Scandal of day
GEORGIAN PRINCE RUNS RUSSIAN STAGE
At the present time, Arkady Patarkatsishvily - the right hand of Boris Berezovsky and close friend of the president of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze, is seriously engaged by the problem of restoring his own image. By making investments in the development of Georgia, participating in philanthropic donations, Patarkatsishvily is trying as hard as he can to draw the attention of the whole world to himself.
You are reminded that at present Patarkatsishvily is wanted by the law enforcement agencies of Russia for committing criminal acts and, apparently, is not going to surrender himself.
At the same time, Patarkatsishvily has put himself at a significant distance from his former patron Boris Berezovsky, who is also suspected by the Russian Office of Public Prosecutor of committing a number of criminal acts.
But is this really where the main efforts of Patarkatsishvily are directed?
The interesting point is that the funds which he has invested in the Georgian economy, according to information provided by Russian law enforcement agencies, at one time were a part of the Russian budget, and by means of swindling schemes were actually stolen and via Latvian commercial banks transferred to Europe. Now, after conducting several transactions, Patarkatsishvily has invested these funds not only in Georgia, but also in a number of commercial projects in Turkey, Yugoslavia, Serbia, and also, strange as it may seem, in Russia.
The quiet attitude taken by Russian special services in regard to this is not understandable at all.
It is known that Russia has certain, quite definite, ideas on the solution of the regional conflict which is present in the Caucasus. A rather important place is accorded Georgia, whose president prefers to hold the Russian leaders "at a respectful distance."
If consideration is given to the essence of the accusations directed at Patarkatsishvily and to what preceded the search warrant, it becomes clear that this particular story may be a game that is being adroitly played by Moscow.
And if one remembers that former heads of the special services are appointed to important state posts, everything falls into place. So, a search warrant is issued for Patarkatsishvily, he runs to Georgia where he is received with joy by the customs authorities. Patarkatsishvily, shielding himself with the idea of ideological opposition to Russia, becomes deeper and deeper involved with the Georgian political and financial establishment, with evermore stronger links. Then, having the full support of Shevardnanze, elections are held and "their" candidate is elected, who, in turn, follows Moscow's interests.
And this is a perfect example of a "quiet coup," like those described in history textbooks.
If the foregoing is rejected, then it is not clear why he is still secretly communicating with some oligarchs, known by their links to highly-positioned officials in the Kremlin. Whom we are talking about is Roman Abramovich. It is possible that while ostensibly identifying himself with his fellow colleagues in the "family," the head of Chukotka was pocketing money independently of them.
Another question for which there is still no answer is how, in spite of all the declared attempts by the Russian special forces to catch Patarkatsishvily, in the last half-year he has been able to visit Moscow twice and remain unnoticed.
There is much that is hard to understand in this story. One thing is clear - doing it this way Moscow will search for Patarkatsishvily for a very long time.
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