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Russian diplomat who was convicted in the US for money laundering
Russian diplomat, former chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions of the UN General Assembly. In 2005, he was arrested on charges of conspiracy to launder money that he received from Alexander Yakovlev, a UN employee convicted of bribery. In 2007, a New York court found Kuznetsov guilty and sentenced him to four years and three months in prison. In 2008, he was handed over to the Russian side and spent the rest of his term in Russia.
Vladimir Kuznetsov was elected Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions of the UN General Assembly in 2002, according to other sources - in January 2003. Previously, he headed one of the divisions of the department international organizations Russian Foreign Ministry .
On September 1, 2005, officers of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Kuznetsov on charges of conspiracy to launder money,,,,. The Russian was deprived of diplomatic immunity by decision of the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan,.
At the same time, it became known from official UN sources that Kuznetsov's arrest was the result of an investigation into the case against Alexander Yakovlev, a former UN procurement officer arrested in August. In a broader context, the arrest of the Russian diplomat was related to an investigation of corruption at the UN in connection with the implementation of the Oil-for-Food (OIF) assistance program for Iraq,.
On September 2, 2005, an indictment was announced, according to which Kuznetsov founded an offshore company in 2000 and used it to launder funds obtained by criminal means. These funds, according to prosecutors, Kuznetsov received from an unnamed employee of the UN procurement department,,. As it turned out later, this man was Yakovlev,,.
Kuznetsov completely denied his guilt,. He was placed in a general pre-trial detention cell in the prison of the New York district of Brooklyn, where, along with the Russian, about 100 more detainees were kept. According to Kuznetsov himself, he spent most of his time in prison in a common cell for 120 people, and was also kept in a punishment cell for some time.
The American authorities demanded a $1.5 million bail to release Kuznetsov from custody. This amount was paid by the Russian Federation,,,,, after which Kuznetsov was under house arrest. He was monitored around the clock with the help of a bracelet sensor fixed on his leg,,.
According to media reports, Yakovlev's testimony served as the main and, in fact, the only source of accusations against Kuznetsov. Even before Kuznetsov was arrested, he refused legal support from Russia and pleaded guilty to receiving about a million dollars in bribes from companies that entered into contracts with the UN. Agreeing to cooperate with the investigation, Yakovlev testified that he transferred to Kuznetsov the amount of 300 thousand dollars, which were laundered with the help of an offshore company in Antigua,,,,,,.
Kuznetsov's defense insisted that the accused received money from Yakovlev on credit and did not know about their origin,,. This version, in particular, was confirmed by the testimony of the accountant of the UN Secretariat Igor Pochigaev,. In addition, the defense argued that the money was indeed transferred through an offshore company, but this was done at the request of Yakovlev himself. It was reported that Kuznetsov spent the 300 thousand dollars received from Yakovlev on the construction of a private house in the Moscow region.
On March 7, 2007, a jury in the Southern Federal District of New York found Kuznetsov guilty. The announcement of the verdict was scheduled for June 25: the Russian was threatened with imprisonment for up to 20 years,,,,. The Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN expressed disappointment with the verdict of the jury,. The Consulate General of the Russian Federation in New York expressed surprise at the too quick decision - it took the jury only an hour to reach a verdict.
Doubts about the correctness of the jury's verdict were also expressed by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Mikhail Kamynin. He pointed out that the whole trial of Kuznetsov raises many questions. In particular, Kamynin noted that Kofi Annan made the decision to lift immunity from a high-ranking UN official without consulting with General Assembly and the Russian side. (Earlier it was reported that before making a decision, the Secretary General called up Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov,). In addition, the representative Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out the unreasonably high amount of bail established by US authorities, and overly harsh preventive measures applied to Kuznetsov. Kamynin also reported that pressure was put on the defendant and the defense during the investigation.
