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Published on: 10 January 2013

Written by: Vladimir Gryaznyevich All articles by Vladimir Gryaznyevich

The collapse of the USSR replaced the perennial shortages of goods and services with the problem of low incomes and...

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Published on: 7 December 2012

Written by: Mikhail Loginov All articles by Mikhail Loginov

St Petersburg used to be called Russia’s second capital. As Putin’s home city, it enjoyed popularity and success...

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Published on: 15 December 2010

Written by: Mikhail Zakharov All articles by Mikhail Zakharov

The Okhta Centre protestors have achieved the relocation of the project to another part of St Petersburg. But it...

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Published on: 8 July 2010

Written by: Natalia Rulyova All articles by Natalia Rulyova

Andrei Khrzhanovskii’s recent Russian film about the poet Joseph Brodsky evokes elements of his childhood, internal...

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Published on: 9 February 2010

Written by: Dries Belet All articles by Dries Belet

International concern about sale of French amphibious warship to Russia. US aims for new sanctions on Iran “within...

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Published on: 3 December 2009

Written by: Dmitri Travin All articles by Dmitri Travin

Control of St.Petersburg’s television station, once free-thinking and vibrant, has been handed to producers from...

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