Activists of the Vesna movement held a promotion for a fair and honest court at the building of the St. Petersburg City Court. One of the participants, dressed in a white dress, lay barefoot on the ground. In her hands, she held the scales - a symbol of justice. The second, dressed in black and with a whip in her hand, held it on a leash.

The Ethics Commission of St. Petersburg State University recognized the action against sexism, which was conducted on the eve of March 8 by a student of the faculty of international relations, "an attempt to self-affirmation and self-party." During the action, the girl hung posters on the walls of the faculty with quotes of teachers of St. Petersburg State University about women. The dean of the faculty Irina Novikova asked the ethics commission to consider this action.

The Iofa Foundation launched a site dedicated to the Levashov Perendo. This is one of the largest cemeteries in St. Petersburg, where the dead and killed in Leningrad prisons were buried in 1937-1954. The site published descriptions and photographs of all memorable signs of the cemetery, the stories of people buried there, the memoirs and evidence of those who established signs of their loved ones on the Levashovskoye Pollinis. There is also a map of memorial signs.

Roskomnadzor can block Facebook if the social network does not create a database of Russian citizens in the Russian Federation. The head of the department Alexander Zharov told Izvestia about this. Roskomnadzor will check Facebook until the end of 2018. By this time, the company should fulfill several conditions, including deleting prohibited information. Zharov emphasized that on this point the social network has already significantly missed the deadlines.

The Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Vyacheslav Makarov advised the deputies who continue to use the Telegram messenger, “look into the eyes of the relatives of those who died in a terrorist attack in the metro on April 3. Vyacheslav Makarov, quote for "SKS.ru": - Let them look into the eyes of relatives. The governor and I met them. The organization of this monstrous act, when 16 of our compatriots were killed, was carried out through Telegram.

At school No. 1 in Sterlitamak, a schoolboy with a knife attacked a teacher and students. According to preliminary information, after which he tried to commit suicide. The UFA1.ru portal reports that two schoolgirls, as well as a computer science teacher, suffered during the attack. According to the publication, one of the students jumped out of the window of the second floor, fleeing the attacker. All victims, including the attacker, were hospitalized, writes UFA1.ru.

The section of the Nevo-Vasileostrovskaya metro line, the embankment of Makarova and the Betancer bridge (sulfur bridge) through the small Neva will not be opened on April 29, on the day of the Zenit-“CSKA” match. This was reported in the press service of Korti. Earlier it was assumed that the “running”, “Novokrest” and the bridge connecting the Petrograd side and Vasilievsky island will be opened in late April.

The premiere of the film by Kirill Serebrennikov about Viktor Tsoi Summer will be held on June 7. This was reported by the Kino-theater.ru portal with reference to the statement of the director of the Russian film promotional company WDSSPR Anton Sirenko. Earlier it became known that the tape entered the competition program of the Cannes Film Festival. The plot of the picture is based on a little -known history of relations Mike Naumenko, his wife Natalia and Victor Tsoi.

On the afternoon of April 18, on the Red Line of the St. Petersburg metro, a failure occurred. The station "Vladimir" is closed. The metro clarified that Vladimir is closed from 13:06 for technical reasons. From the station "Lenin Square" to "Veterans Avenue", trains go with an increased interval. Eyewitnesses report that about 13 hours of passengers asked to leave the train, and then they announced the loudspeaker about failure.

On the FIFA website on April 18 at 12:00, the final stage of sales of tickets for the World Cup was opened . At this stage, tickets can be bought online in a live queue. At the same time, users report problems with access to the site. In addition, there are reports of malfunctions in online ones, the waiting time in which is growing, not decreasing. Sequel. Or even an application for the series.

In Smolny, they are not yet sure that on April 29, passengers will be launched to the Novokrestovskaya station. This was reported by Fontanka with reference to the apparatus of the vice-governor Igor Albin. On this day, the Bogovaya and Novokrestovskaya station will begin to operate in test mode, and the labor traffic will be launched on the new section of the road. Through the new station to the St.

Due to work on new stations of the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya line, the Primorskaya metro station will be closed on April 28. The Metropolitan reported this. In addition, from 7:30 to 11:00 and from 16:00 to 18:30 the entrance to Vasileostrovskaya station is closed . Additional buses and trolleybuses were launched for passengers. On April 23, they plan to apply voltage to the contact rail at the Novokrestovskaya - Begovaya section of the new construction.

Tosno beat Spartak in the semi-final match of the Russian Cup and advanced to the final of the tournament. Regular time of the match ended with the score 1:1. Spartak footballer Ze Luis opened the scoring, and Valiz Galiulin equalized in the 89th minute. The winner was determined in a penalty shootout, where Tosno won with a score of 5:4. Tosno will play in the Russian Cup final for the first time.

The St. Petersburg bicycle rental operator Velogorod complained that it was unable to test stations due to Roskomnadzor blocking VPN services. “Velogorod”, quote from “ VKontakte ”: “Today’s testing was overshadowed by Roskomnadzor’s blocking of our own VPN services, which allow us to remotely monitor stations and configure them.

In June 2017, St. Petersburg resident Irina Gracheva and Swedish racer Mikael Rücking set a world record by completing a transatlantic crossing from Bermuda to Plymouth on a 40-foot sailing yacht in just 13 days. Before this, monohull yachts had never covered such a distance at speed. Now Gracheva is preparing for a solo transatlantic race, which will take place in 2019. Irina told “Paper” how preparations for the single race are going and why she and her partner did not go around the storm.