The St Petersburg Press

NUMBER 129 OCTOBER 24 - 30, 1995

REBUILDING THE NATION'S
LOST NAVAL HERITAGE

Three years ago Vladimir Martous and friends worked out it would be cheaper to build their own replica 18th century vessel and sail to a classic boat show in France than to fly there. So they did..

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Mariinsky chief retires in wake of bribes scandal
Anatoly Malkov, the director of St Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater, questioned by police after a sting operation revealed him accepting $10,000 from a Canadian impresario, announced his sudden retirement.
City loses face in row over house
A dispute between the St Petersburg Open Christianity Society (OCS) branch and city authorities has shocked the international community. Inga Ivanova, an interim president of OCS St Petersburg, claimed she and two other women staff members were assaulted by a group of four people including a customs officer and a tax police officer at the society's offices.


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