This video exposes a scandal involving Moscow officials who received luxury apartments in the city center for free or at drastically reduced prices. The video claims that these apartments, which are valued at nearly a hundred million rubles each, were given to officials who work at the Moscow mayor's office, many of whom are involved in city property or construction. The video also mentions that these officials' apartments are listed in their fathers' asset declarations, suggesting that the apartments were given to them as gifts or favors. The video further accuses these officials of receiving apartments worth millions of dollars for free, and suggests that these apartments were given to them in exchange for promoting the Moscow mayor, Sergey Sobyanin. The video also mentions that some of these officials, including celebrities and politicians, were given apartments in exchange for promoting Sobyanin on social media. The video concludes by urging viewers to vote against "United Russia" candidates in upcoming regional elections, suggesting that these candidates are responsible for the scandal.
1. Many Russians have a desire to own an apartment in Moscow, with some wanting to live in the city center [Source: Document(page_content="00:00:27.64: It’s so nice to have an apartment in Moscow!\n00:00:30.74: Every Russian citizen thought about it at some point.\n00:00:33.80: Everyone wants to have an apartment in Moscow, \n00:00:36.10: and those who already have one want to have another one, in the center,\n00:00:39.68: because you can always rent it out\n00:00:42.80: and live off this money in a completely different place, like Thailand.\n00:00:46.66: But how can one get it with such prices?\n00:00:48.98: Apartments in this house here, for example, cost at least 50 million rubles\n00:00:53.56: Where can one get all this money?\n00:00:55.64: Well, you don’t need to!\n00:00:56.84: In our today’s investigation, we’ll show you how the pricy, desirable Moscow apartments\n00:01:02.30: are being handed out for free.\n00:01:03.74: You don’t need to be a Hero of the Soviet Union or save kids from a fire for that.\n00:01:07.98: You can simply write Instagram posts about “how Moscow has improved under Sobyanin”,\n00:01:13.02: et voila – the apartment’s yours!")].
2. The cost of apartments in Moscow is high, with prices reaching up to 50 million rubles [Source: Document(page_content="00:00:48.98: Apartments in this house here, for example, cost at least 50 million rubles\n00:00:53.56: Where can one get all this money?\n00:00:55.64: Well, you don’t need to!")].
3. Apartments are being handed out for free to those who write Instagram posts about Moscow's improvement under Mayor Sobyanin [Source: Document(page_content="00:01:03.74: You don’t need to be a Hero of the Soviet Union or save kids from a fire for that.\n00:01:07.98: You can simply write Instagram posts about “how Moscow has improved under Sobyanin”,\n00:01:13.02: et voila – the apartment’s yours!\n00:01:14.50: In the late 19th century, there used to be the revenue house\n00:01:17.74: and production plant of merchant Bakhrushin here.")].
4. The text discusses the demolition of a historical quarter in Moscow to make way for new housing [Source: Document(page_content="00:06:11.24: Nobody expected the planned demolition to be so swift.\n00:06:17.22: «Listen, pal, the civilization’s advancing. What do you need this old crap for?»\n00:06:22.06: But Moscow authorities assured everyone everything will be alright.\n00:06:26.06: Sure, an entire quarter will be demolished, sure, it can’t be restored,\n00:06:30.34: but they’re going to build new houses that look exactly the same.\n00:06:34.10: And, most importantly, these houses will be for people on the waiting list!")].
5. The new housing is being provided to people on the waiting list, despite the fact that the apartments are worth almost a hundred million rubles each [Source: Document(page_content="00:06:34.10: And, most importantly, these houses will be for people on the waiting list!\n00: