that, Putin's report is an exemplary one and is full of progressive ideas.
Stadsvandring - Tema Michail Bulgakov
I slutet av mars var vi fem Sweor som deltog i en fantastisk stadsvandring med tema “Michail Bulgakov”. Vi gick runt tillsammans med den otroligt kunniga och entusiastiska guiden Felix från Patriarshy Dom, som visade oss runt i kvarteren från Pushkinskaya metro till Patriarshy Pond. Vi fick se byggnader där författaren Bulgakov bott vid olika tidpunkter med respektive av sina tre fruar, men guiden visade oss också viktiga platser från romanen “Mästaren och Margarita”. Som avslutning blev vi guidade i Bulgakovmuséet, som ligger i ett av husen där Bulgakov bodde.
Bulgakov läste till läkare men blev så småningom författare. Som äldsta sonen bland sju syskon fick han ta över försörjningsansvaret för familjen när fadern dog. Vi fick veta att Bulgakov hade tur i spel och kärlek men han hade ingen bra relation till myndigheterna. Trots att han var emot Stalins politik gillade Stalin Bulgakov, vilket gjorde att han inte lät avrätta Bulgakov, vilket han gjorde med många andra författare vid den tiden.
Vår guide visar oss bilder av Bulgakov och hans tre olika fruar
Karaktärer från romanen "Mästaren och Margarita" utanför Bulgakov-muséet
Ett av författarens skrivbord
Köket i hans lägenhet där det nu är museum.
Han bodde dock bara i ett rum av huset.
I trappuppgången till muséet målar och skriver folk som kommer på besök -
ofta förekommande är en katt, som ju är en av karaktärerna i "Mästaren och Margarita".
Denna grafitti tvättas dock bort regelbundet, så det är bra att kunna föreviga vissa extra fina målningar på foto.
tisdag 10 april 2012
Gratis WiFi i Moskvas T-bana..
Free wi-fi internet access is now available on the Moscow metro’s ring line.
In a pilot project by cellular provider MTS jointly with Moscow’s IT and transport departments, wi-fi access points have been installed in all 180 wagons travelling around the circular line. The ring line stations have also been equipped with wi-fi hot spots.Two other cellular providers, Vimpelcom and Megafon, have also set up free wi-fi networks on the red Sokolnichesky and grey Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevsky lines, RIA Novosti reported, adding that the city government is to make a decision on extending the service to the entire metro network in two to three months.
söndag 8 april 2012
Phoebe
The official launch of "Moscow Walks. Spring" is now on Monday 16th April, 7.30pm in LPQ Moscow City. Below is an invitation to that and a few other events. This trip to Russia is as brief as the Moscow spring itself, but I hope to see as many of you as possible...
Saturday, 14th April - The celebrations kick off on Saturday night, 14th April, at Davina's Studio on Petrovka with a few drinks and another chaotic pub crawl. Drinks, art and books in the studio from 8pm; pub crawl starting there at 9pm... (no fixed finishing time - simply leave when you've had enough).
http://www.petrovka-art-studio.com/
(To find the studio (26 Petrovka, Building 5, Apt 102)
Davina says "Go through the archway opposite Azbuka Fkusa shop, turn left inside the courtyard. Keep left until you can go no further and my entrance is pink next to the car barrier on the right. You can call Davina on 89636126096 if you need to.)
Sunday 15th April - A morning hike through Bittsevsky Forest. Leaving at 11.30am from the Moo Moo cafe (come earlier for brunch) close to Chertanovskaya metro station (grey line, 20 mins south of centre) http://www.cafemumu.ru/contacts.php?s=d1esmnrk1 and reaching Novoyasenevskaya metro (orange line) around 2pm...
As always, everyone is welcome. Bring a mobile and my number +7926 464 4352 just in case you can't find the meeting point. About 9km, could be muddy. (I do know this is not the best time of year for woodland walks in Moscow, but these are the routes I'm checking up on!)
On Sunday afternoon, any time from 4-8pm, do drop in to flat 31 at 8 Malaya Molchanovka (round the back of Dom Knigi off Novy Arbat; map below) if you want to buy a book, get a book signed or just have a more peaceful chat than is usually possible at the launch parties. There will also be copies of Luke's book available (in the new paperback edition) for 400 roubles. If anyone would like a personalised signed copy, let me know asap. NB: NOT a party this time as Jane and Patrick are busy - just a very informal chance to get together (and maybe drink a couple of bottles of vodka)... - plus another pub crawl from 8pm?
