St Petersburg's popularity is down to its ice-free port, rail links and well-educated workforce and the can-do approach of the governor, ValentinaMatviyenko, Russia's leading female politician.
St Petersburg owes its popularity to its ice-free port, good rail links and well-educated workforce, as well as the can-do approach of the governor, ValentinaMatviyenko, who has promised to turn the city into Russia's Detroit.