The bayonets shine, the standards of four Soviet regiments flutter in the wind. "March!" – the commander shouts, following the company of the guard of honor, the column of the “Immortal Regiment” sets off. A military band marches in front of them. The administration of the Petrograd region decided to take the lead by organizing a march of the “Immortal Regiment” without waiting for May 9. Three more districts followed suit. Today the “Immortal Regiment” campaign has a nationwide scale.

The first portion of humanitarian cargo from St. Petersburg was sent to Simferopol. Vice-governor Igor Divinsky and Simferopol mayor Viktor Ageev prepared the parcel on Victory Square in the presence of numerous Smolny officials. The crowd was created by schoolchildren, accompanied by teachers, and district administration officials. Basic necessities, books in Russian, clothes and shoes, sports equipment, stationery, computer equipment and medicines were sent from St. Petersburg to Crimea.

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”) Today in Bukvoed at the Uprising there will be a presentation of Boris Vishnevsky’s book “Arkady and Boris Strugatsky: Double Star” 05/07/14, Wednesday, 19.00.

“In my opinion, we have no political prisoners,” a poster with a quote from Vladimir Putin was unfurled by a participant in the St. Petersburg rally in support of Bolotnaya prisoners. Anniversary of agreement with the authorities "March of Millions", which turned into the most resonant case of our time - “Bolotny” was remembered in St. Petersburg at a sanctioned public meeting, which took place on Lenin Square. About 200 people took part in the event.