How unoriginal. The moment you tell the head of a state-owned company that things in his little state-corporate empire are not going so well, and that we fail to see any benefit in the way they spend public money, they immediately start talking about a "hit job," a "coordinated campaign," that "they've gone on the attack," and so on.
And I mean any of them: from Sechin and Yakunin to Chubais.
Here is the latest from Anatoly Borisovich:
And now compare:
But that's all right; I take it with understanding. I'm used to it, and it's clear that there is something special that makes all the heads of Putin-era state corporations look very much alike. Great-power statism, sobornost (a Russian idea of spiritual and collective unity), and vast sums of budget money spare no one.
With a sad, melancholy smile, I'll simply say, "Ah, Anatol, Anatol," and make a note in my little black notebook that a substantive reply absolutely must be written. After all, claims like "we at ROSNANO do not receive budget money" cannot be left unanswered.
P.S. Background:
My post about the shutdown of a ROSNANO plant (which A. Chubais paid no attention to).
Post about the Accounts Chamber's audit of Rosnano (this one did get his attention)
A brief comment on his response.
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