Talk:Michael Calvey

Putin crony

The article got totally whitewashed concerning a power struggle with a Putin oligarch. Now restored from the lead section:

Michael Calvey and five colleagues were arrested in Russia in February 2019, for allegedly defrauding Russian businessman Artem Avetisyan, who is an associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Calvey maintains the charges are baseless, supported by a BBC investigation, and the real reason for the arrest was because Calvey was suing Avetisyan in a separate business dispute in London, and winning, so Avetisyan used his connections with Putin and the FSB to have Calvey arrested on trumped up charges.

After the massive international outcry of support for Calvey, they had choice but to back down, and the Putin-controlled court made a "face saving" slap on the hand because in fact Calvey was not guilty of anything. This stuff about an "options call" is convoluted, minor and ridiculous. -- GreenC 18:08, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Beginning sounded like an advertisement

I moved much of the content to the body of the article. bob (talk) 00:47, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Proposed changes: updates to legal case

Hi there, editors. Your consideration on these updates is appreciated - please hit me up with any questions or feedback you may have around this.

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{{TextDiff|1=Michael Calvey (born October 3, 1967) is an American businessman and one of Russia’s most prominent foreign investors. His criminal conviction on accusations of embezzlement caused widespread shock in Russia.|2=Michael Calvey (born October 3, 1967) is an American businessman and was one of Russia’s
most prominent foreign investors. [2]  His criminal conviction on accusations of embezzlement and
the subsequent nullification of the case was widely publicized in
Russia. [3][4]}}
Reason: The accusations were nullified in April 2024, source {{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-investor-calveys-russian-conviction-wiped-probation-expires-2024-05-20/ |title=U.S. investor Calvey's Russian conviction wiped as probation expires |last=Marrow |first=Alexander |date=20-05-2024 |website= https://www.reuters.com|publisher= Reuters|access-date=14-07-2024 |quote= According to Russian law, a person is considered "convicted" until their criminal record is vacated, which occurs once the probation period is over, the Guild of Russian Lawyers said on April 25 in a note on Calvey's case.}} 
In addition, some of the language used is inappropriate and sensationalistic ("caused widespread shock" etc.).

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{{TextDiff|1=Calvey is the co-founder of Baring Vostok, an independent private equity firm focused on investments in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
In February 2019, Calvey and five colleagues were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the theft of 2.5 billion rubles from Vostochny Bank on the order of "hardliner" judge Artur Karpov. In August 2021, after nearly two years under house arrest, Calvey was found guilty of misappropriation and given a 5.5-year suspended sentence by a Moscow court.|2=Calvey was the co-founder of Baring Vostok, an independent private equity firm focused on
investments in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. [5]
In February 2019, Calvey and five colleagues were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the
theft of 2.5 billion rubles from Vostochny Bank. In August 2021, after nearly two years under
house arrest, Calvey was found guilty of misappropriation and given a 5.5-year suspended
sentence by a Moscow court. [6] The conviction was vacated in April 2024.}}
Reason: Case was vacated, as mentioned above. 

