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General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation

Yuriy Chaika

From: Director, HSBC Management (Guernsey) Limited

(Great Britain)

Paul Wrench

REQUEST

Based on the provisions of Article 141 of Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation

December 10,2007

Dear Yuriy Yakovlevich,

I am writing to you based on the provisions of Article 141 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation. Pursuant to my request, on December 3, 2007, Advocate Eduard Khairetdinov filed complaint #3876, addressed in your name, describing in detail all the circumstances of which I am aware which evidence a large-scale criminal conspiracy against the Russian assets managed by HSBC Management (Guernsey) Limited.

I kindly request you to protect the Russian assets of the company under my management in accordance with Article 2 of the "Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments," dated April 6, 1989.

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those companies were stolen through YH:a3aHIIbIX xosrrrannii nYTeM a series of frauds, occurring in the cl>aJIbcll(lmKaIJ.1I11 MaTepllaJIOB cY)1;eOHblX period between July and September apoarpaann.rx )1;eJI II )1;aHHblX E)1;IIHoro 2007, consisting of the falsification of rocyztapcrncaaoro peecrpa

evidence in court proceedings and IOpll)1;HQeCKHX JIHIJ. (ErpIOJI) "PII

the manipulation of data within the B03MmKHOM CO)1;eiiCTBHH II YQaCTlI1I Unified Registrar of Legal Entities COTPY)1;HHKOB npaaooxpamrrensnsrx (UGRUL). These frauds occurred opranoa YHI1 rCY npH rYB):( no r. with the possible assistance and Mocxae H cY)1;eii ApOIlTpa:IKHOrO cyna r. participation of officers of the Camcr-Jlerepfiypra H JIeHHHrpa)1;CIWii Investigative Department of the OOJIaCTH.

Moscow Branch of the Interior Ministry and some judges of the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

I am a citizen of the United Kingdom and the Director of HSBC Management (Guernsey) Limited, the management company for Glendora Holdings Limited (Cyprus), which owns 100% of a Russian company, 000 Rilend, and the management company for Global Administration (Russia) (BVI), which in its tum manages Kone Holdings Limited (Cyprus), which is the sole shareholder of the Russian companies, 000 Mahaon and 000 Parfenion. Assets of

On May 28, 2007, investigator O. 1. Nesterov of the Second Department of the Investigative Division of the Moscow Branch of the Interior Ministry initiated a groundless criminal case #151231 against the General Director of 000 Kameya, 1. S. Cherkasov, in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 199.1 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation.

Based on groundless allegations of tax crimes committed by 000 Kameya, Interior Ministry officials

5I, nonnarrm.nt BeJII1K06pI1TaHlU1, 5lBJI51IOCb ,n:MpeKTopOM HSBC Management (Guernsey) Limited (BeJIMK06pl1TaHM5l), ynpaanaromcti KOMrraI-IMl1 Glendora Holdings Limited (Knnp), ananerouteii 100% aKIJ;MM POCCl1MCKOM KOMrraHl1l1 000 "PMJI3H,U" 11 yrrpaanaromeii KOMrraHMl1 Global (Russia) Administration (BVI), KOTOpa51 B CBOIO o=repezrs ynpasrraer Kone Holdings Limited (Kunp), snaneromei; 100% aKIJ;I1M POCCI1MCKI1X KOMrraHl1M 000 "MaxaoH" I1 000 "IIapWeHI1oH". B IIIOJIecerrrafipe 2007 rona ObIJIII conepurensr

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nanoronsrx npecrynneaati, I1 ocyuiecrsnenaa paccnenonaaaa no zte.ry rrpOTI1B 000 «Kaxrea» 6bIJIa B "LII1CJIe nponero ocynrecrnnerra BbIeMKa ,n:oKYMeHToB, coztepacantnx I1H<popMaIJ;mO 0 <pI1HaHCOBO-X0351MCTBeHHoM ,lJ,e51TeJIbHOCTI1 HSBC MANAGEMENT (Guernsey) Limited M yrrpasnxesasrx eIO KOMrraHI1M B

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seized documents in Moscow relating to HSBC Management (Guernsey) Limited and the Russian companies 000 Rilend, 000 Mahaon and 000 Parfenion, which it managed.

Several months after this seizure, in August and September 2007, an unknown company, ZAO Logos Plus, filed, motioned and heard at the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region 10 different lawsuits against 000 Rilend, 000 Mahaon and 000 Parfenion. Of these lawsuits, three resulted in a verdict being rendered in favor of ZAO Logos Plus, under which judges E. Orlova, M. Kuznetsov and S. Alexeev ordered the payment of damages in favor of ZAO Logos Plus against the Russian

companies managed by HSBC

Management (Guernsey) Limited,

000 Rilend, 000 Mahaon and 000 Parfenion, totaling 9,230,137,000 Russian rubles.

POCCIIII: 000 "PllJI3H,Z:!;", 000 "Maxaon", 000 "IIap<peHIIoH".

qepe3 necxorn.xo xrecauen rrocrre YKa3aHHbIX C06bITuiI B anrycre-cerrrsfipe 2007 rozra B Ap6IITpmKHoM cyzte r. CaHKTIlereptiypra H JIeHIIHrpa.n:cKoM 06naCTl1 6bIJIII rrpIIH5lTbI K np0113Bo.n:CTBY 10

