Yachts, Oligarchs, Girls: A Man-Hunter Exposes a Bribe-Taker

Hi. It’s Navalny.

You’ve probably missed our investigations, and today I’m finally ready

to bring you something new.

And very… hmm, I don’t even know which word to use… unusual?

We’ve made this investigation accidentally. You got that right. Accidentally.

Which makes this entire situation even more silly and strange, but not less corrupt.

Our today’s agenda, my friends, is very broad. We’ll talk about the institute of reputation,

bribes, yachts, my election campaign HQs, oligarchs, prostitutes,

and even about Russia’s involvement in American elections. Did that make you intrigued?

Alright. Take a seat, buckle up and get ready.

And I’ll take you literally step by step through the strangest investigation,

which still led us to one of the most scandalous findings in the history of our work.

Let me start out subtly.

On this footage, you can see our Moscow HQ – the recording’s from last September.

Inappropriately dressed (let’s put it this way) ladies rush inside with cameras.

Here you can see them approaching the HQ employees.

The ladies look really elegant – they’ve got nightsticks, handcuffs, sheriff stars…

Our guests start harassing everyone around, but they soon get kicked out politely.

NATURALLY the video then appears on Lifenews,

whose journalists just so happened to pass by with professional equipment.

Nothing new here.

This really wasn’t such a big problem.

We’ve had out HQs attacked by so many before.

Krasnodar grannies, Putin’s squads, “cossacks” – we’re used to it already.

I quickly forgot about this incident, but asked to find out where these ladies came from.

Is this a new sort of “cossacks”? A female battalion of some patriotic movement?

Special troops of Presidential Administration? Who and why hands them out such tasks?

It was really interesting who came up with this trash.

You can instantly find this special battalion on social networks.

They are some mildly insane activists who, either for money or for the show,

take part in some highly unusual events – for instance, after our HQ,

they picketed the American embassy.

There, naked in the cold, they voiced their support for Harvey Weinstein.

You won’t believe this, but even that’s not all. Here’s another performance from them:

"I want to address Alexey Navalny

Alex, one of us will find you and f*** you

and post the video of it on the internet.

Because of you and those like you, people keep fighting wars now"

"What on Earth are you talking about?"

I don’t even know what to say here, it’s really uncomfortable to share and discuss it all

in this video, but this is just the beginning. It’s going to get much worse.

So. While browsing the accounts of this video’s heroine, we spotted one thing.

This girl from Bobruisk, Belarus, who calls herself Nastya Rybka,

constantly boasts that she managed to seduce some oligarch.

She even writes guidebooks on this.

Of course, she can make up anything she wants, but there is one thing.

In her Instagram, there are lots of private photos of a real oligarch – Oleg Deripaska.

Take a look for yourselves, this definitely isn’t photoshopped.

I would love to tell you now that we instantly smelled something fishy, picked up the trail,

something about professional instincts, and so on.

But in reality, we just fell for the photos and decided to check them all out.

The Deripaska story turned out to be quite real. The yellow press wrote about it,

because Deripaska was married at that time, and the girl turned out to be,

to put it mildly, from the escort industry.

"He, I mean his assistants, organized a casting" "For the bed?"

"No, not only for the bed"

"You sit here elegantly now and ask questions with these pretty lips,

but what you started from was basically prostitution"

Never mind that, though. We have little interest in Deripaska and his adventures.

An oligarch is having fun, there’s nothing illegal about it.

It seemed like we could leave her Instagram alone. We’ve had our laughs, but that was it.

But! The sharp eye of our investigations department caught something

much more interesting than an oligarch having fun with models.

I’ll show you a video now. It may seem strange and pointless, because… well, it is.

The thing is, this is a report about the seduction of an oligarch

that this Nastya Rybka published on her Instagram.

Or rather, a list of achievements. Something like that.

We didn’t edit it in any way, I’m showing it to you just as still is on her Instagram to this day

*Don't worry, there will be subtitles for the most important part*

We’ve got bad relations with America, because the friend of Sergey Eduardovich,

Nuland’s her name, is responsible for them.

When she was your age, she’s spent a month on a Russian whaling boat.

She hates our country after this

Why is that?" "Were the sailors there bad?"

"You mean, she got raped?"

"Why did he pick you?" "It was me who picked him"

Well, notice anything unusual?

At first, I wanted to play this video on an infinite loop

until all of you realize what caught our attention here.

But then I decided to have some pity for you, dear viewers

Let’s fast forward to the point we need. And play it again.

