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St. Petersburg authorities abruptly ended a previously authorized LGBT protest rally against homophobia and transphobia — described as Russia’s largest in the past few years — for alleged security reasons on Friday.Abrupt End for Approved Gay Rally

Isaac Sheps, CEO of Russia’s largest brewer Baltika, says that his job is “selling fun.” The fun materializes when a waiter brings over several pints of an amber-colored liquid.Baltika’s Isaac Sheps Likes a Good Challenge

The celebration begins on Saturday, May 25 with the annual festival of street theaters on Palace Square. Theater troupes from Russia, Germany, the United States, France, Holland and Austria will all stage performances. The final performance of the day will be given by St. Petersburg avant-garde theater Derevo.St. Petersburg Marks 310th Anniversary

ST. PETERSBURG (SPB) — Among talk of the problem of unpaid gas bills and the possibility of opening a St. Petersburg Gas Museum, participants at last week’s St. Petersburg International Gas Forum broached an issue of rare environmental significance — the use of natural gas to power Russia’s buses, instead of gasoline.Natural Gas to Power Russian Buses

MOSCOW — Nestle Purina PetCare, a subsidiary of Nestle Russia, opened a $45 million line for pet food production in the Kaluga region last Thursday.Pet Food Profitable in Russia

The damned city of Kishinev” is how Alexander Pushkin described this once-small town in the territory formerly known as Bessarabia. The poet’s outburst is understandable: He was forced to spend three years in exile in a place which was, in his opinion, comparable to Sodom. “Kishinev cannot be compared with that lovely town,” he wrote, with no small degree of sarcasm.Chisinau: From Exile to Evolution

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