Shuvalov is currently presenting the Russian government's Anti-Crisis Plan in the State Duma (the lower house of parliament). He keeps repeating that in these difficult times, we need to unite.
So we’ll all unite, and everything will be fine.
Around what?
And today, by a special government decree, Medvedev handed the construction of the bridge to our "sacred" Crimea to Arkady Rotenberg’s company Stroygazmontazh—without any competitive bidding.
That’s 212.5 billion rubles, just so you know. And I’m 146% sure the price will go up by at least a third.
You’d think so. There are millions of construction workers and designers in the country. Hundreds of construction companies.
But for the bridge to Crimea, we’re paying Putin’s crony—a graduate of a physical education institute.
Show me even one person who likes this. Why should we unite around this?