I would like to point out that in this story, what interests us most is “Papa” — government official Prikhodko, who took a bribe.
Secondarily, there is the bribe-giver — oligarch Deripaska, whose companies receive enormous state subsidies.
And citizen Rybka is the very last thing on our list of priorities.
We understand that there are, uh... objective reasons why public attention is focused on her, but we urge everyone not to lose sight of “Papa” amid all these remarkable events.
What has happened since the investigation was published.
Prikhodko is maintaining dead silence. So is the government. And so is the government press office — they are refusing to give any comment at all.
Deripaska’s press office put out a hellish statement in which they deny everything — though it is not even clear what exactly they are denying.
There is a real wall of silence in the media, unusual even for us — and believe me, we know all about media censorship. I will write more about this in detail, but let me remind you that this is exactly why we really need your help spreading the video.
Citizen Rybka — or, as Western media amusingly call her, “Ms. Rybka” — gave a video comment to our news program. You can watch it in my program from yesterday.
Yesterday, she also claimed that a gang rape had taken place on the yacht.
And demanded that Deripaska marry her.
However, she then changed her mind and said this morning that the gang rape claim had been a joke. Quite a joke.
One can only guess at the intensity of the messaging within the “Deripaska-Rybka-Prikhodko” system.
Maybe they want to bury their scandal inside an even bigger scandal. Maybe the idea here is simply to push everything into absurdity. Let everyone talk about rape, and no one discuss the bribe.
But we will not be knocked off topic, and I urge everyone to keep an eye on the details while staying focused on what matters. Help spread this.
P.S. Interesting. The lout has been identified — the one who brought girls to our headquarters.
You will laugh, but he is a deputy from United Russia (the Kremlin-backed ruling party)!
As a deputy, he serves in the Legislative Assembly of Krasnoyarsk Krai, and there he is also known as a political operative working for another crook and lout by the name of “political analyst Minchenko.”
You have quite possibly come across this name — he is constantly giving the dumbest comments to journalists whenever they need a quote from a “pro-government political analyst.” I cannot say for certain, but as far as I understand, he works for Kiriyenko (aka Sardilenovich).
So it seems we have found whom to thank for this entertaining investigation: political analyst Minchenko and his boss Sardilenovich, who came up with the brilliant operation “sex-hunt for Navalny.”