ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
French shows off cutting-edge assault vessel to Russian navy buyers, scaring nearby countries Saint Petersburg - Russia - Administrative Regions - French Navy - Maps and Views
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
An exhibition on Leon Trotsky, one of the architects of the 1917 Russian Revolution, opened in Saint Petersburg on Friday -- the eve of the uprising's 92nd anniversary. Trotsky was the founder of the Red Army, and along with Vladimir Lenin, one of the prime movers in the Bolshevik revolt that overthrew Tsar Nicholas II. After falling out with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in the 1920s, Trotsky was exiled...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
A massive fire broke out late Tuesday at a facility owned by an industrial firm in Russia's second city of Saint Petersburg, Russian news agencies reported. The fire broke out in the northeastern Vyborg district of the former capital and spread to cover an area of 6,000 square metres (65,000 square feet), the reports said, quoting the local emergency services. By 11:20 pm local time (2020 GMT) "...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
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... Sponsored Topics: Russia - Saint Petersburg - Vladimir Putin - Prime minister - Administrative Regions
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
from CBC Sports, A decision by Atlanta forward Ilya Kovalchuk on his future is coming soon. The impending Thrashers free agent will decide in the next few weeks whether he will re-sign with the club or choose to test free-agency, according to analysts Pierre LeBrun and Elliotte Friedman on Hockey Night in Canada’s Hotstove segment on Saturday. “That could happen in the next couple of weeks....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) will lead a delegation consisting of 13 Taiwanese companies to visit Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Moscow from 6th – 18th October. The purpose of this visit is to explore the various opportunities these
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) will lead a delegation consisting of 13 Taiwanese companies to visit Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Moscow from 6th – 18th October. The purpose of this visit is to explore the various opportunities these markets have to offer. TAITRA will also seize the chance to strengthen cooperative ties with its Russian...
Torontoist (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
A rendering of Diamond+Schmitt's upcoming $452-million revamp of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In our first-ever joint live chat with Torontoist partner the Globe and Mail , Donald Schmitt, of Diamond+Schmitt Architects (Museum subway station, the Four Seasons Centre, Jerusalem City Hall), answers your questions about the increasing profile of local architects and architecture...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
Toronto architects Diamond + Schmitt have won the contract to design a new opera and ballet house at the renowned Mariinsky Theatre complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
From The Rink (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he hopes the Kontinental Hockey League will expand to include clubs in central and western Europe. The Interfax news agency reported that Putin said the KHL, which comprises teams from Russia, Belarus, Latvia and Kazakhstan, should expand beyond the former Soviet Union and "become a pan-European league." — The Associated Press Hockey's a big...
Casino News Media (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Casinos and slot-machine halls across Russia have closed as a new law took effect that imposes sweeping new restrictions on the gaming industry. Tens of thousands of people are expected to lose their jobs as a result of the law, signed in 2006 by then-president Vladimir Putin in a bid to contain gambling addiction. "The hall will be closed as of 7pm on June 30, 2009," said the notice on one...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that an increase in state ownership was inevitable in some sectors of the economy hurt by the global downturn, but promised it would be short-lived. Speaking at a packed investment forum in St. Petersburg,... Sponsored Topics: Russia - Dmitry Medvedev - Saint Petersburg - President of Russia - Vladimir Putin
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
VANDALS have set off an explosion that damaged one of the last Soviet-era monuments to Communist leader Vladimir Lenin in Russia's former imperial capital.
AppShopper.com: Price Changes (Free subscription) | 01/17/2009
iBearArt 5nak | Graphicrimes 1.0 Category: Lifestyle Price: $4.99 -> $0.99 ( iTunes ) Description: Theme: 5nak | Graphicrimes Artist: 5nak, Saint Petersburg, Russia Description: The artwork of 5nak, a Russian artist, is graffiti & mixed media. He does it all from simple tags of his name '5nak' on everyday surfaces, to full wall murals, pencil line art, pen and ink, digital logos, full digital...
Undercurrents (Free subscription) | 01/14/2009
What qualifies as an “experience economy'” You may have first heard the term described in a book of the same title written in 1999 by B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore. Arguing that businesses must learn to orchestrate memorable events for their customers, Pine and Gilmore envisaged that memory itself will become the product, or [...]
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hitsgaloremedia | 06/30/2008
Police in Saint Petersburg, Florida are doing double duty as security guards Tropicana Field, where they are protecting Hispanic and Black baseball players from potential attack. Officials with the Boston Red Sox received a letter from the Memphis, Tennessee area containing threats against the racially diverse team, even referring to several players by name. Although there is no solid evidence of any...
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