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Since this story is starting to make an international splash, my prediction is that there will be another, very public, investigation and trial (ordered by "the

by sili 15y ago

Since this story is starting to make an international splash, my prediction is that there will be another, very public, investigation and trial (ordered by "the very top"). Putin or Medvedev will give a speech about importance of fighting corruption. They will convict some front men as scape goats and the real puppet masters will get a slap on the wrist.

sliverstorm 15y ago
I've never known Russian government to bother even doing THAT.
- sili 15y ago
  They do such things occasionally when they can extract good domestic PR out of it.
  - rhizome 15y ago
    Kind of like bankers in the US.
  - piramida 15y ago
    Or if they can steal some good money or business out of that. In this particular case money is relatively small and the case complicated with many high-rank officials involved, so most probably it would go to the "Never Happened" file.
guelo 15y ago
This story has been around for a couple years I think.
- barrkel 15y ago
  I agree; I read this same story, or something extremely similar to it, 12 months or more ago.