IN BRIEF

Published: September 5, 2012 (Issue # 1725)

Stroke Victim Dies

ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — City resident Olga Volobuyeva, an employee at the children’s charity Roditelsky Most, died in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Interfax reported.

Volobuyeva had been in a coma for several weeks after suffering a stroke when on vacation in Bulgaria last month. She was brought back to the city by the Russian emergency services on Aug. 27, but died less than a week later in the hospital.

Local Church Robbed

ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — Relics were stolen from a church on Vasilyevsky Island last week.

The unidentified thieves got into a room in St. Catherine’s Church and stole holy vessels, valuable items and relics of saints including Alexander Nevsky, St. Nicholas and St. Febronia, Interfax reported.

The value of the stolen items was estimated at 350,000 rubles ($11,000). A criminal case has been opened.