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(CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it has hired a United States-based legal firm to defend the country in a Florida court against a Russian woman who have sought permission to issue subpoenas to access the records of Prime Minister Gaston Browne and other officials involved in the sale of a megayacht that her father had abandoned.
The megayacht, abandoned by Andrey Guryev, a Russian businessman who founded a fertilizer company, is being sought by his daughter, who claims she is the rightful owner. The government has confirmed that it sold the yacht last year.
Earlier this month, her attorneys were told that they must first notify Prime Minister Gaston Browne and others before serving subpoenas on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the US-based Clearing House Payments Co.
The attorneys for Guryeva-Motlokhov alleged in a March 11 filing in federal court that Browne’s administration has not released documents related to the US$40 million sale of the Alfa Nero.
The government has since announced that it has made available, US$35,000 to the US-based law firm, which it did not name, that will represent the interest of Antigua and Barbuda.
Prime Minister Browne said that the law firm charges US$900.00 per hour and the money has been deposited as an advance to engage the services of the firm.
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“The lawyer said to me, there is no precedent of anyone having the right to go into the personal banking account of a prime minister and he said to me; do not do it and set that precedent,” he declared.
Additionally, the prime minister noted that as a politician he is what has been described as a Politically Exposed Person (PEP), meaning that there are additional interests in his banking and other information and under those circumstances it is impossible for that money to have been siphoned off and deposited into an account locally, or internationally without raising numerous alarm bells.
“It just could not happen,” Browne said, adding that the government is footing the bill for the legal fees as all the persons involved were acting in their official capacities when dealing with the Alfa Nero matter.
Both the government and the opposition have traded words over the sale of the yacht with the government accusing the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) of playing a role in the lawsuit now before the Florida court. The opposition has denied the accusation.
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ANR, stop using word play to try and fool your readers, please!
The man did not abandon his boat,cso just stop it. Who in their right mind, would just abandon a Mega yacht that’s worth over $100 million at the time, who?
So common sense prevail here. Just stop disrespecting the Antigua general public with your word play, because it’s very disingenuous,and comes across so uncouth.
The propaganda stories gots to stop ANR, for if you’re just gonna keep peddling the one-sided stories that’s suit the Gatson Brownes administration, then just close down shop for the sake of the Antiguan people.
If you are a true patriot of your country, then stop been such a paparazzi news media, and tell the news as it is. The facts , and nothing but the facts.
Can you do that ANR?
The list of filings in the case can be followed at the link below .
A law firm applying to represent any of the parties will be recorded.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69723633/in-re-gaston-browne-corruption-discovery-application/
Isn’t it the woman who claims that she is the owner of the yacht seeking her justice? I do not know if she will prevail so why always trying to implicate the opposition, all of us would prefer to know that things were done above board, even if you support the administration that should of interest to you too
@islanman 26:
No I can’t tell the truth, the ANR is me Gaston brown and labor party paper, and is there to promote us not truth to the stupid dotish people of Antigua and Barbuda.
The tax payers of antigua and barbuda going to pay this law firm ,this place is really a joke .
My question is whose going to pay this law firm that the Government hired? Taxpayers again?
Antiguans pay to maintain the alfa nero, now we going to pay again to say we had rights to sell it? This is a real expensive deal that benefit Antiguan in no way shape or form.
Antiguans need to vote this man out of office, he’s a big disgrace to the twin island state of antigua and barbuda………….People from other nations is showing us who gaston brown is,can’t we see?
@Islanman26
At last ANR is uploading comments that call them out as being bias in favor of Gaston Browne and the ABLP. .
On Muck Rack it says “ANR aims to deliver accurate, breaking news and current affairs to the public with immediacy”
That’s a darn lie. Maybe with immediacy but nothing accurate and unbias
An analysis of ANR articles shows 36% of it’s articles are directly from the slicing and diving and uploading of the Browns & Browne Saturdays Show
Further, 30% of the are direct cut and paste of Cabinet Briefing.
Most of the remaing 35 sectors are of are about crime and community affairs as well as articles covering the issues and trouble in the opposition UPP.
There is much more to write in this matter
With knowledge of the digital ad business, it appears that as a publisher that ANR using Google that import source of revenue except from the You Know Person that under a lot of pressure right now.
Should they advise me to get my own Facebook page as they have done in the past. I may just do do and expose whose money is behind them other than the ads.
Politicians with their news outlet are allowed to fool the public but not a news outlet that claims they are fair and accurate.
Rumour gas it, and I don’t know if it’s true. It could be a false story.
A little bird says: Gaston Browne is paying
the guy with the digital media knowledge at ANR.
Now I don’t know if that’s true. It may be unuendo.
If Gaston is partially financing ANR is true, that says it all.
This again!!!
Pm make sure you start wearing adult diapers because it seems like you shitting your pants….
What are you afraid of Mr integrity, Mr transparency tell us what are you afraid of???
I don’t have any concerns about how the government of Antigua and Barbuda will depend the country.., but he must do whatever it’s take…
@Just a socialist,
If you read the request for deposition as well as the decision to grant deposition.
You will have known that it is Gaston Brown and others that are being deposed.
Assuming you are member of a church, and the Minister of the Church is accused of robbing a bank by submitting a withdrawal document $100,000s beyond his balance.
He accepts the money and places the money in another bank offshore.
QUESTION: Should the members of The Church pay to defend the Minister if the bank sues the Minister?
“megayacht that her father had abandoned”
Everything started with this very first lie… Who “abandon” a 128M megayacht?
Gaston be careful, some of your so-called colleagues in the Hierarchy are secretly hoping you get caught in the Alpha Nero fiasco, rumor says the boaster who behaves like Job Turkey Cock and one who some say given the chance will steal from the blind, you are more intelligent and more Street smart than them but if you go down expose them all