Putin. Corruption. (Russian: Путин. Коррупция., romanized: Putin. Korruptsiya.) is an independent report on alleged corruptioninVladimir Putin’s inner circle published by the leaders of opposition liberal democraticPeople's Freedom PartyinRussia. The report was presented by them at the press conference on 28 March 2011. This is the first large-scale project of the People’s Freedom Party.
The report describes the alleged enrichment of Vladimir Putin and his friends, including the 26 palaces and five yachts used by Putin and Medvedev. Table of contents:[1]
Introduction
The Enrichment of the Members of the OzeroDacha Condominium
On 13 April a tender was held to choose the printing 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 will be possible to print 440,000 copies. [citation needed]
The account remains open and the fundraising is continuing. The account number mentioned on the covers of the brochures.[3]
The report is also available on the 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 in Vladimir. The next day, a large distribution of brochures was held in Moscow during the action of "Solidarity" movement dedicated to the Russia 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 the St. 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:
Putin. Results. 10 years. - June 2010. Translated into English as Putin: What 10 Years of Putin Have Brought. This is a revised edition of the report Putin. Results, which came out in 2008.[12]