Posted on 01/15/2015 2:42:38 AM PST by elhombrelibre
The first bridge connecting Russia with the annexed Crimean peninsula will be built by Russian construction magnate and personal friend of Russian president Vladimir Putin, Arkady Rotenberg, local business daily newspaper Vedomosti reported on Wednesday.
Initial plans for the bridge were made five years ago but the original plan for it to be a joint project between Ukraine and Russia has fallen apart due to the country’s recent conflict.
Instead the Stroygazmontazh Corporation, of which Rotenberg owns 51%, has been awarded the contract for the controversial project. Two other companies were on the shortlist of potential contractors: road construction company Mostotrest, which is also partly owned by Rotenberg, and a contractor company owned by another personal friend of Putin’s - Gennady Tymchenko.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
In before some numbnut compares it to our situation in the States.
Putinomics: a system of corruption that is to big to hide.
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Rotenberg...what a perfect name for a Russian oligarch.
They’ll be here soon. “Don’t say anything bad about Putin!”
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