Experts and opposition deputies were unable to convince the Legislative Assembly that the satellite city project was another monstrous mistake. Despite the wave of public discontent, the Legislative Assembly in the first reading agreed to make changes to the general plan necessary for the construction of the satellite city of Yuzhny. Opponents of the project hope to correct the situation through amendments.

We disclose the technology of surveillance of journalists, which was organized by just the Kremlin cook. After the publication of Nina Petlyanova (Star, as a KGB, which caused a large number of response to the Materials of the New Gazeta dated 06/20/2013) about provocations against the media and a number of famous journalists organized by people associated with the Kremlin Prigozhin and his Concord company, which significantly changed the situation.

The siege survivor, who signed a life annuity agreement, was left to live out his life in a destroyed house. Viktor Viktorovich Weiss, a survivor of the siege, a labor veteran and an honorary donor of the USSR, remained the only occupant of a dilapidated house in the 10th block in Kolpino. This quarter was included in a renovation program that has lasted almost ten years.

Officials are trying to decide the fate of Cape Okhtinsky with the help of unreliable expertise On June 25, the Committee for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments (KGIOP) announced the issuance of an order giving the go-ahead for the development of Cape Okhtinsky. The same one where archaeological research has discovered a whole constellation of monuments, the oldest of which date back to the fifth millennium BC.

Deputies and members of the city government who came to civil service from business will find life more difficult. Deputies of the Legislative Assembly adopted amendments to the Federal Law “On Combating Corruption” in the first reading. They clarified the concept of “conflict of interest” and included it in the list of high-ranking officials to whom it can be applied.

The scandalous “newspaper about newspapers” promises to sue the “new”. The St. Petersburg “newspaper about newspapers” (“GOG”), accused of provocations against the media (New Gazeta, Forbes, “Arguments and Facts”, “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, “Moscow Komsomolets”, etc.) on June 26 stated that she filed two lawsuits against the founder of Novaya Gazeta in St. Petersburg.

The court's decision on the Spaso-Porcelain cemetery left many questions unanswered. The Kuibyshevsky Court of the Central District rejected the claim of a St. Petersburg resident who was defending the ashes of his ancestors buried in an ancient cemetery. At the same time, judge Irina Vorobyova, having refused one citizen, actually protected the entire territory of the former cemetery from encroachment by developers.

In order not to make a mistake with the diagnosis and prescribe the correct treatment, the historical center must be correctly examined - realizing its value and integrity. The competition for examining the buildings of the territories "Konyushennaya" and "North Kolomna - New Holland" is again delayed. If the technical task does not undergo changes, the declared goals will not be achieved. Neither preservation nor development can be provided without a clear ideology.