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 A prominent expert on ethnic and racial issues was shot dead in his St. Petersburg apartment over the weekend in an attack that his colleagues and human rights advocates believe was carried out by extremists. Nikolai Girenko, 64, was killed when he went to answer the doorbell in his apartment at about 9 a. |
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Incompetent public servants must be sacked in the name of increasing investor confidence, the nation's top economics official said Monday. Speaking to a conference of foreign investors, the government's leading policymakers made a concerted effort to soothe irritations over the Yukos affair with a balsam of positive macroeconomic projections and good intentions. |
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The St. Petersburg audience of Paul McCartney's first and only concert in the city of White Nights went wild as their idol appeared on stage on Sunday night. "Paul! We love you!" chanted the crowd when greeting McCartney. "Privet, Piter! Privet, rebyata!" Sir Paul answered in Russian, which meant "Hi, St. Petersburg! Hi, guys!" "St. Petersburg is so beautiful. And we will rock it tonight!", McCartney said. The audience obviously loved Sir Paul so much that nobody even dared to grumble that the concert started almost 1 1/2 hours later than planned. Admirers of The Beatles, many aged in their 50s, patiently waited for their turn to pass through metal detectors to enter Palace Square, where the concert was held. |
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 The short and brilliant life of mathematician Sophia Kovalevskaya served as an inspiration to the women of her day but still inspires scientists of today. |
 The only museum devoted to the memory of Sophia Kovalevskaya is located in the south of the Pskov region. The building was the former estate of Kovalevskaya's parents' family, the Korvin-Krukovskys. The main building stands in a memorial park with a small lake and trees on the 1 hectare site that remains from the family estate. Kovalevskaya lived in the building between the ages of 8 and 18 and this period of her life is described in her book "Childhood Impressions. |
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 Yulia Lermontova was one of the brightest talents of 19th century Russia. The first Russian woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry, she was also an agronomist, a cheesemaker and a writer and her work was hailed by the greatest scientists of her day. |
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Sports Complex Collapse MOSCOW (AP) - The roof over a derelict sports complex in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk collapsed early Monday but no one was hurt. The collapse happened after a brick wall fell at the Spartak sports complex, which was closed this past spring for repairs. |
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Russia's mounting HIV/AIDS crisis will have grave consequences both socially and demographically if the government does not take action, one of the world's leading experts on Russia's health crisis warns. |
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A screech of tires was the only sound to disturb a serene yet ominous St. Petersburg morning last week as a group of NKVD secret police officers raided the Astoria hotel. They came to arrest Grisha Rimsky, financial director of the variety theater, who was hiding, beside himself, in a cupboard in room 412. |
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MOSCOW - Giving an unexpected boost to U.S. President George W. Bush's claim that Saddam Hussein's regime had posed a threat to the United States, President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russian intelligence agencies had received information that Iraq was planning terrorist attacks against American targets and warned U. |
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 Throngs of people crowded the bus stop across from the Dybenko Metro station Friday, awaiting the bus that would shuttle them to IKEA Kudrovo and its Midsommar celebration. The horde of party-goers rushed the bus and spilled out as the doors tried to close. |
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This is the third in a series of special sections called Northern Neighbors that are published monthly in The St. Petersburg Times. Northern Neighbors focuses on economic and cultural relations between Russia and the Scandinavian and Baltic nations. |
 Swedish trade with Russia is growing faster than it is with other economies in transition, but the level of direct foreign investment into Russia remains relatively low. Swedish trade with Russia went up by 33 percent between 2000 and 2002, as compared to only 6. |
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A ruling of the Presidium of the Higher Arbitration Court of Russia dated Feb. 24, 2004 with regard to recovering value-added tax, or VAT, paid for machinery and equipment has revolutionized established practice. |
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Created by Nobel Prize winner Zhores Alfyorov in 2002 and annually sponsored by energy companies Yukos, UES and Gasprom, the Global Energy international prize was awarded for the second time Sunday. Three nuclear scientists - one American and two Russians - shared the $900,000 prize presented to them by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov at the Konstantine Palace in Strelna. |
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In response to "Extra Patrols at Terminals Aim to Make Tourists Safer," an article by Galina Stolyarova on June 18. Editor, On my third trip to my favorite European city, St. Petersburg, it finally happened. My pocket was picked. It did not happen on Nevsky Prospekt, but in a crowded metro train between Petrogradskaya and Nevsky Prospekt stations. |
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In Tashkent last Thursday, President Vladimir Putin announced that the "official authorities of the Russian Federation, the government and the country's economic authorities are not interested in the bankruptcy of a company like Yukos. |
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City Hall has begun a campaign aimed at eliminating the most important element of the black-market economy - under-the-table cash payments. On June 10, representatives of the administration, businessmen and journalists discussed this problem at a meeting on legalizing wages. |
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Blood of Victory Surely it is now time for all the Bush-bashers and war critics - on both left and right - to swallow their pride, put aside their partisanship, and admit the stone-cold truth: The invasion and occupation of Iraq has been a rousing success. |
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Ralf Hospitalized INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP) - Ralf Schumacher was hospitalized with back pain Sunday after he spun coming out of a turn and hit the wall hard during the U.S. Grand Prix. He probably will remain in the hospital for several days, BMW team owner Frank Williams said. Schumacher, younger brother of race winner and Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, spun twice on the 10th lap coming out of the last of the 13 turns on the course. |
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