Monday, 16th April - "Miracles, monuments and marshes" - two partly experimental hikes along the Yauza valley, attempting to link the Sokolniki walk from the winter volume with a route planned for the summer book. Meet in or near the Schokaladnitsa cafe (http://shoko.ru/moskva/adresa_kofeen_moskva_i_mo/sokolniki) near Sokolniki metro (RED line) at 10am for a walk through the Park and along the river, reaching Botanichesky Sad metro (orange line) around 1pm and continuing from there for an afternoon stroll as far as Babushinskaya metro near the top of the orange line (arriving around 3pm). I am hoping to find somewhere to eat on the way, but bring a snack just in case...
See you soon,
Phoebe
UK mobile = 07722589571
Russian mobile = +7926 464 4352 (Moscow weeks only)
Ryan's Russia
Fran Gustavs blogg, ryssen.se som finns i listan harintill hittade jag lanken till de intressanta inlaggen av journalisten Ryan Chilcote som lagger ut videoclip pa sin Bloombergssida som du kommer till har.
Eller titta pa trailern for serien har:
Bloomberg Television launches its six-part series 'Ryan's Russia' presented by Bloomberg Television correspondent Ryan Chilcote. The debut episode shows Ryan returning to the city of Yaroslavl, where he first arrived back in 1990 to see how the town he called home has changed. His journey throughout the series also takes him to Dagestan, Siberia, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Asbest, the Voronezh Region and Moscow where he meets some unexpected characters, explores hidden gems and uncovers some untold stories.
Ryan Chilcote is a London-based reporter for Bloomberg Television. He reports on companies, commodities, economics and politics throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa and has reported from more than two dozen countries since joining Bloomberg.
Eller titta pa trailern for serien har:
Bloomberg Television launches its six-part series 'Ryan's Russia' presented by Bloomberg Television correspondent Ryan Chilcote. The debut episode shows Ryan returning to the city of Yaroslavl, where he first arrived back in 1990 to see how the town he called home has changed. His journey throughout the series also takes him to Dagestan, Siberia, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Asbest, the Voronezh Region and Moscow where he meets some unexpected characters, explores hidden gems and uncovers some untold stories.
Ryan Chilcote is a London-based reporter for Bloomberg Television. He reports on companies, commodities, economics and politics throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa and has reported from more than two dozen countries since joining Bloomberg.
lördag 7 april 2012
Marilyn Murray on ryssar och kommunikation
Kommunikation ar mycket viktigt for manga ryssar - om detta och narliggande amnen berattar psykologen Marilyn Murray i Moscow Times...
Why a Midnight Call Trumps a Morning Class
fredag 6 april 2012
Svensk hogmassa i Engelska kyrkan i Moskva lordag 14/4
Eero Sepponen har förutom sitt ämbete i Åbo även hand om Svenska Kyrkan i St Petersburg där han brukar vara då och då. Kan rekommenderas för besök också. Kyrkan i St Petersburg grundades av den svenska församlingen där och dess kyrkböcker som ASEAs representant som en av de sista svenskarna som lämnade Ryssland efter revolutionen lyckades rädda och som numera finns på Riksarkivet har varit en värdefull källa för bl a Bengt Jangfeldt till hans bok om svenskarna i St Petersburg. Eero kan berätta mycket mer om detta.
SVENSK HÖGMÄSSA
firas
lördagen den 14 april 2012 kl. 15
i Engelska kyrkan, St Andrew’s Church
Adress: Voznesenskij Pereulok 8
Metro: Pusjkinskaja eller Ochotnij Rjad
Högmässan firas i påskens tecken. Officiant är kyrkoherde
Eero Sepponen från Åbo svenska församling och Svenska
S:t Katarinaförsamlingen i S:t Petersburg. Efter högmässan
serveras kyrkkaffe.
Mera information av Per Lundberg, tel. +7 985 7733969
Välkommen till Engelska kyrkan !
onsdag 4 april 2012
Sovjetkonst i helgen..
It takes place Saturday April 7, 13.00 - 18.00
The address is Petrovsky Bulvar 17, 2nd entrance, flat 23 (4th floor) – it is between the metros Pushkinskaya and Trubnaya Ploshyad
Also please remember to visit our web gallery regularly – www.russianart.dk
We are happy to invite you to the next Gamborg art salon, where we show Soviet art of the 1940s-1970s.
As always, we can offer a glass of wine and a cup of coffee........
This time we show a number of sketches for murals, drawn and painted by muralist/monumentalist Boris Dyatlov (1924-1990). (see biography and examples of the art attached).
