Ukuhamba nokuvakasha kukhulu eBritish Virgin Islands. Ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwaseRussia leli pharadesi laseBrithani elishisayo liphenduke indawo ethandwa kakhulu, iLuxembourg yathatha indawo yesibili.
I-mafia yaseRussia kanye nokugezwa kwemali phesheya kwezilwandle kube ukukhathazeka okukhulu.
Abantu baseRussia baqondise kabusha ukutshalwa kwezimali kwabo phesheya kwezilwandle eBritish Virgin Islands besuka eCyprus enezinkathazo, naphezu kwezingcingo zikahulumeni zokubuyisela imali eRussia. Ukuthengiswa kwe-TNK-BP kusize ukukhulisa inhloko-dolobha yaseRussia endaweni yentela yaseBrithani ku-$31.7bn.
Sekukonke, abantu baseRussia batshale u-$70 bn ngekota yokuqala ka-2013 ezindaweni zabo ezingasogwini, ngokusho kwedatha yeBhange Elikhulu LaseRussia (CBR).
I-CBR ixhumanisa ukweqa okungajwayelekile kokutshalwa kwezimali endaweni yase-British offshore ekuthengisweni konyaka odlule kwe-TNK-BP ku-Rosneft. Abathengisi bamaphesenti angu-50 ebhizinisi elihlanganyelwe laseRussia neBrithani bafinyelele isivumelwano ngezinkampani i-Alfa Petroleum Holdings ne-OGIP Ventures ezibhaliswe eVirgin Islands, kubika iVedomosti yebhizinisi nsuku zonke. Abatshalizimali baseRussia bathole amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-28 ngokuthengisa ingxenye yayo yenkampani. Futhi inkampani entsha yokutshalwa kwezimali i-LetterOne Holdings e-Luxembourgh ithole ngaphezulu kuka-$15bn ngemuva kwesivumelwano, ngokombiko.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ukutshalwa kwezimali okuqondile eCyprus kwehle kwafinyelela ku-$2.72 billion engxenyeni yokuqala kusukela ku-$21.13 billion engxenyeni yesine ka-2012 ngemva kokuwa kwesistimu yamabhange yezwe yabona ama-akhawunti aseRussia efriziwe.
“Lesi isixhumanisi esicacile neCyprus. Lokhu kungachazwa ngoshintsho endaweni yangasogwini njengoba iCyprus yaqala ukungalungeli izinhlangano zezomnotho,” i-WSJ icaphuna usomnotho omkhulu wenhlangano yaseRussia uSistema Evgeny Nadorshin.
Ngaphambi kwenkinga yezimali eCyprus, abantu baseRussia kanye namabhizinisi babebalelwa ku-30% wediphozithi emabhange ezwe laseMedithera. Amabhange aseRussia kanye nezinkampani bezinemali elinganiselwa ku-$19 billion emabhange aseCypriot ekuqaleni kuka-2013, i-WSJ icaphuna izilinganiso zikaMoody.
Ngalesi simo esibucayi ohlelweni lwamabhange eCyprus, uMongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin uphakamise ukuthi abantu baseRussia bangase babuyisele imali yabo ezindaweni ezingasogwini. Abatshalizimali nokho babukeka bezishaye indiva lezi ziphakamiso. Osomnotho basola ukukhula komnotho kweRussia okuhamba kancane, isimo esinzima sokutshala izimali kanye nokuma kwebhizinisi elizimele lokuhambisa inzuzo kwamanye amazwe.
