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The expanding population of St. Petersburg means that the issue of housing remains one of the city’s key concerns, particularly in light of the fact that the main contributor to the population growth is migration. According to a census conducted in 2010, the population of the northwest federal district decreased by 2.8 percent from 2002, while the population of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast increased by 4 and 2.6 percent respectively, which is explained by migratory flows, including within the northwest region itself.High City Prices Cause Building Boom in LenOblast

ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — Pulkovo Airport customs officers detained a pregnant woman from Tajikistan who was smuggling heroin capsules in her stomach, Interfax reported last week.Pregnant Woman Arrested After Swallowing Heroin

St. Petersburg director Vitaly Melnikov presented the premiere of his new film, “The Admirer” (“Poklonnitsa”), at the city’s Dom Kino movie theater last week.Return to the classics

The apartment-museum of Russian-born Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Joseph Brodsky may open in the city as a joint cultural project between Russia and the U.S., City Hall said.Brodsky Museum on Cards

ST. PETERBURG (SPT) — Visually impaired people will soon be able to enter city metro stations with guide dogs.IN BRIEF

ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — This month, the city’s Courtyard Marriott St. Petersburg Vasilyevsky and Renaissance St. Petersburg Baltic hotels are taking part in a charity event called “You Eat, We Give” in support of the SOS — Children’s Villages charity and its activities in the St. Petersburg suburb of Pushkin.IN BRIEF

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