western oil CEO killed in Moscow after pranking low oil price cost Putin $$$

Bravo Putin ex-KGB expert well done down the oil tycoon plane and the KGB is now even hurt! Better than 007 James Bone. Licensed to kill

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Moscow Total plane crash snowplough driver 'got lost'

Mr de Margerie's plane crashed into the snowplough in poor visibility at around midnight on Monday
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A snowplough driver at a Moscow airport has said he lost his bearings before a collision with a private plane in which Total boss Christophe de Margerie died.

Vladimir Martynenko told Russian TV he was unaware he had entered the runway.

Mr Margerie, 63, chief executive of the French oil firm, was killed in the crash along with three crew members.

Russian investigators have alleged that the driver of the snowplough was drunk at the time, but his family has denied this.


Vladimir Martynenko (L) signed his testimony beside his lawyer on Tuesday
The Russian authorities have launched a criminal investigation. Mr Martynenko, 60, was detained after the crash, which took place in poor weather at Vnukovo airport, south-west of Moscow, at around midnight on Monday.

His family insisted he was not drunk. "My client has chronic heart disease, he doesn't drink at all," his lawyer Alexander Karabanov told Interfax news agency.

"When I lost my bearings I did not notice when I drove out on to the runway," Mr Martynenko told Russia's Channel One TV.

"The plane was preparing to take off, and I practically didn't see it or hear it because the machine was running. I didn't even see the lights, I did not see a thing, and then the crash happened."

Although there had been snow in Moscow, it was not thought to be lying thick on the ground when the Dassault Falcon plane clipped the snowplough and burst into flames.

Christophe de Margerie was one of France's leading industrialists and was returning to Paris, reportedly after a meeting on foreign investment with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at his country residence outside Moscow.

Total announced on Wednesday that his job would be taken over by Philippe Pouyanne, the current head of the company's refining and chemicals division.

Thierry Desmarest, who served as chairman and chief executive from 1995-2007, will become Total's chairman until the end of 2015, when Mr Pouyanne will take on both posts.


Christophe de Margerie was one of the oil world's most charismatic leaders
Mr de Margerie's trademark grey handlebar earned him the nickname "Big Moustache", and his was one of the most recognisable faces of the global oil industry.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he was an extraordinary business leader while President Francois Hollande praised his "independent character and original personality".

More recently, he had become an outspoken critic of European sanctions against Russia, arguing that such actions would simply push Russia closer to China.

Total, France's second-largest listed company, is one of the biggest foreign investors in Russia and is planning to double its output from the country by 2020.

Despite the sanctions, it has continued work on a liquefied natural gas project with Russian firm Novatek to tap vast natural gas reserves in north-western Siberia and it signed a deal in May with Lukoil to develop shale oil in western Siberia.

Investigators began looking at the plane's flight voice and data recorders on Wednesday, Ria Novosti reports. French investigators arrived in Moscow late on Tuesday to take part in the inquiry.

The role of air traffic controllers is likely to be part of the investigation.

Pictures from the scene show the driver of the snowplough looking shocked but walking unaided and without any obvious serious injury.

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Total oil company CEO dies in Moscow plane crash

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(Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this report misspelled the name of the airport in Moscow.)

The death of a French oil executive whose plane crashed Monday in Moscow sparked tributes from business and world leaders, including Russia's Vladimir Putin.

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Total CEO Christophe de Margerie
In a statement on its website, Total oil company confirmed "with deep regret and great sadness'' that its CEO Christophe de Margerie was killed late Monday when his private plane crashed at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, after striking a snow plow. Three crewmembers also died in the crash, the company said.
According to TASS, the Russian News Agency, Margerie and the crew were heading back to Paris when the collision and crash occurred.
The Associated Press reported that Russian investigators looking into the accident said the snowplow driver had been intoxicated. He was not injured.
In a written translation of a videotaped statement on Total's website, the company's chief administrative officer Jean-Jacques Guilbaud said "Mr. de Margerie devoted his life to building and promoting Total in France and internationally . . . As he would have wished, the company must continue to move forward. Total is organized to ensure the continuity of both its governance and its business, allowing it to manage the consequences of this tragic loss.''
Oil prices, which have been dropping in recent weeks, were up at the end of trading Tuesday. West Texas Intermediate was up 10 cents to $82.81 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent rose 94 cents to $86.34.
De Margerie, 63, was considered a statesman as well as a savvy corporate leader.
"Christophe de Margerie's death is a great loss at a time of great change in world energy,'' said Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of the global information and analytics company IHS, in a statement. "He was both an outstanding oil and gas man and a great leader in the world economy. ... He was a statesman who would speak his mind, though with verve and humor. And he was a man of great vitality and charm."
Edward Djerejian, founding director of Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy said that "what was unique about Christophe as an energy company CEO was the geopolitical depth and policy experience that he had, not only in the Middle East but in other parts of the world, which he translated in his corporate role into tremendous access to foreign leaders.''
De Margerie had spoken out strongly against sanctions recently imposed on Russia, where his company also had investments.
"I think as a European ... he was concerned that the confrontations with Russia might lead to another cold war, which in a policy sense he thought was a bridge too far,'' said Djerejian. "So I think he was advocating a policy of more accommodation. There was both a policy side to his analysis and obviously as a CEO of Total, he obviously had a corporate interest.''
Tass reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to French President Francois Hollande offering his condolences and calling de Margerie "a distinguished French businessman who stood at the origins of the major joint projects which have laid the basis for the fruitful cooperation between Russia and France in the energy sphere for many years.''
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Russia calls Europe's bluff on Ukraine gas deal

