Yesterday I got a message from a guy in St. Petersburg. Back then, he wasn’t satisfied with just the three complaint addresses, and also wrote to the office of the Chief Military Prosecutor. Clever guy. Yesterday, he was already summoned to give an explanation. We discussed how he should handle it in advance, and I asked him to write back with the outcome. Here’s what he wrote to me (published with his permission): I arrived at the prosecutor’s office. Pleasant older man. Hello, I am a military prosecutor from the Main Military Prosecutor’s Office .... I have been instructed to look into (I am conducting a review of your complaint regarding) your submission to the online reception office of the Main Military Prosecutor’s Office, did you write it? I did. Can you clarify anything beyond what was stated in the complaint? No. How did you learn about the facts of corruption in the FSO, the Interior Ministry, and the Defense Ministry? From the media and the internet. Do you know of any specific cases of bribes being given or received by officials of the FSO, the Interior Ministry, or the Defense Ministry from representatives of Daimler? No. Do you know any specific officials of the Interior Ministry, the FSO, or the Defense Ministry who received bribes from representatives of the Daimler group? No. Do YOU know a citizen M..., from Chelyabinsk Region, city of M...? No, should I? He sent a letter similar to yours, so are you saying that you have neither acquaintances nor relatives in Chelyabinsk Region? That’s right. What do you want from your complaint? For there to be an investigation, and if the facts are confirmed, for those responsible to be held accountable, or else for there to be a rebuttal. Let’s go draw up the statement. After that it was simple: informed, informed, introductory part of my statement, question, answer, I promise that if I learn anything else about this case, I will report it immediately, recorded correctly from my words, I have no statements or comments, signature. Thank you for your help, you will receive a response in due course. Something like that. That was all. I wasn’t taking shorthand, and I didn’t make an audio recording either. In the conversation it came up that prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office would be handling the review of the facts in the cities and companies. P.S. One more thing. I missed this, but someone posted the link in the comments. The Internal Security Department of the Interior Ministry began checking information about possible bribes that Daimler allegedly paid to buyers of its vehicles among government agencies. As Oleg Yelnikov, an official Interior Ministry spokesperson, told Vedomosti, the review began in early April and concerns purchases of these vehicles by the Interior Ministry only. http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2010/04/22/999494