Today I attended a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands (better known to most people as “Holland”) as part of a small group of battered remnants of “civil society.” He seemed like a perfectly decent prime minister—cheerful, even. And he has a good grasp of what is happening in our country. As usual in conversations with foreigners, I kept repeating my usual line: don’t help us—help yourselves. Money laundering is a crime under your laws. Our crooks steal in Russia and launder the money in Europe; that should not be ignored. Russia is an excellent place for investment, and along with investment we expect: a) high standards of business ethics, b) a serious approach to corporate governance, and c) zero tolerance for corruption. I also raised the issue of Gunvor. It is a sensitive subject for the Dutch—strictly speaking, the Netherlands and “Dutch,” of course—because although the Gunvor crooks are based in Switzerland, the company itself is actually Dutch. Their tax laws are such that many companies register their headquarters there. I said that it is, basically, totally unacceptable that this gang of thieves—who are robbing Russian citizens through blatant corruption—are allowed to live so comfortably in Europe. We want their activities investigated both in terms of corruption and in terms of money laundering. Timchenko became a billionaire off Russian oil, pays no taxes here, and has even renounced Russian citizenship. We agreed to look for ways to make a formal appeal on this issue. We also discussed the “Magnitsky list.” The Dutch parliament has approved it, but the government has not yet. My position here is simple: sanctions against the people on that list are entirely pro-Russian sanctions. These people killed a Russian citizen and stole 5.3 billion rubles from the Russian federal budget. We should demand that their assets abroad be frozen, confiscated, and transferred to Russia. That is exactly what I said.