Oleg Deripaska? Oleg is one of the world’s richest men. Getting his Physics degree as the old USSR collapsed, then buying up shares in Aluminium smelters, getting an Economics degree and then setting up Basic Element, a vast metals empire, he somehow rid the company and industry of the Mafia, but no-one knows how. But… Continue reading How Oleg Deripaska beat the Russian Mafia
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BBC and Weird Pravda Report on Gas
In the news today, although you’d hardly think so because of the Israeli / Palestinian conflict, is the story that the Ukraine can’t pay their gas bills. I apologise for it being a bit buried amongst the profits’ statements etc, but hey!, I didn’t write it. BBC – Gazprom sees profits jump by 85% GazProm… Continue reading BBC and Weird Pravda Report on Gas