The official forecast for a decrease in Russia's GDP may exceed 10 %. This was announced by the head of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin, his words are given by TASS. According to Kudrin, now the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development evaluate the reduction in GDP in 2022. Kudrin said that the official forecast will be more than 10 % of the decline. He added that there are other estimates of experts, which involve a decrease from 8 to 10 %.

The Ministry of Education published a new draft basic spelling rules, the document can be found on the portal of legal information . Among other things, the agency offers to make the use of the letter of ё optional in all cases. The Ministry of Education explained that E is usually used in three cases: in primers and other special texts, if necessary, indicate the correct pronunciation and to avoid the wrong understanding of the word.

Sasha Skochilenko - a former employee of the “Paper” and the author of the “Book of Depression” - suspect the spread of fakes about the Russian army - supposedly she placed anti -war leaflets instead of price tags in the “Crossroads”. Now she faces up to 10 years in prison. This is the first case under this article in St. Petersburg. "Paper" talks about Sasha and about its persecution.

The head of the Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, in an interview with Nail Asker-Zade on the Russia 24 television channel, announced the risks of a new wave of incidence of coronavirus. According to him, it can begin in May-June. Mikhail Murashko Quote for " Russia 24 " - We see that in a number of countries the incidence of coronavirus is already noted by medical workers. These are European countries and China. Therefore, we are preparing.

The Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture of St. Petersburg agreed on the appearance of the new scene of the Academic Small Drama Theater - the Theater of Europe. This was reported by the press service of the department. The department published a scan with the view of the building from Zvenigorodskaya Street, the Bagrationovsky square, the embankment of the Obvodny Canal and Marat Street. The height of the theater will be 28 meters.

“Bookmate”, together with 30 Russian publishers, launched the marathon “Books remain”. In it, those who wish will be able to read books for free by June 1, consonant, according to publishers, now. In the list of available books, you can find journalistic investigations, philosophical treatises on human nature, texts on social topics, guidance for life in financial crisis and artistic novels.

The Center for Technologies of Distributed Register of St. Petersburg State University began developing an analogue of the SWIFT system, with which banks exchange financial messages. This was reported by the press service of the university. The St. Petersburg State University project should become international and independent, it will be created using blockchain. This technology is a chain of blocks with various information, it underlies bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

The punishment in the form of a fine of up to 50 thousand rubles is provided for individuals. Officials are facing a fine of up to 300 thousand rubles, legal - up to 1 million rubles, if discrediting is accompanied by calls for unauthorized shares or poses a threat to a massive violation of public order. Against the background of anti -war protests in Russia, a new administrative article appeared - about the discrediting of the army. It is fined by speaking against hostilities in Ukraine.

In the call, they refuted the strengthening of the border with Finland. Previously, the Daily Mail published a video of the movement of military equipment On April 12, the British newspaper Daily Mail posted a video that shows that supposedly Russian troops move equipment to the border with Finland. The press service of the Western Military District (ZHO) 78.ru denied the strengthening of the border.

Since April 9, the European Union imposed new sanctions against Russia: among other things, European companies banned export to the country of flowers, tubers and bulbs of plants. By April 9, concluded contracts continue to operate, but deliveries must be completed until July 10, 2022. “Paper” asked Olesya Gvozdeva, the director of the shop and wholesale base “Zelenogorsk”, as this restriction will affect the Russian flower market.

In St. Petersburg, they said goodbye to the warrant officer Artem Panov and Lieutenant Colonel Miras Bashakov, who died during hostilities in Ukraine. This was reported on the Smolny website. Artyom Panov was buried in a cemetery in the area of ​​the village of Staro-Panovo. Alexander Beglov was present at the ceremony - he brought condolences to relatives and his colleagues of the deceased.

Russians may encounter a shortage of plumbing, building and finishing materials in a few months. Now market participants are selling stocks from warehouses. It is reported by Kommersant with reference to sources in DIY networks. According to the publication, retailers plan to replace part of the goods with Chinese analogues, but this can interfere with the new flash of Covid-19. Delivery of materials from China is difficult to lack containers and restrictions on coronavirus.

Citizens no longer need to renew the “Unified Map of the Petersburger” (“ECP”) - it was made unlimited. This was reported in the press service of Smolny. According to the city administration, ECP uses more than 1 million 100 thousand inhabitants of the city. At the same time, over the past month, the number of people who want to arrange a card doubled, and the decision on unlimited extension “will make it even more convenient to use,” according to Smolny.

The St. Petersburg resuscitator Andrei Macedonov was detained in one of the stores "Lenta" of the Nevsky district. This happened due to the replacement of store price tags with anti-war leaflets, he told Paper . Now the detainee is located in the 70th police department of the Nevsky police department. It draws up an administrative protocol on the discrediting of the Russian army. “[I] was detained at the exit of the cash register, the video was recorded, as I laid out“ No War!

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