Everything connected to officials’ incomes, their money, their offshore holdings, and their property is now officially considered by our state to be sacred and untouchable.
First, the "anti-corruption commission under the Mayor of Moscow" classified the minutes of the meeting where they considered our complaint against Liksutov, and now the court has granted this shy crook’s motion and completely closed the proceedings to everyone.
You would think that if an official files a lawsuit to defend his honor and dignity, he wants to prove to everyone that he has been slandered, falsely accused. Great—come to court and prove it in front of everyone. But no, he wants a closed hearing. It’s obvious why: he’s confident in the court’s ruling, but unable to prove anything.
The argument made today was astonishing: Maksim Stanislavovich Liksutov would like to close the proceedings because they may involve discussion of his trade secrets and the specifics of his work in public office. Bingo. You couldn’t put it better.
Remember the favorite saying of the legendary head of Moscow’s construction complex, Resin (he was often accused of corruption, but the old man is still calmly serving as a State Duma deputy in the United Russia faction): Money loves silence.
The mayor changed, the ministers changed, but the main thing remained unshaken: for officials to go on stealing our money in peace, they need silence.
Well then, we will keep breaking that silence. And you should break it too.