Copper ringing

Predictions come true. This summer, speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, demonstrated to the public as the title slide of his report the painting by Fyodor Bruni “Bronze Serpent”. The association was chosen very precisely – during the Old Testament people sought salvation in this copper object, and today humanity again falls into a catastrophic dependence on this metal.

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Published Oct 1, 2026

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OpinionPlatformization of the economy

The Russian platform economy has come to a point where the experience gained by the market must be turned into clear rules of the game. Platforms have been around for more than 20 years and the platform economy law was passed more than a year ago. This time lag itself says a lot about how regulation of new technologies should be structured.

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OpinionVrubel without demons: the art of the past and the present

Vrubel without demons is the main formula of the new exhibition at the All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art, dedicated to the 170th anniversary of the artist’s birth. The exhibition reveals this formula in two ways. Among the almost 400 works, the visitor will not find Vrubel’s textbook paintings: the three of his famous “Demons” remained hanging in the halls of the Tretyakovka and the Russian Museum. But instead of Vrubel-melancholic, with his head immersed in his gloomy dreams, the viewer will see an active artist-experimenter who could from time to time pacify his own inner demons.

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