Russia is Trying to Bury This Video—And They Might Shut Down

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Hi. It’s Navalny.

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You’ve probably missed our investigations, and today I’m finally ready

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to bring you something new.

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And very… hmm, I don’t even know which word to use… unusual?

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We’ve made this investigation accidentally. You got that right. Accidentally.

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Which makes this entire situation even more silly and strange, but not less corrupt.

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Our today’s agenda, my friends, is very broad. We’ll talk about the institute of reputation,

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bribes, yachts, my election campaign HQs, oligarchs, prostitutes,

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and even about Russia’s involvement in American elections. Did that make you intrigued?

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Alright. Take a seat, buckle up and get ready.

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And I’ll take you literally step by step through the strangest investigation,

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which still led us to one of the most scandalous findings in the history of our work.

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Let me start out subtly.

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On this footage, you can see our Moscow HQ – the recording’s from last September.

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Inappropriately dressed (let’s put it this way) ladies rush inside with cameras.

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Here you can see them approaching the HQ employees.

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The ladies look really elegant – they’ve got nightsticks, handcuffs, sheriff stars…

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Our guests start harassing everyone around, but they soon get kicked out politely.

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NATURALLY the video then appears on Lifenews,

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whose journalists just so happened to pass by with professional equipment.

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Nothing new here.

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This really wasn’t such a big problem.

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We’ve had out HQs attacked by so many before.

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Krasnodar grannies, Putin’s squads, “cossacks” – we’re used to it already.

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I quickly forgot about this incident, but asked to find out where these ladies came from.

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Is this a new sort of “cossacks”? A female battalion of some patriotic movement?

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Special troops of Presidential Administration? Who and why hands them out such tasks?

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It was really interesting who came up with this trash.

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You can instantly find this special battalion on social networks.

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They are some mildly insane activists who, either for money or for the show,

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take part in some highly unusual events – for instance, after our HQ,

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they picketed the American embassy.

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There, naked in the cold, they voiced their support for Harvey Weinstein.

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You won’t believe this, but even that’s not all. Here’s another performance from them:

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"I want to address Alexey Navalny

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Alex, one of us will find you and f*** you

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and post the video of it on the internet.

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Because of you and those like you, people keep fighting wars now"

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"What on Earth are you talking about?"

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I don’t even know what to say here, it’s really uncomfortable to share and discuss it all

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in this video, but this is just the beginning. It’s going to get much worse.

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So. While browsing the accounts of this video’s heroine, we spotted one thing.

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This girl from Bobruisk, Belarus, who calls herself Nastya Rybka,

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constantly boasts that she managed to seduce some oligarch.

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She even writes guidebooks on this.

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Of course, she can make up anything she wants, but there is one thing.

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In her Instagram, there are lots of private photos of a real oligarch – Oleg Deripaska.

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Take a look for yourselves, this definitely isn’t photoshopped.

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I would love to tell you now that we instantly smelled something fishy, picked up the trail,

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something about professional instincts, and so on.

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But in reality, we just fell for the photos and decided to check them all out.

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The Deripaska story turned out to be quite real. The yellow press wrote about it,

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because Deripaska was married at that time, and the girl turned out to be,

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to put it mildly, from the escort industry.

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"He, I mean his assistants, organized a casting"
"For the bed?"

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"No, not only for the bed"

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"You sit here elegantly now and ask questions with these pretty lips,

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but what you started from was basically prostitution"

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Never mind that, though. We have little interest in Deripaska and his adventures.

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An oligarch is having fun, there’s nothing illegal about it.

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It seemed like we could leave her Instagram alone. We’ve had our laughs, but that was it.

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But! The sharp eye of our investigations department caught something

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much more interesting than an oligarch having fun with models.

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I’ll show you a video now. It may seem strange and pointless, because… well, it is.

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The thing is, this is a report about the seduction of an oligarch

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that this Nastya Rybka published on her Instagram.

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Or rather, a list of achievements. Something like that.

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We didn’t edit it in any way, I’m showing it to you just as still is on her Instagram to this day

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*Don't worry, there will be subtitles for the most important part*

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We’ve got bad relations with America, because the friend of Sergey Eduardovich,

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Nuland’s her name, is responsible for them.

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When she was your age, she’s spent a month on a Russian whaling boat.

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She hates our country after this

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Why is that?"
"Were the sailors there bad?"

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"You mean, she got raped?"

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"Why did he pick you?"
 "It was me who picked him"

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Well, notice anything unusual?

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At first, I wanted to play this video on an infinite loop

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until all of you realize what caught our attention here.

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But then I decided to have some pity for you, dear viewers

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Let’s fast forward to the point we need. And play it again.

