Putin’s campaign chief, Stanislav Govorukhin, said in an interview with the newspaper Trud: under Putin, Russia has developed “normal,” “civilized” corruption. And then he goes on to say that our corruption is just like it is in America, Italy, or China. Oh sure. Just like in China. Because here, too, they executed Bogdanchikov, right? And VTB’s Kostin was executed as well, instead of being shielded from shareholders’ anger through a buyback. Chatty old grandpa Govorukhin is a great gift to us. A blabbermouth is a godsend for an opposition activist. Poster masters, let’s make a campaign flyer that anyone can download, print at home or in the office on an A4 sheet, and hang in their apartment building entrance. Required elements: 1) Govorukhin’s quote: “Under Putin, Russia has developed normal, civilized corruption” 2) a note that Govorukhin is the head of Putin’s election campaign staff 3) a link to the source: his interview with the newspaper Trud, dated such-and-such. Make posters and post them in top-level comments; later we’ll collect everything, organize it, and put the best ones up on RosAgit (a Russian opposition campaign materials site) for everyone to use. The very best will end up hanging in elevators all across the country.