According to the press, Annan's hasty decision and the subsequent tough actions against Kuznetsov could be related to the ongoing investigation in the United States of abuses during the implementation of the NOP program. It was noted that the Paul Volcker commission, which investigated this case, pointed to the participation in corrupt activities of a number of high-ranking officials from the UN secretariat and raised the issue of involvement in the abuse of the son of Secretary General Kojo Annan.
On June 22, it turned out that the announcement of Kuznetsov's verdict was postponed indefinitely - this was due to the consideration of petitions filed by his lawyers for violation of procedural norms by the prosecution. After that, the defense continued to explore the possibility of an appeal. On July 26, Kuznetsov announced to reporters that he intended to go to prison - according to the former diplomat, he had run out of funds for renting housing.
On October 12, 2007, the court sentenced Kuznetsov to four years and three months in prison. In addition, he had to pay several fines totaling about 73.7 thousand dollars and, after serving his prison term, be under police supervision for two years. It was reported that the question of deporting Kuznetsov to Russia could only be raised after he was released from prison,.
After the trial, Kuznetsov spent some time in one of the New York prisons, and then in the Allenwood prison in Pennsylvania,.
A year later, on October 31, 2008, monetary fines were paid on behalf of Kuznetsov. November 6 court Southern District New York allowed the extradition of Kuznetsov to Russia, and on November 19 (according to some sources - November 18), he had already returned to his homeland. In accordance with the decision of the Moscow City Court, in Russia he had to spend the rest of the term in prison (approximately one year and four months) and pay a fine of one million rubles,. In 2010, it was reported that Kuznetsov had already been released and was living and working in Moscow.
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A UN employee who imprisoned Russian diplomat Kuznetsov received several hours in prison. - NEWSru.com, 28.12.2010
A Russian diplomat convicted in the United States returned to Moscow. - RIA News, 19.11.2008
"Biography"
In 1980 he graduated from MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.
In diplomatic work since 1980.
"News"
Finnish Foreign Ministry Summons Russian Ambassador Due to Violation of Airspace
Russian Ambassador Pavel Kuznetsov was summoned to the Finnish Foreign Ministry after the Finnish Ministry of Defense suspected a Russian plane of violating the republic's airspace. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland on Twitter.
Putin appoints new Russian ambassador to Finland
Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Pavel Kuznetsov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Finland. The corresponding document is published on the portal of legal information.
Pavel Kuznetsov appointed Russian Ambassador to Finland
President Vladimir Putin has appointed Pavel Kuznetsov as Russian Ambassador to Finland. By another decree, Mr. Putin dismissed the previous head of the diplomatic mission, Alexander Rumyantsev, who had held this post since 2006, from this post.
Pavel Kuznetsov was born in 1958, he speaks Finnish and English. From 2010 to 2014, he was the Russian Ambassador to Slovakia, and since September 2014, he headed the General Secretariat of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Pavel Kuznetsov appointed Russian Ambassador to Finland
Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced the ambassador Russian Federation in Finland. Relevant documents are published on the official portal of legal information.
By the first decree, the head of state released Alexander Rumyantsev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Finland, from his duties.
PUTIN REPLACED RUSSIA'S AMBASSADOR TO FINLAND
A decree was signed on the removal from office of Alexander Rumyantsev, who has worked as an ambassador to Finland since 2006.
According to RT, Russian President Vladimir Putin today signed a decree dismissing Russian Ambassador to Finland Alexander Rumyantsev. He has been in this position since 2006.
New Russian ambassador appointed to Finland
Appointed new ambassador Russia in Finland. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
The embassy will be headed by Pavel Kuznetsov. Before today He served as director of the General Secretariat of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Pavel Kuznetsov was born on August 10, 1958. Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, since 1980 he has been working as a diplomat. He began his career at the Soviet Embassy in Finland. In 1999-2004, he served as Counsellor-Envoy of the Russian Embassy in Estonia, until 2010 - Director of the Second European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2010-14 - Ambassador to Slovakia, later - Director of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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| Pavel Maratovich Kuznetsov | |
| April 20 - September 10 | |
|---|---|
| Predecessor: | Alexander Ivanovich Udaltsov |
| Successor: | Alexey Leonidovich Fedotov |
| Birth: | August 10(1958-08-10
)
(61 years old) Moscow |
| Education: | MGIMO |
| Profession: | diplomat |
| Awards: | |
Pavel Maratovich Kuznetsov(born August 10) - Russian diplomat.