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{{TextDiff|1=
Baring Vostok embezzlement case
Calvey was arrested on 14 February 2019, with three other Baring Vostok executives, on suspicion of allegedly embezzling 2.5 billion rubles (US$38 million) from the Russian Vostochny Bank. On 21 February, Russian state prosecutors formally charged him with fraud. The criminal case was initiated on the basis of a statement from Sherzod Yusupov, a minority shareholder of Vostochny Bank. As of February 2019, Calvey's Baring Vostok had a majority stake of 52.5% in Vostochny Bank. Avetisyan has been described as a friend of the son of Nikolai Patrushev, former Director of the FSB and secretary of Putin's Security Council. Calvey was suing Avetisyan in a separate court case in London, and winning, and Calvey maintains the charges against him were trumped up by Avetisyan who used his connections to have Calvey arrested and thus unable to effectively defend himself in the London case. On 22 February 2019, Radio Echo of Moscow interviewed BBC Russian Service correspondent Olga Shamina, who claimed that the case against Calvey is based on two documents described in a BBC Russian Service publication on its website. One is said to be a statement by Vostochny Bank minority shareholder Sherzod Yusupov, the other an assessment by lawyers in Luxembourg commissioned by Artem Avetisyan.
Calvey claimed the allegations were unfounded and linked the criminal investigation against him to a corporate dispute he had with other shareholders of Vostochny Bank. Later the shareholders entered into a settlement agreement and publicly stated that their shareholder dispute was not related to the criminal investigation. After signing the settlement agreement, Baring Vostok returned 2.5 billion rubles to Vostochny Bank.
Calvey was held in Seaman's Silence Prison, the facility notorious for poor conditions and treatment — it is the same prison where lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was detained and died under mysterious circumstances. Likewise, Calvey's case was assigned to Arthur Karpov, the same judge who prosecuted Magnitsky. U.S. government officials under both the Trump and Biden administrations commented publicly that the case was a commercial dispute that shouldn’t be resolved in criminal courts, and that the arrest of Calvey was a major barrier to improving U.S.-Russian business relations.
In April 2019, Calvey was released to a restricted form of house arrest, although a number of colleagues remained in prison. It was reported that Putin had personally taken the case "under his control", though Putin acknowledged "the law is the law" implying he was not in control. House arrest was lifted in December 2020 and replaced with other restrictions.
In August 2021, Calvey was found guilty of misappropriating 2.5 billion rubles by the Meshchansky district court of Moscow. He was sentenced to 5.5 years of probation and did not go to jail. During the term of Calvey’s suspended sentence, he is allowed to travel but is required to register monthly with the Federal Penal Enforcement Service of Russia, and will not be allowed to change his permanent place of residence without informing Russian authorities. Calvey's colleagues were sentenced to between 42 and 60 months of probation. A couple of weeks after, Michael Calvey and his colleagues appealed the decision.
Observers have called the sentence a victory under the circumstances, with sources including Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov saying the decision was an attempt by Russian law enforcement to “save face."
In January 2022 the appellate court lifted the Moscow Meshchansky district court home restriction. Calvey is now allowed to leave home and travel abroad.|2=Calvey was arrested on 14 February 2019, with three other Baring Vostok executives, on
suspicion of allegedly embezzling 2.5 billion rubles (US$38 million) from the Russian Vostochny
Bank. [10][19]  On 21 February, Russian state prosecutors formally charged him with fraud. [20]  The
criminal case was initiated on the basis of a statement from Sherzod Yusupov, a minority
shareholder of Vostochny Bank. [21][22]  As of February 2019, Calvey's Baring Vostok had a majority
stake of 52.5% in Vostochny Bank. [10]  Avetisyan has been described as a friend of the son
of  Nikolai Patrushev , former Director of the FSB and secretary of Putin's  Security
Council . [10]  Calvey was suing Avetisyan in a separate court case in London, and winning, and
Calvey maintains the charges against him were trumped up by Avetisyan who used his
connections to have Calvey arrested and thus unable to effectively defend himself in the London
case. [10]  On 22 February 2019, Radio Echo of Moscow interviewed BBC Russian
Service correspondent Olga Shamina, who claimed that the case against Calvey is based on two
documents described in a BBC Russian Service publication [23]  on its website. One is said to be a
statement by Vostochny Bank minority shareholder Sherzod Yusupov, the other an assessment
by lawyers in Luxembourg commissioned by Artem Avetisyan. [24]
Calvey claimed the allegations were unfounded and linked the criminal investigation against him
to a corporate dispute he had with other shareholders of Vostochny Bank. Later the shareholders
entered into a settlement agreement [25]  and publicly stated that their shareholder dispute was not
related to the criminal investigation. [26][27]  After signing the settlement agreement, Baring Vostok
returned 2.5 billion rubles to Vostochny Bank without admitting guilt. {{cite web |url= https://www.intellinews.com/calvey-s-testimony-in-court-reads-like-a-case-study-in-how-business-is-really-done-in-russia-204751/|title=Calvey’s testimony in court reads like a case study in how business is really done in Russia |last=Aris |first=Ben |date= 17-03-2021|website= https://www.intellinews.com/|publisher=Intellinews |access-date=14-07-2024 }}[28]
Calvey was held in Seaman's Silence Prison, the facility notorious for poor conditions and
treatment — it is the same prison where lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was detained and died under
mysterious circumstances. [10]  Likewise, Calvey's case was assigned to Arthur Karpov, the same
judge who prosecuted Magnitsky. U.S. government officials under both
the Trump and Biden administrations commented publicly {{cite web |url= https://www.ft.com/content/15b88f8d-9c56-4e29-a3de-f7c2658206d1|title= Russian authorities signal US financier will avoid jail|last= Seddon|first=Max |date=15-07-2021 |website= https://www.ft.com/|publisher=Financial Times |access-date=14-07-2021 |quote=
https://www.ft.com/content/15b88f8d-9c56-4e29-a3de-f7c2658206d1

