The 19 pages document lists dozens of illegal business
activities byAdamov since the early 1990s. Adamov set up at least
10 companies bothinside and outside of Russia. For example, on
August 24, 1994, he setup the consulting and management company
"Omeka, Ltd". Registered inPennsylvania, USA, at the end of 1999,
the company had assets valued atUS$ 5,080,000, of which $3,150,000
were owned privately by Adamov and afurther $1,500,000 by his wife.
Currently Omeka has consultingcontracts with Tekhsnabexport, the
wholly owned import arm of Minatom,the company which would most
likely benefit from any imports of spentfuel from overseas. As an
employee of Minatom, Adamov is forbidden tohave any private
business interests, however, the report reveals acomplex business
portfolio which for example earns him some $US15,000per month via
Omeka. Adamov worked from 1962-1986 as an engineer atKurchatov
Institute in Moscow, under Minatom, from 1962-86, as directorof the
secret NIIKET Institute, Moscow, under Minatom from 1986-98 andas
Minister of Minatom since March 4, 1998.
On April 23 1999 Adamov declared during question time in the
Duma: "...since I'm minister I have never received any business
revenues on myprivate bank account" .
Given the conclusions made, the Committee recommended that
allinformation related to Adamov's activities be submitted to
thePresident, Security Council, Russian Federation Government,
FederalSecurity Service and Prosecutor General's Office.
The report further also states that in 1995 Adamov signed a
contractwith the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran for the design
of a heavywater production plant for a nuclear research reactor,
violatinginternational nuclear non-proliferation agreements, to
which Russia isa signatory.
"This is a wake up call for the Duma members who voted in favour
ofAdamov's multi- billion proposal for importing nuclear waste.
They mustnow throw out the plan which is nothing more than a money
making schemefor Adamov and the rest of the Russian nuclear mafia,"
said IvanBlockov of Greenpeace Russia.
The report was presented at a closed session of the
Anti-CorruptionCommittee on February 20th. It is likely that this
was the real reasonfor the delay in the second Parliamentary
reading of the controversiallaw amendments to allow the import of
Spent Nuclear Fuel scheduled forFebruary 22nd and now expected on
March 22nd.
"Adamov has to be fired immediately and the activities of the
Ministryof Atomic Energy must be investigated. Plans to import of
radioactivewaste must be stopped when they come before the Duma on
March 22," saidTobias Muenchmeyer of Greenpeace International.
VVPR info: For further information: Tobias Muenchmeyer +49-30 440 58 960 Ivan Blokov +7 095 257 41 22
Notes: 1.Adamov has set up 10 1. 1990: "Forum of scientists and specialists for the Soviet- American dialog", Moscow 2. 1990: Forum "Energopool", Moscow 3. 1993: "Transpool", Moscow, 4. 1993: "Energo Terminal Service", Moscow 5. 1994: "Omeka Ltd", Monroville / USA 6. 1995: "Logic Realty", Moscow 7. 1997: "Energopool", Delaware / USA 8. 1998: "Allumincotrade", Moscow After appointment as minister: 9. 1998: "Rinsc Ltd", USA and Moscow 10. 1998: "Agloski International Ltd", Nice / France