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The Wall Street Journal: The Federal Reserve conducted an inquiry on Russian Bank Menatep and the internet-bank EUB in Antigua that was created by Khodorkovsky. The website Prigovor.ru reminds its readers of what happened on September 3, 1999.

By Julian Borger The Guardian, Thu, 23 Sep 1999 published: “In her testimony to the committee Ms Von Gerhke-Thompson said she informed the CIA of the deal, and the agency told her that it believed Mr Konanykhine and Mr Khodorkovsky “were engaged in an elaborate money laundering scheme to launder billions of dollars stolen by members of the KGB and high-level government officials”

“Menatep” turned out to be involved in a scandal connected with money laundering through accounts of the clearing company Cleanstream International. The website Prigovor.ru reminds its readers of what happened on July 12, 2001.

By Timothy L. O'Brien, The New York Times, Sept. 5, 1999 published: “One way that Yukos's assets might be disappearing is through the use of offshore shell companies”. “Financial documents show that Yukos has established offshore entities in Cyprus, Switzerland, the Caribbean and elsewhere”.

The European Union Bank looked like an online robber in an expensive suit. “Mr. Khodorkovsky said that he left the post of the European Union Bank’s director in 1994”. The website Prigovor.ru reminds its readers of what happened on August 27, 1997.

“Russian gangsters funneled as much as 10 billion US dollars through the accounts of the Bank of New York within the large scale scheme of money laundering”. “The Hallows of the St. Yukos”. The website Prigovor.ru reminds its readers of what happened on August 19, 1999, and in 2008.

The bank “Menatep", according to an American official, had "a horrible reputation" because of its participation in Russian organized crime. The website Prigovor.ru reminds its readers of what happened on October 7, 1996.

By Lucy Komisar, The Komisar Scoop, Nov 28, 2003 published: “The former bankers have requested the federal officials in Switzerland to open an investigation into the charges and to search the records of the Swiss offices of Menatep SA, Menatep Finances SA and Valmet (in liquidation) and of Bank Leu related to investigate claims of fraud against the Russian company Avisma and money laundering by Menatep in Switzerland”.

American minority shareholders against Mrs. Kjodorkovsky, Shakhnovsky, Lebedev, and Mizamor. Stephen Curtis is a key figure of the global net of money laundering. The website Prigovor.ru reminds its readers of what happened on August 10, 2004.