The drought situation is developing rapidly. From today, the corresponding “storm warning” of the Ministry of Emergency Situations is in effect. At the same time, due to the extremely high fire risk, a ban on visiting forests came into force. The regional authorities promise to catch violators with the help of camera traps and quadrocopters and are very serious. “The ban is complete, there should not be any tents in the forest,” said Ecology Minister Oleg Stupin. And everything would be fine, but you can still visit the Baltic and Curonian Spit: they … do not belong to forests. To other amazing news of Thursday.
For residents of the Kaliningrad region, the delivery time for goods ordered from Ozon has increased again. If in May they arrived from “big” Russia for an average of two to three weeks, now they, as in March-April, are thoughtfully and sadly promised to be brought in a month. It is impossible to order some goods at all: when you try to make a purchase in the application, it is reported that delivery is not available – and you are prompted to select another pickup point. Some orders already placed are being notified that they are being delayed due to “long customs clearance”. In general, feel the delights of life in a semi-exclave.
The repair of Krasnaya Street stimulated the Kaliningrad authorities to take on the neighboring Patsaeva. Together with st. Karl Marx, they want to connect them with bike paths, sort out paving stones (whatever that means), widen sidewalks, put in order the square located at the intersection of three streets. True, while only the project is being developed. Details are in Ivan Markov’s report.
Recently, the Kaliningrad Amber Plant annually produces about two dozen nuggets weighing over a kilogram. It is well known that he is the only one in the world, leading the industrial production of amber. Contrary to popular belief, succinite was formed in a completely different place – in the region of Scandinavia, and a glacier brought the amber-bearing vein here. And he hid his gift quite shallow, which allows open-pit mining, in a quarry. Thanks to this, it is sometimes possible to “wash” especially large specimens. And those that do not fall into the Gokhran, as a rule, are put up for auction. The last one is held in person, the next one is scheduled in two weeks: 70 lots are put up with an estimated cost of 17 million rubles. Last year, everything was completely sold out, the interest in the auction is great: the amber plant managed to enter the Middle East market, among other things. About what they expect from the new auctions, how they go and who can buy unique stones – in the report of “New Kaliningrad”.