Boris Grigorevitch Dyatlov was born in Novosibirsk in Siberia in a family of workers. After finishing school in 1941, he was drafted to the army, and was soon sent to the front in Ukraine. In 1943 he was seriously wounded, and he left the Army in 1946, highly decorated. In 1946 he entered the Moscow Institute of Applied Art (MIPIDI) where the famous Aleksandr Deineka was his teacher and mentor. He specialised in “monumental art” - muralism. When he graduated in 1951, he decorated the two new theatres in Kalinin and in Stalingrad (Volgograd). From the 1950’s until his death he decorated more than 70 large buildings (e.g. theatres, schools, factory buildings, train stations, VDNKh Moscow), with both mosaics and murals, for which he received a large number of awards and medals. In his private painting life during the 1950’s, he painted numerous sketches of daily life in the village and the kolkhoz, concentrating often on the colourful and unique characters that inhabited them. In the 1960s he was influenced by the appearance of the “Shestidesyatniki” and the Severe Style, this is reflected in his approach to depicting the sad consequences of the 1930s collectivization and WW2. His wife Valentina Statun is also an artist, she specialises in glass mosaics.
tisdag 3 april 2012
Öppna förskolan - hela April som vanligt...
We meet as usual at Katerina City hotel. We will be here whole of April and visit Swedish school again in May.
This Thursday is as any Thursday:
10 - 13: Sing, play, swim & lunch :)
Let me know if you can make it. 8 916 700 34 91
Hugs / Katya
Swedish Career Fair 16 May 2012 - Svenska Ambassaden
Dear Sirs,
Last year the Embassy of Sweden organised a Career Fair for students and alumni who would like to work for a Swedish company in Russia. The results were very encouraging and 16 May a similar event is planned on a larger scale on the premises of the Tax Academy of the Russian Federation at the new building 2 minutes from metro station Kuzminki.
We are hoping to attract 200-250 visitors if not more. This time our main focus will be on graduating students, as several of last year’s participating companies mentioned this in the evaluations. The event is open to the public, but registration by email will in principle be required. The working languages will be English and Russian.
The Embassy of Sweden in Russia has an up-to-date database of more than 1000 people who have been studying in Sweden or are interested in getting a job at a Swedish company. Many of them are acquainted with Swedish business culture. We want to give you an opportunity to access educated and highly motivated young Russians. The main aim of the event is matchmaking for companies and potential employees. At the same time we would like to promote Swedish business culture and the Swedish approach to Corporate Social Responsibility in Russia. We are planning to invite business press as well. If you are interested you may inform us what universities you prefer and we will get in contact with them to specifically invite their students to the event.
There are several options of participating in the Swedish Career Fair:
1) Presentations of your company in a dedicated room as part of the official program
2) Stands or tables with corporate logo for individual talks
3) Lectures on CSR, education or other relevant topics as part of the official program
Obviously, it will also be possible to spread information about current vacancies in your companies. This time we are also planning to print a catalogue of participating companies.
Participation is free of charge but we expect participating companies to show commitment to the event in terms of presentations and/or stands.
If you would like to participate please contact Nadezhda Ryahovskaya at nadja.ryahovskaya@foreign.ministry.se or Anna Fomenkova at anja.fomenkova@foreign.ministry.se to discuss further details.
Tel. +7 (495) 937 92 00
Last year the Embassy of Sweden organised a Career Fair for students and alumni who would like to work for a Swedish company in Russia. The results were very encouraging and 16 May a similar event is planned on a larger scale on the premises of the Tax Academy of the Russian Federation at the new building 2 minutes from metro station Kuzminki.
We are hoping to attract 200-250 visitors if not more. This time our main focus will be on graduating students, as several of last year’s participating companies mentioned this in the evaluations. The event is open to the public, but registration by email will in principle be required. The working languages will be English and Russian.
The Embassy of Sweden in Russia has an up-to-date database of more than 1000 people who have been studying in Sweden or are interested in getting a job at a Swedish company. Many of them are acquainted with Swedish business culture. We want to give you an opportunity to access educated and highly motivated young Russians. The main aim of the event is matchmaking for companies and potential employees. At the same time we would like to promote Swedish business culture and the Swedish approach to Corporate Social Responsibility in Russia. We are planning to invite business press as well. If you are interested you may inform us what universities you prefer and we will get in contact with them to specifically invite their students to the event.
There are several options of participating in the Swedish Career Fair:
1) Presentations of your company in a dedicated room as part of the official program
2) Stands or tables with corporate logo for individual talks
3) Lectures on CSR, education or other relevant topics as part of the official program
Obviously, it will also be possible to spread information about current vacancies in your companies. This time we are also planning to print a catalogue of participating companies.
Participation is free of charge but we expect participating companies to show commitment to the event in terms of presentations and/or stands.
If you would like to participate please contact Nadezhda Ryahovskaya at nadja.ryahovskaya@foreign.ministry.se or Anna Fomenkova at anja.fomenkova@foreign.ministry.se to discuss further details.
Tel. +7 (495) 937 92 00
måndag 2 april 2012
Lammstek med vårprimörer pa Scandinavia
Vårliga hälsningar, gourmeter!
Det var längesedan vi träffades och många har tryckt på, våren har definitionsmässigt kommit, Herrens son har återupstigit till himmelen, solen är här och det är allmänt bra. Detta firar vi på smakligaste vis.
