Both the government and the opposition are claiming closeness to the creator of “Woe from Wit.” Today, the leaders of the St. Petersburg opposition will try to come to an agreement with the administration on agreeing to the “Our City Day” rally on May 27.

Maxim Reznik, “Apple”: “The crocodile can already be considered one of the symbols of the opposition, but, in any case, not the only one. On May 26, the White Tape action is being prepared for us, after it a white color can become symbolic. Life will show what symbols will withstand the test of time. ” In St. Petersburg, even reptiles do not agree The Petersburg opposition had the first original symbolism. So original that it is unlikely to borrow it somewhere except St. Petersburg.

The special services of St. Petersburg saved Valentin Matvienko from faithful death. This was reported by the committees themselves, without specifying any details of what happened. But they managed to produce an information explosion with a capacity of hardly less than that explosion that the attackers allegedly planned.

The initiators of the construction of the skyscraper on Okhta were seriously concerned about finding a suitable public - one that would not hesitate to approve the appearance of “corn” near the Smolny Cathedral. The principle of selection seems quite obvious: if (according to Governor Matvienko) those who disagree with us are brought in by train from outside, then those who agree should be sought inside Smolny. What could be better than the Public Council under the Governor of St. Petersburg?

Deceived shareholders, desperate to get their apartments, moved into the St. Petersburg office of the Yabloko party. But this is not a raider takeover: the Yabloko owners warmly welcomed the guests and provided them with a fireplace room, where cots immediately appeared. And above the entrance to the office building there is now a white poster: “Hunger strike of defrauded shareholders.” The way to the heart of an official lies through the empty stomach of a deceived shareholder?

The PHOTOimage gallery in the center of contemporary art “Pushkinskaya 10” introduces the public to the project of the famous St. Petersburg photographer Andrei Chezhin “Pushpin Museum. Part 1". The exhibition is based on a retrospective; it consists of works created by the master in the last two decades. A representative of the St. Petersburg conceptual school, Chezhin is a notable character on the city’s art scene.

The initiators of the construction of the skyscraper on Okhta were seriously concerned about finding a suitable public - one that would not hesitate to approve the appearance of “corn” near the Smolny Cathedral. Deputies will divide citizens into honorary and odd, but will be sent by the governor To whom - honor, to whom - failure This year, only ten people are vying to become two honorary citizens of the city (it seems that there have never been fewer candidates).

Visits of Smolny officials to the people can now be banned The first reaction to reports of the detention of citizens who were allegedly planning to assassinate Valentina Matvienko and were storing explosives and grenades for this purpose was someone’s extremely bad joke. And April Fool's Day is already behind us. Who, being of sound mind and clear memory, would decide to commit such an atrocity? Did they really intend, like Stepan Khalturin, to secretly smuggle explosives into Smolny?

“We draw your attention to the fact that the fence of the Trinity Bridge is in an unacceptable condition...” - such a dispatch was recently received by the Rosokhrankultura Administration for the North-West from the Gaudeamus charitable foundation. Novaya also drew attention to this - as readers can in turn see. Indeed, “there are traces of rust everywhere, which is puzzling.” After all, for the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, the bridge was diligently restored!

The criminal case of the newspaper “Rus Pravoslavnaya” has been under investigation for almost a year. However, law enforcement agencies took their first serious steps only last week. On suspicion of “inciting national, racial or religious hatred,” law enforcement officers detained St. Petersburg resident Alexander Malyshev. On May 17, the court decided to arrest him. This is the first case in Russia when people are deprived of liberty under a “nationalist” article even before trial.

No more than a hundred people came to the Finlyandsky Station last Saturday for an authorized action against the dismantling of tram tracks and for the creation of a civilized transport system in St. Petersburg. A rally in defense of the tram was jammed by French music And this despite the most serious preparation carried out by the organizers of the action - the committee “Petersburgers for Public Transport”.

Our St. Petersburg tram is such a living and unique phenomenon, and each of us has so many memories associated with it that emotions, of course, overwhelm us. What if there are bare facts? Andrey GANZBURG, a specialist in electric transport economics, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Dean of the Baltic Institute of Ecology, Politics and Law, agreed to become Novaya’s expert.