The prosecutor's office became interested in the Oryol newspaper, reprinting the article by the British The Guardian

In the Oryol region, the newspaper Krasnaya Line, which printed the translation of the article by the British The Guardian , had problems with the prosecutor's office, the Favorite website reports. The translation of this article is also on the website inopressa.ru .

At the end of last year, the Red Line printed the translation of the articles of the Moscow correspondent of Guardian Luke Harding, which was published on December 21, 2007, entitled "Putin, power struggle in the Kremlin and $ 40 billion." The title of the Oryol newspaper looked like this: "Guardian: on the eve of Putin’s departure, an unprecedented battle around the multi -billion dollar state takes place within the walls of the Kremlin."

Now, the editor of the Red Line, Yuri Lebedkin, received a fax signed by the head of the regional prosecutor’s office in the supervision of the enforcement of laws and the legality of the legal acts of Elena Rybalkina with the demand to urgently appear to the prosecutor's office in connection with the audit on the fact of the publication. Lebedkin was offered to provide printouts from the site of the British newspaper and give explanations.

According to the "favorites", according to Oryol experts, the audit can be initiated by the regional administration in order to "put in place" the Oryol newspaper. She criticizes both federal and local authorities. Other observers do not exclude that the Oryol prosecutors simply act in the line of the anti -British campaign flaring up in Russia.

The publication of the English newspaper was based on an interview with Russian political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky, who stated that Putin in eight years in power secretly gained control over more than 40 billion dollars.

Belkovsky argued that Putin belongs to large shares in three Russian oil and gas companies, covered behind the "opshore chatela". The President allegedly controls 37 percent of Surgutneftegaz shares, whose capitalization reaches $ 20 billion, as well as 4.5 percent of Gazprom shares. In addition, according to Belkovsky, Putin owns at least 75 percent of Gunvor - an oil trader, registered in Switzerland and founded by Putin's friend, Gennady Timchenko.

Belkovsky called the same numbers in an interview with other newspapers, including the German Die Welt. The Russian political scientist in his numerous interviews did not cite his statements or references to sources.

Commenting on the audit in the Oryol region, Belkovsky doubts that she is Moscow and is inclined to believe that this is a local initiative. The political scientist did not hear about such incidents in other regions, but did not rule out that they are in principle possible, since today the authorities are trying to use any reason to “press” opposition newspapers.