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From: marifo@cassir.ucsd.edu (Marina N. Fomenkova)
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Are there any fiztehi in Jo'burg, South Africa? (I did not find any
in the info-ruu "Fiztehi abroad" list, but who knows?) Please reply
to mfomenkova@ucsd.edu.
Thanks,
Marina
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Dear INFO-RUSS members,
Our help is urgently needed!
A 10-year-old girl from Hatzor Haglilit is hoping
for a lung transplant in the US to save her life
from a particularly severe form of cystic fibrosis.
For details, see
http://www.jpost.com/News/Article-10.html
Thanks,
Yuri Knizhnik
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Hello,
Sorry guys for breaking this long period of silence,
but I really need this information ASAP.
I need an address (street and number) of the place where
all foreigners who are staying in Russia for more than three
days
must register.
This is not my paranoia, they (Russians) became quite serious
about it since last year.
Please, answer to my e-mail address as well.
Thanks a bunch!
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Alexander B. Kogan Parametric Technology
Corporation
E-mail: kogan@ptc.com 128 Technology Drive, Waltham MA
02453
Voice: (781) 398-5172 Fax: (781)
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From: "Alex Makarov"
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Hi folks!
I am looking for FizTechs in Chicago area,
especialy working for FNAL, ANL
or IITRI. Please let me know, if there are any.
I am Alex Makarov from FFKE, 1981.
My e-mail: alemak@hotmail.com
Thanks and best regards!
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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:27:32 -0600 (CST)
From: "Surguchov, Andrei (314) 747-4430"
Subject: INFO-RUSS: technician, molecular and cellular biology
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Hello, folks,
I am looking for a researech assistant/technician
with experience in the area of molecular and cellular
biology to work in Washington University, St. Louis,
MO. Preferably from St. Louis area. Andrei.
E-mail : surguchov@yahoo.com
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From: "Golubev, Vladimir"
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Subject: INFO-RUSS: experimental flow/acoustics position available
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Dear Dr. Kaplan:
Could you please post the following ad
on the INFO-RUSS broadcast regarding
the position available at Trane Co. Thank you.
Regards,
Vladimir V. Golubev Ph.D.
Computational Aeroacoustics Engineer
Acoustics and Mechanics Technology
The Trane Company
3600 Pammel Creek Road
La Crosse, WI 54601
vgolubev@trane.com
(PhysTech - FALT' '89 graduate)
Acoustics and Mechanics Technology Engineer
Unsteady Flow and Noise Control in Fans, Air-Handlers and Compressors
The Trane Company, a worldwide manufacturer of air conditioning and building
management equipment and systems, has an immediate opening for an Acoustics
and Mechanics Technology Engineer, in its Worldwide Applied Systems Group
located in La Crosse Wisconsin.
This engineering position in Acoustics and Fluid Mechanics will be
responsible for conducting applied research projects on fan and compressor
related noise issues, with emphasis on experimental efforts, consulting on
product development projects related to fans and air-handling products, and
the application of new technology for product sound control.
Candidates will have an MS degree in acoustical, mechanical or aeronautical
engineering, acoustics or engineering mechanics. Completed formal
coursework in acoustics and fluid mechanics is desired. Five years
experience in acoustics, aeroacoustics and/or a related area of unsteady
flows is preferred. Working knowledge in acoustics and structural dynamic
test techniques and dynamic test instrumentation preferred. Must have
excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work
well in a team environment.
We offer a competitive salary, a 401K savings plan with a company match,
anemployee stock ownership plan (ESOP), paid vacation and holidays, dental
and a full menu of medical and life insurance benefits. La Crosse WI, is a
beautiful medium
sized city located on the banks of the Mississippi River that offers an
abundance of educational, recreational and cultural activities and is an
excellent place to live and work. For consideration send resume and salary
history to: The Trane Company, Staff Employment Dept. 1099, 3600 Pammel
Creek Road, La Crosse, WI 54601. or send e-mail to HQStaffEmp@Trane.com.
Trane is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.
You may contact Dr. Vladimir Golubev directly at vgolubev@trane.com
regarding this open position. Please respond ASAP.
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"Skol'ko raz my molchali po vsyakomy,
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05.08.99.
Sleduyushij material, napisannyj Yuliej Kantor - mnogie, naverno, pomnyat ee
ocherk o poezdke v Berdichev - posvyashen antisemitizmu v Peterburge.
PITER SOGLASEN UVIDET' POGROMY
Peterburgskoe TV provelo blits-opros: "Esli nachnutsya pogromy, vy budete
uchastvovat' v nih ili zashitite gromimyh?" Okolo dvuh tretej respondentov
otvetili: "Budem uchastvovat'".
Tot fakt, chto programma, provodivshaya stol' riskovannyj eksperiment, imeet
skandal'nuyu reputatsiyu, a znachit - spetsificheskuyu auditoriyu, uteshaet
slabo. Upomyanutaya peredacha yavlyaetsya odnoj iz samyh populyarnyh na
piterskom TV, i upovat' na uzost' "marginal'nogo" kruga zritelej po men'shej
mere naivno. V pryamom efire gosudarstvennoj kompanii veshal tol'ko chto
osvobodivshijsya posle "otsidki" lider ul'trapatrioticheskoj partii: pod ego
razmyshlizmy i predlagalos' otvetit' na vrode by ritoricheskij vopros.
Ves' sleduyushij den' v korpunkte "Izvestij", kak i v redaktsiyah gorodskih
gazet, razryvalis' telefony. Gorozhane kipeli ot blagorodnogo negodovaniya:
"Nel'zya v efir vypuskat' fashista. . . Rezul'taty oprosa - pozor dlya
Pitera. . . Programma nas oplevala!" S pervymi dvumya tezisami vozmushennyh
sograzhdan trudno ne soglasit'sya. A vot s poslednim neskol'ko slozhnee. Na
ch'ej storone pereves, stalo yasno uzhe cherez neskol'ko minut posle starta
peredachi, I dazhe esli zritel' iznachal'no ne sobiralsya uchastvovat' v
eksperimente, udruchayushie tsifry dolzhny byli zastavit' ego ne molchat'.
Chtoby ne chuvstvovat' sebya oplevannym, vernee,zamazannym korichnevoj
gryaz'yu. Ya interesovalas' u kazhdogo iz desyatkov zvonivshih v
"Izvestiya": "Kogda shel teleopros, vy zvonili v efir?" Utverditel'no
otvetili lish' edinitsy.
Pozvol'te, tak kto zhe vas opleval? Ne sami li? Zapozdalye popytki
"otmazat'sya", uteshit' sebya s pomosh'yu zvonkov v redaktsii bezuspeshny.
Gorod zhdal reaktsii vlasti. Vlast' predpochla intsident proignorirovat', ne
uchtya, chto molchanie v takoj situatsii mozhet byt' istolkovano
opredelennymi sloyami naseleniya kak "znak soglasiya". "Sloi", poutru
kuchkuyas' na Nevskom, imenno tak eto molchanie i traktovali, o chem i
soobshali vo vseuslyshanie. A eshe oni krichali: "Ves' Piter s nami!" Partii
i dvizheniya demokraticheskoj orientatsii iz anabioza ne vyshli.
Avtory riskovannogo teleeksperimenta, konechno,balansirovali na grani fola
ili dazhe za nej. Sam vopros "esli nachnutsya pogromy. . .", zvuchashij s
ekrana, dopuskaet real'nuyu vozmozhnost' takogo razvitiya sobytij i tem
samym provotsiruet. Ne udivlyus', esli v dal'nejshem avtory programmy
predlozhat zritelyam sleduyushij vopros: "V kakih pogromah vy zhelaete
uchastvovat' - armyanskih, chechenskih, evrejskih ili tsyganskih?"
Prelyubopytnaya statistika mozhet poluchit'sya.
Ne stoit vosprinimat' itogi eksperimenta pryamolinejno:razumeetsya, oni ne
dokazyvayut, chto podonkov v severnoj stolitse pochti vdvoe bol'she, nezheli
elementarno poryadochnyh lyudej. Oni lish' naglyadno prodemonstrirovali, kak
mnogo zdes' ravnodushnyh. Pri vsej neodnoznachnosti svoih dejstvij s tochki
zreniya etiki avtory peredachi vyyavili ves'ma trevozhnyj simptom. V oprose
formal'no ne bylo varianta "stanu nablyudat'", no imenno ego vybralo
bol'shinstvo: ottogo i itog okazalsya stol' plachevnym. Lyudi nablyudali za
proishodyashim. Segodnya - za proishodyashim na ekrane. Ob ostavshihsya v
storone "nablyudatelyah" Igor' Severyanin pisal: "Segodnya krasnye, a zavtra
belye - oni bestsvetnye po sushestvu". Imenno "bestsvetnye po sushestvu"
prokladyvayut put' okrashennym v korichnevyj tsvet. Opros piterskogo TV -
nesomnennoe tomu podtverzhdenie.
V etot material gazeta daet nebol'shuyu "vrezku".
