He comes from Mr Putin's native st Petersburg and studied law at the same university.

他来自于普京的家乡圣彼得堡并在与普京的同一所大学就读法律。

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The Russian scientists are also hedging their bets. Professor Leonid Sokolov of St. Petersburg State University remarked that 99942 Apophis would most likely disintegrate before hitting Earth.

俄国科学家也在做以备万一的计划。圣彼得堡国家大学的李尔尼德·索科尔夫教授说，阿波菲斯99942更有可能在撞上地球之前就已经被击碎。

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Professor Leonid Sokolov of St. Petersburg State University remarked that 99942 Apophis would most likely disintegrate before hitting Earth.

圣彼得堡国家大学的李尔尼德·索科尔夫教授说，阿波菲斯99942更有可能在撞上地球之前就已经被击碎。

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Nikolai Vasilyev, who led the team from the St Petersburg Mining University for the Vostok breakthrough last week, insisted that "absolutely nothing fell into the lake".

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Zenit's most high-profile supporter is new Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who trained as a lawyer in the city and was once an assistant professor at St Petersburg State University.

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Ellen Podgor, an expert in white-collar crime at Stetson University in St Petersburg, Florida, reckons that Siemens confessed all not to minimise the fine it had to pay but to avoid being barred from business with the American government.

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