The Governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko announced the need to integrate with St. Petersburg in matters of infrastructure and economics. It is reported by 47news. According to Drozdenko, Petersburg and the Leningrad region should equalize tariffs for utilities, as well as divide in half the obligations to dispose of garbage and the construction of transport interchanges.

Eight teams were announced in St. Petersburg , which will develop the concepts of the “Buyan clouds” park on the site near the exchange bridge. Among them are the Laureates of the Pritzker Prize, who created the project of the Gallery of Modern Art of Tate in London, and young agencies from Paris and St. Petersburg. The final concept of the park will be announced in the summer of 2020 at the Economic Forum.

Citizens of the Russian Federation and the EAEU states, which were evacuated from China due to the outbreak of coronavirus, will be sent to two-week quarantine in the Tyumen region. This was reported by the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova . At the same time, according to Golikova, all those who arrived at the moment are healthy. According to the local publication 72.ru, people will be placed in the suburban sanatorium "Urban plan".

The walls of Menshikov Bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress are destroyed under the influence of moisture, since waterproofing work cannot carry out at the facility. The historical object can be completely destroyed, the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg said . As they say in the museum, in Menshikov’s bastion since 2010 there was a repair, during which a concrete screed was removed there and the excavation of the soil began.

Eight groups will participate in the final of the competition for the development of the Tuchkov Buyana concept: six foreign from Switzerland, France, Denmark and Japan and two St. Petersburg. This was announced by the chief architect of St. Petersburg Vladimir Grigoryev , reports the correspondent "Paper" . The teams were divided into two categories: young and more experienced. Young teams are represented by Praxys Landscape & Urban Design and Ab Chvoya.

Employees of the St. Petersburg Center “E” detained a man who, presumably, reported an explosion at the Vladimir metro station. It is reported by Fontanka. A message about the explosion at the metro station was received on January 31, shortly after the collapse of the SCC. The correspondent of Paper reported that some people in the vicinity were in panic, despite the fact that the information was not confirmed.

The Investigative Committee did not find evidence of fraud in the case of the warehouse of the company "Yulmart" Dmitry Kostygin. This was reported by TASS with reference to the lawyer of businessman Konstantin Dobrynin. As the agency notes, the UK decided that the businessman’s actions have signs of a crime under the article on causing damage without embezzlement, but this case will be investigated by the police. The defense of the businessman also denies this accusation.

On the basis of the Institute for Advanced Training of Workers of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Petersburg University of the FSIN will be created. This follows from the order of the government published on the official Internet portal of legal information. This is the first such university in Russia . It will be located in Pushkin, up to 1800 people will become employees.

Parents of students of the 297th school in the Pushkin district complained that their children were forced to freeze on the street without warm clothing for a long time during an evacuation due to a false message about mining. The children were sent to the 511th school, but they were not allowed there, parents say. In the 511th school, they deny this. According to local residents, the students had to go to the 511st school about a kilometer without replaceable shoes and in light clothes.

On the night of February 4, a professor, sociologist, president and founder of the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences ( Shaninki ), Theodore Shanin, died in Moscow . This was written by New Gazeta with reference to the press service of the university. Shanin was 89 years old. According to Izvestia , he died in his apartment in the center of Moscow. The cause of death is not called. Theodore Shanin.

The Primorsky District Court recovered more than $ 16 million from the widow and son of businessman Valery Pshenichniki in the lawsuit of a resident of Florida Mark Nikinson. This was reported by the United press service of the vessels of St. Petersburg. The plaintiff claims that in February 2016 he transferred $ 15 million to Valery to wheat, which he pledged to return with interest at a rate of 4 % per year. Confirming these documents are certified by the notary of the state of Florida.

Actor Elijah Wood danced with participants in the St. Petersburg group Little Big Dance Skibidi. The video posted musicians in the story. As explained in a separate post on Instagram, Little Big soloist Ilya Prusikin and vocalist Sofya Tayurskaya flew to the premiere of the film “Go to Daddy” in Los Angeles. There they met Elijah Wood, who plays the main role in the picture. Little Big came to the premiere of the film with Elijah Wood in Los Angeles. And they danced with him Skibidi!

The Mariinsky Theater announced the transfer of a concert of the Chinese orchestra of the National Opera and Dance Drama Theater "In connection with the current situation in the world." This was reported on the website of the theater.

On the morning of February 4, in St. Petersburg, due to messages about mining, the Gianelidze Ambulance Research Institute and the Mariinsky Hospital were evacuated. This was reported by eyewitnesses and publication 78.ru. And hospitals were taken out of the patients and staff, eyewitnesses note. On the street at this time - 4.5 degrees (it feels like - 9 degrees, weather forecasters note ).

Victor Balaga spent his childhood in Paris, and then lived in Los Angeles. He often went on business trips in Russia, working in a French construction company, and eventually transferred to an office in St. Petersburg. Here he began to engage in photography, and recently a hobby has become his main work. On his Instagram, Victor publishes street pictures of St. Petersburg.