Abramovich: "The people are cattle"

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The game is over. Berezovsky lost . His claims to Abramovich, who allegedly forced him to sell the shares in Sibneft and Rusal at low prices, the London court refused to support. It was expected. Although I heard the opinion that, at least, in the episode with Rusal, Berezovsky had a chance ... But, it turns out, Abramovich was right, saying at London hearings that Berezovsky could have tried the same success in Moscow. The judge, Baroness Elizabeth Gloucester, called Berezovsky a “dishonest” and “unmeling witness. Abramovich, in her opinion, is, on the contrary, "a truthful and generally reliable witness."

What next? At first glance, it seems to be nothing - everything remains in its place. Abramovich at billions. Berezovsky - with his debt. This is on the one hand. And on the other hand, Boris Abramovich, if he did not achieve the main (that is, money), then, in any case, he realized a long dream. He pulled out into the bright light of the publicity of his former “friend” and arranged public digging in the details of the “dark past” Abramovich. And about the sealing in the prison cell at the dawn of the 90s, and about the collateral auctions, and about the pumping of money from Sibneft, and about the dubious "instructions" of Putin.

Now we know about the heroes of the 90s much more than ever. This knowledge concerns not only how individual transactions were made, but what the oligarchs lived, how they made decisions, what relations connected them. And, of course, we now know an order of magnitude more about Roman Abramovich, the main oligarch of Russia in the late 90s-early 2000s. Based on the materials of the Slon process, he collected the ten most memorable statements of the main witness of the era.

	“He was a wave of” Abramovich about what he and other businessmen paid Berezovsky’s money: “He [Berezovsky] appointed himself a political leader of large businesses. We all helped him in this, everyone worked for it ... I paid tens of millions of dollars. Many were paid, but mainly I: he was a wave -cutting. He shot all the problems. That is why we paid him. ”
	“I didn’t write a diploma, I did the rest” Berezovsky’s lawyer asks Abramovich: “What did you do after the army? Explain why Abramovich’s biography as the head of Sibneft indicates that you graduated from the Moscow Road Institute in 1987. This is wrong?" Abramovich: “This is a mistake. I have an unfinished higher. I didn’t write a diploma, I did the rest. ”
	“To look at the judge and breathe slowly” before starting the question of the question of Abramovich’s questioning, on the merits, Berezovsky’s lawyer asked if the accused was preparing to give testimony. Abramovich admitted - yes, prepared with the help of a specialized company. "And what did they advise you?" - asked the lawyer. Abramovich: “They said that we need to breathe slowly and look at the judge. Well, there are still some etiquette rules. This is if in general. "
	“Buying Chelsea turned my life” in its written testimony given even before the process, Abramovich characterizes the Berezovsky model 1995-1996 as a person leading an extravagant lifestyle. Berezovsky’s lawyer clung to this definition and for a long time tormented Abramovich with questions, what does “extravagant” mean? And why does Abramovich claim that he did not try to imitate this lifestyle if since 1999 he began to buy yachts and expensive real estate? This ended with the fact that Abramovich admitted that over time his life changed. A key point is a deal with Chelsea. Abramovich pathetically stated: “Buying a Chelsea football club has turned my whole life! It was a real turning point. "
	The “pin” from Alaska is the recording of the conversation between Abramovich, Berezovsky and Badri Patarkatsishvili, held in the VIP-hall of the French Airport “Le Bourget” at the end of 2000, was one of the main evidence of Berezovsky in the process. Although the record was made secretly, Abramovich recognized its authenticity. One of the issues that the oligarchs discussed is rumors about the purchase of Sibneft of the refineries in Alaska. Abramovich was forced to explain himself. “It was like that. A month ago, we [there was] a program compiled by the governor of Alaska that we should visit [it was about the visit of the delegation of Chukotka, led by Governor Abramovich]. The program was compiled, by the way, the governor and director. There is meat, fish, summer. We arrived at the company called [inaudible]. Well, there are gas stations in Alaska and some kind of plant there. This project cost $ 30 million ... We talked once at this meeting ... And some kind of “pin” began to call me in the room and began to speak Russian that we must meet. I, in fact, said: "Leave me alone." And then we arrived in San Francisco. He also learned about it. "So I came, let's meet." And I say: why will I meet, what topics we have for a conversation? And he says: there is a factory, we all know, here are the shareholders, we will help you. And I say: we do not buy anything. We do not buy any factories in Alaska. ”
	“This is an article with Compromat.ru! I will not say that all that they write is true, ”as is customary in the UK, many media materials - articles, interviews, etc. were submitted to the court. If Oleg Deripaska did not even try to hide the skeptical attitude to these “evidence”, then Abramovich played quite seriously. Except for the episode when Berezovsky’s lawyer undertook to reason where and how Sibneft made a profit. Abramovich swallowed a link to the article “Vedomosti” about the report of the Sibneft of the Sibneft. But about the next “document” calmly remarked: “This is an article with Compromat.ru! I will not say that everything that they write is true. ”
	“I went to Bentley, they didn’t sell their“ Logovaz ”at some point, giving evidence, Roman Abramovich began to tell that in 1995 he paid for part of Berezovsky’s debts to a certain Mikhail Denisov, who was a Berezovsky companion during the Logovaz. Berezovsky’s lawyer interrupted Abramovich: “Until 1996, you paid Berezovsky only on real transactions, it was a fee for cars!” Abramovich answered with a grin: “We did not buy cars from Berezovsky. I then went to Bentley, they did not sell their "Logovaz". "
	“There was killed someone every three days” in 2000, Abramovich acquired Krasnoyarsk and fraternal aluminum plants, the Achinsky clay plant and the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric power station, after which they were united with Siberian aluminum Oleg Deripaska and Mikhail Cherny. So the company "Rusal" was born, the share of Abramovich in which amounted to 50%. Badri Patarkatsishvili, if you follow the testimony of Abramovich, dealt with Berezovsky security issues, oversaw the interaction with the Chechens. Abramovich said about his role in the redemption of aluminum factories and the creation of Rusala, said: “There [in Krasnoyarsk] there was a situation that someone was needed from the outside to help the parties agree. And Badri acted such a mediator. Without Badri, I would never get there. Every three days they killed someone there. I didn’t need such a business. ”
	“Speaking in Russian, he was bred” Abramovich about why Deripaska disliked Berezovsky: “Berezovsky volunteered to help Oleg [Deripaska]. And for this case he took a loan and part of the money for ORT. After some time, Badri began to help TWG [at that time - a structure hostile to Deripaska]. The loan was not returned to Oleg. And he was this, if in a soft form, he was unhappy. In Russian, he was bred. ”
	“We are both in such an ass” from the transcript of the record, secretly made at the Le Bourget airport. Abramovich shortly before meeting with Berezovsky and Patarkatsishvili held one of his few meetings with reporters. Here is what he said to Berezovsky in her results: “In general, Boris, they asked a lot about you: why no one is doing anything to help you? I believe that it is not worth confiscation. "Do you think that you should not contact society?" Society, it will not perceive this appeal. You know that if Berezovsky, Gusinsky, Voloshin and others like them are torn into pieces, then society will only be happy. And if someone is outraged, then contact the people. And the people are cattle ... And you are not to blame for this ... Oh, we are both in such an ass. ”