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18-11-03, 17:14
Berezovsky Goes Mental:
Berezovsky: Swiss Case Is Anti-Semitic
Tuesday November 18, 2003 3:46 AM
By NAOMI KOPPEL
Associated Press Writer
GENEVA (AP) - Exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky said Monday that the opening of a Swiss money-laundering investigation against him is an ``anti-Semitic act.''
``Swiss authorities tries to hide the crime of the Nazis in Swiss banks. I think it is just a continuation of the same game,'' Berezovsky, who is Jewish, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from London.
The office of Swiss Federal Prosecutor Valentin Roschacher confirmed Sunday that it has opened the investigation, which is linked to Russian claims that Berezovsky and an associate defrauded a Russian regional government of the equivalent of $13 million during the mid-1990s by stealing cars from Russia's largest automaker, AvtoVaz.
``I don't believe that it was an independent decision of the prosecutor,'' Berezovsky said. ``I have direct evidence that the prosecutor got false information from Russia knowing that it was false and used this information to cooperate with Russia on the basis of false information.''
He denied all the accusations.
Andrea Sadecky, spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office, refused to comment because there is a criminal investigation underway.
``We want to speak to Mr. Berezovsky, but as part of the investigation, not through the media,'' she said.
There have been long-standing allegations of corruption against Berezovsky, including that he helped funnel hundreds of millions of dollars in profits from the national airline Aeroflot to Swiss front companies.
The Swiss handed over vast amounts of documents to Moscow in the case, but Russian authorities abruptly closed their investigation in late 1999.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3400399,00.html
lol ja.. ik ga me voortaan ook jood noemen.. en wanneer de politie me dan ooit oppakt... dan is dat dus anti-semitisme!
Berezovsky: Swiss Case Is Anti-Semitic
Tuesday November 18, 2003 3:46 AM
By NAOMI KOPPEL
Associated Press Writer
GENEVA (AP) - Exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky said Monday that the opening of a Swiss money-laundering investigation against him is an ``anti-Semitic act.''
``Swiss authorities tries to hide the crime of the Nazis in Swiss banks. I think it is just a continuation of the same game,'' Berezovsky, who is Jewish, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from London.
The office of Swiss Federal Prosecutor Valentin Roschacher confirmed Sunday that it has opened the investigation, which is linked to Russian claims that Berezovsky and an associate defrauded a Russian regional government of the equivalent of $13 million during the mid-1990s by stealing cars from Russia's largest automaker, AvtoVaz.
``I don't believe that it was an independent decision of the prosecutor,'' Berezovsky said. ``I have direct evidence that the prosecutor got false information from Russia knowing that it was false and used this information to cooperate with Russia on the basis of false information.''
He denied all the accusations.
Andrea Sadecky, spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office, refused to comment because there is a criminal investigation underway.
``We want to speak to Mr. Berezovsky, but as part of the investigation, not through the media,'' she said.
There have been long-standing allegations of corruption against Berezovsky, including that he helped funnel hundreds of millions of dollars in profits from the national airline Aeroflot to Swiss front companies.
The Swiss handed over vast amounts of documents to Moscow in the case, but Russian authorities abruptly closed their investigation in late 1999.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3400399,00.html
lol ja.. ik ga me voortaan ook jood noemen.. en wanneer de politie me dan ooit oppakt... dan is dat dus anti-semitisme!