If I were a fan of conspiracy theories, I’d conclude that what’s happening is in fact a conspiracy aimed at making President Medvedev look ridiculous and humiliating him completely. See for yourself. By an amusing coincidence, at the same time as the Daimler campaign (which by now has clearly grown far beyond just “Navalny’s campaign”), a meeting of the Anti-Corruption Council took place. Chaired by Medvedev. He himself posted about it here, under the telling title “I suggest you not wait until I call...” Transcript of the speech: *We also need to think about making use of the internet’s capabilities. Because in fact there are plenty of opportunities to post relevant programs and videos, to publish information on the websites of government bodies and on the websites of public organizations engaged in fighting corruption, organizations that in general take an active position in civil society. ... Therefore, it is necessary that the heads of federal agencies present here carefully monitor what society is saying about this, monitor the non-profit organizations that are waging a fairly uncompromising fight against it, and most importantly, do so personally. ..... Managers must themselves keep track of those facts and appeals that are addressed to them personally. **... I try to do that. Of course, I can’t keep up with everything, but if some high-profile issue arises, it immediately becomes public knowledge and is discussed quite actively in the mass media and on the internet. There is absolutely no problem for the officials present here to pick up the phone and say: “Listen, people are writing about this — go check what it’s about, whether it’s true or not.” If it isn’t true, well, thank God; but if it is true, then issue instructions, give someone a dressing-down, or even make some more serious decisions. Once again, I suggest that those sitting here not wait until I call and say: “Some information has appeared — check it.” You need to do it yourselves. I am addressing both the heads of the Government, the ministries, and the leaders of the law enforcement bloc: you know what I mean. * Golden words. He’s talking exactly about us. On the very day Medvedev said this (yesterday), about four hundred complaints were sent to his website. And in total, to the Prosecutor’s Office, the Interior Ministry, and Medved himself, about 800 letters were sent, by my preliminary estimate. 800 to each address. Hundreds of links. A million discussions. Newspapers, radio. Even a bit of television. In other words, there is no way the “Daimler case” can be considered not high-profile. It doesn’t get more high-profile than this. And yet so far, the reaction is zero. Well, not quite zero, of course. The Prosecutor General’s Office distinguished itself. Interestingly, almost all the comments posted under Medvedev’s post and concerning Daimler were screened out. I found a couple, but I received many more letters and messages saying: I wrote one, but never saw it appear. Anyone who can be bothered can also drop a comment to the Guarantor (a common Russian nickname for the president as guarantor of the Constitution). Just don’t post the appeal itself there — that would violate the commenting rules of the presidential blog (yes, they even have those :). You can simply write something like: **Well done, Comrade Medvedev. We’re waiting for the prosecutor’s office to pay attention to the corruption situation in the Daimler case. **And of course, if even after yesterday’s meeting the prosecutors continue to demonstratively ignore everything, that will mean President Medvedev has received a sharp, resounding slap in the face. A real one, with follow-through.