US president Joe Biden mentioned Calvey’s case, along with those of two other Americans held in Russian prisons, to Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Geneva last month, which sought to prevent a further deterioration of US-Russian relations.}} that the case was a commercial
dispute that shouldn’t be resolved in criminal courts, and that the arrest of Calvey was a major
barrier to improving U.S.-Russian business relations. [29][30][31] {{cite web |url= https://ru.usembassy.gov/statement-by-u-s-ambassador-sullivan-on-detained-u-s-citizen-michael-calvey/|title=Statement by U.S. Ambassador Sullivan on detained U.S. citizen Michael Calvey  |date=17-02-2021 |website=https://ru.usembassy.gov/ |publisher= US Embassy in Russia|access-date= 14-07-2024|quote= The criminalization of commercial disputes casts a pall on the business climate and serves as a disincentive to foreign investment in Russia.}}
In April 2019, Calvey was released to a restricted form of house arrest, although a number of
colleagues remained in prison. It was reported that Putin had personally taken the case under
his control, though Putin acknowledged "the law is the law" implying he was not in
control. [32]  House arrest was lifted in December 2020 and replaced with other restrictions. [33]
In August 2021, Calvey was found guilty of misappropriating 2.5 billion rubles by
the Meshchansky district court of Moscow. He was sentenced to 5.5 years of probation and did
not go to jail. During the term of Calvey’s suspended sentence, he is was allowed to travel but is
required to register monthly with the Federal Penal Enforcement Service of Russia, and will was
not be allowed to change his permanent place of residence without informing Russian
authorities. [34]  Calvey's colleagues were sentenced to between 42 and 60 months of
probation. [35]  A couple of weeks after, Michael Calvey and his colleagues appealed the decision. [36]
Observers have called the sentence a victory under the circumstances, with sources including
Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov saying the decision was an attempt by Russian law
enforcement to “save face." [37][38][39]
In January 2022 the appellate court lifted the Moscow Meshchansky district court home
restriction. From that date, Calvey was allowed to leave Russia and travel abroad. [40]

On 5 April 2024, Calvey’s conviction was vacated and nullified, removing Calvey’s status
of being a convicted person {{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-investor-calveys-russian-conviction-wiped-probation-expires-2024-05-20/ |title=U.S. investor Calvey's Russian conviction wiped as probation expires |last=Marrow |first=Alexander |date=20-05-2024 |website= https://www.reuters.com|publisher= Reuters|access-date=14-07-2024 |quote= According to Russian law, a person is considered "convicted" until their criminal record is vacated, which occurs once the probation period is over, the Guild of Russian Lawyers said on April 25 in a note on Calvey's case.}}  }}

Reason: updates to the case since this page was last updated.

