Unesco, the cultural arm of the United Nations, has denied claims that the impact of the Gazprom Tower on St Petersburg is no longer a problem.

Tony Kettle, design director at RMJM, said last week that a presentation given by RMJM to Francesco Banderin, director the of the world heritage centre, had 鈥渢aken away some of the myths surrounding the project鈥� and its impact on the city.

However, Unesco disputes Kettle鈥檚 version of events. A spokesperson said: 鈥淢r Bandarin never said anything to this effect and this does not represent his view or that of the World Heritage Centre on the subject.鈥�

Kettle said: 鈥淭he words I used were accurate. The picture in 好色先生TV speaks for itself. Unesco has issues that it requires the city to consider and we must debate further.鈥�

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