The journalist asked if it was true that Pugachev wanted $ 10 billion, while Putin offered only $ 5 billion.
“Truth. [В результате] gave zero. The business was sold, taken away. It cost not 10, but 15 [миллиардов долларов]”, – said Pugachev.
He told where he got this business from.
“It began with the fact that in the late 90s I began to buy shares of various enterprises that were related to shipbuilding. What was the interest? In the fact that 70% of the Russian fleet was already in a state of write-off. no matter the budget, if I rebuild the shipbuilding complex, the budget will still be … That is, they will not be able to build cheaper anywhere. Serious ships, for example, supply vessels, warships, cannot be built in Poland or in Finland. Actually, this required huge financial costs . I invested hundreds of millions of dollars in this – only in the purchase “, – explained Pugachev.
A former friend of Putin stressed that the business was “just taken away.”
“I will not dissemble. I will not say that Putin deliberately thought out everything directly and took it from me. It happened. I said that I would come [в Россию] I will not. He says to me: “What about nostalgia?” – “I have no nostalgia. My time has passed. You no longer need me. You have already determined everything. You have your own entourage: Dima Medvedev, Kozak, and someone else. Everything worked out in your life. Why do you need me here?” I am not interested in wasting time either. Therefore, I will figure out what to do next, “- said Pugachev.
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Pugachev was born in 1963 in Kostroma into a military family. He spent his childhood in Moscow, in 1974 the family moved to Leningrad. According to Pugachev, he graduated from several universities, including the University of Knowledge Methodology in Moscow. An economist by education.
Since the 1980s, he has been engaged in entrepreneurial activity. In 1992 he founded Mezhprombank, which later became one of the largest banks in Russia (in 2010, the institution’s license was revoked due to violations of the law and inability to satisfy creditors’ claims).
In the 1990s, Pugachev was a member of the close circle of the first president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, and was one of the leaders of his campaign headquarters in 1996.
In the early 1990s, in Leningrad, he met Putin, but, according to Pugachev, they became friends already in Moscow in 1996 year. The media called Pugachev “the banker of the Kremlin “and the” banker of Putin “.
In 2001-2011, Pugachev was a senator of the Russian Federation from Tuva.
According to “Kommersant”, Pugachev owned shipbuilding enterprises, luxury real estate in Russia and Europe, including the Château de Garo in Nice, media in France. In 2008 Forbes estimated the fortune of Pugachev at $ 2 billion. After Mezhprombank was declared bankrupt, the businessman began to lose his assets.
In the early 1990s, the businessman lived in the United States, then moved to France, and later returned to Russia. In 2011, he left the Russian Federation, now he lives in France, where he received citizenship.
In Russia, a criminal case has been initiated against Pugachev on embezzlement of Mezhprombank funds. At home, he was arrested in absentia.
In 2015, Pugachev filed a lawsuit against Russia for $ 10 billion to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. He accuses the Russian authorities of expropriating four of his assets. Later, the businessman increased his claims to $ 15 billion.
Putin has been in power in Russia for over 20 years. In 2018 he was elected for a fourth presidential term… In 2008-2012, Putin was the head of government, while Dmitry Medvedev was president.
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