Posted on 08/12/2008 2:54:26 PM PDT by kronos77
By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent
Russian tycoon Vyacheslav Moshe Kantor, an associate of President Vladimir Putin, is the leading candidate for president of the European Jewish Congress in next week's elections in Brussels.
Kantor is supported by a number of European Jewish community leaders, but a few have warned against electing a close ally of the Russian government.
Some Israeli officials fear that as president of the umbrella organization, Kantor could undermine Israel's efforts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Kantor, 54, says that his close links to the Kremlin are good for the Jews and might prove helpful on the Iranian issue. He compared his standing with the Kremlin to Joseph's relationship to Pharaoh and that of King Ahasuerus to Queen Esther.
"Joseph's appointment in Egypt was good for the Jews. The Jews of Persia were saved thanks to Esther's influence with the king. When a very powerful emperor is elected by the majority of the people, we must cooperate with him," he told Haaretz in an interview this week.
Kantor is running against current EJC president Pierre Besnainou, 52, a Frenchman of Tunisian origin who built his fortune on a successful Internet business.
Kantor, who was born in Russia and lives in Switzerland, became rich after he bought a fertilizer company from the government. During his activity at the fertilizer firm, Kantor fell out with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oligarch who has since been jailed for fraud and tax evasion after his participation in politics.
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Ping!
I had no idea there was such a thing as a ‘European Jewish Congress’
I guess that we eill learn of an existance of many, many thing when Putin becomes their chief....
But wait, aren’t Russian apologists on many sites (Taki mag...) claiming that Russia put down a Zionist plot in Georgia?
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He becomes a billionaire and arrogates himselt to the level of Joseph and Esther. Reminds me of a certain President in waiting.
Does the meaning of this say something about Russian-mob-European-Jewish ties???
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