Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

• CAS sets date for Zenit St. Petersburg appeal

  Zenit St. Petersburg will challenge the Russian Football Union at sport's highest court after a punishment for fan violence affected its league title ... 

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  Russia's top cop sets sights on protest movement

  Russia's top cop has a new star role at the heart of the Putin regime. His mission? Shut down the opposition. Alexander Bastrykin's Investigative ... 

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  Basel team flight makes 2nd emergency landing

  Basel's passage to the Europa League quarterfinals was much smoother than its flights to and from last-16 opponent Zenit St. Petersburg. The Swiss ... 

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  Mysterious bacterium found in Antarctic lake

  A new form of microbial life has been found in water samples taken from a giant freshwater lake hidden under kilometers of Antarctic ice, Russian ... 

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  Wrestling considers changing singlet for Olympics

  Desperate to modernize to keep its place in the Olympics, wrestling is considering changes to one of its most traditional symbols: the simple singlet. 

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  AP Interview: Wrestling plans election in Turkey

  Fighting to retain wrestling's Olympic status, the sport's governing body plans to meet in Turkey within weeks to elect a president and press for ... 

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  Acclaimed Russian film director Alexei German dies

  Alexei German, a Russian film director best known for his works offering a bitter view of life in the Soviet Union under dictator Josef Stalin, died ... 

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  Russia marks 70th anniversary of Stalingrad battle

  An aged T-34 tank clattered into the center of the southern Russian city once known as Stalingrad and soldiers dressed in World War II-era uniforms ... 

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  Russia shelves plan to shut child cancer clinic

  The intention to turn a St. Petersburg clinic treating pediatric cancer patients into one that would exclusively serve judges and staff of Russia's ... 

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  Russia moves to enact anti-gay law nationwide

  Kissing his boyfriend during a protest in front of Russia's parliament earned Pavel Samburov 30 hours of detention and the equivalent of a $16 fine ... 

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  Lawsuit against Madonna dismissed in Russia

  A Russian court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that sought millions of dollars in damages from Madonna for allegedly traumatizing minors by speaking ...