Moskevští voliči ale mají rovněž důkazy o tom, že to nebyl Kirijenko, kdo si během srpnové krize nacpal kapsy, zatímco starosta Moskvy proměnil hlavní město Ruska v jednu velkou „kormušku“ (tedy koryto) pro sebe a své lidi.
Muscovite voters also have evidence, however, that Kiriyenko appears not to have fattened his wallet during the August crisis, while the mayor of Moscow turned the Russian capital into a great kormushka (feeding-trough) for himself and his people.