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Authors: Anna Arutunyan
137
“Seeing Red.”
Institutional Investor.
September 1, 2002.
http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/Popups/PrintArticle.aspx?ArticleID=1027279
138
Transcript of speech by William Browder: “Hermitage Capital, the Russian State and the Case of Sergei Magnitsky.” Chatham House. December 15, 2009
http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files//files/13/18/14/f131814/public/Research/Russia%20and%20Eurasia/151209browder.pdf
139
“An enemy of the people. The sad fate of a loyal Putinista.” The Economist. March 23, 2006.
http://www.economist.com/node/5661601
140
Hoffman, David. The Oligarchs. Perseus Books, Cambridge, MA, 2003.
141
“Perviy: glava Hermitage Capital Browder uklonyalsya ot nalogov v Kalmykii, yakoby nanimaya invalidov.” Gazeta.ru. March 10, 2013.
http://www.gazeta.ru/business/news/2013/03/10/n_2791385.shtml
142
Clover, Charles. “Russia alleges $70m fraud against Browder.” Financial Times. March 5, 2013.
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/06df1c16-85b0-11e2-9ee3-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2jcUicOSx
143
“Putin unaware why businessman Browder barred from Russia.” RIA Novosti. July 17, 2006.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060717/51436114.html
144
In a taped interview, Browder used the words “He clearly wasn’t my friend,” but subsequently omitted the phrase in a transcript sent to him to check, for an article that was to appear in The Moscow News. I use this phrase here with the following clarification: Browder was clearly joking, and did not mean to indicate that Putin had ever been his “friend” in the literal sense, for he had never spoken to him personally – these words were a figure of speech, however telling.
145
“Vtoroye delo Braudera v Rossii: khishcheniye aktsiy Gazproma.” RIA Novosti. March 5, 2013.
http://ria.ru/incidents/20130305/925918569.html
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Browder’s interview to Snob magazine, taken by Masha Gessen, Snob, May 5, 2011.
http://www.snob.ru/magazine/entry/36099?preview=print
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Butrin, Dmitry. “William Browder priznal sebya nevyezdnym.” Kommersant. No. 47,
March 20, 2006.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/658889
148
A collection of these documents can be accessed at
http://russian-untouchables.com
, a site operated by Sergei Magnitsky’s supporters.
149
Ibid.
150
Belova, Yelena. “Ex-nalogovika iz ‘spiska Magnitskogo’ Olgu Stepanovu zapodozrili v khishchenii bolee 50 milliardov rublei.” Gazeta.ru. November 15, 2012.
http://www.gazeta.ru/social/2012/11/15/4854881.shtml
151
Matlack, Carol. “Renaissance Capital: A Moscow Survivor.” BusinessWeek. December 29, 2010.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_02/b4210058424523.htm
152
Arutunyan, Anna. “Prosecutors fingered in casino racket.” The Moscow News. February 17, 2011.
http://www.themoscownews.com/news/20110217/188428343.html
153
As cited in Galeotti, Mark. “Who’s the Boss: Us or the Law? The Corrupt Art of Governing Russia.” Bribery and Blat in Russia. eds: Lovell, Stephen; Ledeneva, Alena; Rogachevskii, Andrei. School of Slavonic and East European Studies. University of London.
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“Grease my palm. Bribery and corruption have become endemic.” The Economist. November 27, 2008.
155
According to a 2010 report by the Institute of Applied Law at the European University of St. Petersburg, as cited by Vedomosti. “Kholostoi khod.” February 17, 2010.
156
Galeotti, Mark. “Who’s the Boss: Us or the Law? The Corrupt Art of Governing Russia.” Bribery and Blat in Russia. eds: Lovell, Stephen; Ledeneva, Alena; Rogachevskii, Andrei. School of Slavonic and East European Studies. University of London.
157
Ibid.
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Translated by J. Henry Harrison. London: F. Bowyer Kitto, Bishopsgate Without. E.C.: 1869.
159
Onexim Group. Company profile. Kommersant. December 1, 2011.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1827999
160
The readings took place on August 4, 2009, at the Gary Tatinyants Gallery, and were attended by the author. All dialogue from the readings is based on the author’s notes, taken at the reading.
161
See Vedomosti, July 13, 2011. “Postavil pered vyborami.” See also: Arutunyan, A. “Medvedev asks business to pick.” The Moscow News. July 14, 2011.
http://www.themoscownews.com/politics/20110714/188843435.html
162
Jensen, Donald N. “How Russia is Ruled.” Business and State. ed. Peter Rutland. Westview Press, 2001.
