Any city that has changed its name three times in less than 100 years might appear to have an identity crisis. And so it does, but St. Petersburg's upheavals mirror that of its mother country. It frequently took center stage in the drama that was Russia in the 20th century, not to mention the tumultuous centuries that came before. The names of its places and people are almost a roll call of Russian history: the Winter Palace, the czars, Dostoyevsky, the Peter and Paul Fortress, Tchaikovsky, Lenin. The city remains essential for visitors who want to understand what came before and what's happening in the country now. As the city celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2003, travelers will find much of interest on the streets and canals of Russia's most beloved and stylish city.
Work-Permit Tour Exemplifies Strange Feud The Moscow Times Work-permit Tour Exemplifies Strange Feud "+ ""+ "A senior TNK-BP employee and the government's top work-permits official walked triumphantly into the sunshine Thursday, after the Federal...
Medvedev Will Make Economic Pitch to G8 The Moscow Times The Group of Eight summit in Japan next week will be a global coming out party of sorts for Dmitry Medvedev, as the new president is expected to offer his take on global economic problems and their...
Russia stands firm in territorial dispute with Japan St Petersburg News.Net Moscow, (RIA Novosti) Russia has said it is ready to talk with Japan over territorial issues but insisted that its sovereignty over the southern Kuril islands north of Japan is unquestionable.
Chelsea Owner Escapes Politics The Moscow Times President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday accepted the resignation of Roman Abramovich, the Kremlin's most loyal oligarch, as governor of the far eastern Chukotka autonomous district, a job Abramovich...
Russia warns Lithuania against U.S. missile defense sites USA Today ... amp;amp;#151; Russian lawmakers warned Lithuania against agreeing to place U.S. missile defense sites in the Baltic country, saying Wednesday that such a move could trigger a Russian military...
Popovkin Appointed Space Forces Chief The Moscow Times President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree promoting Space Forces chief Vladimir Popovkin and replacing him with a career officer, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday.Popovkin, 50, was...
British Dancer Detained in Car Arson The Moscow Times Amid a wave of car arsons that hit the city in recent weeks, a British dancer was detained in southwestern Moscow on suspicion of setting fire to a Mercedes, city police said Thursday.Police detained...
Foreign NGOs Lose Tax Status The Moscow Times Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a decree reducing the number of international organizations allowed to issue tax-free grants from 101 to just 12, Interfax reported Wednesday.The sharp...
Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich quits as Chukotka governor Russian Information Agency Richest Russians (Image gallery) Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea FC, has quit as governor of a remote Far East region, the Kremlin press...
Not All Regions Created Equal The Moscow Times Created special economic zones in various regions to stimulate sectors like trade and high technology. Encourage migration to address labor shortages.
Kremlin to Cede Power to Fight Graft The Moscow Times ... / Staff Writer President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that Moscow had to cede some of its powers to regional governments if it is to be successful in rooting out the corruption...
5. Why the Kremlin Is So Scared of Ukraine The Moscow Times Third, the soaring price of oil has made the Kremlin believe that it is all-powerful. Today's Russia, which thinks of itself as a "great energy state," now laughs at the modest goal it declared...
BP staff to get Russian permits BBC Russia's migration service has confirmed that it will issue work permits to executives working for BP's Russian joint venture, TNK-BP. BP had expressed concerns that senior staff could be forced...
Russia presses for $22.5 billion in damages from Bank of New York Mellon International Herald Tribune Moscow : The Russian government sought Thursday to make Bank of New York Mellon liable under U.S. racketeering laws for $22.5 billion in damages arising from a money-laundering scandal that helped...
Russian billionaire steps down as governor of Siberian region International Herald Tribune Moscow : Roman Abramovich plays many roles: billionaire Russian investor, soccer club owner, yachtsman. He is a favorite of the gossip press and friend to the Kremlin. When not tending his fleet of...
TNK-BP top execs get work permits to stay in Russia Congoo Russia's migration service said on Wednesday it had approved working permits for key managers of BP (nyse: BP - news - people )'s Russian oil venture TNK-BP, easing fears...
Gas explosion in Russia kills two Earth Times Moscow - A gas explosion in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi killed a 14-year-old boy and his grandmother and wounded 16 people, Itar-Tass news agency reported Wednesday. A 12-storey building in...
Beyrle begins as new U.S. envoy to Russia, replacing Burns Deseret News The new U.S. Ambassador to Russia, John Beyrle, a career diplomat who previously served as the American envoy in Bulgaria, has taken up his post. Beyrle, a specialist in U.S. relations with central...
Russia will fund CBC News Russia's new culture minister wants to see more homegrown films — and patriotic ones, at that — screening in the nation's theatres. At a meeting of the State Duma on Wednesday, Alexander Avdeyev...
Russian Authorities Decide To Grant TNK-BP Morning Star Earlier Wednesday, The Russian Federal Migration Service, or FMS, said it would renew Dudley's work permit within 10 days. A spokeswoman for FMS said that given Dudley's position in the company and ...
Russia is not leaving the G-8 Examiner Russia to be booted from the group of the world's eight leading industrialized democracies.But Medvedev said: "It's completely obvious that any kind of thesis about the exclusion of Russia appears...
Lundin Petroleum Rises On Major Russian Oil Find Morning Star Lundin Petroleum said an exploration well at the Morskaya structure in the Lagansky block in the northern Caspian Sea "has encountered a major oil accumulation...minor amounts of gas were...
India to get Russian nuke submarine next year Times of India India will get its first Akula class Russian nuclear submarine next year, equipping its Navy with the quietest and lethal underwater war machine after a gap of 17 years to enhance its blue...
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