Thread by @RevisitedRick, 1\Rinat AkhmetshinHouse Intelligence CommitteeNovember 13, 2017 2\AKHMETSHIN: Good morning, Members and staff. [...]

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Rinat Akhmetshin

House Intelligence Committee

November 13, 2017

$1\Rinat AkhmetshinHouse Intelligence CommitteeNovember 13, 2017$

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AKHMETSHIN:

Good morning, Members and staff. My name is Rinat Akhmetshin. I was born January 22nd, 1968 in Kazan, Russia, which is a predominantly Muslim region of at that time Soviet Union and I was raised there. My father was in the military so we traveled a little bit.

$2\AKHMETSHIN: Good morning, Members and staff. My name is Rinat Akhmetshin. I was born January 22nd, 1968 in Kazan, Russia, which is a predominantly Muslim region of at that time Soviet Union and I was raised there. My father was in the military so we traveled a little bit.$

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AKHMETSHIN:

So we did some work with that chemistry, but the majority of my Ph.D. thesis was on blood enzymes. So just finding these compounds which could -- there are a lot of people who have blood enzyme deficiencies hemophilia one of them, many other disease are genetic.

$3\AKHMETSHIN:So we did some work with that chemistry, but the majority of my Ph.D. thesis was on blood enzymes. So just finding these compounds which could -- there are a lot of people who have blood enzyme deficiencies hemophilia one of them, many other disease are genetic.$

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AKHMETSHIN:

It was -- at that time the foundation is called, in English it& #39;s Kazakhstan 21st Century Foundation. It was based in Zurich, Switzerland, and we opened an office here in Washington, D.C.

$4\AKHMETSHIN: It was -- at that time the foundation is called, in English it& #39;s Kazakhstan 21st Century Foundation. It was based in Zurich, Switzerland, and we opened an office here in Washington, D.C.$

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AKHMETSHIN:

I would say for maybe about 10
years. The foundation later merged into this International Eurasian Institute. So foundation was - you know, after my - just one of the founders, my colleagues, former prime minister, wasn& #39;t able to - was not allowed on the ballot

$5\AKHMETSHIN:I would say for maybe about 10 years. The foundation later merged into this International Eurasian Institute. So foundation was - you know, after my - just one of the founders, my colleagues, former prime minister, wasn& #39;t able to - was not allowed on the ballot$

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AKHMETSHIN:

I was involved in this probably to this day largest Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act case in the history of United States where the President of Kazakhstan accepted bribe from -- through American citizen from the Mobil, Exxon Mobil Corporation.

$6\AKHMETSHIN:I was involved in this probably to this day largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case in the history of United States where the President of Kazakhstan accepted bribe from -- through American citizen from the Mobil, Exxon Mobil Corporation.$

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AKHMETSHIN:

It& #39;s unfortunate, he did this for Putin. And this is really simply factually
not true. I mean a lot of work I& #39;ve done, the vast majority I would say, like 80 to 90 percent of my work was done to advance these issues of Central Asia. Thousands to testify to that

$7\AKHMETSHIN:It& #39;s unfortunate, he did this for Putin. And this is really simply factually not true. I mean a lot of work I& #39;ve done, the vast majority I would say, like 80 to 90 percent of my work was done to advance these issues of Central Asia. Thousands to testify to that$

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AKHMETSHIN:

One of the major, major fundraisers
for that foundation was a former prime minister. His name is Akazhan, A-k-a-z-h-a-n, Kachegeldin, K-a-c-h-e-g-e-l-d-i-n, like Nancy, Kachegeldin. So he was -- he still to this day -- Kazakhstan is a very complex country.

$8\AKHMETSHIN:One of the major, major fundraisers for that foundation was a former prime minister. His name is Akazhan, A-k-a-z-h-a-n, Kachegeldin, K-a-c-h-e-g-e-l-d-i-n, like Nancy, Kachegeldin. So he was -- he still to this day -- Kazakhstan is a very complex country.$

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QUIGLEY: Did you ever work with any Russian intelligence service?

AKHMETSHIN: As a part of my service, our unit for some time was
providing support for entity called Osobyi Otdel special department a counterintelligence unit of the
Soviet Army.

$9\QUIGLEY: Did you ever work with any Russian intelligence service? AKHMETSHIN: As a part of my service, our unit for some time was providing support for entity called Osobyi Otdel special department a counterintelligence unit of the Soviet Army.$

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AKHMETSHIN:

I have done one -- which was reported to the media -- I have done one pro bono project for Russian drug enforcement agency, not even for drug enforcement agency. It is something to do with this U.S.-Russia cooperation in fighting drugs in Afghanistan.

$10\AKHMETSHIN:I have done one -- which was reported to the media -- I have done one pro bono project for Russian drug enforcement agency, not even for drug enforcement agency. It is something to do with this U.S.-Russia cooperation in fighting drugs in Afghanistan.$

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AKHMETSHIN:

Russian businessmen are very litigious and they like to settle their disputes, business disputes in the courts throughout the world, in the United States but also a lot of cases are tried in London and Netherlands because of where those firm& #39;s
are incorporated

$11\AKHMETSHIN:Russian businessmen are very litigious and they like to settle their disputes, business disputes in the courts throughout the world, in the United States but also a lot of cases are tried in London and Netherlands because of where those firm& #39;s are incorporated$

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AKHMETSHIN:

So I have a client, very old client Andrey Vavilov who used to be a banker and then he had an oil company. He also now has a hedge fund. So he has been one of my kind of steady clients and I would say personal friends now for a number of years, 15 years at least

$12\AKHMETSHIN:So I have a client, very old client Andrey Vavilov who used to be a banker and then he had an oil company. He also now has a hedge fund. So he has been one of my kind of steady clients and I would say personal friends now for a number of years, 15 years at least$

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AKHMETSHIN:

Amdrey Vavilov- Servernay Neft S-e-v-e-r-n-a-y, second word Neft, N-e-f-t, Neft. So that was this, in that capacity.

$13\AKHMETSHIN: Amdrey Vavilov- Servernay Neft S-e-v-e-r-n-a-y, second word Neft, N-e-f-t, Neft. So that was this, in that capacity.$

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AKHMETSHIN: It& #39;s a chemical company. Another more recent client was the chemical company from Moscow. It& #39;s called Eurochem,

QUIGLEY: Any others?

AKHMETSHIN: There& #39;s a newspaper called Novay Gazeta. It& #39;s actually an opposition newspapers, it is still very prominent.

$14\AKHMETSHIN: It& #39;s a chemical company. Another more recent client was the chemical company from Moscow. It& #39;s called Eurochem, QUIGLEY: Any others? AKHMETSHIN: There& #39;s a newspaper called Novay Gazeta. It& #39;s actually an opposition newspapers, it is still very prominent.$

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