Putin. Corruption. (Russian:Путин. Коррупция.,romanized: Putin. Korruptsiya.) was an independent report on allegedcorruption inVladimir Putin’s inner circle published by the leaders of oppositionliberal democraticPeople's Freedom Party inRussia. The report was presented by them at the press conference on 28 March 2011. This was the first large-scale project of the People’s Freedom Party.
The report was compiled by co-chairmen of the partyVladimir Milov,Boris Nemtsov andVladimir Ryzhkov, as well as the press secretary of the RussianSolidarnost (“Solidarity”) movement Olga Shorina.
The report described the alleged enrichment of Vladimir Putin and his friends, including the 26 palaces and five yachts used by Putin andMedvedev. Table of contents:[1]
The publication of the report was carried out by means of fundraising from the public. To that end, an account was opened onYandex.Money, themoney transfer service operated byYandex. The fundraising was overseen by a supervisory board, which includededitor-in-chief ofNovaya GazetaDmitry Muratov, journalistOleg Kashin, economistIrina Yasina, and writer and bloggerOleg Kozyrev.[2] During first month 1,838,209 rubles was collected.
On 13 April a tender was held to choose theprinting house. The winning bid came from the printing house, which offered the lowest price for printing of one copy, 4.05 rubles. Thus, taking into account 3% commission of Yandex, it would be possible to print 440,000 copies.[citation needed]
The account remains open and thefundraising is continuing. The account number is mentioned on the covers of the brochures.[3]
The report is also available on the organisation's website.[4] There, one can find information on the fundraising, news, and videos. On the same site, there are also other reports on Vladimir Putin.
A grey-brown colour was chosen for the cover. According to Vladimir Ryzhkov, it "symbolises the substance flooding over our country and rust, which has covered our state".[5]
In June the first batch of the press run on public donations was ready. The distribution was launched on 11 June inVladimir. The next day, a large distribution of brochures was held in Moscow during the action of "Solidarity" movement dedicated to theRussia Day. Boris Nemtsov participated in both of these events.[6][7]
On 16 and 17 June police detained opposition activists, who intended to give the report to participants of theSt. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The police claimed that the activists held an unsanctioned rally.[8][9][10] Another activist was detained on 23 June in Moscow.[11]
Earlier, Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov published the following reports:
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