Old Peskov decided to surprise everyone this morning by contradicting two of Putin’s statements from yesterday: about the presence of “military personnel carrying out certain tasks” in Donbas, and about the Kremlin conducting a review concerning Chaika.
Here is the part about Chaika:
A typical smokescreen. Some kind of scrutiny of free, adult entrepreneurs. Who asked for that in the first place?
I want to tell Peskov, and remind everyone: there is no need to examine the asset declarations of Chaika’s sons. That is not what we are demanding. Our investigation is not about that at all. It contains no fewer than ten separate episodes involving distinct crimes, most of which fall under the jurisdiction of the Investigative Committee, the Interior Ministry, or the Federal Antimonopoly Service. Here you can choose any one of them and file a complaint.
The Kremlin, in the person of V.V. Putin, who nominates the candidate for prosecutor general and bears political responsibility for him, must:
State that the ties between the leadership of the Prosecutor General’s Office and the prosecutor general’s family, on the one hand, and the Tsapok gang (a notorious Russian criminal group), on the other, will be investigated thoroughly and publicly. And organize such an investigation.
Say whether he believes that Yuri Chaika can continue to hold a position meant to embody the rule of law in the Russian Federation in light of the allegations set out in the investigation, taking into account the facts of his biography.
Instruct the relevant agencies to investigate the specific episodes honestly, in full compliance with the Criminal Procedure Code and established jurisdictional rules.
It’s very simple. If these three points are carried out as required by law, there will be no need to examine the declarations of these “independent adult entrepreneurs.” They will end up in the dock alongside their father — the independent, adult prosecutor general.