Historian Oleg Sokolov, accused of murdering graduate students Anastasia Eshchenko, tried to commit suicide. About this writes "Interfax" with reference to his lawyer Alexander Poyuev. Earlier in the St. Petersburg media, there were contrary to each other and officially not confirmed reports of Sokolov’s attempt to make suicide during the investigative experiment. According to one information, he really tried to kill himself with a knife when handcuffs were removed from him.

Prices for utilities in St. Petersburg will increase in 2020 by an average of 3.3 %. New tariffs on November 19 approved a meeting in Smolny, reports 78.ru. According to the chairman of the tariff committee Dmitry Kopin, the maximum growth may be 3.5 %, which is 0.3 % lower than the planned by the federal government for St. Petersburg. New tariffs will begin to operate in the second half of 2020. Prices for gas, water supply and heating will increase by 3 %, and electricity - by 4.9 %.

At a school with an in -depth study of English No. 691 in the Nevsky district of St. Petersburg, condensate from ventilation chambers drips from the ceiling, cracks appeared on the facade and lining falls off in places. The educational institution was opened in a new building in September 2018 and managed to work out a little over a year. This was written by Fontanka with reference to eyewitnesses, school principals and the Committee for the Construction of St. Petersburg.

Since November 16, in the Vsevozsky district of the Leningrad region, a little bear has been looking for a little bear, who escaped from the St. Petersburg Center for Assistance to Birds and Wild Animals “Sirin”. The beast on the street was noticed by local residents, then the employee of the center of Ksenia Mikhailov confirmed information about the loss. For the first time, the bearish was noticed in the gardening of the “Redes”, after which his photograph appeared on social networks.

Law enforcement agencies of the Pushkin district of St. Petersburg opened a criminal case of cruelty to the animal, a perfect group of persons with a public demonstration (part 2 of article 245 of the Criminal Code). This happened after on November 15 in Shushara a man publicly cut the throat of the ram in honor of the wedding, writes Fontanka. According to the publication, a 45-year-old man from Azerbaijan was the suspect-the father of the groom, whose wedding was celebrated.

The Kolpinsky District Court of St. Petersburg announced the decision in the case of the St. Petersburger Evgeny Paramonov, who demanded more than 150 million rubles with SIZO-1, SIZO-4, the FSIN, the Local Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Finance. The requirements of the man partially satisfied, putting him 30 thousand rubles. This was reported by the press service of city courts.

The Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov said that in 2020 the cost of fare in public transport for users of Planting and the Unified Map of the Petersburger will increase by two rubles. Based on the numbers voiced by the governor, prices will increase by about 5-6 %, although Smolny officially promised only 4 %. Now the cost of the Planting Powerfall in the subway from 1 to 10 a trip for a month is 36 rubles.

"Paper" is an information partner of the "activism/we" In St. Petersburg on December 7, the Confest (Conference and the Festival) “Activism/We” will be held. At it, guests are waiting for lectures, workshops and discussions about urban activism. Confest will be held in Annenkirche. Its main topics will be activism and urban environment. At public lectures, a professor at the European University in St.

The Ministry of Justice of Russia officially stated that the scale of the problem of domestic violence in Russia is “exaggerated”, and also suggested that men suffer more from discrimination, since in their case it is not customary to ask for protection from people of the other sex. This was written by Kommersant with reference to the document signed by the Deputy Minister of Justice Mikhail Halperin.

In February 2020, on the main stage of the Tovstonogov Great Drama Theater in St. Petersburg, the Moscow Gogol Center Theater will be held. Two performances of director Kirill Serebrennikov will be shown to the audience: “Little Tragedies” on the cycle of Pushkin’s plays and “(M) Pupil” by the work of the modern German playwright Marius von Mayenburg. “Small tragedies” will be shown on February 18 and 19, and “(M) of a student” - February 21 and 22. Tickets cost from 2000 to 10,000 rubles.

The Government of St. Petersburg at a meeting on November 19 approved a proposal to extend the moratorium on the introduction of garbage reform in the city. This is reported from the meeting by Fontanka. The proposal for another year not to introduce a single operator for waste management in the city by the chairman of the tariff committee Dmitry Kopin.

Thirteen years ago, Ezeobi Sciences Chibuzor moved from Nigeria to Russia to study robotics in LETI. Now he writes a dissertation about water purification systems and works as a designer. Ezeobi tells what he was surprised on the first day in Russia, why sometimes he feels a stranger here and what Petersburg fell in love with. Age 32 years Kind of activity Designer In St. Petersburg 13 years I was born in Enuga [in the south of Nigeria].

The activist and politics of Pavel Chuprunov, who participated in the elections to the municipal deputies of St. Petersburg and in organizing rallies for fair elections, called to the prosecutor's office. He reported this in social networks. According to Chuprunov, the protocol for it was drawn up under an administrative article on activities in an undesirable organization (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation). Chuprunov consists in Open Russia.

In the basement of the house on Kirochny Street, 23, for more than twelve days in a row, a cat has been locked. This was stated in the group of the Leoneed Cats Project. According to the zoo defenders, on November 8, in the courtyard of house No. 23, they boarded the window in the basement, and a homeless cat remained inside.

Rospotrebnadzor conducted studies of air and water atmosphere in the Karelian city of Segezha. They did not show excess of permissible norms of pollutants. This is stated on the website of the administration of the Segezh district. The examination also did not reveal signs of bird flu in a bird who died in Segezh. At the same time, the pre-investigation verification due to the environmental situation continues. Earlier, local residents complained about fetid yellow fog and mass death of birds.