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Arkhangelsk facelift ahead of premier’s visit

The city of Arkhangelsk

Ahead of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visits the northern Russian city of Arkhangelsk, houses are painted, roads constructed, garbage removed and flowers planted. At the same time, the authorities are strongly requesting local media not to write negatively about the city during the visit.

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The local city council has issued a order for a major facelift of the city centre ahead of the prime minister’s visit to the city due 11 July. However, the city clean-up is little more than a Potemkin-scene. As noted critics, you will not have to go far outside the main city streets to find the old dilapidated state of affairs. At the same time, local authorities have distributed a note to media institutions where they are requested not to make negative assessments of the city during the premier’s visit, Newsru.com reports.