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Shadkhan’s movie transcript

…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCzNPQsXX3I&t=246s, PBS Frontline, 2015). Asked about his achievements as vice-mayor of St Petersburg, Putin replies that they include the opening of branches of foreign banks, Credit Lyonnais and Dresdner Bank, as well as “negotiations with the American firm, Marc Rich” (later Swiss firm, Glencore). Marc Rich himself was prosecuted for tax avoidance in the US, dating back to 1983. For more details on Glencore’s suspected involvement in corruption in Russia, see the Spider Web case. In 2017, a complaint against Glencore was submitted to Swiss prosecution https://www.publiceye.ch/fr/themes-et-contexte/commerce-et-matieres-premieres/matieres-premieres/etudes-de-cas/les-affaires-troubles-de-glencore-en-rdc/ , presumably in relation to corrupt acting in the DRC. Shadkhan movie transcript…

Angolagate’s 2009 sentence, France

…on this diplomatically and economically sensitive subject – Angola is one of the largest oil producers in Africa – President Christian Pers was surprised to learn of his sudden promotion to the Court of Cassation and its immediate replacement. Before that, Mr. Pers had made two unwelcome decisions by refusing to grant the defendant, partner of Gaydamak Pierre Falcone’s requests for release. During the trial was said that to be involved in legal oil businesses in Angola via Glencore. (See also, Glencore’s involvement in Nordex with Grigory Luchanski, p.92). Gaydamak said to Russian press that the case is of ”…

Angolagate – appeal decision, 2011

…Five weeks before the opening of the hearing on this diplomatically and economically sensitive subject – Angola is one of the largest oil producers in Africa – President Christian Pers was surprised to learn of his sudden promotion to the Court of Cassation and its immediate replacement. Before that, Mr. Pers had made two unwelcome decisions by refusing to grant the defendant, partner of Gaydamak Pierre Falcone’s requests for release. During the trial was said that to be involved in legal oil businesses in Angola via Glencore. (See also, Glencore’s involvement in Nordex with Grigory Luchanski, p.92). Gaydamak said to…