[[User:MichaelCalveyMediaTeam|MichaelCalveyMediaTeam]] ([[User talk:MichaelCalveyMediaTeam|talk]]) [[User:MichaelCalveyMediaTeam|MichaelCalveyMediaTeam]] ([[User talk:MichaelCalveyMediaTeam|talk]]) 11:39, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

I made these changes: Special:Diff/1234896047/1234898331. -- GreenC 18:15, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Edit request part 2

Previous request was cut off. Here is the last part again.

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{{TextDiff|1=
Baring Vostok embezzlement case
Calvey was arrested on 14 February 2019, with three other Baring Vostok executives, on suspicion of allegedly embezzling 2.5 billion rubles (US$38 million) from the Russian Vostochny Bank. On 21 February, Russian state prosecutors formally charged him with fraud. The criminal case was initiated on the basis of a statement from Sherzod Yusupov, a minority shareholder of Vostochny Bank. As of February 2019, Calvey's Baring Vostok had a majority stake of 52.5% in Vostochny Bank. Avetisyan has been described as a friend of the son of Nikolai Patrushev, former Director of the FSB and secretary of Putin's Security Council. Calvey was suing Avetisyan in a separate court case in London, and winning, and Calvey maintains the charges against him were trumped up by Avetisyan who used his connections to have Calvey arrested and thus unable to effectively defend himself in the London case. On 22 February 2019, Radio Echo of Moscow interviewed BBC Russian Service correspondent Olga Shamina, who claimed that the case against Calvey is based on two documents described in a BBC Russian Service publication on its website. One is said to be a statement by Vostochny Bank minority shareholder Sherzod Yusupov, the other an assessment by lawyers in Luxembourg commissioned by Artem Avetisyan.
Calvey claimed the allegations were unfounded and linked the criminal investigation against him to a corporate dispute he had with other shareholders of Vostochny Bank. Later the shareholders entered into a settlement agreement and publicly stated that their shareholder dispute was not related to the criminal investigation. After signing the settlement agreement, Baring Vostok returned 2.5 billion rubles to Vostochny Bank.
Calvey was held in Seaman's Silence Prison, the facility notorious for poor conditions and treatment — it is the same prison where lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was detained and died under mysterious circumstances. Likewise, Calvey's case was assigned to Arthur Karpov, the same judge who prosecuted Magnitsky. U.S. government officials under both the Trump and Biden administrations commented publicly that the case was a commercial dispute that shouldn’t be resolved in criminal courts, and that the arrest of Calvey was a major barrier to improving U.S.-Russian business relations.
In April 2019, Calvey was released to a restricted form of house arrest, although a number of colleagues remained in prison. It was reported that Putin had personally taken the case "under his control", though Putin acknowledged "the law is the law" implying he was not in control. House arrest was lifted in December 2020 and replaced with other restrictions.
In August 2021, Calvey was found guilty of misappropriating 2.5 billion rubles by the Meshchansky district court of Moscow. He was sentenced to 5.5 years of probation and did not go to jail. During the term of Calvey’s suspended sentence, he is allowed to travel but is required to register monthly with the Federal Penal Enforcement Service of Russia, and will not be allowed to change his permanent place of residence without informing Russian authorities. Calvey's colleagues were sentenced to between 42 and 60 months of probation. A couple of weeks after, Michael Calvey and his colleagues appealed the decision.
Observers have called the sentence a victory under the circumstances, with sources including Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov saying the decision was an attempt by Russian law enforcement to “save face."
In January 2022 the appellate court lifted the Moscow Meshchansky district court home restriction. Calvey is now allowed to leave home and travel abroad.|2=Calvey was arrested on 14 February 2019, with three other Baring Vostok executives, on
suspicion of allegedly embezzling 2.5 billion rubles (US$38 million) from the Russian Vostochny
Bank. [10][19]  On 21 February, Russian state prosecutors formally charged him with fraud. [20]  The
criminal case was initiated on the basis of a statement from Sherzod Yusupov, a minority
shareholder of Vostochny Bank. [21][22]  As of February 2019, Calvey's Baring Vostok had a majority
stake of 52.5% in Vostochny Bank. [10]  Avetisyan has been described as a friend of the son
of  Nikolai Patrushev , former Director of the FSB and secretary of Putin's  Security
Council . [10]  Calvey was suing Avetisyan in a separate court case in London, and winning, and
Calvey maintains the charges against him were trumped up by Avetisyan who used his
connections to have Calvey arrested and thus unable to effectively defend himself in the London
case. [10]  On 22 February 2019, Radio Echo of Moscow interviewed BBC Russian
Service correspondent Olga Shamina, who claimed that the case against Calvey is based on two
documents described in a BBC Russian Service publication [23]  on its website. One is said to be a
statement by Vostochny Bank minority shareholder Sherzod Yusupov, the other an assessment
by lawyers in Luxembourg commissioned by Artem Avetisyan. [24]
Calvey claimed the allegations were unfounded and linked the criminal investigation against him
to a corporate dispute he had with other shareholders of Vostochny Bank. Later the shareholders
entered into a settlement agreement [25]  and publicly stated that their shareholder dispute was not
related to the criminal investigation. [26][27]  After signing the settlement agreement, Baring Vostok
returned 2.5 billion rubles to Vostochny Bank without admitting guilt. {{cite web |url= https://www.intellinews.com/calvey-s-testimony-in-court-reads-like-a-case-study-in-how-business-is-really-done-in-russia-204751/|title=Calvey’s testimony in court reads like a case study in how business is really done in Russia |last=Aris |first=Ben |date= 17-03-2021|website= https://www.intellinews.com/|publisher=Intellinews |access-date=14-07-2024 }}[28]
Calvey was held in Seaman's Silence Prison, the facility notorious for poor conditions and
treatment — it is the same prison where lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was detained and died under
mysterious circumstances. [10]  Likewise, Calvey's case was assigned to Arthur Karpov, the same
judge who prosecuted Magnitsky. U.S. government officials under both
the Trump and Biden administrations commented publicly {{cite web |url= https://www.ft.com/content/15b88f8d-9c56-4e29-a3de-f7c2658206d1|title= Russian authorities signal US financier will avoid jail|last= Seddon|first=Max |date=15-07-2021 |website= https://www.ft.com/|publisher=Financial Times |access-date=14-07-2021 |quote=
https://www.ft.com/content/15b88f8d-9c56-4e29-a3de-f7c2658206d1