Maila och tala om hur många som kommer och vilken dag som passar bäst. Deadline för anmälan: Fredag 6 April, kl 18.00
Datum: Tisdagen den 10/4 eller Torsdagen den 12/4
Tid: Börjar kl 19.30 – 20.00 när samtliga kommit.
Plats: Scandinavia
Ingår:
Mat: Lammstek med vårprimörer, rosmaringräddsås och rostad färskpotatis, crème brûlee med grand marnier och apelsin
Dryck: 1 glas Valpolicella Ripasso 2009 (extraglas 400 RUB), Kaffe & Te
Pris: Endast 1350 rubel + 10% eller mer i dricks. (kom ihåg att de gör detta helt utanför vanliga menyn så generös dricks är uppmuntrande för att fortsätta denna serie kulinariska högtider)
N.B. Anmälan = betalning. Om ni inför middagen får förhinder, vänligen ordna ersättare eller skicka pengar på lämpligt vis till mig. Detta eftersom maten är en specialbeställning enbart för oss och Scandinavia har redan tagit kostnader för inhandlandet av råvaror.
Välkomna!
MicaelAnmlan micael.timonen@ef.com
söndag 1 april 2012
Uthyres Portugal
Uthyres dröm-lägenhet nära Lissabon 15 juli-15 sept.
Lägenheten ligger i fashionabla Estoril , fem min från strand och tåg i ett bevakat
område med stor pool, tennisbana, pingisrum o bastu. Nära till golfbanor.
Det finns två sovrum med separata badrum. Lämplig för fyra vuxna. (inga småbarn.)
Modernt möblerad, fullt utrustad. Havsutsikt och två stora balkonger. Privat.
För mera information och bilder kontakta Gunilla Hagenfeldt f.d. ordförande i SWEA Lissabon.
gunillahagenfeldt5@msn.com
Lägenheten ligger i fashionabla Estoril , fem min från strand och tåg i ett bevakat
område med stor pool, tennisbana, pingisrum o bastu. Nära till golfbanor.
Det finns två sovrum med separata badrum. Lämplig för fyra vuxna. (inga småbarn.)
Modernt möblerad, fullt utrustad. Havsutsikt och två stora balkonger. Privat.
För mera information och bilder kontakta Gunilla Hagenfeldt f.d. ordförande i SWEA Lissabon.
gunillahagenfeldt5@msn.com
Torsdag 5/4 Promenad - Novodevichyr och GUMs Outlet
Torsdag 5 april kl 11 - Promenad med Kristin - Novodevichy-kyrkogården samt GUMs 'outlet'
Vandring med Kristin till Novodevichyr-kyrkogården och klostret där som är båda mycket sevärda. Dessutom besöker vi GUM:s outlet som erbjuder många överraskningar.
Samling vid Metro Sportivnaja metro kl 11
Anmälan till Kristin, programsweamoskva@gmail.com, +7 985 220 25 38, senast kvällen innan. Välkommen ut i friska luften!
Anmälan till Kristin, programsweamoskva@gmail.com, +7 985 220 25 38, senast kvällen innan.
lördag 31 mars 2012
Recept fran Tina-kvallen
Vi var manga som blev mycket imponerade av Tina Nordstroms fina meny pa Scandinavia fredagen den 23 mars.Monika har fixat fram recepten till aptitretaren med svartrotter och den goda laxen. Las mer om kvallen har pa bloggen.
Svartrotter i filodeg
Vi lättkokar dem först i saltat citronvatten/ marinera svartroten med vitlök, citronsaft+ finrivet skal, olivolja , samt lite florsocker . och gör som en marinad som täcker dem och låt ligga gärna över natten,
Tag upp dem och låt rinna av / bred ut ett ark filodeg som man penslar med brynt smör och river över lite parmesan, rulla in dem och baka av i 250 grader tills de är gyllenbruna och knapriga...
Jattegott!
Lax med varma druvor och kapris
1. Hacka schalottenlök fint och lägg i en varm panna tillsammans med olivolja och vitbalsamvinäger.
2. Tillsätt vindruvorna och kaprisen.
3. Låt det koka ihop cirka 7 minuter tills vindruvorna blivit mjuka och saftiga.
4. Skiva laxen så tunt som möjligt, fördela på 4 tallrikar.
5. Salta och peppra laxen.
6. Nappera de varma vindruvorna över den råa laxen. Servera genast.
Svartrotter i filodeg
Vi lättkokar dem först i saltat citronvatten/ marinera svartroten med vitlök, citronsaft+ finrivet skal, olivolja , samt lite florsocker . och gör som en marinad som täcker dem och låt ligga gärna över natten,
Tag upp dem och låt rinna av / bred ut ett ark filodeg som man penslar med brynt smör och river över lite parmesan, rulla in dem och baka av i 250 grader tills de är gyllenbruna och knapriga...
