The Piratization Of Russia

Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko 

(Russian: Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Гера́щенко), nicknamed Gerakl (the Russian version of Heracles), 

was the Chairman of the Soviet and then Russian Central Bank during much of the Perestroika and post-Perestroika periods.

At the age of 28 he became Director of the first Soviet bank abroad, Moscow Narodny Bank, 

based in London.

В 1974—1977 работал председателем правления банка «Оst‑West Наndelsbank» (Франкфурт-на-Майне, ФРГ).

Ost-West Handelsbank AG was a Soviet-controlled bank in Frankfurt.^[1] It was acquired by VTB Bank and changed its name to VTB Bank Deutschland.

v.l.: Igor Strehl (VTB Bank (Austria) AG), Dr. Valeriy Lyakin und Axel Breitbach (VTB Bank (Deutschland) AG)

1. ^ The piratization of Russia: Russian reform goes awry. Marshall I. Goldman.

The Piratization Of Russia

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