by* Geoffrey Smith @Geoffreytsmith OCTOBER 22, 2014, 6:13 AM EDT
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"Did you hear a guarantee? Nyet, me neither."
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Talks break down after E.U. refuses to guarantee Kyiv’s payment for this winter’s gas.

Russia, Ukraine and the European Union failed late Tuesday to strike a deal that would guarantee Russian gas supplies through the coming winter, after the E.U. refused a request by the Russian side to guarantee full and proper payment by Ukraine.

The deadlock revives the risk that Russia may cut off gas deliveries to parts of Europe this winter, as part of a wider strategy to assert its influence in Ukraine. That would further aggravate the economic slowdown that has hit both countries since the Ukrainian crisis erupted.

It also exposes the reluctance of Europe to back up its political support for the Kyiv government with hard cash.

Ukraine has a record of siphoning Russian gas destined for Europe, and its own finances are in a disastrous state after years of mismanagement by President Viktor Yankovych and the economic collapse in the turmoil that followed his ouster in February. The economy is projected to shrink by some 7% this year.

“We have offered our European colleagues to look into possibilities of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank, the International Monetary Fund and other financial institutions. Resources do exist, but we don’t see any willingness to work so far,” Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told state TV after a meeting which ran late into Tuesday night in Brussels.

Russia supplies over a quarter of the E.U.’s gas, and most of those supplies have traditionally gone through Ukraine. Countries such as Bulgaria and Slovakia are completely dependent on Russian gas shipped through the Ukrainian pipeline system, and would face drastic energy shortages this winter if no agreement is struck.

Russia stopped shipping through Ukraine in May, claiming Ukraine owed it over $5 billion for past supplies. Ukraine’s national gas company Naftogaz says it only owes $3.1 billion. The sides are arguing over the difference in a Stockholm arbitration tribunal.

A deal had seemed close last Friday after the two sides agreed the rough outlines of a solution. Under an E.U.-proposed compromise, Naftogaz would pay OAO Gazprom $1.45 billion now and another $1.65 billion later to clear its debts. That would allow Gazprom to resume supplies to Ukraine at a price of $385 per thousand cubic meters–roughly in line with what Gazprom’s other European customers pay–until March.

The sides are due to meet again Oct. 29.

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Putin’s Next Move Could Make Eastern Europe Explode
BRETT LOGIURATO POLITICS OCT. 15, 2014, 8:00 PM

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin gestures as he chairs a meeting with members of the government at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow.

What is going on in Vladimir Putin’s mind?

That’s the question a panel of Russia experts was trying to answer Tuesday morning. Attention on Russia and the crisis in Ukraine has dwindled as the press has focused more on the West’s fight against the extremist group calling itself the Islamic State.*

US Secretary of State John Kerry also announced Tuesday*increased intelligence-gathering cooperation with Russia on the group — also known as ISIS — a particularly significant development given the recent thaw in US-Russian relations.

But this panel, which was moderated by Reuters,*took a much more alarmist tone when speaking about America’s relations with Moscow and speculating about Putin. All the experts in attendance warned Putin’s recent moves in Ukraine might only be the start of new territorial ambitions.

Three of the four panelists —*New Yorker editor David Remnick, journalist and author Masha Gessen, Russian political activist and former grand chessmaster Garry Kasparov, and former Treasury Department official Roger Altman — agreed Putin could soon try to stretch his influence into the Baltic states of*Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

“They already are under pressure,” Gessen, the author of a*2012 unauthorized biography*of Putin, said of the Baltics. “That’s very much where he’s doing his nuclear saber-rattling, and that’s where he’s planning to call NATO’s bluff.”

Unlike Ukraine, all three Baltic states are NATO members.*NATO’s Article 5 requires all members of the alliance come to the defense of any member that is attacked or targeted.*

Putin last month made casual mention of his country’s nuclear arsenal, around the same time NATO accused Russian forces of an “incursion” in Ukraine. Many analysts have speculated Putin’s next move could come in the Baltic states, something that would be a clear challenge to NATO.*

Amid the bluster from Putin — who also reportedly said in a private conversation he could invade*Poland, Romania, and the Baltic states if he really wanted to — NATO states made a point of countering with strong rhetoric of their own.

