Scandalous report of Boris Nemtsov "The life of a slave on galley"

At his press conference in February 2008, the head of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, said that he was pleased with his work, that he was not ashamed of the citizens of Russia who voted for him, for he worked as a slave on the galleys.

"The life of a slave on galley" - exposing the report of Boris Nemtsov

The co-chairman of the Russian Republican Party Parnassus, the People's Freedom Party - Boris Efimovich Nemtsov, co-authored with the well-known video blogger, the author of the scandalous project named "The Lie of Putin's Regime", Leonid Martynyuk, activist of the Solidarity democratic movement, published a report entitled "The Life of a Slave" On the galleys "and clarifying the postscript" Palaces, yachts, cars, airplanes and other accessories. " It is about the presidential fraud of voters, about the Misery Officially declared income in the amount of just over three million rubles, while the collection of watches purchased by Vladimir Vladimirovich costs more than 22,000,000 rubles. Such a purchase was to leave the president's family without food for six years, at least. Written in an accessible language and abundantly illustrated work, according to the authors' intention, it was necessary to open the eyes of Russians to the way of life of Vladimir Putin, especially those luxury goods and riches that surrounded the leader of the state. The report says that the hard life of the "slave on the galleys" takes place in 20 palaces and residences, on 4 yachts that amaze even the most illustrious oligarchs, at Vladimir Vladimirovich's disposal there is an air fleet consisting of 43 aircraft, 15 helicopters and a fleet of 700 cars. The amount spent on providing a luxurious life to Putin and the Presidential Administration in a year would be more than enough to cover the annual budget of the whole Nizhny Novgorod region, in which almost three and a half million people live. According to the authors of the article, they do not specifically focus on data on the cost of clothes, shoes, accessories and everyday things that the president uses, because in comparison with villas, planes and yachts, these are mere trifles.

Nemtsov notes the "suffocating" and "repressive" atmosphere in the country. At one glance at the cover, the printing houses refused to print Life of a slave on galley with a large circulation, and even the money did not matter.

Public response

Experts believe that the published data will not affect Putin's reputation in any way, that this is just a self-pity, which Nemtsov himself surrounded, first of all.

"The life of a slave on galleys" the Western press met with caustic comments and caustic remarks that the president of the Russian Federation is probably the richest slave of the world. His chic way of life, in their opinion, would embarrass even Brezhnev himself. Some compared Putin to the Persian sheikhs. Journalists have drawn a parallel with the heads of other leading powers, for example, the presidents of the United States and Germany have only 2 residences.

Trying to provoke a new and vivid wave of protests against Putin's rule, the authors of the article "The Life of a Slave on Galleys" seem to have unexpectedly encountered indifference to new exposures of ordinary Russians. According to Muscovites, it is already difficult to surprise them, most importantly, in their opinion, that the president copes with his direct duties.