This year, Smolny spent about 337 million rubles-three times more on the decoration of St. Petersburg by the new year than in 2015. This money goes to streets, fairs, Christmas trees and holiday fireworks. At the same time, about 80 % of street decorations remained since past years. Many Petersburgers are unhappy with the New Year decoration of the city, especially compared to Moscow. Other garlands and ate in the city center still cause a feeling of holiday.

On the morning of December 11, tram wires lit up at the Novocherkasskaya metro station. This was reported by users in the group "DTP and PE". As noticeable in the video of eyewitnesses, the wires burned with bright flashes, discarding sparks. At the same time, as the Petersburg Diary writes , no one was injured during the incident. In the comments under the video, Petersburgers joke that "even tram wires want fireworks for the New Year."

From December 14, new phytosanitary legislation begins to operate in Finland. Now, individuals from the EU limits will not be able to import plants and vegetable products without a phytosanitary certificate. Information about this was published on December 11 on the website of the Finnish customs. The list prohibited for importing products includes fresh fruits, berries, vegetables, root crops, cut flowers, branches and much more.

In TD Passage on Nevsky Prospekt, 48, the first Piemaggio chain store appeared. He was opened by the co -founder of the Rive Gosh network Larisa Karaban. The assortment of the store includes perfumes based on wine and cosmetics from grapes and wine products, as well as Italian wine. All presented products are made from raw materials grown in the vineyards of the Karaban family. The line of niche perfumes includes seven aromas created by the perfumer Paolo Terentsi.

The New Gazeta published a project dedicated to the first Chechen war. He is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the signing by President Boris Yeltsin to ensure the legality and law and order in Chechnya-it is this date that is considered the outbreak of war. The project included eleven materials - plots and interviews.

Tele2 launched the environmental project "Repeaching" and opened in 11 cities of Russia the points of receiving old phones for processing. This was reported on the company's website. The departments also appeared in St. Petersburg - you can pass phones at five points in the city in Vasileostrovsky, Petrograd, Krasnogvardeisky, Nevsky and Kirovsky districts.

On the weekend, December 14 and 15, on the Fontanka embankment, 96 Owls of Cucumbers, the Cucumbers. About this "paper" was told by its founder Maria Grekova. Cafe "Cucumbers" is a project of "simple things", in which adults work with the peculiarities of the development of psyche and intelligence. In the institution, the masters will prepare food and drinks, communicate with guests, as well as accept and give orders.

In the Begovoy district in Moscow , the repair of the building began for the shelter of the St. Petersburg Charitable Fund "Overnight", which helps the homeless. This was announced by the head of the capital's branch Daria Baibakova. The center will be located at 2/2 Paper Far, Building 6, there will be not only a shelter, but also the consulting service. Do you think this is just some kind of devastation? But not.

VKontakte and BOOM music services have published a list of the most listened tracks and albums of 2019. It included performers such as Artik & Asti, Tima of the Belarusian and Arthur Pirozhkov. The list of the most listened songs was headed by the track "Sad Dance" of the Ukrainian pop group Artik & Asti. The TOP-5 also included the “Vitaminka” of the Tima of the Belarusian, “Water Girl” Russian rappers Hammali & Navai, “hooked” Arthur Pirozhkova and the Life track from the Russian Poper Zivert.

Journalists of the Fourth Sector, 7 × 7 and the “Version-Saratov” project launched the project “ Indicative clones ”, which explores how the “presumption of guilt” acts in Russia . The project is dedicated to the indictment in Russian justice. As examples of “presumption of guilt”, journalists cite eight stories about people from all over Russia.

Is it true that the UKC has already begun to be demolished, and a residential complex will be built nearby? We answer the main questions about the future of the building Since October, the SCC has been underway to prepare for reconstruction, during which the complex can be completely demolished. Activists say that they tried to cut the dome in the building, dismantled the equipment and repelled the marble lining of the lobby columns.

Every year in Russia, thousands of people change names - according to the statistics of the Ministry of Justice, their number is constantly growing. In 2018, 85 thousand people changed the name, surname or patronymic. This is 13 % more than in 2011. For such a step, Russians are resolved for various reasons: many-due to the rejection of their own name or desire to change their lives.

Ekaterina Lysykh, who on December 9 on Ligovsky Prospekt was beaten by seven men, filed an application with the police. About this "paper" was told by her friend. The victim wrote a statement on the evening of December 10, when she was still in the hospital. According to his friend, he was accepted in the 76th police department. Earlier it became known that on December 9 on Ligovsky Prospekt, seven men were beaten by 18-year-old Catherine Lysykh due to appearance.

“Sevkabel Port” suffered the opening of the “rink by the sea” due to warm and rainy weather, which stands in St. Petersburg. Representatives of the space told about this. The ice rink was to open this week - December 14, but now it will work on December 21. At the same time, there were already hung bulbs there, built a bridge and almost filled the lobe hall with furniture, it remains to fill the ice.

The Dzerzhinsky District Court arrested the general director of Metrostroy Nikolai Alexandrov in the case of a major embezzlement. This was reported by the United press service of the vessels of St. Petersburg. Aleksandrova is suspected that he, together with accomplices, abducted the company's money, concluding fictitious agreements under the guise of state contracts. The damage, according to investigators, reaches 178 million rubles.