http://www.sptimes.ru The St. Petersburg Times 1993 - 2011 webmaster@sptimes.ru 60 http://www.sptimes.ru/images/spt_logo_rss.gif http://www.sptimes.ru en Latest News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40635 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40635 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine — Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of entering its territory with tanks, artillery and troops, and Western powers said Moscow had \"outright lied\" about its role and dangerously escalated the conflict.]]> Latest News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40639 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40639 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 The Russian currency weakened Friday to its lowest level against the U.S. dollar since records began as evidence mounted of direct Russian military involvement in an escalating conflict in Ukraine.]]> Latest News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40634 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40634 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 It has become increasingly common to hear people — even opposition politicians — say that it is in Russia\'s best interests for President Vladimir Putin to remain in power as long as possible.]]> Latest News By Laura Mills http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40640 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40640 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 MOSCOW — The last time Valeria Sokolova saw her husband, the 25-year-old paratrooper told her that he and his fellow soldiers were heading for military exercises in southern Russia, near the Ukrainian border.]]> Latest News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40641 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40641 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Russia\'s next-generation civilian airliner will initially have to rely on foreign engines, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin lamented on Friday, but said that the country is on the verge of making a breakthrough in engine technology.]]> Latest News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40642 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40642 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 A blogger in the Khabarovsk region in Russia\'s Far East says the Federal Security Service (FSB) has accused him of creating a \"gay terrorist underworld\" in a bid to bring about regime change, regional news website Amurburg.]]> Business http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40630 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40630 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Russia\'s biggest lender, Sberbank, is looking to boost mortgage sales by offering a free cat to anyone willing to buy a property with money loaned from the bank.]]> Business By Alexander Panin http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40632 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40632 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 International carmakers are hopeful that Russia can become Europe\'s biggest market and vindicate their decision to spend more on localizing production in the country, company executives said on the sidelines of the Moscow International Automobile Salon on Thursday.]]> Business By Alexander Panin http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40612 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40612 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 A rise of up to 7 percent in the price of aviation fuel at Russian airports since May will push up costs for domestic carriers, making Russia’s already notoriously expensive air fares more costly and damaging the competitiveness of Russian airlines on the international market, aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said Aug.]]> Business http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40613 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40613 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Business By Matthew Bodner http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40614 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40614 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Forty-five years after the Soviet Union lost the race to the Moon, Russia’s Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, wants to revive its plan to put Russian boots on the lunar surface — a mission for which it says it needs almost 230 billion rubles ($6.]]> Local News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40628 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40628 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 A U.S. citizen who worked for NGOs in Russia and is the wife of a prominent St. Petersburg human rights lawyer, has left the country after a court upheld an order to deport her as a threat to national security.]]> Local News By Sergey Chernov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40625 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40625 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 A reporter received a concussion as dozens of pro-Kremlin protesters wearing the black and orange St. George ribbon were seen assaulting demonstrators at a rally in support of Ukraine on Ukraine’s independence day in central St.]]> Local News By Gus Peters http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40626 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40626 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Culture By Sergey Chernov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40618 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40618 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 The premiere of a new opera was canceled in St. Petersburg last week after both the refusal of yet another venue to hold it and an assault on the opera’s composer.]]> Culture By Lana Matafonov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40619 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40619 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 “You know, there is a story about [Leonid] Brezhnev and jeans,” says local St. Petersburg tailor Nikita Borisov. “As you know, jeans are very strong…stiff, you need to wash them before you wear them.]]> Culture By Nadia Beard http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40620 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40620 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Culture By Sergey Chernov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40622 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40622 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Fish Fabrique — which describes itself as the oldest surviving club in St. Petersburg — will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a weeklong series of concerts starting on Monday, Sept.]]> Food & Drink By Peter Orso http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40623 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40623 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 HAVANA — There’s no rice, beans or fried plantains at Havana’s newest private restaurant. You can order a minty mojito, but it’ll come mixed with vodka instead of the traditional white rum.]]> Food & Drink By Lana Matafonov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40624 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40624 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 It was not so long ago that spotting a unicorn on Nevsky Prospekt was more likely than being able to order a satisfying, delicious burger in town. The popular fallback meal for many occasions was not one of the city’s strong points.]]> National News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40629 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40629 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Two lawmakers in the Murmansk city council representing the ruling United Russia party feature in a video depicting bearded drag-queen \"Eurovision\" winner Conchita Wurst in which the candidates appear to announce their \"anti-gay\" platform ahead of the city\'s municipal elections.]]> National News By Mstyslav Chernov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40611 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40611 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 KRASNODON, Ukraine — For several evenings this month, convoys of military weaponry passed with clockwork-like regularity through Krasnodon, a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine near the porous border with Russia.]]> National News By Allison Quinn http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40617 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40617 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Olesya asks if her glittery hair clips are in place, if her hot pink lipstick needs reapplication. It’s all she can do to detract attention from the stump where her arm used to be, the price she paid for injecting drugs even after the site became gangrenous.]]> National News By Cara Anna, Trenton Daniel http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40637 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40637 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday accused Moscow of having \"outright lied\" about its role in Ukraine, as alarmed members of the Security Council demanded that Russia remove its fighters from a new front in the unfolding crisis and threatened sanctions.]]> National News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40636 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40636 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama suggested Thursday that the U.S. might impose new economic sanctions on Russia, blaming it squarely for the warfare in eastern Ukraine.]]> National News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40633 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40633 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Prosecutors in Murmansk will examine a six-second campaign video featuring two lawmakers from the ruling United Russia party for evidence of incitement of hatred against homosexuals.]]> Features By Jonathan Melvin http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40621 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40621 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 One of St. Petersburg most oldest and, arguably, most historically important buildings, the Admiralty building serves as the focal point of Nevsky Prospekt, Gorokhovaya Ulitsa, and Voznesenskiy Prospekt.]]> Opinion By Ivan Sukhov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40615 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40615 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 August in Russia is a big month for anniversaries. Aug. 19, 1991, saw a conservative military coup in Moscow; its failure signaled the terminal phase of the fall of the Soviet Union.]]> Opinion http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40631 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40631 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Relatively affordable Western financing alongside London\'s role as Russia\'s de facto financial capital had been the two pillars of the Russian economic system.]]> Opinion http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40616 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40616 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 ALL ABOUT TOWN http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40627 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40627 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Saturday, Aug. 30 Break out the tweed and channel your inner Englishman during the English Hunt Picnic this afternoon organized by the Bagmut stables from Krasny Bor in the Leningrad Oblast.]]> Partners News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40638 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/40638 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0400 Ïåðâûé â Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðãå SPA-ñàëîí â èñòèííî-òàéñêèõ òðàäèöèÿõ «ÌÎÏÑ SPA» ðàñïîëîæåí â ñàìîì öåíòðå ãîðîäà, â 2-õ ìèíóòàõ õîäüáû îò Íåâñêîãî Ïðîñïåêòà, íà óë.]]>