By
Andrew Roth
Russia Profile
07/14/2011
After years of lobbying and protesting, St. Petersburg is once again planning construction of the new Gazprom headquarters – a spiraling glass-and-steel skyscraper that will stand half a kilometer tall against the backdrop of Russia’s stout Northern capital. At a meeting yesterday the St. Petersburg Commission for Land Use and Development waived a 27-meter height restriction for the project in a 10-3 vote. Although protests from activists and international organizations such as UNESCO have halted the project in the past, it now looks set to go ahead.
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