The settlement of Gusinski.

Putin understands that the first task is to control the direction of public opinion in order to combat and weaken oligarchy's intervention in the government. On June 12, 2000, during Putin's visit to Spain, the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation suddenly took action against Gusinski and announced that he was detained for 10 days on suspicion of embezzling huge state assets.

On June 16, 2000, Putin was detained in Gusinski for four days in order to alleviate the pressure from all sides, and then hinted that the General Prosecutor's Office would release him. Subsequently, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office formally accused Gusinski of corruption and defrauding huge amounts of state property. 1 13 10 13, the Russian general prosecutor's office took further action and formally accused Gusinski of illegally obtaining a loan of 300 million U.S. dollars and 5 billion rubles (the exchange rate at that time was 1 U.S. dollars =27 rubles). But as the defendant, Gusinski did not appear in court at the appointed time. The Russian General Prosecutor's Office had to announce the national wanted Gusinski the next day. On February 4, 65438, the General Prosecutor's Office issued a red international wanted order, requesting Interpol of various countries to assist in arresting him. 65438+February 65438+February, Gusinski was arrested at his Spanish home.

On June 5438+February 65438+May 2000, Gusinski was escorted to Madrid by the Spanish Interpol and tried by a Spanish court. Three months later, the Spanish court announced that Gusinski, who had been waiting for extradition in Madrid prison, could be released on bail pending trial. Gusinski was released on $5.5 million bail and returned to his villa in Andalusia. 200 1 18 In April, the Spanish national court ruled that Gusinski was not guilty and refused to extradite Gusinski to Russia. As Gusinski has dual Russian and Israeli citizenship, he went to live in Israel immediately after his release.

Russian media colleagues believe that although the government kicked Gusinski out of the country, he is still the king of the media empire. After being reorganized by the Natural Gas Industry Company, Bridge Media Group still retains a part of Gusinski's shares. In July 2002, Gusinski reached an agreement with the Russian government to transfer these shares, hoping to turn these shares into cash and seek greater development abroad. The question is who will Gusinski sell his controlling shares to? According to Russian law, foreigners cannot fully manage and own the control of Russian public media. Gusinski's media shares can only be sold to a Russian consortium.

According to insiders, during the trial of Gusinski's case, private discussions between the Russian government and Gusinski never stopped. According to the Russian Criminal Procedure Law, Gusinski's property at home and abroad can be directly sealed up when the old case is retried. However, due to various reasons, Gusinski's property was not seized. A Russian analyst compared Gusinski's media groups to "media motherships" that have withstood the storm.