In February 2020, the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov said at a meeting with Putin that the design and construction of the park will take up to two and a half years. “Yes, it was not cheap for the federal budget,” he admitted then, to which the president replied: “It’s not a pity for Peter.”
In June 2021, during the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Beglov expressed confidencethat the future park “will be included in the main tourist route of St. Petersburg.” At the same time, a month earlier, the head of Studio 44, Nikita Yavein, said that the implementation of the project to create an art park suspended at least until 2022.
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In December, that the Judicial District may appear on the site of the park, reported “Fontanka” citing sources. However, the press service of Smolny told the publication that “there will be a park, with a light and musical fountain.”
The idea of building the Court Quarter in St. Petersburg was announced in the early 2010s. In 2012, Putin proposed to move the Supreme Court there from Moscow. The complex of buildings for the Armed Forces was originally planned to be built on the Petrogradskaya side. However, in the spring of 2019, the city authorities announced that they had decided to move the Judicial Quarter to Smolnaya Embankment, and the park would be laid out in the same place.
Since 2017, the construction of the Judicial District has been carried out by the Segment construction company, which is associated with businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, the BBC notes. Kommersant wrote citing sources that she was engaged in the selection of subcontractors and personnel. In December 2018, the publication reported that structures close to Prigozhin became the developers of the quarter.
Segment IC was registered in 2014, its CEO is Dmitry Saltanov. According to SPARK, he owns 100% of the company. The main activity of Segments is the construction of residential and non-residential buildings.
RBC turned to the Segment construction company and the Studio 44 architectural bureau for comment.
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