Yury Skuratov Explained

Yury Skuratov
Native Name Lang:ru
Office:Prosecutor-General of Russia
President:Boris Yeltsin
Term Start:24 October 1995
Term End:2 February 1999
Predecessor:Aleksey Ilyushenko
Successor:Vladimir Ustinov
Birth Name:Yury Ilyich Skuratov
Birth Date:3 July 1952
Birth Place:Ulan-Ude, Buryat ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma Mater:Ural State Law University

Yury Ilyich Skuratov (Russian: Ю́рий Ильи́ч Скура́тов; born 3 July 1952) is a Russian jurist and politician.

Skuratov was born in Ulan-Ude. From 1995 until 1999, he was Prosecutor-General of Russia. In February 1999, he disclosed the existence of FIMACO.[1] [2]

Notable investigations

Supported with an audit of the financial and economic activities of the office of the Prosecutor-General of Russia which was investigated by Nikolai Yemelyanov (Russian: Николай Емельянов), Skuratov spearheaded a corruption investigation into the former acting Prosecutor-General of Russia Alexey Ilyushenko (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Ильюшенко; b. 23 September 1957, Anzhero-Sudzhensk, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union) and his friend Pyotr Yanchev (Russian: Петр Янчев).[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Ilyushenko was forced to resign on 8 October 1995 because of a 97 volume indictment on him involving the theft of 25 million tons of Russian oil, which was worth 2.7 billion rubles, from the Balkar Trading company (Russian: СП "Балкар-Трейдинг") which was formed in Balashikha, was one of the largest Russian oil traders in the early to mid 1990s and was in competition with Boris Berezovsky's interests. BAM-Credit (Russian: банк «БАМ-кредит»), which had Balkar Trading accounts, was the dominant financier of gold mining in the Irkutsk and Magadan regions. Because of a Swiss criminal investigation, the Geneva investigator S. Esposito froze the Swiss accounts of Balkar Trading's Swiss branch known as "Balcar Trading Sari", which was a 28 June 1994 established shell company owned by both his wife Tatiana Vladimirovna Ilyushenko (Russian: Татьяна Владимировна Ильюшенко), who was also an attorney for the Balkar Bank (Russian: "Балкар-банка"), and Pyotr Golovinov (Russian: Петр Головинов; b. 1968 or 1969) who was Yanchev's right-hand man and organized the movement of the foreign assets of Balkar Trading, BAM-Credit, and the Russian House of Selenga (RDS) (Russian: АОЗТ «Русский Дом Селенга» (РДС)) to the Swiss firm "Balcar Trading Sari". On 1 November 1996, the Geneva Prosecutor indictments upheld the frozen Swiss accounts and Ilyushenko was detained in a pre trial jail for the next two years. However, on 11 May 2001, these charges on Alexey Ilyushenko and his friend Pyotr Yanchev (Russian: Петр Янчев), who was the head of Balkar Trading, were dropped by Vladimir Ustinov.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

In the late 1990s, Skuratov and Carla Del Ponte with Filipe Turover providing evidence investigated Russian corruption involving high ranking Russian officials.[13] [14] [15] Earlier, both Italian and German Tax officials had started investigations into corrupt Russian officials. Felipe Turover Chudínov, a senior intelligence officer with the foreign-intelligence directorate of the KGB, alleged that $15 billion of IMF funds had been funneled through Switzerland, Lichtenstein and Caribbean countries as black cash or obschak to support Kremlin friendly operations and companies.[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

Scandal and dismissal

In April 1999, then FSB Chief Vladimir Putin and Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin held a televised press conference in which they discussed a video that both Mikhail Shvydkoy and Mikhail Lesin agreed to release and that had aired nationwide on 17 March on the state-controlled RTR channel which showed a naked man very similar to Skuratov, in bed with two young women.[23] [24] This video was released after he had been investigating numerous corrupt officials including Alexander Mamut and both Pavel Borodin and Vladimir Putin and had begun looking into charges of corruption by President Boris Yeltsin and his associates: the video was said to serve as kompromat.[25] [26] Skuratov's dismissal occurred just days before a second search of the owner of Mabetex the Albanian businessman Behgjet Pacolli linked interests during an ongoing money laundering investigation which had begun in 1992 in Bern involving Pacolli and Yakutiya (Russian: Якутия) officials involved in gold and diamonds especially the Mayor of Yakutsk Pavel Pavlovich Borodin who was Putin's architect for the transfer of the Presidential Property Management Department assets to LLCs, JSCs, and Joint Ventures during early 1997.[27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

In early 2000, Filipe Turover sent messages from his Swiss residence to Moscow prosecutors "I'm ready to talk about Putin. Always your Turover." The Russian prosecutor Ruslan Tamaev (Russian: Руслан Тамаев) headed the Russian investigations into Mabetex which ended when his half brothers Hasan and Hussein were charged with illegal possession of drugs and weapons and he was subsequently removed from investigations. A few months later the charges against his half brothers were dropped.[32]

In April 2000, Skuratov was fired as chief prosecutor after serving a suspension for accusing top officials of corruption.[33] [34]

2000 presidential campaign

In 2000, Skuratov ran in the Russian presidential elections.

