- Putin will not repeat Aleshin's mistake with "Financial
Times" 11/10/2003 19:46
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- President Vladimir Putin made it clear that some western
journalists and politicians are bought buy the Russian oil company YUKOS.
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- According to Putin, this is why some European mass-media
and diplomats asked very certain questions on the situation around YUKOS.
At the press-conference in the end of a cold Russia-EU meeting, Vladimir
Putin gave the following response to the question of a western journalist
concerning the arrest of Khodorkovsky: "I will answer your question,
even though it is not related to interactions between Russia and EU, I
understand that you received an order which you have to serve it"
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- "People who in 5-6 years made billions of dollars
will certainly spend millions, tens and hundreds millions to save themselves;
we know where those money are spent to v which lawyers, publications, politicians
too, to ask questions like that", underlined president.
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- Putin claimed that the State will be "consistent
and rigid" in actions against corruption, despite of a wish of certain
individuals to blackmail the State. "There is no perspective in blackmailing
the government", said Russian president. He also said that the task
of the State lies not in "teaching certain persons", but rather
to fight against corruption, and it is in this context he sees the YUKOS
case. He reminded that together with Khodorkovsky, several top-rank law-enforcement
officials were arrested, and "one of the former Federal Ministers
case is in the Court".
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- Putin also denied popular criticism of the YUKOS situation
based on a claim about "complicated laws", saying that "even
if the laws were complicated, they need to be followed, especially when
crimes against individuals are being conducted, and especially - the murders".
He reminded that in the group arrested during YUKOS investigations, some
people are being accused in murders.
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- Aleksandr Magidovich
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- http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/88/350/11243_yukos.html
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