Jattegott!
Lax med varma druvor och kapris
Färsk lax som serveras med varma vindruvor och kapris
Antal portioner: 4
2 st schalottenlökar, finhackade
0.5 dl olivolja
2 msk vit balsamvinäger
2.5 dl plockade kärnfria gröna vindruvor
2 msk kapris
400 g färsk lax
1 nypa salt
0.5 krm peppar
0.5 dl olivolja
2 msk vit balsamvinäger
2.5 dl plockade kärnfria gröna vindruvor
2 msk kapris
400 g färsk lax
1 nypa salt
0.5 krm peppar
2. Tillsätt vindruvorna och kaprisen.
3. Låt det koka ihop cirka 7 minuter tills vindruvorna blivit mjuka och saftiga.
4. Skiva laxen så tunt som möjligt, fördela på 4 tallrikar.
5. Salta och peppra laxen.
6. Nappera de varma vindruvorna över den råa laxen. Servera genast.
fredag 30 mars 2012
Kom med till St Petersburg 16-18 maj!
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| Palatstorget med Alexanderpelaren, St Petersburg |
Vi åker tåg dit och tillbaka.
Läs mer här om resan och maila mig på ordfsweamoskva@gmail.com för mer information. All info finns också under PROGRAM på vår hemsida.
SWEA Moskvas medlemmar, gamla och nya (med vänner), hälsas
Varmt Välkomna att följa med till intressanta
St Petersburg två dagar i maj 2012!
I St. Petersburg där kulturella personer som Gogol, Tjaikovski och Dostoevsky har sina ursprung har man bevittnat historiska händelser som slutet på monarkin, bolsjevikernas uppror och revolutionen 1917 då bolshevikerna stormade Vinterpalatset och Tsar Nikolai abdikerade. Med hundratals museum och teatrar är St. Petersburg det kulturella hjärtat i Ryssland och dess till storleken andra stad. Här finns många arkitektoniska pärlor som Vinterpalatset med Hermitaget, världens största museum, St Isakskatedralen och Peter-Paul-fästningen. Den brofyllda staden sträcker sig över 44 öar på floden Neva och har en befolkning på 4,8 miljoner innevånare.
Preliminärt PROGRAM:
Onsdag 16 maj
Alt A) 23.55 Avresa med nattåg 'Red Arrow' från 'Leningradsky Vaksal' i Moskva
Torsdag 17 maj
Alt B) 06.45 Avresa med Sapsan från Leningradsky Vaksal
Alt A) 07.55 ankomst med nattåget till St Petersburgs Centralstation.
Alt A) Frukost på hotellet - Petro Palace 4 stjärnor
Alt A) Efter incheckning och frukost på hotellet startar vi vår sightseeing med en bussrundtur där vi får se några av de mest väsentliga turistattraktionerna som beskrivits ovan.
Alt B) 10.40 Ankomst St Petersburg
Lunch ca kl 13
Sightseeing fortsätter på eftermiddagen.
Middag ca kl 20 på någon av St Petersburgs bästa restauranger.
Fredag 18 maj
Upphämtning på hotellet för besök på Hermitaget
Lunch ca kl 14
Fri eftermiddag med shopping på några av de statliga souveniraffärerna samt mini-marknad.
19.35 avresa med 'Sapsan' snabbtåget tillbaka till Moskva
23.40 ankomst till Leningradsky Vaksal, Moskva
Ett mer detaljerat program kommer strax innan resan.
Anmälan till mig, Anna Gustafson Bril, senast den 17 april 2012 – därefter garanterar vi inga hotellpriser och bokning blir i mån av plats de priser som gäller vid senare tillfälle.
Hjärtligt Välkommen till St Petersburg i Maj!
Hälsningar,
Anna Gustafson Bril, Ordförande SWEA Moskva
ordfsweamoskva@gmail.com
Gazprom enligt Anders Åslund..
En artikel av Anders Åslund i Moscow Times beskriver Gazprom, Rysslands absolut största företag med ett marknadsvärde av ca 140 miljarder dollar, som ett gäng banditer..
Läs den här..
Läs den här..
torsdag 29 mars 2012
Alternativ syn på Vladimir Putin
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| Jon Hellevig |
'Putin – Democracy in the Making'
It was up to Yeltsin to start to get the country in order, but he came too late. Gorbachev’s perestroika had already transformed the country into a total criminal anarchy. With no more than a handful of honest and trusted people around him Yeltsin could not achieve much in those conditions of anarchy and virtual civil war. But according to western propaganda, this period of the 1990’s is referred to as democracy, which supposedly was then destroyed by Putin.