US president Joe Biden mentioned Calvey’s case, along with those of two other Americans held in Russian prisons, to Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Geneva last month, which sought to prevent a further deterioration of US-Russian relations.}} that the case was a commercial
dispute that shouldn’t be resolved in criminal courts, and that the arrest of Calvey was a major
barrier to improving U.S.-Russian business relations. [29][30][31] {{cite web |url= https://ru.usembassy.gov/statement-by-u-s-ambassador-sullivan-on-detained-u-s-citizen-michael-calvey/|title=Statement by U.S. Ambassador Sullivan on detained U.S. citizen Michael Calvey  |date=17-02-2021 |website=https://ru.usembassy.gov/ |publisher= US Embassy in Russia|access-date= 14-07-2024|quote= The criminalization of commercial disputes casts a pall on the business climate and serves as a disincentive to foreign investment in Russia.}}
In April 2019, Calvey was released to a restricted form of house arrest, although a number of
colleagues remained in prison. It was reported that Putin had personally taken the case under
his control, though Putin acknowledged "the law is the law" implying he was not in
control. [32]  House arrest was lifted in December 2020 and replaced with other restrictions. [33]
In August 2021, Calvey was found guilty of misappropriating 2.5 billion rubles by
the Meshchansky district court of Moscow. He was sentenced to 5.5 years of probation and did
not go to jail. During the term of Calvey’s suspended sentence, he is was allowed to travel but is
required to register monthly with the Federal Penal Enforcement Service of Russia, and will was
not be allowed to change his permanent place of residence without informing Russian
authorities. [34]  Calvey's colleagues were sentenced to between 42 and 60 months of
probation. [35]  A couple of weeks after, Michael Calvey and his colleagues appealed the decision. [36]
Observers have called the sentence a victory under the circumstances, with sources including
Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov saying the decision was an attempt by Russian law
enforcement to “save face." [37][38][39]
In January 2022 the appellate court lifted the Moscow Meshchansky district court home
restriction. From that date, Calvey was allowed to leave Russia and travel abroad. [40]

