Only the second time, Anatoly Sobchak’s candidacy received support for possible honorary citizenship when considered at a meeting of the Legislative Assembly commission on law and order and legality. And earlier, the commission on education, culture and science rejected his candidacy, supporting the famous mathematician, academician Ludwig Faddeev (he was also supported by the commission on law and order and legality) and the chief ophthalmologist of the city, Yuri Astakhov.

On February 5, a psychology student at the Eastern European Institute of Psychoanalysis, the beautiful Milana Kashtanova, was leisurely going about her business when a block of ice fell on her from house 3 on Krasny Kursant Street. The girl remained in a coma for a long time, her life still hangs by a thread.

On May 17, St. Petersburg State University will hold elections for the dean of the Faculty of Journalism. This is already the fourth case at St. Petersburg State University when elections of this level are held ahead of schedule, and not at the usual faculty, but at the large academic council. Marina Shishkina headed the St. Petersburg journalism department for seventeen years, but on May 5 this year she was fired by order of the rector of St. Petersburg State University Nikolai Kropachev.

A policeman almost beat a man to death just because he didn't have his passport on him. This incident occurred two weeks ago, but the Investigative Committee at the St. Petersburg Prosecutor's Office reported another crime by a police officer only at the end of last week.

At a rally against the commercialization of education and healthcare, “Putin’s opponents” were not allowed to speak On May 15, in St. Petersburg, as well as in a number of other Russian cities, rallies took place against the reform of public sector institutions. The event was declared as non-political. “We thereby wanted to emphasize that the protest does not come from some political parties, but from ordinary citizens,” explains rally organizer Maria Medvedeva.

The Second International Theater Festival TERRA INCOGNITA once again gave the St. Petersburg audience the opportunity to become a participant in theatrical events that were inaccessible to the general public In St. Petersburg, as throughout Russia, there are a great many theater festivals of various formats. The need to create another one requires explanation. The idea is obviously contained in the name itself: TERRA INCOGNITA (unknown land).

The story of the room in house 15/17 on Rubinshteina Street, where Elena Matveeva lives, has been going on for almost 20 years. During this time, the social system in our country changed, presidents changed several times, the city was returned to its historical name, our submarines sank and hydroelectric power stations exploded, we flew into space and received Oscar awards.

It seems that the St. Petersburg parliament will still lose one of its most famous members - Evgeni Plushenko.

On May 13, a meeting of former members of the City Control Commission, which operated under the Leningrad City Council in 1991–1993, was held in St. Petersburg. The basis for collecting political bison was the changes made to the law on honorary citizens of St. Petersburg and allowing the deceased to be made honorary citizens. It is no secret that these changes were made for one specific person - the former mayor of St. Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak.

The authorities announced figures indicating the loss of green spaces in the city during the Great Patriotic War and the blockade. It’s scary to compare, but it turns out that the scale of the disaster in the fatal forties is comparable to today’s situation: the number of green areas in St. Petersburg has decreased so rapidly over the years of the reign of the current city administration and continues to decrease. Experts confirm the worst fears.