Thursday, January 27, 2011

Medvedev: Foreign Investors May Be Jailed Like Khodorkovsky

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In his speech there, Medvedev described in detail the new opportunities the modernization of the Russian economy provides to foreign investors. In an interview with Bloomberg, Medvedev warned investors that they must be law-abiding. "Investors, Russian or foreign, should observe the law, otherwise they can get a jail term as happened with Khodorkovsky and Madoff," Medvedev stated.

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1574114
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-26/medvedev-tells-investors-to-follow-law-or-meet-khodorkovsky-fate.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddS7FrHXusM (video)

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