An account of Ashurkov’s alleged $100 million Gazprom offer

I think this was in twenty twelve.

So there I am, sitting in my office, back when the office was still in Moscow,

not bothering anyone, fixing my Primus stove. Suddenly Ashurkov shows up.

Вдруг появляется Ашурков.

Naturally, he had called in advance:“ I’ll come by,

we have this confidential matter to discuss.” And this, by the way, so to speak,

Ну это, кстати говоря, так сказать, такой портрет,

is kind of a portrait of all these citizens, you know. – Generalizing again?– Yes,

I’m generalizing again. There. And then, in this conspiratorial tone,

I’m generalizing again. There. And then, in this conspiratorial tone,

he says to me: “ So, we’ve decided everything here with Alexei,

we’ve talked it all through, yeah, so…” And back then, you know,

что вот еще чуть-чуть, и они уже к власти придут.

And they say,“ Well, so here is how it is, like…” And he worked at Alfa, right?

And they say,“ Well, so here is how it is, like…” And he worked at Alfa, right?

А он же в «Альфе» работал, да?

He had just moved from Alfa to Navalny,

he left there in a scandal. Fridman said that I,

so to speak, could not keep such a political figure any longer and so on.

держать не могу больше и так далее. Это токсично.

It was toxic. I do not know how sincere that performance was,

and how much of it was rehearsed, but one way or another, this scandal happened,

вот этот скандал случился, и Ашурков от Фридмана ушел к Навальному.

That is it. So he more or less knew there, so to speak,

That is it. So he more or less knew there, so to speak,

и со всеми остальными, так сказать, там ребятами.

And he came to me and said,“ All right, so, go tell your oligarchs there…

там скажи своим вот этим вот олигархам...

will you give us one hundred million dollars? Right now.

And as soon as we come to power,

And as soon as we come to power,