In the City Court of St. Petersburg, the trial of Svyatoslav Bobyshev and Evgeniy Afanasyev, professors of the Department of Launch and Technical Complexes of Missiles and Aircraft at Voenmech, continues. Colleagues and friends of St. Petersburg scientists write letters in their defense: they fear that the Russian intelligence services want to use the trial of scientists as a bargaining chip in political games or a launching pad for getting new stars for their shoulder straps.

31 hectares of forest near the village of Shepelevo, Lomonosovsky district, Leningrad region, which was under threat of destruction, may still be able to be defended. Let us remind you that this territory suddenly had two owners: the Russian Federation, represented by the Lomonosov forestry, as well as a certain private individual who acquired the land from local municipalities (for more details, see “New” No. 67 for 2011. “Will not lose from the Russian Federation”).

The City Electoral Commission allowed Yabloko and Right Cause to participate in the parliamentary elections. The question remains open with the “Patriots of Russia”, where 60% of invalid autographs were found. Unexpectedly, the State Electoral Commission sided with the electoral association, criticizing the work of state experts who allegedly cannot determine in a minute whether a signature is authentic or not.

Novaya's columnist Boris Vishnevsky talks about why the dictatorship doesn't know how to deal with crises medical workers have died in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (*according to the “Memory List”) The head of the Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments, Vera Dementyeva, may leave her post as early as this week - Novaya’s sources speak of this as an almost accomplished fact.

Novaya's columnist Boris Vishnevsky talks about why the dictatorship doesn't know how to deal with crises medical workers have died in St.

Novaya's columnist Boris Vishnevsky talks about why the dictatorship doesn't know how to deal with crises medical workers have died in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (*according to the “Memory List”) United Russia's rating in St. Petersburg fell to a record low - 31%. According to the Public Opinion Foundation, this is exactly how many residents of the northern capital are ready to vote for United Russia in the State Duma elections.

All citizens of Russia are obliged to know that the surname “Makarova” is spelled with the letter “p”, because the court ruling on this was made on behalf of the Russian Federation and has already entered into legal force. So if someone writes this surname without using “p”, he must realize: ignorance of the law does not exempt him from responsibility!

Photo fact At the Gavansky shopping center on Nalichnaya Street, 42, preparations were made in advance for the return of Vladimir Putin to the presidential post. His portrait is already hung in the book department with presidential regalia, and right above the portrait of Dmitry Medvedev... Boris VISHNEVSKY

A leak of diesel fuel from a pipeline near St. Petersburg has been unsuccessfully eliminated since May. The pipeline runs in the area of ​​lakes Sarzhenskoye and Mednoe in the Vsevolozhsk region of the Leningrad region, and the sluggishness of the maintenance personnel has led to the fact that throughout this time diesel fuel flows from the soil into the Kharvazi River, which connects with the Okhta, which, in turn, flows into the Neva in the center of the city.