A court in California has sentenced two Soviet emigrants to death for kidnapping and brutally murdering five people, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported on Tuesday.
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March 14, 2007
One of Russia’s most respected cultural custodians yesterday urged gas giant OAO Gazprom to drop its plans to build a 300-metre-high skyscraper in St. Petersburg’s historic centre.
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November 28, 2006Consumer goods giant Unilever aims to invest €100 million (₤68 million) in the next two to four years developing plants in Russia, a company official said on Friday.
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November 24, 2006An elderly woman died after setting herself on fire in Russia’s St. Petersburg, news agencies reported.
The woman poured inflammable liquid all over herself and put it on fire. She received burns of 100 percent of skin and could not be saved.
Witnesses said the woman was behaving like a mentally ill person.
The incident took place in Yekaterininsky Prospect.
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October 30, 2006
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