Just kidding. This is only a test.
Posted on 04/23/2014 12:55:33 PM PDT by tcrlaf
A Ukrainian court has seized an oil refinery in Odessa, the country's third largest, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
It cited an investigation into fuel duty fraud but gave few details. The plant has also been at risk of being drawn into the bitter confrontation between Ukraine and Russia.
Ownership of the refinery is in question after a report it had been acquired by a Russian bank and the Ukrainian government which took power following the overthrow of the Kremlin-backed president in February has said it wants control of the refinery.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that unnamed companies evaded import duties and taxes by fraudulently claiming to have re-exported fuel that was in fact sold on the domestic market.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
"Ukrainian energy firm Vetek bought the refinery from Lukoil of Russia last year. But Russian newspaper Kommersant said last month that Vetek transferred the plant to Russian state-controlled bank VTB after failing to repay a loan used to buy the plant."
It belongs to the Czar. I mean it belongs to Putin.
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Quite so....
If it really does belong to VTB (though that is a question, too) then Ukraine is again poking the bear.
Just kidding. This is only a test.
The Ukrainians are all thieves. They have failed as an independent nation.
I wouldn’t go that far, but it was definitely a failing, Mafia-run nation.
Remember though, the mafia influence in Ukraine started well before the fall of the Soviet Union, in the Black markets.
Probably a Russian guy disguised as a judge dealing with Russian guys disguised as ministry officials represented by Russian guys disguised as lawyers. In fact, to hear some folks explain things, there aren't any Ukrainians in the Ukraine, just Russians in various disguises.
Not tanks, arty, that’s worse.
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