The court in St. Petersburg allowed the demolition of the school where the poet Olga Berggoltsa studied, lifting the current ban. The defenders of the city tried to give the building the status of a monument, but the authorities intend to build an entrance to the future bridge in this place - and the parties got stronger in court. City activists have been fighting to preserve the building since 2014, when the news of its imminent demolition became known.

The court in St. Petersburg allowed the demolition of the school where the poet Olga Berggoltsa studied, lifting the current ban. The defenders of the city tried to give the building the status of a monument, but the authorities intend to build an entrance to the future bridge in this place - and the parties got stronger in court. City activists have been fighting to preserve the building since 2014, when the news of its imminent demolition became known.