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We’ve got bad relations with America, because the friend of Sergey Eduardovich,

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Nuland’s her name, is responsible for them.

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When she was your age, she’s spent a month on a Russian whaling boat.

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She hates our country after this.

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First of all. What’s with all the talk about America and sanctions? They’re on a yacht.

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The girl is an escort industry worker (I use this term loosely).

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She doesn’t know anything about it. What the hell is Deripaska talking about?

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Secondly. And most importantly. The audio. You can hear Deripaska saying:

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“the friend of Sergey Eduardovich, [Victoria] Nuland”.

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Let’s think logically. Who is Sergey Eduardovich? Why is he friends with Victoria Nuland,

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And why should our “huntress” Nastya listen to and understand any of this?

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He doesn’t even say the surname of this “Sergey Eduardovich”!

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How can an outsider understand who he’s talking about?

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The answer is simple. Nastya the “huntress” already knows well who Sergey Eduardovich is.

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Because Sergey Eduardovich is sitting next to her during this conversation. On the yacht.

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This is Sergey Eduardovich Prikhodko.

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He is the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

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Prikhodko isn’t a well known Russian government official, but he has a lot of influence.

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He’s been a public officer for his entire life.

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In the late 90s, he worked as a Deputy Head of Presidential Administration.

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The First Deputy Head at that time was Putin, by the way.

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He was an advisor to president Yeltsin, then to president Putin, then to president Medvedev,

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and to this day he is the Head of the Executive Office of the Government and Medvedev’s deputy.

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Prikhodko is considered a specialist in international relations

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and practically the most influential politician in this sphere. Not Lavrov, but Prikhodko

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Before we move on to the familiar genre of searching for yachts

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and uncovering corruption schemes, let’s dispel all the doubts once again.

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Here are two photos. The left one is taken on Deripaska’s yacht,

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the right one is an official photo of Prikhodko.

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It’s definitely him, we even compared the voice samples. But that’s not all.

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In my hands is, God forgive, a book written by Nastya Rybka.

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It describes, to the accuracy of dates, hours AND MINUTES,

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everything that happened on that yacht.

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And believe me, if you are able to overcome your curiosity

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and refrain from reading it, you should do so.

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Save your mental health, because this book contains a lot of details and descriptions

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that you will want to forget immediately, but will possibly not be able to.

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All the characters’ names in this book were altered. Deripaska there is called Ruslan,

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and Prikhodko – Daddy. Let me read a couple of quotes about Daddy to you.

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I didn’t know who Daddy was. Why everyone calls him this.

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Nobody ever called him by his name. But Ruslan yields to him. Never argues.

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Takes cue from him. And Daddy is the only one Ruslan never jokes about.

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Who is he? Who can a billionaire be afraid of?

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Daddy was the one in the border guard uniform at the very beginning.

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A border guard controls a billionaire? And the billionaire can’t even put a word in

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when Daddy blatantly harasses his woman? What is this? I’m confused”

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And here’s another logistical detail.

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“Daddy disappeared back on the deck… He’s a mysterious person.

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It seems like Daddy was taken off before the yacht moored to the shore.

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He couldn’t even come ashore together with Ruslan for some strange reasons.”

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What is there to do on the yacht? And what was Ruslan doing? Just fishing? No!

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Daddy was there. Those were informal negotiations about something important for Ruslan“

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So, even the escort lady from Bobruisk understands that Deripaska and Prikhodko

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were not simply chilling on the yacht, but discussing business matters.

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But the most beautiful thing, the summit of anonymity, is the entire paragraph

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describing the Daddy. Let me read it myself.

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“This is the grey eminence of the regime. Richelieu of our time” – I suppose.

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“There’s hardly any information on the internet, but since Yeltsin’s times

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he’s been a  Deputy Prime Minister and worked at the presidential administration”

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This is correct, he’s a Deputy PM now, he’s worked at the administration before,

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and the part about Yeltsin is also true.

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He writes pre-election speeches, presidential addresses to the assembly, he’s got a lot of awards”

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Indeed, here’s him preparing the address with Medvedev, and he surely has some awards too.

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He’s the only one the president hasn’t dismissed yet,

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a long-term member of the government, he’s been among the top officials since the 90s.

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That’s why they call him Daddy. He’s been responsible for Russia’s foreign policy,

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for the government, he has  very large influence”

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I honestly don’t know who calls Prikhodko Daddy,

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but the part about the foreign policy and the government is absolutely correct.

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If anyone actually bought and read this book, they would be able to

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make the same investigation in 5 minutes, without Instagram or other proofs.

