The St Petersburg Press


NUMBER 134 NOVEMBER 28 - DECEMBER 4, 1995

FEED OUR FUTURE

A homeless boy tucks into a hearty meal, courtesy of an emergency aid program due to finish this month. Organizers are appealing to the city and the EC to keep the project going -- for the sake of St Petersburg's future. See story.

TOP STORIES

Chernomyrdin takes care of business during visit
Russian Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin sent out a "business as usual" message as he hit St Petersburg for a two-day visit that mixed politics with the mechanics of government.
Hospital guard killed with his own gun
One security guard was stabbed to death and another was critically wounded when they attempted to eject a man from a city hospital in what St Petersburg police said resembled a Wild West brawl.

TRAVEL

A perfect weekend amidst Moscow's inspiring winter glory
There's something inherently exciting about a scrambled departure on a Friday night for a weekend away from it all. As my partner and I dashed through the falling snow on a gleaming St Petersburg winter evening, the breathless nature of our approach to the Moscow Railway Station was matched by our joy at leaving our workaday lives behind...

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