Doing business in St. Petersburg

City name:

Conventional long form: Saint-Petersburg
Conventional short form: St. Petersburg
Local long form: Sankt-Peterburg | Санкт-Петербург
Local short form: St. Petersburg | С.-Петербург; Petersbrug | Петербург
Former: Saint-Petersburg (1703-1914), Petrograd (1914-1924, Leningrad (1924-1991), Saint-Petersburg (1991 - ….)

 City birthday:

27^th of May. The city was founded on the 27^th of May 1703

Administrative division:

The city is divided into 18 districts (rayons), in turn, each district is divided into municipal formations. At the moment there are 111 municipal formations (municpalnye obrazovanya). 
 
Source: Administration of St. Petersburg

Political system:

Source: Manual “Business Support Structure in St. Petersburg”

Executive branch:

The City Administration is the superior executive body of St. Petersburg headed by the Governor. The St. Petersburg Administration is formed by the Governor, the Government, the Governor's Chancellery, the city committees and the administrative-territorial departments of the Administration subordinate to him. The President of the Russian Federation appoints the Governor for a term of 5 years. The Government of St. Petersburg consists of no more than 15 members and 7 vice governors among them.

The Governor of St. Petersburg is Matvienko Valentina Ivanovna (elected on October 5, 2003).

Legislative branch:

The Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg is the standing effective supreme and sole legislative (representative) body of the state authority in St. Petersburg. The Assembly consists of 50 deputies elected for the term of 5 years on one-mandate districts.

The Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg is Tulpanov Vadim Albertovich (elected on January 15, 2003)

Judicial branch:

Charter Court of St. Petersburg, Judges of the Peace of St. Petersburg, City Court of St. Petersburg, Arbitration court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad oblast and Leningrad Military Circuit Tribunal.

Suffrage:

Symbols of St.Petersburg:

Diplomatic representations:

49 consulates are accredited to the city.