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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08STPETERSBURG135 |
PANDEMONIUM ERUPTS AT PUBLIC HEARING ON OKHTA CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 27th public hearing on the proposed construction of the Okhta Center degenerated into chaos shortly after its start. An estimated 75% of the audience was recruited by authorities in order to stage enthusiastic public support of the project. Civic and political activi [...] |
2008-07-02 11:14:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM RS ECON PGOV |
| 08STPETERSBURG148 |
ST. PETERSBURGERS HESITANT TO LABEL U.S. AN ALLY, POLL [...] Summary. According to a recent poll, only a minority of St. Petersburg residents consider the U.S. to be a "friend" of Russia, while the perception that China is a close Russian ally is quickly growing. At the same time, however, a majority of residents now deem the U.S. to be closer to a frie [...] |
2008-08-05 13:41:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM RS |
| 08STPETERSBURG189 |
MEMORIAL ST. PETERSBURG RAIDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 4 raid on the headquarters of Memorial, an organization dedicated to the documenting and exposing of communist-era human rights violations, the local St. Petersburg prosecutor's office confiscated documents and computer drives while providing thin justification for [...] |
2008-12-05 15:46:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV PHUM |
| 08STPETERSBURG192 |
OPPOSITION AND HUMAN RIGHTS THIS WEEK IN ST. PETERSBURG [...] SUMMARY. St. Petersburg was the scene of another Dissenters March December 14, conducted mostly peacefully, but well outside the city center and under control of overwhelming security forces. Some 60 persons were arrested. Human Rights Day December 10 was marked by dueling conferences - one [...] |
2008-12-15 16:48:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV PHUM |
| 08STPETERSBURG194 |
CODEL DELAHUNT VISIT TO ST. PETERSBURG [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 9-10, Representatives William Delahunt and Dana Rohrabacher met with several diverse groups of Russian interlocutors in St. Petersburg. Our interlocutors were pleased to be able to meet with such high-level representatives of the U.S. government. ---------------- [...] |
2008-12-16 10:44:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON RS |
| 08STPETERSBURG197 |
MURMANSK - PROSPERING, BUT WITH PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) During a December 17-18 visit to Murmansk, DPO and Poloff saw a city relatively unscathed by the world economic crisis, and in fact saw a city hoping to capitalize on opportunities arising from the crisis and building on its recent economic growth. However, despite the apparent prosperi [...] |
2008-12-23 16:04:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV ECON EINV EIND EPET EWWT PHUM OPRC |
| 09STPETERSBURG10 |
2009 OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT - ST. PETERSBURG [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-23 11:07:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC |
| 09STPETERSBURG103 |
LOCAL AUTO INDUSTRY HIT HARD BY ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. The economic crisis has severely disrupted the auto industry in the St. Petersburg region, with all manufacturers having sharply curtailed production over the past several months. A key part of the regional economy, the auto industry has endured a series of production halts and [...] |
2009-08-13 14:16:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS ECON EIND |
| 09STPETERSBURG104 |
PARATROOPERS DAY COINCIDES WITH APPARENTLY RACIALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Three attacks against ethnic non-Russians took place in the aftermath of the August 2 Paratroopers Appreciation Day in St. Petersburg and its environs, resulting in the death of one man. Law enforcement officials have been reluctant to characterize the attacks as hate crimes, al [...] |
2009-08-13 15:13:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PHUM |
| 09STPETERSBURG115 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ZORKIN: INDEPENDENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a cordial and surprisingly open conversation with Ambassador and Consul General August 27, Valery Zorkin, Chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court, underscored the importance of strengthening judicial independence and the rule of law in Russia, welcomed the possibility [...] |
2009-09-02 08:00:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG116 |
PIKALYOVO'S DILEMMA UNRESOLVED: COMPANIES KICK THE CAN [...] (U) Summary. Companies involved in the controversy surrounding the industrial complex in the town of Pikalyovo, Leningrad oblast, have agreed to extend until the end of 2009 the agreements PM Putin forcefully persuaded them to sign in June during a visit there. The extension will allow the i [...] |
2009-09-02 09:54:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV ECON EIND |
| 09STPETERSBURG117 |
ST. PETERSBURG AUTHORITIES CONTINUE HARASSMENT OF OPPONENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The St. Petersburg police recently conducted a raid, with questionable justification, on the offices of a local offshoot of the Communist Party which had been vocally criticizing the city government. Separately, the city authorities denied permission to civil rights activists t [...] |
