Sergey Petrushin Explained

Sergey (Georgy) Petrushin is a Russian entrepreneur. He is the founder and co-owner of the marketing agency Zeppelin PRO, founder of the nightclub Zeppelin, producer of the blues band CrossRoadz, producer of the Europe's largest electronic music festival, co-owner of an art gallery Zeppelin, and collector of photo art. He was a business partner of Michael R. Caputo who, in March 2021, told Mother Jones that Petrushin was his "business partner and friend for 25 years" and that Petrushin lives in Miami.[1] Producer of Sleeping Beauty Dreams

Career

Petrushin founded the «Zeppelin» brand in 1997. Nightclub «Zeppelin» opened in December 1999 as one of the first venues for performances of pop and rock artists including Emir Kusturica, The Tiger Lillies, Vacuum, Tonino Karotone, Joan Aguzarovoj and Mummy Troll. The first club shows of Leningrad and Glukoza were organized at "Zeppelin". Performances of world-known electronic dance music (EDM) (such as Fatboy Slim and Paul Oakenfold, Basement Jaxx, Darren Emerson, Sonique, Benny Benassi and Seb Fontaine were held in "Zeppelin".

At the same time he started to work in producing and advertising and marketing. The best in Europe (according to the «DJ Mag») EDM festival «FortDance» was organized at the club. Cooperation with brands GateCrasher and GodsKitchen was very successful.

The nightclub closed in 2004. Zeppelin PRO agency focused on the organization of music festivals, concerts, events, advertising, promotions, BTL and PR campaigns. Petrushin founded and produced projects including "Red Summer MTS" with participation of Shakira and Black Eyed Peas. He took part in the organization of a U2 concert in Moscow, «Alfa 4D-show at the Moscow State University" and the festival of electronic music Alfa Future People.

In April 2012 George and his wife Julia opened «Zeppelin» art gallery, a modern art space that presented the exhibitions of leading Russian photographers (Anton Lange, Vladimir Claviho, Michael Korolev, Serge Golovach and many others).

In 2015 George and his family moved to Miami, Florida.

In the year 2016, he started developing Sleeping Beauty Dreams. This global contemporary dance with the biggest stars took 2 years to develop and was premiered December 2018 in Miami and New York. The show then had successful tours in 2019 all over the United States and Russia.[2] [3] [4]

Projects

Awards and recognition

Meetings during the 2016 Trump Campaign

In May 2016 a couple of weeks after George Papadopoulos had a 10 May 2016 meeting with Alexander Downer,[5] Petrushin facilitated a meeting between Caputo, who was candidate Trump's public relations officer during the 2016 presidential campaign, and the Russian Henry Greenberg. Greenberg had met Petrushin through a possible restaurant deal in Sunny Isles, Florida. Later, Petrushin facilitated a meeting between Roger Stone and Greenberg during which Greenberg alleged to have political dirt on Hillary Clinton. Two weeks after this meeting the Trump Tower meeting occurred. Andrew McCabe explained that in July 2016 the FBI began an investigation into Russia's attempts to interfere with the 2016 United States elections.[5] [6] [7]

Documentary: The Ukraine Hoax: Impeachment, Biden Cash, and Mass Murder with guest host Michael Caputo

Petrushin co-produced the film The Ukraine Hoax: Impeachment, Biden Cash, and Mass Murder with guest host Michael Caputo. Andrii Derkach, who is a Russian intelligence agent that graduated from the FSB Academy, Konstantin Kilimnik, who is a member of the Russian intelligence community and an associate of Paul Manafort who described Kilimnik as Manafort's "Russian Brain",[8] [9] [10] and Andrii Telizhenko, who is a close associate of Rudy Giuliani, supported Petrushin and Michael Caputo making the documentary which aired on the One America News Network (OANN) on 21 January 2020 only two weeks before the Senate's acquittal of Donald Trump after his first impeachment trial. In March 2021, Christopher Wray, who was the Director of the FBI during most of Donald Trump's presidency, and the National Intelligence Council stated that numerous Russians, other individuals, proxies and entitites, including Manafort, Giuliani, Fox News, the One America News Network, the documentary film The Ukraine Hoax: Impeachment, Biden Cash, and Mass Murder with guest host Michael Caputo, which was supported by Petrushin, Kilimnik, Derkach, Telizhenko, and others, supported anti Biden, anti Ukraine, pro Trump, pro Russia, pro Kremlin, and pro Putin disinformation efforts during the Trump presidency including Trump's two impeachment trials and his two presidential campaigns.[1] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

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References

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  2. Web site: 2018-12-26. Review: Sleeping Beauty Dreams at the Beacon Theatre. 2020-11-27. BODIES NEVER LIE. en.
  3. Web site: Sleeping Beauty Dreams 2019 Tour Makes Its Way Across US. 2020-11-27. PRWeb.
  4. Web site: 2019-09-26. Sleeping Beauty Dreams Features Diana Vishneva In A Merger Of Dance And Technology • DanceLand. 2020-11-27. DanceLand. en-US.
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