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Sep 9, 2011

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Fashion's Night Out hopes to give retail sales a boost
Christian Science Monitor
Now in its third year, the Vogue-inspired event is intended to boost designer sales. By Stacy Widlitz, CNBC / September 8, 2011 It is not just New York's big shopping night out. London is buzzing today in anticipation of late night shopping combined ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Debt crisis: as it happened - September 8, 2011
Telegraph.co.uk
17.41 Financial links between China and the UK are to be cemented with the creation of a yuan market in London. George Osborne has just announced the deal, which came after Chinese vice-president Wang Qishan's visit to the UK. "We agreed to collaborate ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
The Business Matrix: Friday 9 September 2011
The Independent
New furniture and clothing ranges paid off for Laura Ashley as the retailer defied high-street gloom with higher half-yearly sales and profits. The group, which has 214 stores in the UK and Ireland, said all sectors except home accessories saw healthy ...
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The Irish Times - Friday, September 9, 2011
Irish Times
This followed Maurice Pratt's decision to step aside at a time when C&C's sales of Bulmers and Magners in the UK were flagging. The trio had departed Scottish & Newcastle earlier that year after it was bought by Heineken and Carlsberg. ...
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Bank of England Resists Calls to Add Monetary Stimulus to U.K. Economy
Bloomberg
By Scott Hamilton - Thu Sep 08 12:44:25 GMT 2011 The Bank of England is seen from the forecourt of the Royal Exchange in London. The Bank of England is seen from the forecourt of the Royal Exchange in London. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg Sept. ...
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adesso's Subsidiary e-Spirit Intensifies Sales Efforts for its Product in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
With this additional foreign location after founding of e-Spirit Ltd. in London for the UK region the company broadens significantly its action scope. From the new office in the US e-Spirit will serve the rising demand for FirstSpirit from North ...
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Iran-Russia Arms Dispute Damages Relations
Voice of America
September 08, 2011 Iran-Russia Arms Dispute Damages Relations Al Pessin | London Iran's decision to sue Russia in the International Court of Justice to try to force the sale of an air defense system deepens the crisis in the relationship between the ...
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Dennis Block Joining Greenberg Traurig
MarketWatch (press release)
8, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, announced that Dennis J. Block is joining the firm as Senior Chairman of its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice as of September 12, 2011. Block joins Greenberg Traurig ...
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PETA worker changes name to protest against foie gras
Newstoday.co.uk
By News Today · September 9, 2011 · No comments AN animal rights campaigner has taken a radical step to get her protest against the sale of foie gras in a famous store noticed – by changing her name. Abi Izzard, who works for the campaign group PETA ...
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Designers, celebrities woo shoppers around world
Reuters
Shoppers waiting at the front of the Jean-Paul Gaultier store during the Vogue Fashion's Night Out event in Paris September 8, 2011. By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Department stores, designers and celebrities wooed economically battered ...
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Twitter reveals it has 100m active users
The Guardian (blog)
Another project in the works is Twitter UK's partnership with the British Fashion Council to create a Twitter "experience" for London Fashion Week, which starts on 16September. Twitter has reached something of a critical mass with this particular ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Celebrate Fashion's Night Out 2011 online
CBS News
The following retailers have great, digital activities and sales that you can partake in from the comfort of your couch, home office or cafĂ©. Virtually join Barbie and her favorite CFDA designers for the ULTIMATE FASHION HUNT and the chance to win some ...
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8 September 2011 9:55AM
The Guardian (blog)
RichJames and myself on the prev. thread and http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/07/guardian-journalist-questioned-phone-hacking Any more needed here? Doubt it, for now. I have a vision of a dark place with pilots and airstewards crowding round ...
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Morrisons' profits up amid the pain
Management Today
By Dave Waller Thursday, 08 September 2011 Morrisons has clearly done well out of shoppers downshifting, with profits up to £449m. Meanwhile one in seven high-street shops is now boarded up, so it's hard to escape the retail gloom... The UK's ...
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Snap up an iconic work by Banksy or Shepard Fairey at Bonhams Urban Art sale
Art Daily
LONDON.- Several works by the renowned graffiti artist Banksy are to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its Urban Art sale on 21 September 2011. Leading the way is a work featuring one of Banksy's most iconic images, the monkey, ...
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5 things to know: 8 September 2011
Hotel News Now
The Doral, which was put into bankruptcy, was then put up for sale. The identity of the buyer is unclear. The US$170-million bid is subject to higher offers at an auction, according to a 2September court filing in US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. ...
