*ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 18 — RIA Novosti. Russia’s Accounts Chamber did indeed audit the company Transneft, but reports of theft amounting to billions are not true, Sergei Stepashin, head of the state oversight agency, told reporters on Thursday. ....... "There was no theft of 4 billion whatsoever," Stepashin said in response to a question about whether he could confirm or deny the published information about the results of the Transneft audit. *///////
Well, what did you expect him to say? **— Forgive me, citizens of Russia, for my chubby cheeks, my flexible spine, and for covering up the theft of billions. **I didn’t expect anything like that. And I wrote plainly in my post about the ESPO pipeline (Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean): *"The audit was carried out. But there was apparently something in it that caused the results to be classified immediately. The Accounts Chamber also concealed its report, limiting itself to a vague statement that ‘there were many violations, but nothing serious.’ Our chief auditor, the ‘real officer’ Sergei Stepashin, flashed his glasses mysteriously but kept silent." *The best response to Stepashin’s statements is a quote from his subordinate: *Alan Uzhegov, director of the Accounts Chamber’s information department, told RIA Novosti on Tuesday that the agency would only be able to say whether the materials published by Navalny were authentic after comparing them with the documents kept in the archive. **At the same time, he clarified that these Accounts Chamber documents on the results of the ESPO construction audit were marked "for official use only." and also "There may be far more serious facts there," a source told Marker. According to Uzhegov, in the official Accounts Chamber statement published at the beginning of last year, all the "outrages" were described only in general terms precisely because of the secrecy classification. If there was no theft, then why did you classify everything? Transneft is a state-owned company. The question of the possible theft of colossal sums concerns the interests of all Russian citizens. There is no state secret here, nor can there be. Therefore, we have the right to demand disclosure of: - The full version of the Accounts Chamber report on the audit results All primary audit documents ***That still has not happened. On the contrary, Stepashin denies the theft and does not want to show the documents. He is lying. And by doing so, he is directly shielding criminals. It seems a little strange to me that Stepashin is lying so desperately and is not afraid of the contempt of his own colleagues at the Accounts Chamber, who know perfectly well everything about Transneft. But on the other hand, he’s used to it. Everyone remembers his famous "officer’s word" in the Shpigun case . Most importantly: no one is questioning the authenticity of the document I posted. Both Transneft and the Accounts Chamber avoid talking about it, but no one is calling it a "fake/forgery." Because it’s all true. They stole that money. They stole it.