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Sovcomplot: How pirates tried to capture the treasure of the Russian seas, and were caught out Paperback – September 1, 2023
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Based on thousands of pages of court testimony in London and Moscow; 76 days of cross-examination of witnesses, including the only Russian minister of state ever to go into the High Court witness box; and the findings of fact and law by thirteen British judges up to the UK Supreme Court, this is the only book to investigate the truth. And to reveal how it bears no resemblance to US and NATO war propaganda.
Sovcomplot is the story of Russia’s dominant shipping company, with the largest oil and gas tanker fleet in the world. It is a lifeline for Russia’s most important exports, and also of the world’s energy consumers. In the war to destroy Russia’s economy, Sovcomflot is a strategic line which must be defended at all costs. State owned since its creation in the Soviet Union, Sovcomflot has also been the target of privatisation and privateering schemes for twenty years. US banks, oligarchs, Russian government officials, oilers, traders, and mariners have all played their part in what they hoped would be a four billion-dollar payoff.
The London court case was brought by Sovcomflot and chief executive Sergei Frank against two former executives and a leading Russian ship charterer who were accused of multi-million dollar fraud. The verdicts of the courts took sixteen years, 2005-2021, and cost more than $200 million in fees and penalties. The accused were vindicated; the Sovcomflot men were condemned for dishonesty, perjury, abuse of power, vindictiveness.
The plot itself is reported for shipping industry experts who have never before had the opportunity to open Russian state secrets like these. The book is also for rival oil and gas trade and tanker company executives. It’s for readers who want to watch Putin up close and personal as he’s not been seen before.
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Print length240 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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Publication dateSeptember 1, 2023
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Dimensions5.5 x 0.55 x 8.5 inches
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ISBN-13979-8859863419
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- ASIN : B0CH2CM8W7
- Publisher : Independently published (September 1, 2023)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 240 pages
- ISBN-13 : 979-8859863419
- Item Weight : 13.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.55 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,570,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #932 in Transportation Industry (Books)
- #2,823 in Ships (Books)
- #40,853 in Law (Books)
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About the author
John Helmer is the longest continuously serving foreign correspondent in Russia, and the only western journalist to direct his own bureau independent of single national or commercial ties. He first set up his bureau in 1989, making him today the doyen of the foreign press corps in Russia.
His family has many links to Russia. The founding father was a soldier from Denmark in Napoleon's Grande Armee, who decided his chances of survival were greater if he stopped in Poland and didn't try to keep Napoleon company on the march into Russia. Other family members were killed by the Germans during the invasion of the Soviet Union of 1941.
Born and educated in Australia, then at Harvard University, Helmer has also been a professor of political science, of sociology, and of journalism, and an advisor to government heads in Greece, the United States, and Asia. He is the first and only member of a US presidential administration (Jimmy Carter) to establish himself in Russia.
He is a regular presenter on Russian topics in China, Western Europe, and the United States, and at conferences organized by CRU, Center for Management Technologies, the Vicenza (Italy) Fair, and other industry conventions.
Before Russia, Helmer published several books in the US on military and political topics. Essays on the American presidency and on urban policy in the US followed in book compilations in 1981 and 1982; essays on Greek and Middle Eastern politics between 1986 and 1989. Since 1989 he has published almost exclusively on Russian topics.
Today Helmer is one of the most widely read Russian specialists in the business world for his news-breaking stories on Russian base and precious metals, diamonds, mining, shipping, insurance, food trade, and business policy.
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However, the author who has his own online blog, Dances with Bears, appears also to be pro-Putin and anti NATO, this comes over in this book whenever it strays from the facts of the court case into other matters.
The author spends time ripping apart other western based authors, suggesting they work for intelligence services or were paid to make their ill researched books by the likes of Bill Browder. He also makes claims against other journalists/ companies involved in shipping.
The author also uses, at one point, supporting evidence from the Syrian Monitoring Group to back up certain parts of his writing. This group have widely been discredited in recent years for their pro-Russian stance, for claims over the White Helmets, use of Sarin Gas by Assad and 9/11 conspiracy theories.
That said, it’s still a good book. I am certain the author would be able to supply pages and pages of detailed arguments to show where I am wrong in what I say above. But it’s only my opinion. I would recommend buying the book and deciding for yourself. Enjoy.