First — MENATEP, then FAI, and a year the YUKOS. Career the envy of many in his native Tver. Dmitry Gololobov long nine years working with senior management at the time the second largest oil company in the country. For which he paid. In 2004, after Khodorkovsky, he Packed a suitcase and went to Britain.
Now, years later, decided to testify. It is noteworthy that on the side of Russia. And along with the first interview to the state channel.
“I called a very important, a key witness in the decision of the Hague court 50 billion, which was a few years ago. But none of the parties I was not invited. Don’t know why. I don’t think that I know what I presented — it is necessary to hide. 95% of this is already known,” — said Dmitry Gololobov, a lawyer of YUKOS in 1995-2004.
However, even the information that was leaked to the press, was enough to make a splash. Social networks with pleasure and relish of the ugly details of the biography of Khodorkovsky’s associates. Collusion, billions of dollars in bribes to the authorities, destruction of evidence and the withdrawal of assets. All the way to personal enrichment. On the pages of the Memorandum we received from the Russian lawyers — fugitive oligarch and his associates appear unscrupulous scammers.
Memorandum from D. Gololobova:
p. 36. To eliminate a significant portion of the assets of the Bank “Menatep” was transferred to a separate Bank institution “Menatep — Saint-Petersburg” with the purpose of concealment from creditors of the Bank “Menatep”. In order to hide a transfer from the controlling Oligarchs have destroyed most of the documents of the Bank “Menatep”, sending the truck into a tributary of the Volga.
p. 38. Most of the documents allegedly took over and many creditors and clients of Bank “Menatep” as a result, are unable to recover their funds.
Comment on the Memorandum before the trial, our interlocutor did not. And the international search is not conducive to long conversations: Dmitry Gololobov is still in the list of Interpol. However, this is his evidence for Russia does not lose value.
The curator of the new team of Russian lawyers Andrey Kondakov in conversation with us said: the testimony of the Gololobova, together with the correspondence between the oligarchs and the new portion of findocuments — the key to success in the complicated process. The Federal court of the district of Columbia, where at one time considered the case of Yaroshenko and bout, love for our country has never been famous for.
Special attention in this process is on the activities of Yukos in the United States. And here the testimony Gololobova as it is impossible by the way. After manipulation of the manual in detail, he studied in a business trip to America. In 2002, YUKOS sent to the United States a working group to prepare for the issuance of Depositary receipts 3rd level. In other words, to be able to raise capital directly through the stock exchange. The mission received the playful title – “project voyage”.
Yukos had every chance to succeed: more over-the-counter receipts used excessive demand. But the listing never took place. Officially — because of the merger with Sibneft.
However, internal documents of Yukos, at the disposal of our lawyers, shows that the case is quite different. In the letter, Mikhail Khodorkovsky himself admits: details of Russian privatization Americans better not to know. Well, do lawyers, as he tried and failed to come up with a way to hide part of the story in the right form.
From a letter to Mikhail Khodorkovsky O. Sheiko:
Sheiko:
“Mikhail Borisovich, we have to make a decision about the release on the American stock exchange. Last week Bruce told me that You asked him to stop all negotiations with the Commission on securities and stock exchanges and also noted that we’ll never send, because information, especially about the structure of activeden can score us the American the hook.”
Khodorkovsky:
“Oleg, if lawyers do not confirm to me that my personal risks are limited to a reasonable period of time, I won’t sign the form F-1. I don’t want to get caught. I warned about this.
Protection of the oligarchs, and Khodorkovsky himself insist during the privatization of the 90s it was against the law. And YUKOS is no exception. However, it’s a matter of scale. In testimony Gololobova said: Khodorkovsky associates spent $2 billion in bribes to win auctions on Yukos.
By the way, the love of offshore and dummy companies in the end did not go to the benefit of the former shareholders of Yukos. Our attorneys were able to prove in the Hague: the plaintiffs – none of the European entrepreneurs. Let their company and registered in Cyprus and in Britain. Testimony Gololobova to confirm Lebedev, Brudno, Dubov and Nevzlin still control the money of Yukos. So who in this case need for compensation?
This year, Khodorkovsky after 11 years entered the Forbes list — all with the same company. On the neighboring lines was Lebedev, Dubov and Brudno. The Gololobov sure: this is another proof of the so-called “old sins.”
“The fact that KHODORKOVSKY is back in the Forbes list is completely rational. He was not paid any money in the process — neither he nor Lebedev. Why would they not return, because they were the owners of Yukos. I suspect that MBH has its own investments”, — said Dmitry Gololobov, a lawyer of YUKOS in 1995-2004.
The press service of Khodorkovsky, we stated: to assess their own “exploits” Khodorkovsky is not going to. And the current trial Mikhail Khodorkovsky does not include, “it’s not his court case.
A blow to the image — couldn’t be out of place: his popularity in Britain has only just gone up the hill — after allegedly “persecuted” businessman expanded the range of topics and declined to comment on Brakit.
The audience breathlessly awaits the start of the process, the yellow press — relishes the details. Khodorkovsky himself prefers to remain silent. Second homeland — the United Kingdom gossip is not the best place to wait out the scandal.
