In the absence of Communist Party control, these security officers betrayed their corporate ethic and engaged in horse-trading, applying force when a trade did not go well. That this happens to ordinary Russians is clear; what Cherkesov revealed was that Putin’s circle also confronts this situation.
切尔克索夫的副手还呆在牢里。大多数人相信普京无力干预为其辩护。在没有共产党控制的情况下，这些安全官员背叛了他们的企业伦理，参与交易，并且在交易不顺利的时候施加力量。这发生在普通俄国人身上是明显的；切尔克索夫揭露的是普京圈子里的人也对抗这一局面。