It is amazing that even many kilometers away from the hostilities, having gathered on August 15 not in the meeting room of the Legislative Assembly, but at a round table in Rosbalt to weigh and evaluate what had happened, St. Petersburg politicians quarreled not over who is to blame for the armed conflict. They quarreled over a much more important issue: in what order should they speak and who should speak longer? Although no one was deprived of the right to vote here or limited in time.

Novaya has already written about the misadventures of “non-residents” from Vyborg three times this year (No. 17, 24, 48).

Finally, in St. Petersburg, those responsible for inciting interethnic hatred were found. But do not think, reader, that these are the publishers and authors of Black Hundred leaflets, or those who sell them at Gostiny Dvor, or those who, with distorted faces, call on live television to roll the once fraternal Georgia into asphalt. You'll never guess it! - “Novaya Gazeta in St.

Members of the city council took a virtual tour of St. Petersburg in the 21st century. “What kind of city is this?” - one of them was surprised. “From January 1, 2009, the city will live according to two main documents defining its urban planning policy: the General Plan and the Land Use and Development Rules,” reported the chief architect of St. Petersburg, Alexander Viktorov.

“And the poplars, arranged in a row, / Raising their trembling body above the world, / In Kartalin’s style, they slowly make noise / About the exploits of the great Kartvel.” Few people noticed among the kaleidoscope of military personnel one paradoxical picture that my friend drew attention to. When Russian tanks broke into Gori, they were met there by a single guardian of the young Georgian democracy.

It seems that the events in South Ossetia have finally buried the idea of ​​​​creating a united opposition on the banks of the Neva. The catalyst for the process of political disengagement, which has been going on for a long time, was the initiative of the St. Petersburg branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which appealed to President Medvedev, Prime Minister Putin and the State Duma.

“This is a gang of invaders”, “genocide”, “they are tearing the earth out from under us!” - the women standing next to me shouted. No, no, it was not the situation in Georgia that was discussed at all - the draft Land Use and Development Rules were discussed: on Thursday, the first public hearings on this voluminous document were held in the Admiralteysky district.

The Committee on Legality, Law and Order and Security of the St. Petersburg Administration approved the next action of “dissenters” “Rock for Freedom!” on Academician Sakharov Square without any special obstacles. Perhaps the reason for this was the very date of the event, namely, the Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation, the entire city on the Neva is covered with official advertising.