The film of the 27-year-old Russian director Kantemir Balagov “Dylda” received a prize for the best directing in the program “Special View” of the Cannes Film Festival. Later, the film was also awarded the Awards of the International Federation of Films (Fipers). “Dylda” tells about the life of two young front -line friends who returned from the war to the post -war Leningrad 1945.

In St. Petersburg, the police detained three participants in the Vesna movement - the coordinator of the movement of Alexander Vereshchagin and activists of Konstantin Pokhilchuk and Peter Trofimov. This "Vesna" reported on Twitter. According to activists, on May 22, they found that the castle of their office was filled with mounting foam. In the evening of May 24, they tried to clean the castle and establish a new one, but at the time of work they were detained by the police.

On Zagorodnaya Street in the Kolpinsky district, a child swimming in the Izhora River drowned. It is reported by Fontanka with reference to the Ministry of Emergencies. According to the publication, the drowning boy was eight years old. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, in total there were four children on the shore. Two of them could not get out of the water on their own. One boy was saved by employees of Petersburggaz, who were nearby.

The petition in support of the arrested director of the Bolshoi Puppet Theater was signed by more than 5 thousand people More than 5 thousand people signed a petition with a request to free Alexander Kalinin from the pre -trial detention center of the Bolshoi Theater. The petition is addressed to the head of the IC of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin , the prosecutor general of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika and the Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova.

The confidence rating of Russian President Vladimir Putin sank to 31.7 %, follows from the VTsIOM poll conducted from May 13 to 19. This is the minimum indicator since 2006, when such data began to publish to the center’s website. At the same time, the president is still trusted more than other Russian politicians. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu scored 14.8 % and took second place, in third place with 13 %, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov .

Acting Governor Alexander Beglov announced that he would participate in the elections of the governor of St. Petersburg this fall. He made his statement during a meeting with residents of the resort region. “I am glad that residents of the resort region turned to me - we will go to the polls,” he said. Alexander Beglov , Acting Governor of St. Petersburg: - The team and I developed a plan for how to develop the city. Therefore, I will do everything so that projects on paper become real things.

On the rivers of St. Petersburg, they noticed the "parade" with dozens of aquabikes Petersburgers noticed the "parade" of Aquabaykov on the Moika River. The video was published by eyewitnesses in the group "Dtp and PE". Aquabikers moved slowly along the river, avoiding spray and clashes. The record shows that dozens of people took part in the mileage. The photographs published in the comments also show that part of the parade passed along the Neva, next to the Peter and Paul Fortress.

Activists of the Vremya Movement hung a poster in the center of St. Petersburg against the acting governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, playing the Delivery Club advertising campaign. On the poster with a portrait of Beglov, “Your city will be destroyed by a cowardly acting. Beglov Alexander Dmitrievich loves themselves and disperses rallies. He is afraid of criticism in his address.

At a meeting with residents of the resort area on May 25, Alexander Beglov announced participation in the elections of the governor of St. Petersburg. For almost eight months as the acting governor, he managed to set up many citizens and activists against himself. In particular, due to the snow collapse, the acceleration of the May Day procession and the aggressive information campaign.

The Pionerskaya metro station will be closed in the evenings from May 27 to July 26 due to the repair of the escalator. This was reported by the press service of the St. Petersburg metro. “Pionerskaya” will be completely closed every day from 17 to 19:10. From 7:30 to 10 hours, the entrance to the station will be limited. At the same time, Pionerskaya is one of the most loaded stations of the St. Petersburg metro, about 2.3 million people use it a month.