Putin has already announced significant liberalization of the election laws, among them the proposition to further lower the threshold for registering parties with nationwide status. We will probably never see a similar liberalization of corresponding US laws, a country where two parties share an eternal monopoly to power.
Svensk kultur i Moskva
Från Kulturavdelning på ambassaden kommer denna info om vad som kommeri form av svensk kultur i Moskva framöver - översatt med Google så ha lite tålamod...
April 17 in Moscow is expected to open an exhibition dedicated to Ingmar Bergman. The exhibition will be held at the Multimedia Art Museum (Ostozhenka 16) in the framework of the Moscow "Biennale-2012." The exhibition will feature a special installation devoted to creative director, as well as photographs. Scheduled screening of documentary films about Bergman.
In April and May in Petrozavodsk and Moscow will host a conference to mark the centenary of the death of the Swedish playwright August Strindberg and writer. Help at ekaterina.hohlova @ foreign.ministry.se
In the anniversary year of theaters willing to put Strindberg, and in Moscow you can see, such as "Dance" in the Modern Theatre.
In late April, a delegation of representatives of the Swedish Embassy and businesses to visit Novosibirsk. In the framework of the visit interesting cultural program: film festival, exhibition graphics, a jazz concert, a lecture on Sweden and the Swedish party DJ. Stay tuned for news on our site.
April 12 in the Russian rolling out a new film by Ruben Estlunda PLAY. Arrive for the premiere of the director.
In addition to Novosibirsk, the Swedish jazz trio led by Matthias Landeusom perform well in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
April 8 at the club appears Zavtra Swedish band Azure Blue, working in the genre of dram-pop. The event in Facebook at: http://vk.com/event36493456
In March, Moscow visited the famous Swedish Chef and TV presenter Tina Nurdstrem. Read an interview with her on our site.
Once you go to the theater or an exhibition? Then buy a new Swedish book (or Sweden) and read at home with a cup of cocoa."Can I become a Swede? The policy of adaptation and integration of immigrants in Sweden after the Second World War "(authors - NS Plevako, O. Chernyshev)
A new series about a boy publisher Ripolkit Tame dragons and "Knights of the Dragons"
Illustrated children's book about pirates from the publisher Jacob Vegeliusa Childhood World Media
Tired of reading about Sweden - get to the winner of the books by Astrid Lindgren prize Dutchman Koyera.
Stay tuned for news on our website, as well as in groups, "Swedish House" in the MySpace and Facebook. Notice the new heading of "Sweden in the media," but if you have friends curators of museums, advise them to our competition for an internship in Sweden.
April 17 in Moscow is expected to open an exhibition dedicated to Ingmar Bergman. The exhibition will be held at the Multimedia Art Museum (Ostozhenka 16) in the framework of the Moscow "Biennale-2012." The exhibition will feature a special installation devoted to creative director, as well as photographs. Scheduled screening of documentary films about Bergman.
In April and May in Petrozavodsk and Moscow will host a conference to mark the centenary of the death of the Swedish playwright August Strindberg and writer. Help at ekaterina.hohlova @ foreign.ministry.se
In the anniversary year of theaters willing to put Strindberg, and in Moscow you can see, such as "Dance" in the Modern Theatre.
In late April, a delegation of representatives of the Swedish Embassy and businesses to visit Novosibirsk. In the framework of the visit interesting cultural program: film festival, exhibition graphics, a jazz concert, a lecture on Sweden and the Swedish party DJ. Stay tuned for news on our site.
April 12 in the Russian rolling out a new film by Ruben Estlunda PLAY. Arrive for the premiere of the director.
In addition to Novosibirsk, the Swedish jazz trio led by Matthias Landeusom perform well in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
April 8 at the club appears Zavtra Swedish band Azure Blue, working in the genre of dram-pop. The event in Facebook at: http://vk.com/event36493456
In March, Moscow visited the famous Swedish Chef and TV presenter Tina Nurdstrem. Read an interview with her on our site.
Once you go to the theater or an exhibition? Then buy a new Swedish book (or Sweden) and read at home with a cup of cocoa."Can I become a Swede? The policy of adaptation and integration of immigrants in Sweden after the Second World War "(authors - NS Plevako, O. Chernyshev)
A new series about a boy publisher Ripolkit Tame dragons and "Knights of the Dragons"
Illustrated children's book about pirates from the publisher Jacob Vegeliusa Childhood World Media
Tired of reading about Sweden - get to the winner of the books by Astrid Lindgren prize Dutchman Koyera.
Stay tuned for news on our website, as well as in groups, "Swedish House" in the MySpace and Facebook. Notice the new heading of "Sweden in the media," but if you have friends curators of museums, advise them to our competition for an internship in Sweden.
Indiska kryddor finns här...
