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Я рада Вас приветствовать и позвольте мне представиться. Меня зовут
Клепикова Ольга Юрьевна, я работаю координатором проектов в России Центра
Собственности Работников Огайо (Кентский Государственный Университет США) и
буду модератором этой дискуссионной группы.
Темами наших диксуссий могут стать любые проблемы, связанные с тем, как
сделать возможным более широкое распространение капитала и собственности
среди населения с тем. Мы могли бы обсудить любые проблемы, которые
покажутся Вам интересными и будут связаны с общей тематикой витруального
форума COG.
А для начала, я хотела бы предложить Вашему вниманию статью, которая была
опубликована в Уол Стрит Джорнал 26 сентября 2000 года, связанную со
знаменитым скандалом о расхищении средств, выделенных Гарвардскому
университету. Она была опубликована в
Уол Стрит Джорнал
Сентябрь 26, 2000
США подает иск против Гарварда о Российских программах зарубежной помощи
Карла Энн Роббинс, Гэри Филдс и Стив Лиесман
штатные корреспонденты
а в российских СМИ эта информация была опубликована на сайте НТВ:
http://www.ntv.ru/world/27Sep2000/harvard_print.html
Примечательно, что иск к Гарварду составляет $120 миллионов учитывая ущерб от
оцененных $40 похищенных миллионах долларов США.
Для тех, кто читает по-английски, я привожу текст статьи в Уол Стрит Джорнал:
>#2
>Wall Street Journal
>September 26, 2000
>[for personal use only]
>U.S. to File Suit Against Harvard Over Russia Foreign-Aid Program
>By CARLA ANNE ROBBINS, GARY FIELDS and STEVE LIESMAN
>Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
>
>The Justice Department is preparing to seek $120 million in damages from
>Harvard University, a top Harvard economics professor and a former Harvard
>legal expert who directed the U.S. government's flagship foreign-aid
>program in Russia, U.S. officials said.
>
>The civil suit, which could be filed in federal district court in Boston as
>early as Tuesday, is expected to allege that the defendants falsely
>certified that Harvard and its employees were providing impartial, unbiased
>advice when they advised the Russian government on establishing transparent
>and fair capital markets.
>
>Instead, the suit is expected to allege, Prof. Andrei Shleifer and Harvard
>project manager Jonathan Hay as well as Mr. Shleifer's wife, Nancy
>Zimmerman, and Mr. Hay's now-wife, Elizabeth Hebert, used the
>Harvard-managed U.S. foreign-aid program, inside information, influence and
>resources to promote their own personal investments in Russia's nascent
>capital markets.
>
>Eventual Settlement Possible
>
>Harvard Vice President and General Counsel Anne Taylor said, "Harvard takes
>its ethical and contractual obligations extremely seriously and views this
>matter as an important one. There is no suggestion that Harvard
>institutionally knew about, participated in, or profited from the alleged
>private conduct of these individuals."
>
>While she called the amount of damages being sought "disproportionate," Ms.
>Taylor didn't rule out an eventual settlement with the U.S. government. "If
>they're going to sue us, our hope would be once the complaint is filed to
>take the opportunity to learn more about the case through discovery and
>then revisit with the government the possibility of some mediated
resolution."
>
>Lawyers for Mr. Shleifer and Ms. Zimmerman declined to comment. An attorney
>for Mr. Hay didn't return phone calls. Ms. Hebert couldn't be reached for
>comment. All of the individuals expected to be named in the suit have
>previously denied wrongdoing.
>
>Political Echoes
>
>The suit could also have political echoes, coming at a time when
>congressional Republicans are accusing the Clinton administration -- and
>specifically Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic presidential candidate
>-- of mismanaging its foreign policy and foreign-aid programs in Russia.
>
>Using the False Claims Act, the Justice Department suit will seek damages
>and repayment for three times' the more than $40 million that the U.S.
>Agency for International Development disbursed to Harvard to administer its
>Russia program.
>
>Between 1992 and 1997, the Harvard Institute for International Development
>was awarded $57 million in contracts from U.S. AID to help Russia develop
>capital markets and rewrite Soviet-era civil laws.
>
>In May 1997, AID terminated the high-profile project -- after more than $40
>million had been disbursed -- claiming that Mr. Shleifer and Mr. Hay had
>used the program to promote their own business dealings.
>
>Specifically, AID alleged that Mr. Shleifer's wife, Ms. Zimmerman, used
>AID-funded staff and office resources to make hundreds of thousands of
>dollars of investments in Russian bonds.
>
>AID also claimed that Mr. Hay had bought Russian Treasury bonds despite AID
>regulations that forbid employees from investing in project countries. AID
>also questioned whether Ms. Hebert used U.S.-funded staff, resources and
>influence to establish Russia's first mutual fund.
>
>The defendants expected to be named in the suit include Harvard University,
>Mr. Shleifer, Ms. Zimmerman, Ms. Zimmerman's investment company,
>Bracebridge Capital, Mr. Hay and Ms. Hebert.
>
>Write to Carla Anne Robbins at carla.robbins@wsj.com, Gary Fields at
>gary.fields@wsj.com and Steve Liesman at steve.liesman@wsj.com
>
>******
Приглашаю Вас к началу дискуссий по интересующим Вас темам и буду рада
поддержать различные предложения.
С уважением,
Клепикова Ольга Юрьевна
oklepiko@kent.edu
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