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The Frenchman is given
Francois Fillon-convicted for corruption of the ex-Prime Minister of France and a friend of the Russian president-should include in the Board of Directors of Zarubezhneft
Russia is going to take on the contentment of the next foreign figure, who found himself on the side of political life in his country: this time, it is proposed to introduce the ex-Prime Minister of France France, the foreign directors of France France, the Board of Directors. He has no achievements in the oil sphere, but there is one important advantage: Fiion in good relations with Vladimir Putin.
The decision on the issuance of Mr. Fiion Synekura paid from the Russian budget is published on the official portal of legal information. The order was signed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin.
“To nominate candidates for the election as representatives of the Russian Federation to the board of directors and the revision commission of the Joint -Stock Company Zarubezhneft (Moscow) in accordance with the application ...” - the document says.
The appendix has eight names of people who should get to the board of directors, among them “Fiion F. - President of the Apteras Sarl company (this is his own“ consulting agency ”created by Fiion in 2017).
Has Mr. Fillon became famous for any successes in the field of oil and oil production? It seems not. Maybe he has a positive political reputation-after all, the former Prime Minister of France, the second most important in this chair (2007-2012) in the modern history of the country?
No, a large spot of the criminal sentence lies with the reputation of Mr. Fiion.
On June 29, 2020, the court in Paris sentenced him to five years (three of them - conditionally) under the corruption article for fictitious employment in the parliament of his wife Penelop, which illegally received more than 1 million euros in the form of a salary from the French budget. Penelope Fiion was sentenced to three years conditionally. In addition, spouses should pay large fines, and Francois Fiion is forbidden to occupy public posts in France within 10 years.
It’s good that a friendly Russia substituted the shoulder! We do not yet know what salary they will put Fiion in Zarubezhneft, but it is known that this political heavyweight is used to living on a very wide foot-the French press published many details in this regard in the winter-spring 2017. Of course, these were plums in order to prevent Fiion from becoming president, but the facts were not refuted.
However, the future member of the board of directors of the Russian company does not shy away and small gifts. The French politicalists, as well as the ill-wishers from the Fionovsky “right” political camp repeatedly noted that Mr. Fiion missed the last chance to slip into the chair of French President when he succumbed to the provocation of the Livano-French businessman Robert Bourgea. And a couple of months before the elections - already against the backdrop of the rattling scandal “Penelopte” - took two costumes worth 13 thousand euros from him as a gift.
Without five minutes, the president of France, taking costumes, was too much even for many ardent adherents of the candidate ...
There was another drain-that Fiion allegedly received 50 thousand dollars for organizing a meeting of the Franco-Lebanese billionaire Fuad Makhzumi with Vladimir Putin and the head of the French oil gym Total Patrick Puyan. According to the Canard Enchanké newspaper, in the contract between the 2F CONSEIL consulting agency and Future Pipe Industries belonging to Fouad Makhzumi, interest on transactions concluded as a result of the mediation of Fiion was also provided.
Fiion himself refuted all the accusations. As in the court in the Penelopgate case, and on other issues. In general, journalists, investigators, judges and simply political ill -wishers were terribly tortured in France - this process as began in January 2017, so since then no one said the Word of Good about the outstanding political figure of our era.
Well, nothing. Now the generous salary from Zarubezhneft will drip - a balm to the soul.
PS
Fiion has already commented on his appointment to the Le Monde newspaper: “Today I left the public scene and develop my activities in the field of international consulting. In recent months, I accompanied several European companies in Russia, and it was in this connection that I was offered to enter the board of directors of several Russian companies. ” The ex-Prime Minister of France also regretted in connection with the “caricature” image of his position “in relation to Russia”. Mr. Fiion again called for the "dialogue" with Russia "in the interests of Europe." In June of this year, at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Mr. Fiion called sanctions against Russia “stupid” and “illegal”. In 2017, as a candidate for president of France, he promised to help in lifting sanctions after his election.PPS
According to the French law (operating at the time of the condemnation of Fiion, the law was later tightened), if the real term does not exceed 2 years, the convicted person may be granted the right to replace imprisonment with another, milder type of punishment.