Arrested Russian Businessman Is Carlyle Group Adviser
By Greg Schneider
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By Greg Schneider Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday,
November 10, 2003;
The arrest of two of Russia's top
businessmen in recent
months was more than a distant headline for Washington's
well-connected
private equity firm, Carlyle Group.Carlyle, known for the glittering
roster
of former statesmen among its partners and advisers, has ties to both
Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, the jailed Russian
tycoons.Khodorkovsky, 40, Russia's richest man and former chief executive of
Yukos Oil Co., serves as an adviser to Carlyle's Energy Group. He is among 15
luminaries who help the firm sort through investment opportunities in energy
industries, along with former secretary of state James A. Baker III, former
British prime minister
John Major and Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Daniel
Yergin.Khodorkovsky was
arrested last month by Russian authorities for
alleged fraud and tax evasion....Meanwhile, the
firm has lost the services
of its most prominent associate: former president
George H.W. Bush, who was
senior adviser for Carlyle's Asia funds, retired last
month, shortly after
serving as the main draw at a dinner in Moscow to woo
investors.
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