We’ve got bad relations with America, because the friend of Sergey Eduardovich,

Nuland’s her name, is responsible for them.

When she was your age, she’s spent a month on a Russian whaling boat.

She hates our country after this.

First of all. What’s with all the talk about America and sanctions? They’re on a yacht.

The girl is an escort industry worker (I use this term loosely).

She doesn’t know anything about it. What the hell is Deripaska talking about?

Secondly. And most importantly. The audio. You can hear Deripaska saying:

“the friend of Sergey Eduardovich, [Victoria] Nuland”.

Let’s think logically. Who is Sergey Eduardovich? Why is he friends with Victoria Nuland,

And why should our “huntress” Nastya listen to and understand any of this?

He doesn’t even say the surname of this “Sergey Eduardovich”!

How can an outsider understand who he’s talking about?

The answer is simple. Nastya the “huntress” already knows well who Sergey Eduardovich is.

Because Sergey Eduardovich is sitting next to her during this conversation. On the yacht.

This is Sergey Eduardovich Prikhodko.

He is the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

Prikhodko isn’t a well known Russian government official, but he has a lot of influence.

He’s been a public officer for his entire life.

In the late 90s, he worked as a Deputy Head of Presidential Administration.

The First Deputy Head at that time was Putin, by the way.

He was an advisor to president Yeltsin, then to president Putin, then to president Medvedev,

and to this day he is the Head of the Executive Office of the Government and Medvedev’s deputy.

Prikhodko is considered a specialist in international relations

and practically the most influential politician in this sphere. Not Lavrov, but Prikhodko

Before we move on to the familiar genre of searching for yachts

and uncovering corruption schemes, let’s dispel all the doubts once again.

Here are two photos. The left one is taken on Deripaska’s yacht,

the right one is an official photo of Prikhodko.

It’s definitely him, we even compared the voice samples. But that’s not all.

In my hands is, God forgive, a book written by Nastya Rybka.

It describes, to the accuracy of dates, hours AND MINUTES,

everything that happened on that yacht.

And believe me, if you are able to overcome your curiosity

and refrain from reading it, you should do so.

Save your mental health, because this book contains a lot of details and descriptions

that you will want to forget immediately, but will possibly not be able to.

All the characters’ names in this book were altered. Deripaska there is called Ruslan,

and Prikhodko – Daddy. Let me read a couple of quotes about Daddy to you.

I didn’t know who Daddy was. Why everyone calls him this.

Nobody ever called him by his name. But Ruslan yields to him. Never argues.

Takes cue from him. And Daddy is the only one Ruslan never jokes about.

Who is he? Who can a billionaire be afraid of?

Daddy was the one in the border guard uniform at the very beginning.

A border guard controls a billionaire? And the billionaire can’t even put a word in

when Daddy blatantly harasses his woman? What is this? I’m confused”

And here’s another logistical detail.

“Daddy disappeared back on the deck… He’s a mysterious person.

It seems like Daddy was taken off before the yacht moored to the shore.

He couldn’t even come ashore together with Ruslan for some strange reasons.”

What is there to do on the yacht? And what was Ruslan doing? Just fishing? No!

Daddy was there. Those were informal negotiations about something important for Ruslan“

So, even the escort lady from Bobruisk understands that Deripaska and Prikhodko

were not simply chilling on the yacht, but discussing business matters.

But the most beautiful thing, the summit of anonymity, is the entire paragraph

describing the Daddy. Let me read it myself.

“This is the grey eminence of the regime. Richelieu of our time” – I suppose.

“There’s hardly any information on the internet, but since Yeltsin’s times

he’s been a Deputy Prime Minister and worked at the presidential administration”

This is correct, he’s a Deputy PM now, he’s worked at the administration before,

and the part about Yeltsin is also true.

He writes pre-election speeches, presidential addresses to the assembly, he’s got a lot of awards”

Indeed, here’s him preparing the address with Medvedev, and he surely has some awards too.

He’s the only one the president hasn’t dismissed yet,

a long-term member of the government, he’s been among the top officials since the 90s.

That’s why they call him Daddy. He’s been responsible for Russia’s foreign policy,

for the government, he has very large influence”

I honestly don’t know who calls Prikhodko Daddy,

but the part about the foreign policy and the government is absolutely correct.

If anyone actually bought and read this book, they would be able to

make the same investigation in 5 minutes, without Instagram or other proofs.

