Hurricanester, beachbok and sunset photographers: meet the heroes of the alluvium from the comic strip by the St. Petersburg artist This is the section “Inhale. Exhale,” in which we talk about inspiring people. Subscribe to our newsletter and notice more good things around you 💚 St. Petersburg resident Yulia Chaitsyna is a designer, copywriter, and artist.

When your classmate is Putin. Chief judge, chief enforcer, offshore holder. Who else are the president’s friends at Leningrad State University after 50 years? Vladimir Putin sticks to trusted people all his life. Every year we get a more and more detailed picture of how the president’s old friends got into the Russian ruling elite. In 2024, the Chronicles project, with the participation of Paper, discovered several more such people.