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explaining with a simple, concrete example
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why I’m better than Putin (the Russian president). Look:
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you pay for electricity in your apartment,
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of course you do, and the price keeps rising.
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Now let’s move to Tambov Region,
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a completely typical region. I could have chosen another one,
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but I chose Tambov
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because recently all the leaders
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of my campaign headquarters there were arrested
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and jailed. So, Putin appointed
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a governor there, and the governor created
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the state-owned Tambov Grid
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Company, which in turn created
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the Tambov Regional Retail Energy
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Company. And this company, on behalf of
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the state and under the governor’s control,
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acts as an intermediary in the supply
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of electricity across the entire region. It
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sets the electricity tariff,
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that is, it determines how much you will
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actually pay for electricity.
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Right now it is 3 rubles 64 kopecks per
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kilowatt-hour. How is that price determined?
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We ask. “Based on expenses and
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costs,” replies the state-owned
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retail energy company set up by officials.
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And I, my dear
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YouTube viewers, invite you to take a look
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at these expenses, right here on the
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official website. A few days ago,
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this state-owned company
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posted a procurement notice for
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a passenger car costing 12 million
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rubles, and you and I might even think
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there probably aren’t cars that expensive. But
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they found one. Let’s read the description of the car
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that officials supposedly need for effective
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work: 0 to 100 km/h in 4.9 seconds,
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obsidian black, exclusive beige leather,
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silk trim, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto.
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Clearly, that description fits
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only the Mercedes-Benz S-Class 560 4MATIC.
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That’s a fancy car: 12 million rubles
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for what is basically a luxury hotel on
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wheels. It even has heated armrests
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in the rear cabin, even seats with
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a massage function, and even
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an individual entertainment system in
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the rear cabin, whatever that means.
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That’s the difference between me and Putin.
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I drafted a bill banning
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officials and state-owned companies from buying
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cars costing more than 1.5 million
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rubles back in 2012, and I collected
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signatures in support of it. But Putin blocked
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the State Duma (Russia’s lower house of parliament) from adopting it. I also wrote
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a bill on transparency and auditing
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utility and electricity tariffs back in
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2013, but Putin and United Russia (the ruling party)
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do not want to pass it. I’m better than Putin
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because I want to free you from this
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and save you money. And Putin is worse than
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me because he wants you to use your own
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electricity payments to pay for
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officials’ 12-million-ruble Mercedes
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cars. So choose for yourselves:
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if you want to buy some United Russia member a cool, outrageously expensive
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black car, vote for Putin. But if
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you don’t, then vote for me, and right
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now sign in support of
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my candidacy in the election. The link is
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