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NEWS ABOUT: St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg stories: 13 news summaries

(Newser) - If online ads are the future of political campaigning, then a legal snafu in the St. Petersburg mayoral race bears watching. Florida election officials have ruled that one candidate’s Google and Facebook ads violate state election laws because they don’t clearly state who paid for the ad, the... More »

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Florida • Internet • online advertising • St. Petersburg • online ads • campaign fundraising • political advertising • campaign advertising

 Vandals Rip Lenin a New One 


Apr 1, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bomb exploded this morning at a St. Petersburg tribute to Vladimir Lenin, opening a gaping hole in the statue's backside, the BBC reports. “As a result of the explosion a crater of 31-39 inches appeared on the monument,” a Russian official said. The motive for the attack... More »

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Russia • vandalism • bomb • explosion • statue • monument • St. Petersburg • Communism • Vladimir Lenin

Tough-as-Nails Pooty-Poot Is Also an Artiste

Russian PM's painting fetches $1.15M
 at charity auction

Jan 19, 09 7:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin has a murky past with the KGB, a black belt in judo, and the public image of a tough guy, so when the Russian PM tried his hand at fine art, patrons sat up. Putin painted a scene of snowfall seen through a window for a charity auction... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • art • St. Petersburg • art auction

 25 Dead in Israel Bus Crash 

Russian tourists among victims of accident

Dec 16, 08 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 25 people were killed when a bus full of Russian tourists plunged into a ravine in Israel today, Haaretz reports. At least 12 more are in serious condition. The bus contained roughly 60 passengers traveling from St. Petersburg to the Red Sea resort of Eilat. The incident is... More »

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Russia • Israel • crash • St. Petersburg • tourists • bus accident • Eilat

 As Hanna Nears, Fla.
 Declares Emergency 

Storms keeping Gov. Crist from Republican convention, to boot

Sep 2, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. Charlie Crist called a state of emergency today for Florida as Tropical Storm Hanna, currently over the Bahamas, bears down on his state, the St. Petersburg Times reports. With Gustav’s fringe still causing flooding on Florida’s east coast, officials worry even a miss from Hanna—expected to... More »

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Florida • Charlie Crist • St. Petersburg • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention • Hurricane Hanna

Commies See Red Over Indiana Jones Film

St. Petersburg's Communist Party says a big 'nyet' to latest Indy adventure

May 24, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indy's new Cold War adventure has infuriated St. Petersburg's Communist Party, the London Times reports. The angry apparatchiks say Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull's depiction of ruthless KGB spies who send terrorists to the US is pure propaganda intended to “slander Soviet Communists” and poison... More »

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Russia • Indiana Jones • Soviet Union • Communist Party • St. Petersburg • Cate Blanchett • Harrison Ford • Communists

Tampa Cops Tase Brawling Pitcher

Reyes gets punched and spits up blood on birthday bender

Apr 11, 08 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police Tased Rays pitcher Al Reyes twice today in a Tampa, Fla. bar before arresting him for unlawful violence, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Cops say Reyes was celebrating his birthday when he picked a fight, took a punch, and "began to spit blood on the people in... More »

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police • pitcher • St. Petersburg • birthday party • Taser • Tampa Bay Rays • Al Reyes

 Donkey Retires From Ballet 

Monika ends successful run with Russia's Mariinsky ballet

Mar 24, 08 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A veteran Russian artiste is headed for retirement today: Monika, a 21-year-old female donkey. She has performed for 19 years as the trusty steed of Sancho Panza in the Mariinsky ballet's production of Don Quixote. "She loves to perform and she loves applause," said Tatyana Solomatina of the... More »

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Russia • ballet • St. Petersburg • animal • donkey • Mariinsky ballet • Don Quixote • St. Petersburg zoo

Kremlin Closes Top Russian University

Shutdown reportedly retaliation against
target of Putin's ire

Feb 12, 08 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - A leading Russia university, attacked by Vladimir Putin as an agent of American and European intervention, has been shut down, the Guardian reports. A court ordered the European University at St. Petersburg to close on Friday, ostensibly because its aging buildings posed a fire hazard, but school officials say the... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • St. Petersburg

NEW RELEASE

Disputed Show Opens to Raves

Royal Academy nearly canceled From Russia

Jan 23, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - London's Royal Academy opened its blockbuster exhibition of Russian-owned paintings last night, after narrowly escaping cancellation by the Russians last month. Critics agree that the stunner of From Russia is Matisse's 1910 The Dance, which rarely leaves the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. "It blasts any picture near it off... More »

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painting • St. Petersburg • Henri Matisse • Royal Academy • The Dance • Malevich • Kandisky • Hermitage

Starbucks to Get First Sip of Russian Market

Legal hurdles cleared, coffee giant aims at other US brands

Aug 30, 07 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks will finally open its first Russian store next month, the Seattle Times reports, but the coffee giant will need a jolt of caffeine to achieve the brand recognition of Western rivals who've been in the market for years. Traditionally tea drinkers, Russians have warmed up to domestic coffee purveyors,... More »

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Russia • Starbucks • McDonald's • coffee • Moscow • Soviet Union • St. Petersburg • consumerism

Remains of Russian Royals Found

Archaeologists to assist in probe of royal family's deaths

Aug 24, 07 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russian archaeologists say they’ve unearthed remains belonging to two children of Nicholas II, the Russian czar executed along with the rest of his family almost 90 years ago. The discovery of Alexei and Maria Romanov may help prove the authenticity of remains found in 1991 that are believed to... More »

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Russia • communism • archaeology • DNA • St. Petersburg • Nicholas II • Alexandra Fyodorovna • Bolshevik Revolution • Romanov • czar • Alexei Romanov • Maria Romanov • discovery

Bomb Derails Russian Train

Authorities claim link to Chechen insurgency

Aug 14, 07 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia suspects terrorism in a bomb that derailed a train on the busy Moscow-to-St. Petersburg line yesterday, reports Reuters. Thirty-eight people were hospitalized and more  treated at the scene, about 170 km from St. Petersburg. The bomb was planted on a bridge; the locomotive and most carriages derailed after crossing. More »

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Russia • terrorism • insurgents • Eastern Europe • Moscow • bomb • Chechnya • train • St. Petersburg

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