The quiet Muscovite takes on Vlad's little smoker

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Artiom Podstreshny, who launched Russia's first Internet chatline, wanted to give Russian speakers the chance to use a chatline service with which they felt comfortable. His Krovatka chatline has proved extremely popular, attracting more than 5,000 users and recording almost 1 million hits. He wrote the program for the chatline in the computer laboratory of the department of high energy physics at Moscow State University. He works part-time in this department at Radio MSU, an Internet provider connected to the Internet by satellite.

Services, Internet, Interview, Podstreshny, Artiom

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Academy reborn as it shakes off navy blues

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Mohyla Academy is a university in Ukraine which has a long history, but which was suppressed during the period of Russification from 1817, and later Soviet rule. The academy answers to the council of ministers rather than going through the education ministry. The academy was founded through an endowment in the 17th century. A Soviet naval college was established on the site of the academy, and this has been dislodged. There are flexible programs for 2,400 students at the main site in Kiev and two satellite sites.

Universities and colleges, Social policy, Education policy, Higher education, Ukraine, Higher education and state

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Opening the book on dissent

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Author Salman Rushdie believes that living in a free society means there will be strong opinions and some people will always take offence. Rushdie says readers can choose whether they are offended by a book.

Authors, Writers, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Rushdie, Salman

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