16:51 President Putin holds personal control over construction of dam in St. Petersburg
Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to have a hand in financing the construction of the dam and the ring road in Saint Petersburg. This was announced by Presidential Plenipotentiary in the North West Federal District Victor Cherkesov.

16:48 189th anniversary of imperial public library in St. Petersburg
On Tuesday St. Petersburg hosted an annual scientific and practical conference devoted to the 189th anniversary of opening the Imperial public library /now - the Russian National Library