The State Duma adopted a law that significantly limits the ability of journalists to cover the voting process and vote counting. Taking into account the fact that the number of observers at elections was previously limited (no more than two from one candidate or party, with a list of observers sent to the election commissions three days in advance), the possibilities for observation are further reduced. The essence of the project is very simple.

The auction for the right to lease forest plots in the Podporozhsky district, which was held on February 24 by the Committee on Natural Resources of the Leningrad Region, violated the rights of all interested parties.

At the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the standards of medical and social examination were amended to exclude the corruption factor. But St. Petersburg ITU does not agree with new rules. We wrote about the misfortunes of Irina Legoshina a year ago ( see "New" from 01/18/2015 ). In 2011, after a difficult oncological operation, she was assigned a second disability group. A year later, this group was reduced to the third, and in 2014 the disability was generally removed.

The verdict on Andrei Malyugin, known in right-wing circles under the nickname Fighter, is due to be handed down one of these days by the City Court of St. Petersburg, which has been considering this high-profile case for almost three years. Debates took place in court throughout the past week. On February 29, the defendant will say his last word, after which the panel of judges will retire to make a decision.

In St. Petersburg, a rally of memory of Boris Nemtsov was held. According to official figures of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at least two thousand people came to the memory of Boris Nemtsov’s memory on February 27. According to the organizers, about 3-4 thousand citizens gathered on the Marse Field. Both the police and the organizers note that even with such a number (by current St.