the female oligarch
A long time ago,i was fascinated oligarchs.Modern day Robber barons is how you would best describe them. Theese were individuals who became so immensely rich in the privatization of the assets of the Soviet system that they became konown as the oligarchs. The name implies that they were powerful. They were not the only ones who became rich, but their success put them into a separate class.
Most made money in oil,aluminium,steel and other natural resources that russia was so well endowed in.They controlled the media and helped keep people who helped them retain their seats of power.
And yes they bought football clubs with their spare cash.
Some of theese oligarchs are
Boris Berezovsky
Vladimir Gusinsky
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Alexander Smolensky
Vladimir Potanin
Vladimir Vinogradov
Mikhail Friedman
I would always wonder why there was no female oligarch amogst them while continuing to read up about how they were robbing the russian government and its people. Were the russian women so nice as to not indulge in corrupt businesses or were russian women never in seats of power in the erstwile soviet system. Why was a reason that always elude me.
And then came the bond flick 'The world is not enough'. Sophie Morceau inspired me to create another script for a bond movie with a female oligarch all out to become the president of russia and sell nuclear arsenal to the axis of evil. After all besides beauty bond had to have a reason to protect the world too. I even created a background for the woman.if the other oligarchs were scientists, mechanics etc this women would be an economist. She would have also had a failed marraige with a politburo members son.Like all bond girls she had to be beautiful. I made her the daughter of a single mother which would make her vunerable to James Bond's charms. My first attempt at script writing took me to 5 pages.But then better sense prevailed and i quit.
Two days back i recieved a presentation about a beautiful female prime minister in Ukraine.Some searches later guess what came out--
Yulia Tymoschenko
Tymoshenko's origins have been the basis of some debate. Some have claimed that her maiden name is Grigyan, and that she is half-Armenian on her father's side. However, her supporters insist that she is ethnically Russian, her maiden name being Telegina. She married Oleksandr Tymoshenko, a son of a mid-level Soviet communist party bureaucrat, in 1979, and began rising through a number of positions under the Soviet system. She graduated from Dnipropetrovs'k State University with a degree in economics in 1984, and went on to gain a candidate degree (the equivalent of a Ph.D.) in economics. She has since authored about 50 papers.
In 1989, she founded a video rental chain which grew to be quite successful. Tymoshenko experienced a rise in power under the Soviet system, but it was after the demise of the Soviet Union that she rose to particular prominence, directing several energy-related companies and acquiring a significant fortune between 1990 and 1998. From 1995 to 1997, Tymoshenko was the president of United Energy Systems of Ukraine, a privately owned company which became the main importer of Russian natural gas in 1996. During that time she was nicknamed "gas princess" in the light of accusations she had sold abroad enormous quantities of stolen Russian gas.
Political career
Tymoshenko made a move into politics in 1996, and was elected as a representative of Kirovohrad oblast, winning a record 92.3% of the vote in her district. She was re-elected in 1998 and 2002. In 1998, she became the Chair of the Budget Committee of the Ukrainian parliament. From 1999 to 2001, Tymoshenko was the deputy prime minister for fuel in the energy sector in the government of Viktor Yushchenko.
Tymoshenko was fired by President Leonid Kuchma in January 2001, on charges of forging customs documents and smuggling Russian natural gas while she was the president of United Energy Systems of Ukraine between 1995 and 1997. She was arrested in February 2001 but was released and cleared of charges several weeks later. According to Tymoshenko, the accusations were fabricated by Kuchma's regime, under the influence of coal industry oligarchs threatened by her efforts to root out corruption and institute market-based reforms.
However, Tymoshenko's critics have suggested that, as a so-called oligarch, her fortune was gained improperly. Some have speculated her familiarity with the illegal conduct of business common in Ukraine uniquely qualifies her to combat corruption. Her former business partner, the former Ukraine Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko is fighting extradition back to Ukraine on allegations of abusing his office for personal gain. He is believed to have sent billions of dollars outside of the country. In addition her husband, Oleksandr, is still in hiding outside of Ukraine facing charges he and his wife describe as unfounded and politically motivated by the former Kuchma administration. Their lawyers are believed to be preparing legal action to dismiss these charges.
