Talk:Igor Makarov (businessman)

There is a false claims in edits made by 67.53.214.86 (talk). I have previously removed said claim but the user has undone my changes as "Vandalism" and subsequently inserted the claim as "Cleanup". I will make the case here for why they are false due to misinterpretation and remove the entries again afterwards.

Original claim:

September 12: He is close to Russian mafia through both Semyon Mogilevich and Sergei Mikhas from the Solnstevo Brotherhood.^[1]

For this claim, there is a citation from The Guardian ^[1] which is a copy and paste (repost) of the Wikileaks cable made by the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. But to establish the truth here is fairly simple:

1. The cited The Guardian article is a reprint of the U.S. Embassy Wikileaks cable entitled "SUBJECT: UKRAINE: FIRTASH MAKES HIS CASE TO THE USG" in which Mr. Firtash makes a number of claims about his competitors in a bid to win over the trust of the U.S. Ambassador in Kiev. It is mentioned in the same article that "Firtash's arguments and allegations are clearly self-interested." ^[1]
2. These claims about Mr. Makarov as well as numerous other public figures mentioned in the article have not been checked and are deemed as libel. Moreover, Mr. Firtash is deemed by the Wikipedia community as an unreliable source as he is currently in custody and awaiting extradition to the U.S. for several serious federal crimes, including being engaged in international corruption. ^[2]
3. Further, Mr. Firtash is now sanctioned by his own country and is wanted for crimes within Ukraine ^[3]. Because neither Mr. Firtash nor The Guardian present any factual or verifiable information by a credible and independent third party we must assess his own credibility further. Important to note, neither The Guardian nor any other reputable media or government source makes the same claims or even suggestions expressed by 67.53.214.86 (talk) as factual in their previous edits. Even the The Guardian who published the Wikileaks cable did not in any article indicate that there are such links.
4. Finally, the same author at The Guardian, Luke Harding published an analytical expose in 2010 assessing the then recently published Wikileaks Guardian reprint on the links between Mr. Firtash and Semyon Mogilevich which in detail explains that Mr. Firtash's allegations are clearly self-interested and that it was indeed Mr. Firtash who was working with Semyon Mogilevich by being linked to the Ukrainian-based RUE. The analytical article did not in any way connect Mr. Makarov, this indicates that the author deemed it to be libelous or irrelevant to publish ^[4]

To sum it up

1. There is no credible, verifiable source that would prove or suggest that Igor Makarov has ever met Mr. Firtash, be close to the Russian mafia or even know or work with Mr. Mogilevich. There is however an investigation and intendments on the links between Mr. Firtash and international crime syndicates.
2. Presenting libelous allegations as factual, especially from an ill-reputed first source is at odds and against the standards, we place upon us as Wikipedia editors.
3. Hence, I ask 67.53.214.86 (talk) to obtain from continuing to make changes which do not uphold Wikipedia standards.

Thank you for reading my talk page edit.

Properword (talk) 01:24, 15 September 2021 (UTC)Reply