Posts Tagged ‘Ames’
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
After 11 years of providing Moscow readers with investigative journalism, irreverent commentary, and sophomoric gags, the English-language newspaper the “The eXile” is closing down after investors fled in the face of a government inspection of the paper’s content.
The alternative tabloid — known for its Gonzo-style journalism on drugs, sex, politics, and the seamier side of Moscow nightlife — announced the closure in a blog posted on its website on June 11.
The paper’s demise, and the investors’ flight, was sparked by a visit on June 6 by inspectors from the Federal Service for Mass Media, Telecommunications, and the Protection of Cultural Heritage.
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Tags: Ames, Exile, extremism, Kremlin, Lebed, Limonov, Moscow, newspaper, pornography, Yeltsin
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Friday, January 26th, 2007
Mark Ames asked me to write about National-Bolsheviks’ Party and punks movement. So I am forced to take a look at my past, despite the fact that I am very much involved in the present time, because Mark.
I have arrived to New York City from Soviet Union in February, 1975. That was exactly the year punk movement was born. The first what I see of punks in 1976 was fanzine called “Punk.” It was sort of samizdat publication, black and white, formatted A4 size, made on Xerox machine. One of the editors had a strange name — Legs McNeil. That name “Legs” have shocked me. It was a lot of comics inside and caricatures. I remember one where a girl denied some guy his invitation to dance. She said, “Sorry but no, I only dance with faggots.”
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Tags: Ames, FBI, Letov, Limonka, Markie Ramone, NBP, Prilepin, punk, Reviakin, Rotten, Soviet Union, Troitski, Tsvetkov, United States, Vicious
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Friday, May 20th, 2005
Mark Ames asked me to write something humorous. I said “Yes,” then later I have discovered that I am humorless type. That I am dogmatical, fanatical and crazy. I cannot smile actually, I can laugh dramatical laughing. So, I better to be myself. I will write about my problems. Again.
I have Forty-six members of my party imprisoned. Nine of them are girls. Seven of them underaged persons.
I have Forty-sex by two, or ninety-two parents of imprisoned, to deal with. Most of them understand that Putin’s group is responsible for keeping their children inside prison walls, but few parents anyway are blaming me for the fate of their children. It is hard to bear.
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Tags: Ames, court, FSB, Kasparov, Khakamada, Kommersant, Kremlin, Nashi, Pronin, Putin, Righkov, Rogosin, Surkov, Word of our leader, Zoo, Zuganov
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Friday, February 11th, 2005
Shortly before I was arrested, in March 2001, when visiting city of Briansk, I was given as a present few videos. Amongst them [I discovered that in Moscow] was video-version of Fight Club. Naturally it was a gift of National-Bolsheviks Party member. [And also naturally, that very party member later have turned against Party. I mean it is natural that fanatical lover of Fight Club happen to be also a party traitor. I think that that kind of movie should attract and is attracting all sorts of unstable persons.] But anyway, when I first saw the movie in Moscow in March 2001, I was ignorant about future. I liked Fight Club, although I never was a clerk or avid consumer of consumer society, I always was a rebel.
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Tags: Ames, Briansk, Fight Club, Manson, NBP, New York, prison, Putin, revolution
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Friday, April 16th, 2004
part two of the eXile interview with Eduard Limonov
— To me, His Butler’s Story is one of your best books. One of the reasons I was shocked when I first read it was that somehow you managed to describe what Jenny, an ordinary American of the time, was like. I read that and looked around at the rest of American literature and nobody repeated it. I always wondered what made it so hard to Americans to describe carefully what was happening. You needed to go to a Russian…
— Probably really because I was new and fresh from the other world. What I saw was probably banality for the Americans. And I came from a completely different social situation. And I had some kind of a good eye… (more…)
Tags: Ames, Bukowski, Carpenter, Dreiser, France, FSB, Hell, kill, Lebedev, Lefortovo, Limonka, Limonov, prison, punk, Saratov, Savenko, Solzhenitsyn, Zilberman
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2004
I thought about some nice, lyrical subject for that my column at “eXile”, but then Mark Ames asked me to write about last adventures of my gorgeous party because first thing what Mark heard on the news coming from US to Russia, were the news about militia platoons, storming general headquarters of NBP. So, I will report on some events, the only principal ones.
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Tags: Ames, Averin, Bakhur, Elkin, Empire, Frolov, FSB, General Line, Limonka, NBP, Nijni Novgorod, Sokov, Tchernova, Tula, United Russia, Veshniakov
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Sunday, January 4th, 2004
Last week, National Bolshevik leader and eXile hero Edward Limonov sat down with eXile editors Mark Ames, John Dolan and Jake Rudnitsky to discuss politics and literature. What follows is the first part of the roundtable, in which we cover Russian and world politics at the turn of the century. Next issue we will print our discussion about Limonov’s own books, the practical side of writing, and his views on what makes for quality literature.
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Tags: Abkhazia, Ames, Asia, Chechnya, China, Dolan, FBI, FSB, Georgia, Gorbachev, Hitler, Limonov, Muslim, Putin, Rudnitsky, Soviet Union, United States, Yeltsin
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Thursday, December 25th, 2003
My personal worst moment of the year 2003 was late afternoon January 31st. At Saratov’s Districts Court, public prosecutor Colonel Verbin demanded for me quarter of century of imprisonment. Ten years of imprisonment for allegedly planning terrorist attacks on territory of Kazakhstan, 4 years for preparation to organize outlawed armed formations, 8 years for a purchase of Kalashnikovs and 3 years for a call to overthrow the Government of Russian Federation. Exactly 25 years demanded Verbin, that tall and skinny as a match colonel, wearing blue uniform of Prosecutor.
But “by the way of partial reduction” merciful and compassionate Russian Justice, personified by colonel, demanded for me “only” 14 years of imprisonment in the camp of “severe regime.” It was worstiest day of 2003. But going to court on February 4, just a few days later, early in the morning I saw on television face of my wife, Natasha. Television said that my wife have died as a saint during her sleep at night from 2 to 3rd February. Then, until the day of April 15, I have lived under the heavy burden of 14 years. On April 15 I was miraculously sentenced to 4 years. I know, I wrote about that, but anyway, it was my worst season of life. (more…)
Tags: Ames, Berezovski, court, Engels, FSB, Kazakhstan, Kremlin, Putin, Saratov, Verbin, Yabloko
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