Look what was sent to ACF’s Black Box.
This is a postcard to those who spun us tales that Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov was buying apartments in the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment high-rise for investment, not to build himself a gigantic tsar-apartment.
Here is the letter we received in full:
Interesting information about Shuvalov’s apartments. About a month ago, every resident in the building found an envelope in their mailbox with a letter saying the following (see the attached scan). The gist is that Kotlyarenko wants to register the floor lobby as private property. To clarify right away: the layout in our building is as follows—there is a separate staircase with landings, and a separate elevator lobby (about 25 sq. m / 269 sq. ft.) with the 4 doors of 4 apartments. This is being done so that, God forbid, one of the guests or other residents of the building doesn’t accidentally wander onto Shuvalov’s floor. I don’t know exactly how all this will be implemented, but the options are as follows: The elevators will be programmed so that they stop on Shuvalov’s floor only when a special code is entered, with a key card, or by some similar method. A partition will be installed in the lobby, the exit to the staircase will be closed off, and there will be 3–4 sq. m (32–43 sq. ft.) of space and a door in front of the elevators. In any case, such alterations clearly violate fire safety requirements. Judging by these deliberate actions, there is clearly an established scheme at work. Most apartment and premises owners, on the above issue, either will not take part in the vote or will vote against it. I believe there is a very high probability of various manipulations on this issue, including forged minutes / signatures on them, and so on.
So make no mistake: the official will indeed have a true tsar-apartment. You step out of the elevator—no doubt he’ll have a personal chip that lets it stop on the 14th floor, where no one else will be able to stop—and you arrive at your own private landing.
As the documents show, the residents’ vote is taking place right now, over these days, until July 15.
Under the law, transferring the building residents’ shared common property to Shuvalov—which is exactly what he is asking for—requires the consent of 100% of the building’s residents (the apartment owners).
The person writing to us says, “there is a very high probability of various manipulations, forged minutes / signatures on them,” and I am 100% certain that the voting results will be falsified. It is practically impossible to persuade 100% of residents to give up common property.
But can anything stop a deputy prime minister who has lost his mind over ultra-luxury real estate? He bought 0.6 billion rubles’ worth of apartments there not so that some pitiful residents could stand in the way of his coveted tsar-apartment.