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1997
Mikhail Manevich, vice-governor of the city, is assassinated by a sniper in the middle of the city as
he travels to work, marking the height of St Petersburg's lawlessness.
1998
The bodies of the last tsar, Nicholas II, and most of his family are finally buried in the SS Peter and
Paul Cathedral after their murder by the Bolsheviks 70 years earlier.
1998
St Petersburg politician and human rights activist Galina Starovoitova is murdered outside her
apartment by hitmen, another blow to Russia's reputation as a free and safe society.
1999
President Boris Yeltsin announces his surprise resignation on New Year's Eve, and anoints Prime
Minister Vladimir Putin as acting president, thus ushering in a new age in Russian politics.
2000
St Petersburg native Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia, beginning a new era of far greater
central control and 'managed democracy.
2003
Accused of power abuse and election manipulation, Putin's favoured candidate prevails in elections.
Winning 63% of votes, Valentina Matvienko becomes the governor of St Petersburg.
2006
Putin hosts the G8 Summit in St Petersburg, the most significant international political event ever
held in the city, marking its reinvention as a ceremonial showpiece for Putin's Russia.
2010
Governor Matvienko announces that after years of protests and international criticism, the contro-
versial 400m-high Okhta Centre will no longer be built in the city centre.
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