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St. Petersburg, Russia Travel Guide - Must-See Attractions
St. Petersburg, Russia Travel Guide Must See Attractions
Saint Petersburg, Russia Travel Guide - Must-See Attractions
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MOSCOW, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday encouraged the Russian people to stand up to external challenges as Russia marked the first anniversary of Crimea's incorporation into the country ... While addressing the sea of audience, Putin dismissed Western sanctions against Russia and tried to boost national confidence amid current hardship....
Xinhua 2015-03-19* Ssangyong ships no vehicle to Russia in Jan, Feb - data ... * Says to boost exports to Western Europe, China to offset Russia sale (Add spokesman comment, context). SEOUL, March 19 (Reuters) - South Korea's Ssangyong Motor said it has suspended vehicle shipments to major export market Russia since January, the latest global automaker to see demand hit by the plunging rouble and a prolonged economic slump....
Reuters 2015-03-19... Angela Merkel spoke by telephone on Thursday on Ukraine, stressing they would keep up sanctions on Russia over its role in the crisis....
The Times of India 2015-03-19Deep mistrust between the West and Russia over Moscow's aggressive actions in Ukraine is threatening global security, top government officials say, and there is little sign of progress in ending the conflict or rebuilding deteriorating relations ... Western officials say what happens in Ukraine will affect the future of relations between the West and Russia....
Voa News 2015-03-19BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Donald Tusk is discussing a proposal with Germany and France to link European Union sanctions on Russia to full implementation of a Ukraine ceasefire, a senior EU official said on Wednesday ... Agreement of all EU governments is needed to renew economic sanctions on Russia expiring in July, but governments are sharply divided ... "It makes no sense to reduce the pressure on Russia ......
Reuters 2015-03-19US Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko agreed in a telephone call on Wednesday that sanctions against Russia must be tied to the full implementation of the Minsk peace plan, the White House said. ....
Zeenews 2015-03-19“In order to survive and preserve its leading role on the international stage, the US desperately needs to plunge Eurasia into chaos, (and) to cut economic ties between Europe and Asia-Pacific Region … Russia is the only (country) within this… ....
GlobalResearch 2015-03-19MOSCOW — On the first anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, Russians celebrated Wednesday while Ukrainians vowed that the Black Sea territory would eventually return to their control. ....
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2015-03-19... unit without regaining consciousness, after he had been violently beaten by a group of 21 Nazis in Moscow, Russia....
The Examiner 2015-03-19Russia just a few years ago was a cornerstone of General Motors Co.'s global growth strategy in developing markets, and now it's falling apart ... GM sales fell 28 percent last year in Russia, a stark contrast from 2013 when it was one of the top five global markets for Chevy sales ... Automakers build cars in Russia for Russia, and their destiny is really determined by where the Russian market goes....
Detroit news 2015-03-19KIEV (Reuters) - A peace plan to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine came under renewed strain on Wednesday, with Ukraine and Russia clashing publicly over the next steps and further Ukrainian military casualties from rebel attacks testing a fragile ceasefire ... In Kiev, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk responded that no one on the Ukrainian side had much optimism that Russia "and the terrorists" would readily fulfill the Minsk plan ... ! ... ....
Business Insider 2015-03-19ZAO Citibank’s proposal is part of a wider effort by international lenders in Russia to compete with local rivals for consumer deposits after sanctions tied to Ukraine sent the ruble plunging last year, spurring rate increases that drove up financing costs for banks and their clients ... Russia’s central bank predicted last week that gross domestic product may shrink as much as 4 percent this year....
Bloomberg 2015-03-19Russia and pro-Moscow rebels have condemned Ukraine for ratifying two bills on greater autonomy for the separatist east, saying they violated a peace deal and threatened a shaky month-long truce ... Addressing a rally marking the anniversary of the annexation, Mr Putin also vowed to stand up to the West, which responded to the Russian move by slapping painful sanctions on Russia....
The Australian 2015-03-19Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербург, tr. Sankt-Peterburg; IPA: [sankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk] ( listen)) is a city and a federal subject (a federal city) of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. In 1914 the name of the city was changed to Petrograd (Russian: Петроград; IPA: [pʲɪtrɐˈgrat]), in 1924 to Leningrad (Russian: Ленинград; IPA: [lʲɪnʲɪnˈgrat]) and in 1991 back to Saint Petersburg.
In Russian literature, informal documents, and discourse, the "Saint" (Санкт-) is usually omitted, leaving Petersburg (Петербург, Peterburg). In common parlance Russians may drop "-burg" (-бург) as well, leaving only Peter (Питер, Russian: [ˈpʲitʲɪr]).
Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27 [O.S. 16] 1703. From 1713 to 1728 and from 1732 to 1918, Saint Petersburg was the Imperial capital of Russia. In 1918 the central government bodies moved from Saint Petersburg (then named Petrograd) to Moscow. It is Russia's second largest city after Moscow with almost 5 million inhabitants. Saint Petersburg is a major European cultural center, and also an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea.
Russia i/ˈrʌʃə/ or /ˈrʊʃə/ (Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə] (
listen)), also officially known as the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə] (
listen)), is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the US state of Alaska by the Bering Strait. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is also the eighth most populous nation with 143 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning nine time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources and is the largest producer of oil and natural gas globally. Russia has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.