An excellent post by Vladimir Milov v_milov, absolutely worth reading and sharing. Vova appears to have figured out where the Transneft people, led by S. Vainshtok, invested part of the money skimmed off during the construction of the ESPO pipeline (Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean).
What does Bernie Madoff have to do with this? Well, for example, there is a building in New York called the Lipstick Building, notable above all for the fact that Bernie Madoff was based there for many years (between the 17th and 19th floors), and it was from there that he ran his criminal financial pyramid scheme. According to the website Dun's 100 Israel's Largest Enterprises (a reputable site compiling information on the largest businesses in the State of Israel), 35% of the Lipstick Building office tower in Manhattan belongs to Israel Financial Levers Ltd. As can be seen from the list of the company's foreign assets, this is clearly its largest asset. So what, you ask? *And here is my answer. The point is that the chairman of the board of directors of Israel Financial Levers Ltd is none other than former Transneft chief Semyon Vainshtok, who moved to Israel permanently in 2010. *Wonderful, just wonderful. We should look into this very carefully. After all, money laundering in the United States is a serious federal crime. Something interesting may come of this. Update. via a link from paufnuty An little-known small company became, in five years, a major business owning real estate in various countries and participating in an oil exploration project in the Mediterranean. Behind this "transformation" stand a billionaire from Georgia, the former president of Transneft, and a former Israeli ambassador to Russia. ///////////