Ocherednoj razgrom na kladbishe v Tomske
Shest' nadgrobij byli smeteny s mest na evrejskom kladbishe v Tomske. Pri
etom odin pamyatnik upal i raskololsya, a pyat' drugih okazalis' sdvinutymi
i pokorezhennymi. Nikakih natsistskih ili satanistskih znakov i priznakov
glumleniya na nih ne okazalos'. Nesmotrya na uchastivshiesya v poslednee
vremya po Rossii sluchai vandalizma - razgrom kladbisha v Rubleve,
oskvernenie pamyatnikov vo Vladivostoke, a takzhe iyul'skie sobytiya v samom
Tomske, kogda s obe liska byli sodrany 129 latunnyh tablichek, - sledstvie
poka uvereno, chto domoroshennye natsisty k etomu ne prichastny. Kak
rasskazali "Izvestiyam" v press-sluzhbe UVD Tomska, sejchas
rassmatrivayutsya dve versii prestupleniya: pamyatniki mogli byt' prosto
sluchajno pokorezheny mashinoj spetsavtohozyajstva, razvozyashej groby. A
mozhet byt', proisshedshee - delo ruk huliganov.
LyudmilaKORNETOVA
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 13:00:11 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: INFO-RUSS: Executive Secretary/Office Manager position in Dallas
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Hello, everyone:
We have an immediate opening for a full-time Executive Secretary position
with Dallas division of JDS FITEL, Inc. (Part-time is also possibility)
The duties include:
Travel arrangements
Expense reporting
Scheduling
Filing/organizing
Computer knowledge (using Word processing, sometimes heavily)
Light bookkeeping
The division office is located in northern suburb of Dallas, Richardson,
which is a nice area. JDS FITEL is a Canadian company, very
fast growing, specializing in fiberoptics components. For more
information, please check www.jdsfitel.com
Please submit your resume either by e-mail at jseago@wavelinq.com or by
fax at 972-234-5204. If you know someone interested, feel free to forward
this information.
Best regards,
Dr. E. Poliakov,
JDS FITEL, Inc.
1323 Columbia Dr., Suite 305
Richardson, TX 75081
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:41:53 -0700
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We have two job openings.
Please, send you resumes to
margarita@datranslaors.com
company
A large Russian company is in the process
of opening a small office in San Francisco,
This company is looking for 2 highly motivated people.
1. Marketing/ Purchasing Associate. This position requires a go getter
with a college degree. Various combinations of marketing/chemisty or
chemical engineering knowledge preferred. Working experience in US is
preferred and well as some knowledge of the realities of Russian market.
This job demands excellent writing and other communication skills in
English and good conversational Russian.
2. Administrative Assistant. Front desk, phones, filing, Knowledge of
basic office procedures, and good computer skills. Good writing skills
and good conversational Russia. Work experience in US preferred.
Thank you
Margarita Bekker
margarita@datranslators.com
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GeoTek Engineering, Inc. located in Framingham, Massachusetts, has two
immediate openings.
1. Full charge bookkeeper
Responsibilities include AR, AP, payroll, monthly books closing, etc.
Working knowledge of QuikBooks (Pro, Ver. 6) is very desirable, MS
Word/Excel is a must. Fill-time position, part-time (approx. 30 hours) is
also possible. Flexible schedule.
2. Environmental Engineer / Site Safety and Health Officer
Knowledge of State and Federal regulations on Health and Safety, at least
one year of experience in field work on environmental/contaminated sites,
40 hours of OSHA training is a must. Work is in downtown Boston and
vicinity, mostly on construction sites.
Please reply directly to me.
Julia Sigalovsky
___________________________
Dr. Julia Sigalovsky
GeoTek Engineering, Inc.
40 Speen Street, Suite 204
Framingham, MA 01701
phone 508-872-8495 x11
fax 508-872-8911
web site: www.geotek-eng.com
e-mail: julia@geotek-eng.com
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Dear Info Russers,
We are Chris Hatherly and Tim Cope, two 20 year old Australians who are
currently pursuing our dream of cycling recumbent Bicycles from London to
Beijing, along the way, spending a year of our trip cycling, and climbing
mountains throughout European Russia and the Central and Western parts of
Siberia. One of the main aspects of this journey is our schools program
through which we hope to speak to students from around 50 isolated schools
in Russia and China.
We encourage you all to visit our web-site at
http://www.lisp.com.au/~lbba
give us your comments and suggestions concerning any aspect of the trip and
to broadcast the address to anybody who might take an interest in our
expedition.
Calling for the attention of any Ukrainian Info-Russers or anybody with
friends or contacts in the Ukraine who might be able to help us with an
official invitation (priglaschyenia) from a local visa office (OVIR). Myself
and friend Natalie (Tim is due to join the expedition in September in or
Near Oryel) are presently in Budapest, where the Ukrainian Embassy has
proved 'reluctant' to accept our accomodation confirmations. If anybody
could help us by faxing an invitation in the next day or two, we would be
ever greatful.
Yours Sincerely
Chris Hatherly
Tim Cope
cyclingsiberia@yahoo.com
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Privjet narod,
Eto moyo pis'mo po povodu tornado v Salt Lake City; peredachi po
CNN napugali vseh dazhe bolshe, chem eto bylo v realnosti.
Ja rabotaju i zhivu v Salt Lake City davno, no dazhe nikto iz teh, kto zdes
zhivet vsju zhizn ne pomnjat nichego podobnogo v istorii goroda. Dlja
zhitelei Texas i tornado statov eto mozhet i ne v dikovinku, no sam fakt
tornado v uzkoi doline mezhdu gor i ego tochnoje popadanije v Downtown
predstavljajut soboi nechto iz rjada von vyhodjashee. Nad Salt Lake City
pochti 300 dnei v godu svetit solnze. Edinstvennoje stihiinoje bedstvije,
kotorogo zdes davno zhdut - eto zemletrjasenje. Oni proishodjat zdes s
periodom v neskolko tysjach let i poslednee silnoje bylo tysjach pjat let
nazad.
Ja byl ochen blizko k tomu, chtoby popast pod tornado, poskolku ehal iz
aeroporta domoi na mashine i videl, chto pogoda ne ostavljaet zhelat
luchshego - nebo chernelo na glazah i v solenoje ozero bili molnii. No moi
test' botanik, kotoryj seichas zdes, ochen zainteresovalsja rastushim u
dorogi solonchakom i nas proneslo, v Downtown my popali s opozdaniem na 10
minut. Vpechatlenije ot uvidennogo deistvitelno potrjasajushee. Ja ne
udivljajus, kogda derevja padajut i koren torchit naruzhu. No kogda 200
letnije derevo v obhvat tolshinoi lezhit, a koren v zemle i vidno, chto
derevo bylo skrucheno vrashatelnym dvizheniem kak spichka - eto vpolne
vpechatljajushe. Znamenityi stadion Delta Zentr, gde igraet komanda Jazz,
zakryt na mesjazy, poskolku kryshu s nego sorvalo i ona letala po vozduhu.
Iz blizhaishego restorana sorvalo metallicheskie ostryje listy konstrukzii
kryshi i ispolosovalo imi okolo 70 mashin na sosednei stojanke. Ljudi
podhodili i nachinali zvonit v strahovyje kompanii. Ja podobral neskolko
kuskov i sdelal muzei v nashei Laboratorii. Fotografii ja tozhe sdelal. K
shastju dlja vseh zhitelei tornado bylo ne ochen vysokoi kategorii, pogib
tolko odin chelovek.
Chto osobenno stranno, korotkij put tornado prolegal iskljuchitelno po
napravleniju vseh znachitelnyh objektov LDS zerkvi v gorode. LDS
biblioteka, LDS hram, LDS Assembly construction i LDS hospital okazalis
tochno na prjamoi, po kotoroi guljala stihija. Uvy, Delta zentr okazalsja
na nei zhe. Razumeetsa mestnaja publika reshila etot fakt ne akzentirovat,
no menja eto sovpadenije (razumeetsa sluchainoje) ochen vpechatljaet,
poskolku vse krupnyje biznesy i banki tornado oboshlo storonoi. Odin iz
nashih studentov otpravilsja zhenitsa v hram i nichego ne podozrevaja
vyshel dlja fotografii naruzhu. Teper ego imja vo vseh gazetah, poskolku
etu svadbu sredi letajushih oblomkov, vetok derevjev i prochego hlama oni
zapomnjat nadolgo. 1000 rabochih, kotoryje stroili nechto vrode "Dvorza
sjezdov" poluchili stormovoje preduprezhdenije, no posle tornado oni
sobirali penoplastovyje bloki po vsemu gorodu i teper pytajutsa pochinit
slomannyj kran. Iz gostinizy Wyndham hotel torchali zanaveski, bolshaja
chast stekol byla razbita. Polizija ozepila raion s opozdanijem, no mastaby
povrezhdenija ne byli vidny srazu, i chasto nevozmozhno bylo ponjat, chto
proishodit. Nikogda ne znaesh, gde tebja zastanet stihiinoje bedstvije.
