A bunch of bull -So what was said at this farcical press conference?
I really like the Sergei of old - prior to this circus apology acceptance show. A few days ago, Yandiev made a threat to Sergei, saying that some of his friends were very angry and that Yandiev would not be responsible for what would happen to Sergei if he did not stop giving more interviews. Responding to that threat, Sergei noted that he was keen on seeing how the legal process would play out, and he wanted to show everyone and the whole world the extent of the corruption in the justice system in Russia, where someone could beat people up, then walk around free and make further threats without any recourse from the justice system.
This whole incident was a big news event and all of the Russian newspapers were covering it - people were watching - his words had a real bite to them and then..... Sergei sold out. I should mention that Yandiev also said some big words against Sergei, and again, seeing how uncomfortable both of them were during the apology meet - almost as if reading from a prompter - I can only surmise this meet was organized by people who didn't give them a lot of options in that regard. Given that Sergei did a lot more interviews later on, including the press conference, I'm guessing he got paid the most