TURKS ARE AFRAID OF ARMENIAN CAPITAL
AZG Armenian Daily
19/10/2007
The results of the privatization tender of 51 % of controlling
stake of Turkish state petrochemicals producer Petkim Petrokimya
Holding ("Petkim") were cancelled. Kazakhstan-based TransCentralAsia
Petrochemical Holding Joint-Venture Group offering the highest bid,
at $2.050 billion, for 51% of Petkim won July 5 tender. The owner
of the holding is a citizen of Kazakhstan, leader of the Eurasian
Jews Federation Aleksander Matskevich, who at present controls 25%
of Kazakhstan’s economy. He is involved in the list of "The richest
people of the world" by "Forbs" magazine.
Aleksander Matskevich acquired "Petkim with the help of Russian
investment bank Troika Dialog Group, owned by an Armenian Ruben
Vardanian.
The deal set up a clamour in Turkey. Turkish press mentions that
"the adoption of the Armenian Genocide Resolution 106 by US House of
Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee" had a serious influence"
on it.