American Boris Jordan, whose Renaissance Capital Group recently announced an alliance with Uneximbank/MFK, lost his Russian visa after he was blacklisted last week. The visa has now been reinstated, but Komsomolskaya Pravda asked who had been responsible for the ban:
"The Russian Embassy in London is reviewing the question of issuing Jordan a single-entry visa," MFK said. "If this occurs, we will consider the incident to be some bureaucrat's mistake. If not -- a provocation."
The Russian Foreign Ministry: "The decision was prompted by state interests and we were not the ones who made it."
The Federal Security Service: "No comment."
The Interior Ministry: "Issuing visas is in the Foreign Ministry's jurisdiction."
The Federal Border Service: "The border service can confiscate an entry visa only if authorized by the Foreign Ministry."
The circle is complete. But the Foreign Ministry representative did let it out that there were certain "state interests" allegedly involved in the Jordan incident.
"Such a low-life attitude toward investors reflects negatively on the nation's economy," said First Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov. "They simply won't invest their money in [the country]. I believe this is a continuation of the bank wars, and with dirty tactics."
Komsomolskaya Pravda, Oct. 9
"The Russian Embassy in London is reviewing the question of issuing Jordan a single-entry visa," MFK said. "If this occurs, we will consider the incident to be some bureaucrat's mistake. If not -- a provocation."
The Russian Foreign Ministry: "The decision was prompted by state interests and we were not the ones who made it."
The Federal Security Service: "No comment."
The Interior Ministry: "Issuing visas is in the Foreign Ministry's jurisdiction."
The Federal Border Service: "The border service can confiscate an entry visa only if authorized by the Foreign Ministry."
The circle is complete. But the Foreign Ministry representative did let it out that there were certain "state interests" allegedly involved in the Jordan incident.
"Such a low-life attitude toward investors reflects negatively on the nation's economy," said First Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov. "They simply won't invest their money in [the country]. I believe this is a continuation of the bank wars, and with dirty tactics."
Komsomolskaya Pravda, Oct. 9