Biography
Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1980). In diplomatic work since 1980.
Since September 10 - Director of the General Secretariat (Department) of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
A family
Married, has a son.
Awards
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“Ah, it doesn’t matter at all,” Dolgorukov spoke quickly, getting up and opening the card on the table. - All cases are foreseen: if he is standing at Brunn ...And Prince Dolgorukov quickly and indistinctly told the plan for the flank movement of Weyrother.
Prince Andrei began to object and prove his plan, which could be equally good with the Weyrother plan, but had the drawback that the Weyrother plan had already been approved. As soon as Prince Andrei began to prove the disadvantages of that and the benefits of his own, Prince Dolgorukov stopped listening to him and absently looked not at the map, but at the face of Prince Andrei.
“However, Kutuzov will have a military council today: you can express all this there,” said Dolgorukov.
“I will do it,” said Prince Andrei, moving away from the map.
“And what do you care about, gentlemen?” said Bilibin, who had been listening to their conversation with a cheerful smile until now, and now, apparently, he was about to make a joke. - Whether there will be victory or defeat tomorrow, the glory of Russian weapons is insured. In addition to your Kutuzov, there is not a single Russian commander of the columns. Chiefs: Herr general Wimpfen, le comte de Langeron, le prince de Lichtenstein, le prince de Hohenloe et enfin Prsch… prsch… et ainsi de suite, comme tous les noms polonais. [Wimpfen, Count Langeron, Prince of Liechtenstein, Hohenlohe and Prishprshiprsh, like all Polish names.]
- Taisez vous, mauvaise langue, [Keep your slander.] - said Dolgorukov. - It's not true, now there are two Russians: Miloradovich and Dokhturov, and there would be 3rd, Count Arakcheev, but his nerves are weak.
“However, Mikhail Ilarionovich, I think, went out,” said Prince Andrei. “I wish you happiness and success, gentlemen,” he added, and went out, shaking hands with Dolgorukov and Bibilin.
Returning home, Prince Andrei could not help asking Kutuzov, who was silently sitting next to him, about what he thought about tomorrow's battle?
Kutuzov looked sternly at his adjutant and, after a pause, answered:
- I think that the battle will be lost, and I said so to Count Tolstoy and asked him to convey this to the sovereign. What do you think he answered me? Eh, mon cher general, je me mele de riz et des et cotelettes, melez vous des affaires de la guerre. [And, dear general! I am busy with rice and meatballs, and you are engaged in military affairs.] Yes ... That's what they answered me!
At 10 o'clock in the evening, Weyrother moved with his plans to Kutuzov's apartment, where a military council was appointed. All the heads of the columns were called to the commander-in-chief, and, with the exception of Prince Bagration, who refused to come, they all appeared at the appointed hour.
Weyrother, who was the full manager of the proposed battle, represented by his liveliness and haste a sharp contrast to the discontented and sleepy Kutuzov, who reluctantly played the role of chairman and head of the military council. Weyrother evidently felt himself at the head of a movement that was already unstoppable. He was like a harnessed horse running downhill with a cart. Whether he was driving or driven, he did not know; but he rushed at all possible speed, not having time to discuss what this movement would lead to. Weyrother that evening was twice for a personal inspection in the enemy's chain and twice with the sovereigns, Russian and Austrian, for a report and explanations, and in his office, where he dictated the German disposition. He, exhausted, has now come to Kutuzov.
Apparently, he was so busy that he even forgot to be respectful to the commander-in-chief: he interrupted him, spoke quickly, indistinctly, without looking into the face of his interlocutor, without answering the questions put to him, was covered in mud and looked miserable, exhausted, confused and at the same time arrogant and proud.
