Activists of "Youth Yabloko" (a social-democratic party) have left a Cross at the Consulate of Finland in St.Petersburg and asked to pass it to the mayor of the city, Valentina Matviyenko. The reason for this action was that Finland had decorated Matviyenko with the Order of the Lion of Finland for her merits in "preservation of the European cultural heritage of the city" and achievements in "cooperation with Finland in improving the environment of the Baltic region". In reality, during Matviyenko's... read more
