Ruminations on Russia

One of my favourite ongoing stories has a brief pre-New Year flourish. Which was of course denied by the MinSvyaz. Also reported in the Moscow Times, but as their archive policy was created by a half-wit in the middle of a zapoi there's f**k all point linking to it. This time it's the WSJ, whose online policy was also designed whilst in the middle of a zapoi (uncertain of my grammar here), who have picked up the investigative torch from the FT.

In trying to find a news source that had heard of Web2.0 I found this piece from Tass on Aton's website from July 2005. The pertinent quotation is:

"So far, it seems that Galmond, apart from the Commerzbank managers who have already fallen on their swords, is the one big name in the investigation truly in the firing line."

"In 2004, the same Zurich Arbitration Court now demanding further investigation into the actions of Commerzbank, Galmond and Telecominvest, made a partial ruling that IPOC Growth Fund Ltd. had not completed the option for the purchase of CT-Mobile, and that Galmond had been guilty of falsifying documents."

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