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 MOSCOW - "Svoboda Slova," one of NTV's most popular programs and the only political talk show on Russian television that is broadcast live, will air at 7:35 p.m. Friday in what is widely expected to be its final show. On Thursday, the program's host Savik Shuster confirmed only that it will be the last show of the season. |
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MOSCOW - The "socialist" policies of the Central Bank provoked the current instability and panic in the banking sector and could topple the whole financial system if left unchecked, President Vladimir Putin's top economic adviser warned Thursday. |
 TIKHVIN, Leningrad Oblast - Thousands of believers gathered for the return of the miracle-working Tikhvin Virgin to the Tikhvin Assumption Monastery from the United States on Thursday. The icon arrived in Tikhvin, a town in the Leningrad Oblast 218 kilometers east of St. Petersburg, in a special railway carriage from the city. |
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New Head of KUGI ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) - Andrei Stepanenko, the former acting director St. Petersburg Property Fund, has been appointed head of the fund, Interfax reported Thursday. Stepanenko had been acting director since May, when former head Lyudmila Kuleshova, went on vacation and was subsequently appointed to work as a judge in the city's Charter Court. |
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The Legislative Assembly on Wednesday approved Valery Tikhonov as St. Petersburg's vice governor responsible for security issues with 39 votes for and one against his candidacy. |
 The 2nd International Art Therapy Festival "Wandering Stars" ended Thursday with a fleet of floating stars - about 300 candles set afloat in the Finnish Gulf in a resort outside St. Petersburg. There was one candle for each participant in the week-long festival. |
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A defendant on trial for the 1998 murder of liberal State Duma Deputy Galina Starovoitova has testified that the killing was ordered by former Duma Deputy Mikhail Glushchenko, RIA-Novosti reported. |
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The murders of two families in the city this week are unlikely to be connected, Deputy City Prosecutor Alexander Zhukov said Tuesday. The two crimes were absolutely different, and there were no indications they were connected, he said at a news conference. |
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TBILISI - The tension in South Ossetia is becoming increasingly worse, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania told foreign ambassadors in Tbilisi on Thursday. |
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MOSCOW - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Wednesday jumped on the bandwagon of international institutions urging Russia to do more to diversify its economy. Continued over-reliance on oil and gas exports and a failure to establish a system to protect property rights could soon turn Russia into a giant banana republic, the Paris-based group of 30 rich nations said in its annual report on the Russian economy. |
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Trendy city cafes and restaurants have been warned that they should install wireless Internet technology or fall behind, as the technology is expected to invade the city's public access spots by the end of the year. |
 Nearly two years after opening its first consumer banking branch in Moscow, Citibank is now open for business in St. Petersburg, Citibank officials announced at a press conference Tuesday. "Life is going to change in St. Petersburg," said Nandan Mer, head of Citibank's consumer banking division in Russia. |
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The State Hermitage Museum plans to sell images of its masterpieces to mobile phone users who want to display the pictures on their handset screens, Interfax reported Wednesday. |
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Double the Hotels ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) - The amount of hotel rooms in the city will double by 2010, said administration officials after a strategy development meeting on Tuesday, Interfax reported. The city has about 7 hotel rooms per every thousand citizens, said Maxim Sokolov, the head of the investment and strategic projects committee. |
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When Lenin, ailing and paralyzed, was confined to the Gorki residence, his comrades from the party printed a single special issue of Pravda for him every day. In mercilessly principled Bolshevik style, they told of the party's incredible achievements in building up the economy and of the ever-growing unity among its leadership, headed by comrades Trotsky and Stalin. |
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Russian president Vladimir Putin must decide soon how he wants to end the Yukos affair - or risk causing real damage to Russia's economy. Recent raids on the oil group by court bailiffs pursuing a 99 billion ruble ($3. |
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The city's communal housing service has started a new business. While doing nothing to provide citizens with hot water in the summer, the responsible officials have found the time and resources to earn some money through advertising. "Dear Citizens, we apologize that the hot water is going to be switched off from June 1 till June 21, 2004 . |
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 Since their Moscow gig four years ago, Stereolab, one of the U.K.'s most original and innovative bands will bring its blend of lo-fi, lounge and electronica to St. Petersburg. Backed by the British Council, Stereolab will come to St. Petersburg for a one-off concert and plan to spend five days in the city. The band, which suffered a tragic loss when the guitarist and second vocalist Mary Hansen was killed in a bicycle accident in London in February 2002, has since gone through some lineup changes. |
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 International Dance Festival Open Look, which started in St. Petersburg on July 1, has its gala performance on Saturday with most festival participants presenting joint projects. |
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The opening of Stereoleto festival left many a smiling face through its music and atmosphere, but there was a certain disappointment also when Asian Dub Foundation, which was presented on posters and publicity photos as an eight-man band, appeared onstage as a trio, consisting of a DJ and two MCs. |
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Daily working life hardly gives us a chance eat properly. We leap up in the morning, sip a cup of black coffee and rush to the office. When it comes to lunch, the question of price, quality and time arises. |
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Artists from the group "Derevnya Khudozhnikov" (Artists' Village) and the National Center for Contemporary Art have prepared an ingenious summer gift for those wishing to get out of the city and participate in current art events at the same time. They've contrived an original way to install several projects by artists from St. Petersburg and abroad into the green, natural scenery of the countryside. A kind of an "art-in-the-countryside party" is to take place at Tatyana Nikolayenko's suburban studio, from 6 p.m. on Friday until Sunday in Ozerki, near Udelnaya metro station. The new project is part of "Contemporary Art Week," organized by "Derevnya Khudozhnikov," a union of artists created at the beginning of the '90s as a shelter from commercialization. |
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 An important exhibition by modern artist Ilya Kabakov and his wife Emilia, mounted by the State Hermitage Museum, features 'The Toilet' and other installations The State Hermitage Museum is establishing a good tradition of bringing a representative exhibition of the work of a living mega-star of international contemporary art every summer. |
 Mariinsky Theater graduates Ildar Abdrazakov and Olga Borodina are no ordinary couple: they combine family life with traveling the world as superstars of opera. In individual interviews, they discussed the highs and lows of operatic life. "I just want to remind St. Petersburg that I am alive and I sing," says bass Ildar Abdrazakov cheerfully of his forthcoming appearance in Verdi's "Requiem" at the Mariinsky Theater on July 12. |
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 Arguably the most successful Dalila on the contemporary stage, renowned Mariinsky mezzo soprano Olga Borodina is in town this week for two performances at her musical alma mater. |
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Milosevic Fit for Trial THE HAGUE (AFP) - The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the UN war crimes court will resume July 14 if the health of the former Yugoslav president permits, the court ruled. "The trial is adjourned until Wednesday 14 July, 2004, at which time, subject to the medical condition of the accused, it will recommence," the three-judge panel presiding over the case said Tuesday in its ruling. |
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Sharapova's China Open BEIJING (AP) - Newly crowned Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova of Russia joins fellow finalist Serena Williams to head up the women's roster at the China Open starting September, organizers announced Wednesday. |
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