In Sosnovy Bor, environmentalists were asked to leave. In early March, the environmental organization "Green World" spoke about violations during the construction of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant - 2. Three weeks later, the general contractor of the facility, the Titan-2 concern, filed a lawsuit to protect business reputation. At the same time, Sosnovy Bor officials invited environmentalists to move out of the office they had rented for 18 years.

On March 29, in the village of Menkovo, Gatchina district, citizens and officials argued in raised voices whether it was possible to make a sand quarry instead of a protected forest. The meeting was organized in connection with the unprecedented protest activity of residents.

The Moscow District Court considered the merits of the publishers' complaint against the police. The court decided that the police, who seized a copy of the book “Oriental Reflections” by the Polish writer and politician Jan Nowak-Jezieranski, published in St. Petersburg, acted within the law. The owners of the seized circulation, the Kogita publishing house, were denied their complaint on March 31. As Novaya reported, St.