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Several members of Eduard Limonov’s National Bolshevik Party, who had been arrested on April 27 for disrupting the festivities marking the 100th anniversary of the State Russian Duma, say they were tortured by the police and a City Hall official.
While the city prosecutor’s office is investigating the incident, the St. |
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MOSCOW — Ten senior law enforcement officials were fired Friday as part of President Vladimir Putin’s anti-corruption pledge.
Major Generals Yevgeny Kolesnikov and Alexander Plotnikov, both Federal Security Service deputy heads, were let go Friday, Interfax said. |
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A cricket tournament for international students played from Thursday to Sunday was the first of its kind in St. Petersburg.
The pitch was not exactly as clipped as Lord’s, the ball was borrowed from another sport and the British team crashed out early, but participants in the The St. |
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MOSCOW — Russian Jews, who for decades have been encouraged to leave for Israel, are changing tack with a new movement to develop their distinctive culture at home.
But the moves to boost Russian Jews’ self-confidence risk colliding with a resurgence of nationalists, who have already staged several anti-Semitic attacks this year. |
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MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin praised blossoming ties with Uzbekistan during warm talks with Uzbek President Islam Karimov in Sochi on the eve of the first anniversary of the bloody crackdown in Andijan. |
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Finnish entrepreneurs in the Koli region have confirmed their intention to attract both Russian investors and tourists through a series of large-scale developments.
The Koli mountain region of Finland is 520 km from St. Petersburg and 70 km from Joensuu airport. |
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Capital Complex
ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — The Capital Auto closed joint-stock company, part of the Strategiya Rost holding, has acquired a plot of 31,000 square meters at the junction of the city’s ring road and Prospekt Engelsa, the company said Friday in a statement. |
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LONDON — Stephen Curtis, the British lawyer who died in a helicopter crash shortly after being appointed director of Menatep, headed a security company that aimed to smear President Vladimir Putin, Britain’s Sunday Times reported, citing the contents of a “confidential dossier. |
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KRASNOYARSK — Russia may delay the initial public offering of state oil firm Rosneft to the fourth quarter from the third quarter, which would force the company to repay a multibillion-dollar loan and push it further into debt. |
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MOSCOW — The ruble broke through 27 to the dollar on Friday to reach its highest level since January 2000 as the U.S. currency slumped to a one-year low against the euro.
Rubles for “tomorrow” delivery rose 0.6 percent on the MICEX exchange to trade at 26. |
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Olga Chebotkova, managing partner at the St. Petersburg branch of TOPHUNT International, is not afraid of making changes to her life. After eight successful years in finance, she took the decision to start everything from scratch and moved to the new and, for her, more interesting field of executive search. |
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When Pavel Suvorov decided to set up Wi-Fi in his apartment six months ago, he devoted a full day to fiddling with the modem between posting questions on an internet forum and trying to figure out how to connect the system.
But still Suvorov, a designer at a men’s glossy magazine, said setting up Wi-Fi — a term used to describe a wireless connection to the internet — wasn’t hard. |
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“…And I had my Prada bag, do you remember it, the brown one?” For years I have not been able to forget the conversation of two girls I overheard while watching a fashion show. |
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President Vladimir Putin used the bulk of his state-of-the-nation address to spell out measures aimed at improving the living standards of ordinary Russians. The measures will cost money — lots of money — but Russia can afford to spend as it is sitting on an ever-growing pile of cash thanks to high oil prices. |
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It came as something of a shock to have to agree with U.S. Vice President Cheney, but what he said last week about human rights in Vladimir Putin’s Russia was accurate, even laudable. |
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The Shtandart, a recreation of Peter the Great’s flagship, celebrated the opening of the sailing season on Friday with a short voyage out into the Finnish Gulf and the unveiling of its plans for the coming year.
