St. Petersburg issues yellow weather warningSt. Petersburg authorities have introduced a yellow-level weather warning due to severe frosts and worsening air quality. The alert was issued on the evening of 22 January.
City Mall Security Guard Flees After Fatal ClashSurveillance footage shows a security guard exiting the shopping mall through a back door after a confrontation that resulted in a young man's death.
Shipyard Section Chief Under House Arrest for BribesThe October District Court of St. Petersburg has placed Nikolai Kolchev, a section chief at the Admiralty Shipyards, under house arrest. He is accused of taking bribes from subordinate employees.
Transport committee slams bus driver over knife threatA check has been initiated in St. Petersburg into an incident in Pushkin where a bus driver attacked a teenager and threatened him with a knife. The conflict occurred on January 20 on Moskovskaya Street.
Korabelnikov on Challenges Facing Tire RecyclersOn January 22, at a TASS press conference, St. Petersburg Vice Governor Alexei Korabelnikov discussed the challenges faced by local tire recyclers, citing competition from cheaper imported rubber crumb and unstable volumes of urban improvement work.
Volgograd hospital and museum lose power in outageA massive power outage occurred in Volgograd's Krasnoarmeysky district on January 22, leaving clinical hospital No. 15, a military commissariat, and the Old Sarepta museum-reserve without electricity.
Smolny explains financing difficulties for private eco-centersRepresentatives of the St. Petersburg government at a TASS press conference on January 22 explained why the city finances the 'Nevsky Environmental Operator' but not private companies. The key task is to create a unified and economically justified waste management system.
Fraud case opened over soil from new metro stationsInvestigative authorities have opened a criminal case on large-scale fraud in the disposal of soil from the construction of St. Petersburg metro stations. Top managers of the TsBI company are under suspicion.
Intekhproekt to Design Tunnel on Right Bank of Neva RiverThe St. Petersburg Transport Construction Directorate has selected a contractor to design the right-bank exit from the Alexander Nevsky Bridge. The project includes the reconstruction of Malookhtinsky Prospekt and the construction of an open tunnel for continuous traffic.
Samara Activist Calls for Kuzbass Governor to ApologizeYekaterina Kolotovkina, a member of the Russian Public Chamber, has criticized Governor Ilya Seredyuk for blaming mothers for infant fatalities at a Novokuznetsk maternity hospital.
Yekaterinburg Residents Outraged by Soaring Taxi FaresResidents of Yekaterinburg faced exorbitant taxi fares on January 22 as temperatures plunged below -30°C (-22°F), prompting many to opt for cabs over public transport.
Contractor of Druzhba Park fails to challenge court on 65 million debtThe cassation appeal of company Avtomagistral SK was left unsatisfied. The arbitration court ordered the firm to pay 65.6 million rubles (approximately $729,000 at current rates) for unfulfilled work and defects.
St. Petersburg Processes Over a Million Cubic Meters of SnowSnow melting and receiving stations in St. Petersburg have processed more than a million cubic meters of snow this winter season. This milestone was reached in mid-January, slightly later than last year.
