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Subject: thefrieddocument

Itsquiteafrustratingread.Nodoubtthesearentgoodguys(seetheofficialbiosontheWIREsite).

Buttheinfobelowissketchy'toputitmildly(doesyoursonusethatterm)?Itallpromptsmorequestions.

ButalsokeepinmindtheyarebudswithToria.SheexplainedittomeasaJewishthingwhateverthatmaymean.

Whatfollowsiskeyedtothepointsinthedocumentyousent

1)Ifhehasdocuments,heshouldsharethem.TheNovoselovroleonthePutincaseisinthepublicdomain.EvenappearsintheWhoIs
MrPutinfilm,explainingtherationaleforthebarterdeals(manhasguts).

2)itusesGunvor:okaysowhat?Gunvorisalegittradingoperation-wedneedmore(evidenceitengagedinkickbacks,forexample)

3)CheckwithKelly.Inlightofthedeclineinoilpricesthedealdoesntlookthatgood,butIdontknowwhetherthatwasreallythecase
atthetimeofthesale.
IrememberMilovcriticizeditbasedonitsincreaseofthestateshareintheoilindustry,butIdontrecallhiscomplainingabouttheprice
perse.Therewasaconcernaboutwherethemoneywouldcomefrom,butthatsdifferent.WedohavestuffthatPutininretrospectis
nothappyaboutthedeal.

AsforLetterOneavoidingsanctionsetc.Purenonsense.Neitherguyissanctioned.Putinwantedthemtoinvesttheprofitfromthesale
inRussia,buttheyveignoredhim(LetterOneisanexample).TheydoinvestinUkrainetoo(asmallgascompany,butitsnotclearthat
itsinlinewithGazpromsdesires)

4)ThesemimythicalKrolldocument(s):Krollsroleonthepartymoneyetc.hasbeengreatlyexaggerated.byKroll.Atonetime,Anne
sawitandconcludeditwasntmuch.Ifwhatsallegedhereistrue,itsprobablyfromopensources.Evenleftthegovernmentpostin
December1992,btw.

5)TheVolckerreportwasalwaysabitweird.IrememberVoloshinsnamewasinit.WhenPeterRaskedmeaboutitIsaidsomething
alongthelinesthat,whilecorrupt,IdoubtedVoloshinwasstupid.DittoAlfaEcho-Idontruleitsparticipationout,butIdwantmore.

ItsofficialUSpolicytosupportBushehr.

6)See3above.ItsnotclearthatAven/FridmansinvestmentsinUkraineareinlinewithKremlinpolicy.Alfaisabankbanksissueloans.
SowhatsthebigdealwithitsloanstoUVZ?ItsalossmakingenterpriseandAlfahasthreatenedbankruptcyproceedingsovernon-
payment.IfailtseehowthatsattheKremlinrequest.

7)IknownothingaboutKarimovastiestoAlfa.ShehasthemtoUsmanov.AnditsUsmanovandShvidler(Abramovich)whoallegedly
bribedShuvalov,notAlfa(#8).

8)AsearchinIntegrumonmagnitskiyandalfagetsfivehits.NotaoneisaboutAlfalaunderingMagnitskiymoney,letalonea
centralrole.Whyrepeatsomethingsoeasilycheckable.WasitsomesortofAlfasubsidiary?Ifso,nameit.SeeaboveonShuvalov-
someofthemoneymayhavewentthroughAlfa,butthatsnotwhatwentpublic.(tidbit:oneofthefolksexposingShuvalovis
NatalyaPelevinthatsamewhosharedKasyanovsbedandchattedaboutananti-Navalnyyfront)

9)thisisthewaythecountryworks.

10)Averyseriousallegationthatrequiresinvestigation.Heshouldprovidemorei.e.whatdoessharedpremisesmean?Wehaveformer
Alfafellowsworkinginthebuilding.

11)Yesitdoes.

12)FSBsanctions?-beforethisOleshaguy,weprobablyshouldputViktorVoroninonthesanctionslistforhisroleINtheMagnitskiy
affair.Thatsaid,ifhehasdocuments,Idbeinterestedinseeingthem.