— About the airport, — Mr. Levitin explained. — There, 51% belongs to the state, and 49% to minority shareholders no one really understands. — What is there not to understand? — Mr. Putin asked again. — There are structures that can sort it out. — We’ve already sorted out the main minority shareholder, — the governor reassured him. — He is already in prison. A silence followed. And yet the governor had merely carried Mr. Putin’s thought to its logical conclusion. — Right now, the work in this direction is being wrapped up, — Mr. Zhilkin continued. — It was difficult. We found this minority shareholder, a plausible participant in other airports... and this work took a long time... yes, he’s in jail. — So what? — Mr. Putin asked with interest. — Well, — Alexander Zhilkin concluded hesitantly, — ***he is now ready to sell. ***http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1020729 I am almost certain that this minority shareholder was some version of Bykov from Krasnoyarsk (likely a reference to Anatoly Bykov, a businessman and political figure associated with criminal allegations). But when the prime minister of my country publicly discusses how someone should be jailed and kept in prison until he gives up his property, it is deeply unpleasant. Very. A kind of final transformation into Nigeria.