The Institute of Regional Press was crowded on Friday. The people gathered were unusual: admiral's shoulder straps, gold stars of heroes... Colleagues came to support their colleague, Vice Admiral Evgeniy Chernov. Three years ago, the former commander of the flotilla of nuclear submarines of the Northern Fleet, the hero of the Soviet Union, Chernov, wrote a sensational book “Secrets of Underwater Disasters” - about the reasons for the tragic death of Russian nuclear submarines.

The fight against infill development is reaching a qualitatively new level. If collecting signatures for petitions to the governor (plenipotentiary representative, president), appeals to deputies and “People's Control” is considered level No. 1, and civil cases in the courts - level No. 2, then now No. 3 has appeared - initiating a criminal case against an official. Last week the first trial of this kind took place in St. Petersburg.

“Home affairs” in the current light clearly do not contribute to peace: the new Housing Code brought people to yesterday's rally at the Gorky metro station, regardless of age and ideology. “Those who are sitting in the kitchen today can be in the trash tomorrow!” - So the “St. Petersburg Civil Resistance” translated the vague formulations of the law into an understandable language.

Independent observers from St. Petersburg, who were not allowed to attend the parliamentary elections in Moldova on March 6, intend to appeal to the international court. The group of Russian observers included about a hundred people from a non-governmental organization created in the fall of 2003 to monitor elections in the CIS countries. On March 3 they left St. Petersburg, and on the 7th they returned empty-handed.

The court hearing scheduled for last Friday in the high-profile case “Parents and students of school No. 142 against the executive power” did not take place. Despite the fact that the plaintiffs, defendants, and journalists arrived at the scene and were eagerly awaiting the outcome: the March stage of the sensational trial promised to be key.

So, the first year of the second term of GDP has passed. As you know, this year has passed under the slogan of a mass struggle against elusive terrorists, who, despite the stability declared by the authorities in building a peaceful life in Chechnya, unexpectedly appear here and there in various parts of the North Caucasus and, of course, are destroyed with the help of heavy military equipment. Although, according to Garant, this is not enough and tougher action should be taken.

At the end of last week, another local scandal broke out, accompanied by loud words: shots, an assassination attempt, a split in the party... However, much in this story is ambiguous: an explosive mixture of crime and politics is infused with a thick mixture of personal ambitions and mutual irritation. On March 10, Pavel Drugov, according to his version, the chairman, according to another version, the ex-chairman of the St.

Novaya Gazeta recently told how the Legislative Assembly “dragged” the issue of a possible referendum on the construction of the so-called “Chinatown” in Strelna. However, the initiators of the referendum, as could be expected, did not fold their arms and again turned to the City Election Commission with a similar petition. They are asking to register a group that could collect signatures (by law, about 75 thousand of them need to be collected in order for the referendum to be called).

Who is behind the murder of State Duma deputy Galina Starovoitova? The preliminary investigation tried to answer this question for four years. Now they are trying to find the answer during the trial. The judicial investigation is coming to an end, the debate is just around the corner, and the name of the person who ordered this high-profile political crime is still shrouded in darkness. All hints remain hints.