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MOSCOW — Right Cause, which styles itself as a liberal opposition party, has become the first party to officially support the candidature of President Dmitry Medvedev for a second term in 2012. Party co-founder Georgy Bovt said Wednesday that the decision, announced late Tuesday, simply reflected the country’s political reality. “Today there are really only two candidates who can win the presidency: Putin and Medvedev,” he said by telephone. “We have made our choice,” he added. Bovt said it was vital that the country continues Medvedev’s policy of modernizing the political and economic systems. “This course needs to be carried on — and only Medvedev can guarantee that. If he does not stand, his presidency will be a failure,” he said. His words were echoed by Leonid Gozman, Right Cause’s other co-founder. |
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Medical equipment specialist Maria Kondakova inspects a set of dentures at Dental-Expo at Lenexpo. The exhibition, which ended on Thursday, focused on modern dental technology. |
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MOSCOW — Gazprom’s sales to South Korea should pull even with supplies to major European buyers like France by 2017 as the Russian gas export monopoly turns its attention toward burgeoning Asian markets, Gazprom chief Alexei Miller said Wednesday. “Europe will undoubtedly remain a priority market for Gazprom. It was the No. 1 market and will remain the No.
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An antiques auction to be held in St. Petersburg on Sunday will offer 244 lots, including paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky and a collection of Faberge items. The auction will be the first event of such a large scale and significance for the city’s antique sector, the organizers said. |
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Russian patients suffering from HIV/AIDS, cancer, tuberculosis, viral forms of hepatitis and other dangerous illnesses sent a petition to President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday demanding the repeal of a recent decree that essentially breaches patients’ confidentiality. |
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147 Fans Arrested ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — Some 147 fans were detained over the course of the Zenit vs. CSKA Moscow football match this Wednesday, Interfax reported. According to the officials, most of those arrested were CSKA fans, mainly for petty hooliganism and disturbing the peace. |
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St. Petersburg’s Grand Choral Synagogue located on Lermontovsky Prospekt will hold an open house event on Sunday to mark the International Day of Tolerance. “The synagogue is a very significant place for Russian and St. Petersburg Jews,” said Anna Brodotskaya, a representative of the synagogue. “As the biggest and oldest synagogue in St. Petersburg, it is a center for the Jewish faith in our country. Even during Soviet times when it was closed and people were not even allowed to approach it, it always remained a symbol. “On Sunday, our goal will be to show the gentile public that it is an open place. |
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Mikhail Sidorychev from Ivanovo warms up during the 4th Russian Mas-Wrestling Championship currently being held in the city. Mas is the national sport of Yakutia. |
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MOSCOW — The Investigative Committee’s top department was assigned on Wednesday to handle the case of the attack on Kommersant reporter Oleg Kashin, who remained in a drug-induced coma, as suspects singled out by the media denied involvement. The country’s chief investigator, Alexander Bastrykin, held a meeting Wednesday with criminologists and investigators working on the case, the committee said in a statement.
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MOSCOW — The Interior Ministry has awarded officers connected to the investigation of a tax evasion case against Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in pretrial detention last year, Magnitsky’s supporters said Wednesday. Interior Ministry investigator Oleg Silchenko, who was a leading investigator in the Magnitsky case, was named “Best Investigator,” while his superior Natalya Vinogradova was recognized as an “Honored Interior Ministry Official,” Magnitsky’s supporters said in a statement. |
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WASHINGTON — Early one morning in March, two Armenians slipped aboard a train in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, unaware that they were being watched. They removed a pack of Marlboro Reds hidden in a maintenance box between two cars. |
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Roerich Memorial ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — A monument to Nikolai Roerich was set up on Tuesday in the Vasileostrovets Garden on Vasilyevsky Island, where the artist, philosopher and public figure spent a great part of his life, Interfax reported. The statue is 3.5 meters tall and is made of Karelian granite. Moika Drowning ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — A driver was killed when his car plunged into the Moika River after colliding with another vehicle, Interfax reported Wednesday, citing the city’s Emergency Situations Ministry headquarters. The accident happened near number 18 on the Moika embankment at about 00.40 p.m Wednesday. |
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 MOSCOW — More adults smoke in Russia than in any other heavy-smoking country, and their average life expectancy is one of the shortest among former Soviet countries, according to two separate but thematically linked reports released Tuesday. |
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MOSCOW — Migrant workers make Russia one of the world’s largest cash exporters, according to a World Bank report released Tuesday. The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 ranked Russia fourth for 2009 among countries whose foreign residents transfer money abroad, with $18.6 billion leaving its borders. |
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 The national farewell to former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin might lead to consequences unforeseen by the authorities — a re-examination of one of post-Soviet Russia’s most important periods, what Kremlin propagandists consistently refer to as the “wild 1990s” and a time when Chernomyrdin played a critical role. |
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Perhaps the one positive aspect of the vicious beating of Kommersant journalist Oleg Kashin on Saturday is that the list of suspects is confined to a small number of people — just like an Agatha Christie novel. |
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 During the next several days, St. Petersburg may feel more like it lies along the banks of the River Thames than along those of the River Neva. With the arrival of British artists, filmmakers, designers, writers and dancers, a mini British Invasion is taking place that looks set to be as entertaining as it is fascinating. |
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This is the last time Andrei Makarevich and the meeting of rock musicians with President Dmitry Medvedev will be mentioned in this column. |
 A multi-location, multi-media art exhibition that has been months in the making is finally opening in the location to which it is dedicated: the Admiralteisky district of St. Petersburg. Combining photography, painting and film, “Stories from the Admiralteisky District” (Admiralteiskie Istorii) uses a series of interviews and character portraits to celebrate the past, present and future of a historic St. |
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“Hmm, this is going to be mink-coat territory,” my companion said, gesturing to a Jaguar and a Porsche parked just outside the building as we approached Gastronom restaurant, located on the corner of the Field of Mars. |
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SEOUL, South Korea — A strong sense of pessimism shrouded the start of an economic summit of rich and emerging economies Thursday, with President Barack Obama and fellow world leaders arriving in Seoul sharply divided over currency and trade policies. |
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SAO PAULO — Grumpy the clown won election in a laugher, getting more votes than any other candidate for Brazil’s Congress. Now he has to prove that he can read and write. |
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 Winter is slowly setting in, and with it, for many, the envy to escape the grayness and slush of the city for a few hours in order to breathe some fresher air and walk on crisp virgin snow. Tsarskoye Selo, the summer residence of the tsars located 25 kilometers to the south of St. Petersburg in the town of Pushkin, has always been a popular daytrip option among Petersburgers, and with the completion of major renovation work in time for the estate’s 300th anniversary celebrations this year, the “village of the tsars” has become an even more appealing destination, even for seasoned visitors. |
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 A new destination has appeared on the world’s tourist map: the Leningrad Oblast. Unlikely as it may at first seem, the area surrounding St. Petersburg is ready to compete with popular destinations among Russian tourists such as Egypt and Turkey, according to experts from the Russian Tourism Industry Union. |
 As the recession appears to abate, the interest of St. Petersburg residents in out-of-town real estate has once again begun to climb. “Today we can say with certainty that the out-of-town real estate market is recovering,” said Irina Romanova, director of the out-of-town department at Itaka real estate agency. |
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Bellevue Brasserie Scandinavia Hotel, 16 Ulitsa Parkovaya, Sestroretsk. Tel: 434 1100. 11 a.m. to midnight. Housed in a historic dacha on the Gulf of Finland in one of northwest Russia’s finest hotels, this is a real gem. |
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