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Sony Ericsson Announces New Appointments in the Americas
MarketWatch (press release)
Paul Hamnett now serves as Head of Region North America effective 1st September after holding the title of Senior Vice President and Head of MU North America in Atlanta. His previous global roles with the company include Head of Global Retail Sales and ...
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Lockheed Martin Announces DSEI Media Briefing Schedule; Demonstrates Broad ...
PR Newswire (press release)
LONDON, Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will be showcasing its ability to rapidly respond in the new reality with a broad range of affordable global security products and services at the Defence and Security Equipment ...
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Singapore Stocks-May see weak start; Keppel Land in focus
Reuters
It expects the building of the vessel to be completed in September and the sale to boost net earnings per share or net tangible assets per share of the firm for 2011. - Property developer Lum Chang said it won a contract worth S$91.5 million to build a ...
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Excitement in London Last Night as Chinese Wine Wins International Trophy at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, September 8, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Royal Opera House played host to the Decanter World Wine Awards last night with some extraordinary wines winning top awards. The most surprising win was the He Lan Qing Xue from China winning the ...
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Prices rise further in August, buoyed by a 1.6% rise in London
MyIntroducer.com
“Transactions also rose 1.5% which completely defies the classic summer slowdown. Transactions usually fall about 1.5% between July and August. 2011 looks significantly better than usual. "People who already own property are driving these sales. ...
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Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. to Webcast 2011 Investor Meeting
MarketWatch (press release)
Time/Date: 8:00 AM (ET) on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 www.hertz.com/investorrelations The Hertz Corporation -- a subsidiary of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. -- is the world's largest general use car rental brand, operating from approximately 8000 ...
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Open Air's Crazy for You Transfers to Novello, 8 Oct
WhatsOnStage.com
Tickets for Crazy for You at the Novello Theatre go on sale tomorrow (9 September 2011) with bookings initially being taken until 28 July 2012. With a book by Ken Ludwig, Crazy for You includes a number of 1930s Gershwin standards such as “I Got ...
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Virgin Media Announces Expiry of Exchange Offer for Senior Secured Notes due 2021
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, Sep 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Virgin Media /quotes/zigman/104972/quotes/nls/vmed VMED +1.16% /quotes/zigman/104985 UK:VMED +2.65% today announced the expiry and results of its offer to exchange any and all of the $500000000 aggregate ...
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Ipsos Business Elite 2011 Survey Results:
CNN (blog)
London 8 September, 2011: CNN is the international news channel of choice for Europe's most senior business decision makers, according to the latest data from the Ipsos Business Elite (BE) Europe Survey, released today. The channel now outstrips its ...
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International buyers sought for Vancouver Biennale art works
Vancouver Sun
The rest, along with the smaller maquettes, are expected to be sold in a series of auctions and private sales this fall through Phillips de Pury and Company, which has connections in New York, Hong Kong and London. “Obviously this art inventory is what ...
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A seven-day 8.3% rally brings Sensex near 5-week closing high
India Infoline.com
Metal stocks were mixed after LMEX, a gauge of six metals traded on the London Metal Exchange rose 1.97% on Wednesday, 7 September 2011. Sterlite Industries, Nalco and Hindustan Zinc rose by between 0.95% to 1.59%. Jindal Steel & Power, Hindalco ...
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Rugby World Cup 2011: Scotland stalwart Chris Paterson set to make new record
Scottish Daily Record
Paterson and Co square up to the Romanians in the early hours of Saturday morning UK time in Invercargill - the most southerly city in the world. They then face Georgia next week at the same venue. The Scots are expected to win both clashes comfortably ...
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QualiSystems and MRV Accelerate Network Lab Management
MarketWatch (press release)
Network and lab professionals are invited to learn more about QualiSystems' and MRV's joint Lab Management solutions, at the upcoming TEST LAB AUTOMATION seminars, taking place onSeptember 15th, in London, UK, and on September 20th in Santa Clara, ...
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ASSIMILATE partners with The Bridge for SCRATCH training
Broadcast Newsroom
DMN Newswire--2011-9-8--ASSIMILATE (www.assimilateinc.com), the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, has teamed up with The Bridge Media Training Ltd (www.thebridgetraining.com) in London, UK, to provide in-depth ...
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AGCC Adjourns Public Hearing on FTP License to September 19
Tight Poker
By Renee | September 8, 2011 The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has postponed the hearing related to the suspension of Full Tilt Poker's gambling licenses from September 15 toSeptember 19, 9:00 am at the London-based Riverbank Park Plaza ...