Privjet eshe raz, Sergei Bibikov
bibikov@biology.utah.edu
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Hi everybody,
A friend of mine is looking for a scientist/engineer from Russia/FSU
to work at the Ford Motor Company for about 6 months under the SABIT
program. The program is fully sponsored by Ford, and in the past it
has proven to be successful in creating new joint projects and
interesting collaborations. The details of the project are in the
attached message. I only want to add a few comments. SABIT has been
designed by Ford as an exchange program to expose Russian scientists
to modern US (not necessarily automotive) technology and in return to
capitalize on technology that has been developed in Russia and may not
be widely known to the US industry. This is a *temp* project that will
not result in permanent employment. In fact, Ford strongly encourages
visitors to return to their home country after their stay has expired.
Otherwise, the program is really good. I have known people whose
career made a sharp upward turn after they participated in this
program. If you can think of anybody presently in Russia, who could
qualify for the outlined project and who is willing to spend next
spring and summer in the Detroit area, please let me know.
Thank you,
Timur
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Timur Linde University of Chicago
773-834-3236 (work) Astronomy & Astrophysics
773-834-3230 (fax) 5640 South Ellis Avenue
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To: "'t-linde@uchicago.edu'" ,
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Timur,
Ford/UofM-Dearborn has an internship program for Russian/FSU scientists,
called SABIT. I am looking for someone to come for the next 6 month
period (Feb-Aug). The program provides apartment (paid for except
utilities), car, and pays 1.5K/month stipend. Requirements are Ph.D.,
nominal place of residence and work in Russia (or at least outside the
U.S.) knowledge of English (the person should be able to converse in
English and write papers in English, additional English lessons are
offered as a part of this program - 2 or 3 times a week plus the person
attends management classes at the UofM). After the project completion
it may be possible (although not always the case) to obtain additional
funding from Ford to continue the research started in the course of the
internship.
I am looking for someone who is familiar with game theory and especially
how to solve game problems numerically. We would like to look at
powertrain feasibility studies that require game-theoretic tools and
perhaps even some business modeling applications. Besides working on
specific problems the person should also be able to give a few lectures
on game theory and numerical methods. If you have any recommendations/
nominations, please let me know as soon as possible.
Actually, the specialization or the focus of this project on game theory
is not required absolutely (it is just something that I thought would be
important for us), as long as we can formulate a meaningful project for
this person that is of interest to our group and to the person. If you
have anybody in mind, please send me all contact information and a few
brief lines what the project might look like (if it is different from
game theory and if you know what it may be). I really need this
information as soon as possible !!! - (or at least the contact
info and the areas of specialization)
Thank you very much,
Ilya
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From: Vlad Shkurkin
Subject: INFO-RUSS: Harbin
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Privet trudyashchimsya!
A recently published book (in English) about the
Russian presence in Manchuria may be of interest to
some list participants. It is an expanded doctoral
dissertation from the University of Californiaq, Berkeley.
Wolff, David. "To the Harbin Station. The Liberal
Alternative in Russian Manchuria, 1898-1914."
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1999.
255 pp. ISBN 0-8047-3226-3
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Dust jacket note:
"This outstanding work, the first scholarly history
of the formative years of the city of Harbin, is much
more than urban or regional history. It responds to
a need to understand what generations of men and
women who lived through this stunning experiment,
and who were then scattered around the globe, have
not been able to forget: a unique experience, where
local, national, and world cultures, economies, and
politics intersected." --Thomas Lahusen, Duke University
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Cheers,
Vlad Shkurkin, San Pablo, California
shkurkin@ix.netcom.com
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Dear INFO-RUSS subscribers,
I urgently need to find a reliable immigration attorney
(with e-mail). Experience in hiring Russians is a plus.
My e-mail addresses are "krop@cs.usm.my", "krop@krop.cs.usm.my"
Thank you in advance.
Yuri Kropachev
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From: Krinsky Valentin
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 99 14:34:53 +0200
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Could Russian milliarders start feeling that not all dirty
methods are permitted...):
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Business Week, Aug. 23-30, 1999, p. 31:
Now, Swiss prosecutors are investigating 23 former and current
Kremlin staffers on money - laundering and corruption charges.
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Krinsky Valentin krinsky@inln.cnrs.fr
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Reuters, Thursday August 19 3:13 PM ET
Bank Of NY Says Cooperating On Russian Mob Probe
By Gail Appleson, Law Correspondent
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Bank of New York, reported to have been the channel
for billions of tainted dollars from a Russian crime mob, said Thursday it
was cooperating with a federal money laundering probe.
The probe, reported in the New York Times, involves wealthy Russian crime
boss Semyon Mogilevich whose activities have been monitored by U.S. and
European authorities for at least five years.
The Times article, sourced to unnamed law enforcement officials, said that
from October through March some $4.2 billion passed through one account in
more than 10,000 transactions.
Because the account was kept open to help the investigation by federal
authorities, officials estimated as much as $10 billion may have flowed
through the bank since early last year in what would be one of the largest
money laundering operations ever uncovered in the United States.
The bank said in its statement it had been ``cooperating with the office of
the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in the confidential
investigation of the use of bank facilities to transfer funds from Russia to
other countries''.
``There are no allegations of wrongdoing by the bank. There has been no loss
of customer funds or the bank's own funds. Two employees of the bank who
have been mentioned in the investigation are now on leave pending completion
of the investigation.
``After a thorough investigative effort on our part, confirmed by
independent review, this appears to be an isolated incident.''
The bank would not release names or details of the two employees, but the
New York Times said they were senior officers in the bank's Eastern European
division.
It said they were married to Russian businessmen, one of whom was believed
to have controlled one of the accounts. The paper said the accounts being
investigated had been linked to Mogilevich.
Mogilevich, who is believed to be living in Budapest, was named during a
1996 hearing before a U.S. Senate subcommittee as the leader of one of 25
so-called ``Eurasian'' organized-crime groups operating in the United
States.
A year earlier Britain's National Criminal Intelligence Service said he was
``one of the world's top criminals'' with ''personal wealth of $100
million.'' The report centered on a money-laundering scheme allegedly being
run by Mogilevich- linked companies in Britain.
He is also connected to an ongoing investigation by federal authorities in
Pennsylvania involving defunct magnet maker YBM Magnex, which was based in
suburban Philadelphia but traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
YBM, which authorities said was a money laundering vehicle for Mogilevich,
pleaded guilty in June to securities fraud for cheating investors out of
several hundred millions of dollars.
Last year, trading in YBM stock was halted when federal authorities raided
the firm's headquarters in Newtown, Pa., weeks after the company's
accounting firm raised questions about millions of dollars in transactions
and its ties to Mogilevich.
In charges filed against the company, prosecutors said YBM falsified records
to inflate its value and jack up the price of its stock.
YBM, whose penny stock rose from 10 cents to about $20 a share before the
scheme was detected, is under receivership in bankruptcy court in Canada
where it was incorporated in 1994.
A spokesman for Mary Jo White, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of
New York, said he could not confirm or deny the money laundering probe at
the Bank of New York.
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From: Eugene
Subject: INFO-RUSS: traveler's health insurance?
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Hi all,
I am looking for the temporary health insurance for my
relative who's going to Spain in September. If anyone
had dealt with this matter before, and has any info
(where it can be bought, what exactly I need to look
for), please email.
Thanks !
Eugene
egroy@bigfoot.com
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Reuters, Thursday August 26 1:46 AM ET
Russian Fraud Case At $15 Billion - Report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian organized crime figures
laundered at least $15 billion through two New York banks
at the direction of President Boris Yeltsin's government,
USA Today reported Thursday.
Quoting unidentified senior U.S., British and Russian law enforcement
officials, the newspaper said the money might include $10 billion in
International Monetary Fund loans.
The money was laundered through four accounts at the Bank of New York and
one account at the Republic National Bank, also based in New York, according
to the report. The officials said they do not know where the money is.
The new figure is $5 billion more than previously reported.
The officials told the newspaper all the accounts were under the name of a
company called Benex Worldwide Ltd., which was founded by a leader of
Russia's largest organized crime group.
Officials of Russia's prosecutor general's office and Britain's National
Criminal Intelligence Service said at least five current or former members
of Yeltsin's government, all of whom had access to the IMF money, are being
investigated to determine their roles in laundering the money.
According to the newspaper report, they include Yeltsin's daughter and
adviser Tatyana Dyachenko, his former chief of staff and Finance Minister
Anatoly Chubais and former Finance Minister Alexander Livshits.
Senior officials of Russia's prosecutor general's office told USA Today that
it was ``hard to believe'' that Yeltsin was not involved or at least not
aware of what was taking place.
Russian Finance Minister Mikhail Kasyanov said Wednesday that Russia had
used every cent of IMF aid as agreed and all of it had been accounted for.
Bank of New York has suspended two employees and is cooperating with law
enforcement officials, but there have so far been no allegations of
wrong-doing by the bank itself.
