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14 of August, 14:32

Vice-speaker of the state Duma from "Fair Russia" Nikolay Levichev, explaining the request of the United States about the arrest of the assets of Vimpelcom and MTS abroad, believes that after such pleas Have to think about the action on the nationalization of American and other foreign assets within the Russian Federation.

As stated before printing edition, the U.S. government appealed to the five European countries with inquiries about the seizure of assets telecommunication organizations Vimpelcom, MTS and TeliaSonera for $ 1 billion in the case of bribery in Uzbekistan.

The Agency in July informed that the Ministry of justice received the permission of the court of new York on the detention of 300 million dollars in accounts in Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium in the framework of the investigation of bribery in the communication market of Uzbekistan with the participation of Vimpelcom and MTS. This money, according to one version, steel-income international bribery scheme involving 2 Russian organizations and relatives of the President of Uzbekistan, specified the Agency.

Levichev considers that there is no need to passively observe the developments and later years are "the dust" in the courts." It is necessary to devise a set of measures for the nationalization of American and other foreign assets in the borders of our country in the event of such hostile actions, " he said.

According to Levicheva, this time the object of extraterritoriality, and the truly global character of American claims of justice have become the organization of MTS and Vimpelcom, the foreign assets of which decided to deprive of liberty new York court.

"Excuse - surfaced again a case of bribery in Uzbekistan, aimed against the family of President Karimov, As if not gratuitously gave preference to Russian companies on the national market context. Where new York, Where Tashkent? The reason, why now? The USA, having suffered a geopolitical defeat in Kyrgyzstan, whose people made a choice in favor of Eurasian integration without implementing their plans in other Central Asian post-Soviet countries, at any cost want to push from power of the current Uzbek elite that pursues an independent policy, " said Fins news Levichev.

according to his statement, on the reverse side, this is another trial balloon to under false pretenses, including the Ukrainian crisis, strike at the interests of businessmen of Russia abroad, really go to an economic blockade of our country.

"If the country within which the property is 2 leading Russian communications companies, will meet the Americans," SAG "international private law can be forgotten," said the people's Deputy.

sections: Politics

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