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Edward Sterck: Uranium Companies Poised for a Comeback
Business Insider
TER: August is typically a slow month for uranium sales, but what about September and October? We usually see volumes pick up in September and October. I think we'll see the same this year as well although a couple of things are overhanging the market ...
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Autotask Opens First European Office
ChannelPro-SMB
by ChannelPro-SMB September 8, 2011 10:15 AM Autotask, a IT business management software provider, has opened its first European office in London, England. The UK office will act as the central point for Autotask's European operations. ...
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SOTHEBYS 'A' : Sotheby's Three-Day Auction on 6 – 8 September 2011 of The ...
4-traders (press release)
Wednesday, 21 September 2011 and will feature Great Britain Mint Multiples exclusively. *The pre-sale estimate for the entire collection, both British Empire and Great Britain, is in the region of £4 million.
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Newspaper Briefing, including 'Germany pushes Greece to the brink in dangerous ...
Proactive Investors UK
UK deadline looms to out secret suitors: Companies covertly circling UK acquisition targets are being warned by advisers that they risk the disclosure of their identities to the market in coming days if they pursue bid talks. On 19 September, the UK ...
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Offshoring increases need to protect live test data, says Compuware
Computerworld New Zealand
By Anh Nguyen | London | Friday, 9 September, 2011 A rise in offshoring is increasing the demand for technologies that enable companies to disguise real customer data during testing, according to Compuware. Ian Clarke, global sales director of ...
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Palace Capital PLC Proposed Acquisition and Placing
Wall Street Journal
On 8 September 2011, the Company entered into the Acquisition Agreement with the Vendor to acquire Hockenhull Estates (subject to Admission and certain other conditions). The consideration payable is GBP1,817500 (subject to adjustment in accordance ...
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RUSSIA News, Sep 09, 2011


Analysis: Downing Street ready to move on from Litvinenko poisoning
Telegraph.co.uk
It will be the first bilateral visit between leaders of the two countries since Tony Blair attended the G8 summit St Petersburg in 2006. At the time relations were warm between Moscow and London, which had seen a state visit by then President Vladimir...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Russia puts squeeze on Ukraine over gas
Kyiv Post
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second right, and Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller seen visiting the Portovaya gas compressor station outside Vyborg, some 170 kms (105.64 miles) northwest from St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. ...
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Russia counts the cost of drinking
Financial Times (blog)
However, in big cities like Moscow and St Petersburg employers have begun sacking workers whose performance is inhibited by drink. The problem is more acute in Russia's so called mono-towns, where the local economy is dependent on one industry and ...
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'Russian Anne Frank' diary published
Telegraph.co.uk
The diary of a teenage Russian schoolgirl who lived through the Nazi siege of Leningrad seventy years ago has been published for the first time, sparking comparisons with the diary of Jewish schoolgirl Anne Frank. By Andrew Osborn, Moscow Historians ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Russia's Top Online Retailer Secures $100 Million Funding
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Ben Rooney OZON.ru, Russia's leading online retailer, and described as the country's Amazon, has closed a $100 million round, the Moscow-based company announced today. It is the largest private investment the Russian eCommerce market has seen to ...
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Medvedev appeals for ethnic tolerance
Financial Times
Ethnic riots last December were sparked by the murder in Moscow of an ethnic Russian football fan by a gang from the north Caucasus. Dozens were injured in Moscow and St Petersburg during weeks of sporadic violence. Since then, mainstream political ...
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Russian and foreign investors about the future St. Petersburg skyline
The Voice of Russia
Roman Rosenthal, general director of Mirland Development Corporation said it planned to invest $1.5 billion dollars instead of a previously planned 1.7 billion roubles in construction of a new development in St.Petersburg's Moscow District including ...
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The Voice of Russia
Moscow Biennale Art Performance Brings Attention to Victims of Racist Violence
Human Rights First
McKay was astonished by the positive reception and the “spirit of sympathetic appreciation” he encountered in the post-Czarist Russia. “And so, to the Russian, I was merely another type, but stranger, with which they were not yet familiar,” he wrote, ...
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Festival of Indian Culture in Russia
Russia & India Report
A festival of Indian Culture in Russia will be held from 17-30 September 2011 across Moscow, St.Petersburg and Kazan. The Festival is being organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian ...
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Moscow on high
Tne Moscow News
The complex includes two towers, named Moscow and St. Petersburg, that include 101440 square meters of apartment space. The Moscow tower is 73 stories high, while the St Petersburg tower is slightly smaller, at 52 stories. The sky scrapers, which are...
