While the most boring part of the shocking, hugely high-profile "Kirovles case" trial is underway—reading out the long history of the case being opened, closed, and then reopened—take a look at this excellent article about a completely small and unnoticed case:
How Putin's friend took control of and privatized the titanium monopolist Just a trivial little story, really. All that happened was that the friends of "Puty-Putya" and "The Quartermaster" grabbed the world's largest titanium producer under the cover of secrecy and "defending the state's interests." So all these wonderful clients are making money for
some modest 36-year-old manager guys. And no, they are not fronts for The Quartermaster and Puty-Putya—don't get the wrong idea. They did it all with their own brains, plus they got very lucky: somehow it just privatized itself, and they went from managers to owners. Characteristically, there are no criminal cases, no investigations. The workers at Uralvagonzavod stay silent. The All-Russia People's Front is not concerned. United Russia members do not bulge their eyes on TV talk shows shouting: THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN ROBBED. The Accounts Chamber conducts no inspections. Major General Markin from the Investigative Committee does not comment on the case in his blue tunic with gold epaulettes. The composition of the Bureau of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party does not change
http://er.ru/persons/31/ Everything is just fine, secret, and securely protected by the FSB (Russia's Federal Security Service). Money loves silence. P.S. I suggest sharing the article.