Gergiev against Teatralnaya, city plan for judges and fighter on the bridge: St. Petersburg April 25
The main thing for the day is in the evening digest of Business Petersburg.
Artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater and general director of the Bolshoi Theater Valery Gergiev unexpectedly criticized the St. Petersburg authorities over the construction of the Teatralnaya metro station. The conductor said that the walls of the theater have been shaking every day for nine months and the building itself, built in 1860, is under threat.
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“It turns out that now we need to go to court, we need to go to the prosecutor general, we need to go to the president of the country…” said the musician. He called the decisions of officials “thoughtless” and even “sabotage,” emphasizing their readiness for direct conflict with the city leadership.
Metrostroy of the Northern Capital promptly responded to the statements of the heads of the two theaters. The company said that work that could cause vibration is not currently being carried out. And those that continue are produced at a depth of 57 meters. At the same time, no construction and installation work is being carried out within a radius of two kilometers from the Mariinsky Theater building, metro builders emphasize. They assured that they respect the historical significance of the famous theater.
The Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture of St. Petersburg (KGA) issued urban planning plans for areas near the Okhtinskaya Hotel, where they plan to build housing for judges of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Obtaining this document is a necessary stage for carrying out construction work.
We are talking about two plots on Bolsheokhtinsky Prospekt, which are located in the zone of multi-storey residential construction. Their total area is about 16.6 thousand m2. Most of the territory is planned to be allocated for residential development, and the second plot of a smaller area will be given over to vehicles.
Last summer, mandatory archaeological excavations began there, since the territory of the future construction site partially falls within the boundaries of the cultural heritage site “Central part of the city of Niena (Okhta 2): cultural layer.”
On the night of April 25, a black Porsche with Moscow license plates tried to cross the Trinity Bridge during the crossing. At the same time, the driver drove into the oncoming lane. The recklessness ended with a collision with the sliding part of the crossing.
As it turned out, the foreign car was on lease. It was filmed by fist fighter from Chechnya Ibragim Islamov. On the way to the Northern capital, he managed to “catch” a fine for speeding in the Tver region: with the permitted speed of 60 km/h, he accelerated to 85 on the M-10.
Immediately after the accident on the bridge, the motorist and his company left the scene. According to some reports, he nevertheless contacted the company where he rented the car and told about the accident. However, he soon stopped communicating. The police are now looking for him.
Dispute over tobacco sauces, lack of bonuses and training for “target targets”
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation will keep the key rate at 16% on April 25. “Business Petersburg” figured out why the time has not yet come to reduce the rate.
St. Petersburg cigarette manufacturer JSC “I.T.M.S.” won a dispute against Central Excise Customs. The stumbling block in this dispute was a batch of sauces for moistening and flavoring tobacco.
The Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region explained why they rejected the claim of the Committee for the Protection of Monuments demanding conservation and restoration of the collapsed front building of the Red Triangle plant. “Business Petersburg” got acquainted with the reasoning part of the decision.
More than half of St. Petersburg residents reported that their employers do not provide them with any bonuses at work. Due to record low unemployment and rising wages, companies are saving on other expenses.
But the income of telegram channel owners has grown rapidly and there are several reasons for this. “Business Petersburg” found out how the ruble exchange rate affected this area.
The rules for admission to targeted training will change from May 1. The new law introduces an upper limit for the period of service for “target workers” after graduation—5 years. There are other changes too.
A parade without aviation, a hotel instead of long-term construction and the Lepsa bar
Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov signed the law on gift sets for newborns adopted by the Legislative Assembly the day before. Boxes with a “dowry” for babies in the Northern capital will begin to be issued from August 1, 2024.
The Legislative Assembly has prepared a federal initiative that could simplify the procedure for early termination of the powers of municipal deputies if there are objective grounds for this. Such grounds will be death, voluntary resignation, conviction or conscription into the army.
And in the summer, a transforming garden will again appear near the Mariinsky Palace, where city deputies meet. They are ready to spend 101 million rubles from the city budget for these purposes.
Smolny confirmed that aviation will not take part in the Victory Parade in St. Petersburg this year. The column will include 78 units of military equipment along Palace Square. Traditional fireworks are not planned in the program of celebrations for Victory Day this year, said Fyodor Boltin, Chairman of the Culture Committee.
An apart-hotel will be opened on the site of the long-term construction of the Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Vasilyevsky Island. The start of work is scheduled for the second quarter of 2025.
The implementation of plans for the development of the south of the St. Petersburg agglomeration will give the Leningrad region a significant economic effect. 4.4 trillion in tax revenue expected over 15 years.
Mikhail Buzulutsky, who previously held the post of vice president for sales and marketing, was appointed president of Etalon Group of Companies JSC, the company reported. His predecessor in this post, Gennady Shcherbina, will head the board of directors.
In St. Petersburg, workers began construction of two underground pedestrian crossings at the Moscow-Danube transport interchange. The above structures will appear at the intersection of Moskovskoye Highway with Lensoveta and Zvezdnaya streets.
Singer Grigory Leps is preparing to launch his own karaoke bar on Konyushennaya Square in St. Petersburg. The launch is scheduled for summer 2024.
The Transport Prosecutor’s Office organized an inspection due to the construction of a water district on Vasilyevsky Island. The reason for the start of supervisory measures were messages noticed by prosecutors in the media.
Residents of the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg were alarmed during the day by the deafening sounds of a siren. Residents of Savushkina, Shkolnaya and Dibunovskaya streets complained about the warning system.
The FSB detained a new gang of “black bankers” in St. Petersburg. A criminal case has been opened regarding the illegal cashing out of 7 billion rubles.
Ten people were evacuated this morning from a burning residential building in the center of St. Petersburg. Two floors of a five-story building on Podolskaya Street were on fire.
A girl who became ill at a sports competition died in a St. Petersburg hospital. She was hospitalized with an intracerebral hematoma and hemorrhage; in addition, the student had congenital heart disease.
A St. Petersburg resident who stole a bathtub tried to get a suspended sentence in court using poetry. The attacker’s creativity remained unappreciated; the court gave him a real punishment, which became his third in life.
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