In 2010, Alexei Navalny became well known thanks to posts on the online journal of the American social network LiveJournal. After that, he created another online resource — rospil.info (also hosted on an American server) ... In other words, blogger Navalny did not uncover anything new. That is why the people who mostly fell for his leak were journalists outside the field, students, and fringe politicians. ... *Indeed, the full information about the results of this audit was never disclosed. Which is normal, *since "Transneft" is not an OJSC (Open Joint-Stock Company) (OMG!!! WTF!!!), that is, not a public company, not a charity, and not a political party that would make its internal activity reports available to the general public. ... How the audit results ended up with Alexei Navalny, and what the motives behind his exposés were, remains a matter of speculation. Without Google or Yandex, try to guess which publication ran this article. I bet you won't. (answer) Update: Clarifications from Demyan Kudryavtsev Well, I'm glad it all ended нормально in the end. Thanks to Kommersant (Ъ) and Kudryavtsev for the prompt response.