För all som var med på den trevliga 'Indiska matlagningen' hemma hos mig så har Vidya nu rekommenderat sin kryddaffär för att hitta allt till recepten.
Indian Shop near Metro: Kievskaya.
Indian Shop near Metro: Kievskaya.
Moziasky Val, Dom-1,
Moscow.
Tel: (499) 240-12-36
(499) 240-53-15
Web-Site: http://www.indianspices.ru
Du kan även för frågor eller beställning av indisk mat eller kurs kontakta Vidhya själv på hennes mail: vidhyavelangi12@yahoo.com
Namaste. (I bow to you)
Hemhjälp tisdagar och fredagar
Natasha Radu som arbetar i svenska familjer här i Moskva redan har tid över på tisdagar och fredagar Referenser finnes.
Natasha är flytande på ryska och talar några få ord engelska.
Välkommen att ringa henne på hennes mobil: 8 926 700 29 74
Natasha är flytande på ryska och talar några få ord engelska.
Välkommen att ringa henne på hennes mobil: 8 926 700 29 74
Anders Åslund - 'Ryssland behöver sikta högre'..
Idag i MT finns en artikel där Anders Åslund uttrycker sina åsikter om vart Ryssland bör rikta blickarna...'Why BRICS Is No Good for Russia'
As a highly developed country, Russia needs to aim higher than the BRICS, which is actually far less developed in most regards. It should focus on the EU as a more ambitious peer group. Yet, Russia is and needs to remain more dynamic than the EU because it remains economically less developed.
As a highly developed country, Russia needs to aim higher than the BRICS, which is actually far less developed in most regards. It should focus on the EU as a more ambitious peer group. Yet, Russia is and needs to remain more dynamic than the EU because it remains economically less developed.
Dagens ordspråk
Some men 'see things as they are and ask why'
- 'I dream things that never were and say why not'.
George Bernard Shaw
Såå fint..
En bild säger verkligen mer... eller hur...
Foto: kungahuset.se
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| Kronprinsessan Victoria med sin tre veckor gamla prinsessan Estelle |
Hälsning från våren...
Jag var på snabbvisit i Bryssel, EUs huvudstad, i förrgår, tisdags och där var våren i full blom - kanske kan bilderna pigga upp en och annan vintertrött Moskva-bo... man tror nästan inte det är sant att det kan vara så här fint på andra ställen... och Sverige ligger säkert inte långt efter..
Och sist min favorit, magnolian, så vacker....
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| Körsbärsträden blommade verkligen... |
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| Forsythia |
Och sist min favorit, magnolian, så vacker....
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| Magnolia |
Läsvärt om barnhem i Ryssland...
I dagens Moscow Times finns en stor artikel om barnhemssituationen i Ryssland - intressant för alla oss som är intresserade av barn och deras villkor. 'Russia Struggles to Reform Soviet-Era Orphanages'
Vikenty was 13 when he started school. Although he was being taught in the Moscow children’s home that provided his earliest memories, he knew something wasn’t right.
“You take out a book from the library, you read and you understand that the level of knowledge in the children’s house is absolutely not the level that normal kids get in school,” he said. “There were difficulties. … [But] I decided that getting my diploma was more important than standing and crying.”
Vikenty, now a 22-year-old graphic designer, started attending school at Verkh, an energetic nongovernmental organization in Moscow that offers education and life training.
Its name means upward, so it is literally a step up for children who know little of life beyond the closed world of Russian children’s homes and who otherwise risk drifting into unemployment, poverty or crime.
Vikenty was 13 when he started school. Although he was being taught in the Moscow children’s home that provided his earliest memories, he knew something wasn’t right.
“You take out a book from the library, you read and you understand that the level of knowledge in the children’s house is absolutely not the level that normal kids get in school,” he said. “There were difficulties. … [But] I decided that getting my diploma was more important than standing and crying.”
Vikenty, now a 22-year-old graphic designer, started attending school at Verkh, an energetic nongovernmental organization in Moscow that offers education and life training.
Its name means upward, so it is literally a step up for children who know little of life beyond the closed world of Russian children’s homes and who otherwise risk drifting into unemployment, poverty or crime.
måndag 26 mars 2012
Klass 3-6 i Svenska Skolan fick pris
Klass 3-6 på Svenska skolan i Moskva tog här emot diplom och priser för sitt eget skrivna drama; A story on a farm, och för sin animerade miljöfilm; The girl and the dragon. De fick många fina lovord och uppmanades att fortsätta med sitt skrivande.
Se bilder har.
Se bilder har.
Housekeeper finnes
Marina Kazurova har sedan 1995 arbetat som staderska-housekeeper flera expat familjer i Rosinka. Hon talar ryska och lite engelska och har nu nagra dagar i veckan lediga for mer arbete.
