Mystery Khodorkovsky
front pages half the world reported yesterday in Moscow annoyed reaction to what the Russians call "excessive and intolerable interference" in the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky West. The case erupted after the former owner of Yukos received a second conviction, which will probably condemn him to further years in prison.
Certainly it is curious to see the White House officially becomes unbalanced in favor of a simple Russian citizen, calling themselves "deeply concerned" for a verdict that suggests a "selective application of justice" in Russia. Hillary Clinton even says that "the process raises serious doubts about the rule of law in Russia," and that "the verdict will have a negative impact on Russia's reputation."
The German foreign minister, Westerwelle, said that it considered the verdict "a step backwards on the path to modernization of the country, saying he was" very worried " the new ruling.
For its part, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament, Richard Ottaway, said that in the case of Khodorkovsky was not followed "a legal process recognized as legitimate."
But how come everyone cares so much that this man is "treated properly" ... ...
by Russian courts, and especially on what to base their belief that it is not clear?
According to the official iconography , Khodorkovsky is a self-made as "Western-style that was able to" interpret "the most profound changes have taken place in Russia during the collapse of the system Communist.
After opening a small cafe in 1986, in 1988, Khodorkovsky was already in command of an import-export business turnover of approximately $ 10 million a year. With this "solid financial footing," Khodorkovsky was so set up her own private bank, Bank Menatep, which in a few years would become a powerful tool for money transactions of all kinds, national and international level.
But Khodorkovsky was not a heartless, greedy, and when he had these funds available would redirect part to various charities, such as training centers for teachers, archaeological digs, cultural exchanges, and of course many schools for children orphans.
he met many other philanthropists around the world.
Meanwhile, the collapse of the system had given way to privatization, and in 1996 the Group Menatep managed to seize 90% of Yukos, the national oil company whose value was reached at that time - casually - the lowest ever. Paid the misery of 300 million dollars within a few years, Yukos would reach an estimated $ 20 billion, making Khodorkovsky the richest man in Russia, and the 16th richest man in the world, according to the Forbes list.
As beautiful, the free market? See what you can do, if indeed "Got the balls" to take risks at the right time, if you really believe the rules of capitalism, investing wisely and know your property? Other than communism! Now that's life, so this is freedom!
But apparently those who packed the legend of Khodorkovsky must have forgotten some small detail, because all of a sudden in 2003 we find our hero in jail, accused of tax evasion. From that day the fortunes of Khodorkovsky is over, and begin on his ordeal, which lasts to this day.
Some suspect that this unexpected turn was due to the fact that Khodorkovsky had recently announced the merger between Yukos and Sibneft, the "arm oil "in what is now Gazprom, which in the period of privatization had been bought for a pittance even greater - only $ 100 million - by Boris Berezovsky, the notorious" political refugee "Russian who now lives under the protection of Her Majesty's 'England.
When the merger was completed, the new oil giant would become the second most powerful in the world crude oil production, after the Exxon-Mobil. It seems that at that time Khodorkovsky had also dealt with the sale of his Yukos shares to own Exxon-Mobil. All this would take - according to the evil - the anger of Putin, who would resort to "legal" to remove medium once and for all the dangerous Khodorkovsky, blasting in the meantime the merger between Yukos and Sibneft. It will also be a stinker, this Putin, but maybe some sense of nationalism will also be left in him after all.
Okay, you say, the argument can stand, but this is enough to trigger the "outrage" by all major foreign ministers of the West, with the resulting media response that we find today on all the world titles?
Theoretically no. Hundreds of Russians have literally disappeared in the meat grinder of internal fighting since 1991 to date, and no one has ever cared. But if
We were curious to investigate people who may have been, over the years, the hidden financing of Khodorkovsky, we may also come across this curious news: soon after his arrest in 2003, all the shares of Yukos in its have automatically passed into the hands of a certain Jacob Rothschild, under a secret agreement that was signed earlier between them.
Did you see what can happen when you attend the circles of philanthropists?
Massimo Mazzucco
Source: Luogocomune.net
0 comments:
Post a Comment