NUMBER 144 
JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 5, 1996
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Petrogradsky Court Bailiff Lydia Barkanova was determined none should enter the Kamenny Ostrov (Stone Island) dacha complex at the center of a dispute between a US-Russian joint venture and President Boris Yeltsin's office. See story.
TOP STORIES
- Embattled charity group holds off eviction attempt
- A standoff between police and a St Petersburg ecumenical
group is the latest twist in a battle that pits the city against an
internationally funded society accused of corrupt practices.
- Wife frantic as tax police hold spouse
- Lena Burston, wife of Australian businessman Robert Burston, said her husband was arrested for tax concealment and was being held at St Petersburg's infamous Kresty Prison.
- City kids get the chance for a painting good time
- Around 7,000 children under the age of 10 will be invited
to take part in an exhibition of painting at the Manezh early next month.
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