This confiscated poster — “Putin. Offshore Accounts. Impeachment.” — best illustrates the prospects for any investigation into the case of bribes allegedly received by Putin through offshore companies.
In Iceland, the prime minister is suspected merely of having an undeclared offshore company for tax optimization; there are no bribery allegations involved.
Half the country took to the streets demanding his resignation.
In Russia, the president is suspected of taking bribes worth hundreds of millions of dollars. And the illegal transfers from state-owned companies to his closest friend have been documented beyond doubt.
Members of the Progress Party and employees of the ACF (Anti-Corruption Foundation) took part in the pickets — Nikolai Lyaskin, Vitaly Serukanov, Ilya Pakhomov, Darya Yatsenko.
Yesterday there were no orders, and today everyone has been detained. ACF director Roman Rubanov couldn’t stay away either and went there as well — he was detained too.