At the beginning of this year, the main museum of St. Petersburg “delighted” all residents of the cultural capital with a sharp increase in ticket prices. Now those who decide to visit the Hermitage will have to pay no less than a hundred rubles for a ticket. But there are no rules without exceptions, and that exception is the first Thursday of every month. On this day you can experience beauty completely free of charge.

They had to wait a long time for their time!.. The initial attempt to revive jury trials in St. Petersburg was made back in 1994. And now, ten years later, the ice has finally broken. Tomorrow, February 10, the City Court will select assessors to participate in the first trial. They returned to the city after an absence of almost 90 years. They could have done it earlier: already in 1993, the institution of juries was introduced in nine regions of Russia.

Enhanced security measures are being taken in the St. Petersburg metro and on the Oktyabrskaya Railway. Unlike Moscow, where the metro has more than once become the target of terrorist attacks, the situation in the St. Petersburg metro looks calmer. The only explosion that qualified as a terrorist attack occurred on the night of December 19, 1996, on the Lenin Square - Vyborgskaya section. The bomb, which apparently was planted under the seat of the carriage, damaged the carriage itself.

Yesterday, the speaker of the Federation Council, the leader of the Russian Party of Life (RPZh) and part-time candidate for president of the country visited his hometown. The main purpose of Sergei Mironov’s visit was to participate in the celebration of the anniversary of St. Petersburg State University. In addition, he spent thirty-five minutes communicating with the press to talk about the results of the legislative activities of the highest chamber of the Russian parliament.

This story cannot be formally called compact. The multi-storey residential complex at the end of Kirochnaya Street, the construction of which is being protested by local residents, will be thirty meters away from the nearest building No. 59. By today's standards, the distance is decent. And yet, in terms of the development of the plot, the composition of the participants, the direction, and the production moves, this film is a typical “compaction”. The fact is that house No.

Another campaign - another scandals. Ivan Rybkin makes loud accusations against Vladimir Putin. In circles close to the Kremlin, Rybkin was immediately branded as singing from someone else's voice - the voice of Boris Berezovsky. And in other circles they began to wonder how justified these accusations are, since they have surfaced more than once, or even twice, persistently repeating the same arguments. Well, there is no smoke without fire?

“Insulation development has exhausted its usefulness,” the city government came to this conclusion at its last meeting. Well, finally! All that remains is to breathe a sigh of relief and roll up the “Down!” posters. This means that residents have the right to participate in decisions, dissolve initiative groups of citizens fighting for their rights, say thank you to the governor and... A little early, perhaps.

Election campaigns in St. Petersburg are in full swing. Let us remind you that there are four of them in total in our city: presidential elections, by-elections to the State Duma in the 207th district, by-elections to the Legislative Assembly in two districts and, finally, municipal elections. All campaigns, developing according to the laws of drama, bring their intrigue to the masses and from time to time explode with new scandals.