You can't even ask anymore

At a meeting dedicated to the construction of a stadium for FC Zenit, Valentina Matvienko doubted whether St. Petersburg needed a monument to Kirov on Krestovsky, writes Fontanka.ru. “Perhaps we should build a monument to Alexei Borisovich [Miller] or Sergei Alexandrovich [Fursenko] there?” - the governor addressed the head of KGiOP Vera Dementieva. In response to a timid protest from the main custodian of the monuments, Matvienko stated: “I know, Vera Anatolyevna, you need everything that’s covered in dust!” And then: “What, can’t I ask? Why are you so aggressive, I treat you tenderly,” and Dementieva no longer objected.