St. Petersburg

Rubin Kazan champs again

MOSCOW: Russia’s defending champions Rubin Kazan retained their Premier League title with a 0-0 home draw with Zenit St Petersburg after their closest pursuers Spartak Moscow lost 3-2 in the Moscow derby with CSKA.

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Medvedev criticises United Russia political practices

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev harshly criticised Russia’s hegemonic United Russia political party for allowing dirty election practices at the party’s annual congress in St Petersburg, calling its methods ‘backwards’ and...

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Tchaikovsky, The Tsarina’s Slippers, Royal Opera House

The words Tchaikovsky and Comedy don’t usually occur in the same sentence – and you may still be of that opinion after sitting through this expensively gift-wrapped but decidedly bland and singularly unfunny staging of the...

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Charity warning on child rights

A charity report says the number of children separated from their families or without parents has increased to 24 million worldwide. The BBC's Richard Galpin meets an affected family in St Petersburg.

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Trout Triumph

Fish House // 4 Pereulok Grivtsova, Tel: 448 2277 // Menu in Russian and English // Lunch for two without alcohol: 2,470 rubles ($85.25) By Matthew Brown The St. Petersburg Times Following its success with the Stroganoff Steak...

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India through the ages

A new exhibition at the Stroganov Palace titled “The Modern Art of India: Pictorial Trajectories,” traces the development of modern Indian art with selected pieces from the late 19th century through to the beginning of the 21st...

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Michelin-Starred Chef to Create Gourmet Meal at Cote Jardin

Staff Writer Marc de Passorio, a distinguished chef with extensive international experience, is bursting with pride over his restaurant’s first Michelin star, which was awarded in March this year. “They woke me up at five or...

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State Lays Claim to Geography Society

MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s passion for geography was on full display Wednesday as he became head of the Russian Geographical Society’s board of trustees, a day after Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu...

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Face of Nevsky Changes As Rental Rates Decrease

By Yelena Dombrovskaya and Maria Buravtseva Vedomosti St. Petersburg’s central thoroughfare looks set to cease being a street of boutiques, as mid-range clothing stores and restaurant chains replace luxury brands. At 47 Nevsky...

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TV Campaign Against Gazprom Tower Mounts

The controversial Gazprom Tower found itself under harsh attack last week on Russia’s main state television, Channel One, for the third time in the past four weeks — and its supporters struggled to offer any good reason to back...

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