Lediga dagar for Marina ar tisdagar och torsdagar samt fran och med maj manad aven mandagar, onsdagar och halva fredagar.
Svetlana Ostashkevich, Swea och boende i Rosinka kan ge referenser till Marina pa nios123@hotmail.com
Marina själv kan nas pa mobiltelefon +7 905 592 82 34
Lediga dagar for Marina ar tisdagar och torsdagar samt fran och med maj manad aven mandagar, onsdagar och halva fredagar.
Svetlana Ostashkevich, Swea och boende i Rosinka kan ge referenser till Marina pa nios123@hotmail.com
Marina själv kan nas pa mobiltelefon +7 905 592 82 34
Ny bok om Rysslands ekonomi av svenske Peter Westin
Moskvabon Peter Westin, till vardags nationalekonom och aktiestrateg på ryska investeringsbanken ATON har just kommit ut med en bok: In From the Cold: The Rise of Russian Capitalism |
| Peter Westin |
Så här skriver Amazon.com om boken där den finns att köpa.:
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has made enormous strides toward creating a free market. In slightly more than twenty years, the country's economy has been completely transformed. Today, most Russian companies have been privatized and the country has developed fully functioning capital markets. Indeed, over the course of the past two decades, the Russian equity market has, on more than one occasion, been the world's top performing stock market among both developed and emerging markets.
While the country and its leadership continue to face great structural hurdles that must be overcome, recent progress has been nothing short of remarkable. This book brings together some of the world's most successful Russia-dedicated portfolio managers, economists and market participants to share their personal experiences in this dynamic market. Each of these professionals has a long-term relationship with Russia and has lived as well as worked in Russia: they have many years of experience in the country's financial markets. Indeed, many of the contributors to this book have been active in Russia since the very inception of the market and each is uniquely qualified to offer a personal and authoritative account of Russia's journey toward capitalism.
The book is divided into two parts, one giving a more general overview of the market's development and the other focusing on the personal experiences of Russia's capitalist pioneers. Each chapter offers a clear historical description of principal developments, while the personal touch enhances the reader's understanding of how market forces developed, how obstacles were overcome, and how so many market participants have been able to reap great rewards in one of the world's most dynamic emerging markets. Our contributors also discuss the road ahead, examining both the positive and negative factors that will affect the Russian economy in the years ahead.
söndag 25 mars 2012
J ä t t e g o t t T I N A !
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| Tina Nordström |
En fantastisk meny med hela 6 rätter serverades av gästkocken Tina Nordström - känd som Mat-Tina i Sverige.
Och hon är verkligen lika trevlig och glad i verkligheten som på TV - det kan vi nu alla intyga! Hela 31 personer kom och njöt av den härliga middagen som delvis serverades av Tina själv!
Under intervjun med Tina som vi gjorde för vår tidning, SWEA Magasinet Moskva berättade hon även om sitt senaste projekt, Jättegott! by Tina Nordström som är färdiga kryddblandingar med recept på baksidan som finns att köpa på ICA och Citygross i Sverige. 
Tina på Facebook.
Hennes senaste projekt med kryddblandingarna 'Jättegott' finns på FB
Jättegott - kryddblandingarna har egen hemsida.
Tinas hemsida.
Här hittar du recept av Tina.
Stort Tack till Tina och Scandinavia för en underbar kväll!
Menyn som vi blev bjudna på:
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| En hyllnig till 7 sorters kakor |
Amuse
Krispig citronkokt svartrot & Salmalax med druvjuice och kapris
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Ostron
Persilje-ostronbisque - marinerad spetskål - syltat ostron
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Stenbit
Vårens första rom - rimmad stenbit - jordärtskocka - pepparrotsemulsion-pocherat ägg
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Renkalv från Hammar i dillsås
Ugnstekt renkalvinnanlår - sparris och späda rotfrukter i dillblanquette- lättrökta pärllökar
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'Skånsk Äpplekaga'
Frisk äppelsorbet - brynt smör- sockerstekt kavring- massor av kärlek
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En hyllning till Sju sorters kakor
Fem sorters drömkakor - Semla 'hetvägg' - Estellebakelse
Krispig citronkokt svartrot & Salmalax med druvjuice och kapris
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Ostron
Persilje-ostronbisque - marinerad spetskål - syltat ostron
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Stenbit
Vårens första rom - rimmad stenbit - jordärtskocka - pepparrotsemulsion-pocherat ägg
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Renkalv från Hammar i dillsås
Ugnstekt renkalvinnanlår - sparris och späda rotfrukter i dillblanquette- lättrökta pärllökar
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'Skånsk Äpplekaga'
Frisk äppelsorbet - brynt smör- sockerstekt kavring- massor av kärlek
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En hyllning till Sju sorters kakor
Fem sorters drömkakor - Semla 'hetvägg' - Estellebakelse
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