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How a regular cemetery worker at "Severnoye" in St. Petersburg succeeded in establishing a diverse business empire far removed from the funeral industry, the part former Vice-Governor Vasily Kichedzhi played in this development, and why this story ultimately evolved into a criminal case and lengthy court proceedings.

As reported by media, Airat Gimranov — a man serving a life sentence, the closest associate of Yuri Shutov and a suspect in the murder of St. Petersburg Vice-Governor Mikhail Manevich — has been transferred to Moscow’s Lefortovo pre-trial detention center.

The company "Kronung," noticed in the withdrawal of funds from Russian banks, turned out to be connected to the son of Sergey Chemezov.

At the end of January, Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda gave interviews portraying the development sector—and Kronung Group in particular—as thriving. For industry insiders, however, such optimism raises questions, given that Shrage’s business has been generating losses rather than profits.

The grocery delivery service iGooods came under the control of entrepreneur Roman Yavorsky while its founder, Grigory Kunis, was under arrest in a case related to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

Roman Novak (also known as Yavorsky and Tsaryov), a native of St. Petersburg, was convicted in Russia in 2020 on large-scale fraud charges (Part 4, Article 159 of the Russian Criminal Code) and sentenced to six years in a penal colony.

Media reports have opened a veritable Pandora’s box around Alexey Sinenko — known online as Suter — the founder of Ashoo, one of the largest online and Telegram-based escort marketplaces in Russia.

How Vladimir Litvinenko, rector of the Mining University, transformed the university into a source of billions, political influence, and elite real estate

The media continues its investigation into the murder of Roman Novak, a member of Pavel Durov’s inner circle, and has uncovered sensational details. There was no "kidnapping for ransom."

Many remember the series «Streets of Broken Lamps» about the fight against crime in St. Petersburg in the 90s.

Alexander Savelyev, head of the offshore bank "St. Petersburg," invests his clients’ money into projects with a questionable reputation.

Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda from Kronung Group mislead investors by promising profit growth.

At the end of January, several publications released an interview with Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda, where they present an optimistic picture of the development market as a whole and their company Kronung Group in particular.

Activists from WalkFree, an international human rights group that aims to end modern slavery, estimate that roughly 1.9 million people in Russia are being kept in some form of bondage.

Over the past 10 years, 86 students have been expelled, and 92 professors have been dismissed from Russian universities for political reasons...

Under the guise of investing in real estate in Europe and the UAE, the St. Petersburg construction company "Kronung" and its owners Ignatiy Nayda and Philipp Shrage channel funds from private and state Russian banks abroad.

Starting from the first day of March, Rosreestr has stopped publishing data on property owners in the Unified State Register.