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Enormous case of corruption. Kremlin property Chief, Pavel Borodin signed contracts with foreign firms worth billions, all the money was transferred through Swiss banks. In 1998 the Swiss authorities noticed some irregularities with the transactions and opened up a formal inquiry through Carla Del Ponte (Swiss Federal Prosecutor) lead by her counterpart, Yuri Skuratov (Russian Prosecutor General). He soon suspected a huge money laundering operation, Hidden behind the Kremlin’s Golden doors. Pavel and his team profited from their close connection to the President, Vladimir Putin, to inflate the cost of their work, this allowed them to create contracts for several times the real price and pocket the difference. One of the Swiss partners profiting from Borodin’s schemes was a Swiss company called Mabetex with whom he signed a contract for 350 million USD for “interior decoration”. The scandal threatened to engulf even the president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin and by the end 1990’s Boris was gravely ill that he was barely able to govern to such a point that when I had a meeting with the U.S President, the CIA were not even sure if he was even alive. Nearing the end of his rule, Boris became close to several political and non-political figures, these figures made up a sort of political group based around Boris, the group was given the name “the family”. The family consisted of, Boris’s daughter Tatiana, her future husband Yumashev, the business men, Boris Berezovsky, and finally, Roman Abramovich. When the family took notice of Vladimir Putin, Russia was changed forever.
In the Autumn of 1998, the kremlin tight circle and the family were searching for a new Prime Minister for Yeltsin to appoint, the Russian constitution m...
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What can be learned from these decrees about Russian social relationships and the state of the Russian economy?
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Misunderstandings happen in our everyday lives, but when is one misunderstanding one too many that can ultimately leave a country in ruins? The Family Romanov written by Candace Fleming is a nonfiction piece set in the time span of 1903 to 1918 filled with the experience of life in the Russian autocracy under the Romanov rule as a peasant, royal and rebel. This story tells us about the downfall of the once greatly praised Russian autocracy, Fleming takes the reader on a journey featuring the rise, but more so the downfall of their rule. After centuries of reign, the Romanov line has a final ruler, Nicholas II, decisions are made and blood is spilled. But, how far would the people of Russia go for a fair government and how oblivious is not
It is thought that the Russian Mafia has existed in Russia for several centuries. When Russia was still the Soviet Union, corruption began to develop because of the Communist era. Citizens were so desperate to pay bills, buy groceries, and more; that they began to steal from one another, as well as get into forms of organized crime. As the Soviet Union fell Russian organized crime was unleashed into the world, from Russia to the U.S and more. Russian organized crime groups commit crimes such as; extortion, white captive trafficking, automobile theft, counterfeiting, hostage taking, prostitution, weapons smuggling, murder, drug trafficking, and fraud.
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One of the topics in organizational development today is leadership. Leadership is what individuals do to mobilize other people in organizations and communities. According to Kouzes & Posner, there are five practices and ten commitments of exemplary leadership. The five practices of exemplary leadership include: Model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, and encourage the heart. In the Leadership Challenge, Kouzes and Posner found similar patterns and actions of leadership that created the essentials to achieve success. Utilizing the research conducted by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, I have created a leadership plan that would apply to the Admission Department at Texas Wesleyan University.
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Russian Crime organizations have grown to a high number since the end of the Cold War. The Nuclear Black market is no stranger to the Russian Mafia. Russia may be poised to sell nuclear weapons to the highest bidder as organized crime expands its influence in Russian society (Phinney). Some of the 200 Russian organized crime groups now operate worldwide, including in the United states and gaining the ability to manipulate its banking system and financial markets (Phinney). Roughly two-thirds of Russia’s economy is under sway of crime syndicates, and protection rackets have been the norm since the collapse of communism(Phinney). The Russian Mafia and the antifada