Ex-French Prime Minister François Fillon gets a *second* Russian petrochemical job this year. In addition to his job with Russia’s Zaroubejneft, Fillon will also join the board of directors of Russian petro-giant Sibur.

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  2. For those wondering why the schröders receive the million-contracts after they retire from their political activity and usefulness, it has less to do with their contacts and more with *others*. Even with their phonebooks, they are not as useful as they were when they held offices.

    The main reason is actually still the same mechanism as it was in the USSR: investment. It is a message to all currently active and future agents: if you betray for us, if you keep betraying for us, if you do not hesitate and if you do not try to stop, then we will take care of you, we will protect you, and we will reward you, we will not throw you away once we’ve used you. These nominations are there mainly to confirm it for the others: yes, it’s worth it.

  3. President of the ECB Christine Lagarde was convicted of financial negligence without penalty. She was managing director of the IMF at the time.

    > In 2007, Lagarde—who at that time was finance minister under conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy—sent the dispute to a three-person private arbitration authority that a year later awarded Tapie €404m (U.S.$429m) in damages and interest that the French state was liable for. This included €45m for “moral damages.”

    > The payout caused public outrage, and prompted French prosecutors to investigate the circumstances more thoroughly due to suspicions of fraud and misuse of public funds to reward political supporters. Lagarde was cleared of the most serious charges in 2014, and in 2015 a French court ruled that Tapie had not been entitled to compensation and should repay the €404m.

  6. It says a great deal about the current leaders and state of France, that Germany and Austria and Croatia are acting as its conscience.

  7. Shit like this is why I laugh when people suggest Romania and Bulgaria shouldn’t join Schengen because of corruption issues.

  13. If this isn’t a bribe for something he did during his term and an open offer to any other European politician to do the same, then what is it?

  16. Can we have the **political corruption limited** to at least big corporations inside of the top 10 democratic countries, instead of the thievery-corp-governments with fake elections.

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    Dear regular Russians please get free one day !

  18. That fucking asshole. What a phony human being he is, acting all patriotic and shit years ago, when he was in the political game only for the money.

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