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Governor Vladimir Yakovlev called last week for a public referendum on the question of combining the city of St. Petersburg and the surrounding Lenin grad Oblast into a single subject of the Russian Federation. "Unifying the city and the oblast is exactly what needs to be done. |
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin struck out at Duma Deputy Boris Nemtsov on Friday for proposing talks with Chechen rebel leaders. Putin, who repeatedly has refused to negotiate with the rebels, at first seemed to soften his position by saying "talks are always better than actions involving the use of force and we are ready for contacts with anyone. |
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MOSCOW - A countrywide search for three prisoners who escaped from the infamous Butyrka prison last week has yielded no results, although one of them was reportedly spotted in the northern part of the Moscow region. Several inhabitants of the Sergiyev Posad District, some 40 kilometers north of Moscow, have reported seeing fugitive Anatoly Kulikov, according to Alexander Volkov, the head of the Moscow prison authorities. |
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 MOSCOW - Cultural figures including film director Nikita Mikhalkov and State Hermitage Museum director Mikhail Piotrovsky replaced people like Boris Berezovsky's daughter Yekaterina and most-trusted journalist, Sergei Dorenko, on the board of directors of the country's biggest television channel, ORT, at its general shareholders meeting Friday. |
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MOSCOW - Vitaly Tretyakov, the founder and former editor of Nezavisimaya Gazeta, came out Friday to accuse Boris Berezovsky, who controls the newspaper, of threatening his life because of his refusal to give up his minority stake. |
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MOSCOW - The publisher of The Russia Journal has filed a complaint with the Antimonopoly Ministry accusing Independent Media of "monopolistic and anti-market" activities. The complaint accuses Independent Media - parent company of The St. Petersburg Times, The Moscow Times and about a dozen glossy magazines, including the Russian version of Playboy - of "colluding with major U. |
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MOSCOW - The seemingly resolved conflict between Ekho Moskvy radio station and its majority shareholder, state gas giant Gazprom, reignited this week, as Ekho's editor announced plans to start up a new station. |
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Patriarch on Chechnya ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) - Patriarch Alexy II stated Monday that Russia should not negotiate with Che chen rebels in an effort to end the conflict in that region, Interfax reported. Speaking to reporters after a three-day visit to St. Petersburg, the patriarch said that negotiations must be held, "but not with fighters who plant bombs, destroy people or carry out terrorist acts. |
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Given the paucity of realistic competitors for a third GSM-standard cellular license in St. Petersburg, federal Communications Minister Leonid Reiman seems to have given up trying to appear impartial or diplomatic. In an interview with Reuters last week, Reiman singled out Vimpelcom-R, the regional subsidiary of the Moscow-based provider, as having the inside track on receiving the third local GSM licensey, once the ministry decides to grant it. |
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Becoming the first leading Russian cellular operator to take its business across the border, North-West GSM has formed a joint venture with Tajikistan's fixed-line operator. |
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Russia and China, striving for deeper economic and political ties, put real money on the table Saturday in deals to pump Siberian oil to China and sell new Russian jetliners to Beijing. During talks between Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and Chinese counterpart Zhu Rongji, officials said they had agreed to build a 2,400-kilometer pipeline by 2005 that will eventually carry 30 million tons (219 million barrels) of oil per year. |
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MOSCOW - Prime Minister Mikhail Kasya nov said Monday the government plans to set aside $5 billion this year for a 2003 peak in foreign-debt payments, helped by a tough budget policy. |
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MOSCOW - Russia has escaped global "dirty-cash" sanctions but will continue to be blacklisted by an international task force on money laundering for at least another year. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force on Friday said after a three-day meeting that while Russia had "enacted significant legislation over the summer," it had yet to do enough to be taken off the blacklist of "noncooperative jurisdictions" altogether. |
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IN his government's mission statement for 2000, written on the eve of his becoming acting president, Vladimir Putin wrote: "I freely admit that without foreign investment this country will only recover slowly and with difficulty. |
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Ask 10 people about their goals, professional or personal, and half will find working out a structured answer an easy task. Such people will soon produce to-do lists. Dig further for details and you will probably also hear about time frames, necessary resources and the probability of success. |
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THE draft federal budget for 2002 continues the glorious tradition of not repaying Western debts. While in the 2001 budget, Paris Club debt repayments were simply not provided for, in the 2002 draft budget they are clearly insufficient. |
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Michelin Job Cuts GREENVILLE, South Carolina (AP) - Michelin North America Inc. is cutting 2,000 jobs, or about 7 percent of its work force, citing a downturn in tire markets and the need to increase its long-term competitiveness. The company hopes to complete many of the cuts through normal attrition and voluntary severance programs, Michelin said in a statement. |
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In response to "Moscow Drags Heels on 3-Day Visas," Aug. 31. Editor, I am an American living in St. Petersburg. I live here not for business, but because I like this city and am enjoying the opportunity to enjoy and learn about a culture that was largely unknown to me growing up in middle America in the 1960s to 1980s. |
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AYEAR ago this weekend, The Moscow Times published an eight-page report about election-fraud in the March 2000 presidential election. (It's at www.themoscowtimes. |
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Child's Play Republicans hate sexual misconduct. Can't abide it. Won't stand for it. They impeached Bill Clinton for it and very nearly nailed his perverted hide. Now they want congressman Gary Condit to resign, even though he's not been charged with a crime, because - well, just because he is a slimeball adulterous creep. |
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 Turkey has a reputation in Russia as a place that is not only for the rich to go on vacation, but also for "average" people. One important consideration is the ease with which Russians can get visas, buying them right at the airport without a prior invitation. Expats in St. Petersburg, however, will also find Turkey an attractive and accessible destination - especially with winter coming on - since flights are frequent and affordable. |
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 Meeting Australian architect-designer Ilmar Karuso is an fascinating experienc, artistically speaking. In his Moika apartment, itself a work in progress, Karuso gladly shows off and discusses his many creative projects. |
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Deadly inventor responsible for the deaths of millions, or great benefactor of humanity? Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prize foundation, which makes annual awards for excellence in the fields of chemistry, physics, medicine, literature, peace and economics, will always be a controversial figure. |
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Taiwan Reunification? BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top Taiwan policy official, Vice Premier Qian Qichen, detailed Monday freedoms the island would enjoy if it reunified with the mainland under a formula applied in former European colonies Hong Kong and Macau. |
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