President Barack Obama traveled to Estonia last month*on the way to a meeting in Wales with other NATO states, in a trip the White House said was aimed at reassuring NATO allies in the Baltics that felt threatened by Putin’s moves in Ukraine. The message, a White House adviser said, was for Putin to “not even think about messing around” with the region.


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The situation in Ukraine as of Oct. 13, according to Ukraine’s military.

But members of the panel were skeptical the US and other European members would rush to the Baltics’ defense if they were targeted. And they said Putin would love a chance to try to embarrass NATO and paint it as nothing more than a symbolic alliance.

For his part, Kasparov speculated Putin may try to push NATO by employing some of the same tactics he used in Crimea, which Russia formally annexed from Ukraine in March. He said that, rather than marching across the border, Russia would try to stir up some pro-Moscow “form of dissent” in the Baltics. This would allow Russia to *maintain plausible deniability and characterize any military action in the region as a reaction — something that would make it difficult for NATO members to call it an invasion.*

Remnick agreed a potential Putin playbook for the Baltics would resemble Crimea. He added a potential Putin push into the region wouldn’t resemble “Czechoslovakia in 1968,” when the Soviet Union lined up tanks and invaded the country to crack down on reformist trends.

“There’s a rich tradition of these highly crude, sophisticated provocations,” Remnick said. “It’s not going to look like Czechoslovakia in 1968. Thousands of tanks are not going to cross into [the Baltics]. The operation in Crimea, on a military intelligence basis, was brilliant. Brilliant.”

What may be most disconcerting about Putin in general, however, is his lack of predictability. All of the panelists agreed on one thing: Putin’s end goal is to stay in power. And if that goal is suddenly best furthered through making noise in the Baltics, then there’s a very real possibility he’ll take action.

“We’re talking about a man who doesn’t have a plan. So we’re trying to figure out what his plan is, but he doesn’t have one,” Gessen said. He sees that as an option. It is definitely an option, he is considering it, and he may wake up one morning and do it.”

snow plough trick bravo!

Changi Airport any snow plough?



looks no diff from SQ006 crash site

SG SQ006 crashed up side down on Taipei runway also after similar to snowplough - diggers instead.

HAHAHAHAHA!








KGB 007 drive it up runway to hit plane dive off just before collision

just like James Bond movies






HAHAHAHAHA!

These Ang Mohs don't learn theb business if they aren't getting killed.

will there be a air crash investigation episode looking into this matter?

frenchbriefs said:

will there be a air crash investigation episode looking into this matter?

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Don't dream of justice in this world

Blood for blood you may proceed

Forces will answer to forces

Civilization will be reverted

If there was MH17 once in 10 years you can take 12 years to wayang investigation

But if they shot down 10 airliners a week your overwhelmed mind don't even know where to start thinking

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石油巨头离奇死亡 欧美:或被俄暗杀
10-23 13:42 环球时报
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法国石油巨头道达尔总裁马哲睿莫名遇难莫斯科机场轰动西方，也留下重重谜团。俄方怀疑是扫雪车司机醉酒导致扫雪车与飞机相撞，或是机场地面指挥系统失误，但欧美一些媒体坚持以阴谋论解读，认为马哲睿死于“暗杀”。

俄方22日表示，正在分析马哲睿专机的黑匣子，黑匣子保存完好，并且是当着俄法两国调查人员的面打开的。

俄罗斯《观点报》22日发文抨击“关于道达尔的谎言”。该报称，西方开始利用法国道达尔总裁马哲睿死亡事件进行歇斯底里般的反俄宣传。马哲睿一直是俄罗斯的朋友，但他的惨死事件仍被西方国家用来诋毁俄罗斯。

英国《卫报》发文称“道达尔公司总裁马哲睿在莫斯科空难中被暗杀”，法兰西24小时电视台用同样标题报道这一事件。英国《每日电讯报》也报道称是暗杀事件。很明显，西方媒体希望利用这一事件来表明，此前是俄罗斯人在乌克兰击落了马航客机造成近300人死亡，而现在“普京的杀手”又对马哲睿动了手。西方媒体企图以此来煽动欧盟民众的反俄情绪。现在西方一直积极对俄使用阴谋论。 　　22日接受《环球时报》记者采访时，德国柏林学者梅斯奈尔说，西方关于俄罗斯的阴谋论很多，但“普京谋杀道达尔总裁”可以说是“最不可思议的阴谋论”，普京曾亲口说马哲睿是“俄罗斯真正的朋友”，媒体的这种解读是因为患了“条件反射症”。

democracy my butt said:

These Ang Mohs don't learn theb business if they aren't getting killed.

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how totally convenient for the fucking americans.........