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End of Criminal Era 3
Dmitry Medvedev described what happened in Cyprus where 70% of
deposits were levied as `stealing of the theft'. It was not just a
slip of the tongue but a lawyer's explanation why Russian and other
businessmen who have been robbed did not apply to court and dispute
this act. If those assets are stolen, nobody will apply to court for
them, preferring loss of the money to involvement in a corruption
scandal.
In the post-Soviet states most wealth has been stolen. At the
beginning of `wild' privatization the wiliest ones took national
property and made millions. They did not do it legally, of course.
Later the nabobs came to government, seized political levers,
safeguarded their property and became oligarchs.
The same thing happened in all the post-Soviet states, including
Armenia. The capital is mostly illegitimate. Therefore, nobody can
state for sure how much assets the oligarchs have, how they obtained
them and whether they are legal. Hardly any of the oligarchs has
inherited anything from their parents. Their wealth is based on either
the fruits of `wild' privatization or monopoly gained illegally.
The world is going through `stealing of the theft'. It means that the
post-Soviet wild criminal world is close to its end. This process is
still weak in Armenia. Nevertheless, there is already awareness that
if something stolen is seized from a thief, the thief will not dare
defend it. A few years ago the law enforcement agencies, public
administration and armed bodyguards of oligarchs were used for that.
Now time has changed.
A few days ago the owners of demolished houses on Buzand Street
announced that over ten apartments in the building built in their
place belong to the head of the Control Service of the President and
his relatives. The President's Administration dismissed these
allegations after which the evicted citizens published the list of
owners of apartments, among them the head of the Control Service and
his numerous relatives.
At some point the deceived citizens will decide to take what they have
been deprived of illegally. The one who deprived them will hardly
protect their property obtained illegally. It is not only apartments
but factories, subsoil and other national wealth.
In that case one will be able to state the end of the criminal era.
Naira Hayrumyan
11:46 08/04/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/society/view/29539
Dmitry Medvedev described what happened in Cyprus where 70% of
deposits were levied as `stealing of the theft'. It was not just a
slip of the tongue but a lawyer's explanation why Russian and other
businessmen who have been robbed did not apply to court and dispute
this act. If those assets are stolen, nobody will apply to court for
them, preferring loss of the money to involvement in a corruption
scandal.
In the post-Soviet states most wealth has been stolen. At the
beginning of `wild' privatization the wiliest ones took national
property and made millions. They did not do it legally, of course.
Later the nabobs came to government, seized political levers,
safeguarded their property and became oligarchs.
The same thing happened in all the post-Soviet states, including
Armenia. The capital is mostly illegitimate. Therefore, nobody can
state for sure how much assets the oligarchs have, how they obtained
them and whether they are legal. Hardly any of the oligarchs has
inherited anything from their parents. Their wealth is based on either
the fruits of `wild' privatization or monopoly gained illegally.
The world is going through `stealing of the theft'. It means that the
post-Soviet wild criminal world is close to its end. This process is
still weak in Armenia. Nevertheless, there is already awareness that
if something stolen is seized from a thief, the thief will not dare
defend it. A few years ago the law enforcement agencies, public
administration and armed bodyguards of oligarchs were used for that.
Now time has changed.
A few days ago the owners of demolished houses on Buzand Street
announced that over ten apartments in the building built in their
place belong to the head of the Control Service of the President and
his relatives. The President's Administration dismissed these
allegations after which the evicted citizens published the list of
owners of apartments, among them the head of the Control Service and
his numerous relatives.
At some point the deceived citizens will decide to take what they have
been deprived of illegally. The one who deprived them will hardly
protect their property obtained illegally. It is not only apartments
but factories, subsoil and other national wealth.
In that case one will be able to state the end of the criminal era.
Naira Hayrumyan
11:46 08/04/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/society/view/29539