Russia completes Soviet-era dam in St Petersburg

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russia completed Friday the multi-billion-dollar construction of an abandoned Soviet-era dam complex in St Petersburg to protect its former imperial capital from potentially devastating floods. The project was launched in 1979 but was abandoned and left to ruin after it proved too costly following the 1991 Communist collapse. [More]

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Russia completes Soviet-era dam in St Petersburg