Ex-Russian operative led UN 'spy nest' (UN oil-for-food scandal)
Saturday 31st of July 2010 04:04:19 PM
Posted by admin / Under Sergei Rachmaninoff
| UNITED NATIONS - A former Russian top spy says his agents helped the Russian government steal nearly $500 million from the U.N.'s oil-for-food program in Iraq before the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Sergei Tretyakov, who defected to the United States in 2000 as a double agent, says he oversaw an operation that helped Saddam's regime manipulate the price of Iraqi oil sold under the program — and allow Russia to skim profits. Tretyakov, former deputy head of intelligence at Russia's U.N. mission from 1995 to 2000, names some names, but sticks mainly to code names. Among the spies... |
Condi And Sergei Air Differences Over An Open Microphone
Saturday 31st of July 2010 04:04:19 PM
Posted by admin / Under Sergei Rachmaninoff
| Condi and Sergei air differences over an open microphone By Adrian Blomfield in Moscow (Filed: 01/07/2006) Condoleezza Rice, America's secretary of state, is famed for her sang froid but one person seems to be able to rattle her - Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister. The pair are known to have goaded each other on several occasions, reflecting the souring relationship between Washington and Moscow. However, a candid conversation between the pair was revealed to the world when a technician failed to switch off an audio feed during a closed-door lunch at a meeting of foreign ministers in Moscow. For... |
Special Interest
Our Services
Do not forget to check the lastest products and auctions related to Sergei Rachmaninoff as well as our free videos and podcasts.
Find news
"The trick in life is learning how to deal with it."
by Helen Mirren
Share this!