Yesterday, an action against racial and national hatred took place on the corner of Nepokronenny Avenue and Courage Square. “Everyone is different - everyone is equal”... Is every resident of the St. Petersburg multinational outskirts ready to subscribe to this? At the stage of preparation for the event, a dispute arose between the organizers: young Yabloko supporters intended to picket Smolny, while their opponents, on the contrary, intended to go out to the people on the outskirts.

The raiders are coming, they are already in the city... In this word, pirate legends seemed to come to life. Steep-sided caravels with “Jolly Roger” on the masts board slow-moving galleons with holds filled with silver and gold... The Dictionary of Foreign Words from previous years of publication knows exactly this meaning of the word “raider”, which has not left the pages of St.

Last Thursday, the first congress of small and medium-sized business entrepreneurs in St. Petersburg was held at the Zenit cinema. “Still” – because until the last moment its implementation was in doubt. The organizers of opposition events were repeatedly denied space.

Last Friday, the Oktyabrsky Federal Court continued to consider the complaint of the Union of Right Forces and Yabloko about the inaction of the Legislative Assembly, which did not want to make any decision on the initiative of the Democrats to hold a referendum on the independence of the Statutory Court. However, the consideration was short-lived - the process was postponed again to April 13.

“No to extortionate rent!”, “Tariffs - under public control!”... Under such slogans, about 700 people gathered on the Petrogradskaya side, on the site between the Music Hall and the Baltic House theater, the day before yesterday. This is how another St. Petersburg protest took place as part of the all-Russian campaign “For a People’s Housing Policy” - the third one in the last month.

The 2006 Kite World Cup (cross-country skiing and freestyle kite flying) ended in the northern capital. The Kite Federation of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region received the right to hold competitions in the village of Duny from the International Snow Kite Association, headquartered in Switzerland. The first visible effect is tourism.