“We need to guarantee non-parliamentary parties the opportunity to permanently participate in the work of the Central and regional election commissions,” President Dmitry Medvedev said in his address to the Federal Assembly in 2009. Two years later, it became obvious that these words never came to fruition. In any case, even in Medvedev’s homeland, St. Petersburg, representatives of non-parliamentary parties will most likely not be included in the territorial election commissions (TECs)...

Cartoon by Bronislav MALACHOVSKY, depicting Shostakovich next to the conductor, director and performance designer To the 75th anniversary of the editorial article in Pravda From the very first minute, the listener is stunned by a deliberately discordant, chaotic flow of sounds... It is difficult to follow this “music”, it is impossible to remember it.

There are two news - good and bad. Good: the installment plan for the purchase of premises by entrepreneurs was extended from two years to three, and the value added tax for such transactions was abolished. The bad: officials want those who enter into new contracts to enjoy these benefits, and those who entered into them before pay according to the old rules. As for the maximum size of the purchased premises, the greed of officials is completely irrational.

A month ago, archaeologists notified KGIOP about the finds discovered at the site of the Literary House (Novaya reported this in No. 18). In addition to ceramics, objects made of wood, iron and gold, fragments of a wooden building from the second half of the 18th century were found. Its condition, as well as the fate of other unique objects that may be located in an as yet unexplored part of the territory, is alarming.

Until now, both the security agency and the development company have assured that only the building at 40 Fontanka had the status of a regional monument, and the building 68 adjacent to it from the main avenue of St. Petersburg is not included in the register of cultural heritage sites. Now it turns out that all the buildings of the Literary House constituted a single structure and were under state protection. The destroyed house No.

Prices for travel on the Western High-Speed ​​Diameter have become known. This service will become paid by the beginning of May. Previously it was reported that drivers of passenger cars will pay from 10 to 40 rubles. Prices turned out to be higher. The owner of a car with a height above the front axle of more than 1.3 meters or a motorcyclist will pay 30 rubles from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and 10 rub. at night.

“Everything flows, nothing changes!” - under this slogan, anarchists and artists from the art group “Verkhotura” spoke out last Sunday in the most ordinary St. Petersburg courtyard at Kolomenskaya Street, 38/40. The meeting of residents of the house, combined with an exhibition, as well as the distribution of treats by Food Not Bombs activists, was devoted to how to choose a way to manage the house.

On April 12, a meeting between Governor Valentina Matvienko and deputies of the United Russia faction took place. The people's representatives tried their best to convince our correspondent that this was not about elections: “Politics? No, no! We talked about current urban problems,” the parliamentarians answered in carbon copy. The meeting was scheduled for the morning.

The poster for the picket depicts: Natalya Solovyova, head of the IIMK expedition that carried out work on Cape Okhtinsky in 2010; Konstantin Plotkin, chief specialist of KGIOP, sector of objects of protection of cultural heritage objects; Alexander Bobkov, executive director of Okhta ODC Does KGIOP want to win the case regarding the boundaries of the cultural heritage site on Okhta?

The city budget for 2011 will be adjusted - Governor Valentina Matvienko has submitted a draft law to the Legislative Assembly. Revenues will increase by 11 billion rubles, expenses - by 32 billion. The deficit will increase by 21 billion. But funding for healthcare, social policy, housing and communal services and education will be sharply increased.

The veteran sailors addressed a letter to the Maritime Council, which today, under the chairmanship of the governor, will consider the issue of building the Novo-Admiralteysky Bridge across the Neva. They write: “The bridge will create difficult obstacles for the activities of a number of Russian maritime organizations.