RE: cemetery with Chernobyl victims?

[Oleg Povetko <opovetko@SWRI.EDU>]

Maury, saying that "cash is gone" is not technically correct. International

financial institutions keep collecting billions of dollars in interest every

year from Russia including payments on Soviet Union debt that other 14 newly

independent countries do not repay. The money-laundering schemes transfered

portions of those loans to the Western banks, so after all, it is a pretty

good deal for the Western financial institutions.



Over the coming six years Russia is to make US$85bn in foreign debt- service

payments-around US$13bn-14bn per annum, except in 2003, when US$19bn in

payments are due.



"Russia repays further tranche of IMF debt



BY SAPA-DPA,



[Moscow, 23 February 2001] - The payment is a small part of the nearly $2

billion that Moscow is due to repay the IMF this year. With Friday's payment

reported by the Itar-Tass agency, which cited the Finance Ministry, Moscow

has so far paid some $400 million of the sum.



Russia, with debts to the IMF totalling about $12 billion, has not received

any financial support from the IMF since 1999. The body cut off its support

then, citing Moscow's economic policies, corruption allegations against

Russian politicians and the war in the Caucasus region. "



As CNN reported on February 5, 2001 at

http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/02/05/russia.financial/

"Russia's total foreign debt totals about $150 billion, with about $100

billion inherited from the Soviet Union..."



Oleg G Povetko

povetko@hotmail.com



>

>

> Phil, I believe Franz provided the answer. It may be helpful

> to add, however,

> there is a distinct money trail here. Russia and former

> Soviet Union states

> are attempting (with some success) to obtain funding for

> various kinds of

> nuclear remediation. Thus, if terrible health effects are

> "sold", then the

> West will send more money ....

>

> The same problem exists in the realm of global climate

> change. The Kyoto

> protocol contained provisions that developed nations would

> send money to less

> developed nations for remediation of CO2 discharges. There

> were, however,  few

> provisions to ensure that the funds would be expended for the

> intended purpose

> - kinda' like the cash "loaned" to Russia to assist in establishing a

> democratic government. The cash is gone and so is a

> democratic Russia. It's a

> pretty neat game.

>

> For more on Chernobyl see:

> http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/chernobyl.html

>

> Cheers,

> Maury Siskel     maury@webtexas.com

> ===============================  reply separator  ===========

> Philip Egidi wrote:

>

> > RADSTERS

> >

> > One of Sandy's postings today caught my eye with respect to the

> > discussion about how many people died as a result of the Chernobyl

> > accident:

> >

> > snip

> > >

> > Russia, also badly affected by the disaster, marked the day with a

> > ceremony at a cemetery outside Moscow where thousands of Chernobyl

> > victims and "liquidators" are buried.

> > end of snip

> >

> > If this is the case, how can the claim be made that only x amount of

>

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