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Politicians and activists are preparing to take to the streets on Sunday to protest against hatred, fascism and discrimination.The March Against Hatred which will start at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Sportivnaya metro station is dedicated to the memory of Nikolai Girenko, a prominent expert on ethnic and racial issues who was gunned down at the entrance of his apartment in June 2004.
Organized by local branches of Yabloko and Union of Right Forces as well as human rights groups, including Memorial, Soldiers' Mothers and Citizens' Watch, the event aims to unite and consolidate local citizens.
The march's organizers stress that they are appealing to citizens, rather than the authorities. Russia's human rights advocates say they are alarmed that in St. |
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Governor Valentina Matviyenko showing President Putin models of architectural projects in the city on Tuesday. Putin was in town for the Compatriots Congress (see story on page 2). |
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MOSCOW — North Korea should not be backed into a corner over its nuclear test if the global community wants to resolve the crisis over the North's atomic ambitions, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.His comments come as Asia-Pacific powers sought to pin down the details of United Nations sanctions imposed on North Korea for its Oct. 9 test that Pyongyang described as U.
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The government will spend 4.6 billion rubles ($240 million) next year to lure home ethnic Russians and other Russian speakers who currently live abroad, President Vladimir Putin told the Congress of Compatriots in St. Petersburg on Tuesday."We understand that the overwhelming majority of Russian speakers abroad ended up there against their will," Putin said, referring to the collapse of the Soviet Union. |
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Darwin Case BeginsnST. PETERSBURG (SPT) The court of Oktyabrsky district begun its proceedings of the suit from a school student against the teaching of Darwinism in her school. |
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MOSCOW — A jailed former police lieutenant in the western Siberian town of Nizhnevartovsk appears to be the focus of the investigation into the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.Politkovskaya, who reported for Novaya Gazeta, accused Sergei Lapin of committing atrocities against Chechen civilians in a September 2001 article in the newspaper. |
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MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said he would retain influence after 2008 — when he will presumably step down from office — and tiptoed around thorny issues like extremism and contract killings in a live television call-in show Wednesday. |
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MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin voiced concern Wednesday that Georgia would attack Abkhazia or South Ossetia.If Tbilisi does so, he warned, Russia will take action. "We must prevent it," the president said.
Putin's comments came during a live question-and-answer session broadcast on state-run television. |
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International Paper is to acquire 50 percent of Russia's largest timber company, Ilim Pulp, and form a joint venture to make pulp, paper and packaging, the U.S-based company announced Wednesday in a statement."This joint venture will be attractive to both International Paper and Ilim Pulp because it unites the unique capabilities of both companies and enables us to create more value together than we could individually," International Paper Chairman and CEO John Faraci said in the statement. |
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MOSCOW —Rambler Media, which controls Russia's second-biggest Internet search engine, is selling its television unit to concentrate on the Internet division, its main revenue generator. |
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Lenta OpeningsnST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — Lenta has expanded its network of hypermarkets by opening a new store in Novosibirsk on Saturday, its first complex outside St. Petersburg. The company plans to open another store, its 12th in Russia, in Astrakhan, Oct. |
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Finnish furniture company Vepsalainen opened its first Russian center, Design House Vepsalainen, in St. Petersburg Thursday, investing around 500,000 euros ($625,000) into the project. |
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MOSCOW — Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's deputy chief of staff cast doubt on the country's new gas deal with Russia on Wednesday, a day after the two countries' prime ministers announced an agreement to raise the gas price by 40 percent next year. |
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Economic GrowthnMOSCOW (Bloomberg) — The Russian economy grew an annual 6.9 percent in the third quarter, the Economy Ministry said in a preliminary report on its web site Thursday. |
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Dmitry Fotyanov, a mayoral candidate in the far eastern city of Dalnegorsk, was gunned down last Thursday on the eve of the election. State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov immediately suggested a political motive.Gryzlov's reaction was only natural, as Fotyanov was running under the banner of United Russia, the party Gryzlov heads. |
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No one disputes that corruption is rife in Russia. President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged the problem many times.But whenever a foreigner raises concern, Putin bristles, responding that many countries, including those that criticize Russia, have their own problems. |
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The Kremlin's ongoing efforts to establish dominance over Russia's energy sector, and to use it as an instrument to develop both the economy and Moscow's international standing has often been viewed as part of an effort to follow the successful "Chinese model" of state-led development. But if the Russian government wants to enjoy the same economic results, not to mention China's considerable and growing international influence, it would do well to study Beijing's foreign policy, too. |
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 Paul Verhoeven's "Black Book" has been seen by many critics as a return to form.AMSTERDAM — Cinephiles across Europe have been asking this question for months: is Paul Verhoeven really back from Hollywood after 20 years?The Dutch would like to think that he is and are celebrating their greatest director's comeback by releasing an imposing DVD-box commemorating Verhoeven's first steps in cinema. |
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St. Petersburg's oldest British ex-patriate celebrates his 87th birthday.Studying in Oxford, running a newspaper in Switzerland, facilitating peace in Nigeria, living in Finland — Kenneth Rundell did it all before finding his home in St. |
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Popular music venue Platforma is to close, the club's art director Denis Rubin revealed this week. On the scene since Sept. 2004, Platforma became one of the city's leading live music venues, hosting concerts by artists like Arto Lindsay, Chumbawamba and Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier. |
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It's all a bit kinky. A middle-aged man awkwardly looks around and shivers. Another stealthy glance, and he divulges his secret to us: one fine morning he discovered a cold slippery wine bottle in his underpants. |
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"'The goat cried in an inhuman voice…' I could not leave this in!" the English professor in "Autumn Marathon" (1979) remarks after spending hours helping with a translation by his less talented colleague.The Soviet classic comedy recreates in detail the perfectionism of St. Petersburg's old school translation trade.
"The translator's character, Lifanov, states that translation in the modern world must facilitate better mutual understanding between nations, and you, with your babble, will only divide them," says the same professor rejecting one of his students' works.
Such customs, it seems, sank into oblivion with the end of the Soviet Union and now, experts say, nobody guarantees that a foreign book translated into Russian will contain exactly what it promises. |
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 Alex Budovsky, the award-winning St. Petersburg-born, New York-based animator, appears to know how to make music and cartoons go together, using modest means to great effect. |
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BAGHDAD — The U.S. military said on Thursday five more American troops were killed in Iraq, bringing the U.S. death toll for October to 96, as President George W. Bush faced mounting election-year pressure over the war.With less than two weeks before Nov 7. polls in which his Republican party risks losing control of Congress, a survey released on Thursday found about 50 percent of likely voters believe U. |
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LOS ANGELES — Anaheim defenseman Chris Pronger had three assists against his former team as the Ducks beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-2 on Wednesday.Pronger, who led the Oilers to the Stanley Cup finals last year, became public enemy number one in Edmonton after demanding a trade at the end of the season. |
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PALM HARBOR, United States — South African golfer Ernie Els, keen to challenge Tiger Woods' global golf hegemony, takes on an elite field here this week in the 5. |
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A rush of injuries decimated the St. Petersburg Open on Wednesday when three seeded players were forced to quit the $1 million tournament.Top seed Nikolay Davydenko retired from his second-round match against South Africa's Wesley Moodie with a foot injury while leading 6-2 3-3. |
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MELBOURNE — Ford's Marcus Gronholm will look to close the gap on absent world championship leader Sebastien Loeb in the Rally of Australia this weekend as the event makes its final appearance in Perth. |
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