Corruption is a concern of all countries, and it is extremely harmful to the country's economy and people's livelihood.
Former Russian Defense Minister Serdyukov was dismissed by her lover Vasilyeva, and although this Russian female giant is a junior in the upper ranks, she has embezzled hundreds of millions of treasures and stored them at home, so what means and abilities does she have? Let's talk about it today.
Alumni of yesteryear
Unlike many embezzlers from poor families, Vasilyeva was born into a wealthy family in Russia, and as the only daughter in the family, she was loved since she was a child, and she was the pearl of her parents' palms.
She received an elite education from an early age and entered St. Petersburg State University with honors. Lively and cheerful and beautiful, she soon became a new social star and the goddess of many boys in her class.
During her college years, Vasilyeva met Serdyukov, a classmate who was also studying at law school, and the two did not cross paths very much at this time.
Serdyukov was the general director of the St. Petersburg Industrial Open Company, and only a few years later entered the university, which means that he was 39 years old, more than 20 years older than his classmates in the class of 2001, and had less common language with young people.
Serdyukov is married, and he is also pursuing Yulia, who is also studying at school, and she is the only daughter of Zubkov, the head of the St. Petersburg tax bureau, who is not only in a strong position in political circles, but also a close friend of Putin's for many years.
If you want to enter the political arena and rise to prominence without a background, it is particularly important to grasp the big tree of Yulia, so you are not familiar with the socialite Vasilyeva at the school.
Vasilyeva was also surrounded by many suitors, and for her, who was bent on fame and fortune, she had to focus on her studies to become a master.
A few years later, Serdyukov, with his humor and maturity beyond that of a young university boy, won Yulia's heart, and then successfully entered the St. Petersburg City Tax Department 1 as a deputy director, successfully abandoned business and entered politics, and soon made a name for himself in politics.
After graduating, Vasilyeva worked as a legal consultant in several companies, and although her salary was considerable, she did not want to earn money like ordinary people, but wanted a higher social status and fame.
When the 2007 World Expo was held in Russia, Vasilyeva waited for her opportunity, and during the expo, the First Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Vladimir Reshin, needed a temporary translator, and she happened to be introduced by a friend to successfully apply.
Seizing this opportunity, Vasilyeva worked hard to perform, and finally won the approval of Vladimir, successfully became his assistant and entered politics.
Vasilyeva did not stop there, not content with being a small adviser at Vladimir's side, wanting to go further and climb higher.
During her tenure as an advisor, Vasilyeva began to make friends with various political and business celebrities to pave the way for the future, and it was under such circumstances that she met Serdyukov again.
Become an underground mistress
Vasilyeva had accompanied Vladimir to a government meeting in Moscow, and met her former classmate Serdyukov at a reception after the meeting.
At that time, the other party had already become the new Russian defense minister by virtue of the promotion of Putin and his father-in-law, specializing in Russian military reform, and was one of the president's most trusted henchmen.
Vasilyeva is a young, beautiful, shrewd and capable secretary next to the deputy mayor of Moscow, and when Vladimir introduced the two, the former classmates met again and smiled at each other, quite tacitly recognized each other, and there were some strange feelings in their eyes.
Knowing that the two were classmates at the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University, Vladimir did not hesitate to praise Vasilyeva's abilities. The goddess in the former class is now more and more beautiful, and Serdyukov can't help but appreciate it when she sees it.
The two had a good conversation, exchanged contact information after the banquet, and this reunion also laid the foundation for future exchanges between the two.
Vasilyeva once relied on the support of her family to open a construction company, and in order to get government projects, Serdyukov was contacted, hoping to use his power to win some government projects for the company.
Serdyukov naturally did not disappoint the beautiful classmate, and the two also walked from an ambiguous relationship to the verge of derailment step by step.
He always felt inferior in front of his wife Yulia, and even if he was sometimes dissatisfied, he didn't dare to complain or get angry with his wife easily.
On weekdays, he was very cautious about his father-in-law Zubkov, and he did not dare to express his political opinions easily, and even if he had achieved the position of Minister of Defense, he was still afraid of his father-in-law's majesty, which also led to the fact that he could not find the dignity of a man in front of his wife.
But in front of Vasilyeva was different, Serdyukov felt more relaxed and comfortable than ever, as well as the benefits of the power of the superior.
Vasilyeva has a femininity that Yulia has never had, and like a flower of interpretation, it can give him great spiritual satisfaction.
As the relationship between the two became closer, Vasilyeva naturally became Serdyukov's secret lover. In 2008, the Ministry of Defense, headed by Serdyukov, established the Defense Services Company, which also served as the general director of the company.
