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Prince Dmitry Romanov visits Imperial Cathedral in St Petersburg.
ST.PETERSBURG, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - The grand grandson of the Russian
Emperor Nicolas I visited Fyodor's Imperial Cathedral (Fedorovsky Sobor)
in St. Petersburg on Sunday. The 83-year prince arrived in Russia's
northern capital to participate in events commemorating the 91st
anniversary of the death of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his
family.
Prince Dmitry is a member of the board of trustees of Fyodor's
Cathedral. The church was built in 1913 to commemorate the 300th
anniversary of the Romanov House. It was supposed to become a sacred
storage for the holy relics of the reigning House and all Russian people.
The cathedral is devoted to the Fyodor Icon of the Mother of God, the
patron and guardian of the Romanov House. All Russian monarchs were
crowned for the throne in front of this icon. The church is being
renovated for the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the Russian
Imperial Dynasty.
Prince Dmitry Romanov donated a small 19th-century Icon of St.
Mitrofan and Tikhon of Voronezh to the cathedral.
"Hieromonch Zasima - my spiritual councilor- blessed me with this holy
icon in Rome in 1944," Prince Dmitry said.
He asked Alexander Sorokin, the cathedral's father superior, to bless
him with the icon of St. Mitrofan and Tikhon of Voronezh under the vaults
of Fyodor's Cathedral.
Fifteen years ago, Prince Dmitry Romanov got married in front of the
Fyodor Icon of the Mother of God in the Ipatievsky Monastery in Kostroma,
the cradle of the Romanov dynasty. His wife (christened as Feodora) and
his 24-year-old nephew Rostislav visited Fyodor's Imperial Cathedral in
St. Petersburg together with the Prince on Sunday.
Rostislav lives in Britain but has come to Russia to learn Russian.
.Vice-President Biden sets out on a tour of Ukraine & Georgia.
WASHINGTON, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - The U.S. Vice-President Joseph Biden
is starting his visits to Ukraine and Georgia to show America's support
for the democratic and economic reforms in these former Soviet republics.
The trip will last until Thursday.
According to Biden's national security adviser Tony Blinken, the
United States will continue denying the 'spheres of influence' concept and
will back up a principle that sovereign democracies have the right to
choose their own partners and allies.
He said that the 'resetting' of the U.S. relations with Russia wouldn'
t take place at the expense of any other country. This is what
Vice-President Biden spoke of in Munich. President Barack Obama stressed
the same during his visit to Moscow early in July.
Blinken said that the United States wanted to strengthen relations
with various countries, including Ukraine and Georgia, on the principle of
multiple partnership. Besides, both Ukraine and Georgia have seen
'colour' revolutions. However, each of the two countries is facing
challenges of how to live up to the promises given during those
revolutions. In Ukraine, it's ailing economy and energy problems while in
Georgia it's the construction of a democratic society.
In Ukraine and Georgia, Vice-President Biden is planning to meet both
the incumbent and potential leaders.
In Ukraine, he will talk to President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime
Minister Yulia Timoshenko, Parliament Speaker Vladimir Litvin, the head of
the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovich and opposition leader Arseniy
Yatsenyuk.
In Georgia, it will be President Mikhail Saakashvili, Parliament
Speaker David Bakradze and opposition leaders Irakly Alasaniya, Nino
Burdzhanadze and Levana Gachechiladze.
Biden will also deliver speeches at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in
Kiev and in Georgian parliament in Tbilisi. Asked whether any of Biden's
speeches would have the same confrontational tone as the speeches of the
former Vice-President Dick Cheney, Tony Blinken said that Washington's
striving for multiple partnership was not directed against any other
country.
.Death toll from bus accident in Novosibirsk region rises to 8.
KRASNOYARSK, the Siberia, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - The death toll from a
bus accident in the Novosibirsk region that occurred on the
Novosibirsk-Pavlodar highway early on Monday has risen to eight, a source
at the Siberian regional centre of the Russian Ministry of Emergency
Situations in Krasnoyarsk told Itar-Tass.
The passenger bus that was heading from Tomsk for Yarovoye turned over
near the Ordynskoye settlement on the 103rd kilometer of the
Novosibirsk-Pavlodar highway. There were 47 passengers and two drivers
inside the bus at the time of the accident. As a result eight people were
killed and 38 were delivered to hospitals in Ordynskoye and Novosibirsk.
