
The Aurora
I was going to try to write something witty about revelations that a Russian billionaire threw a party last week on the cruiser Aurora, which famously fired a blank shell at the Winter Palace during the 1917 Bolshevik takeover, and is now a museum of Communist propaganda. But seriously, just read this article about the “Capitalist Orgy” from the St. Petersburg Times. I have nothing to add.
“Popular rock singer Sergei Shnurov and his musicians performed explicit songs for the guests from a stage erected on a barge berthed alongside the Avrora…”
In other news, rock singer Sergei Shnurov sees record sales triple following an article in the St. Petersburg Times.