Reshuffles in the city leadership also affected public holidays. From now on, most of them should be organized based on the results of competitions. But the Culture Committee was not ready for this. Under Matvienko, most public events in the city were organized by the International Center for Festivals and Celebrations (ICFP), headed by Marina Fokina. Moreover, he sought the right to do this not through the results of competitions, but by receiving targeted subsidies from the budget.

For this purpose, municipal election commissions are hastily and secretly formed, from which the opposition is driven out On May 25, the Legislation Committee submitted a draft law on gubernatorial elections to the Legislative Assembly for consideration. The document stipulates that signatures from deputies of city municipal councils will be collected in support of the nomination of candidates.

According to the competition documentation, this is exactly how much Smolny planned to spend on City Day. The total amount of the contracts concluded is still being calculated. One of the competitions for organizing the City Day celebration on May 26–27 is worth 19 million rubles. — the company of St. Petersburg director Viktor Kramer, Kramer and Co. Production LLC, won.

Deputy Milonov believes that at least one school should function each area of ​​St. Petersburg, where they do not teach “this nonsense” - Darwin's theory. At the same time, communist Irina Komolova waved to deprive the church of privileges at the federal level, equating religious associations with ordinary public organizations. The “new” was observed for the confrontation between the adherents of the Russian Orthodox Church and atheists.

In St. Petersburg they are protesting against amendments to the law on meetings and rallies. A series of single pickets against amendments to the law restricting freedom of assembly and rallies were held on May 25 in the city center by participants in the St. Petersburg protest camp (the camp was deployed by representatives of the non-systemic opposition on May 8 on St. Isaac's Square, and on May 22 it was dispersed by the police and was forced to move to the Alexander Garden).

The idea of ​​replacing military service with alternative civilian service (ACS) is becoming increasingly popular among young people. According to the website of the Committee on Law and Order, the number of applications for AGS in St. Petersburg approximately doubles every year (2007 - one application, 2008 - 12; 2009 - 27; 2010 - 74; 2011 - 118).

The kids will have to go to classes on Saturdays as well. Parents in panic write to various authorities - from RONO to the governor and ask not to allow the rights of their children to be violated. And from the point of view of the Education Committee, violations are committed precisely by those schools that have not yet introduced a six-day week - it turns out that this should have been done a year ago...

Refusal of commercial development in favor of a city park could be an act sufficient for subsequent generations to remember with gratitude the name of Georgy Poltavchenko. St. Petersburg residents are voting for a return to the historical projects of outstanding architects, who saw this most important place in the Neva delta as a large-scale recreational area.

The journalist's house on Nevsky, 70 is closed for renovation. On May 23, workers from JSC Geostroy arrived at the site and began preparing the building for emergency work. The need for them arose when the scandalous demolition of the neighboring Literary House began. According to the Construction Committee, most of the work will be completed by September 1, 2012. Until this time, entry into the building for media representatives will be prohibited - the Union of Journalists is leaving its home.

Promptly The Mariinsky Theater hosted the premiere of "Boris Godunov", which became not only an artistic, but also a socio-political sensation. Opera, an absolutely conventional art, where people, as we know, do not speak, but sing and where we usually talk about subjects that are extremely far from everyday life, has nevertheless more than once found itself at the center of topical political situations.

Every year the state of the environment in the city is deteriorating - rivers are polluted, the Gulf of Finland suffers from alluvium, and habitats important for animals, migratory birds and sea inhabitants are lost. If we do not want to overpay many times over for our health, maintaining a comfortable urban environment and overcoming the consequences of constant stress, we need a more stringent approach to preserving the environment than in 2005, when the city’s general plan was adopted.

Despite the intensive “exchange”, the standard of living in Barcelona and Murino has not yet reached the same level The police are conducting an investigation into joint trips to Europe by officials and deputies of the village of Murino using budget money.

Students of the 11th grade “B” of the 575th St. Petersburg school were lucky with their former class teacher Tatyana Ivanova. Previously, only they knew about this, but now almost all of Russia, if not the world. Today Tatyana Vasilyevna receives calls and letters from England, France, Germany, Japan...

This year, Smolny did not centrally stock food gifts for May 9th. District administrations waited until the last minute for the go-ahead from above and missed all the deadlines for holding competitions. Although two months ago it became clear that “the districts will have to come up with gifts on their own.” In the week remaining before the memorable date, officials are urgently looking for socially responsible entrepreneurs who are ready to quickly and voluntarily please the heroes.

It seems that a new state corporation will soon appear in Russia - for the development of Eastern Siberia and the Far East. They even seemed to have found a boss for her - United Russia member Boris Gryzlov, who has been out of work for a long time. The second group is closer to the truth. Billions of dollars have already been made through the expansion of government intervention in the economy, ending up in private pockets. And many more large fortunes will be formed.