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The Dzerzhinsky federal court on Friday upheld an appeal by the European University that allows the school the right to resume its activities after it had been closed last month for fire code violations. Teaching at the university — an internationally recognized seat of learning and one of Russia’s best private universities — was suspended after the city fire inspectorate found 52 violations of fire safety rules during a routine annual check that was completed on January 18, prompting a rapid court ruling suspending the school’s activities. After correcting more than 20 of the violations, the university filed an appeal asking for permission to resume teaching while gradually correcting other violations, but the court ruled against the school. The Friday ruling was the third in the case. The university’s plight caused concern both in Russia and abroad due to what some observers said was a political motive behind the case. “What we felt was most alarming was the uniqueness of our situation,” said university rector Nikolai Vakhtin. “Fire safety standards in other universities are very similar ... |
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Alexander Belenky / The St. Petersburg Times
The Mariinsky Ballet has said farewell to one of its longest-serving artistes: a 21-year-old female donkey named Monika, who worked for 19 years carrying Sancho Panza around the stage during performancs of “Don Quixote.” She will be replaced by Alina (l). |
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MOSCOW — The Natural Resources Ministry said Friday that it would investigate TNK-BP’s largest oil field, putting further pressure on the Russian-British firm one day after the Federal Security Service said it had charged an employee with industrial espionage. Oleg Mitvol, deputy head of the ministry’s environmental watchdog, will lead the investigation ...
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Supporters of Maxim Reznik gathered Sunday two days after the leader of the local branch of the opposition democratic party Yabloko was released, having spent weeks in custody on charges he says have been fabricated. Although some celebrated Reznik’s ... |
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MOSCOW — The head of Dagestani state television and a Dagestan-born reporter for Channel One television died in brutal killings Friday. Gunmen fired on ... |
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Monkey Business ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — The last of the orangutans at the city’s Leningrad Zoo will be shipped out shortly, Fontanka.ru reported on Monday. Zira, a female orangutan that the zoo had originally procured from a German zoo in 2003, is being moved out of Russia because there is not ... |
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MOSCOW — The State Duma on Friday passed in a key second reading the government’s long-awaited bill limiting foreign investment in a swathe of strategic sectors, ranging from energy and defense to media and fishing. Deputies said the bill, which sailed ... |
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In a move aimed at strengthening its influence over member states, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is working out plans to establish a legal ... |
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St. Petersburg-based development and construction company Etalon-LenSpetsSMU has sold a 15 percent stake to Baring Vostok investment fund, as a result of which the company expects to gain access to international financial markets and use the expertise ... |
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 MOSCOW — Russia might delay delivery of its new Superjet-100 passenger planes to Aeroflot beyond its contractual deadline of end-2008 as the plane has ... |
 MOSCOW — The country’s state-owned mint is considering abolishing the one-kopek coin in a bid to save on production costs, a senior official said. Arkady Trachuk, the head of Goznak, the government agency that produces banknotes and coins, said in an ... |
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WASHINGTON — The United States is bracing for tough competition from Russia and China as cash-flush Asian economies look up to the trio for a new breed ... |
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MOSCOW — Norilsk Nickel should be at the core of any potential merger with one or more privately owned Russian miners, its chief executive said in an interview with Russian daily Kommersant published on Monday. Denis Morozov said Norilsk was in the early ... |
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MOSCOW — Russia will sell gas to Belarus at $128 per 1,000 cubic meters in the second quarter of 2008, up from $119 in the first quarter, news agencies ... |
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Sberbank Lowers Rates MOSCOW (Bloomberg) — Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank, lowered interest rates for mortgages and retail loans while raising rates for car loans. The Moscow-based bank, which holds more than 50 percent of all retail deposits ... |
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MOSCOW — Severstal, the country’s largest steel maker, will expand its U.S. presence with the $810 million acquisition of the Sparrows Point mill in Maryland, ... |
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MOSCOW — Gazprom and Viktor Vekselberg’s Integrated Energy Systems will jointly bid for power producer TGK-7 and have set up a vehicle to do so, a source close to TGK-7 said Friday. The partners have emerged as the most active investors in the country’s ... |
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MOSCOW — Transneft, the state-controlled crude oil pipeline monopoly, gave 14 times more money to charity in the third quarter of last year than it paid ... |
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 Over fifty percent of candidates looking for a job doubt whether their CV shows them in a favorable light, and about the same proportion of candidates are not confident in their ability to produce a positive impression on a prospective employer during ... |
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Most private companies in St. Petersburg — 95 percent — increased staff salaries in 2007, according to the latest salary and remuneration survey issued ... |
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Most employees in Russia suffer from neurosis, which decreases their work efficiency, the Institute for Globalization and Social Movements (IGSO) said Monday in a statement. Mass neurosis is a result of the aggressive psychological climate in Russian ... |
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 Writing or updating a resume or curiculum vitae (CV) is a task that can be approached in many different ways. Some do it with loathing, irked by the need ... |
 Experts say that the way a candidate behaves at a job interview can often be the deciding factor for those who decide whether or not the candidate is the right person for the job. Therefore, if you are really determined to get the job you want, it’s helpful ... |
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 When Peter the Great started building St. Petersburg in 1703, his vision was of a new capital that would resemble a western city in both appearance and ... |
 On March 8, International Women’s Day, Andrei Chekanov, the director of a small design company, usually gives his deputy, Irina Alexeyeva, an extravagant bunch of roses and a bonus, essentially for being female. He accompanies this by complimenting her ... |
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Female employees in Russia have the following legal rights regarding maternity leave and compensation. Maternity leave is guaranteed by Maternity Protection ... |
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The general reservation people have about taking a job in Russia is the concern: ‘Could I be making a mistake?’ It is almost impossible to forecast one’s success and happiness, or lack of, in a move to Russia for career or personal reasons. Things can ... |
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 In 2007, due to a tightening up of the rules regarding migrant workers, a number of companies decided to legalize their foreign personnel, leading to a ... |
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Most employees in Russia believe that changing jobs from time to time is necessary to build a successful career. The time period considered optimum for spending in a particular company depends on individual preferences, but few employees are willing to ... |
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 The Soviet-era box office hit “Sluzhebny Roman” (Office Romance) directed by Eldar Ryazanov portrays a comic yet touching story of the relationship between ... |
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 During the OPEC oil embargo more than 30 years ago, the price of crude oil rocketed to historic highs in the world market while the controlled domestic price hovered below $4 per barrel. A few years later, the oil industry and the U.S. government reached ... |
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Josef Stalin, as historian Simon Montefiore wrote in a recent book, was a poet in his youth. Yury Andropov — besides heading the KGB in the 1970s, briefly ... |
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Bhutanese Vote THIMPU, Bhutan (Reuters) — Immaculately turned out in traditional dress, the people of Bhutan formed long queues at polling stations on Monday to vote in the first parliamentary elections in the isolated Himalayan kingdom’s history. Many said they were heartbroken to leave behind ... |
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 INDIAN WELLS, California — Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic clinched her first WTA title of the year by hammering Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-4 6-3 in the Pacific Life Open final on Sunday. The 20-year-old top seed from Belgrade broke St. Petersburg-born Kuznetsova, ... |
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PARIS — Wednesday’s high-profile friendly international between France and England could turn out to be a David versus David affair. While David Beckham ... |
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LONDON — Formula One’s governing body faced calls to modify qualifying procedures for safety reasons after McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen were penalized in Malaysia at the weekend. Championship leader Hamilton and his teammate were demoted ... |
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 MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United beat 10-man Liverpool 3-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday to go five points clear in the Premier League with seven games ... |
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