Nice article...
I was in Moscow last summer visiting my relatives... Pretty depressing place.
About the Moscow musiccal underground, there are actually a few experemental
techno musicians. But they do not really perform anywhere except for loft
parties or some private "smoking" gatherings. A while ago, there was a museum
of experimental/electronic music, I think it was called after Skryabin, the
pioneer of Russian e-music, my father built couple of synths for them back in
late sixties, early seventies. This museum went broke some time ago, and all
the cool gear was sold to some Japanese collector...
Mike