- wikipedia.com
A case of real life imitating reel life. Perhaps i should start writing my script again and contact MGM and EON productions :-)
Most made money in oil,aluminium,steel and other natural resources that russia was so well endowed in.They controlled the media and helped keep people who helped them retain their seats of power.
And yes they bought football clubs with their spare cash.
Some of theese oligarchs are
Boris Berezovsky
Vladimir Gusinsky
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Alexander Smolensky
Vladimir Potanin
Vladimir Vinogradov
Mikhail Friedman
I would always wonder why there was no female oligarch amogst them while continuing to read up about how they were robbing the russian government and its people. Were the russian women so nice as to not indulge in corrupt businesses or were russian women never in seats of power in the erstwile soviet system. Why was a reason that always elude me.
And then came the bond flick 'The world is not enough'. Sophie Morceau inspired me to create another script for a bond movie with a female oligarch all out to become the president of russia and sell nuclear arsenal to the axis of evil. After all besides beauty bond had to have a reason to protect the world too. I even created a background for the woman.if the other oligarchs were scientists, mechanics etc this women would be an economist. She would have also had a failed marraige with a politburo members son.Like all bond girls she had to be beautiful. I made her the daughter of a single mother which would make her vunerable to James Bond's charms. My first attempt at script writing took me to 5 pages.But then better sense prevailed and i quit.
Two days back i recieved a presentation about a beautiful female prime minister in Ukraine.Some searches later guess what came out--
Yulia Tymoschenko
Tymoshenko's origins have been the basis of some debate. Some have claimed that her maiden name is Grigyan, and that she is half-Armenian on her father's side. However, her supporters insist that she is ethnically Russian, her maiden name being Telegina. She married Oleksandr Tymoshenko, a son of a mid-level Soviet communist party bureaucrat, in 1979, and began rising through a number of positions under the Soviet system. She graduated from Dnipropetrovs'k State University with a degree in economics in 1984, and went on to gain a candidate degree (the equivalent of a Ph.D.) in economics. She has since authored about 50 papers.
In 1989, she founded a video rental chain which grew to be quite successful. Tymoshenko experienced a rise in power under the Soviet system, but it was after the demise of the Soviet Union that she rose to particular prominence, directing several energy-related companies and acquiring a significant fortune between 1990 and 1998. From 1995 to 1997, Tymoshenko was the president of United Energy Systems of Ukraine, a privately owned company which became the main importer of Russian natural gas in 1996. During that time she was nicknamed "gas princess" in the light of accusations she had sold abroad enormous quantities of stolen Russian gas.
Political career
Tymoshenko made a move into politics in 1996, and was elected as a representative of Kirovohrad oblast, winning a record 92.3% of the vote in her district. She was re-elected in 1998 and 2002. In 1998, she became the Chair of the Budget Committee of the Ukrainian parliament. From 1999 to 2001, Tymoshenko was the deputy prime minister for fuel in the energy sector in the government of Viktor Yushchenko.
Tymoshenko was fired by President Leonid Kuchma in January 2001, on charges of forging customs documents and smuggling Russian natural gas while she was the president of United Energy Systems of Ukraine between 1995 and 1997. She was arrested in February 2001 but was released and cleared of charges several weeks later. According to Tymoshenko, the accusations were fabricated by Kuchma's regime, under the influence of coal industry oligarchs threatened by her efforts to root out corruption and institute market-based reforms.
However, Tymoshenko's critics have suggested that, as a so-called oligarch, her fortune was gained improperly. Some have speculated her familiarity with the illegal conduct of business common in Ukraine uniquely qualifies her to combat corruption. Her former business partner, the former Ukraine Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko is fighting extradition back to Ukraine on allegations of abusing his office for personal gain. He is believed to have sent billions of dollars outside of the country. In addition her husband, Oleksandr, is still in hiding outside of Ukraine facing charges he and his wife describe as unfounded and politically motivated by the former Kuchma administration. Their lawyers are believed to be preparing legal action to dismiss these charges.
- wikipedia.com
A case of real life imitating reel life. Perhaps i should start writing my script again and contact MGM and EON productions :-)
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