The Russian Foreign Ministry revoked consent for the operation of Germany’s consulate general in St. Petersburg. The institution must cease activities no later than September 18, and all its employees must leave the country by the same date.

#Germany #GoetheInstitut #RussianMinistryofForeignAffairs #Russia #StPetersburg #SergeyLavrov

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A kilometer-long line formed at St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg for the right hand of Saint Spyridon of Trimythous. The relic was brought from the Greek island of Corfu and will remain in the city until August 31.

#Kazan #Corfu #StPetersburg #SpyridonofTrimythousinStPetersburg #SpyridonofTrimythousShrine #AtKazansky

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The Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg has ordered the in absentia arrest of Alexander Nevzorov. The preventive measure has been set for two months — from the moment of extradition to Russia or from the moment of detention on its territory.

#AlexandraNevzorova #AlexandraNevzorovaMeasure #StPetersburg #Seaside #court

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On the morning of August 27, a car exploded in the Slavyanka neighborhood of the Pushkinsky District of St. Petersburg, with a serviceman holding the rank of lieutenant colonel and his wife inside. The man died at the scene, and the woman was hospitalized in intensive care.

#InStPetersburg #Man #StPetersburg #PushkinsSlavyanka #Onthemorningofthe27th

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I wandered through neighborhoods of new developments, trying to at least convince myself that selling such a future to living, thinking people, with a 30-year mortgage, wasn’t a crime. I honestly tried to break myself and become a successful person against my own nature. Here’s how it went—and here’s how it ended.

#lifeinRussia #mortgage #acrisis #personalexperience #violence #theproperty #newbuildings #punks #realtors #StPetersburg #Ethics

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