Arcadi Gaydamak

Arcadi Gaydamak (or Arkadi Gaydamak; in Russian: АркадийАлександровичГайдамак) is a business man and financial angolo-canado-free-Israeli of Russian origin and Jewish religion (born on April 8th, 1952 with Moscow).

After a childhood passed to Moscow in a fortunate family, Arcadi Gaydamak leaves in its youth for Israel before being established in France in 1972. It becomes there, in the years preceding the fall by the Berlin Wall, interprets near Soviet personalities, thus constituting a first network of relations which it will make profitable when it begins in the businesses, at the end of the years 1980.

Arkadi Gaydamak has four nationalities: Angolan, Canadian, French and Israeli. It is the subject of a warrant for arrest in France within the framework of the Angolagate (Affaire of the sales of weapons in Angola) and has a heavy debt towards the French tax department.

Business of the sales of weapons towards Angola

Gaydamak is devoted in the years 1990 to profitable businesses between Russia, France, Israel and Africa in the shade of Pierre Falcone. For this reason, it is implied in the Affaire of the sales of weapons in Angola (Angolagate).

It takes again, on very good account, the debt of Angola towards the USSR and is used as intermediary for 500 million dollars of deliveries of Russian weapons. (Business of the Angolan debt)

Recently, Arcadi Gaydamak affirmed to have " evidence matérielles" showing that former French president Jacques Chirac would have " given orders to create of all parts the Angolagate ". The objective of this operation would have been of " to tarnish the reputation of Charles Pasqua ".

Networks

Arcadi Gaydamak and Tchernoï nebula

Arkadi Gaydamak appeared in the sides of the Frères Tchernoï, as of the beginning of the year 1990, in the businesses known as of the sloops, which enabled them to fly of tens of million dollars to the Central bank of Russia. Gaydamak was also related to the Groupe Tchernoï by its financial activities, in particular with the banks Menatep and Rossiïski Kredit and groups it aluminum manufacturer Rusal.

Arcadi Gaydamak was associated with Lev Leviev in the company Africa-Israel. The company Africa-Israel took foot in Angola and tried to break the quasi-monopoly of the De Beers in the world commerce of the Diamant S. Arcadi Gaydamak financed Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov, known as the Taiwanese, emissary in Europe of the Russian gangster main leader Viatcheslav Ivankov, imprisoned in the United States.

Jean-Charles Marchiani and the RPF

He would have played a part in the Libération of French hostages in Bosnia in 1995 and Russia in 1998 and received the National order of the Merit of Jean-Charles Marchiani, elected Rassemblement for France (RPF) of Charles Pasqua, on the quota of the Présidence of the Republic.

Refuge in Israel

In 2000, incurring the largest payment of back taxes never required in France (nearly 500 franc million), Arcadi Gaydamak is aimed by a mandate of international stop since December 6th, 2000.

It avoided accuracy an arrest while taking refuge in London then in Israel and Russia. Initially, it was a question for him of carrying out its “period of reserve” in the Israeli Armée. This period, one three months duration, ended on March 1st, 2001.

Ask extradition

March 5th, 2001, the French judges launched a new warrant for arrest more largely detailing the loads weighing on the business man, in particular continued for “Money laundering, Blanchiment worsened, Abuse of corporate asset, Breach of trust, Tax evasion, illicit Commerce of weapons”.

In a mail of April 23rd, 2001, the examining magistrates were astonished not to have received any answer of the State of Israel concerning the execution of the warrant for arrest aiming Arcadi Gaydamak, and required of the Parquet of Paris to help them “to solve the possible obstacles with the execution of this mandate” and that Mr. Gaydamak is “perfectly localisable and localized”.

Failing to extradite Arcadi Gaydamak, Israeli justice should have questioned it on the facts which are reproached to him, which was not the case. The Israeli ministry for justice simply addressed to the parquet floor and to the judges, on May 2nd, 2001, a series of observations: the facts of “traffic of weapons” are not continued in Israel and the offense of “bleaching” did not exist at the time of the facts aimed by the investigation. The Israeli legal authorities also affirm that the warrants for arrest delivered by the judges comprise inaccuracies which they wish to see raised.

Policy in Israêl

Arcady Gaydamak is a new figure of the Israeli policy since the creation of its party " Justice sociale" in July 2007 with which it launched out in the race to the town hall of Jerusalem. It is currently largely at the head surveys at one year of the municipal elections. This election is not according to him " that a formality administrative".

Return to Moscow

He saw since 2002 with Moscow. The July 10th 2005, it announced that it launched out in the sport, becoming the official sponsor of the Israeli team of Basket-ball Hapoel Jerusalem. One month later, it gave 400.000 dollars to the club of Football Hapoël Bnei Sakhnin before acquiring the Betar Jerusalem.

Arcadi Gaydamak directs also several Jewish associations of benevolence and is the president of the Congrès of the organizations and the religious Jewish communities of Russia (KEROOR), senior of the defense organizations of the religious Jews in Russia.

Gaydamak would have four passports, as a citizen of France, Israel, the Canada and Angola. Its fortune is estimated at 800 million dollars, even to more than one billion dollar. His/her son, Alexandre Gaydamak, born in 1976, is also a business man of international scale, which has just taken 50% of the football club of Portsmouth.

Repurchase of France Soir

on March 14th, 2006, Arcadi Gaydamak announced its resumption of the daily newspaper France Soir via its company Moscow News. March 28th, 2006, the business man free-Egyptian Raymond Lakah, owner of Montaigne Close, the holding which holds France Soir, announced an agreement with Moscow News for the resumption of the daily newspaper and the continuation of its publication.

References

Five actors of the economy of the shade: Arkadi Gaydamak , Le Monde , November 27th, 2002
Natalia Kotliarov, a woman suspected of having transported funds for the RPF, put in examination , Le Monde, May 5th, 2001
Arcadi Gaydamak, l'" Angel of Israël" , Le Monde, July 10th, 2007
the billionaire Arcady Gaydamak launches his political party to Israel , Le Monde, July 9th, 2007
" Maximum-procès" ; in sight for the sales of weapons at Angola , Le Monde, March 28th, 2007
Angolagate: Arcady Gaydamak says victim of a machination orchestrated by Jacques Chirac , Le Monde, August 3rd, 2007

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