Catalogue · ID 215

Cable 08KYIV2414: Firtash makes his case to the USG

Author: Посольство США в Києві
Year of publication: 2008
Published in: WikiLeaks PlusD
Describes Russian colonization of peoples: Ukrainians
Publication rights: not allowed (a 2008 publication under copyright)

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Where we got it

Original source: wikileaks[.]org/plusd/cables/08KYIV2414_a.html

Where the knowledge base cites it

This material is cited in 2 places.

Campaigns

• Gas Wars and Energy Blackmail (2006–2009)

  while RUE's co-owner Dmytro Firtash admitted to the US ambassador that "he needed Mogilevich's approval to get into business in the first place"

Procedures

• Gas Wars and Energy Blackmail (2006–2009) — technique Bribery of Elites

  RUE's co-owner Dmytro Firtash told the US ambassador in December 2008 outright that "He acknowledged ties to Russian organized crime figure Seymon Mogilevich, stating he needed Mogilevich's approval to get into business in the first place"