Another weekend demolition happened in St. Petersburg - without official permission and contrary to the promises of Governor Georgy Poltavchenko. The turbulent events around warehouse No. 2 at the former Warsaw Station, which began on New Year's Eve with the seizure of the building by squatters, ended last Saturday in destruction - only one wall remained from the brick building of the early 20th century.

They again want to succumb to the violence of the spontaneous market to strict Russia. What a spring, so are the reasons for a spring commotion: in the midst of (brrr) March, a discussion flared up with renewed vigor about whether it was worth turning one of the most harmonious classical squares of St. Petersburg into a booth.

The St. Petersburg authorities finally looked into the historical archives and discovered the historical cemetery. But to recognize your mistakes is in no hurry. The battle, which since the beginning of the year has gone against the development of the former Transfiguration (Porcelain) cemetery, resembles snowfall in the spring: the cemetery defenders stubbornly stand on their own, and officials pour streams of paper snow on their heads.

The problem of developing forest and coastal areas with cottages and villas in the Leningrad region is more acute than ever. Almost every impartial inspection finds cases of violations when construction is carried out on forest fund lands or in a water protection zone. The painful issue was discussed at a round table in the Green Lamp.

Critics of Patriarch Kirill simply need to quote Orthodox saints. As you know, an Orthodox monk, among other vows, takes a vow of non-covetousness. At the turn of the 15th–16th centuries, a number of Russian religious thinkers turned to monasticism with a call to remember the vows they had taken. Sharp-tongued, almost all of them ended their lives locked in monasteries.

Why am I against a single textbook? Last week, I signed a statement from the Civil Initiatives Committee expressing concern about the campaign to create a unified history textbook for schoolchildren. I want to explain why.