Pāvels Meļņikovs. Zīmējums — Mārtiņš Upītis
The St. Petersburg millionaire Pavel Melnikov, whose properties in the Finnish archipelago were subject to a massive search operation recently, also owns extensive properties in Latvia - both by the sea and in border areas in the eastern region of Latgale, the magazine Ir has discovered. Melnikov has a temporary residence permit in Latvia, but the Security Police are doing a repeated review of it.
Silence on the sea and the shore. One of the three flagstaffs at the camping site Klintis (cliffs) flies the Latvian flag. The other two are empty. A short distance away, another thin pole is attached to a fence. Local people have noticed that this is to help guide a helicopter that lands on the nearby lawn. But this happens rare. “This summer he flew in twice,” Gaida Rinke a neighbor with property next door says of the owner of the camping site.