2009-09-03 11:13:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PHUM |
| 09STPETERSBURG118 |
LGBT FILM FESTIVAL FACES CONTINUED LOCAL HOSTILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Last year's St. Petersburg LGBT (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender) community "Side-by-Side" film festival generated an intense media and political backlash, with access to several planned film venues repeatedly shut down due to strong political pressure. "Side-by-Side" organi [...] |
2009-09-08 12:08:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PHUM |
| 09STPETERSBURG121 |
KALININGRAD OUTREACH: DESPITE COOL RECEPTION, SOLID INTEREST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consulate officers traveled to Kaliningrad recently for public diplomacy and consular outreach. Despite a cool reception at Kaliningrad's main university and amidst rumors of misdeeds associated with the collapse of the region's main airline, Conoffs managed to meet with hundred [...] |
2009-09-30 08:35:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS CVIS KFRD OEXC SCUL |
| 09STPETERSBURG132 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - ST. PETERSBURG [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-02 09:24:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RS |
| 09STPETERSBURG139 |
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS CRY FOUL OVER CITY'S EVICTION PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: A running property dispute between local small-business owners and the St. Petersburg city administration has escalated, as the administration recently announced it will evict the entrepreneurs in January 2010 from a market they leased from the city in 2001. The lease expired in [...] |
2009-12-15 15:02:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM |
| 09STPETERSBURG2 |
GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN HITS ST. PETERSBURG [...] (SBU) Summary. The ongoing economic downturn is increasingly being felt in St Petersburg and threatens to jeopardize many of the achievements of St. Petersburg's economic development over the last several years. The city government has been forced to recalculate its budget, several ambitious [...] |
2009-01-12 08:13:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | RS ECON |
| 09STPETERSBURG22 |
ST. PETERSBURG HR OMBUDSMAN - NOT YOUR EVERYDAY OMBUDSMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 10 meeting with the Consul General, the St. Petersburg Human Rights Ombudsman Igor Mikhaylov expounded on his interpretation of human rights and political views. The discussion ranged over his view of the raid on Memorial's headquarters, migrant workers, the rig [...] |
2009-02-18 14:01:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PHUM PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG27 |
VOLOGDA OBLAST: KEEPING AFLOAT - SO FAR [...] (SBU) Summary. While Vologda Oblast's dependence on the ferrous metallurgy industry -- particularly steel exports -- renders it vulnerable to the global economic downturn, regional authorities thus far have managed to mitigate much of the impact thanks to Moscow's financial assistance and the [...] |
2009-03-10 11:27:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV RS ECON EIND |
| 09STPETERSBURG28 |
UNITED RUSSIA WINS THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Numerous elections were held in Northwest Russia on March 1st at the oblast, city, and local levels. With turnout low, United Russia won everywhere resoundingly with only minor setbacks. The Communists and Liberal Democrats had relatively poor showings, and other opposition gr [...] |
2009-03-17 12:10:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG29 |
GRYZLOV JR.: A LESSON IN KNOWING YOUR PLACE IN ST. [...] (SBU) Summary: Dmitriy Gryzlov, son of the State Duma Chairman, lost his electoral bid as an independent candidate in the St. Petersburg municipal elections on March 1st. After his loss, he was quick to accuse United Russia of unfair campaigning and election fraud. Gryzlov said also that the [...] |
2009-03-17 12:10:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG30 |
KARELIA: STRIVING FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL STABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Worsening economic conditions and the uncertain prospects of recovery dominated the Consul General's meetings in Petrozavodsk. Local officials and business people are skeptical that the regional administration can solve the problems of the export-oriented Karelian economy, and [...] |
2009-03-19 08:30:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV ECON |
| 09STPETERSBURG31 |
REBELLIOUS GOVERNOR OF MURMANSK OBLAST REPLACED [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev has relieved Murmansk Oblast Governor Yuriy Yevdokimov of his position and replaced him with Deputy Head of the State Fishing Committee Dmitriy Dmitriyenko. Medvedev's decision followed United Russia's recent election defeat in the city of Murmansk where the [...] |
2009-03-23 15:02:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV RS |
| 09STPETERSBURG32 |
