For Putin's Regime, Has The Bolshoi Ballet Become More Trouble Than It's Worth?
"But from the state's point of view, the Bolshoi has become a Soviet agent that has largely outlived its usefulness - it's still important within the Russian cultural landscape, and a fine place to take visiting dignitaries, but the Cold War prerogative to showcase it as high cultural achievement is gone." The Atlantic 03/18/13

Posted March 20, 2013 12:55 AM