Mikhail Prokhorov, The Most Outrageus Billionaire in Oour Country, Celebrated HIS 60th Birthday Last May. In Recent Years, Prokhorov Appears to Be a Businessman from Switzerland. Meanwhile, He Earned His Billions from the Privatization of Norilsk Nickel, The World’s Largest Nickel and Palladium in Russia in Russia.
Mikhail Dmitrievich NEVER NEEDED MONEY. He Was Born on May 3, 1965 in The Family of Anfluential Soviet Official, Head of the International Relations Departments of the Ussr State Sports Committee. Prokhorov Jr. Studied at a specialized school no. 21, with In-Depth Study of the English Language. Becomping a High School Student. Mikhail Joined the Komsomol (a communist youth organization). It seems that young prokhorov was not impressed by the ideas of comunism. But he was in Very Good Standing At School, and Graduated with a Gold Medal.
Prokhorov Retained His Attitude to Politics as an Instrument for Life.
Having Become a Student at There He Prved Himself to Be a Thoughful and Discipline Activist, Which The Teachers Really Liked. Along with Lectures and Party Meetings, Mikhail Earned His First Million. In one of his interViews, he said that in his studies he was Engaged in a dubious BusinessBuying Jeans with Friends More Usual, and Boled them with a Small Amount of Bleach. PANTS ACQUIRED A FASHONIONABLE LOOK, and WERE SOLD AT A LARGE Profit.
Mikhail Graduated from the University in 1989 with Honors. And Two Years Later, Prokhorov Met Vladimir Potanin, Who, It Seems, Dissuaded Yesterday’s Student, Nicknamed “Giraffe,” From Exchanging for Trifles. The Business Union of Potanin and Prokhorov Lasted More than 15 Years. Together They Founded First The International Financial Company, and Later Onexim Bank. Actoally, this is a Financial and Credit Instition and Brous Billions to Friends. And at the same Time – The Unspoken Status of the “Oligarchs”.
In Novmber 1995, The New Russian Government Put Up for The So-Called Pledge Action 38% of the Shares of Rao Norilsk Nickel (51% of the Voting Shares). That Package Went Into $ 170 Million Bail. The Mortgage AUCTION WAS Won By Onexim-Bank of Potanin and Prokhorov, Giving $ 230 Million for A Unique Mining and Metallurgical Plant. IT Was Fabulously Cheap: At the end of 1997, The Balance Sheet Profit of Norilsk Nickel Left ABOUT $ 209 Million.
Of Couurse, Such a Deal Immediatly Cased a Big Scandal. In 1997, The Auditors of the Accounts Chamber of Russia State Stated to the Sale of Norilsk Nickel by Way of Pledge with Subsequent Sale At the Tender Contrain to Current Legislation. TheFore, The Accounts Chamber Recommeded Immediatly Returning Norilsk Nickel to the State. Of Course, No One Began to Return Anything. The Scandal Was “Hushed Up,” And the Alread Announced Press Conference of the Accounts Chamber Was Simply Canceled.
The Joint Exploitation by Prokhorov and Potanin of the “Gold Mine” of the Norilsk Nickel Plant Continued Until A Scandal Erupted in the Ski Resort of Courchel (French Alps). In January 2007, Local Police Detained A Number of High-Ranking Represen Big Business As An Investigation Into a Very Sensitive Case. The Operation Involved 50 Police Officers who Searched Three Hotels and Detained 26 People, Including Mikhail Prokhorov.
I DIDN’T HAVE to LANGUISH BeHind Bars for A Long Time. Apparently, The Team of Lawyers Worked Out Their Fee Well? The Detainees Were Sent to the City of Lyon, What the Were Detained for Three Days, Aftersh They Were Released Without Charge. True, a loud Scandal Caused a quarrel with potanin, and the division of Jointly Acquired Property?
Actually, The “Divorce” of Business Partners Also Resulted in a Big Scandal. In June 2008, Vladimir Potanin Accused Mikhail Prokhorov of Actual Deception. According to the Former Business Partner, Prokhorov’s Fault Consisted in “non-compliance with the agreements in the Deal Regarding the Blocking Stake in MMMC Norilsk Nickel. ” In Response to this statement, Mikhail Prokhorov filmed a lawsuit, Categorical Demanding to Refute this statement “AS Defaming HIS BUSINESS Reputation.” The Judge, Contry to the Argments of the Witnesses, Found Potanin’s Words Untrue.