163
Felshtynsky, Yuri; Pribylovsky, Vladimir; The Corporation. Russia and the KGB in the Age of President Putin. Encounter Books, New York: 2008, pp. 61-68.
164
These allegations were made following an extensive investigation headed by then deputy of the Leningrad City Council Marina Salye. In 2010, Salye began giving interviews again, and the details of her report re-emerged, coinciding with a growing campaign of corruption allegations against Putin. Ivanidze, Vladimir. “Spasaya podpolkovnika Putina: vtoraya popytka.” RFE/RL. March 3, 2010.
http://www.svobodanews.ru/content/article/1983851.html
. See also Felshtynsky, Yuri; Pribylovsky, Vladimir; The Corporation. Russia and the KGB in the Age of President Putin. Encounter Books, New York: 2008, pp. 60-80.
165
Baker, Peter; Glasser, Susan. Kremlin Rising. Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution. A Lisa Drew Book/Scribner. New York, 2005. (Kindle Edition).
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“Slovar russkogo publichnogo yazyka kontsa XX veka.” Kommersant Vlast. No. 24. June 23, 2003.
167
Krantz, Patricia. “Fall of an Oligarch.” Businessweek. March 1, 1999.
http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_09/b3618098.htm
168
Karatsuba, I.; Kurukin, I., Sokolov, N.; Vybiraya svoyu istoriyu. Kolibri: Moscow, 2005, pp. 618-619. See also: Hoffman, David E. The Oligarchs. Wealth and Power in the New Russia. Public Affairs: New York, 2003, pp. 297-315.
169
Ibid.
170
Hoffman, David E. The Oligarchs. Wealth and Power in the New Russia. Public Affairs: New York, 2003, pp. 319.
171
Ibid. pp. 322.
172
See Cohen, Stephen. Failed Crusade. Norton: New York, London, 2001, p. 33.
173
Liesman, Steve; Higgins, Andrew. “Seven-Year Hitch.” The Wall Street Journal. September 23, 1998, p. A1.
174
Freedlan, Chrystia. Sale of the Century: Russia’s Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism (New York: Crown Publishers, 2000), p. 157.
175
Popova, Nadia. “Chamber to Oversee VEB Loan to RusAl.” The Moscow Times. November 1, 2008.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/chamber-to-oversee-veb-loan-to-rusal/372105.html
176
For more on the members of the board and their powers, see
http://veb.ru/en/about/officials/nabl/
.
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The letters were obtained and published by Slon.ru in December 2009.
http://slon.ru/russia/vsya_pravda_o_prosbah_deripaski_k_putinu-194826.xhtml
178
Lapechenkova, Irina. “Fosagro rasschitivayet sozdat sovmestnoye predpriyatie.” RBC Daily. October 5, 2011.
http://www.rbcdaily.ru/2011/10/05/industry/562949981659020
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From a press conference attended by the author on September 14, 2011.
180
Pomerantsev, Peter. “Putin’s Rasputin. London Review of Books. October 20, 2011.
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n20/peter-pomerantsev/putins-rasputin
181
“Top Kremlin aide says Putin is God’s gift to Russia.”
Reuters,
July 9, 2011.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/07/08/idINIndia-58163920110708
. See also: “Former Kremlin ideologue Surkov calls Putin ‘white night’.”
The Moscow News.
July 29, 2013.
http://themoscownews.com/politics/20130729/191804851/Former-Kremlin-ideologue-Surkov-calls-Putin-white-knight.html
182
As cited by Kommersant. Nagornaya, Irina. “Nado umet sebya prodavat!” Kommersant. No. 30. February 2, 2002.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/311788/print
183
From an interview given by Vladislav Surkov to Vedomosti. February 15, 2010. No. 26.
184
Arutunyan, A. “Skolkovo’s trickle-down effect.”
The Moscow News,
July 16, 2012.
http://www.themoscownews.com/business/20120716/189966349.html
185
According to an official transcript. See official site of Russia’s chairmanship of the G8.
http://g8russia.ru/news/20060704/1166957.html
186
See Tirmaste, Maria-Luisa. “Biznesmeny zanyalis
”
Pravym delom.” Kommersant. No. 208. November 17, 2008.
http://kommersant.ru/doc/1068728
. Gozman, who had once led Union of Right Forces, admitted that the merger was organized by the Kremlin, but also said it was “shameful and disgraceful.”