The IMF has launched its own investigation into whether any funds it lent to
Russia may have been misappropriated. But the director of the fund's
department dealing with Russia, John Odling-Smee, defended its record in a
letter to the Wall Street Journal Europe published Tuesday.
``The fact is that IMF loans have been used for legitimate government
purposes, such as helping to finance the budget deficit,'' he said. ``They
have been made in support of economic programs that addressed the basic
problems of the economy.''
USA Today said at least six U.S. government agencies, including the FBI and
the Treasury Department, are investigating the case, along with British
officials.
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Hi all,
Sergei Grigorievich Roman, who was a teacher in Moscow schools
179, 345, 57, has died from a heart attack. He will be buried in
Moscow on Saturday, August 28. He's been a teacher for many
generations of high-school students.
Please feel free to contact me for further information.
Also, if you know people who knew him, please tell them.
Words do not express this loss.
Cema [cema@cs.umd.edu]
[Jul.]
[Aug.]
[Oct.]
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Could anyone recommend good cardiologist in Moscow?
Please reply directly to dmitry@daz.med.upenn.edu
-- Dmitry Gurevich
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Dear INFO-RUSS subscribers,
I am looking for Russian-speaking people in Long Island, NY.
My e-mail addresses are goodtzova@yahoo.com and karinagoodtzova@msn.com
I am a MIFI (Moscow Physics-Engineering institute) graduate (year 1985)
working now for small pharmaceutical company in Freeport, NY.
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KARINAGOODTZOVA@email.msn.com
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Dear friends:
My wife and I are becoming American citizens soon. Next summer we plan to
travel to Russia with an American passport. At the same time, we still have
our expired USSR passports. We are told that the Russian consulate may
refuse to give us a visa until we officially give up the Russian
citizenship. These are speculations, and I would like to hear from somebody
with a real experience. Can we say we are not citizens of Russia because the
passport doesn't mention Russia, but USSR? How expensive is it to give up
the Russian citizenship and how long does it take? What kind of problems
should we expect in our situation?
If you have a story, please email to me at gkalmens@quark-chicago.com.
Thank you.
Yevgeniy Kalmens.
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Dobryj den',
ochen' nuzhen sovet znauschih ludej.
1. Situatsija: roditeli, siduchi v Moskve, vyygrali greenkartu. Ja, siduchi
v Amerike, mogu li na chto-nibud' rasschityvat' (vossoedinenie s sem'ej,
roditeli podaut na menja dokumenty...) - vozmozhno li eto, i kak? prohodil
li kto-to cherez podobnyju situatsiu? suschestvyjut li kakie-to lawery,
kotorye mogut dat' kvalifitsirovannyj sovet imenno v etom zakovyristom
voprose?
2. Znaet li kto-nibud' o kursah optometristov v gorode New Yorke, kotorye by
pozvoljali poluchit' Litsenziu Optometrista v minimal'nye sroki (dlja
glaznogo vracha s ogromnym stazhem). Est' li esche kakie-to spetsializatsii,
kotorye za korotkij srok mozhet poluchit' vrach-oftal'molog iz Rossii (47
let, vremja terjat' nel'zja...)?
Ogromnoe spasibo.
Masha
masha.chkolnik@russellresearch.com
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This message came from a KSP related mailing list.
"KSPUS" kspus@kspus.org
The information is below and what is needed is rather
obvious - donations.
As usual, it would be a good idea if you
ask the fund president or manager
how much of this ear-marked money has been accumulated,
and how it was spent, and report back to this group
(this may help to stimulate further donations).
Dmitry Kleinbock kleinboc@math.rutgers.edu
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Yuli Kim, one of the last living bards-"classics" is seriously ill. At
the present time, he is receiving medical treatment in Israel where he
had been caring for his wife who died of cancer a couple of months ago.
The extent of his own illness was revealed only recently, after he
underwent a serious surgery. Because Kim's prescribed treatment will
last for at least six months during which he will be not be capable of
supporting himself (composing, performing, etc.), he needs our help.
The major problem is not the cost of medical care which is provided to
him for free by the state of Israel. Rather, it's the cost of the
appartment that Kim and his wife rented when they came to Israel hoping
that she could be saved. Because of a continuing treatment, his return
to Moscow (something Kim always planned) is out of question now, so he's
stuck with the apartment which costs much more than he can afford right
now. The money he gets from the government is enough only for food and
basic needs.
Close friends of Kim who know him well say that he will never admit to
anybody that he needs help. So they started making collections with the
modest goal of raising of about $5,000 which will pay for his rent for
the next 6 monts thus temporarily freeing him at least from the
financial worries.
If you are willing to help, please send your checks to:
The Gratitude Fund
535 west 110-th Street, Suite 6E,
New York, NY 10025
Please indicate on your check: for Yuli Kim
All donations are tax deductible. To learn more about "The Gratitude
Fund" (non-profit organization) please go to:
http://home.att.net/~y.fedorov/gfund-main.home.html
Thanks for your support.
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Reuters, Thursday September 9 3:25 PM ET
Moscow Blast Kills 23, Explosives Blamed
By Andrei Shukshin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Security officials said Thursday a powerful
explosive destroyed a Moscow apartment block overnight, killing at
least 23 people in what the city's mayor charged was another
attempt to terrorize Russia's capital.
``A large amount of either an industrially produced explosive
or a mixture of explosive substances blasted at the Guryanov Street
apartment block,'' a spokesman for the FSB domestic security
service told Reuters, dismissing earlier suggestions that gas was to blame.
He declined to say whether the explosive was part of a bomb or was stored in
the block and detonated accidentally, but Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov later
said the blast was in all probability a terrorist attack.
The midnight explosion left a yawning hole in the middle of the nine-story
riverside building, killing at least 23 people and burying more than 50
under the rubble. Rescue teams, hampered by thick smoke, held out little
hope of finding more survivors.
Luzhkov said the blast was most likely a ``terrorist act,'' possibly carried
out by Islamic guerrillas.
``It is possible to say with a high degree of certainty that a terrorist act
happened in Guryanov Street,'' the Interfax news agency quoted Luzhkov as
saying from a grass lawn strewn with chunks of concrete and twisted metal
rods some 200 yards away from the ruined building.
The FSB, a successor body to the Soviet-era KGB, said it had gathered
information from local residents and had sketched pictures of potential
suspects.
``The possibility that anyone is still alive is close to zero because of the
fire,'' an Emergencies Ministry official said.
Fire fighters used hoses to douse ruins still smoldering some 20 hours after
the blast, which damaged 15 nearby buildings leaving over 100 people
homeless.
The explosion in Moscow's southeastern suburbs is the second mystery blast
in the capital in the last 10 days. On Aug. 31, a blast damaged a luxurious
shopping mall in central Moscow next to the Kremlin, killing one and
injuring dozens of people.
No one has claimed responsibility for either explosion.
Luzhkov said experts still had to determine the cause of the latest blast,
but did not rule out the involvement of Islamic rebels fighting Russian rule
in the southern region of Dagestan. The rebels have threatened to commit
terrorist acts in Russia.
Criminal underworld bomb attacks are also common in Moscow.
The Emergencies Ministry, leading the rescue operation, said their teams had
so far rescued 157 injured people, including 16 children. Seventy-three of
those rescued were rushed to hospital, it said.
At the scene, the body of a young woman in her underwear lay in the ruins.
Rescuers gently placed the body of a baby on a stretcher. Workers clawed at
twisted reinforced concrete.
``I was lying in bed when suddenly there was a great roar like thunder,''
said 79-year-old Yevgeny Khlebnikov, who lives nearby and was evacuated to a
cinema. ``The clock flew off the wall, the lamp flew off the table. My son
was in the next room and I heard him call out, 'Are you alive?'''
Another man described how he had to climb from his balcony to a neighbor's
to escape from the building because the explosion had destroyed most of his
own apartment.
Rescuers periodically shut down machinery and stood silently for five
minutes to listen for sounds from survivors before starting the equipment up
again. Sniffer dogs were also used.
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Hi,
I've promised to my collegue to ask this 'Would you know any place named
Biletch or Vilech presumably in Ukraine, Belorussia or Russia?' Send
your replies directly to me.
Thank you in advance,
Greg
Greg Mirsky
Lucent Technologies Internetworking Systems
Phone: (508)460-3355 x224
200 Nickerson Road
Fax: (508)460-3332
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Dear friends,
I have questions concerning the passport exchange in
Russian Embassy in Washington. My wife's passport
expired (she has a Green Card but no PMZh stamp in
her passport); we went to Washington in April 99 and
submitted all the documents. Since that time we have
not heard anything from Russian Embassy and when
we call them they just ask us to wait more. My questions
are:
1) Does anybody know how long it may take to get that
passport and is it 100% guaranteed, i.e. can they refuse
it for some reason?
2) According to the instructions given to us in the Russian
Embassy this passport will have to be stamped in Moscow,
otherwise you can not leave Russia. Has anybody tried
that, what kind of documents do they require in Moscow
for that and how long does it take?
3) Assuming that this passport is going to have that stamp
would my wife still have to get PMZh stamp to leave Russia?
