The tricentenary is approaching, and the time is approaching to collect stones - both figuratively and literally. And those who, on duty, take this literally - restorers - presented the world with a special map of restoration work. However, the average person, who is far from restoring monuments, already sees with the naked eye: a good half of the city is in the forests - if only it could be done by May...

In recent years, fishermen in the Gulf of Finland have seen a noticeable decline in their catches. I was tormented by the brownish mucus that kept clogging the fishing nets. Almost every other day they are forced to select gear from the water for washing and drying. But at the same time they begin to cough and sneeze desperately - the dried muck causes natural allergies. Warlike strangers Several years ago, St.

That evening, Vasilyevsky Island seemed to split in two. Looking at it from a bird's eye view, one could see new buildings near Primorskaya flooded with light and yellow chains of lanterns ending somewhere in the middle. The northeastern part of the island was plunged into darkness.

The culmination of yesterday's second reading of the law on the city budget for 2003 in the Legislative Assembly was the discussion of the issue of a “package amendment”. As we expected, the city parliament took the simplest path: the package amendment turned into a committee one...