Residents of St. Petersburg dormitories, whose rights have been infringed, are desperate and say that during the epoch-making summit they will seek asylum in the G8 states There are prophets in their own country, but it’s just neither hot nor cold... For how long have the inhabitants of former departmental dormitories been fighting face to face with their misfortune!

Sixteen deputies of the St. Petersburg parliament accomplished an almost civic feat. They signed a letter of gratitude to former Zenit coach Vlastimil Petrzhela, highly appreciating his services and stating that he will remain in the history of the team and in the memory of St. Petersburg fans as one of the best coaches. The significance of this act can only be appreciated by those who know how reverently the current St. Petersburg authorities treat Gazprom.

In the northern capital, the increase in prices per square meters on the primary market is already about one and a half percent per week. After some pause, occupied with saying goodbye to yet another illusion, consumer demand rapidly went up. But the construction of new residential buildings has decreased fivefold over the past year and a half. What are the reasons for this disproportion? The government is talking about a shortage of construction sites.

Talks about the construction of new nuclear units at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant will not surprise anyone; they have been going on for probably twenty years now. In the mid-90s, things even almost came to fruition - the new unit was planned to be located on the territory of the local Scientific Research Technological Institute (NITI). The site even received a license.

Last week, local battles with developers continued in different parts of the city. Residents of Kartashikhina Street on Vasilyevsky Island lay under KamAZ trucks to prevent the installation of a concrete fence and the cutting down of a small park, and opponents of the construction of “BlinDonalts” in the park on the corner of Grazhdansky Prospekt and Vernost Street fought with the developer at public hearings.