Leonid Nevzlin at Beit Hatefutsoth.
His contributions to aliyah projects and educational institutions in Israel total some $15 million.
(Eyal Toueg)
Retreat from Moscow
By Yossi Melman
May 04, 2006
Haaretz
This Israeli was number 2 in the Russian oil giant and is accused of involvement in murders.
È duro a credere che questo uomo sorridente all'apparenza in qualche modo youthful, vestito con indifferenza in jeans, sia ritenuto sospetto della partecipazione a parecchi omicidi. Of course, looks can be misleading. Yet doubt does arise when it comes to the Russian legal system, which is pursuing the proceedings against him. In the West, Israel included, Russian justice long ago lost its credibility, certainly insofar as the rise and fall of the Yukos energy corporation goes. Up until three years ago, Leonid Nevzlin was the number 2 man in the company and one of the most influential oligarchs in Russia and its Jewish community. His fortune in stocks and holdings at Yukos was estimated then at $2 billion. Had Yukos continued to exist and to benefit from the rise in oil prices, his assets could have easily doubled to $4 billion.
But three years ago, the Kremlin, under orders from Vladimir Putin, took over Yukos. The company, which at its peak was worth $40 billion, went bankrupt, and its assets were sold off to Putin associates. Two of the major stockholders, Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, are rotting in jail. Three others, including Nevzlin, fled to Israel, where they found refuge and became Israeli citizens less than three years ago. [...]
Oligarchi di spicco tra gli altri, Mikhail Khodokovsky, Leonid Nevzlin, Mikhail Brudno, Vladimir Dubov e Vladimir Gusinsky. Nuotavano tutti nel lardo, ...