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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 Mr. Zhirinovsky’s son, Igor Lebedev, is one of the leaders of LDPR. These payments by Plasco in favor of Mr. Lebedev were made within one to four days after the transfer of funds to Plasco by Bayoil. 41 Around the time of these transfers, several liftings financed by Bayoil were made under contracts M/05/50 and M/06/25, which were allocated to Mr. Zhirinovsky. 42 41 Committee oil financier and beneficiary tables, contract nos. M/04/44 (one letter of credit financed by Bayoil), M/05/50 (five letters of credit financed by Bayoil), M/06/25 (six letters of credit financed by Bayoil), M/07/90 (five letters of credit financed by Bayoil), M/08/40 (five letters of credit financed by Bayoil), M/10/67 (two letters of credit financed by Bayoil); Vladimir Zhirinovsky letter to Bayoil (Jan. 13, 1999) (translated from Russian) (inviting Mr. Dionissiev to Moscow in the second half of January 1999); Bayoil letter to Nafta-Moskva (Feb. 24, 1999) (instructing execution of Mr. Zhirinovsky’s allocations by Nafta-Moskva and advising the company to inform SOMO that it is “providing service to Mr. Zhirinovsky”); Igor Okunev, “Golden Youth of Kremlin,” Rossiyskaya gazeta, July 18, 2003 (translated from Russian) (discussing Mr. Lebedev); Nabi Abdullaev, “Hussein traded a school for oil,” Moscow Times, May 20, 2005 (referencing Mr. Lebedev); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Bayoil account, debit advice (May 26, 1999) (recording a payment of $350,000 to Plasco); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Plasco account, debit advice (May 26, 1999) (recording a payment of $340,000); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Plasco account, payment order (May 26, 1999); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Bayoil account, debit advice (June 14, 1999) (recording a payment of $56,885); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Bayoil account, payment order (June 11, 1999) (requesting a payment of $56,885 to Plasco); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Plasco account, debit advice (June 16, 1999) (recording a payment of $66,875); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Plasco account, payment order (June 16, 1999); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Bayoil account, debit advice (June 21, 1999) (recording a payment of $680,000); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Bayoil account, payment order (June 18, 1999) (requesting a payment of $680,000 to Plasco); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Plasco account, debit advice (June 22, 1999) (recording a payment of $680,000); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Plasco account, payment order (June 22, 1999); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Bayoil account, payment order (July 22, 1999) (requesting a payment of $530,000 to Plasco); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Plasco account, debit advice (July 26, 1999) (recording a payment of $510,000); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Plasco account, payment order (July 26, 1999) (referring to the payment as “consultancy fees”); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Bayoil account, bank statement (Sept. 30, 1999) (showing a payment of $65,000 to Plasco); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Plasco account, debit advice (Sept. 14, 1999) (recording a payment of $85,000); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Plasco account, payment order (Sept. 14, 1999) (referring to the payment as “consultancy fees”); Crédit Agricole Indosuez record, Plasco account, account documents (1991-1993) (containing a power of attorney dated January 27, 1993 and issued in the name of Mr. Dionissiev). 42 Committee oil company and beneficiary tables, contract nos. M/05/50, M/06/25 (contracting with Nafta- Moskva); SOMO bills of lading, bbl/2573 (Mar. 29, 1999) (for 1,949,679 barrels and relating to contract M/05/50), bbl/2580 (Apr. 9, 1999) (for 1,482,633 barrels and relating to contract M/05/50), bbl/2582 (Apr. 11, 1999) (for 1,996,834 barrels and relating to contract M/05/50), bbl/2588 (Apr. 18, 1999) (for 506,115 barrels and relating to contract M/05/50), bbl/2601 (May 6, 1999) (for 989,975 barrels and relating to contract M/05/50), bbl/2644 (July 13, 1999) (for 1,969,924 barrels and relating to contract M/06/25); bbl/2651 (July 23, 1999) (for 1,889,602 barrels and relating to contract M/06/25), ck/4564 (Aug. 23, 1999) (for 596,139 barrels and relating to contract M/06/25), ck/4587 (Sept. 17, 1999) (for 894,936 barrels and relating to contract M/06/25), bbl/2701 (Sept. 24, 1999) (for 250,000 barrels and relating to contract M/06/25), ck/4617 (Oct. 20, 1999) (for 1,819,259 barrels and relating to contract M/06/25). REPORT ON PROGRAMME MANIPULATION–OCTOBER 27, 2005 PAGE 32 OF 623
INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE INTO THE UNITED NATIONS OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME REPORT ON PROGRAMME MANIPULATION CHAPTER TWO OIL TRANSACTIONS AND ILLICIT PAYMENTS Iraqi Ministry of Oil records show that surcharges totaling over $5.1 million were imposed on five contracts allocated to Mr. Zhirinovsky. On two of these contracts, M/10/19 and M/10/67, surcharges were partially or fully satisfied through cash payments at the Iraqi Embassy in Moscow. According to an Iraqi official, Mr. Zhirinovsky had outstanding surcharge payments on his oil contracts, which was the reason why he stopped receiving allocations in late phases of the Programme. In early 2002, Mr. Zhirinovsky offered to pay outstanding surcharges by transferring the title to a building located in Moscow to the Government of Iraq. In a letter to Mr. Aziz dated March 12, 2002, Mr. Zhirinovsky discussed arrangements to cover “the duty” with a “delivery of building on the free basis in the center of Moscow.” In his letter, Mr. Zhirinovsky pointed out that “the building registration documents are on the final stage of registration and [the building] will be ready . . . [in] April of 2002.” 43 43 Committee oil company and surcharge tables, contract nos. M/08/40 (contracting with TNK), M/09/119 (contracting with Machinoimport), M/10/19 (same), M/10/67 (contracting with Lukoil Asia Pacific), M/11/79 (contracting with Machinoimport); Iraq officials interviews (stating that surcharge payments on oil allocated to Mr. Zhirinovsky were brought to the Iraqi Embassy by his representative); Iraq official interview (stating that Mr. Zhirinovsky stopped receiving allocations in Phase XII because he owed surcharge payments on oil contracts allocated to him); Vladimir Zhirinovsky letter to Tariq Aziz (Mar. 12, 2002). Iraqi Ministry of Oil records show that surcharges totaling about $1.1 million were not paid on contract M/09/119, allocated to Mr. Zhirinovsky. Committee oil company table, contract no. M/09/119. REPORT ON PROGRAMME MANIPULATION–OCTOBER 27, 2005 PAGE 33 OF 623
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