Three days in first place. I think we may have set a record. Huge thanks to everyone who linked to it. No one believes me anymore when I say the post has been sitting at the top for so long without paying for it. A friend who works at Gazprom headquarters said the bosses (the ones who peek at blogs) are furious, while the rank-and-file employees are snickering maliciously (it’s always nice when the bosses are unhappy). For those who want to keep the fun going (and do something useful at the same time), here’s a suggestion: on Saturday at 13:10, Sergei Kupriyanov, press secretary to the chairman of the management board of Gazprom OJSC, will be live on Echo of Moscow (a Russian radio station).
A stern young man of the sort who goes on TV to talk about the successes of the “national treasure” and its prudent management. You can ask him questions here. I’ve already asked mine. Let’s throw a few more uncomfortable topics his way. The whole range of them. Starting with this criminal fraud case and ending with the financing of the German football club Schalke 04, the purchase of internet portals, RosUkrEnergo, SIBUR, lavish real estate, the Nemtsov-Milov report, and everything else besides. In short, everything we ever wanted to ask Gazprom but never got an answer to. Just one request: keep the questions polite, otherwise they’ll be deleted. I’m sure Venediktov will read out at least some of them. If this campaign goes well, we can keep trying to go after Gazprom people wherever they appear on air and take questions from the public.