The number of places for rallies was reduced by half in St. Petersburg The legislative assembly of St. Petersburg adopted in the third reading a bill reducing the number of official places for public events from eight to four. "Paper" drew attention to this. Lenin Square, areas of Nikolai Levov Square, Pionersky Park and January Ninth Garden will be excluded from the list of Hyde Parks. Sites will remain in Udelny, Polyastrovsky and Yuzhno-Primorsky parks, as well as in Ekteringof Park. One of the authors of the initiative, the deputy of United Russia, Denis Chetyrbok, explained the reduction by changing security requirements and the high cost of holding street events. 49 deputies voted in favor of the bill, now the governor must sign the document. The amendments also reduce the mandatory minimum space for public events from four to two. Against the background of these changes, Smolany prepared a draft decision on the requirements for the equipment of Hyde Parks. In particular, it is proposed to install podiums at the sites, provide an electricity connection, equip at least four toilets for 500 people and install metal detectors.