The symbiosis of crooked officials and corrupt media has reached its final stage. And naturally, the point of balance and consensus for this crowd has, of course, become public budget money.
http://zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/orders/info/common_info/show?notificationId=6190248 The prefecture of Moscow’s Eastern Administrative District is not just placing paid-for propaganda in Komsomolskaya Pravda; it is placing it through the government procurement website. Apparently, there is simply nowhere else to spend 1.28 million rubles (about 1.28 million RUB). All the problems in eastern Moscow have been solved. All that remains is for an article to appear in KP (Komsomolskaya Pravda)—and then everything will be perfect. I should note that they are paying for materials in KP even though the city of Moscow already has several TV channels and newspapers, the Eastern Administrative District prefecture itself has its own newspaper, and every district in the city publishes a newspaper funded by the public budget. In effect, Moscow City Hall owns the largest media holding in the country.
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