Yesterday, Bystritsky, who wants to pay for Facebook likes with our money, responded quite epically:
RESPONSE TO ALEXEI NAVALNY
It seems to me that in this whole story there are, let’s say, two kinds of incompetence.
To begin with, working in modern social networks is an absolutely natural and very important part of what modern media do. And the fact that we work in the social networks of New York, Washington, Cairo, and many other cities around the world should not seem strange. So it seems to me that any smirking innuendo on this subject basically speaks to utter incompetence.
Second, Voice of Russia is certainly not part of VGTRK (the Russian state television and radio broadcaster); it is an independent organization and, funny as it may sound, the oldest...
I’m not saying it is the oldest Russian media outlet, but it is definitely the oldest Russian radio station. It began broadcasting on November 29, 1929, and has not stopped broadcasting since. And it has never been part of VGTRK—it is an independent organization. It used to be called Foreign Broadcasting, Moscow International Radio, and its entire job was to operate abroad and build an audience there.
And third, what seems even stranger to me is that our rosy, practically pink-cheeked critic, as A.S. Pushkin characterized this type, while accusing us of every mortal sin, filed a complaint with the FAS (Federal Antimonopoly Service) merely claiming that some dates in the filing had been entered incorrectly.
Well then, he has every right to dash off denunciations wherever he likes. But still, no one should forget that the tender that caused all this excitement is completely open, and its terms are known to everyone.
http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/beseda/919875-echo/
Yes, indeed. I got it wrong. "Voice of Russia" is not part of VGTRK. That completely changes things, now it’s perfectly fine to buy Facebook likes at 300 rubles apiece.
And this weirdo is a professor at the Higher School of Economics and head of the Media Business department.
He teaches a course called "New Media," apparently about how one should work in the social networks of the world’s largest cities, including Cairo.
In Vienna and the finest houses of Philadelphia, tea strainers are all the rage.
What a disgrace.
And as for complaints (denu*nciations), we’ll write plenty more of them yet, Comrade Department Chair.
We’ll do our best to complicate your acquisition of a 50% kickback from these 7 million rubles.