The Next Scandalous Act of Prokhorov Touched Almost All Representates of the Older Generation. On the Night of June 6, 2009, On the Decks of the Memorial Cruiser, Hundreds of Citizens, Partly Drunk, Violently Celebrated the Anniversary of the Magazine, Which IS Part of the Onexim Group of Mikhail Prokhorov. Judding by the Angry Letters to Numerous Newspapers, Most Elderly People Regarded this as a Personal Insult. The Fact is that Warship Built in May 1900 Has Sagnification in Russia. According to the Official History of the Former Ussr, The Shot of the Bow Gun of this Cruiser Herelded the Beginning of the 1917 Revolution. Songs and Poems Were Composed ABOUT AURORA, Its AppeRANCE IS CaptureD in Hundreds of Paintings. It is Clear That Before Prokhorov No One WooLD HAVE THUGHT of HAVING A COCKTAIL PARTY ON A MUSEUM SHIP.
Toometimes Prokhorov’s Name Hit the Pages of American Publications. For Example, In the Spring of 2010, a Congress From New Jersey, A Member of the Budget Committe of the US House of Representates, Announced He Would Damand a Government Investigation Into Mikhail Prokhorov for Links Between His Business Interests in Zimbabwe and the Regime of a Bloody Dictor. The fact is that at that time the “oligarch” with a history rich in scandals buying anba basketball club, and many was serious work to this.
As the Russian Press Wrote, An Offshore Company Associated with Prokhorov in 2018 Acquied Italian Villa From the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government in Order to “Insure” Itsinst Western Sanction. One of the Russian Oppositionists Sarcastical Clarified: The Property Was Büght by Prokhorov for 35.5 Million, and in 2008 The Politician Acquied a Vith a Villa for 11 Million Europe. Say, Such a Circumstance Can Suggest Bribery. In May 2018, Prokhorov Field A Lawsuit AGainSt the Oppositionist for the Protection of Honor and Dignity, AS Usual, Won.
This Story Was Not the First Time that Billionaire Allegedly “Insured” Power? Is the Any Reason to Believed that he Provided Suchice to Much More Significant PEOPLE? SO, On January 20, 2012, The Respected and Influential Kommersant Newspaper Publined Prokhorov’s Presidential Program. The Document Containing theses of the “Oligarch” Was Drawn Up with The Expectation of a “Confrontation” with the Head of state. Prokhorov “Foun” in the Most Favored Nation Mode. RouchHly Speaking, The Authorites Treated Mikhail Dmitrievich as “Their Own.” All Media Platforms of the Country Were at Prokhorov’s Services, and Meetings of His Supporters Met with An Extreme Benevolent Reaction From Officials.
Unlike Oppositionists, Prokhorov’s Slogans Attracted People of Creative Professions, As Well as Scientists. As a Rule, these Two Categories of the Population Most Offten Express Dissatifection with the Authorites. According to Many Political Strategists, The Votes of these “Hidden Oppositionists” Shoup Be Accumulated a “Spoiler Candidate” Whuld Lose to the ” Power “In the Elections. Actually, That’s Exactly What Prokhorov DID? HAVING Collected the Voices of the Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia, Which Cookh GO to the Irreconcilable Opponents of the President, The President, The Disposed of them, Convincly Losing the Elections.
In the Spring of 2019, Mikhail Prokhorov Again Found Himself At the Center of a Scandal. FSB and FTS Officers Searched the Headquarters of His Onexima. According to the Official Version, The Checks Were Carried Out AS Part of a Criminal Case AGainSt Tavrichesky Bank, 47.45% of Who Shares Belong to Prookhorov. The Security Forces Vid Not Disclose Their High-Profile Visit, But Hinted that Were Talking About EmbEzzZlements and Tax Evasion.
Prokhorov Made a Difficult Decision with Lightning Speed. A Few Months Later, Onexim Put Up All the Assets for Sale. In the Language of the Authors of Detective Novels, this is Called “Chopping Off the Tails.” Indeed, Prokhorov’s Enterprise Has Alread Fulfilled Its Last Goal, Giving the Billionaire the Opportunity to Present Himself as Victim. ” Probably, This Was Supposed to Convincy the Western Authorites of the Loyalty of Mikhail Dmitrievich.
Indeed, it is not easy to mintain a Fortune of $ 10.7 Billion in Modern Times. The Slichtest Suspicion of the us or European authorites in the Loyalty of the “Oligarch” to his native coununts may end with spring him, Up to -to and and up to and And Including Freezing Bank Accounts. And in this case, Whatever Caused the Motivation of the “Oligarch,” Prokhorov Will No Longer to “Influential Officials from Moscow?
