Author: Wu Mei

Petersburg Court Fined Communist 10,000 For Quoting Philosopher Sartre

In St. Petersburg, the Primorsky District Court fined Communist Party member Alexei Filippov for “inciting hatred” for reposting a post on VKontakte with a quote from philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre for 10,000 rubles. Tatyana Dyachkova, a lawyer, told Znak.com about this. A case was opened against Filippov under Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses […]

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Shamalov Yuri

SHAMALOV Yuri Nikolayevich (b. 1970) is the eldest son of co-owner of Rossiya Bank Nikolay Shamalov and the elder brother of Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law, Kirill Shamalov.

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Shuvalov Igor

SHUVALOV Igor Ivanovich (b. 1967) graduated from the law faculty of Moscow State University in 1993 and worked as an attaché in the legal department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Then he began working at the ALM-Consulting Law Office of the Moscow College of Advocates, one of the founders of which was Alexander Mamut. He held the positions of a senior lawyer and the director of the bureau.

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Myachin Viktor

MYACHIN, Viktor Yevgenyevich (b. 1961 in Leningrad) was a graduate and employee of the Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he worked till 1992.

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Prigozhin Yevgeny

PRIGOZHIN Yevgeny Viktorovich (b.1961) is a Russian businessman, owner of the catering businesses, linked to the internet “troll factory” and a mercenary group Wagner. Born in Leningrad, in 1979, at the age of 18 he was sentenced for stealing and in 1981 he was also sentenced to twelve years imprisonment under articles of robbery, fraud, and involving teenagers in prostitution, spending nine years behind the bars. After release from imprisonment, in 1990, he started his fast-food business which later evolved into a restaurant and catering empire.

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Rotenberg Roman

ROTENBERG Roman Borisovich (b. 1981 in Leningrad) emigrated to Finland with his parents in 1991. In 2000, Roman entered the European Business School in London and then received a master’s degree in entrepreneurial management.

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Kusnirovich Michail

KUSNIROVICH Mikhail Ernestovich (b. 1966 in Moscow) graduated from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology with a degree in chemical engineering in 1989. Then, together with student friends Sergei Evteev, Evgeni Balakin, and Mikhail Vlasov, he created the East and West Moscow International House company, the first project of which was the organization of an amusement park in Gorky Park.

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