A source at the interior department of the Ordynsky district told
Itar-Tass that the bus driver could have fallen asleep behind the steer
wheel.
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Emperor Nicolas I visited Fyodor's Imperial Cathedral (Fedorovsky Sobor)
in St. Petersburg on Sunday. The 83-year prince arrived in Russia's
northern capital to participate in events commemorating the 91st
anniversary of the death of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his
family.
Prince Dmitry is a member of the board of trustees of Fyodor's
Cathedral. The church was built in 1913 to commemorate the 300th
anniversary of the Romanov House. It was supposed to become a sacred
storage for the holy relics of the reigning House and all Russian people.
The cathedral is devoted to the Fyodor Icon of the Mother of God, the
patron and guardian of the Romanov House. All Russian monarchs were
crowned for the throne in front of this icon. The church is being
renovated for the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the Russian
Imperial Dynasty.
Prince Dmitry Romanov donated a small 19th-century Icon of St.
Mitrofan and Tikhon of Voronezh to the cathedral.
"Hieromonch Zasima - my spiritual councilor- blessed me with this holy
icon in Rome in 1944," Prince Dmitry said.
He asked Alexander Sorokin, the cathedral's father superior, to bless
him with the icon of St. Mitrofan and Tikhon of Voronezh under the vaults
of Fyodor's Cathedral.
Fifteen years ago, Prince Dmitry Romanov got married in front of the
Fyodor Icon of the Mother of God in the Ipatievsky Monastery in Kostroma,
the cradle of the Romanov dynasty. His wife (christened as Feodora) and
his 24-year-old nephew Rostislav visited Fyodor's Imperial Cathedral in
St. Petersburg together with the Prince on Sunday.
Rostislav lives in Britain but has come to Russia to learn Russian.
.Vice-President Biden sets out on a tour of Ukraine & Georgia.
WASHINGTON, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - The U.S. Vice-President Joseph Biden
is starting his visits to Ukraine and Georgia to show America's support
for the democratic and economic reforms in these former Soviet republics.
The trip will last until Thursday.
According to Biden's national security adviser Tony Blinken, the
United States will continue denying the 'spheres of influence' concept and
will back up a principle that sovereign democracies have the right to
choose their own partners and allies.
He said that the 'resetting' of the U.S. relations with Russia wouldn'
t take place at the expense of any other country. This is what
Vice-President Biden spoke of in Munich. President Barack Obama stressed
the same during his visit to Moscow early in July.
Blinken said that the United States wanted to strengthen relations
with various countries, including Ukraine and Georgia, on the principle of
multiple partnership. Besides, both Ukraine and Georgia have seen
'colour' revolutions. However, each of the two countries is facing
challenges of how to live up to the promises given during those
revolutions. In Ukraine, it's ailing economy and energy problems while in
Georgia it's the construction of a democratic society.
In Ukraine and Georgia, Vice-President Biden is planning to meet both
the incumbent and potential leaders.
In Ukraine, he will talk to President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime
Minister Yulia Timoshenko, Parliament Speaker Vladimir Litvin, the head of
the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovich and opposition leader Arseniy
Yatsenyuk.
In Georgia, it will be President Mikhail Saakashvili, Parliament
Speaker David Bakradze and opposition leaders Irakly Alasaniya, Nino
Burdzhanadze and Levana Gachechiladze.
Biden will also deliver speeches at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in
Kiev and in Georgian parliament in Tbilisi. Asked whether any of Biden's
speeches would have the same confrontational tone as the speeches of the
former Vice-President Dick Cheney, Tony Blinken said that Washington's
striving for multiple partnership was not directed against any other
country.
.Death toll from bus accident in Novosibirsk region rises to 8.
KRASNOYARSK, the Siberia, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - The death toll from a
bus accident in the Novosibirsk region that occurred on the
Novosibirsk-Pavlodar highway early on Monday has risen to eight, a source
at the Siberian regional centre of the Russian Ministry of Emergency
Situations in Krasnoyarsk told Itar-Tass.
The passenger bus that was heading from Tomsk for Yarovoye turned over
near the Ordynskoye settlement on the 103rd kilometer of the
Novosibirsk-Pavlodar highway. There were 47 passengers and two drivers
inside the bus at the time of the accident. As a result eight people were
killed and 38 were delivered to hospitals in Ordynskoye and Novosibirsk.
A source at the interior department of the Ordynsky district told
Itar-Tass that the bus driver could have fallen asleep behind the steer
wheel.
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