Mr. Nidoev is a visiting broadcast journalist from Russia. He is a producer for the first fully independent Russian television channel, Dozhd (TVRain) and has been covering political demonstrations against Vladimir Putin and the Russian legislative election process.

Join the UK Russian Club as they celebrate Maslenitsa (Russian Mardi Gras). We'll be making homemade bliny (Russian crepes/pancakes) and filling them with lots of great stuff. And of course there will be plenty of tea. As always Russian Tea is open to Russian speakers at all levels. Conversation will be in Russian & English. Make bliny, have a cup of tea, and enjoy!

Join Dr. Kenworthy as he explores Orthodox Christianity through the lens of Tikhon (Bellavin), who served as bishop of the Russian Church in North America at the turn of the century before returning to Russia and being elected Patriarch in the midst of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Reception to follow.

Join the UK Russian Club as they celebrate Maslenitsa (Russian Mardi Gras). We'll be making homemade bliny (Russian crepes/pancakes) and filling them with lots of great stuff. And of course there will be plenty of tea. As always Russian Tea is open to Russian speakers at all levels. Conversation will be in Russian & English. Make bliny, have a cup of tea, and enjoy!

Join us for the final screening of the UK International Film Series featuring the film "How I Ended This Summer" [Как я провёл этим летом] directed by Aleksei Popogrebsky. A film synopsis is available at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588875/. The film is in Russian with English subtitles. FREE & open to the public.

Victor Sheymov is an expert in cyber security and a former KGB major. During the 80s he was responsible for KGB cipher communications security for all foreign outposts. He has worked for the NSA, invented multiple technologies for combating cyber warfare and has written extensively on these topics. Free and open to the public.

Olga Sheymov’s art, like her life, alludes to the extraordinary. Artist, engineer, television producer, graphic designer and researcher, Olga paints in allegorical surrealism, infusing her artistic vision with philosophical and moral implications.

After the fall of communism and the Soviet Union, Olga turned to television, seeing an opportunity to help foster understanding of the Russian people and their fascinating cultural history. In 1995 she created the award winning TV series, Russia Today,

produced in the Washington, DC area. This half-hour program brings Russians and Americans together to share and compare not only differences but also similarities highlighting a common humanity.

Faithful to both her artistic and engineering backgrounds and with a degree in graphics design from Georgia Tech added to her credentials, Olga serves both in the technological and traditional art worlds. The latter, amply illustrated here on the Vladi

Arts site, reveals her distinctive style born of her exceptional talent and life experience. Through the media of oils, watercolor and airbrush, she has expressed her vision and her deeply felt affinity for allegory, music and literature -- by which the human spirit has

always eluded shackles.

Highlights: New York Art Expo, Las Vegas Art Expo,100 Contemporary International Artists 2008, 100 World Artists 2009, Your Source TV, Art in Motion video, “Allegory” Video 2008, Luxor Museum of Art, “The nature of Creativity” Video 2009, Carrousel du

Louvre, Paris, The Museum of Americas, Barcelona, Contemporary Women Artists 2010, Biblioteca de Artistas Barcelona Spain, ArtFest Gallery Dallas Texas, FYR Gallery Florence, Italy, Contemporary Women Artists 2010, Art Dubai 2011, “Inspired by Russia” 2011, 2012.

Olga Sheymov”s paintings are found in private and corporate collections both in the United States and Europe.

More info on www.vladiarts.com