Denis Salnikov is a former byline appearing on the byline of Club Review, a column in the English-language Moscow newspaper the eXile. The byline on a Newspaper or Magazine article gives the name and often the position of the writer of the article English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The eXile was a Moscow -based English-language biweekly free Newspaper, aimed at the city's Expatriate community which combined According to a LiveJournal post by eXile author Kirill Pankratov, Salnikov is a "fictional personage invented by Mark Ames to skewer various idiots" (придуманный Марком Эймсом персонаж, чтобы подкалывать всяких идиотов). LiveJournal (often abbreviated LJ) is a Virtual community where Internet users can keep a Blog, Journal or Diary. Mark Ames (1965- is a Panama, previously Moscow -based Expatriate American Journalist and editor [1]
The column, in addition to critically evaluating nightlife venues, describes the hedonistic nocturnal adventures of its fictional author, a member of Russia's new young cultural elite called the golden youth (золотая молодёжь). Hedonism is the Philosophy that Pleasure is of ultimate importance, the most important pursuit Salnikov's writing reflects an outlook typical to the New Russian (Новый руский) cultural phenomenon, and emphasizes status, wealth, and conspicuous consumption. New Russian (новый русский— novyi russkiy in Russian) is a term denoting a stereotypical caricature of the newly rich Business class Conspicuous consumption is a term used to describe the lavish spending on goods and services acquired mainly for the purpose of displaying Income or Wealth. According to his eXile columns, Salnikov is the son of a wealthy Moscow businessman.
Recently Salnikov's father has fallen out of favour in Moscow; having been obliged to leave the city while his father recovers from a heart attack, Salnikov has been forced to discontinue writing the Club Review column (that rôle having been assumed by Hannah Katz). Salnikov's considerable creative talents are not being wasted, however; the eXile has revealed that he is soon to start production on a film about "the tragic rise and fall of a privileged, cultured Russian family which is forced into exile in France. "
Salnikov is not the first fictional eXile byline. [2] He is, however, the first such fictional personage to be taken in earnest by a feature in the British newspaper, in particular The Sunday Times. The Sunday Times is a Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
External links
- "Koko a Gogo", Salnikov's introductory column
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