18:12 International conference on problems of “shadow economy” begins in St. Petersburg.
Issues of interaction between Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and U.N. Board on Drug Traffic Control and Crime Prevention in the sphere of fighting transnational crime are discussed at the conference.

18:06 Governor Yakovlev speaks to journalists
Governor Vladimir Yakovlev’s traditional annual press conference held in Journalist’s House.

18:05 Trade and economy exhibit “France Today” opens in Mikhailovsky Manege.
Ambassador of France to Russia Claude Blanchemaison and members of St. Petersburg government participated in the opening ceremony.

14:48 A.S. Pushkin’s historic home passes state commission after reconstruction.
Building ¹14 on Gorokhovaya Street, where the great Russian poet had lived in 1832, went on reconstruction in 1978.