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely, Alexei Bolshakov.
alexe.bolshakov@inteq.com
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Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like to ask You for help with information on applying for Green
Card.
I think that there are many people and organizations that suggest their
help in applying for Green Card, but I still do not know what exactly I
should do to apply for Green Card. Moreover, some people do "tricks"
(they often take money and do nothing or even worse).
Where and when should I send my application?
Is it possible to do it via e-mail?
I would like to ask You to reply as soon as You can.
If there is anything that I can do for You, please let me know.
Dear Sir/Madam,
We would like to use Your service and help to apply for Green Card.
We are 2 families and 3 single individuals who are interested in
applying for Green Card.
First, we would like to ask You to send us any free information on
procedure, deadlines, etc. of application for Green Card.
We do NOT have access to the Internet.
Could You please either e-mail us this information to vadimp@at.dp.ua or
send it by regular mail to
Olexandra Pirozhenko
Asrahanska, 13
320066
Dnipropetrovsk
Ukraine
Thank You in advance.
Olexandra Pirozenko.
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(This is from George Shpak, CEO of the
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To: "vlad vlado"
Subject: Yeltsin's Madness or Silent Coup?
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 13:42:15 +0400
Dear Vlad:
It's just a small analysis about the present situation in Russia.
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The appointment of Vladimir Putin appears to be another of an
endless round of random appointments by Boris Yeltsin. We think it
is of greater, more lasting significance. Putin, a lifetime
operative for the KGB, currently sits on top of Russia's
intelligence apparatus. Unlike the other Yeltsin appointees, he
has an institutional base with a distinct, sophisticated agenda.
Given the converging crises inside of Russia and Yeltsin's
inability to control the situation, we see the appointment of Putin
as part of an attempt by the intelligence and defense communities
to arrest and reverse the catastrophic slide of Russia into the
abyss. Putin may or may not succeed. He has enormous opposition
and problems. But his appointment is moving Russia to a different
place.
On August 9, 1999, Boris Yeltsin fired Sergei Stepashin, his prime
minister of a few short months, and replaced him with Vladimir
Putin, head of the renamed KGB (the FSB) and of the State Security
Council. Putin is the latest of a string of prime ministers
appointed by Yeltsin, none of whom lasted more than a few months.
The obvious question is whether this latest firing and appointment
has any real significance or whether, in the words of Yuri Luzhkov,
Moscow's mayor and contender for national power, this represented
the "continuous, nonstop absurdity of those in power." Or, as
Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and power broker put
it: "It is hard to explain madness."
There are two competing explanations for what is going on in
Moscow. One is that, in the words of Macbeth, "It is a tale told
by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing." Yeltsin
is an old, confused alcoholic, and nothing is happening but his
random whims. Then there is the other explanation, which we
subscribe to, that there is in fact meaning behind the political
maneuverings: a struggle for the soul of Russia between two
insufficiently defined factions, with a third, darker force waiting
in the wings. This view is not in any way incompatible with the
notion that Yeltsin is not in control of his faculties, although we
very much doubt that this is true. Nor is it incompatible with the
idea that there are many other more personal and private issues
involved. History is rarely clear cut. Nevertheless, it is our
view that the emergence of Vladimir Putin represents a breakpoint
in recent Russian history and may well be a defining moment.
Putin's appointment is not like the appointment of his
predecessors. Putin is a different personality who comes directly
from the intelligence community. He has his own bureaucratic power
base, and that power base has its own agenda. We believe that
agenda is increasingly divergent from Yeltsin's and his backers and
followers. Indeed, it is our view that the appointment of Putin is
not simply a new, random action by Yeltsin, as much as it is an
attempt by the intelligence-defense community in Russia to gain
control of a badly deteriorating situation. It is not clear to us,
in fact, whether Yeltsin selected Putin or whether Putin was forced
on Yeltsin.
It is, of course, becoming increasingly difficult to figure out
what is happening in the Kremlin. In the old days of communism,
Kremlinologists, as they were called, worked with the merest scraps
of information trying to figure out who was rising and falling in
power. A politician missing from an official picture, a casual
comment from an apparently drunken diplomat, the wording of a party
proclamation - these were the bare indicators Kremlinologists
worked with, trying to figure out who was in, who was out and why.
It has not quite become that bad, but it has gone a long way in
that direction. Over the past year or so, the Russian political
system has been losing transparency. The constitutional
arrangements have evolved in such a way that the Duma, for all its
bellowing, ultimately rubber stamps Yeltsin's selections.
Decisions on who rises and falls are announced by Yeltsin, but the
fact is that a complex and extremely opaque political process has
emerged behind the Russian presidency, involving a complex
interplay of individuals, groups and social forces. We see the
outcome of the struggles among these forces as officials rise and
fall. We focus on Yeltsin since he is both the president and the
announcer of the winners and losers. It can therefore appear that
Yeltsin is simply and arbitrarily in control. We think this
appearance is an optical illusion. Stepashin said in an interview
a few days after he was fired that he thought that Yeltsin was
forced to dismiss him, because he "refused to serve the interest of
certain groups, which made them realize [he] wasn't pliable." He
went on to say that Yeltsin was not alone in his office when he
fired Stepashin, although he did not say who else was there. We
are returning to the politics of conspiracy. The very difficulty
of figuring out what is going on inside the Kremlin speaks volumes
about the state of democracy in Russia.
As we said, there are two factions competing for power inside the
Kremlin, with another waiting outside the walls. The first
faction, the faction that has dominated Russia since the fall of
Gorbachev, is the Russia of the extreme reformists and
Westernizers. Their intention was to transform Russia into a
constitutional democracy with a functioning market economy. For
them, the very existence of the Soviet Union was an encumbrance,
forcing the more developed regions of Russia to stop and wait for
the less developed ones. Intimately linked to Western academics
and bankers, this revolutionary faction intended to transform
Russia into a modern European state.
The extreme reformists and Westernizers failed. Russia used to be
poor but powerful. Today Russia is much poorer and much less
powerful. At the heart of the reformist failure was Russia's new
reformists.
Money invested in Russia did not turn into capital. It did not
generate more production, but was simply soaked up in consumption
and corruption. In the face of Russia's resistance to effective
structural change, the reformers turned into thieves. Vast amounts
of Western investment and aid were stolen by leading reformers,
moved out of Russia and invested in the West. The breathtaking
extent of this thievery is only now being calculated with some
precision, although the order of magnitude has been known for a
long time.
The second faction might be called Gorbachev's heirs, of whom Putin
is a prime specimen. Putin has spent his career in the state
security apparatus. He rose from a KGB field operative in Germany
to the head of the renamed KGB. Contrary to the popular view of
the KGB as mindlessly brutal, the KGB's cadre was probably the most
educated, well-traveled and sophisticated social group in the old
Soviet Union. By the very nature of their jobs, they were forced
to confront the degree to which the Soviet Union was falling behind
the West technologically and economically. As guarantors of the
regime inside the Soviet Union, they knew better than anyone the
levels of inefficiency, corruption and cynicism that had gripped
the Soviet Union. Along with their counterparts in the upper
reaches of the military, they understood how much trouble the
Soviet Union was in long before Western experts got a sense of it.
Gorbachev was very much their invention. Gorbachev's mission was
to reform the Soviet Union, not dismantle it. He also understood that
intellectual
liberalization was necessary in order to increase economic
efficiency. Finally, Gorbachev understood that Western investment
and technology transfer were essential if the Soviet Union was to
become competitive. It followed from this that the Cold War had to
be ended if the West was to be induced to invest in the Soviet
Union. Gorbachev tried to negotiate an armistice that would leave
the Soviet Union in a position of equality with the West.
What Gorbachev never intended happened. Relieving pressure on the
system meant that the centrifugal forces within the Soviet Union
took over, shredding it along many lines. Soviet institutions were
torn apart. The Gorbachevites tacked with the wind, attaching
themselves to various reform factions. The key thrust of the
Gorbachevites - the radical reform of the economy and Soviet
society - was also the position of Yeltsin and the reformers,
albeit with a Russian focus and an even more radical bent. This
was not intolerable to the Gorbachevites. The subordination of
Russian national interests to the West followed even from
Gorbachev's own strategy of detente in exchange for investment.
Men like Putin could live within the dynamics of Yeltsin's Russia.
Indeed, they would have disappeared invisibly into a reformed
Russia had everything not gone disastrously wrong.
In all of this, one institution remained relatively intact: the
KGB, now renamed the FSB in a purely cosmetic shift. The FSB was
genuinely committed to reform because of its obsession with
national security. The same impulse toward national security
caused the FSB to maintain its old internal and external
infrastructure. The FSB did not dismantle the KGB's
infrastructure. It put parts of it on hold, parts of it in the
deep freeze and continued operating other parts of it. But all of
the structure continued to exist. The KGB, as the leading
reformist faction within the Soviet Union, collaborated comfortably
with the new reformers, both in their legitimate and illegitimate
activities. But in the final analysis, while they shared much with
the reformers, they differed in one fundamental way: they were
Soviet men. They believed, if not in the ideology of the Soviet
Union, then in its imperial mission. Their tentacles ran
throughout the former Soviet Union and into Eastern Europe as well.
