French, Russian politicians listed as recipients of Saddam's largesse
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The Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein issued millions of dollars in lucrative oil export vouchers to leading French, Russian and other foreign politicians as part of a concerted effort to win their assistance in lifting UN sanctions against Iraq, according to a CIA report made public here.
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PRAGUE- French President Jacques Chirac has awarded the French Order of Merit to Czech Senator Jaroslava Moserova and the order was presented to her by French Ambassador Joel de Zorzi at the French embassy in ...
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Paris -- A high-stakes scheme to free two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq threatens to embroil President Jacques Chirac in a political scandal over whether his government assisted private intermediaries in negotiating with terrorists for the hostages
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WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein illegally pocketed a staggering $21 billion from the scandal-scarred UN oil-for-food program â-ore than twice the previous estimate, congressional investigators said yesterday.
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As a result of talks the Paris Club has arrived at a consolidated decision to write off 80 per cent of Iraq&#39;s debt, Russian Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin told journalists on Sunday [21 November].
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Russia offered a $10 million reward on Wednesday for information to help it hunt down Chechen rebel leaders Shamil Basayev and Aslan Maskhadov, whom it accuses of being behind last week&#39;s deadly school siege.
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The Russia government has offered a &#36;10 million reward for information to help it hunt down Chechen rebel leaders Shamil Basayev and Aslan Maskhadov, accused by Moscow of being behind last week's school siege, news agencies reported on Wednesday.
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Russia&#39;s Federal Security Service yesterday offered a reward of 300 million rubles (US$10.3 million) for information that could help &quot;neutralize&quot; two Chechen rebel leaders, and a military official reasserted Russia&#39;s right to strike terrorists the world
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Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq wanted foreign cash to build thousands of concrete bunkers to bury dead Kurds, an Australian inquiry into abuses of the UN oil-for-food programme has heard.
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BERLIN, Oct. 7 -- As part of its stealth effort to evade U.N. sanctions and rebuild its military, the Iraqi government under President Saddam Hussein found that it had no shortage of people around the world who were willing to help. Among them: a French arms dealer known only as "Mr. Claude," who made a surreptitious visit to Iraq four years ago to provide technical expertise and training.
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Russia will slash at least $9.5 billion of Iraq&#39;s debt to Moscow, Interfax news agency reported Monday. Iraq&#39;s debt to Russia will be reduced to $700 million to $1 billion
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Russia could make early repayment next year of up to $10bn worth of its $48bn of foreign debt to the Paris Club of sovereign lenders, Alexei Kudrin, finance minister, announced on Monday.
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The Russian military yesterday extended its offer of a $10 million reward for information leading to the capture of two separatist leaders who, the Kremlin claims, were behind the Beslan massacre.
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French President Jacques Chirac welcomes   his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday at a time when   Russia is showing growing willingness to use booming oil and   gas revenues to boost its global economic clout.
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A list of the donors who have "bundled" large sums from dozens of individuals to give to Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign includes several figures who were involved in the 1990s Democratic Party fundraising scandal that tarnished her husband's record.
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PARIS : The accusations made in an official US report that French businessmen and politicians received bribes from Saddam Hussein in order to influence government policy in Iraq are &quot;unverified,&quot; the French foreign ministry said.
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Interviews with dozens of former and current Iraqi officials by congressional investigators have produced new evidence that Saddam Hussein micro-managed business deals under the U.N. oil-for-food program to maximize political influence with important foreign governments like Russia and neighboring Arab states.