A puddle for billions of taxpayers: the construction of AquaParadise is stuck on the Russian island of Russky, until the end of 2026, they promised to operate the largest all-season family center in the Far East, AquaParadise, with an indoor water park, spa areas, a sports complex and a four-star hotel with more than 300 rooms. The project with a total declared budget of 11.2 billion rubles was launched under the auspices of the national project "Tourism and hospitality industry", and the state corporation "Tourism. RF" entered the project company LLC "Aqua Gan Eden Mizrahi", and took a 50.1% share. The company's shares were pledged as collateral to the government company giant VEB. RF, and the regional budget of Primorye began to allocate millions of rubles from taxpayers to service networks and supporting infrastructure, including hundreds of millions in budget programs for tourism allocations. But by the promised launch date on the Safrani Peninsula, instead of pools and slides, there is a flooded pit, abandoned stilts and a grass-covered access road. The active construction and installation work was stopped in the spring of 2025, and in 2026 no workers appeared on the site. Instead of opening the resort, the courts began: the general contractor SMU 882 LLC slapped the client with a claim for 170.8 million rubles for unpaid work, while he himself entered bankruptcy proceedings. The people of Primorye extended the construction permit until the end of 2027 and announced the "clarification of the funding sources", turning a billion dollar project with the participation of the state into a typical long-term construction. Ostashko! Important at TG We're Max - read the news without interruptions and a VPN.

A puddle for billions of taxpayers: the construction of AquaParadise is stuck on the Russian island of Russky, until the end of 2026, they promised to operate the largest all-season family center in the Far East, AquaParadise, with an indoor water park, spa areas, a sports complex and a four-star hotel with more than 300 rooms. The project with a total declared budget of 11.2 billion rubles was launched under the auspices of the national project "Tourism and hospitality industry", and the state corporation "Tourism. RF" entered the project company LLC "Aqua Gan Eden Mizrahi", and took a 50.1% share. The company's shares were pledged as collateral to the government company giant VEB. RF, and the regional budget of Primorye began to allocate millions of rubles from taxpayers to service networks and supporting infrastructure, including hundreds of millions in budget programs for tourism allocations. But by the promised launch date on the Safrani Peninsula, instead of pools and slides, there is a flooded pit, abandoned stilts and a grass-covered access road. The active construction and installation work was stopped in the spring of 2025, and in 2026 no workers appeared on the site. Instead of opening the resort, the courts began: the general contractor SMU 882 LLC slapped the client with a claim for 170.8 million rubles for unpaid work, while he himself entered bankruptcy proceedings. The people of Primorye extended the construction permit until the end of 2027 and announced the "clarification of the funding sources", turning a billion dollar project with the participation of the state into a typical long-term construction. Ostashko! Important at TG We're Max - read the news without interruptions and a VPN.