So long as reform held out the promise of a greater Russia, they
were prepared to give their loyalty to the reformers. But there
were limits.
Three limits were hit within a short period of time:
1. Kosovo: When Kiriyenko was fired and replaced by Primakov,
another KGB man, Stratfor was able to predict the Kosovo crisis.
It was our view that Primakov would take Russia on a more assertive
course in relation to the West, and as a result, the Serbs would be
encouraged to take greater risks than they had before. When
Primakov was overthrown in the middle of the war, Serbia's
geopolitical position collapsed. Russia essentially abandoned
Serbia under Chernomyrdin's and Stepashin's hands, forcing
including the Pristina airport affair. Stepashin survived, but the
sense of humiliation ran deep in both the military and the FSB.
Most important, it was not clear that Russia was receiving anything
of value in return for its services in Kosovo.
2. In the past few weeks, the crisis in the Caucasus has been
coming unhinged. There was real fear of losing Dagestan. Giving
up the Soviet Union was one thing. Allowing Russia itself to
disintegrate was another. Stepashin clearly had no clear-cut idea
about what to do with that crisis. Given Russia's economic
problems, the inability to contain that crisis could have led to
disintegration.
3. The West was about to find out just how much money had been
stolen by Russian oligarchs under the reform regime. The
revelation in the New York Times of the Bank of New York's role in
money laundering in Russia was just the tip of the iceberg. The
vast amounts of diverted money were now going to come to light.
With that revelation, any hope of further investment, loans or aid
to Russia had gone out the window. Paradoxically, the same people
that the West liked to deal with, the reformers, were precisely the
ones who would be shown to have been most deeply involved in the
theft of the century. The justification for their presence - that
men like Chernomyrdin were known and trusted by the West - was
about to be turned on its head. The reformers were the last ones
to be trusted by anyone.
Putin, even more than Primakov, represents the return of the
Gorbachevite - men interested in reform as a means to preservation
of the state apparatus and the national interest. Putin struck
quickly. The Swiss bank accounts of Berezovsky, a leading oligarch
closely tied to Yeltsin, were frozen while criminal investigations
moved forward. A massive military force was gathered around
Dagestan, including air power. Significantly, Putin announced that
these soldiers would be paid the same amount as troops in Kosovo:
US$1,000 a month for privates, not the US$100 promised and
frequently not paid. Russia began raising the specter of Russian
troops not remaining under NATO command and instead collaborating
with Serb forces in order to protect Kosovo Serbs from the KLA.
Russia began building pressure on the Baltics. Russia condemned
and threatened Latvia on human rights violations concerning Russian
citizens in Latvia. Russia cut off energy supplies to Lithuania.
On August 25, Boris Yeltsin will visit Beijing to hold a summit
with Jiang Zemin. Topics to be discussed include military
cooperation, Kosovo and other issues, according to ITAR-TASS. We
remain more convinced than ever that an alliance between the two
countries will eventually emerge. With Putin as prime minister we
are further convinced of this fact, even though officially his
portfolio only concerns domestic matters.
The reason for our conviction is the third faction we alluded to
earlier as the "darker force": Zhirinovsky and the Communists. The
current situation in Russia is intolerable and cannot continue.
The idea that somehow this will remain the permanent condition in
Russia is absurd. Russia has its periodic flirtations with the
West and Western culture and then invariably returns to its own
course. The debate now is how far in the anti-Western direction
Russia will swing. Putin represents a moderate anti-Western
faction. He will assert the Russian national interest both within
the former Soviet Union and globally. But he is a Gorbachevite.
He understands the need for Western investment and technology. He
will not simply impose blockade and conflict. But there are others
outside the Kremlin walls who are far more anti-Western and are
less interested in economic development. If Putin fails, the
deluge nears.
But Putin has strong cards. He owns the famous personal files on
everyone. He knows where the money has gone, he knows who has
taken it, and he even knows how to get some of it back. If Yeltsin
decides to fire Putin, Putin may not be as willing to go as were
Stepashin, Primakov or Kiriyenko. He has his own cards to play and
they include some very high ones. He also has cards to play in the
West. He remembers the old Soviet principle of linkage. If you
threaten Cuba, we threaten Berlin. He is already orchestrating his
Baltic card and his China card. But his best card is the money
card. He knows where it went. Whether he tells or doesn't tell
will effect individuals and countries.
We can't be sure, of course, but Putin is a man who looks like he
has staying power. A coup involves illegality. There was nothing
illegal here. But we think something definitive has happened in
Russia. Putin is not just another pretty face. The KGB is sitting
in the prime minister's chair. To put it differently: having
forced Primakov out of the chair, the shadow forces fighting the
KGB in the Kremlin lost another round, and put the boss himself in
charge. Yeltsin announced to anyone who would listen that he is
healthy and doesn't need hospitalization. That may be true. But
it isn't clear that he is still in charge.
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Reuters, Sunday September 12 11:59 PM ET
Blast Destroys Eight-Story Moscow Building
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A blast ripped through an eight-story building in
a southern Moscow suburb early Monday, the Emergencies Ministry said.
NTV commercial television said at least 11 people had been killed in
the explosion, which came four days after a similar blast described
by Russian officials as a ``terrorist act'' killed 94 people.
``I can confirm there has been an explosion. It is too early to speak of
casualties,'' an Emergencies Ministry spokesman told Reuters of Monday's
blast.
He added that the building was located on the busy Kashirskoye highway just
south of central Moscow.
Interfax news agency called the latest blast ``a new act of terrorism,''
adding that some 30 ambulances had rushed to the scene.
Itar-Tass news agency said the building had been razed to the ground by the
blast, which occurred at about 5 a.m.
Moscow's Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said Sunday that last Thursday's explosion,
which killed 94 people, injured more than 200 and destroyed a block of
flats, was a deliberate terrorist act.
Luzhkov, speaking live on NTV, accused separatists from Russia's breakaway
Chechnya region of responsibility for Thursday's blast.
Russia has been battling to crush a Chechen-led armed revolt in its southern
region of Dagestan since early August.
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Reuters, Monday September 13 10:47 AM ET
Soviet Spy Scandal Could Net Thousands
By Lindsey Griffiths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's sensational spy scandal
mushroomed Monday when the man at the center of the intrigue said his
revelations would unmask thousands of Soviet agents worldwide.
The claim came as the Labour government ordered an investigation into what
began as a tale of a communist granny and a Romeo policeman -- both unlikely
Soviet agents -- and is turning into Britain's worst espionage scandal for a
generation.
``There are thousands (of agents identified) but of course they extend
around the world,'' Christopher Andrew, a Cambridge academic and co-author
of ``The Mitrokhin Archive: the KGB in Europe and the West,'' told Reuters.
``Absolutely nobody who spied for the Soviet Union in any part of the world
between the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 and the mid-1980s can be certain
that his or her secrets are safe.''
The book, which is being serialized in the Times of London newspaper,
constitutes Britain's biggest security lapse for decades. And while the
evidence, which was gathered by a lone KGB dissident, has thus far centered
on Britain, Andrew made it clear the implications would reverberate
worldwide.
``The FBI says that it's the single most important and comprehensive
intelligence source ever obtained by any individual,'' Andrew said in an
interview.
The dissident, Vasili Mitrokhin, had access to all the files in KGB foreign
intelligence and squirreled away data for 12 long years before smuggling it
out of Moscow in 1992, he said.
``That has current as well as historical consequences because the only way
that you keep the loyalty of your current agents and the only way you can
make a pitch for new ones is if people believe that you can keep their
secrets,'' said Andrew.
He said the number of spies to be unmasked in Britain was ''well into double
figures'' and numbered two former Labour members of parliament, Tom Driberg
and Raymond Fletcher, both now dead.
Driberg, a homosexual, was recruited in 1956 in a public toilet in Moscow,
he said, showing that truth in the world of spies is often stranger than
fiction.
Indeed, the entire scandal read like a second-rate spy novel, with agents
trained in love-making by Russian beauties and booby-trapped sabotage kits
hidden in Swiss fields.
``Home Secretary Jack Straw has asked...for a report on these revelations,''
a spokesman for the Home Office (interior ministry) said.
Prime Minister Tony Blair's office said Straw would make a statement Monday.
It said Blair knew nothing of the scandal until the revelations appeared in
the Times.
Britain has not seen such a spy scandal since the unmasking of a Cambridge
spy ring, dubbed the Magnificent Five by the KGB, a generation ago.
So far the revelations have focused on two agents: a crooked policeman and
an ideological great grandmother.
John Symonds -- a former officer in Scotland Yard's porn squad -- was
alleged to have worked for the KGB for more than 10 years and slept with
employees of British embassies to extract secrets.
``I was taught how to be a better lover,'' Symonds told BBC television. ``I
was taught by two extremely beautiful girls.''
His unmasking followed that of 87-year-old Melita Norwood, who passed atomic
secrets to Moscow for more than 40 years, helping to give Moscow a vital
edge in the arms race.