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This is literally a copypasted biography of Prikhodko. No one but him matches this description.

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Nastya is a true master of secrecy, by the way.

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Apart from names, she’s also altered the place of her yacht trip.

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The book says they were in Greenland, but this wasn’t so in reality.

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This photo from Nastya’s Instagram allowed us to determine where they’ve been sailing.

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You see the church I the background? Here it is on Google Maps. This is Norway.

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Of course, Nastya has masterfully concealed the identity of Oleg Deripaska by calling him Ruslan.

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But for some reason, she didn’t bother to alter the dates of the trip.

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Here they are right in the book, and they make our search much easier.

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During these days, this yacht named “Elden” was sailing in this area of Norway.

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The Russian flag is wavering patriotically above this yacht. It really belongs to Oleg Deripaska,

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Norwegian mass media have been writing a lot about it, since he vacations there very often.

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It is always escorted by an additional ship, probably for the personnel, called “Northern Shade”

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To be sure, let’s also compare it to the photos from Nastya’s Instagram.

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First, let’s take this photo. Here, we see a ship moored nearby with the romantic name “Northern Shade”.

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As we know already, this is the escort ship, it always sails nearby.

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Let’s take a closer look at the yacht itself.

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From this photo, an experienced Instagram investigator will be able to obtain a number of important clues.

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Firstly, we can see the name of the manufacturer – Mondo Marine, the company that made “Elden”.

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Secondly, the half-round deepening in the door with a metal handle,

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it can be seen really well from another angle.

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And on this last photo, there are lots of rock-solid proofs.

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Compare the shape of the illuminators, they’re identical.

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And look at the antenna and the strange two-forked thing that looks like lanterns.

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There’s no doubt, this is the “Elden” yacht.

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We’ve made a special map, tracked all the movements of this yacht,

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its routes and stops, everything matches perfectly.

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We can assume that 90% of the contents of this “book” are lies,

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but the things that we can check through other sources – photos, videos, geolocation – can be confirmed entirely.

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They’ve been sailing for 3 days in August 2016

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Now let’s put the book aside, forget about the “huntresses” and the video reports

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and try to digest all this information

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I never thought I’d ever say such things, let alone in front of a million of viewers, but I have no other choice.

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Deputy Prime Minister, head of Medvedev’s office, spends his vacation on an oligarch’s yacht,

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accompanied by this oligarch, and, save the mark, a bunch of prostitutes. Yes, there were several.

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Usually, at the end of our investigation videos, I try to explain clearly one more time

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what exactly is wrong with our heroes. Explain how this corruption works, why I call them crooks.

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But here. I really don’t know what to add.

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Alright. Let’s analyze this mayhem in cold blood.

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An oligarch takes a high-rank government official for a ride on his yacht – this is a bribe.

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The oligarch pays for the whole thing, including the ladies from escort agencies – incredibly, this is also a bribe.

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Then again, Prikhodko had to somehow reach the remote Norwegian peninsula, where there’s only one airport.

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During the dates of this trip, two private planes landed there at the same time, both belonging to Deripaska.

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One came from Montenegro, where Deripaska has a villa and a business, and the other from Moscow.

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Of course, I don’t have the passenger lists for these jets, but I can’t ignore this fact.

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If it turns out that Prikhodko arrived on Deripaska’s plane – this, my friends, will also be a bribe.

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Moving on. The aggravator. You’ve probably realized already what we’re approaching now.

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You can see it on the foreground – the house of the government official Prikhodko,

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who’s never done any business, Prikhodko, ONE AND A HALF THOUSAND sq m.

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There are some garages on the plot, some landscape design.

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The servants or guards are running along the pathways.

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Notice the size of the plot, almost 3 hectares

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All of this is located in the closed cooperative for “United Russia” members near Moscow.

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At the lowest estimate, it costs over 300 million rubles.

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And while we're at it, let's also mention Sergey Eduardovich's apartments.

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He owns two neighboring ones, in this super-elite house on Shvedsky blind alley.

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Among his friends are families of Transneft and Rosneft presidents Tokarev and Sechin,

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Putin's friends Chemezov and Timchenko, and lots of other super-rich people.

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The total size of the apartments is 350 square meters.

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The market value is 480 million rubles.

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Prikhodko, as usual, declares huge incomes for his wife, but there's a problem here as well.

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(yes, he has a wife)

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The wife doesn't own any businesses,

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just a share in a Yacht club near Moscow that brings no profit, that's it.

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And her declared income is 280 million in 3 years.

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Even if we believe for a moment that his wife is super-rich,

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this money still would not be enough

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to buy even one apartment in this house!

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Do you understand what I'm implying? Bribes from oligarchs, of course.

