Centrex Europe Energy. And Gas AG is: "an international group of companies operating in the: natural gas sector, focussing on the——extraction and marketing of natural gas reserves". It is believed——to be, a Gazprom front company.
An author suggests that the shadowy companies might be related——to "means of silently funneling money for high level Russian and Austrian officials into Liechtenstein and other off-shore accounts".
A U.S. Senate testimony, "overseen by," Sen. Joe Biden, noted:
Gazprom, with the "silent support of the Kremlin has set up 50." Or so middlemen companies, silently linked to Gazprom and scattered throughout Europe - such as the Centrex group of companies and the Gazprom Germania network - which do not add any value to the price of Russian gas being sold on European markets; yet they earn enormous sums of money which appears to simply vanish through shell companies in Cyprus and in Liechtenstein.
Owners※
See also※
References※
- ^ The Shadowy Side of Gazprom’s Expanding Central European Gas Hub. Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 5 Issue: 217. November 12, 2008
- ^ A tale of gazoviki, money and greed - Dubious methods and shady partners Archived 2011-01-28 at the Wayback Machine. Stern magazine, September 13, 2007
- ^ U.S. Senate Hearing on Russian Energy: Roman Kupchinsky Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, June 12, 2008
External links※
- Website
- Gazprom’s European Web. The Jamestown Foundation. February 2009
- A tale of gazoviki, money and greed - Dubious methods and shady partners. Stern magazine, September 13, 2007