A delegation led by the head of the Russia's Leningrad Oblast Committee on Transport Mikhail Prisiazhniuk visited MAZ to explore its vehicles and manufacturing facilities.

Source: https://eng.belta.by/economics/view/russias-leningrad-oblast-shows-interest-in-belarusian-maz-vehicles-156792-2023/

“Berlin made this decision during the days of the 80th anniversary of breaking the siege of Leningrad where hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens died.

Source: http://sana.sy/en/?p=297848

The first one is to intensify cooperation between Belarus and Leningrad Oblast in trade, economic, scientific and technical areas, the second - to intensify humanitarian cooperation.

Source: https://eng.belta.by/economics/view/snopkov-belarus-russias-leningrad-oblast-seek-new-vectors-of-development-162058-2023/

The poet Mikhail Kuzmin, in his 1934 diary entry from Leningrad, expressed apprehension that the Russian world had “transformed into something one could be captivated by, akin to Crete and Mycenae, yet challenging to sustain in reality.”

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/iran-abortion-womens-right