Skuratov's campaign largely ran advertisements intended to remediate the damage inflicted to his reputation by the video which had been released in 1999.[35] These ads portrayed him as a decent family man and a faithful husband who had been the victim of "lies" and "fabrications".[35]

In the limited coverage he was allotted, Russian media treated him as a sideshow rather than as a serious contender for the presidency.[35]

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.newsweek.com/id/87758/output/print Follow The Money – The Latest Kremlin Scandal Involves Billions Of Dollars Moving Offshore—Plus Sex And Videotape.
  2. News: Powell . Bill . 28 March 1999 . Follow the Money . . 10 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140304045010/https://www.newsweek.com/follow-money-163696 . 4 March 2014.
  3. КАРЫШЕВ, ВАЛЕРИЙ. ЗАПИСКИ "БАНДИТСКОГО АДВОКАТА": Закулисная жизнь братвы глазами "защитника мафии". See Глава восьмая: ДЕЛА ФЭЭСБЭШНЫЕ (Chapter 8) sections ДЕЛО ЯНИЧЕВА - ИЛЬЮШЕНКО, Я "НАЕЗЖАЮ", and МЕНЯ ПОДСТАВИЛИ?!
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/19981205164727/http://www.galaxy.com.ua/ Galaxy (1998)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20050218203409/http://www.galaxy.com.ua/ukr/ Galaxy
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20050228115845/http://www.galaxy.com.ua/ukr/publication.php Galaxy: publications
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20010521200804/http://www.galaxy.com.ua/svit/ Galaxy: svit
  8. https://flb.ru/persprint/233.html Ильюшенко Алексей Николаевич: бывший и.о. Генпрокурора РФ
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213732/http://genproc.gov.ru/history/history/person-11973/ Алексей Николаевич Ильюшенко
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/19991009132703/http://www.profil.orc.ru/archive/n24/illu.html Отчеты о проделанной работе
  11. http://www.compromat.ru/page_10549.htm Неприкасаемые: Что скрывает некоторые люди в синих мундирах
  12. http://www.wek.ru/articles/econ/238618/index.shtml Прайс от Прейса или «Русский дом селенга» по-английски
  13. News: Yablokova . Oksana . Skuratov: 'Turover List' Is Real . . 29 December 1999 . 10 April 2021 . 23 February 2021 . https://archive.today/20210223222942/http://russialist.org/archives/4001.html.
  14. News: Elsässer . Jürgen . Jürgen Elsässer . Interview by Jürgen Elsässer with Felipe Turover on Carla Del Ponte . . December 2002 . 10 April 2021.
  15. News: Овчинников . О. (Ovchinnikov, O.) . 8 November 2000 . ЦБ - центральный Банд ... . Central Bank - Central Gang ... . Compromat.ru . 10 April 2021 . ru.
  16. News: 28 August 1999 . Un español, clave en el escándalo de corrupción que salpica al Kremlin: Estados Unidos pide al FMI que suspenda sus préstamos a Rusia . es . A Spaniard, key to the corruption scandal that dots the Kremlin: U.S. calls on IMF to suspend its loans to Russia . . 10 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140815173919/https://elpais.com/diario/1999/08/29/portada/935877601_850215.html . 15 August 2014.
  17. News: Fernandez . Rodrigo . 28 August 1999 . Felipe Turover, un aventurero en el Kremlin: Retrato del español cuyas revelaciones sobre el desvío de fondos implican al entorno de Yeltsin . es . Felipe Turover, an adventurer in the Kremlin: Portrait of the Spaniard whose revelations about the diversion of funds involve Yeltsin's surroundings . . 10 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190704151551/https://elpais.com/diario/1999/08/29/internacional/935877621_850215.html . 4 July 2019.
  18. News: Fernandez . Rodrigo . 4 September 1999 . Un banquero suizo, hombre clave en la trama internacional de la corrupción rusa: Bruce Rappaport, embajador de Antigua en Moscú, en el punto de mira de la justicia . es . A Swiss banker, key man in the international plot of Russian corruption: Bruce Rappaport, Antigua's ambassador to Moscow, in the spotlight of justice . . 10 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140815181146/https://elpais.com/diario/1999/09/05/internacional/936482413_850215.html . 15 August 2014.
  19. News: 2 March 2000 . The Enigmatic Mr. Turover & Mabetex Case . Intelligence Online . 10 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210115153358/https://www.intelligenceonline.com/threat-assessment/2000/03/02/the-enigmatic-mr-turover--mabetex-case,145554-art . live . 15 January 2021.
  20. News: Higgins . Andrew . Andrew Higgins . 20 September 1999 . Swiss Shop Might Carry Clues To Russia Money-Laundering Case . . 10 April 2021 . https://archive.today/20201211045532/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB93778629256833747 . 11 December 2020.
  21. News: 8 March 2001 . Felipe Turover . Intelligence Online . 10 April 2021 . https://archive.today/20200822000000/https://www.intelligenceonline.com/who-s-who/2001/03/08/felipe-turover,1699329-ART . 22 August 2020.
  22. http://www.aif.ru/1011/5.php3 Блеф
  23. News: Качкаева . Анна (Kachkaeva, Anna) . Михаил Лесин . Mikhail Lesin . ru . . 11 July 1999 . 20 August 2021.
  24. Web site: Litvinenko. Alexander. Alexander Litvinenko. The Kremlin Pedophile. Chechenpress. 5 July 2006. 14 December 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081211235729/http://www.chechenpress.co.uk/english/news/2006/07/05/01.shtml. 11 December 2008. dmy-all.
  25. Web site: Hodge. Nathan. Grove. Thomas. Trump Dossier Spotlights Russian History of 'Kompromat'. The Wall Street Journal. 11 January 2017. Moscow. 11 January 2017.
  26. News: Bohlen. Celestine. Banerjee. Neela. Little-Known Power Broker Emerges in Kremlin Scandals. The New York Times. October 13, 1999. April 10, 2021.
  27. News: Иванидзе . Владимир (Ivanidze, Vladimir) . 7 May 2000 . Якутский дом в Лугано. Российские корни "Мабетекса" . Yakut house in Lugano. Russian roots of "Mabetex" . . 10 April 2021 . ru.
  28. News: Степовой . Сергей (Stepovoy, Sergey) . 13 October 2000 . Мерседес за 20 копеек. Таланты Павла Бородина. Паша-"Мерседес" . Mercedes for 20 kopecks. Pavel Borodin's talents. Pasha- "Mercedes" . «Стрингер» ("Stringer") . 10 April 2021 . ru.
  29. News: Бонини . Карло (Bonini, Carlo) . Малагутти . Витторио (Malagutti, Vittorio) . 12 September 2000 . Коррупция: обвинения против клана Ельцина . Corruption: accusations against the Yeltsin clan . . 10 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010409230838/http://www.inopressa.ru/details.html?id=2926 . 9 April 2001 . ru. Alt URL
  30. News: 12 September 2000 . Международное поручение Дево (Документ) "Кремлингейт": закрыть нельзя расследовать. В чем швейцарцы подозревают бывших высокопоставленных чиновников кремлевской администрации . Devo's international mission (Document) "Kremlingate": you can't investigate it. What the Swiss suspect of former high-ranking officials of the Kremlin administration . «Сегодня» ("Today") . 10 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010225220602/http://www.segodnya.ru/w3s.nsf/Contents/2000_203_polit_text_segodnya1.html . 25 February 2001 . ru. Alt URL
  31. Лурье, Олег. ПАККОЛИ ПОТРАТИЛ НА ВЗЯТКИ: 15 МИЛЛИОНОВ ШВЕЙЦАРСКИХ ФРАНКОВ
  32. News: Почему должно было развалиться дело "Мабетекса" . Why the Mabetex case had to fall apart . ru . Arguments and Facts website . 27 April 2000 . 10 April 2021 . 31 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180731010336/http://www.aif.ru/archive/1722194.
  33. Web site: 1999-04-03. Yeltsin attacks fraud crusader. 2020-11-19. the Guardian. en.
  34. News: Cullison. Alan. 20 April 2000. Russia's Parliament Dismisses Chief Prosecutor Yuri Skuratov. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 21 October 2020. 0099-9660.
  35. Web site: RUSSIAN ELECTION WATCH No. 9, April 2000 . . April 2000. www.belfercenter.org . Harvard University (John F. Kennedy School of Government). 4 November 2018.

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