PSKOV OBLAST - VERTICAL OF POWER WITHOUT APOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Pskov Oblast and City has a new political hierarchy with strong Kremlin ties -political and financial. The opposition sees these personnel moves as an effort to consolidate Muscovite control over the region. Local authorities say the oblast's and city's economies have not suff [...] |
2009-03-24 10:29:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV PREL ECON EN LG |
| 09STPETERSBURG33 |
CHARUSHEV - FACTS MURKY: PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT OR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Vadim Charushev, coordinator of a number of popular opposition political internet communities, was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital on March 7 where he underwent treatment. While the exact circumstances of his hospitalization are unclear, he allegedly wrote in [...] |
2009-03-24 10:36:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PHUM |
| 09STPETERSBURG40 |
ANTI-SEMITIC BOOK REMOVED FROM UNIVERSITY BOOKSHELVES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-31 14:38:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PHUM |
| 09STPETERSBURG43 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - ST. PETERSBURG [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-09 10:36:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RS |
| 09STPETERSBURG46 |
MATVIYENKO: REPORTS OF HER IMMINENT DEPARTURE EXAGGERATED? [...] (SBU) Summary. Rumors have circulated quietly in recent weeks that St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko may soon leave office, either of her own accord or be forced out. There's little solid evidence that she is on the way out, but that's not surprising given the sensitive nature of th [...] |
2009-04-13 20:45:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG48 |
AMBASSADOR BEYRLE MEETS WITH ST. PETERSBURG GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In their first official meeting together, the Ambassador and Governor Matviyenko discussed the economic crisis, U.S. investment, international relations, and various housekeeping issues related to the Consulate. The meeting was cordial and Governor Matviyenko was clearly will [...] |
2009-04-22 08:18:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS ASCH BTIO ECON EINV |
| 09STPETERSBURG49 |
MURMANSK - POTENTIAL POLITICAL UPHEAVAL QUELLED [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 2009 replacement of Murmansk Oblast Governor Yevdokimov following his split from United Russia and support of successful mayoral candidate Sergey Subbotin created an uncertain political environment for the new mayor, with rumors that his election would be overturned in [...] |
2009-04-22 08:20:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG51 |
AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING IN NW RUSSIA - DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) Summary. The St. Petersburg region - "Russia's Detroit" - is home to the largest concentration of foreign car manufacturing plants in Russia. These plants have suffered substantially from the economic crisis, and have significantly cut their production in recent months in the wake of a [...] |
2009-04-24 08:41:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS ECON EIND EINV |
| 09STPETERSBURG54 |
ST. PETERSBURG'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS POST SCRIPT [...] (SBU) Summary: While United Russia won the March 1 municipal elections in St. Petersburg by a wide margin, its victory was tainted by accusations of electoral fraud. Allegations by opposition groups range from improper denial of candidate registration to outright vote stealing, and were fairly [...] |
2009-04-27 10:38:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG62 |
YOUNG GRYZLOV AND PUTINA: LEADING THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Dmitriy Gryzlov , the son of the Russian State Duma Chairman, and Vera Putina, cousin of the Prime Minister, are aiming to reshape youth policies in St. Petersburg by establishing and heading the city's Youth Parliament and Youth Government. Though the St. Petersburg branch of [...] |
2009-05-15 13:20:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG68 |
PUTIN INTERVENES TO MEET WORKERS' DEMANDS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a display of political drama broadcast on national television, Prime Minister Putin rode into the small town of Pikalyovo in Leningrad Oblast on June 4 and forced a resolution to a simmering labor dispute, meeting workers' demands and publicly humiliating the Leningrad Govern [...] |
2009-06-10 09:15:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV ECON |
| 09STPETERSBURG7 |
ST. PETERSBURG COURT ORDERS RETURN OF MEMORIAL PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 20, the St Petersburg court ordered the city's Prosecutor's Office to return computer hard drives and research materials confiscated in a December 4, 2008, raid on a local office of the human rights organization, Memorial. Memorial's victory in the case is not untar [...] |
2009-01-21 14:16:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV PHUM |
| 09STPETERSBURG70 |
ARCHANGELSK DOCTOR'S ATTEMPT TO HEAL HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Around 300 people assembled in the central square of Archangelsk on May 29 to protest inadequate funding and equipment shortages in local hospitals and the lack of transparency in budget spending. The organizers of the protest were primarily surgeons from various regional hospitals. Arc [...] |