The ship is crewed by local youths, with new sailors selected for long-distance voyages each year. |
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It is 6:30 in the morning and my train, which has been laboring westwards all night from Kiev, Ukraine, is approaching the suburbs of Lviv, just 70 kilometers from the Polish border. |
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U.S. Vice President Cheney assailed Belarus in late April as “Europe’s last dictatorship.’’ In March, Weronika Samolinska, a Polish journalist, joined thousands protesting in Belarus against the reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko. She and scores of other demonstrators were rounded up by police and jailed. |
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The rhetorical war between Moscow and Washington over democracy has escalated. President Vladimir Putin responded to Vice President Dick Cheney’s remarks in Vilnius earlier this month by sarcastically noting that the American “need to fight for human rights and democracy is laid aside” once it comes into conflict with “one’s own interests. |
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In late April there was a minor shoot-out between the security forces of Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov and President Alu Alkhanov’s men. All the free mass media in Russia reported this incident, which was actually nothing out of the ordinary. But not long ago, Bibo Dzutsev, considered a hero in Abkhazia and South Ossetia for fighting for their separatist causes, was killed in North Ossetia, and his death went unmarked in the national media. |
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They say that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, but these days, fearmongering invocations of “Islamofascism” perform the same rump-covering function just as well. |
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LOS ANGELES — Last year it was the final installment of “Star Wars.” This year it is “The Da Vinci Code.”
With an eye on the international box office, Hollywood studios are choosing the film festival in Cannes to launch some of their biggest blockbusters, and 2006 is no exception. |
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It may be the last mystery left about “The Da Vinci Code” — how did a work by a near unknown author and sneered at by some of literature’s leading lights become one of the best-selling novels of all time?
With well over 40 million copies sold worldwide and the film version of the novel set to open the prestigious Cannes film festival on Wednesday, it is a question that scores of authors and would-be ones would love an answer to. |
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LOS ANGELES — Metallica frontman James Hetfield fought back tears on Friday as he recounted his public battle with addiction, and labeled the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll ethos as a “horrible myth.”
The 42-year-old singer/guitarist was being honored at a Hollywood fundraiser for the MusiCares MAP Fund, which provides access to addiction recovery for members of the music community. |
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Wailer Loses Lawsuit
LONDON (Reuters) — Aston “Familyman” Barrett, the bass player for Bob Marley and the Wailers, has lost a $113.6 million lawsuit over royalties and song-writing credits that pitted him against Island Records and the Marley family. |
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FC Zenit St. Petersburg won its first match since firing its coach Vlastimil Petrzela with a 1-0 defeat of top-of-the-table Rubin Kazan at Petrovsky Stadium on Sunday in the Russian Premier League.
The win was a welcome break for acting coach Vladimir Borovicka who as assistant coach replaced Petrzela two weeks ago and then saw Zenit lose its next two games. |
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BERLIN — Nadia Petrova announced herself as a serious contender for the French Open on Sunday when she scored a shock win over Justine Henin-Hardenne, the Roland Garros champion, to secure her fourth title of the year at the German Open. |
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CARDIFF, Wales — Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has set his sights on Chelsea’s Premier League crown after their thrilling FA Cup triumph over West Ham United.
Liverpool needed a stunning stoppage time equalizer by captain Steven Gerrard to avoid a 3-2 defeat in Saturday’s heart-thumping final and went on to win a penalty shootout 3-1 after three saves by Spanish keeper Jose Reina. |
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BARCELONA — Renault’s Fernando Alonso capped one majestic drive with another on Sunday to become the first Spaniard to win his home Formula One grand prix on an unforgettable afternoon. |
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LONDON — Germany captain Michael Ballack has signed a three-year deal to play for English champions Chelsea.
Ballack, who has signed on a free transfer from Bayern Munich, was set to be unveiled at a Stamford Bridge press conference.
The 29-year-old midfielder’s arrival had been confirmed by Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho on Sunday. |
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PASSO LANCIANO, Italy — Italy’s Ivan Basso took a firm grip of the Tour of Italy after claiming victory in the eighth stage which featured the first summit finish of the race. |
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LOS ANGELES — Sam Cassell drove the Los Angeles Clippers to a 114-107 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, leveling their best-of-seven playoff series at 2-2. Cassell said before the game he would be more aggressive against the taller, heavier Shawn Marion, who shut down the Clippers guard in the Suns’ victory on Friday. |
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