TRIAL OF RUSSIA’S FORMER RAILWAYS MINISTER BEGINS
June 09, 2013 | 10:29 This was reported by the Interfax news agency. Vladimir Yakunin is accused of corruption and abuse of office. According to investigators, he took bribes in exchange for awarding contracts for railway construction. The amount was not specified, but prosecutors believe the bribes were enormous. The official headed Russian Railways for ten years. Last year he was expelled from the party. Earlier, searches were carried out at Vladimir Yakunin’s lavish estate in Akulinino, outside Moscow. Recall that the country’s top railway official was never able to explain the source of funding for the construction of this $75 million complex, which included a 1,400-square-meter sauna, a prayer room with a special microclimate, and a fur-coat storage room.
It was precisely in the fur-coat storage room that Vladimir Yakunin’s hidden stash was discovered, previously shown on the main national TV channels. What caused a real sensation was the system for storing the precious stones belonging to the former Russian Railways chief’s family: he kept topazes in the pockets of mink coats, rubies in sable ones, and entrusted diamonds only to chinchilla fur. In June 2013, Yakunin tried to prove that the cost of the Adler–Krasnaya Polyana railway was in line with international benchmarks, but was exposed and caught using false data. A real news story? Well, almost. Just replace "Russia" with "China," and "Vladimir Yakunin" with "Liu Zhijun." T*RIAL OF CHINA’S FORMER RAILWAYS MINISTER BEGINS June 09, 2013 | 10:29 This was reported by Agence France-Presse. Liu Zhijun is accused of corruption and abuse of office. According to investigators, he took bribes in exchange for awarding contracts for railway construction. The amount was not specified, but prosecutors believe the bribes were enormous. The official headed the ministry for 8 years. Last year he was expelled from the party. As Lenta.ru recalls, the ministry was dissolved several months ago. *http://www.echo.msk.ru/news/1091430-echo.html It seems our Kremlin riffraff has no desire to follow Europe, and Europe is no model for them. They want Eurasianism, “spiritual bonds” (a Russian conservative slogan), and the example of the Great Eastern Neighbor. Well then, let’s start adopting every kind of experience.