The defense service company, which holds a large amount of money, is a department with a lot of oil and water, and corruption can easily occur without a strict regulatory system, and the superior department responsible for supervising the defense service company is the Ministry of Defense.
At the beginning of the establishment of the defense service company, it was necessary to recruit a large number of staff, and Vasilyeva saw an opportunity to blow the wind on her pillow a few times, so she asked Serdyukov to transfer her to the defense service company as an executive.
Since then, Vasilyeva, who is in a high position and has Serdyukov as a backer, began to call for wind and rain, and her great power also gave her an unprecedented pleasure.
Russia is hugely greedy
People's faith is limitless, and Vasilyeva is still not satisfied with only holding the current power, but also wants to take advantage of this opportunity to obtain countless wealth.
In order to be able to stealthily embezzle defense funds, together with the executives of other defense service companies, they allocated funds to repair some properties belonging to the Ministry of Defense.
These properties are managed separately by the local army as fixed assets, and she picks up funds to renovate these properties luxuriously, and then sells them at a very low price, and all the cash after the sale goes into her own pocket.
As a result of this operation, Vasilyeva earned a huge sum of more than 3 billion rubles. Serdyukov naturally knew what was going on here, but he chose to turn a blind eye and acquiesce in their corrupt behavior.
In the name of Serdyukov, Vasilyeva also included dozens of priceless paintings in her private collection from the cultural center affiliated with the Ministry of Defense. It seems that in her eyes, as long as it is something from the Ministry of Defense, it can become something in her bag.
With the money, Vasilyeva bought a luxurious apartment, bought a lot of gold and expensive jewelry, and also bought a building as a love nest for her affair with Serdyukov.
As time passed, Putin became more and more trusting of Serdyukov and was classified as "his own man", and some even asserted that Putin would promote Serdyukov to be Russia's deputy prime minister, which changed the latter's mentality.
In 2012, Putin successfully ran for re-election and continued to appoint Serdyukov as defense minister, a move that gave him the illusion that he could get rid of his father-in-law Zubkov, and his extramarital affair with Vasilyeva became more and more high-profile, and even took the other party to some public occasions.
Yulia confronted Serdyukov when she learned about this, but he did not stop there, which led to a further deterioration in the relationship between the husband and wife.
The scandal spread in Russian political circles, and Zubkov lost face, so he naturally wanted to teach this son-in-law a lesson.
What Putin hates most is official corruption, and Serdyukov talked to him at the beginning of his assumption of power: Rectifying corruption is the first priority and the bottom line that cannot be touched.
It's a pity that Serdyukov, who holds power and gains fame and fortune, has been in high office for too long and has long forgotten Putin's instructions. When Zubkov learned that the defense service company was suspected of corruption and involved Serdyukov, he immediately caused his son-in-law to fall the matter.
Russia's anti-corruption investigation department has received a secret report that there is a serious problem of corruption in the defense service company, and all the evidence points to the company's top executive, Vasilyeva. After verifying the evidence, the investigation team raided Vasilyeva's high-end apartment.
In order not to startle the snake and prevent Vasilyeva from getting the news of the investigation, the investigation team arrived at her residence at 6 a.m. and knocked on the door of the apartment.
Unexpectedly, it was not Vasilyeva who opened the door, but Serdyukov, who was sleepy-eyed and dressed in pajamas, which was embarrassing.
The members of the investigation team of dozens of people at the gate couldn't help but be surprised when they saw Serdyukov, and the rumored scandal was completely confirmed.
The investigation team did not give up the search because they ran into Serdyukov, and then found a large number of valuable jewelry, paintings, gold and other valuable assets in Vasilyeva's home, in addition to 3 million in cash, which obviously amounted to billions of valuable treasures did not meet her income.
Vasilyeva was taken away by investigators, Serdyukov was completely deposed by Putin because of this incident, and the governor of the Moscow region, Serigu, replaced her as the new defense minister.
The facts are clear, and Vasilyeva, who embezzled nearly 3 billion rubles, was finally sentenced to five years in prison.
However, he was released on bail after serving five days in prison and continued to live his upper-class life in style, with no change except that he was no longer a senior member of the defense service company.
Although Serdyukov was dismissed, he relied on his connections for many years to work as a high-level gangster in a military industrial enterprise, which shows that these two embezzlers have not been punished accordingly.
As for the reason, maybe Yulia pleaded with Zubkov for her husband, or maybe Putin showed mercy to Serdyukov because he was his former confidant, and either way, the two of them finally retreated and continued to live a wanton life.
What do you think differently about this?