This is literally a copypasted biography of Prikhodko. No one but him matches this description.

Nastya is a true master of secrecy, by the way.

Apart from names, she’s also altered the place of her yacht trip.

The book says they were in Greenland, but this wasn’t so in reality.

This photo from Nastya’s Instagram allowed us to determine where they’ve been sailing.

You see the church I the background? Here it is on Google Maps. This is Norway.

Of course, Nastya has masterfully concealed the identity of Oleg Deripaska by calling him Ruslan.

But for some reason, she didn’t bother to alter the dates of the trip.

Here they are right in the book, and they make our search much easier.

During these days, this yacht named “Elden” was sailing in this area of Norway.

The Russian flag is wavering patriotically above this yacht. It really belongs to Oleg Deripaska,

Norwegian mass media have been writing a lot about it, since he vacations there very often.

It is always escorted by an additional ship, probably for the personnel, called “Northern Shade”

To be sure, let’s also compare it to the photos from Nastya’s Instagram.

First, let’s take this photo. Here, we see a ship moored nearby with the romantic name “Northern Shade”.

As we know already, this is the escort ship, it always sails nearby.

Let’s take a closer look at the yacht itself.

From this photo, an experienced Instagram investigator will be able to obtain a number of important clues.

Firstly, we can see the name of the manufacturer – Mondo Marine, the company that made “Elden”.

Secondly, the half-round deepening in the door with a metal handle,

it can be seen really well from another angle.

And on this last photo, there are lots of rock-solid proofs.

Compare the shape of the illuminators, they’re identical.

And look at the antenna and the strange two-forked thing that looks like lanterns.

There’s no doubt, this is the “Elden” yacht.

We’ve made a special map, tracked all the movements of this yacht,

its routes and stops, everything matches perfectly.

We can assume that 90% of the contents of this “book” are lies,

but the things that we can check through other sources – photos, videos, geolocation – can be confirmed entirely.

They’ve been sailing for 3 days in August 2016

Now let’s put the book aside, forget about the “huntresses” and the video reports

and try to digest all this information

I never thought I’d ever say such things, let alone in front of a million of viewers, but I have no other choice.

Deputy Prime Minister, head of Medvedev’s office, spends his vacation on an oligarch’s yacht,

accompanied by this oligarch, and, save the mark, a bunch of prostitutes. Yes, there were several.

Usually, at the end of our investigation videos, I try to explain clearly one more time

what exactly is wrong with our heroes. Explain how this corruption works, why I call them crooks.

But here. I really don’t know what to add.

Alright. Let’s analyze this mayhem in cold blood.

An oligarch takes a high-rank government official for a ride on his yacht – this is a bribe.

The oligarch pays for the whole thing, including the ladies from escort agencies – incredibly, this is also a bribe.

Then again, Prikhodko had to somehow reach the remote Norwegian peninsula, where there’s only one airport.

During the dates of this trip, two private planes landed there at the same time, both belonging to Deripaska.

One came from Montenegro, where Deripaska has a villa and a business, and the other from Moscow.

Of course, I don’t have the passenger lists for these jets, but I can’t ignore this fact.

If it turns out that Prikhodko arrived on Deripaska’s plane – this, my friends, will also be a bribe.

Moving on. The aggravator. You’ve probably realized already what we’re approaching now.

You can see it on the foreground – the house of the government official Prikhodko,

who’s never done any business, Prikhodko, ONE AND A HALF THOUSAND sq m.

There are some garages on the plot, some landscape design.

The servants or guards are running along the pathways.

Notice the size of the plot, almost 3 hectares

All of this is located in the closed cooperative for “United Russia” members near Moscow.

At the lowest estimate, it costs over 300 million rubles.

And while we're at it, let's also mention Sergey Eduardovich's apartments.

He owns two neighboring ones, in this super-elite house on Shvedsky blind alley.

Among his friends are families of Transneft and Rosneft presidents Tokarev and Sechin,

Putin's friends Chemezov and Timchenko, and lots of other super-rich people.

The total size of the apartments is 350 square meters.

The market value is 480 million rubles.

Prikhodko, as usual, declares huge incomes for his wife, but there's a problem here as well.

(yes, he has a wife)

The wife doesn't own any businesses,

just a share in a Yacht club near Moscow that brings no profit, that's it.

And her declared income is 280 million in 3 years.

Even if we believe for a moment that his wife is super-rich,

this money still would not be enough

to buy even one apartment in this house!

Do you understand what I'm implying? Bribes from oligarchs, of course.

