It only took a couple of days for the country’s main defender of water protection zones and the destroyer of elite cottages near Moscow to find in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region an abyss of what he believes to be the most serious environmental violations According to Oleg Mitvol, deputy head of Rosprirodnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation), in St.

A lot has been said about raider takeovers. However, due to the uncertainty of terminology, today they often try to write off anything under this brand. But, nevertheless, the problem remains. And it even gets sharper... A group of shareholders of Zhilstroyinvest CJSC addressed the chairman of the interdepartmental commission under the government of St. Petersburg on issues of economic security, Vice-Governor Mikhail Oseevsky.

A public scandal broke out in the Charter Court: Judge Natalya Sheveleva resigned last Thursday Sheveleva, together with Lyudmila Kuleshova, constituted a kind of “independent faction” in the Criminal Code, not being one of the judges who were selflessly loyal to Smolny. Her departure reduces this faction to a minimum. There is little doubt that some person who suits the governor will be elected to replace Sheveleva.

Democrats identify allies ahead of 2007 elections Grigory Yavlinsky visited St. Petersburg. The last time the Yabloko leader visited the northern capital was before the 2003 Duma elections. Now the next elections to the State Duma are looming on the horizon, at the end of 2007 - it’s time to decide on the choice of allies. Moreover, the upcoming campaign has characteristic features. The Duma elections will be held simultaneously with the elections of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly.

On April 18, on the International Day for the Preservation of Monuments and Historical Places, KGIOP Chairman Vera Dementyeva will present a report to the Governor of St. Petersburg in which she intends to prove: the preservation of cultural heritage is economically profitable. And not in an indirect way - in the context of increasing investment, tourist attractiveness, etc. - but in the most direct way, giving tangible financial returns.

Alexander Kadyrov, director of the State Unitary Enterprise State Center for Reconstruction and Research: The developers of the new guest are confident that while looking at beauties on billboards, drivers do not see the road and risk getting into an accident. Advertisers grab their heads and predict the collapse of their business. And at the same time the devastation of the city treasury And they also say: discrimination, they say, small businesses are being stifled...