The construction of the Lakhta Center was engaged in more than 20 thousand people from 18 countries. By March 8, “Paper” spoke with three women who participated in the construction of a skyscraper and buildings around it. They tell how to work on the project of the highest building of St. Petersburg and whether they came across stereotypes that construction is not women's work.

The State Duma in the second reading approved the bills of fake news and disrespect for power on the Internet. The broadcast was conducted on the State Duma website. After the first reading, fines were increased several times. According to the current version of the bill, fake news provides for a fine of 30 thousand to 100 thousand rubles for citizens and from 60 to 200 thousand rubles for officials. In this case, the amount of the fine depends on the consequences that fake news provoked.

The road company will pay half a million rubles to a Petersburger, who fell in the winter on the sidewalk The St. Petersburg road company GUDP Center will pay half a million rubles to a Petersburger, who slipped on the sidewalk at the end of December 2017 and received injuries. As the city prosecutor’s office is communing , the man fell on the 5th Krasnoarmeyskaya Street. He went to court and demanded 700 thousand rubles as compensation for moral damage.

The video blogger Sydenkkal published the video "St. Petersburg | Hyk-trip. " In it, he talks about popular places where fans of video games, comics and anime gather. In the video, Sydenkkal tells about his store where you can order games, comics and even VHS cassettes and play arcade games. The oldest 28th comic book store, Fast Anime, Krang Pizza, is also prepared, for example, pizza with marshmallow, for example.

Since 2007, the lynx Linda and the domestic cat Dusya from the Leningrad Zoo have been living in the same enclosure. The animals were placed together when they were both two months old. Since then, the lynx and the cat sleep together, play and even wash each other by licking each other’s fur. “Paper” tells how Linda and Dusya became friends, why the zoo staff put them together and why the animals continued to communicate despite the difference in size.

“Russian Railways” issued a limited collection of cards “Business Sapsan Club” for Sapsan passengers. For its users, the cost of one trip on a high -speed train will be from 925 rubles. According to the press service of Russian Railways, the price of the card is from 38 thousand rubles, it depends on the number of trips (40 or 80), as well as on the class of service. The travel card is valid for one year.

Smolny in 2019 will allocate 3 million rubles to non-profit organizations working with HIV-positive and Petersburgers with hepatitis B and S. The press service of Smolny reports . Subsidies for NPOs will be provided on a competitive basis, the selection will be held by the Committee on Social Policy.

In St. Petersburg, the architectural project “Theater of the Future” was opened , which is located inside the building of the main scene of the BDT. The opening is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the theater. In the new space on the Fontanka embankment, 56 has its own scene, lobby, separate entrance and buffet. It is a two -story design of plywood built inside the theater. About 30 spectators can fit in it. Photo: Stas Levshin / BDT Outside, plywood are painted red, and inside - in gold.

In St. Petersburg in the evening of March 6, 9-point traffic jams were formed. Basically, there are streets in the city center, follows from the information of the Yandex.prokka service. Traffic jams were formed in the area of ​​the Fontanka River embankment, on Nevsky Prospekt and Novgorodskaya Street, as well as on Kamennostrovsky Prospekt. On social networks, eyewitnesses report several accidents that occurred in St. Petersburg. Users note that the roads are slippery.

The State Duma adopted in the third and final reading a bill banning hostels, mini-hotels and hotels in residential buildings. There are about 1.5 thousand such objects in St. Petersburg. Hostels are offered to transfer premises to non-residential use, but for some this is not possible. Who will be harmed by the bill, how many hotels will close and how will this affect tourists? “Paper” spoke with representatives of the “League of Hostels”, the Union of Hostels of Russia, as well as with the St.

The State Duma in the final, third reading, approved the bill on the ban on hotels and hostels in residential buildings. The broadcast of the meeting was conducted on the State Duma website. 405 parliamentarians voted for the document.

In the Leningrad region, the car crashed into a passenger bus. One person died, somewhat injured On the morning of March 5, in the Volkhovsky district of the Leningrad region, the Renault Logan passenger car collided with a regular bus, which was followed by the Tikhvin-St. Petersburg route. According to the traffic police in St. Petersburg and the region, the car driver drove into the oncoming lane. One person who was in Logan died, two more were injured.

Human rights activist of the organization “Sitting Russia” Dinar Idrisov reported that he was attacked by unknown persons. According to Idrisov, the attack occurred around 3 a.m. on March 6 near his home. Dinar Idrisov , human rights activist: “I live in a guarded house, there are many cameras around the perimeter, and the attack right in front of the guards’ noses and under the cameras came as a surprise to me. As I got out of the car, I was talking on the phone.

In Sestroretsk, part of the facade of the cottage Kochkin, which is an object of cultural heritage of regional significance, fell upon. It is reported by KGIOP. According to the agency, in May 2018 there was a collapse of risalite in the central part of the northern facade of the building, and in 2019 the second part of the facade collapsed.

Former district police officer Sergei Krokhin from St. Petersburg was convicted for a life sentence for the murder of six people. This was reported by the United press service of the city courts. As the investigation established, Krokhin killed two people from 2011 to 2015 and organized four more murders along with accomplices for the sake of apartments. The criminals strangled or imitated the death of the owners of real estate from an overdose of drugs.