Valeria Kalashnikova

Valeria Kalashnikova is a journalist from Omsk, Russia. She has written extensively on film and theatre in the city.

The Wizard of Omsk

Omsk, in south-western Siberia, is known throughout Russia for its theatre, but has never developed a film industry. As Valeria Kalashnikova reports, things are changing, thanks mostly to the efforts of a director whose stock in trade is schlock sci-fi beloved of viewers of Japanese cable channels

By Valeria Kalashnikova

/ 28 Oct 2013