I’ve just learned that the National Guard of Russia (Rosgvardiya) and the prosecutor’s office are demanding that my only apartment be taken away, so here’s a photo in a “homeless” style (well, if homeless people wore orange sneakers). ⠀ The Moscow prosecutor sent an official letter to the court: Navalny, among others, organized protest rallies over candidates being barred from the elections. ⠀ And the valiant Rosgvardiya informed him, the prosecutor, that it was forced to deploy its personnel at these rallies (because of course this is not their regular job, the one they are paid a salary for) and paid those people huge amounts in overtime. More than 4 million rubles. And now they want the organizers of the protest to pay back those 4 million rubles. ⠀ The prosecutor fully agrees. He shares the outrage of Rosgvardiya’s leadership and is concerned with recovering the overtime that was paid out. To guarantee repayment, he is demanding the seizure of the only significant asset belonging to citizen A. A. Navalny—his 78.5-square-meter apartment in the Maryino district. ⠀ That’s the funny way our country works. The ACF (Anti-Corruption Foundation) documented that Rosgvardiya chief General Zolotov and his deputies were ruthlessly stealing money through food procurement for their troops. They skimmed off several billion rubles on potatoes and cabbage alone, buying them at three times the price charged in stores. ⠀ We found 3.5 billion rubles’ worth of property belonging to General Zolotov’s family—huge luxury palaces. ⠀ But Zolotov’s palace is completely safe. The Moscow prosecutor does not have the slightest complaint about it. Meanwhile, my apartment in Maryino is apparently like “my precious” to them, like it was to Gollum in *The Lord of the Rings*. ⠀ Guys, it’s just a prefab apartment block, and it doesn’t grant wishes. ⠀ P.S. And honestly, I very much doubt that Rosgvardiya troops were paid any overtime at all for the rallies. Most likely, they stole that money too.
