Just in: Kaiser takes $5 million from Russian oligarch

Just in: Kaiser takes $5 million from Russian oligarch

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norman lebrecht

December 02, 2011

The Kennedy Center has announced plans to open a Russian Lounge with a $5 million gift from a nickel billionaire.

The guy’s called Vladimir Potanin – make sure you get all three syllables in the surname – and he heads the Interros Company.

Michael Kaiser has been told he can use the money for programming and general expenses. Here‘s the Russian version.

Next, they can rename the Kennedy Center the Nickel and Dima Store.

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