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Tne Moscow News
Optogan set to launch €30 LED bulb
Optics.org
Available initially in the company's home city of St Petersburg and also Moscow, the E27 bulbs will go on sale at a price of 995 Rubles (around $33). OptoGaN says that it will then introduce the bulb to the global market in early 2012 at a price of ...
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JSC Sitronics UK Regulatory Announcement: Half-yearly Report
Business Wire (press release)
The first stage involved the setting up of the EMC Avamar back-up system for the Moscow branch of Comstar-Regions, which was followed by the setting up of the same systems in Yekaterinburg, SaintPetersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Tyumen, Saratov, ...
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RK Marketing strengthens Russian ties to Mediterranean buyers
FreshPlaza
... from Russia were mainly importers of fruits and vegetables. In October 2011 theRussian delegation will include a large group of representatives of major retail chains from Moscow, St. Petersburg and various regions of the Russian Federation. ...
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Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova's Art Island Begins to Take Shape in St ...
ARTINFO
"If everything works out, St Petersburg will suddenly become a center of contemporary culture and contemporary art, and will go along the path of Venice," Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the State Hermitage Museum, said at a meeting of Russian ...
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Tom Brady who? NFL is ignored in Europe
newjerseynewsroom.com
In St. Petersburg, Russia, hockey and football are popular, but again it is not the kind of football which Americans dote upon during the fall and early winter. In a town where McDonalds, Coca Cola and other American “Icons” are accepted, the National ...
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Eastern Property Holdings Declares US$ 5.00 Cash Dividend - Interim Financials ...
Reuters (press release)
... Property Holdings Ltd. is an SIX Swiss Exchange-listed real estate development company focusing on Russia. The company holds interests in office, residential, retail and parking properties and developments, principally in Moscow and St. Petersburg. ...
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Performer profile: Music is way of life for Larisa Denman
Baxter Bulletin
Larisa has traveled a long road from St. Petersburg in Russia to the Ozarks. Throughout her journey, music was key to her life. It still is, even in tough times. "Music has helped me in my life, in every country," said Larisa, who first began playing ...
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Hockey Hearsay
Sportsnet.ca
He'd read my book (A King in Russia: A Year in the Russian Super League) and he said, 'Kinger, tell me about Pterodactyl Air.' ” “I told him, 'Brad, the one thing I've got to be honest and tell you is the one that made me nervous over there was the ...
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Kapo opens fashion store at Ekaterinburg
DFNIonline.com
... previous duty-free shop in the terminal, which opened when Kapo was awarded the duty-free concession at the airport in March that year following a competitive tender. Ekaterinburg is the third-largest city in Russia after Moscow and St Petersburg.
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Transaero Airlines Results for January-July 2011
RusTourismNews
Transaero maintains scheduled flights from hubs in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, where its head office is located, as well as from Yekaterinburg. Transaero was the first Russian full service airline to introduce e-ticketing in March 2007 and the first ...
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What's Happening this Weekend Sept. 9-11
Patch.com
Sisemore will have just returned from his latest river cruise adventure, the Volga River in Russia. He will describe what it was like to follow the path of Peter the Great from Moscow to St. Petersburgand into the heart of Russia. ...
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Pirog vs. Martirosyan clash stirs major interest
PanARMENIAN.Net
“Moscow and St. Petersburg were vying for the right to host the match. Yet, Pirog chose his native city, Krasnodar, as the venue,” allboxing.ru cited Sergey Kostenko as saying. On September 25, Dmitry Pirog will defend his WBO middleweight title ...
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NBA limbo gives foreigners reason to go home
FS Arizona
One player going that route is center Nenad Krstic, who -- instead of shopping for another NBA team now that his contract has expired -- has signed a two-year deal with CSKA Moscow. Krstic was part of the Boston Celtics' return in last season's trade ...
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Fitch Affirms Two Russian Foreign-Owned Banks
Cbonds. Info
Fitch Ratings-Moscow/London-08 September 2011: Fitch Ratings has affirmed two Russian foreign-owned banks, ZAO Danske Bank's (ZDB) and SEB Bank JSC's (SEBR) Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'BBB+' with Positive Outlooks. ...
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Moscow on high « Russian News From Russia
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Originally hyped as the hub of Russia's proposed international financial center, the Moskva-City construction stalled due to a lack of funding during the 2008 crisis and has been moving at a snail's pace ever since. ... already fully functional, including four with residential sections. Real estate agents say there are currently 150 apartments up for sale in the Moscow-City skyscrapers. All are glass-fronted and feature stunning panoramic views over the city. St. Petersburg on your doorstep ...
Russian News From Russia

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