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To: Fedora
Ukrainian Billionaires May Be Behind Murky Gas Deal - "Experts are now alleging that Ukraine's controversial billionaires, Victor Pinchuk and Rinat Akhmetov, may be part of the consortium."

"Back in June 2005, as part of a criminal case launched against Rosukrenergo, the former head of Ukraine's Security Service, Alexander Turchinov, stated the a part of the non-Russian shares of RUE were controlled personally by former President Leonid Kuchma and former Prime Minister Victor Yanukovich, and that the managers of the shares were respectively, Pinchuk and Akhmetov. The billionaires supported Yanukovich in his losing bid against now President Victor Yushchenko. Turchinov later said that Kuchma and Yanukovich had resold their shares to Gazprom, but also indicted he had information that the shares were resold to their managers via Cyprus, Hungarian and Swiss offshore entities. The investigation abruptly ended in mid-August 2005 and Turchinov was removed from his post."

19 posted on 01/13/2006 5:19:19 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Thanks!


20 posted on 01/13/2006 7:49:15 PM PST by Fedora
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