The “yellow” level of weather hazard was declared in St. Petersburg on May 1. This was reported by the press service of Smolny. A level that means potentially dangerous weather is set until 21 hours of May 2. This is due to a strong wind with gusts of up to 15 m/s. The city government asked drivers to show special caution and, if possible, not to use personal transport. The daily temperature in St. Petersburg today will be from +9 to +11 degrees.

In May, new laws and norms that will affect the life of Petersburgers come into force. From the restrictions for street musicians to a simplified clarification of the status of missing and dead military - “paper” collected six main changes. New rules for street musicians in St. Petersburg On May 1, restrictions for street musicians are beginning to operate in St. Petersburg.

The Leningrad Regional Court sentenced to the conditional time a resident of the Leningrad region Alexei Bogdanov, found guilty of an attempt to set fire to the office of the Priozersky newspaper Red Star. “Mediazon” on May 1 drew attention to the relevant court order . The publication of 47news spoke about an attempt to arson in September with reference to law enforcement agencies.

On the night of May 1 - at 00:01 - on the territory of the Susaninsky settlement in the Gatchinsky district of the Leningrad region, unknown people undermined the support of the power line. This was announced by the Governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko. According to Drozdenko, on another support they found an object - presumably an explosive device. Explosion equipment was removed and cleared, the governor writes.

The Investigative Service of the FSB of Russia in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region opened a criminal case due to the undermining of the power transmission in the Gatchina district. This was announced by the Governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko. The case was opened in two articles: about the sabotage and the illegal turnover of explosive devices (281 and 222.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). There is no information about the defendants in the case.