And for dessert, I've left this present for the conspirologists

as well as numerous American mass media and law enforcement organs

that are investigating Russia's involvement into the US elections.

Several months ago, American mass media reported a big story -

head of Trump's campaign HQ, Paul Manafort, received millions of dollars from Deripaska

and offered him private briefings about the progress of Trump's campaign.

Manafort's emails have been disclosed, and he really did suggest all this in written form,

and this episode became one of the proofs of Russia's involvement into the elections.

The scandal was huge. Many of you have probably seen this video.

CNN correspondent is chasing Deripaska and asking questions.

Here's the context. Mass media report that Manafort

has been getting paid by Deripaska since 2005.

He is one of America's most prominent and influential lobbyists,

who has been serving the interests of various dictators and weapon dealers since the 80s.

And in 2005, he started lobbying the interests of Kremlin and Putin in Washington.

Deripaska was the one paying for it.

Then they had a joint business,

Manafort seemingly borrowed money from Deripaska and didn't return it.

Let's make a very low-key conclusion -

at the very least, these two men know each other very well,

and one has been getting money from the other.

The logic of American prosecution is the following.

Why would the head of Trump's campaign HQ

conduct private briefings about the progress of the US presidential campaign to some Russian oligarch?

Because these briefings are actually for Putin, Kremlin, FSB, whoever

, and Deripaska simply TRANSMITS (as an agent) this information to Putin.

He's very close to Putin, after all.

This is the exact question the CNN correspondent tries to ask Deripaska.

Among all the conspiracy theories of American mass media,

this part was the most unconvincing.

Many oligarchs are close to Putin.

There were no proofs that Deripaska transmits something to him,

he doesn't have any exclusive relations with Putin,

he's neither a government official nor a minister

to be able to make decisions on whether to support Trump at the elections or not..

But now the pieces of this puzzle fell into place.

That's who makes these decisions!

There he is, cruising with him on the yacht and,

as we can hear on the video, discussing politics with him.

Even Nastya Rybka, the witness of this all, tells us: the fishing is just a cover,

these actually were some informal negotiations.

Alright, before we accidentally start a second Watergate,

let's finis with conspiracy theories and move on to the conclusions.

Thanks to the, save the mark, idiocy of those who sent the ladies in latex undies into our Moscow HQ,

we managed to catch Deputy PM Prikhodko red-handed receiving a bribe from the oligarch Deripaska.

And backed that up with this official's real estate worth almost a billion rubles,

the origin of which is completely unexplainable.

I wanted to leave the moral side of this story aside,

but then I though, what the hell.

A high-ranked official responsible for foreign policy

can't just pend a vacation on a yacht with and oligarch and prostitutes.

This is a shame for the entire country.

In 1999, as many of you remember,

Putin personally handled the resignation of Prosecutor General Skuratov.

Let me remind you, the "person looking like the prosecutor"

was caught on tape with "ladies with low social responsibility",

as Putin himself likes to call them.

This was also a present from some businessman.

So, Vladimir Vladimirovich, don't compromise your principles and dismiss Prikhodko then!

I've got a stack of complaints in front of me.

They'll be sent to FSB, General Prosecutor etc. I'm dead serious.

Don't put a shame on yourself and the country.

Go ahead - look for the yacht receipts, interrogate the witnesses,

interrogate Deripaska, check the stamps in Prikhodko's travel pass.

Analyse the video: does this man look like the Deputy PM?

You're skilled at this, Vladimir Vladimirovich.

Read the book as well.

There are some interesting chapters about bribes there.

Ask around, why does a government official own a real palace instead of a country house,

1,500 sq m and 3 hectares of land?

Where did the half-a-billion apartments come from?

And you, dear viewers, should prepare for an unbelievable circus event.

We'll watch the sad clowns rush to protect

Prikhodko and Deripaska instead of firing the bribetaker.

The entire corrupt system and the propaganda machine will fight

to protect the honor of a simple bribetaker.

One more request.

Let's make it so that none of this shame

and nastiness happen in the beautiful Russia of the future.

We can't support the system whose goal is the survival and well-being of such officials and oligarchs.

This won't be easy.

They'll use every opportunity to keep their posts -

they'll lie, keep silent, oppress the freedom of speech and falsify the elections.

Boycott these elections.

Participate in the voter strike.

And register as observers - together,

we'll catch the crooks who stole our money and our beautiful country.

And subscribe to our channel, we tell the truth here.