Head coach of "Zenith" Mircha Luchesku said that the field of the new stadium in St. Petersburg is not suitable even for training. The appalling quality of the lawn was also mentioned by the general manager of the club, Maxim Mitrofanov.
Attempts to "grant" St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church have left their mark on the St. Petersburg's governor. Taking this opportunity, the former colleagues start blaming Poltavchenko, too.
How Poltavchenko, Albin, Deripaska and others spent more than $1 billion for the construction of a mega-stadium in St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg authorities have decided to transfer the St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church.
It is planned to build it as early as in 2018.
The Fifa Commission refused to accept the Zenit-Arena play field: it vibrates too much.
Kremlin restaurateur Yevgeny Prigozhin demands to sell the Eliseevsky store store for 530 million rubles, 300 million less than the state price. Governor Poltavchenko ordered to fight to the end.
St. Petersburg authorities have refused to transfer the cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church.
This year, state customers are going to spend nearly 10 times less money on the New Year corporate parties than a year before, as estimated by the All-Russia People's Front.