Norwood's daughter, Anita Ferguson, was astounded to learn of her mother's
secret past, but said she couldn't blame her.
``It seems out of character really. As she says herself, she doesn't really
approve of spying but her views are very strong and she was able to do it,''
Ferguson said. ``She is as she is. And in many ways she's a good person.''
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Privet, folks,
This is a report from STRATFOR Inc.
Publications (the same source as for the
previously broadcated here report
"Yeltsin's Madness or Silent Coup?").
The STRATFOR address can be found at the bottom
of this posting.
Best, Boris
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STRATFOR.COM
Global Intelligence Update
September 10, 1999
Checkmate Nears for Yeltsin
Summary:
Russian President Boris Yeltsin has now been directly
implicated in one of several corruption scandals currently
engulfing the Kremlin. Despite rumors, Yeltsin is unlikely to
resign from office over the scandals, retaining presidential
immunity. This immunity will soon evaporate, however, with
presidential elections scheduled for next May, leaving him three
choices - flee the country, choose a sympathetic successor, or
declare a state of emergency, canceling the elections. The latter
would provide the ultimate justification - in Russia and abroad -
for his removal and the purge of his allies.
Analysis:
Amid a storm of scandals engulfing his administration, Russian
President Boris Yeltsin has long been suspected of being personally
involved in illegal activity. His presumably biased Russian
political foes have accused Yeltsin of wrongdoing, leaving rumors
to float freely in international circles. But now, according to the
September 8 edition of the Washington Post, Swiss investigators
have directly linked Yeltsin to one of the burgeoning number of
Russian corruption scandals - to the tune of $1 million. The Post
cited law enforcement authorities investigating the Mabetex scandal
as alleging the Swiss construction firm provided credit cards for
Yeltsin and his two daughters, backed up by $1 million deposited in
a Hungarian bank account. Yeltsin himself reportedly denied the
allegations during a September 8 telephone conversation with U.S.
President Bill Clinton.
For the time being, the alleged bribe is less important than the
fact that Yeltsin has been unambiguously linked to the scandal.
Already most of the group of close Yeltsin advisors, senior
administration members and supporters collectively known as the
"Family" are under investigation for alleged involvement in one or
more of the major scandals now facing the Kremlin
[ http://www.stratfor.com/SERVICES/GIU/090299.ASP ]. These include
allegedly laundering billions of dollars - some possibly from IMF
loans - through New York banks, using IMF funds for international
currency market speculations, skimming profits from the state
airline Aeroflot, and accepting bribes from Mabetex.
The Russian officials, their family members and friends under
investigation now number nearly 800. Moreover, investigators are
reportedly uncovering links between the scandals, effectively
painting the whole Yeltsin administration as one boundless
kleptocracy. With Yeltsin himself under investigation, the question
immediately rises, will he remain in office for the duration of his
term and if so, what then?
Yeltsin has a few options - none of them good. He is unlikely to
step down before the end of his term. Under the Russian
constitution Yeltsin is immune from prosecution as long as he
remains in office. In addition, retaining the presidency keeps
levers at his disposal with which he can interfere in the
investigations. He has already apparently used those levers,
attempting to dismiss Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov and
"reassigning" investigator Georgy Chuglazov just before he was to
travel to Switzerland to review evidence in the Mabetex case. The
Duma could attempt to impeach Yeltsin, but the Duma's previous
failed attempt took 10 months from initial discussion to final
vote. With Duma elections slated for December and presidential
elections scheduled for next May, there is little time for formal
proceedings.
Assuming Yeltsin has no desire or intention to submit himself for
prosecution, he has three options before next year's presidential
election. He can flee the country - a risk with no guarantees,
considering the Russian security services. The security apparatus
is apparently fueling these scandals and would no doubt be watching
for such a move.
Alternately, he could attempt to affect the election of a
sympathetic successor who might theoretically protect him once his
immunity ends. Yeltsin's ability to pick his successor, however,
has been eroded by Russia's dismal economic situation and the
snowballing scandals. Public support from Yeltsin is generally
considered to be a political kiss of death.
Moreover, he will be tempted to try to cast the blame on others in
order to shake off the scandals and regain the ability to influence
the vote in his favor. He will most likely point to the Family
itself. Kremlin property manager Pavel Borodin is a leading suspect
in the Mabetex scandal, and thus a possible target for redirected
recrimination. Presidential Chief of Staff Alexander Voloshin is
another potential scapegoat, with rumors already floating in Russia
that he is due to lose his job.
The problem with this strategy is the possibility of Family members
striking back, especially if they feel taking the blame is more
than a mere formality. When oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky began to
take heat for the Bank of New York money laundering allegations, he
quickly suggested that the money transfers could have been an
attempt by Russian leaders to save their personal fortunes in
advance of economic collapse. This allegation fed a new
investigation of some 780 Russian officials - including Anatoly
Chubais - for possible illegal insider trading of government
securities.
Unable to flee or to ensure his security through a loyal successor,
Yeltsin is left only with "extra-constitutional" measures with
which to attempt to save himself. His political foes have already
warned that Yeltsin could attempt to use the conflict in Dagestan
or bombings in Moscow as justification for declaring a state of
emergency and indefinitely postponing the December Duma and/or the
May presidential elections.
This may be just what those in the security apparatus have in mind.
Rather than take extra-constitutional steps of their own against
Yeltsin, they may simply let him bring himself and his allies down.
In the short term, Yeltsin and the Family are consumed with the
allegations, unable to do much beyond look to their own survival.
This hands control of domestic issues to those in the
administration outside Yeltsin's inner circle and untainted by the
scandals, notably Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister
Igor Sergeyev and Interior Minister Vladimir Rushailo.
Additionally, Yeltsin's foes can only benefit by letting the Family
publicly feed on itself. Not only are the scandals fully
discrediting Yeltsin and the Family, but also Yeltsin's allies in
the West, who for their own reasons are downplaying the
allegations. The West is being accused of contributing to and
benefiting from the Yeltsin regime's corruption, while
simultaneously abandoning him and attempting to demean Russia by
spreading allegations of corruption.
What has emerged is a picture of a duplicitous West and its
thieving cronies in the Kremlin. Yeltsin is unable to protect
himself constitutionally past the presidential elections next May.
His few interim options are self destructive, further discrediting
the Family and his Western allies. All that remains, short of
fleeing in the night or surrendering to prosecution, is to cancel
the elections. This attempt to circumvent the constitution would
provide the final justification - in Russia and abroad - for
whatever steps are subsequently taken to remove Yeltsin from
office. Checkmate.
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Privet, drusja!!!
Mne nuzno snyat' kvartiry v Israile chastnym
obrasom na neskolko nedel.
Ne mozhete li svyazat' menya s lyud'mi
kto gotov sdat' kvartiru?
Zhdu otveta,
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Hi!
Does anyone have experience in receiving
an employment authorization from INS?
Is it like an interview with some question asked
or you just have to come in person and bring
your documents, and INS would give the authorization
with no question asked?
By the way is it going to be a problem
if russian passport is expired?
I would be grateful for any information.
Greg
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2000-2001 GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US SCHOLARS
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INDIVIDUAL ADVANCED RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Grants of two to twelve months for US scholars conducting research at
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provides key on-site, long-term research opportunities for both doctoral
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on these regions for the benefit of the academic and policy communities.
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FULBRIGHT SENIOR SCHOLAR PROGRAM
Beginning in fall 1999, IREX will be cooperating with the Council for
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"The Village Voice" May 20 - 26, 1998
by Robert i. Friedman
http://www.villagevoice.com/features/9821/friedman.shtml
The Most Dangerous Mobster in the World
According to the FBI and Israeli Intelligence,
Semion Mogilevich Rules Over an Arms-Trafficking,
Money-Laundering, Drug-Running, and Art-Smuggling 'Red Mafia'
In two posh villas outside the small town of Ricany, near
Prague, one of the most dreaded mob families in the world
savagely murders its terrified victims. The mob's young
enforcers, trained by veterans of the Afghanistan war, are infamous
for their extreme brutality. Their quarry, usually businessmen
who have balked at extortion demands, are repeatedly stabbed
and tortured, then mutilated before they are butchered. The
carnage is so hideous that it has scared the daylights out of
competing crime groups in the area.
The torture chambers are run by what international police
officials call the Red Mafia, a notorious Russian mob family that
in only six years has become a nefarious global crime cartel.
Based in Budapest, it haskey centers in New York,
Pennsylvania, Southern California, and as far away as New Zealand.
The enigmatic leader of the Red Mafia is a 52-year-old
Ukrainian-born Jew named Semion Mogilevich. He is a shadowy
figure known as the ''Brainy Don''--he holds an economics
degree from the University of Lvov--and until now, he has never
been exposed by the media. But the Voice has obtained hundreds
of pages of classified FBI and Israeli intelligence documents
from August 1996, and these documents--as well as recent
interviews with a key criminal associate and with dozens of law
enforcement sources here and abroad--describe him as someone
who has become a grave threat to the stability of Israel and
Eastern Europe.
