The city government approved the draft law “On strategic investment projects, strategic investors and strategic partners of St. Petersburg,” which is designed to “regulate the implementation of investment projects of strategic importance for the city.” If it is adopted by the Legislative Assembly - which is almost impossible to doubt in the current situation - the number of dubious (to say the least) Smolny projects may increase sharply. Okhta ODC will be located here.

The Mikhailovsky Theater celebrates its 175th anniversary this year. A few months ago, the current general director of the “imperial stage”, Vladimir Kekhman, flaunted: “We plan to celebrate this anniversary in such a way that our theater will never be forgotten.” There is still time before the anniversary. But Kekhman seems to have already achieved his main goal...

A “werewolf in police uniform” was sentenced by the City Court to three years in a maximum security colony. True, the “werewolf” turned out to be just a local police officer, and the level of his corruption claims looks quite ridiculous. Aleksey Chichikin, now a former district police officer of the 16th police department of the Vasileostrovsky district police department, demanded only five thousand rubles from his victim.

The birth of the show “Krakatuk” took place on June 11, 2004 at the Circus on Fontanka. 4 years and 3 months have passed since then: more than 560 performances in 30 cities around the world; every month a new city. Only in Moscow and St. Petersburg did Krakatuk stay longer. But 92 days of summer flew by, as always, too quickly, and now September 28 is just around the corner - the final performance in the northern capital.

Nevsky Prospekt - “our everything” according to Gogol - risks becoming nothing. That is, just a highway, an ordinary avenue without a face or soul. Deputy Alexey Kovalev proposes giving St. Petersburg Broadway a special status There is nothing better than Nevsky Prospekt, at least in St. Petersburg; for him he is everything. N. V. GOGOL, Tale “Nevsky Prospekt” Family album It seems that just recently, a walk along Nevsky was akin to lovingly leafing through a family album.

“South Park” hysteria has captured the northern capital. Every day, at the corner of 7th Krasnoarmeyskaya and Izmailovsky Avenue, enthusiasts collect signatures in defense of the “terrible” cartoon and the “2x2” TV channel broadcasting it, and on Sunday in the Central District (the exact time and place have not yet been announced) a mass protest action will take place. That is, in defense.

As part of the Land Use and Development Rules, it is proposed to approve a different height regulation than that approved by the Town Planning Council. Parliamentary hearings on the draft Land Use and Development Rules have been scheduled for September 18. An integral part of this document is the height regulations.

Officials propose to exclude 1,510 plots from the list of public green spaces approved by the city law. Control over the subtraction of greens is entrusted to Vice-Governor Alexander Vakhmistrov. Green melancholy Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko has always been partial to greenery. She always ardently convinced us of the need to preserve gardens, squares and parks: from the moment she made her election promises until her last days.