The "quidditch" game around Oltchim has been played away for one day and a half, as Dan Diaconescu flew off on a broom, just like Harry Potter, to look for investors in Germany, France, Spain, Austria and Monaco. The journalist yesterday confirmed the news published exclusively by the BURSA newspaper, that he had left for Spain. According to our sources, Diaconescu went there to get money from a Russian investor.
Mr. Diaconescu declined to say whether he got the money and how the game went, telling journalists to go get that information from the Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service, which he claimed followed him every step of the way. The winner of the call for tenders of Oltchim said that he would leave the country again, and promised he would return on Friday, bringing sensational news.
According to information obtained by BURSA, even though the journalist bluffed his way in into the privatization of Oltchim, he still has a small chance of obtaining the necessary funds, in the time he still has left to sign the contract.
Our sources claim that Dan Diaconescu was promised that he would get the money he needs for Oltchim, but it is unclear whether that promise would be honored.
Dan Diaconescu may become a victim of the "Russian roulette", because there can be no doubts that Moscow would be more interested in compromising the privatization of Oltchim, which would see its shares drop vertiginously after this scandal, and would then be acquired at a much lower price.
The journalist yesterday said, after his visit abroad: "If the government only wants to shut down the plant or to declare it bankrupt, I, together with my friends, want to reopen it. We are looking for new markets, we are looking to acquire raw materials, at the best prices possible, and to sell products at prices as high as possible to resume operation, perhaps even on Mo