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KOMnaH1111 3AO "JIoroc IImoc" K YKa3aHHbIM KOMrraHH5IM 000 "Panann", 000 "Maxaon'' H 000 "IIap<peHIIoH". IIpH 3TOM rro rpeM 11CKaM 6bIJI11 nsnrecensr penreans 0 B3blCKaHHII C OTBeT'IMKOB B rrorrssy 000 "JIoroc-rrJIIOC" xpynmax .n:eHe)l(HbIX CYMM. TIp11 3TOM Cy.n:b5IM11 Apfirrrpaaororo cyzta r. Camcr-Tlerepfiypra M Jlemnrrpaztcxoa 06rracTII Opnonoti E.A., KY3He:o;oBbIM M.B. H Anercceensra C.H. 6bIJIII rrp11H5lTbI pemenua 0 B3blCKaH111I C POCCHllCKHX .n:O'IepIIHX KOMrraHHiI HSBC MANAGEMENT (Guernsey) Limited, a IIMeHHO: 000 "Maxaon", 000 "P11rr3H.n:" II 000 "Ilapqrennon'' B 06IIJ;ell crrQ)KHOCT11 9 230 137 000 py6rrell.

The decisions issued by the Peiueuna, nsnrecenasre

Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and Ap611Tpa)l(HbIM cy.n:OM r. CaHKT-

Leningrad Region for cases No. A56- Tlerepfiypra M Jlennurpancxoii 06rracT11 rro 22459/2007, No. 56-22474/2007 and .n:erraM N2 A56-22459/2007, N2 A56- No. A56-22479/2007 were rendered in 22474/2007, N2A56-2247912007 3aBe.n:OMO gross violation of all established He3aKOHHbI, nsraecema procedural norms, on the basis of paccMaTpMBaBIIIIIMH rramnae .n:erra Cy.n:b5lMII falsified evidence and with the active C rpy6ellIIIMMM HapyrneHIIeM scex HOpM participation of fake representatives rrpo:o;eccyarrbHoro aaxononarenscrsa na whose authorities were granted by OCHOBaH11II <parrbcH<pH:O;lIpoBaHHblx forged Powers of Attorney. The true ztoxasarenscra H rrpn Y'IaCTHM B rterre defendants were not issued notice of nenannencannrx npencraaareneri CTOPOH, the existence of such lawsuits, the time rrOrrHOMO'IH5l KOTOPbIX 6bIJIM of the hearings or the announcement of nozrraepacaema <parrbc11<pII:O;HpoBaHHblM11 the verdicts - and only by accident .n:OBepeHHOCT5lMH. OTBeT'IIIKH He 6bIJIM learned of these decisions afterwards. nponntpopuapoaanu 0 nperrsaaneaua Please be informed the relevant MCKOB, 0 Ha3Hay.eHl111 CJlYIIIaHMll rro zterry complaint to invalidate these court M, B KOH:o;e KOH:O;OB, 0 BbIHeceH11M rro H11M decisions will be filed shortly, and a peureunri, He y-racrsoaana B

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copy of such complaint will be paCCMOTpeHHH zten H Y3HMH 0 caMOM HX

immediately forwarded to your cy:ru:eCTBOBaHHH CJIYLIaHHo.

attention. HH<p0pMHpyeM Bac, LITO cooTBeTcTBYIOIII.He )l(M06bI 0 nepecxrorpe

None of the three Russian He3aKOHHbIX cyztefiasrx aKTOB 6y,n:YT companies managed by HSBC noztansr HaMH B 6JUf)l(aHmee BpeM5L Management (Guernsey) Limited have KonHH )l(M06 MbI He3aMe,n:JIHTeJIbHO had any prior dealings whatsoever with narrpanroa ztna Bamero BHHMaHH5I.

ZAO Logos Plus, nor have they signed any agreements or other documents with such entity, and, therefore, they could not have any outstanding debt to ZAO Logos Plus which forms the basis of the verdicts that have been issued.

None of the Russian companies managed by HSBC Management (Guernsey) Limited have authorized their representatives to participate in any hearings in the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, and such hearings were learned about by an accident after the court's decisions were issued.

Without exception, all of the agreements, Powers of Attorney, corporate bylaws and other documents provided to the Court were falsified.

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The results of further requests Bee

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made to the Tax Authorities show that

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the conspirators committing this fraud also falsified the ownership and directorship records of 000 Rilend, 000 Mahaon and 000 Parfenion. As a result of such forgery the UGRUL shows an unknown company called, 000 Pluton, as the sole owner of the Russian companies, each of which have new directors whom were fraudulently appointed on the basis of dubious passports.

This large-scale fraud involving

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court judgments intended to steal assets from Russian companies based on the falsification of statutory documents, corporate resolutions and UGRUL records could not have been possible without the malicious or at least negligent assistance of the law enforcement agencies and courts.

KalJeCTBe PYKOBo,ll;I1TeJIeH neasaecratae JIllI.J;a, .n;OKYMeHTbI KOTOPbIX BbI3bIBalOT COMHeHlle B nx .n;OCTOBepHOCTl1.

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The individuals who falsified the YMbIIIIJIeHHOrO

documents used in the Arbitration Court of S1. Petersburg and Leningrad Region would have been unable to do that without access to the original

statutory documents, original

certificates, corporate seals and

financial and banking documentation on 000 Rilend, 000 Mahaon and 000 Parfenion. All of these materials were seized during the raids conducted in the course of the investigation under criminal case No. 151231 against 000 Kameya.

Based on the foregoing, and bearing in mind the economic, legal and political importance of this matter, I request that you initiate a criminal investigation of these events.

Sincerely yours,

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