THE INSIDER: Russian premier ducks graft flak
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev a sitting duck whose head protesters called for in demonstrations in Moscow and Donald Trump is at it again
When a political leader of a large country that once outlawed the ownership of private property has a house for his favourite duck, he surely opens himself to accusations of corruption. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was the sitting duck whose head protesters called for in demonstrations in Moscow on Sunday, together, of course, with President Vladimir Putin, who was not himself accused of doing favours for ducks. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny called for the nationwide protests after the publication of reports claiming that Medvedev controlled mansions, yachts and vineyards way beyond what his official salary could afford, the BBC reported. One accusation levelled at Medvedev is that he has a special house for a duck on one of his properties in a once-socialist country where many people own neither houses nor ducks. Our own President Jacob Zuma has a home in Nkandla complete with poultry and other animals, but — give him credit for prudence — he has not yet built a specia...
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