In St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Omsk, local authorities and management companies have begun collecting money from residents and businesses to equip shelters and bomb shelters in the basements of buildings. In Yekaterinburg, the targeted payment for residents of one district will amount to 841 rubles per person, and in Omsk, parents of kindergarten pupils are being asked to contribute 200 rubles for benches and a water supply.

#bombshelters #WarinUkraine #Yekaterinburg #Housingandutilities #Omsk #StPetersburg #StrikesagainstRussia

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In August 2026, for the first time since 2020, apartment rents fell in Russian million-plus cities, CIAN lead analyst Elena Bobrovskaya told Kommersant. One-bedroom apartments in the 16 largest cities became cheaper by an average of 3% year on year, and two-bedroom apartments — by 6%.

#mortgage #Lifestyle #Moscow #theproperty #Russia #StPetersburg #cyanogen

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In St. Petersburg, all coronavirus restrictions will be lifted starting October 1. The decision at Smolny was made on the basis of an order from the chief state sanitary doctor for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

#covid19 #WHO #ResolutionNo121 #Rospotrebnadzor #StPetersburg

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The Government of St. Petersburg will lift coronavirus restrictions on October 1. From that day, the decree of March 13, 2020, «On measures to counter the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in St. Petersburg» will cease to be in effect.

#covid19 #Rospotrebnadzor #Russia #StPetersburg

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In St. Petersburg on September 25, residents complained about disruptions to mobile internet service on the day Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to arrive in the city. According to Downdetector, the number of complaints after 15:00 approached 300.

#CityParkingManagementCenter #mobileInternet #Putin #StPetersburg

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, at a meeting of the State Council of the Russian Federation commission as part of the XII St. Petersburg International Forum of United Cultures, said that the restoration sector is short of about 30,000 specialists with secondary vocational education. She also said that 80,000 people work in the industry, of whom 13,000 are certified.

#StateCounciloftheRussianFederation #MinistryofCulture #restoration #StPetersburg #TatianaGolikova #ForumofUnitedCultures

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The Russian Ministry of Finance has changed the terms of the «Family Mortgage» program: from October 1, the interest rate and maximum loan amount will depend on the number of children in the family and the region of residence.

#MinistryofFinanceoftheRussianFederation #Moscow #Russia #StPetersburg #Familymortgage

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The travel service «Tutu» reported that Russians who travel abroad earn an average of 75.6 thousand rubles per month per person. For those who travel within Russia, the average income was 60.2 thousand rubles.

#Moscow #Russia #StPetersburg #tass #Tutu

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After 95.1% of the published protocols have been processed, «A Just Russia» is gaining 5.04% of the votes and is crossing the five-percent threshold. According to calculations by Novaya Gazeta Europe, at least 67,000 votes for the party appeared in the protocols after the partial count.

#StateAutomatedSystemElections #UnitedRussia #StPetersburg #FairRussia #Ulyanovsk #cyc

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An analysis of voter turnout data in the State Duma elections following the first day of voting revealed 12 regions where it grew by more than 10 percentage points compared with 2021 for no apparent reason. In four of them, researchers also saw an unnatural distribution of interim turnout.

#elections #TheStateDuma #UnitedRussia #StPetersburg #cyc #electronicvoting

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In the first half of 2026, 4.3 thousand healthcare and social services workers in Russia were laid off due to staff reductions, according to Rosstat data. Another 161.3 thousand people left of their own accord, and total employment in the sector fell by 19.3 thousand people over six months.

#healthcare #Rosstat #StPetersburg #Sberbank #FederationCouncil #socialsphere

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Moscow resident Alexey Zykov has filed a lawsuit against Say Agency, which organized Kanye West’s concert in Saint Petersburg, and is demanding a refund of 46,000 rubles for the ticket and a 4,200-ruble fee. The hearing date has not yet been set, and this is already the second similar lawsuit against the company.

#GazpromArena #KanyeWest #MoscowCityCourt #entertainment #Russia #StPetersburg

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At the Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg, they began hearing the case of 41-year-old German citizen Igor Leonovich, co-founder of the Trifit fitness centers. He is accused under Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code of financing «extremism» because of three donations to the FBK of 300 rubles each.

#FBCdonations #repressions #Russia #StPetersburg #FBK

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The authorities of St. Petersburg publicly responded for the first time in a week to the gasoline shortage and said that motorists have enough services to find gas stations. Smolny did not name the causes of the shortage or the timeline for supply normalization.

#KirishiOilRefinery #Leningradregion #oilrefinery #Consequencesofthewar #Russia #StPetersburg #fuelcrisis

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As of September 11, in St. Petersburg the share of gas stations where gasoline can be bought without a queue fell below 40%, although in August it was around 90%. According to data from the «GdeBenz» service, analyzed by German economist Janis Kluge, almost half of the gas stations in the city were left without gasoline.

#Gasstations #petrol #oilrefinery #Russia #StPetersburg #fuelcrisis

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St. Petersburg Metro plans to adapt nine metro stations, four sections, and about 35 kilometers of tracks into shelters. For this purpose, the enterprise is looking for a contractor who will prepare a feasibility study for bringing part of the infrastructure up to civil defense requirements.

#civildefense #StPetersburgMetro #StPetersburg #shelters #emergencysituations

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In St. Petersburg, 36-year-old Tatyana K. was arrested in a case of justifying terrorism because of a comment in the Telegram channel of the publication «Kholod» about the attack at «Crocus City Hall». The investigation is proceeding under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code.

#Telegram #StPetersburg #InvestigativeCommitteeoftheRussianFederation #TerroristattackinCrocus

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The Russian Foreign Ministry revoked consent for the operation of Germany’s consulate general in St. Petersburg. The institution must cease activities no later than September 18, and all its employees must leave the country by the same date.

#Germany #GoetheInstitut #RussianMinistryofForeignAffairs #Russia #StPetersburg #SergeyLavrov

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A kilometer-long line formed at St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg for the right hand of Saint Spyridon of Trimythous. The relic was brought from the Greek island of Corfu and will remain in the city until August 31.

#Kazan #Corfu #StPetersburg #SpyridonofTrimythousinStPetersburg #SpyridonofTrimythousShrine #AtKazansky

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The Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg has ordered the in absentia arrest of Alexander Nevzorov. The preventive measure has been set for two months — from the moment of extradition to Russia or from the moment of detention on its territory.

#AlexandraNevzorova #AlexandraNevzorovaMeasure #StPetersburg #Seaside #court

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