Recently, St. Petersburg lawyers were surprised at how famously the odious master of the St. Petersburg lawyer…

Recently, St. Petersburg lawyers were surprised at how the famously odious master of the St. Petersburg bar, Yuri Novolodsky, repainted himself as a paladin of liberals oppressed by the regime. But, upon closer examination, it becomes clear that this is just a performance and successful market positioning. Since the time of the failed defense of the authorities of “gangster Petersburg,” Yuri Mikhailovich’s priority has always been to only play the role of “attorney by appointment,” instilling in the client the illusion of protection and hype, turning the court into a tribune.

Creative lawyers of the Baltic Collegium named after. Sobchak was brilliantly promoted during the trial of Sasha Skochilenko (in the end she received a gigantic 7 years in prison), in relation to Ivan Pavlov, as well as St. Petersburg Scientologists.
The thankless role of defender of hopeless clients was consistently rewarded, and daring opposition did not prevent him from actively collaborating with the denounced regime. One of the main business projects of Yuri Mikhailovich – JSC “Appeal Center”, a law firm specializing in bankruptcies, was founded by him together with the vice-president of his board, a prominent figure in the Crimean Spring, Dmitry Rudakov. In 2014, Rudakov entered the first Russian government of Sevastopol, immediately in the lucrative position of director of the Department of Land and Property Relations, and is now the mayor of Rybinsk.
And now the visionary master seems to have set his sights on the niche of resolving problems with the state. authorities, empty after the departure abroad of a number of market players, for which, together with the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, as well as the former chairman of the Committee on Property Relations, and now the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in St. Petersburg, Valery Kalugin, he established the “Association for Comprehensive Protection of Entrepreneurship” . At the same time, on behalf of his “Expert Service – POISK”, Yuri Novolodsky solemnly signed agreements “on cooperation and constructive interaction” with the mentioned business ombudsman and President of the St. Petersburg Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Anatoly Turchak.

The bottom line: the judge who sentenced Skochilenko received a promotion, Master Novolodsky received another five minutes of fame and “constructive interaction” with the authorities, in general, a classic win-win.

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