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    Airstrip Stolen in Bryansk | Defense | RIA Novosti

    Airstrip Stolen in Bryansk
    © RIA Novosti.
    20:19 07/02/2012
    MOSCOW, February 7 (RIA Novosti)
    Tags: corruption, Russian Defense Ministry, Andrei Usok, Russia, Bryansk
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    Taking corruption to uncharted heights, a military official in central Russia has sold an airfield for a bribe.

    Andrei Usok, a procurement officer with the Defense Ministry, sold to an unspecified company some 4,000 slabs of concrete making up the landing strip of a military airfield in Bryansk region, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

    Usok made 1 million rubles ($33,000) on the deal, but the damages, which rendered the airfield unusable, stood at 48 million rubles, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on its website.

    The officer is facing up to 12 years behind bars or a fine of between 70 million and 90 million rubles over the case. The investigation is ongoing.
    “the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson

  • #2
    Unbelievable! You can't make up this kind of humor. This deserves a skit by Monty Python.
    "This aggression will not stand, man!" Jeff Lebowski
    "The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." Lester Bangs

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    • #3
      I was like did the Russian's announce they were keeping India's carrier....

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      • #4
        Times they are a changing. That officer was caught, prosecuted and put into prison.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by S2 View Post
          Unbelievable! You can't make up this kind of humor. This deserves a skit by Monty Python.
          "Admiral Vasily, here is 100 million rubles for the nuclear submarine."

          "Da, good, no one will notice that it is missing."

          What was he thinking? That no one would notice that huge chunks of concrete are gone? I wouldn't even think concrete slabs would be cost-effectively moved.

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          • #6
            Zhukov must be doing a face palm.
            “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
            Mark Twain

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            • #7
              That was a long abandoned crumbling airstrip.

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              • #8
                andrew Reply

                "That was a long abandoned crumbling airstrip. "

                Needless to say.

                None of us expect the control tower aborting a landing so a convoy of trucks loaded with guys holding jackhammers could park on runway 5.
                "This aggression will not stand, man!" Jeff Lebowski
                "The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." Lester Bangs

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                • #9
                  Hmmm, I thought it was a knockdown price...



                  Still, looks bloody good in the backyard and compliments the Mi-28's I got off trademe.
                  In the realm of spirit, seek clarity; in the material world, seek utility.

                  Leibniz

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