I’m not even talking about the Volga. But why, why can’t they drive a Toyota Camry, a Ford Mondeo, a Nissan Teana, or some other large, decent car? Or a Mercedes, but at least a C- or E-Class?

zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/orders/info/common_info/show Why do they need to procure something huge, black, and ostentatiously expensive? And all the while they sit beneath portraits of Dzerzhinsky (founder of the Soviet secret police)... Update: One more. Dated June 20.

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