“The Palace for Putin” on the Black Sea coast, which St Petersburg businessman Sergei Kolesnikov told Novaya Gazeta about in an interview, has been sold. The official owner of the palace was a company belonging to Nikolai Shamalov, a...

On Monday, Novaya Gazeta published documents concerning construction of a Black Sea coast “palace for Putin,” which St Pete businessman Sergei Kolesnikov described in his letter to President Medvedev (Novaya Gazeta No. 16 of 14 February...

St. Petersburg businessman Sergei Kolesnikov, who wrote to President Medvedev on New Year’s Eve that a sumptuous palace was being built on the Black Sea coast for Prime Minister Putin’s “personal use”, did not choose a very auspicious time...

After match versus Sweden Guus Hiddink said it was a great day for Russia. He was content with every member of the team as none of them had committed silly mistakes done during match with Spain. He also said he would like to see the...

The action “Chistye nogi” (fittingly, “clean feet”), started by Novaya Gazeta and National Bookmaker Association (NBA) last year, got international recognition. Reminding, during the season of 2007 the newspaper working jointly with the...

The difference between cynics and pragmatists is that the former enjoy the process while the latter are pleased with the outcomes. The former care about how they look, while the latter care of what they really achieve. Till recently I have...