Pastor je napisao/la: 12.12.2020., 17:29
Smiješno je to etiketiranje. Američki (zapadnjački) milijarderi su filantropi, a Ruski su oligarsi (ne znam ni koji qrac to znači). A svi koji su toliko besramno bogati su do toga došli muljanjem. Pa i taj Rus Mazepin vodi uspješnu firmu, čim je toliko bogat...
Zato što su ti ruski oligarsi došli do svog bogatstva kao i ovi naši balkanjerosi u privatizaciji tijekom pada komunizma. Neki su u nas na partijama tenisa dobili lijepe firme i bogatstva, a znamo koliko je njih imalo benefite od raznih vlada i politike.
Pa tako i Dmitry Mazepin, otac Nikite. Evo malo o njegovom bogatstvu i kontroverzama:
Mazepin was accused of conflicts of interest during his stint at the Russian Government Property Fund, as he was also on the board of several enterprises at the time, including Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard and Kuzbassugol Coal Company, which he allegedly privileged in corporate disputes with competitors.[34]
In the mid-2000s, Dmitry Mazepin became embroiled in a conflict around Gazprom assets. The assets were divested by Nikolay Gornovsky, CEO of Gazprom subsidiary Mezhregiongaz, in late 2002, without permission or knowledge of the Gazprom management. Part of these assets ended up in Mazepin's possession some time after that. In 2006, Gazprom was able to recover the assets, including an 18% equity stake in Azot Chemicals Company.[35][36][37]
Starting from 2007, Mazepin has been regularly accused of attempting to use "raider methods" to take over Togliattiazot (TOAZ), a public company where he has been consistently persecuting the executives. TOAZ CEO Sergey Makhlai accused Mazepin of making personal threats against himself. According to Makhlai, Mazepin threatened him with instigating a criminal investigation against him unless he agreed to Mazepin's terms for selling TOAZ to Mazepin.[38][39][40][41]
Since Uralchem became a minority shareholder of TOAZ with a 7.5% stake in 2008, the company leadership has accused the Makhlai family of large-scale fraud involving selling its product, primarily ammonia and urea, to a foreign distributor at below market prices.[42][43][44] According to Russian investigations, the scheme allegedly took place between 2008 and 2011 and involved Swiss-based Nitrochem Distribution AG, which bought the product at low prices before selling it on at market value. Investigators estimated that Uralchem had sustained up to $500 million worth of damage as a consequence.[44]
Although Sergey and Vladimir Makhlai denied these accusations, they were in July 2019 sentenced in absentia to prison terms, along with their collaborators, Togliattiazot's former CEO Evgeny Korolev and their Swiss partners Andreas Zivy and Beat Ruprecht.[45] The court also sentenced them to pay a compensation of 10 billion rubles to Uralchem and 77 billion rubles to Togliattiazot.[45]
A 2014 news story published in Russian daily Izvestia claimed that Mazepin planned to acquire Odessa Port Plant, a major Ukrainian chemical asset.[46][47] Mazepin has denied that he or Uralchem harbor any interest in the asset.[48]
Uralkali made a buyback offer for 14% of its stock in May 2015.[49] Market observers speculated at the time that the buyback would make it easier for Mazepin to merge Uralkali and Uralchem, which would make Mazepin the largest shareholder.[49][50][51]
S druge strane, evo kako je Lawrence Stroll došao do svog (duplo većeg) bogastva:
Stroll invested in bringing Pierre Cardin fashionwear and Ralph Lauren clothing to Canada. Along with Hong Kong investor Silas Chou, Stroll invested in clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger and Michael Kors, and the pair largely contributed to the multiple brands' global prevalence today.[6][1] In the 2000s, Chou and Stroll invested in Asprey & Garrard.[1]
I to je dragi moj razlika između zapadnjaka i ovih istočnjaka, ponajviše Rusa. Jedni su došli do toga investiranjem i dobrim ulaganjima, a drugi pomoću politike, iznuda i raznih beneficija za koje svi mi znamo. Uostalom, zapadnjački ulagači su daleko pouzdaniji nego istočnjački.
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