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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Saint Petersburg</title>
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		<title>Fragmentary Nabokov novel published in Russia, despite author&#8217;s request that it be burned</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Fragmentary Nabokov novel published in Russia

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Vladimir Nabokov&#8217;s final, fragmentary novel went on sale Monday in two versions in Russia, more than 30 years after he asked that it be burned upon his death.
The emigre Russian wrote &#8220;The Original of Laura&#8221; on index cards in 1975-77, the last years of his life.
He ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fragmentary-nabokov-novel-published-in-russia-despite-authors-request-that-it-be-burned-237723/">Read : Fragmentary Nabokov novel published in Russia, despite author&#8217;s request that it be burned</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russian train derailment death toll hits 26, police release sketch of possible suspect</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nowak</dc:creator>
		
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Russian train toll hits 26; Police release sketch

MOSCOW — Police released a composite sketch Monday of a man thought to be involved in a train bombing that killed 26 people, and a railway official suggested the attack had the hallmarks of terrorists from the volatile North Caucasus.
Authorities say Friday night&#8217;s derailment of a train speeding .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-train-derailment-death-toll-hits-26-police-release-sketch-of-possible-suspect-237554/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s Constitutional Court considers extension of moratorium on death penalty</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Russian court looks at death penalty ban extension

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia&#8217;s Constitutional Court held hearings Monday on whether a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force next year.
The Kremlin has said there are no plans to bring back capital punishment, halted 13 years ago when Russia joined the Council of Europe. At the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russias-constitutional-court-considers-extension-of-moratorium-on-death-penalty-223264/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Russia&#8217;s Constitutional Court considers extension of moratorium on death penalty</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia tries to take the &#8216;nationalist&#8217; out of new National Unity Day holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Berry</dc:creator>
		
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Russia stresses tolerance on national holiday

MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of people took part in Moscow street rallies and concerts Wednesday on a new national holiday that the Kremlin tried to portray as a celebration of Russia&#8217;s ethnic diversity.
The Moscow rallies were peaceful, police said, but a nationalist march of a few hundred people on ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russia-tries-to-take-the-nationalist-out-of-new-national-unity-day-holiday-217874/">Read : Russia tries to take the &#8216;nationalist&#8217; out of new National Unity Day holiday</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Putin says Russia will further delay introduction of wood export duty hike</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Putin says Russia will delay wood export duty hike

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia will further delay the introduction of a higher export duty on raw timber that has deeoply worried neighboring Finland.
Putin told an international meeting of forest producers in St.Petersburg that Russia will maintain the duty freeze ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/putin-says-russia-will-further-delay-introduction-of-wood-export-duty-hike-206399/">Original article on  : Putin says Russia will further delay introduction of wood export duty hike</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands of Russians rally in St. Petersburg to protest planned skyscraper</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-of-russians-rally-in-st-petersburg-to-protest-planned-skyscraper-192576/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irina Titova</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — About 3,000 protesters rallied in Russia&#8217;s former czarist capital on Saturday to protest a plan to build a hulking skyscraper for state energy giant Gazprom.

The protesters urged Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to ban the construction of the 77-story glass tower in the historic city center.
Officials see the so-called Okhta Center as ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-of-russians-rally-in-st-petersburg-to-protest-planned-skyscraper-192576/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Thousands of Russians rally in St. Petersburg to protest planned skyscraper</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Reports: Russian culture minister vows to fight St. Petersburg skyscraper plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/reports-russian-culture-minister-vows-to-fight-st-petersburg-skyscraper-plan-190438/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Russian news agencies say Russia&#8217;s top cultural official has vowed to fight the construction of a glass-clad skyscraper in St. Petersburg.

Critics say the building will ruin the elegant skyline of Russia&#8217;s pre-Revolutionary capital. Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev&#8217;s comments Thursday could signal potentially powerful opposition to the building backed by state-controlled energy giant Gazprom.
St. ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/reports-russian-culture-minister-vows-to-fight-st-petersburg-skyscraper-plan-190438/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Reports: Russian culture minister vows to fight St. Petersburg skyscraper plan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russian governor gives final approval to skyscraper for St. Petersburg&#8217;s historic center</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-governor-gives-final-approval-to-skyscraper-for-st-petersburgs-historic-center-188338/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — The governor of Russia&#8217;s second city of St. Petersburg has signed a decree allowing the construction of a hulking skyscraper for state energy giant Gazprom in the city&#8217;s czarist-era center.

Valentina Matviyenko said in televised comments following Tuesday&#8217;s signing that the 77-story glass-clad tower will be an &#8220;architectural masterpiece that future generations .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-governor-gives-final-approval-to-skyscraper-for-st-petersburgs-historic-center-188338/">Russian governor gives final approval to skyscraper for St. Petersburg&#8217;s historic center</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>St Petersburg OKs plan by Russian gas giant to build skyscraper despite objections</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/st-petersburg-oks-plan-by-russian-gas-giant-to-build-skyscraper-despite-objections-176261/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Preservationists and opposition politicians on Wednesday decried St. Petersburg&#8217;s decision to allow Gazprom, the state natural gas giant, to build a hulking skyscraper, saying it will ruin the city&#8217;s czarist-era aura.