2009-06-11 11:06:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV SOCI |
| 09STPETERSBURG71 |
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH REACHES OUT TO ST PETERSBURG'S [...] (SBU) Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill addressed an audience of over 8,000 students at the Ice Palace Stadium in St. Petersburg on May 29, the second in a series of large-scale appearances made recently by the Patriarch. The Patriarch's hour-long address struck a very Western tone and at time [...] |
2009-06-11 12:26:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV KIRF |
| 09STPETERSBURG73 |
DISPUTED ST. PETERSBURG MUNICIPAL ELECTION SEAT SAGA [...] (SBU) Summary: Controversy continues to surround St. Petersburg's March 1 municipal elections. In the city district of Morskoy Okrug, a local court cancelled the allegedly forged final election figures which deprived Yabloko candidate Boris Vishnevskiy of his apparent victory. But, Vishnevsk [...] |
2009-06-16 13:24:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG75 |
UNITED RUSSIA WINS PETROZAVODSK MAYORAL ELECTION TWO WEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Karelia's Governor Katanandov appointed former opposition politician and mayoral candidate Davletkhan Alikhanov to the position of governor's representative in Russia's Federation Council. In exchange, Alikhanov withdrew from Petrozavodsk's mayoral election, which many thought [...] |
2009-06-18 08:49:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG79 |
SUSPECT IN 1998 MURDER OF DUMA DEPUTY STAROVOITOVA ARRESTED [...] (SBU) Police arrested former Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Duma Deputy Mikhail Glushchenko in St. Petersburg on June 16 as he attempted to renew his passport. On June 23 he was officially charged with extortion in a 2004 case and with the triple murder of Russian citizens in Cyprus [...] |
2009-06-25 10:40:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PHUM |
| 09STPETERSBURG8 |
PETROZAVODSK MAYOR RESIGNS IN ROW WITH GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrozavodsk Mayor Viktor Maslyakov opened the new year by abruptly resigning in response to last year's decision by the regional government to move up the mayoral elections from 2010 to 2009. Several analysts believe the elections were moved forward because Karelian Republic G [...] |
2009-01-21 14:16:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG87 |
UNITED RUSSIA CANDIDATE WINS PETROZAVODSK MAYORALTY [...] (SBU) United Russia candidate Nikolay Levin won, as expected, the July 5 mayoral election in Petrozavodsk with 59% of the vote, according to the Karelian Central Election Commission. After his main rival and previous opposition leader Davletkhan Alikhanov dropped out of the race in mid-June (r [...] |
2009-07-08 12:39:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG9 |
RUSSIAN GAS SALES IN THE BALTIC REGION - A COOPERATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The history of the international gas trade from northwest Russia to its Baltic neighbors is an example of an extraordinary smooth and successful shift towards market principles. The main factors that facilitated this were the financial willingness and ability of the Baltic cons [...] |
2009-01-23 10:46:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS ECIN EPET EN LG LH FI |
| 09STPETERSBURG90 |
RUSSIAN POSTAL SERVICE FIRES OPPOSITION ACTIVIST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The St. Petersburg branch of the Federal Postal Service forced an employee to resign on June 24, reportedly after its management discovered information regarding his past political activities. Both the company and the employee publicly stated that the "separation" was based on [...] |
2009-07-17 12:25:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PHUM |
| 09STPETERSBURG92 |
ST. PETERSBURG CITY GOVERNMENT INTERVENES TO RESOLVE PAY [...] (SBU) Summary. Workers at one of St. Petersburg's oldest and largest construction materials production companies - DSK-3 -- went on strike in early July after the firm failed to pay full staff salaries for five consecutive months. The company had blamed the salaries shortfall on non- payment [...] |
2009-07-24 13:58:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV ECON ELAB |
| 09STPETERSBURG93 |
ECONOMIC CRISIS IMPACTS REGIONAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-24 14:19:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON RS PGOV |
| 09STPETERSBURG94 |
NW RUSSIA REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Reaction to President Obama's recent Moscow visit generally has been positive in Northwest Russia, despite some lingering apprehensions about the future course of U.S.-Russian relations. Local polls show the general attitude towards the United States in St. Petersburg following [...] |
2009-07-28 05:09:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS OPRC PREL |
| 91LENINGRAD4146 |
LENINGRAD'S COMMUNISTS UNREPENTANT [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IN A REMARKABLE MONOLOGUE WHICH REFLECTED MORE ABOUT THE CURRENT TORTURED THINKING OF COMMUNIST APPARATCHIKS THAN REALITY, 0. L. ZOLOTAREV, AIDE TO LENINGRAD COMMUNIST PARTY FIRST SECRETARY GIDASPOV, ASSERTED AUGUST 28 THAT: - GIDASPOV HAD NOT B [...] |
1991-08-30 14:54:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UR |