My post of today is on a lighter note than of late, but it cannot defy gravity. The fiftieth anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's orbit of the earth is commemorated in a play commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company. His achievement is also recognised in a Russian Market Focus at the 2011 London Book Fair, currently underway. However, contemporary Russian authors interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 Front Row programme yesterday suggested that the positive spin on Russian culture might not be all that it seems.
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