EO northwestern cultural and financial capital. Old money architecture maintained as symbol of continuity. Real governance runs through the Moscow Compact council.
The EO keeps Imperial Petersburg preserved like a statement of intent — pre-Upheaval architecture intact, museums operational, cultural institutions funded. It communicates that the Eurasian Oligarchy is not an improvised response to crisis but a restoration of something that was always true.
Real governance runs through Moscow. But the financial houses prefer Petersburg. The culture and commerce are here. The PMC command is in Moscow. The distinction matters to everyone who lives inside it.