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U.S. President George W. Bush will sit down for the first time with President Vla dimir Putin on Saturday in Ljubljana, Slovenia, to begin discussing his vision for a new strategic relationship that could prove to be one of the U.S. leader's most enduring legacies. After a year in which, first as a candidate and then as a newly elected president, Bush took a tough line toward Moscow and flirted with detachment, Bush now says that he seeks a "constructive and realistic" relationship with Russia. "Russia is not the enemy of the United States," he said at the conclusion of a summit with his European Union allies in Goteborg, Sweden, on Thursday. |
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 Former members of the legendary Leningrad-based Soviet rock group Kino are seeking creative recognition and modest royalties in an unprecedented lawsuit lodged against the estate of the band's late lead singer, Viktor Tsoi. |
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SHANGHAI, China - A five-nation Central Asian group led by China and Russia and aimed at combating Islamic militancy expanded Thursday with the admission of Uzbekistan, which is fighting one of the region's strongest Mos lem rebel groups. Leaders of the "Shanghai Five" said they had agreed to set up a new group to coordinate action against Moslem separatists. |
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Deadlocked traffic snarls may never become a thing of the past in St. Petersburg. But on Sunday officials unveiled a new system of modernized traffic lights that they hope will ease some of the congestion. Paid for by the Nevsky Prospect Improvement Project - which is underwritten by credits from the World Bank - new lights, which run on timers and are more visible to drivers because of special reflectors, have been installed at 25 intersections along Nevksy Prospect. |
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With television celebrities from Mos cow and a blessing from the Kremlin, a newly formed journalists' union held its inaugural conference this week to outline plans for redefining the media's role in President Vladimir Putin's Russia. |
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The St. Petersburg Audit Chamber announced on June 6 that it may have found violations in the way the city spent funding allocated for the territorial road fund in 1999. The chamber believes that at least 264 million rubles were misspent and has asked Gov. |
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MOSCOW - Lawmakers will consider on first reading Friday a government-approved Land Code that opponents say will allow the sale of 98 percent of the country's land, including farm plots, to a handful of people. |
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Ever wonder how newspaper editors decide which stories to print - or not to print? According to more than a dozen sources, including government officials, advertising agencies, academics and journalists themselves, the answer is money. Lots of money. |
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Borodin Stays Mum GENEVA (AP) - Former Kremlin property manager Pavel Borodin stayed silent during questioning by Swiss authorities Monday over his alleged involvement in the laundering of some $30 million in kickbacks, his lawyer said. |
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 MOSCOW - Gazprom shareholders are cautiously optimistic: After a decade of fierce resistance and two weeks of a new boss, the gas giant's books are slowly being pried open. Paradoxically, analysts and investors are calling this both a good thing and a bad thing. |
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The Leninets holding, which specializes in military technology, is set to lose control of one of its better-known daughter companies, Radar MMS. As a result of a further emission of stock approved by Radar's board at the end of May, St. |
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'No Gas Thefts' KIEV (AP) - Dismissing claims from Gazprom that Uk raine was continuing to siphon off Rus sian gas, Moscow's ambassador to Uk raine, Viktor Chernomyrdin, said there were no such thefts in 2000 and 2001. Chernomyrdin, the former chief of Gaz prom who took his new assignment in Kiev in late May, made his statement at a meeting Thursday with new Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh. |
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Members of a Kremlin working group, including President Vladimir Putin's top economic adviser, have blasted the government for failing to include their proposals in a plan to reform the country's power sector. |
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DESPITE the broad agenda facing presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin at their summit meeting this weekend in Slovenia, media attention has tilted toward one particular plot line: Will Bush make progress in persuading his Russian counterpart to drop objections to U. |
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THE First National Yabloko Party Congress, which took place in St. Petersburg last weekend, may have come as a big surprise for many who believed that the only thing that party and its leaders do is criticize the present administration. |
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Dear Editor, The Russian and foreign media, including The St. Petersburg Times - which I greatly respect - are filled these days with articles, essays, interviews or exclamations about Boris Berezovsky's firing of Vitaly Tretyakov. |
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Tone Deaf "Changing the tone." "Bringing a new era of civility and respect to American politics." "Moving forward from past rancor to an era of unity and understanding. |
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 Tindersticks, which turned 10 last month, have just released their fifth studio album "Can Our Love...," a follow-up to the 1999 "Simple Pleasure," and claim to have found a new freedom. The London-based, six-piece band, which can hardly be compared to anything else around, will come to Russia for two shows next week. |
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HIM, the Finnish metal monsters, spared the city by not appearing at what was supposed to be their concert debut in Russia last week. An electronic music publication blamed it on Russian customs officers, who allegedly held "their infernal majesties" at the border for many long hours. |
 In Russia, wood has always been one of the favorite materials for sculptors. Since ancient times, carved wood decorated the facades of houses and wooden sculptures were frequently installed in churches. While the 18th and 19th centuries saw wooden sculptures being widely replaced by sculptures made of bronze and marble, in the 20th century wood enjoyed a genuine renaissance. |
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I'll always count a gray, freezing evening last November as one of the luckiest days of my life. That was the day I first stumbled into a tiny Georgian cafe named Salkhino, which is undoubtedly one of St. |
 Films we can categorize, that's what we're used to. Good or bad, fiascoes or masterpieces, we put them in their place, every one. What we're not used to, what we haven't had much of at all, are films that transcend categorization, that remind us - simply, powerfully, indelibly - what we go to the movies for. |
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The Rule of Law SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Chile's justice minister said on Wednesday that ex-dictator Augusto Pino chet must be fingerprinted and photographed in connection with charges that he covered up extrajudicial killings during his 1973 to 1990 rule. |
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Tiger Tops List EVANSTON, Illinois (AP) - Watch out, Tiger. Women are gaining on you. Tiger Woods ranks as sports' most appealing product endorser for the third-straight year, beating out Michael Jordan, according to an annual survey by Burns Sports & Celebrities Inc. |
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