In Moscow and St. Petersburg, a group of experts from London, invited by ASLA World Hotels, began to study the condition of existing hotels. The goal of London experts is to find opportunities to improve hotel operations. Experts from the UK analyze the financial results of local hotels and compare them with similar indicators in Eastern and Western Europe.

The US Consul General in St. Petersburg, Morris Hughes, is having a busy time right now. He only recently took up his duties - he arrived in St. Petersburg only on February 20. So we have to quickly develop the consular district (the entire North-West of Russia). He has already visited Novgorod and Kaliningrad, with Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, Pskov ahead... But the main thing is that May is coming soon, and that means George Bush’s visit to Russia.

The Office of the Prosecutor General for the North-Western Federal District of Russia opened a criminal case on the fact of slander contained in the publication of Novaya Gazeta against the Deputy Prosecutor of St. Petersburg Boris Salmaksov. We are talking about the article “Tagged Prosecutors,” published on January 21, 2002, which talks about abuses in the City Prosecutor’s Office of St. Petersburg. It is clear that this publication did not cause any delight in the prosecutor's office.

Much has been said about judicial corruption, but few people know how things really stand in the judicial community. According to official data, over the past five years, out of several tens of thousands of Russian judges, about 400 people have been deprived of their powers due to compromising circumstances. This was done by their own colleagues - members of qualification boards.

Remember the events of a year ago? Petersburg residents who turned on the radio at home at 6 a.m. on April 1, 2001 heard, instead of the usual call signs of Radio Petersburg, the unusual call signs of Radio Russia. At first, one might think it was an April Fool's joke. But no, everything was serious... Now, after a year has passed since that memorable day, it’s time to speculate - what has changed? Has it gotten worse or better?