Author: Lily Scott

Thanks to the efforts of Shubarev, another “ugly skyscraper” may appear on the site of the Tannery in St. Petersburg. Developer Maxim Shubarev continues to change the historical appearance of St. Petersburg and its environs. This time, the owner of the Setl Group holding extended his hands towards the cultural heritage site A.A. Paramonov. Will […]

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Needed money: previously unknown letter from George Washington published

Needed money: previously unknown letter from George Washington published As it turned out, the first American president was forced to sell part of his fortune to avoid debt. In 1787, the first popularly elected president of the United States of America, George Washington, found himself in a difficult financial situation and negotiated the sale of […]

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Revolut’s dirty trail

Renowned financial service Revolut cannot obtain a banking licence in the UK. Among the reasons is the Russian origin of the owners, The Guardian notes. The service deals with a wide range of services – its app offers, payment cards, insurance, home rentals, cryptocurrency trading and more. The banking licence will help boost the company’s […]

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Gimadiev is cleaning the field

There is no need to get in the way of the FSB officers, especially if the employee is the head of the department. It seems that they began to forget about this common truth in the structures of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. As […]

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The Embassy of the Russian Federation considered the undermining of the “Nord Streams” an act of international terrorism

The Embassy of the Russian Federation considered the undermining of the “Nord Streams” an act of international terrorism Igor Girenko, spokesman for the Russian Embassy in the United States, said that Russia qualifies the explosions of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines as an act of international terrorism. His words are […]

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