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And for dessert, I've left this present for the conspirologists

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as well as numerous American mass media and law enforcement organs

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that are investigating Russia's involvement into the US elections.

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Several months ago, American mass media reported a big story -

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head of Trump's campaign HQ, Paul Manafort, received millions of dollars from Deripaska

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and offered him private briefings about the progress of Trump's campaign.

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Manafort's emails have been disclosed, and he really did suggest all this in written form,

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and this episode became one of the proofs of Russia's involvement into the elections.

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The scandal was huge. Many of you have probably seen this video.

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CNN correspondent is chasing Deripaska and asking questions.

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Here's the context. Mass media report that Manafort

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has been getting paid by Deripaska since 2005.

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He is one of America's most prominent and influential lobbyists,

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who has been serving the interests of various dictators and weapon dealers since the 80s.

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And in 2005, he started lobbying the interests of Kremlin and Putin in Washington.

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Deripaska was the one paying for it.

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Then they had a joint business,

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Manafort seemingly borrowed money from Deripaska and didn't return it.

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Let's make a very low-key conclusion -

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at the very least, these two men know each other very well,

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and one has been getting money from the other.

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The logic of American prosecution is the following.

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Why would the head of Trump's campaign HQ

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conduct private briefings about the progress of the US presidential campaign to some Russian oligarch?

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Because these briefings are actually for Putin, Kremlin, FSB, whoever

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, and Deripaska simply TRANSMITS (as an agent) this information to Putin.

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He's very close to Putin, after all.

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This is the exact question the CNN correspondent tries to ask Deripaska.

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Among all the conspiracy theories of American mass media,

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this part was the most unconvincing.

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Many oligarchs are close to Putin.

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There were no proofs that Deripaska transmits something to him,

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he doesn't have any exclusive relations with Putin,

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he's neither a government official nor a minister

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to be able to make decisions on whether to support Trump at the elections or not..

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But now the pieces of this puzzle fell into place.

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That's who makes these decisions!

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There he is, cruising with him on the yacht and,

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as we can hear on the video, discussing politics with him.

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Even Nastya Rybka, the witness of this all, tells us: the fishing is just a cover,

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these actually were some informal negotiations.

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Alright, before we accidentally start a second Watergate,

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let's finis with conspiracy theories and move on to the conclusions.

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Thanks to the, save the mark, idiocy of those who sent the ladies in latex undies into our Moscow HQ,

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we managed to catch Deputy PM Prikhodko red-handed receiving a bribe from the oligarch Deripaska.

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And backed that up with this official's real estate worth almost a billion rubles,

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the origin of which is completely unexplainable.

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I wanted to leave the moral side of this story aside,

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but then I though, what the hell.

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A high-ranked official responsible for foreign policy

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can't just pend a vacation on a yacht with and oligarch and prostitutes.

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This is a shame for the entire country.

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In 1999, as many of you remember,

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Putin personally handled the resignation of Prosecutor General Skuratov.

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Let me remind you, the "person looking like the prosecutor"

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was caught on tape with "ladies with low social responsibility",

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as Putin himself likes to call them.

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This was also a present from some businessman.

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So, Vladimir Vladimirovich, don't compromise your principles and dismiss Prikhodko then!

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I've got a stack of complaints in front of me.

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They'll be sent to FSB, General Prosecutor etc. I'm dead serious.

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Don't put a shame on yourself and the country.

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Go ahead - look for the yacht receipts, interrogate the witnesses,

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interrogate Deripaska, check the stamps in Prikhodko's travel pass.

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Analyse the video: does this man look like the Deputy PM?

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You're skilled at this, Vladimir Vladimirovich.

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Read the book as well.

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There are some interesting chapters about bribes there.

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Ask around, why does a government official own a real palace instead of a country house,

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1,500 sq m and 3 hectares of land?

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Where did the half-a-billion apartments come from?

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And you, dear viewers, should prepare for an unbelievable circus event.

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We'll watch the sad clowns rush to protect

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Prikhodko and Deripaska instead of firing the bribetaker.

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The entire corrupt system and the propaganda machine will fight

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to protect the honor of a simple bribetaker.

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One more request.

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Let's make it so that none of this shame

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and nastiness happen in the beautiful Russia of the future.

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We can't support the system whose goal is the survival and well-being of such officials and oligarchs.

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This won't be easy.

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They'll use every opportunity to keep their posts -

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they'll lie, keep silent, oppress the freedom of speech and falsify the elections.

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Boycott these elections.

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Participate in the voter strike.

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And register as observers - together,

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we'll catch the crooks who stole our money and our beautiful country.

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