Members of Greenpeace in St.-Petersburg proposed to the city government a set of measures in order to prevent pollution of the Neva River and the Neva Bay. In the beginning of 2011, Valentina Matvienko, Governor of St.-Petersburg, taking part in the opening ceremony for a new stage of the city main sewer, stated that in 2012 anyone will be able to bathe within the St.-Petersburg territory.

It is a common opinion that requests for information to government bodies are quite useless since no reply will come. This is wrong. Laws support applicants’ rights, though official structures often unwillingly provide unpleasant information. For example, the IIFD’s request on food quality tests has lately been replied.

When a holiday comes, a lot of fireworks is sold. Unfortunately, not all of them comply with safety norms. Meanwhile, official bodies do not hurry to disclose information what manufacturers of fireworks are licensed and which are not.