A lot of time has passed since then - we are talking about the parliamentary amendment of 2002. But law enforcement agencies still cannot determine who is to blame for the fact that millions of budget funds have floated away to God knows where. However, law enforcement officers have no complaints against the people’s choice himself. People from his inner circle are used as suspects and witnesses.

Today, the St. Petersburg Association of Small and Medium Business Entrepreneurs was going to hold its first congress - to discuss their affairs, which, in their opinion, in the light of the well-known actions of the city administration, leave much to be desired. But we encountered difficulties - alas, quite predictable ones. Small Business Entrepreneurs Forum is not allowed to enter the door Invitations were sent out to participants at the end of January.

Last Friday, the Smolninsky Federal Court sentenced “minister” Vtulkin: for inciting hatred on the grounds of nationality, race, religion and membership in various social groups using the media and accompanied by the threat of violence. The court sentenced the “fighter against the enslavers of the Russian people” Vtulkin to one and a half years in a colony-settlement, half as much as the state prosecution requested.

Due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, the case of the former vice-governor of St. Petersburg and chairman of the Finance Committee Viktor Krotov was closed. The cases of vice-governors Alexander Potekhin and Anatoly Kagan have long been terminated (the latter, however, lost his position at the request of the prosecutor’s office).

Will we finally know what the new New Holland will be like? The results are already too many to count! - the competition for the development of the coveted piece of land in the very heart of the city of Petrov is promised to end tomorrow. The story drags on for years (“NG” has raised this topic more than once): competitions are announced, cancelled, criteria are revised for the hundredth time... “If only we could agree on something and start building,” complains an elderly St.