The man, whose name is Oleg Plokhoy, who will head the newly created presidential anti-corruption department, will have a hard time. The department has already said it will check income and property declarations of officials. Perhaps, hands will reach the deputies. The problem is that Bad will check declarations of good people. And the “good” people in Russia, of course, as long as the supreme power considers them “good”, have the right to slightly deviate from the rules.
In a corporatist state, paying for loyalty is a natural way to buy the elite. After all, there are no other ideals, except for serving the regime for "cookies". But the types and shapes of "cookies" can be different. With such a device of life, they give up their own at once - but only after the command is given. And if there is no team, they will not surrender for nothing.
That is why the State Duma commission for monitoring the income of deputies, although honestly considered, actually ignored the statement of the editor-in-chief of The New Times , Yevgenia Albats, in which she questioned the reliability of the information on income provided by deputies from the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov (Secretary of the General Council and one of the most influential figures in the ruling party) and Igor Rudensky. The journalist asked the commission to check the declarations of the parliamentarians after the statements of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny that they had undeclared real estate in the Sosny dacha partnership (in the village of Leshkovo, Istra district of the Moscow region).
Neverov completely disarmed before his comrades in the party and the Duma. So, they say, and so, comrades, at the end of 2012, he acquired two plots in the Sosny dacha non-profit partnership with a total area of more than 3 thousand square meters. And in March 2013, he entered into a dacha non-profit partnership, after which he wrote an application for the lease of another plot. And then two more plots this year were acquired by his wife and mother-in-law. “I don’t see anything shameful in the fact that our large family decided to live together.” And the commission of the Duma decided that a large family, of course, should live together.
So the Transparency International-R Center with its requests to allocate an apartment to the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Lysakov (also, of course, a United Russia member, and even a prominent figure in the ONF) did not succeed. In an interview with Slon.ru , Vyacheslav Lysakov said in a heartfelt way that yes, he managed to buy an apartment in Moscow with an area of about 90 square meters for 6 million rubles, about three times lower than its market value. And he got such a good deal, because "the authorities asked." Lysakov openly stated: "It is possible if you solicit . "
Be “good”, actively love the authorities and you can buy an apartment three times cheaper than the market price and lots of land. And you won't get anything for it. Good people are not afraid of any Bad.