The Shevchuk case, the expansion of borders and the fig instead of the park

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An administrative case of an offense against musician Yuri Shevchuk was transferred from Ufa to St. Petersburg, the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg reported on May 20, accompanying the information in the official TELEGRAM channel with a quatrain from the DDT song “Freedom”. The case under Part 1 of Art. 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in relation to Yuri Shevchuk was brought in his hometown of Ufa, but the musician expressed the wish that it be considered in St. Petersburg.

More than 600 "IT people" from St. Petersburg asked for a deferment from the army

Petersburg IT companies sent applications for deferment from the army for more than 600 of their employees. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Digital Development. In total, according to the ministry, 8.7 thousand such applications were submitted in RUSSIA. In addition to St. Petersburg, applications for deferment from the army were received for 1.7 thousand IT specialists from Moscow, 800 from the Moscow region, more than 350 from Tatarstan and over 300 from Novosibirsk.

The authorities officially expand the borders of St. Petersburg

Petersburg Parliament adopted a new version of the bill "On the territorial structure of St. Petersburg." It was prepared in Smolny. The document proposes to legalize alluvial territories with a total area of ​​about 135 hectares, created near Krestovsky Island and on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. Due to the fact that the appearance of these sites led to a change in the area and boundaries of the Petrograd and Petrodvortsovy districts, Chkalovskoye municipal district and Lomonosov municipal district, these changes are subject to legal registration, the press service of the Legislative Assembly reported.

“Warehouses are emptying”: St. Petersburg faces a shortage of medical equipment

After the imposition of sanctions, the cost of medical equipment in Russia increased by an average of 30%, analysts of the St. Petersburg company Keleanz Medical calculated. Moreover, not only foreign equipment, but also domestic equipment has increased in price (due to the high import component in the equipment of Russian manufacturers). Prices were affected by fluctuations in exchange rates and the cost of logistics increased several times, experts explain. Some representatives of the medical business talk about the inability to buy equipment due to logistical failures. According to them, these problems can lead to the freezing of many medical projects.

Car sales: why they “sink” and what buyers are waiting for

The contracting index for new cars in St. Petersburg dealerships (this indicator indirectly characterizes sales dynamics) decreased by 62% in April 2022 compared to March, follows from the data of the Russian Automobile Dealers Association and Pragmatika Group. Commenting on the situation on the market, experts note that if earlier the reason for stagnation in the industry was the lack of cars from dealers, now an additional negative factor has appeared - the lack of demand.

Why in St. Petersburg "remove from sale" apartments with a fine finish

In St. Petersburg, the share of apartments with a fine finish from developers has begun to decline, analysts at Knight Frank St Petersburg drew attention. As experts explain, developers have begun to refuse this service due to difficulties with the supply of imported finishing materials and rising prices for them. However, market participants expect that the situation will change in the future, since there is a steady demand for finishing - buyers understand that it will be more expensive to purchase building materials and plumbing and do repairs on their own than to buy ready-made housing from a developer.

In St. Petersburg, a giant figurine was installed on the site of the promised park

Residents of Shushar (Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg) have installed a giant fiddle in a wasteland, which the developer promised to turn into a well-maintained park almost ten years ago. In such a non-trivial way, the activists decided to draw attention to the problem of landscaping the site and remind the developer, the Dalpiterstroy company, of the promise to make a park in the area.

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