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When Alexei reads about a sensational contract killing--for example, the opposition Deputy Galina Starovoitova gunned down on the stairs of her apartment building last fall, or the St. Petersburg politician Mikhail Manevich hit five times at long range as his car sped down a busy street in August 1997, or the mafia leader felled by a sniper's single bullet as he left a steam bath--he has an eerie feeling. He wonders whether he trained the hit man. At times, he says, he imagines himself sitting next to the killer, checking his technique as he carries...
This is not to say that excess is unavailable. Goodwood Travel in Canterbury, England, promises to "rekindle memories of the Imperial days of the Tsars" with a five-day, $5,520 trip from London to St. Petersburg capped by a New Year's Eve Millennium Tsar's Ball (19th century costumes not included) at the gilded Great Hall in the Pushkin Palace...
...long and winding course of the regular-season regatta schedule led both the co-ed and women's sailing teams from the chilly waters of New England to sunny St. Petersburg...
...Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association Championships (ICYRA)-hosted by Eckerd College on Boca Ciega Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.-the Harvard co-ed sailing team finished in strong fashion to capture third in the nation...
...women's sailing team qualified for its national championship last weekend by beating out MIT by one point, the co-ed team did not leave any margin for error. The top four teams advanced to the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association Dinghy Championships June 2-4 in St. Petersburg...