Did you know that the skull of a person who was close to God in life darkens after death and gives off a sweet fragrance? Sometimes it even exudes myrrh. The skulls of ordinary people, meanwhile, remain ordinary—white.
I bet you didn’t. And that’s because all of this is demonic nonsense. Vladimir Solovyov was right when he said it.
And I know it because I watched the film Innokenty Sibiryakov. Help Me, I’m Terribly Rich!.
I had to watch it for a simple reason. Russia’s Minister of Culture, Vladimir Medinsky, and the creator of this cinematic masterpiece, Konstantin Goloshchapov (a.k.a. “Putin’s masseur”), are promoting this masterpiece with our money. They are paying for screenings not only across Russia, but also in France and Switzerland.
And today’s video is extremely practical in nature. The sums involved may not be enormous, but I still demand that this state-funded promotion be stopped. Let Medinsky and Goloshchapov pay for it themselves.
I look here and what do I see?
A brand-new two-story penthouse belonging to Russia’s culture minister, Medinsky. Bought and registered in his wife’s name.
A beauty like this in the very center of Moscow costs no less than 200 million rubles (about US$3 million at the time). I maintain that there is no other culture minister anywhere in the world with real estate this luxurious and this expensive.
I also maintain that the Medinsky family has nowhere near enough legal income to buy a penthouse like this. He is simply stealing money, I believe—including money for films—and spending it on a life of luxury.
So very Orthodox, are you? Then go ahead—atone for your sins. Pay for the screenings of this film about an Orthodox benefactor yourself.
The second gentleman: Konstantin Goloshchapov. “Putin’s masseur.”
He used to be a masseur at that very judo club from which the whole thieving gang emerged—the Rotenbergs and the rest. Now, as expected, the gentleman has become a billionaire thanks to his proximity to state contracts.
A villa in Croatia worth 40 million rubles (about US$600,000 at the time).
Ultra-elite apartments in Moscow. The entire fifth floor of this building.
Citizenship of that same Croatia, by the way—not an Orthodox country.
You made a film—that’s your business. But promoting that film with state budget money—sorry, no.
You, Mr. Goloshchapov, are a rich man—so pay for your passion for cinema yourself.
I won’t write any more here—you’ll see everything in the investigation. It’s interesting.
Please help spread this around. I really want more people to see it, because that increases the chances of this brazen government procurement being canceled.
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