Cancellation of masks, new business "L'Etoile" and the default of "Kistochek"

Governor Alexander Beglov sent an appeal to the Chief Sanitary DOCTOR of RUSSIA Anna Popova, in which he proposed to amend Decree No. 31 “On additional measures to reduce the risks of the spread of covid-19 during the seasonal rise in acute respiratory viral infections and influenza” dated 10/16/2020 and cancel on Petersburg mask mode. He announced this on his TELEGRAM channel. Alexander Beglov explained the need to abolish the mandatory wearing of masks in public places by saying that over the past four weeks, the incidence of CORONAVIRUS in the city has decreased by 40.6%.

L'Etoile enters a new market in St. Petersburg

Alkor and Co LLC, which develops the network of L'Etoile cosmetics and perfumery stores, opens pharmacy corners. As RBC Petersburg was told in the press service of the company, several pharmacies with its own stores of the network will appear in the Northern capital before the end of 2022. Such corners have already been opened in Moscow, and soon they will open in other Russian cities. Industry experts note that, on the one hand, the project is being implemented in conditions of unstable demand, and on the other hand, business diversification will help the retailer reduce possible costs.

A large network of manicure studios has declared default

A large network of manicure and pedicure salons Kistochki of the St. Petersburg entrepreneur Igor Rudziya is preparing for default. KISTOCCHKI Finance LLC announced that it would not be able to fully pay off the bonded loan to creditors and was ready to redeem 25% of the bonds' value at face value - a total of 10 million rubles. In June, investors will be offered a debt restructuring plan.

The authorities of Karelia announced the creation of "New Ruskeala"

Several major tourism investment projects are being prepared for implementation in the Republic of Karelia. One of them is in the area of ​​the plain waterfall Yukankoski, known as the White Bridges, in the Pitkyaranta region. There are serious investors for the White Bridges project, a road is currently being built to the tourist location, HEAD of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov said in an interview with RBC Petersburg and RBC Karelia. In an interview, the head of Karelia noted what kind of infrastructure the region lacks to receive a large number of guests.

Sales of apartments slowed down in St. Petersburg

In the first quarter of 2022, less than 1,000 apartments were sold in St. Petersburg. The decrease amounted to 44% for the quarter, analysts of the consulting company Knight Frank St Petersburg calculated. The apartment market shows significantly worse dynamics than the primary market for conventional housing, experts say. According to CIAN, over the same period, the number of equity participation agreements (DDU) decreased by only 6% compared to the results of the previous quarter. Experts explain the sharp decline in sales of apartments by the fact that they are not covered by state demand support programs and preferential mortgages, which is critical against the backdrop of higher interest rates on loans.

Neapolitan pizza “in Krasnodar style”: how catering replaces imports

St. Petersburg restaurateurs raised prices by 5-10% in the first two months of spring, said Maxim Zhukov, chairman of the SME public catering committee of the St. Petersburg branch of Delovaya Rossiya, executive DIRECTOR of Reka LLC. Despite this, there was no mass exodus from restaurants. “The consumer, of course, notices the rise in prices, but these are far from the figures that can be a cut-off bar for a large layer of people. Since absolutely everything has risen in price, people see that there are objective reasons for this, so raising prices in restaurants and cafes did not cause much negative, ”he is sure. He estimates the results of the May holidays for the restaurant market in St. Petersburg as "standard activity without depressive moods."