SWITZERLAND: EX-KREMLIN AIDE PAVEL BORODIN ARRIVES TO FACE QUESTIONING ON MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES.

Record ID: 648308

  • Title: SWITZERLAND: EX-KREMLIN AIDE PAVEL BORODIN ARRIVES TO FACE QUESTIONING ON MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES.
  • Date: 17th May 2001
  • Summary: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (MAY 16, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV: EXTERIOR OF RUSSIAN MISSION 0.04 2. CU: SIGN READING MISSION OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0.10 3. GV: LAWYER'S CAR ARRIVES 0.12 4. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (French) BORODIN'S LAWYER ROBERT ASSAEL SAYING: "We can confirm that he (Borodin) left Moscow, we haven't seen him yet but he'll arrive respecting his deal with the court. "He (Borodin) will be questioned tomorow, the other people charged in this affair will also be present, questioned. The inquiry will last the whole morning and maybe the afternoon." 0.26 5. GV: LAWYER'S CAR ENTERING RUSSIAN MISSION (2 SHOTS) 0.58 6. GV: LAWYERS WAITING OUTSIDE RUSSIAN MISSION MAIN DOOR 1.02 7. GV/PAN: PAVEL BORODIN INSIDE A CAR ARRIVING AT RUSSIAN MISSION 1.10 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 1st June 2001 13:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Reuters ID: LVA9ISPM2SLWJ2ZMTGFWGUB2O30I
  • Story Text: Ex-Kremlin aide Pavel Borodin arrived in Geneva on
    Wednesday evening to face questioning from Swiss authorities
    on money-laundering charges.



    Ex-Kremlin aide Pavel Borodin arrived in Geneva on
    Wednesday (May 16) to face questioning linked to his
    indictment last month on Swiss money-laundering charges.

    The confident of ex-President Boris Yeltsin will answer
    questions on Thursday relating to US$25 million he allegedly
    took in kickbacks.

    Pavel Borodin is at the centre of a Swiss investigation
    into huge kickbacks from US$500 million Kremlin renovation
    contracts, allegedly laundered through Swiss banks and
    offshore accounts.

    Borodin was extradited to Geneva after being seized at New
    York's JFK airport in January on a Swiss international
    warrant.

    He denies all charges and remains secretary of a nebulous
    union between Russia and neighbouring Belarus.

    Russia, which paid Borodin's five million Swiss franc
    bail, dropped its inquiry into the case last year.



  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2015. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register