A resident of St. Petersburg Marina Ivanova wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking him to withdraw conscripts from the border with Ukraine. The text was at the disposal of Fontanka. As the letter says, initially her 20-year-old son was distributed to the military unit near Moscow, but soon they were transferred to the border with Ukraine, namely, to the territory of the Kursk or Belgorod region. The woman fears that the unit will be detained in Russia for a while.

What foreign companies announced that they will remain in Russia? Metro, Cloudfare and other companies. Updated Due to the fighting in Ukraine, many foreign companies have announced the departure from the Russian market: from fashion brands to tobacco manufacturers. At the same time, some foreign firms reported that they are not going to leave Russia. "Paper" lists them. Updated March 11 . Added new information about Leroy Merlin, Nestle and Uniqlo. Proton .

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation demanded to block Instagram in Russia and sent a statement to the court to recognize the company META (maternal organization Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus) with an extremist organization. TASS writes about this. In addition, the RF IC initiated a case of violence against Russians in connection with the actions of META employees, writes RIA Novosti.

Military operations in Ukraine also influenced international hotel networks, many of which announced the suspension of investment in the Russian market. We are not talking about closing hotels yet - operators refuse to implement future projects. "Paper" tells which companies and brands decided to limit work in Russia. IHG .

Medialandshaft in Russia is changing rapidly. Many independent media blocked in the country (among them Medusa and the Russian BBC Service), some suspended activities (“Echo of Moscow”, “Rain”, Znak.com). Meanwhile, the Prosecutor General’s Office requires blocking Instagram and recognizing the maternal company Facebook and WhatsApp with an extremist organization. "Paper" continues to work, but we are not sure that the site or social networks will not be blocked.

The State Duma is considering a bill changing the rules of a military draft. In theory, he simplifies the order of draft for military commissariats. The agenda will be able to send the agenda by registered letter, and not just to hand personally, and if the conscript did not receive the summons, he must appear without it at the military registration and enlistment office for the next call.

I see that in Russia hygiene gaskets can be abused. This is true? Updated In social networks, they fear that gaskets, tampons and other personal hygiene products will disappear from Russian stores. The excitement is also associated with the news about the departure of one of the large manufacturers from Russia - Procter & Gamble. Is there any reason to believe that hygiene agents cannot be bought? " Paper " says what is known about the situation. Updated March 29.

On the night of March 11, they saw the northern lights in the Leningrad region. This was told in the telegram channel " Astro Photo Swamp " and in the public " Hunters for radiance " in VKontakte. The northern lights were in the village of Vaskelovo. The phenomenon was also captured in the area of ​​the new Ladoga. In addition, the northern lights were observed by the deep lake. Earlier, the northern lights in the Leningrad region were noticed on March 6.

On the Allegro trains, which run between St. Petersburg and Helsinki, set their ruble to the euro. Judging by the announcement published by Fontanka, 1 euro is equal to 203 rubles. According to the publication, a cup of black coffee on a train with such a course will cost passengers from Russia 510 rubles. At the same time, the course on the train is more profitable than in some metabolic points of Finland.

Petersburgers write in social networks that they see a large amount of dust on the city’s roads. On VKontakte, users said that they observed such a problem, for example, on Plovdivskaya Street, on the corner of Salov and Samoilova . The improvement committee in its group on VKontakte stated that winter dirt and sand have already begun to remove from roads, but it is now impossible to organize the car wash now - since the temperature dropped below 0 degrees.

In St. Petersburg colleges and technical schools, the authorities sent recommendations to hold parental meetings on the protection of children from “information manipulations”, “paper” found out. In the training manual for the event - “debunking” Fake about the Ukrainian island of the snake and the story about the “armed to the teeth” of the civilian population, which “deals with the terror of its own citizens”.

Blows on Lutsk, the meeting of Putin with Lukashenko and the “Wagner PMC”. The main thing about the situation in Ukraine by the evening of March 11 Blows on Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk, negotiations of Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, a letter from St. Petersburg with a request to withdraw conscripts from the border, as well as a set of Wagner PMCs for hostilities in Ukraine. "Paper" tells the main thing about the situation in Ukraine by 19:00 on March 11.

The “Friends of the Friends of the Baltic Harp” forever closes its communities on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube because of the “anti-Russian position” of META, as well as “calls to kill Russians”. Activists said that they would only lead the group “Salvation of Seasons” on VKontakte . Previously, the case is in the META statement that the company will change the policy of “hatred” and allow users in some countries to call for Russia and Russian soldiers “in the context of invasion of Ukraine”.

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In the St. Petersburg store "Everyone is free" talked about the increase in prices for goods. The book published information about this in his telegram channel. According to the message, several factors are affected by the increase in books: There are not enough papers in Russia. The enterprises began to produce less, import substitution did not occur, and those foreign deliveries that were even more reduced against the background of sanctions.