One of the grandest achievements of our time - the Internet - is called a big garbage dump, which characterizes it quite correctly: next to extremely useful things, there can be completely vile ones. The number of people who have lost fairly large sums of money as a result of careless use of the World Wide Web is in the millions. The most fraudulent offers can look completely innocent and attractive.

This is what the Vodokanal substation building looked like, which now has to be reconstructed into a 7-story center The multi-storey business center on Universitetskaya embankment will be lowered by three meters. Officials reasoned that such a dose of compromise would be enough to dampen public excitement. Handout from the master's shoulder Last week, the chief architect of St.

Gifts for the New Year, flowers for March 8, a group trip to a restaurant - trade unions are usually associated with such simple things today. In extreme cases - with rallies and protests, if we are talking about the trade union of an automobile plant. Meanwhile, many Russian trade union associations manage significant property, which may be the envy of other large commercial enterprises. The Leningrad Federation of Trade Unions (LFP) is no exception.

On January 15, according to the promise of the Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg, Mikhail Oseevsky, bulldozers were supposed to arrive at the Khasansky market to finally resolve the business issue. Instead, last Friday an armored car came to the shopping malls to protect small businesses. And although this formidable argument fell in an unequal battle with the police, it fulfilled its combat mission: the Khasan market continues to operate.

Security in St. Petersburg has been compromised. The reason is heavy snowfalls, which the city began to combat very late. It is noteworthy that an expert on St. Petersburg antiquity, Mikhail Pylyaev, author of the book “Old Petersburg” (the first edition was in 1889), warned one hundred and twenty years ago: “The weather in St. Petersburg does not tolerate carelessness.” This is exactly what the modern St.

Support for small businesses in Russia began to be increasingly declared after March 2008, when President Medvedev, who had not yet taken office, set economic priorities. But it seems that in the homeland of the guarantor of the Constitution they decided to go against his will: according to some St. Petersburg entrepreneurs, they are simply trying to strangle small businesses. And the main argument in the debate is the riot police and bulldozers.

The hearing in the Smolninsky court, where representatives of Yabloko and Okhtinskaya Bulge are challenging the refusal permission for Okhta Center, continued last Friday - but a new examination has not yet been scheduled. The corresponding decision will be made only at the next meeting - February 1, but it is already known that the examination will be a “commission”.

The court acquitted those accused of blowing up the Nevsky Express in 2007 under the articles of “terrorism” and “causing harm of moderate severity,” and in the verdict all that remained of sabotage was the transportation of “unidentified” explosives along a “not established by the investigation” route in a car that “could not be identified.” This transportation is not confirmed by anything other than the old testimony of one of the convicts, that is, it raises great doubts, like the very fact

The deplorable state of the Krasny Bor toxic waste site has been known for several years. Even city officials do not hide the danger of the situation at this site, but at the same time they manage to look into the future with optimism. Moreover, in 2009, the landfill began actively concluding agreements to accept dozens of tons of hazardous waste from other regions of the country. We learned about the eerie reality from the deputy chief engineer of Krasny Bor, Olga Morozova.