Posted on 03/24/2013 4:15:12 PM PDT by annalex
Ten percent shave on a part of his holdings is not something to drive a man who risked lives and fortunes several times, to suicide.
I don’t think it is a 10% shave anymore after last night’s deal.
Deposits above 100,000 euros in both banks, which are not guaranteed under EU law, will be frozen and used to resolve Laiki’s debts and recapitalize Bank of Cyprus through a deposit/equity conversion.
The raid on uninsured Laiki depositors is expected to raise 4.2 billion euros, Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijssebloem said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/25/us-cyprus-parliament-idUSBRE92G03I20130325
Ah. I did not know. But again, why would it affect BAB to such a devastating effect? He had no reason to be afraid of hostility from the EU and US, and he had assets on the ground right in London.
It appears that it’s the world banking system that committed suicide last night.
I agree with this statement. Men of his type are not sensitive, and are not shrinking violets, who go out at the first knock. Also, he would have had other holdings - unofficial assets - tucked away safely, where no court order could touch them. People of his sort always do.
In the last 24 hours people who knew him have spoken out and say they are sure it was not suicide. The way that the police have blocked off the house, and refuse to give a clear cause of death, is likewise suspicious.
In the meanwhile, I read a bit more of the Russian blogs and came across this observation (by one Anglophobe nut called Galkovsky): Putin has no interest in eliminating Berezovsky as the latter, with his rapidly dwindling assets and influence pretty much has eliminated himself. And Putin has no need to reinforce his thuggish image with another alleged murder.
So then he goes into the Anglophobe territory and suggests the House of Windsor doing the hit... because, ... well it becomes muddy at this point in Galkovsky’s thinking, but BAB was indeed known for a rather creative scheme to put Prince Harry on the yet to be crated Russian throne. Which I would endorse except prince Harry doesn’t seem to deserve such punishment. Look for the bony hand of Prince Michael of Kent behind this. Look.
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