RUSSIA-SOCIETY-APPARTMENT-FILES

– TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARINA KORENEVA – A picture taken on March 3, 2008 shows doorbells of tenants of shared apartment in St. Petersburg. A long hallway, kitchen and bathroom facilities shared with the neighbors: Thousands of St. Petersburg still live a life full of conflicts but also sometimes friendliness in communal apartments, the „Kommunalka” inherited from the Soviet era. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV