Refusals are not discussed

However, since the last loud refusal did not occur in wartime and affects the interests of tens of thousands of civilians, we allowed ourselves to break this rule. As a result, a detailed analysis of the reasons that prompted Mikhail Khodorkovsky to part with his business, as well as the consequences of his decision for numerous shareholders of this oil company, is the subject of materials in two of our columns - the event of the week and the current account.
Of course, all is not lost. We can say that nothing is lost. It will even be interesting to see how our Prosecutor General’s Office will be able to get to these very valuable securities that they seem to have seized. Here is the answer to the question whether domestic businessmen still need offshore companies. And this is not the only question that dura lex answers.
So it turns out that without an offshore it is almost impossible to keep your capital intact. In this sense, in terms of price + quality, an offshore clearly outperforms not only home safes, but also a bank depository, which are mainly suitable for storing family valuables and papers that are not of national importance.
One thing is annoying: you can’t take your expensive vehicle offshore or put it in safekeeping in a bank. Otherwise, you have to regularly throw this piece of iron, which sometimes equals the size of a one-room apartment in a good area, to the mercy of fate. As a result, for some it is a goldmine, but for others it is lost money, time and nerves, because in Moscow alone about a hundred cars are stolen every day.
SERGEY YAKOVLEV, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Magazine "Kommersant Money" No. 44 dated November 10, 2003, page 4

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Sergey Yakovlev