Book: Chelsea boss is mocked at home
Corrupt bureaucrats in remote Russian region where Roman Abramovich is governor laugh at him behind his back, claims author
August 12, 2006 Print Ready Email Article
AS owner of English football club Chelsea, Mr Roman Abramovich is seen as smart, rich, successful.
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Mr Roman Abramovich standing in the Chukotka countryside in the remote Russian region where he is governor. --AP
The self-made Russian billionaire is said to be popular in London - especially among football fans - and his club has won Premiership titles back to back.
But in the remote Chukotka region of Siberia where he is governor, officials make fun of his expensive tastes behind his back.
So claims writer Yevgeni Rozhkov in a new book, The Town of Poisoned Souls, reported The Daily Mail.
According to Mr Rozkhov, Mr Abramovich rescued the region from poverty and virtual starvation after he became governor in 2000.
But he seldom visits the icy spot himself and the bureaucrats there amuse themselves by flying in top Moscow models as their mistresses.
They have also given high-paying jobs to their relatives and cronies.
Extracts from the book have appeared in respected Russian publication Arugumenti Fakti.
According to the author, the region's administrators, who come from other parts of Russia, 'do not know the North and do not like it' and so try to 'import their Moscow lifestyle - restaurants, saunas, and easy girls'.
Wrote Mr Rozhkov: 'They surrounded themselves with their own, established huge salaries and bonuses, and made useless official trips abroad. They work little but lived in style.
'The girls were brought as if they were office workers and paid from their budgets. They were warned that after returning to Moscow they should keep their mouths shut.'
He also claimed: '(The bureaucrats) have one single task - to grab as much as possible and leave this northern region, always sick with cold, forever.'
Corrupt bureaucrats in remote Russian region where Roman Abramovich is governor laugh at him behind his back, claims author
August 12, 2006 Print Ready Email Article
AS owner of English football club Chelsea, Mr Roman Abramovich is seen as smart, rich, successful.
Click to see larger image
Mr Roman Abramovich standing in the Chukotka countryside in the remote Russian region where he is governor. --AP
The self-made Russian billionaire is said to be popular in London - especially among football fans - and his club has won Premiership titles back to back.
But in the remote Chukotka region of Siberia where he is governor, officials make fun of his expensive tastes behind his back.
So claims writer Yevgeni Rozhkov in a new book, The Town of Poisoned Souls, reported The Daily Mail.
According to Mr Rozkhov, Mr Abramovich rescued the region from poverty and virtual starvation after he became governor in 2000.
But he seldom visits the icy spot himself and the bureaucrats there amuse themselves by flying in top Moscow models as their mistresses.
They have also given high-paying jobs to their relatives and cronies.
Extracts from the book have appeared in respected Russian publication Arugumenti Fakti.
According to the author, the region's administrators, who come from other parts of Russia, 'do not know the North and do not like it' and so try to 'import their Moscow lifestyle - restaurants, saunas, and easy girls'.
Wrote Mr Rozhkov: 'They surrounded themselves with their own, established huge salaries and bonuses, and made useless official trips abroad. They work little but lived in style.
'The girls were brought as if they were office workers and paid from their budgets. They were warned that after returning to Moscow they should keep their mouths shut.'
He also claimed: '(The bureaucrats) have one single task - to grab as much as possible and leave this northern region, always sick with cold, forever.'
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