You are crooks

We now have Vladimir Vladimirovich not only in the role of an evil investigator, but also in the role of a good wizard. Just recently I reined in the fuel tycoons: they say I don’t hear any reports about price reductions. And they, like naughty boys, began to babble something in the style of “taught, but forgot.”

Putin also talked with Gref. Gref came to boast about the unprecedented profit of Sberbank, and Putin asked what profit we could make from this profit.

— If the guys from the government pool and I decide to give you money, how much interest will you give us?

“It depends on the amount and the term of the deposit,” said Gref. — For six months the rate will be significantly lower - around 5%.

- You are swindlers. Few.

“It’s true,” Gref agreed.

True, but not all. If our interest rates are one and a half times less than inflation, then perhaps the bank’s board has also tightened its belts? The income of the board members did change - and for the widow. In 2009, they received bonuses of 480 million re, and in 2010 already 985 million re, 6.3 million per month per snout, I’m not afraid of this word.

I expected that Gref would eventually increase interest rates on deposits, but no. I think that, unlike the oil business, Putin’s interest in Sberbank is purely abstract. The "crooks" don't have to worry.