On Tuesday, the city&#8217;s administration approved Gazprom&#8217;s plans to build a twisting, 77-story glass-clad tower near the Neva River, more than ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/st-petersburg-oks-plan-by-russian-gas-giant-to-build-skyscraper-despite-objections-176261/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : St Petersburg OKs plan by Russian gas giant to build skyscraper despite objections</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Plan to rename Moscow&#8217;s Leningrad railway station causes ire, confusion, reflecting rifts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gutterman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin may be losing another round in the fight over Russia&#8217;s history.

Or maybe not.
Eighteen years after the city of St. Petersburg shed its Soviet-era name, Leningrad, the state railroad company said in a statement Thursday that the Leningrad railway station in Moscow would get its czarist-era name back. But then ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/plan-to-rename-moscows-leningrad-railway-station-causes-ire-confusion-reflecting-rifts-104764/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Plan to rename Moscow&#8217;s Leningrad railway station causes ire, confusion, reflecting rifts</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Moscow&#8217;s Leningrad railway station to get its pre-Revolutionary name back _ 18 years late</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin has lost another round in the fight over Russia&#8217;s history.

Eighteen years after the city of St. Petersburg shed its Soviet-era name, Leningrad, the Leningrad railway station in Moscow is finally getting its czarist-era name back.
The Russian state railway company said Thursday that Leningrad Station will soon be called Nikolayev  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/moscows-leningrad-railway-station-to-get-its-pre-revolutionary-name-back-_-18-years-late-104565/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>China will lead new global reserve currency, Russian minister says</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST PETERSBURG, Russia — The finance minister pulled back on Russia&#8217;s aspirations for the ruble to emerge as a regional reserve currency in the near future, saying Saturday it would likely first happen in China.

In a deviation from the bullish line of the Russian government, Alexei Kudrin said the world could not simply create a ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-will-lead-new-global-reserve-currency-russian-minister-says-74137/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : China will lead new global reserve currency, Russian minister says</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US: Lifting pork imports could boost Russia&#8217;s WTO talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nataliya Vasilyeva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk on Friday indicated that negotiations to bring Russia into the World Trade Organization would get a boost from Moscow lifting its ban on U.S. pork imports.

Russia imposed the ban in late April in response to the swine flu outbreak.
Russia, the largest economy outside the WTO, has .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-lifting-pork-imports-could-boost-russias-wto-talks-73287/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: US: Lifting pork imports could boost Russia&#8217;s WTO talks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>President Medvedev says worst of global economic crisis is over, but too early to celebrate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catrina Stewart</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that the world has escaped the worst of the global economic crisis but warned that Russia could face a second crisis if it fails to break free of its dependence on oil exports.

Speaking at a packed investment forum in St. Petersburg, Medvedev sought to reassure .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/president-medvedev-says-worst-of-global-economic-crisis-is-over-but-too-early-to-celebrate-73173/">President Medvedev says worst of global economic crisis is over, but too early to celebrate</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>President Medvedev: greater state ownership in Russian economy inevitable, but short-lived</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday an increase in state ownership was inevitable in some sectors of Russia&#8217;s economy hurt by the global downturn, but promised it would be short-lived.

Speaking at a packed investment forum in St. Petersburg, Medvedev sought to convince investors that the country&#8217;s economy has stabilized and that Russia ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/president-medvedev-greater-state-ownership-in-russian-economy-inevitable-but-short-lived-72850/">President Medvedev: greater state ownership in Russian economy inevitable, but short-lived</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s Putin visits small town where protesting jobless workers blocked main highway</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irina Titova</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin traveled Thursday to a small Russian town where all three main factories were shut down and pushed through a deal to put residents back to work.

In a nationally televised display of his clout, Putin browbeat wealthy factory owners and scolded local officials, who he said did little ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russias-putin-visits-small-town-where-protesting-jobless-workers-blocked-main-highway-72260/" title="Russia&#8217;s Putin visits small town where protesting jobless workers blocked main highway">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nissan Motor Corp. opens first plant in Russia, its biggest market in Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irina Titova</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Nissan Motor Corp. president Carlos Ghosn presided over the opening Tuesday of the Japanese car maker&#8217;s first plant in Russia, banking on the revival of the country&#8217;s car industry despite the global financial crisis.

The Russian car market was on track to become Europe&#8217;s largest before the ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nissan-motor-corp-opens-first-plant-in-russia-its-biggest-market-in-europe-69641/">Nissan Motor Corp. opens first plant in Russia, its biggest market in Europe</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russian navy ship accidentally shells village near St. Petersburg; no injuries reported</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 20:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — A Russian naval ship carrying out target practice off the Russian Baltic Sea coast accidentally rained shell fragments on a village near St. Petersburg, officials said Friday.

Nobody was injured when the fragments from shells fired by an anti-submarine ship in the Gulf of Finland fell on houses in the village of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-navy-ship-accidentally-shells-village-near-st-petersburg-no-injuries-reported-67001/">Original article on  : Russian navy ship accidentally shells village near St. Petersburg; no injuries reported</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gas explosion rips through Siberian housing block, killing 8; St. Petersburg gas blast kills 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 19:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A gas explosion tore through a Siberian apartment block early Sunday and sparked a fire that engulfed the building, killing eight people, including two children, Russian media reported.

Separately on Sunday, a gas canister blast killed one person in St. Petersburg grocery market, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported, citing officials.
The two incidents underlined the .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gas-explosion-rips-through-siberian-housing-block-killing-8-st-petersburg-gas-blast-kills-1-50132/" title="Gas explosion rips through Siberian housing block, killing 8; St. Petersburg gas blast kills 1">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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