187
Igumenov, Valery. “Vozvrashcheniye Potanina.” Forbes (Russian edition). March 16, 2010.
http://www.forbes.ru/ekonomika/lyudi/46337-vozvrashchenie-potanina
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Harding, Luke. “Russian billionaire arrested in Alpine prostitution inquiry.” The Guardian. January 12, 2007.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jan/12/russia.france
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“Prokhorov to sell 16.6% stake in Norilsk Nickel for $10 bln.” RIA Novosti. August 5, 2008.
http://en.rian.ru/business/20080805/115754795.html
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Raghavan, Anita. “Last Man Standing.” Forbes, March 30, 2009.
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0330/109-last-man-standing.html
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“Prokhorov’s $200 Million Purchase of Nets Gains Approval from NBA Owners.”
Bloomberg.
May 12, 2010.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-11/prokhorov-s-200-million-purchase-of-nets-gains-approval-from-nba-owners.html
192
“M. Prokhorova khotyat lishyt. vlozhennykh v Pravoe delo. millionov.” RBC. September 19, 2011.
http://top.rbc.ru/politics/19/09/2011/616077.shtml
193
From an official transcript on the prime minister’s site.
http://premier.gov.ru/events/news/9480/index.html
194
Klyuchkin, Anton. “Slovo Putina boitsya.” Lenta.ru, citing Interfax news agency. March 4, 2010.
http://lenta.ru/articles/2010/03/04/say/
195
Ibid.
196
See Vinogradova, Yelena; Nepomnyashchy, Alexei; Tovkailo, Maxim. “Putin’s Ride Boosts Ripe-Lemon Kalina Sales.” Vedomosti,
September 30, 2010. Reprinted in English in The Moscow Times.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/putins-ride-boosts-ripe-lemon-kalinasales/417680.html
Prokhorov himself would later acknowledge this effect. “We only have one brand – Putin. But that is clearly not enough,” he said in a speech at Moscow’s International University on October 11, 2011. Zhuravlev, Alexander. “V Rossii odin brend – Putin.” Kommersant-Online. October 11, 2011.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1792739
197
From an interview given by Dmitry Medvedev to Moskovskie Novosti, June 24, 2011.
http://www.mn.ru/newspaper_firstpage/20110624/302769706.html
198
If a meeting is not officially publicized, witnesses will rarely go on the record to confirm it. Stanislav Belkovsky and a source in Right Cause speaking on conditions of anonymity told the author that they knew this meeting had taken place.
199
See Belkovsky, Stanislav. “Pravoye Delo. Chto eto bylo?” Openspace.ru. September 17, 2011.
http://www.openspace.ru/society/russia/details/30255/?expand=yes#expand
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In an interview to the Rosbalt news agency, August 18, 2011.
http://www.rosbalt.ru/main/2011/08/18/880855.html
201
According to statistics gathered by the foundation itself.
http://nobf.ru/about/about/
202
Motorina, Anna; Farizova, Syuzana.
“Prokoratura trebuyet vydat deputata Roizmana.” Kommersant-Yekaterinburg. No. 83. May 17, 2007.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/766259
203
Arutunyan, Anna; Khrustalyeva, Olga. “Prokhorov quits party.” The Moscow News. September 15, 2011.
http://www.themoscownews.com/politics/20110915/189047189.html
204
Vinokurova, Yekaterina. “Chto proizoshlo v Pravom Dele.” Gazeta.ru. September 15, 2011.
http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/elections2011/blogs/3769065.shtml
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Smirnov, Sergei. Dmitriyenko, Dmitry. “Prohorov_ne_pojdet_na_dumskie_vybory_v_dekabre.” Vedomosti. September 15,
206
From an interview given to Dozhd TV on September 15, 2011.
207
Beshlei, Olga. “Oligarkh na vydanye. The New Times. No. 43. December 19, 2011.
http://newtimes.ru/articles/detail/47892/
208
In an interview given to Forbes magazine, January 26, 2012.
http://www.forbes.ru/sobytiya/lyudi/78770-mihail-prohorov-vazhnyi-psihologicheskii-moment-ne-mogu-byt-chim-zamom
209
Arutunyan, A. “Cash, Signatures and Moderation.” The Moscow News. January 16, 2012.
http://www.themoscownews.com/politics/20120116/189373436.html
210
Baker, Peter; Glasser, Susan. Kremlin Rising. Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution. A Lisa Drew Book/Scribner. New York, 2005. (Kindle Edition), loc. 5859.