NUMBER 150 
MARCH 12 - 18, 1996
THE COOLEST TAN
The first full week of spring brought glorious
sunshine and a 0 degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) heat wave that had these hardy
souls shedding duds to catch those rays.
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TOP STORIES
- Libel suits spring from Nikitin case
- Several St Petersburg newspapers have been hit with libel
suits following allegations of misconduct which were made against the commander
of Russia's Northern Fleet after local nuclear expert Alexander Nikitin was
charged with treason.
- Women's Day in St Petersburg cause for thought
- International Women's Day, one of Russia's most important holidays, provided a welcome day off for many of the city's women.
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- Peter's town
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- Burston released on written pledge
- An expatriate businessman held on charges of tax
concealment was released from St Petersburg's notorious Kresty Prison, the tax
police confirmed last week.
- Secrets in refusenik case `on TV'
- Despite Russia's new freedoms one sector of the
population, known as "refuseniks," is still denied the right to leave the
country.
- St Petersburg to hit the Big Apple in 1997
- St Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak has created a special
committee to oversee the Salut St Petersburg festival set to hit New York City
at the start of 1997.
- St Petersburg hotels up security after attack
- St Petersburg's leading hotels are at loggerheads with
city police over security after a "mafia" shooting at a five-star hotel left a
Scottish lawyer and two local policemen dead.
- Hyden laid to rest, killers still at large
- The Scottish lawyer slain by stray bullets while drinking
coffee in a five-star St Petersburg hotel has been laid to rest in a private
ceremony, while police in St Petersburg continue the hunt for his killers.
- State can't help environment, says study
- The geo-political situation left behind by the USSR's
collapse means that environmental problems need action at a local level, a St
Petersburg seminar heard.
- City declares all-out war on polio
- St Petersburg health authorities have declared a massive
campaign to eradicate polio by the year 2000 amid recent speculation that the
disease has found its way to the city from Chechnya.
- Women's center launches free book to fight feminine
fears
- A St Petersburg women's center has launched a free book
for women, "About You and Your Body," as part of its program to assist women
victims of physical and sexual violence.
- Diplomats snub local kids' efforts
- St Petersburg children united for the first time to bring
Europe together, only to find themselves bogged down by the city's European
diplomats.
- Foster mother brings joy to children's home
- The 200 orphans at the city's Borovichi Children's Home
have received clothes, shoes and video tapes worth $15,000 in aid from
America.
- Cosmonauts' college to open
- Conquering new stars and planets may become more than
just a dream for some St Petersburg boys with the opening of the first Russian
Air-Cosmonaut cadet college.
- Liberty over sausage, says Mayor
- Speaking on the 40th anniversary of Nikita Krushchev's
secret speech exposing Joseph Stalin's crimes, St Petersburg Mayor complained
that "people don't talk about the cost of freedom, only about the cost of sausage."
- What is left after the flowers die?
- YEVGENIA BORISOVA ventured forth onto the St Petersburg streets to find
out what the locals think of Women's Day...
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- Russia needs to follow France's reforming lead
- Editorial
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- CITY IN-BASKET
- Land tenders up for grabs in city
- The city mayor's office has announced the first Russian
land tenders for construction companies to compete for the right to build
residential houses in two regions near the city.
- Moscow denies unfair distribution of cash
- A war of words between Moscow and St Petersburg heated up
last week as federal authorities attempted to crush the notion that Moscow
survives at the expense of Russia's second city.
- Institute receives high-tech communication system
- The Bonch-Bruyevich State Telecommunication University (SUT) received a
cutting-edge technology telecommunication system from Lucent
Technologies, an independent branch of AT&T.
- Apple Computers CIS plants rep office in city
- Apple Computers CIS announced last week the official
opening of its representative office in St Petersburg.
- Indian industrialists visit shipbuilding firms
- An Indian delegation visited St Petersburg as part of a
military and civilian industrial cooperation agreement signed between Russia
and India.
- Golov says tax law violates rights
- The Russian government's proposed new tax code violates
human rights, said St Petersburg Duma deputy Anatoly Golov.
- BUSINESS FEATURE : Innovate or perish, says Petrosib's imported US manager
- The Russian business style of the boss' personal
dictatorship should be replaced by personal initiative, innovation and
creativity, says American Sergio Gutzalenko, president of the local Petrosib
company...
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- SKA finishes regular season with big win
- SKA players surprised fans last week by revealing the
fact that they actually have an offense -- just in time for the playoffs.
- Zenit hits road after home tie
- St Petersburg's High League soccer team Zenit kept its
record perfect last weekend, tying Torpedo (Moscow) 0-0.
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