The St. Petersburg Times http://www.sptimes.ru The St. Petersburg Times 1993 - 2011 webmaster@sptimes.ru 60 http://www.sptimes.ru/images/spt_logo_rss.gif The St. Petersburg Times http://www.sptimes.ru en Norway Suggests Raising Magnitsky at UN Latest News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37347 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37347 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Attitudes to Russia Worsening, Poll Says Latest News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37349 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37349 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 $1 Billion Spent on Gazprom Anniversary Party Latest News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37348 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37348 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Abrupt End for Approved Gay Rally Local News By Sergey Chernov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37322 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37322 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 St. Petersburg authorities abruptly ended a previously authorized LGBT protest rally against homophobia and transphobia — described as Russia’s largest in the past few years — for alleged security reasons on Friday.]]> Cult Film Director Dies Local News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37323 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37323 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 IN BRIEF Local News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37324 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37324 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 St. Petersburg Marks 310th Anniversary Local News By Olga Kalashnikova http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37325 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37325 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Local Fish Celebrated and Eaten Local News By Olga Kalashnikova http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37326 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37326 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 The annual Korushka Festival was held on the weekend, marking the start of spring in St. Petersburg. Fans of the fish, more commonly known abroad as smelt, headed to the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex on Vasilievsky Island, where thousands of kilograms of the popular fish were prepared for visitors to devour.]]> Alleged CIA Spy Leaves Russia National News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37327 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37327 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow has flown out of Russia five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.]]> Countries Unite to Fight Tax Evasion National News By Guennadi Moukine http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37328 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37328 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Moscow ‘Terror Plot’ Foiled National News By Anatoly Medetsky http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37329 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37329 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Bodyguard Snaps to Impress National News http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37330 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37330 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Rights Record Lambasted National News By Jonathan Earle http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37331 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37331 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 MOSCOW — Russia is facing a renewed barrage of international criticism, led by the European Union, over its human rights record in connection with an ongoing clampdown on non-governmental organizations and a State Duma proposal to ban so-called “homosexual propaganda.]]> Abuse of Orphans Sparks Investigation National News By Jonathan Earle http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37332 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37332 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Pet Food Profitable in Russia Business By Alexander Panin http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37334 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37334 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 MOSCOW — Nestle Purina PetCare, a subsidiary of Nestle Russia, opened a $45 million line for pet food production in the Kaluga region last Thursday. The state-of-the-art robotized production line, located in the Vorsino techno park near the border between the Kaluga and Moscow regions, took under two years to complete.]]> Medvedev Dismisses Recession Jitters Business By Guennadi Moukine http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37335 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37335 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Natural Gas to Power Russian Buses Business By Nicholas Watt http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37336 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37336 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Rocker Implicated in Rosbank Scandal Business http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37337 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37337 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Operation Total Eradication of NGOs Opinion By Vladimir Ryzhkov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37339 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37339 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Although many initially thought that the government’s repressive new law aimed at nongovernmental organizations and the so-called “Dima Yakovlev” law, which bans U.]]> United Russia Primed for Primaries Opinion By Nikolai Petrov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37340 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37340 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Catching the Instance Culture By Sergey Chernov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37341 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37341 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Dmitry Konradt, one of the city’s top fine-art photographers, was there with his camera to document most of the historic moments as well as the liberating spirit of St.]]> Design Within Reach Culture By Natalya Smolentseva http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37342 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37342 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Some of the world’s best designers and architects, as well as lesser-known yet promising talents, are in town this week as part of the third St. Petersburg Design Week, which began yesterday and continues through May 29.]]> Shining Light on the Dark Culture By Allison Geller http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37343 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37343 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 20th century German art brings an illuminating beginning to a five-year run of contemporary art to be exhibited at the newly-renovated General Staff Building of the Hermitage.]]> City Alive With the Sound of reMusik Culture By Lana Matafonov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37344 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37344 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Lighting Up the White Nights Culture By Galina Stolyarova http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37345 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37345 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 The 21st annual Stars of the White Nights music festival opens on Friday and will be held for the first time at all three Mariinsky theater venues. The long-awaited stage of Mariinsky II will finally be christened with its first premiere, up-and-coming young director, Vasily Barkhatov, will open the festival with his rendition of Dargomyzhsky’s opera “Rusalka” “This fabulous facility is a triumph of engineering; the Mariinsky’s new stage is far ahead of any theatrical venue in Russia,” said Barkhatov.]]> THE DISH: Easy Does It Culture By Chris Gordon http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37346 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37346 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Other than a huge greasy breakfast, nothing tames a hangover quite like a dim sum brunch. The combination of sweet, salty and sour cuts through the fog of a muzzy head while providing a boatload of calories in easy to manage, bite-sized bits.]]> Baltika’s Isaac Sheps Likes a Good Challenge Features By Oleg Sukhov http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37338 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37338 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 Isaac Sheps, CEO of Russia’s largest brewer Baltika, says that his job is “selling fun.” The fun materializes when a waiter brings over several pints of an amber-colored liquid.]]> Chisinau: From Exile to Evolution Travel By Anton Leshchinskiy http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37333 http://www.sptimes.ru/story/37333 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0400 “The damned city of Kishinev” is how Alexander Pushkin described this once-small town in the territory formerly known as Bessarabia. The poet’s outburst is understandable: He was forced to spend three years in exile in a place which was, in his opinion, comparable to Sodom.]]>