Sunday, August 06, 2006

"pssst oi Gov wanna buy a bit of Mumbai - going cheap"

According to Gulf news in a startling display of business acumen, a Dubai businessman has managed to shell out $10 million to buy a Russian consulate building in Mumbai from the outgoing consul, only to discover the Russian Weasel didn't actually own the building, nor even did the Russian government.

Glorious, and I bet that figure doesn't even include any bung that he paid to speed through the deal.

The land according to Weasel acquaintances, had it been for sale, was roughly half price. So once again someone from this region is led by his greedy nose into a complete scam that your Eastern European types are getting remarkably good at.

As for the Weasel's Russian namesake, he is probably sunning himself on the shore somewhere in Brazil.