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US singer Pink to give her only show in Russia Sunday.
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ST PTERSBURG, July 18 (Itar-Tass) - U.S. singer Pink will give her
only concert in Russia at St. Petersburg's Stadium Telebashnya on Sunday.
NCA concert agency said Pink concert in Russia during the much-awaited
Funhouse Tour will take place as scheduled after the singer was
hospitalized during a gig in Germany after an on-stage stunt went wrong.
Fortunately, nothing has been broken and the 30-year-old will continue her
tour.
Russia's rock group Mumiy Troll and US Good Charlotte will serve as a
warm-up for Pink. The concern in St. Petersburg will take part within the
framework of Tuborg Greenfest.
R&B singer/songwriter Pink has sold around 30 million albums
worldwide. According to the world concert statistics, her Funhouse album
with the hit single So What is in the top five list of the worldwide
best-selling tours of the year.
Pink was nominated for three Grammy awards with her studio album
Funhouse released in 2008.
.St Pete car makers outpace last year's production rates three-fold.
ST PETERSBURG, July 18 (Itar-Tass) - St. Petersburg's car-making
industry produced 24,900 cars in the first six months of the year, up by
three and a half times as against the same period of 2009, an official at
the federal statistics service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region
(Petrostat) told Itar-Tass.
In June 2010 St. Petersburg-based car-making plants rolled off their
assembly lines 5,500 cars, by 1,000 more as against May 2010.
The first deputy chairman of the St. Petersburg government's committee
for economic development, industrial policy and trade, Sergei Fiveisky,
said the production growth is linked with an increasing demand for the St.
Petersburg-assembled cars.
He forecasts that by the end of the year the car output will exceed
50,000, which is practically by three times more than the annual
production in 2009.
At present, three car plants are operating in St. Petersburg - Japan's
Toyota and Nissan and the United States' General Motors.
Several foreign brands are assembled in St. Petersburg - Chevrolet
Captiva, Opel Antara, Chevrolet Cruze, Opel Astra (produced since June
2010), Toyota Camry, Nissan Teana and Nissan X-Trail (produced since
November 2009).
In 2011 Nissan plant plans to launch the commercial production of
Nissan Murano crossover.
Moreover, in autumn 2010 South Korea's Hyundai company will inaugurate
its plant on the territory of the city.
It plans to manufacture up to 150,000 cars a year.
In January 2011 St. Petersburg's car-manufacturing industry plans to
begin production of compact, small family cars that were designed for the
Russian market.
.Bashkiria's State Assembly to consider Khamitov's candidacy Monday.
UFA, July 18 (Itar-Tass) - Parliamentarians of the State Assembly of
Bashkiria will consider at their extraordinary session on Monday the
president-nominated candidate, Rustem Khamitov, for the republic's
presidential seat.
President Dmitry Medvedev chose his candidacy from the list of four
candidates proposed by the United Russia party, the press service of
Bashkiria's president told Itar-Tass.
On July 15, Medvedev signed a decree to appoint Khamitov as Acting
President until he is sworn into office.
Khamitov was born in the village of Drachenino, the Kemerovo Region's
Leninsk-Kuznetsky district, in 1954.
He graduated from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in
1977. He is a doctor of technical sciences.
From 1994 to 1999, he served as Bashkiria's minister for emergencies.
From 1999 to 2000, he headed the Russian Emergencies Ministry's department
for emergency prevention and liquidation.
On September 21, 2000, Khamitov was appointed as a chief federal
inspector for the republic. In 2002 he was the president's deputy envoy to
the Volga Federal District. In 2003 he headed an inter-regional inspection
service of the Tax Ministry. From October 2003, he headed the ministry's
department for major taxpayers. From March 2004 to May 2009, he headed the
federal agency for water resources. From July 2009, he became a member of
the board of RusHydro, Russia's hydropower-generating company.
-0-isk/
ST PTERSBURG, July 18 (Itar-Tass) - U.S. singer Pink will give her
only concert in Russia at St. Petersburg's Stadium Telebashnya on Sunday.
NCA concert agency said Pink concert in Russia during the much-awaited
Funhouse Tour will take place as scheduled after the singer was
hospitalized during a gig in Germany after an on-stage stunt went wrong.
Fortunately, nothing has been broken and the 30-year-old will continue her
tour.
Russia's rock group Mumiy Troll and US Good Charlotte will serve as a
warm-up for Pink. The concern in St. Petersburg will take part within the
framework of Tuborg Greenfest.
R&B singer/songwriter Pink has sold around 30 million albums
worldwide. According to the world concert statistics, her Funhouse album
with the hit single So What is in the top five list of the worldwide
best-selling tours of the year.
Pink was nominated for three Grammy awards with her studio album
Funhouse released in 2008.
.St Pete car makers outpace last year's production rates three-fold.
ST PETERSBURG, July 18 (Itar-Tass) - St. Petersburg's car-making
industry produced 24,900 cars in the first six months of the year, up by
three and a half times as against the same period of 2009, an official at
the federal statistics service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region
(Petrostat) told Itar-Tass.
In June 2010 St. Petersburg-based car-making plants rolled off their
assembly lines 5,500 cars, by 1,000 more as against May 2010.
The first deputy chairman of the St. Petersburg government's committee
for economic development, industrial policy and trade, Sergei Fiveisky,
said the production growth is linked with an increasing demand for the St.
Petersburg-assembled cars.
He forecasts that by the end of the year the car output will exceed
50,000, which is practically by three times more than the annual
production in 2009.
At present, three car plants are operating in St. Petersburg - Japan's
Toyota and Nissan and the United States' General Motors.
Several foreign brands are assembled in St. Petersburg - Chevrolet
Captiva, Opel Antara, Chevrolet Cruze, Opel Astra (produced since June
2010), Toyota Camry, Nissan Teana and Nissan X-Trail (produced since
November 2009).
In 2011 Nissan plant plans to launch the commercial production of
Nissan Murano crossover.
Moreover, in autumn 2010 South Korea's Hyundai company will inaugurate
its plant on the territory of the city.
It plans to manufacture up to 150,000 cars a year.
In January 2011 St. Petersburg's car-manufacturing industry plans to
begin production of compact, small family cars that were designed for the
Russian market.
.Bashkiria's State Assembly to consider Khamitov's candidacy Monday.
UFA, July 18 (Itar-Tass) - Parliamentarians of the State Assembly of
Bashkiria will consider at their extraordinary session on Monday the
president-nominated candidate, Rustem Khamitov, for the republic's
presidential seat.
President Dmitry Medvedev chose his candidacy from the list of four
candidates proposed by the United Russia party, the press service of
Bashkiria's president told Itar-Tass.
On July 15, Medvedev signed a decree to appoint Khamitov as Acting
President until he is sworn into office.
Khamitov was born in the village of Drachenino, the Kemerovo Region's
Leninsk-Kuznetsky district, in 1954.
He graduated from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in
1977. He is a doctor of technical sciences.
From 1994 to 1999, he served as Bashkiria's minister for emergencies.
From 1999 to 2000, he headed the Russian Emergencies Ministry's department
for emergency prevention and liquidation.
On September 21, 2000, Khamitov was appointed as a chief federal
inspector for the republic. In 2002 he was the president's deputy envoy to
the Volga Federal District. In 2003 he headed an inter-regional inspection
service of the Tax Ministry. From October 2003, he headed the ministry's
department for major taxpayers. From March 2004 to May 2009, he headed the
federal agency for water resources. From July 2009, he became a member of
the board of RusHydro, Russia's hydropower-generating company.
-0-isk/
