- Russian investigators accused Sistema's Vladimir Yevtushenkov of money laundering late on Tuesday in connection with his company's acquisition of up-and-coming oil producer Bashneft.
The charges against Yevtushenkov, one of Russia's richest men, raised fears of a return to the bad old days of asset grabs by the Russian state and drew comparisons to the fate of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky who was jailed for a decade.
We've compiled a list of reactions to Yevtushenkov's arrest. - Derk Sauer, Dutch entrepreneur, long time investor in Russian media ventures
- Jason Corcoran, Bloomberg News Moscow correspondent
Prosperity, key Bashneft investor 'I knew it was issue but this [#Yevtushenkov arrest] was a surprise. he's done everything according to law- Shades of #Khodorkovsky in arrest of Sistema boss #Yevtushenkov. Yukos founder had plenty of warning tho before Putin put him away in gulag
- Garry Kasparov, former Soviet dissident, chess master, Putin critic
- The Khodorkovsky Center, a foundation established to support Putin-era dissident and former-Yukos oil CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky
As Russia puts Yevtushenkov on house arrest, it seems clear that it's "illegal" to own something that Rosneft wants. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d901ac58-3dc5-11e4-b175-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=intl#axzz3DVz3YMAK …- Greg White, Wall Street Journal's Moscow bureau chief
- Meanwhile, news website Vesti reports former Moscow mayor Yury Luzkhov recommended that Yevtushenkov cooperate with the investigation against him
Лужков порекомендовал Евтушенкову сотрудничать со следствием http://vesti.ru/t?1976824- Dmitry Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center think thank
Arrest of #Yevtushenkov,against the background of Western sanctions,sours business climate in #Russia still further.- Alexander Nekrassov, a colorful former-Kremlin adviser and Voice of Russia columnist
- Vladimir Solovyev, a prominent Russian journalist and pundit
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