''He's the most powerful mobster in the world,'' crows Monya
Elson, who is listed in classified documents as one of
Mogilevich's closest associates and partners in prostitution and
money laundering rings. The Brighton Beachbased Elson, who
once led a pack of thugs and killers known as Monya's Brigada,
is currently in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower
Manhattan awaiting trial for three murders and numerous extortions.
In July 1993,after Elson was grievously wounded by rival
mobsters in a bloody shoot-out outside his Brooklyn apartment
building, Mogilevich spirited him out of the country. Mogilevich
then set up his Russian Jewish refugee friend in an alleged
massive money-laundering scheme in Fano, Italy, where he was
eventually arrested and extradited back to America.
Elson, an integral part of the Red Mafia, had been one of the
most feared mobsters in Brighton Beach, ground zero for Russian
organized crime in America, which has exploded here following
perestroika.
''If I tell on Mogilevich, Interpol will give me $20
million,'' boasted Elson. ''I lived with him. I'm his partner,
don't forget. We are very, very close friends. I don't mean
close, I mean very, very close. He's my best friend.''
Nevertheless, after extensive interviews over the course of the
last six months, Elson ultimately confirmed some of the details
about Mogilevich contained in the classified FBI and Israeli
documents.
Allegations of Mogilevich's devilish array of criminal
activities are extensively detailed in the reports:The FBI
and Israeli intelligence assert that he traffics in nuclear
materials, drugs, prostitutes, precious gems, and stolen art.
His contract hit squads operate in the U.S. and Europe. He
controls everything that goes in and out of Moscow's Sheremetyevo
International Airport, a ''smugglers' paradise,'' says
Elson. Mogilevich bought a bankrupt airline in a former
Central Asian Soviet republic for millions of dollars in cash so he
could haul heroin out of the Golden Triangle. Most worrisome
to U.S. authorities is Mogilevich's apparently legal
purchase of virtually the entire Hungarian armaments industry,
jeopardizing regional security, NATO, and the war against terrorism.
In one typical criminal deal, Mogilevich and two Moscow-based
gangsters sold $20 million worth of pilfered Warsaw Pact weapons
from East Germany, including ground-to-air missiles and 12
armored troop carriers, according to the classified Israeli and FBI
documents. The buyer was Iran, says a top-level U.S. Customs
official who requested anonymity.
In another deal, an FBI informant told the bureau that one of
Mogilevich's chief lieutenants in Los Angeles met two Russians from
New York City with Genovese crime family ties to broker a scheme to
dump American toxic waste in Russia. Mogilevich's man from
L.A. said the Red Mafia would dispose of the toxic waste in the
Chernobyl region, ''probably through payoffs to the decontamination
authorities there,'' says a classified FBI report.
Mogilevich is particularly intrigued by art fraud. In early
1993, he reached an agreement with the leaders of the powerful
Solntsevskaya crime family in Moscow to invest huge sums of
money in a joint venture: acquiring a jewelry business in
Moscow and Budapest. The business, according to classified
FBI documents, was to serve as a front for the acquisition of
jewelry, antiques, and art, which the Solntsevskaya mob had stolen
from churches and museums in Russia, including the Hermitage
in St. Petersburg. The gangsters also robbed the homes of art
collectors and even broke into synagogues in Germany and Eastern
Europe to steal rare religious books and Torahs.
Mogilevich's operation, again in collusion with the Solntsevskaya
mob, also purchased a large jewelry factory in Budapest.
Russian antiques, such as Faberge eggs, are sent to Budapest for
''restoration.'' Mogilevich's men ship the genuine Faberge eggs to
an unwitting Sotheby's auction house in London for sale, then
send fake Faberge eggs as well as other ''restored'' objects back
to Moscow.
Mogilevich's early years are murky. Soviet authorities first
learned of his criminal activities in the 1970s, when he
was a member of the Liubertskaya crime group that operated in the
Moscow suburb of the same name. He was involved in petty thefts
and counterfeiting.
But Mogilevich made his first millions fleecing fellow Jews. In
the mid 1980s, when tens of thousands of Jewish refugees were
hurriedly immigrating to Israel and America, Mogilevich made
deals to buy their assets--rubles, furniture, and
art--cheaply, promising to exchange the goods for fair
market value and send refugees the proceeds in ''hard''
currency. Instead, he sold their valuables and pocketed the
considerable profits.
In the 1980s, he established a petroleum import-export company,
Arbat International, and registered it in Alderney, one of
the Channel Islands, which is known to be a tax haven. One of
his partners--with a quarter share of the company--was
Vyacheslav Ivankov, the legendary Russian criminal who in March
1992 became Godfather of the Russian mob in America. Ivankov
was convicted in 1996 of extorting two Russian-born Wall
Street stockbrokers. He now resides in Raybrook, a Federal
prison in upstate New York.
In early 1990, Mogilevich fled Moscow, as did many other dons,
to avoid the gangland wars that were then roiling the capital.
Mogilevich and his top henchmen settled in Israel, where they
received Israeli citizenship. He ''succeeded in building a
bridgehead in Israel'' and ''developing significant and influential
[political] ties,'' says an Israeli intelligence report.
Mogilevich is married to a Hungarian national, Katalin Papp.
That marriage allowed him to legally emigrate to Budapest,
Hungary, in 1991, where he began to build the foundations of his
global criminal empire. He bought a string of nightclubs in Prague,
Riga, and Kiev--called the ''Black and White Clubs''--that
has become one of the world's foremost centers of prostitution.
Monya Elson is a partner in the clubs, according to his own
admission and classified FBI documents. The Black and White
Club in Budapest became the hub of Mogilevich's operations. He
quickly built a highly structured criminal organization, in the
mode of a traditional American mafia family. Indeed, many of the
organization's 250 members are his relatives.
To the consternation of international law enforcement
officials, Mogilevich began to legally purchase much of Hungary's
arms industry. The legitimate companies he bought include:
* Magnex 2000: a giant magnet manufacturer.
* Digep General Machine Works: an artillery shell, mortar, and fire
equipment manufacturer, which was financed by a $3.8 million loan
from the London branch of Banque Francaise De L'orean.
* Army Co-op: a mortar and anti-aircraft gun factory. Army
Co-op was established in 1991 by two Hungarian nationals, both in
the local arms industry, who were looking for a partner. Mogilevich
has bought 95 per cent of Army Co-op through another Channel
Island holding company, Arigon, Ltd., and also deals extensively
with the Ukraine, selling oil products to the Ukrainian railway
administration.
These transactions enabled the Mogilevich organization to become
a direct owner of the Hungarian armaments industry. In 1994, he
purchased a license enabling him to buy and sell weapons. Now a
legitimate armaments manufacturer, one of his companies participated
in at least one arms exhibition in the U.S., where it
displayed mortars modified by Israel.
Like mob bosses everywhere, Mogilevich couldn't sustain his
empire without the help of corrupt police and politicians.
There is one documented example of a criminal associate of
Mogilevich mingling with American politicians. In March 1994,
Vahtang Ubiriya, one of Mogilevich's top lieutenants, was
photographed by the FBI at a tony Republican Party fundraiser in
Dallas, says an FBI report. Ubiriya, a high-ranking official
in the Ukrainian railway administration, has a prior
conviction for bribery in the Ukraine.
In Europe and Russia, the ''corruption of police and public
officials has been part of the Semion Mogilevich Organization's
modus operandi,'' says a classified FBI document. ''The
corruptive influence of the Mogilevich organization apparently
extends to the Russian security system. During 1995, two
colonels from Department of the Russian Presidential Security
Service . . . traveled to Hungary under commercial cover to meet
with Mogilevich . . . seeking information for use in the
Russian political campaign.'' An Israeli associate of Mogilevich
met with the two colonels and provided intelligence. Mogilevich
also paid off a Russian judge to secure Vyacheslav Ivankov's early
release from a Siberian prison, where he was doing hard time for
robbery and torture, according to U.S. court records and classified
FBI documents.
On April 28, the German national television network ZDF reported
that the BND (the German intelligence agency) had entered
into a secret contract with Mogilevich to provide information
on the Russian mob. The charges were made by several sources,
including Pierre Delilez, a highly regarded Belgium police
investigator who specializes in Russian Organized Crime. Because
of this deal with the BND, police in Belgium, Germany, and Austria
have complained that it is now impossible to investigate the
''Brainy Don.'' If the television report is accurate, one possible
motive for BND's deal, says a U.S. law enforcement expert on
the Russian mob, is that the Germans recently ''pulled their
people out of Moscow because they didn't like the level of
cooperation they were getting from the Russian authorities on
the Russian mob.'' Gangsters, said this source, often talk to
intelligence agencies about their rivals.
Mogilevich's main activity in the U.S. appears to be money
laundering, says a classified FBI report. He has set up companies
in Los Angeles--FNJ Trade Management--and Newton,
Pennsylvania--YBM Magnex International--as well as dozens
of shell companies, which have received more than $30 million
from Arigon,