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Art and Politics in Russia Today
The Arkadia International Bookshop in Helsinki will host a discussion on art and politics in today’s Russia with journalist Oksana Chelysheva and street artist Alexandra Kachko on Monday 26 March 2012 at 6pm. Oksana and Alexandra will discuss Alexandra’s art and other topics pertaining to Russia today: The imprisonment of the members of the feminist punk group, Pussy Riot, the dismantling and criminal prosecution of the organisers of the Be Cautious: Religion! and Forbidden Art exhibitions, the Voina art group and the reasons they are on international wanted lists and currently in hiding. The discussion will be in English and Russian. Entrance is free and green tea will be served. A donation of EUR 2 or more to fund the event would be most welcome.
Умерла Марина Салье
Сегодня не стало Марины Салье. Она была главой комиссии Санкт-Петербургского горсовета, которая анализировала деятельность председателя комитета по внешним связям мэрии Санкт-Петербурга Владимира Путина. Затем возглавляла Свободную демократическую партию России, в последнее время была членом Партии народной свободы.
Home-buyers: Do not invest in Russia!
Home-buyers from Russia’s northern capital, St Petersburg, have organised a demonstration in connection with the second EU-Russia Innovation Forum in the Finnish border city of Lappeenranta on 25 May 2011. The demonstrators are holding a meeting outside Lappeenranta city hall, urging foreign investors to avoid investments in Russia.
Finland top among Russian tourists
Finland expects to receive a record number of Russian tourists in summer 2011. “Russia’s GDP growth was 4% in 2010 and is expected to reach 4.5% in 2011. This can be seen in traffic, tourism, and shopping tours,” Finland’s ambassador to Moscow, Matti Anttonen, says.
The number of trips Russians made abroad increased by more than 30% in 2010. The most popular destination was Finland, with 3.3 million visits by Russian tourists. Turkey came in second with around 3 million visits, and Egypt was third with around 2.5 million visits in 2010.
Victory in campaign against Gazprom tower
St Petersburg’s historic skyline looks safe, after Gazprom’s planned sky-scraper has been given the push from the northern capital’s centre. St Petersburg City Hall announced that a new place to build will be decided soon. “We have asked builders to present other locations for the building,” said Igor Metelsky, deputy governor.
St Petersburg International Airport in Helsinki?
Finland's Helsinki Airport can become the new international airport for Russia's "northern capital", St Petersburg, YLE News reports. A new high-speed rail link, Allegro, between Helsinki and St Petersburg will allow people from St Petersburg to reach Helsinki Airport faster than Moscow's three international airports. The new express train will shorten the route from St Petersburg to Helsinki to nearly three and a half hours. International traffic from St Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport is limited.
Antti Jaatinen, head of passenger traffic at Finland's railway operator, VR, said the number of passengers on the route between Helsinki and St Petersburg could reach around 700,000 per year in ten years. The Ring Rail Line will have a direct rail connection to Helsinki Airport. The line will go into operation in the middle of 2014. Rail passengers from St Petersburg can then change trains at Tikkurila, close to the airport. There are further plans to reroute trains from St Petersburg via the airport. http://yle.fi/alueet/helsinki/2010/10/helsinki-vantaasta_pietarin_kansainvalinen_lentokentta_2062643.htmlHigh-speed rail link between Helsinki and St Petersburg
A high-speed rail link between Helsinki and St Petersburg will come into service on 12 December 2010. The new rail link, named Allegro, will shorten the journey between Helsinki and St Petersburg at first to three and a half hours and later to three hours, down from the current five and a half hours. The train will stop in Lahti, Kouvola, and Vyborg. Allegro will carry both Finnish and Russian personnel.
The new train will travel at speeds of up to 220 km/h both at the Finnish and Russian side. The train will initially have two departures per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. In 2011, Allegro will have three daily departures from both Helsinki and St Petersburg, replacing the present Sibelius and Repin trains. Later in summer 2010, the train will have four departures per day from both ends. http://m.yle.fi/w/uutiset/kotimaa/ns-yduu-3-1960431Riot police chase soap bubbles
Riot police in Russia’s city of St Petersburg broke on 18 April 2010 a spontaneous “flash mob” organised to celebrate spring by blowing thousands of soap bubbles. The event — dubbed “Dream Flash aka Soapy St Pete” — brought together around 500 youngsters carrying flashy scarves and umbrellas and blowing soap bubbles near the Gorkovskaya metro station.
The flash mob’s organisers pointed out that the event was entirely apolitical. Any aggressive behaviour or attempts to use the event for political or other ends have nothing to do with the celebration, the event organisers stressed. Dream Flash promotes no political movement and does not lend support to any cause; the participants came just for a walk. Riot police announced that the meeting was not sanctioned and called on the participants to disperse immediately. At the same time, a group of young men behaving aggressively, possibly Neo-Nazis, suddenly joined the marchers, began shouting some slogans, and throwing crackers at the crowd. Police then began dispersing people, arresting about a dozen. Dream Flash is a flash mob organised by the Livejournal community ru_dreamflash in Moscow and St Petersburg. The Soap Bubble March usually takes place in the beginning of April. The event is all about celebrating spring and blowing soap bubbles. It is one of the most popular unofficial events organised in Moscow, and probably in Russia as a whole. http://www.fontanka.ru/2010/04/18/032/
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