At Vladimir Putin’s press conference, many general words were spoken about the economy that did not allow one to understand the real intentions of the Russian authorities, but there was a moment when the president clearly formulated a position that was fundamentally important for understanding what awaits us in the future. This concerned, however, not the economy, but foreign policy. Putin accused the United States of wanting to seize Russian territories.

Conversations about waste recycling in St. Petersburg ended in nothing On December 30, public hearings will be held on the construction project of a Solid Waste Processing Plant in Levashov. The full launch of the plant is scheduled for 2018. Despite the name, the plant will in fact be a waste incineration plant: it is planned to burn more than 64% of the garbage, and only 23% will be processed.

The fight for the post of Commissioner for Children's Rights in St. Petersburg has once again split society: on one side are doctors, heads of orphanages, calling not to interfere with Svetlana Agapitova's work, on the other, people calling themselves "Orthodox activists" The St. Petersburg parliament is scheduled to vote on the candidacy of a new commissioner for children's rights on January 21. According to media reports, eight people are vying for the post.

Residents of the houses adjacent to the agrophysical institute conducted another picket against sealing development “People, save from biologists!”, “Officer! Think about fellow citizens, and not about your wallet ” - with such posters in their hands about fifty citizens stood in a coordinated picket near the fence of the Park of the Agrophysical Institute.

Smolny canceled a banquet for employees of the prosecutor's office, for which it planned to spend about 2 million rubles. from the city budget. Officials do not want to name the reasons for this decision. The only explanation: it coincided that a corporate party and a festive concert for employees of the supervisory department broke down shortly after information about them was made public, in particular, published in Novaya Gazeta. Novaya reported that the St.