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INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE INTO THE UNITED NATIONS OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME REPORT ON PROGRAMME MANIPULATION CHAPTER TWO OIL TRANSACTIONS AND ILLICIT PAYMENTS his return to Moscow called upon Russia to use its veto power in the Security Council to avoid the war. 35 According to one of the documents obtained from the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, Mr. Zyuganov was involved in monitoring the amount of oil allocated through the Foundation for Friendship with Peoples of Arab States. On February 12, 1999, Mr. Zyuganov wrote to Mr. Aziz seeking reconsideration of a 50 percent decrease in the volume of oil allocated to the Foundation for Friendship with Peoples of Arab States. In the letter, Mr. Zyuganov questioned why the decrease had not been “discussed during meetings with you and during my numerous contacts with the Ambassador of Iraq to Russia, Mr. Hassan Fahmi Jum’a.” 36 35 Communist Party of the Russian Federation, “In brief,” http://www.kprf.ru/party/info; Communist Party of the Russian Federation, “Party’s history,” http://www.kprf.ru/history/party/; Communist Party of the Russian Federation, “Official web-site of Gennady Andreevich Zyuganov,” http://www.kprf.ru/personal/ zyuganov; State Duma, Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, “Members of State Duma, Gennady Andreevich Zyuganov,” http://www.duma.gov.ru; “Presidential elections in Russia in 1991 and 1996,” ITAR Tass, Mar. 23, 2000 (translated from Russian); “‘Rossiyskaya gazeta’ and ‘Parlamentskaya gazeta’ publish official results of Russian presidential elections,” ITAR Tass, Apr. 6, 2000 (translated from Russian); State Duma, Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, “Associations of parliamentarians,” http://www.duma.gov.ru (showing that, as of October 25, 2005, KRPF had 47 members in the State Duma, or about 10.4 percent of the total number of parliamentarians); Iraq official interview; KPRF letter to the President of the Security Council (undated) (attached to Russia Mission letter to 661 Committee Chairman (Apr. 6, 2000)); “Communist leader Zyuganov interviewed on party matters, Iraq and foreign policy,” BBC Monitoring Service: Former USSR, Feb. 10, 1998; Mikhail Vinogradov, “Three parliamentarians and one Saddam,” Izvestia, Feb. 22, 2003, p. 3 (translated from Russian); “Iraq is against the war, but not at any price – Hussein,” Interfax, Feb. 19, 2003 (translated from Russian); Nelli Sharushkina, “Star Turn – Russia Blazes a Trail to the Middle East,” NEFTE Compass, Nov. 9, 2000; “In Baghdad, G. Zyuganov and S. Hussein discussed the situation with Iraq,” RosBiznesKonsulting, Feb. 19, 2003 (translated from Russian); “Zyuganov thinks that Russia should use its veto power in the United Nations not to allow war in Iraq,” Interfax, Feb. 28, 2003 (translated from Russian). 36 Gennady Zyuganov letter to Tariq Aziz (Feb. 12, 1999). REPORT ON PROGRAMME MANIPULATION–OCTOBER 27, 2005 PAGE 28 OF 623
INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE INTO THE UNITED NATIONS OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME REPORT ON PROGRAMME MANIPULATION CHAPTER TWO OIL TRANSACTIONS AND ILLICIT PAYMENTS Figure: Gennady Zyuganov letter to Tariq Aziz (Feb. 12, 1999) (translated from Russian). The Committee has contacted Mr. Zyuganov and the office of KPRF in the State Duma seeking comments regarding documents obtained by the Committee from the Government of Iraq. Mr. Zyuganov has not responded to repeated communications from the Committee. 37 2. Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia According to Iraqi officials and Iraqi Ministry of Oil records, 73 million barrels were allocated in the name of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the head of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Russian Federation (“LDPR”) between Phase II and Phase XI. Of this allocated oil, over 62 million barrels was lifted through a number of oil companies, including Sidanco, Nafta Moskva, Tyumen Oil Company (“TNK”), Machinoimport, and Lukoil Asia Pacific PTE Ltd (“Lukoil Asia 37 Committee letters to Gennady Zyuganov (June 21, July 21, Aug. 14, and Oct. 13, 2005). REPORT ON PROGRAMME MANIPULATION–OCTOBER 27, 2005 PAGE 29 OF 623
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