On 5 April 2024, Calvey’s conviction was vacated and nullified, removing Calvey’s status
of being a convicted person {{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-investor-calveys-russian-conviction-wiped-probation-expires-2024-05-20/ |title=U.S. investor Calvey's Russian conviction wiped as probation expires |last=Marrow |first=Alexander |date=20-05-2024 |website= https://www.reuters.com|publisher= Reuters|access-date=14-07-2024 |quote= According to Russian law, a person is considered "convicted" until their criminal record is vacated, which occurs once the probation period is over, the Guild of Russian Lawyers said on April 25 in a note on Calvey's case.}}  }}

Reason: updates to the case since this page was last updated. MichaelCalveyMediaTeam (talk) MichaelCalveyMediaTeam (talk) 11:43, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

The text block is too large, causing {{TextDiff}} to have a memory overload error, it will not display. Is there any way you can break it down into smaller blocks ie, multiple uses of {{TextDiff}}? -- GreenC 16:47, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi, yes - I'll add separate entries as a new topic below. Not sure how to otherwise do it without deleting this entire conversation. MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam (talk) MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam (talk) 12:28, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Edit request - part 2 - broken down

I've broken down the text into smaller entries below.

{{TextDiff|1=In August 2021, Calvey was found guilty of misappropriating 2.5 billion rubles by the Meshchansky district court of Moscow. He was sentenced to 5.5 years of probation and did not go to jail. During the term of Calvey’s suspended sentence, he is allowed to travel but is required to register monthly with the Federal Penal Enforcement Service of Russia, and will not be allowed to change his permanent place of residence without informing Russian authorities. Calvey's colleagues were sentenced to between 42 and 60 months of probation. A couple of weeks after, Michael Calvey and his colleagues appealed the decision.|2=In August 2021, Calvey was found guilty of misappropriating 2.5 billion rubles by
the Meshchansky district court of Moscow. He was sentenced to 5.5 years of probation and did
not go to jail. During the term of Calvey’s suspended sentence, he is was allowed to travel but is
required to register monthly with the Federal Penal Enforcement Service of Russia, and will was
not be allowed to change his permanent place of residence without informing Russian
authorities. Calvey's colleagues were sentenced to between 42 and 60 months of
probation. A couple of weeks after, Michael Calvey and his colleagues appealed the decision.}}

[[User:MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam|MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam]] ([[User talk:MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam|talk]]) [[User:MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam|MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam]] ([[User talk:MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam|talk]]) 12:35, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Done. Copyedit, change of tense. -- GreenC 18:06, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Edit request part 3

{{TextDiff|1=In January 2022 the appellate court lifted the Moscow Meshchansky district court home restriction. Calvey is now allowed to leave home and travel abroad.|2=In January 2022 the appellate court lifted the Moscow Meshchansky district court home restriction. From that date, Calvey was allowed to leave Russia and travel abroad.
On 5 April 2024, Calvey’s conviction was vacated and nullified, removing Calvey's status of being a convicted person.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-investor-calveys-russian-conviction-wiped-probation-expires-2024-05-20/ |title=U.S. investor Calvey's Russian conviction wiped as probation expires |last=Marrow |first=Alexander |date= May 20, 2024 |website= www.reuters.com|publisher= Reuters| access-date= July 14, 2024| quote= According to Russian law, a person is considered "convicted" until their criminal record is vacated, which occurs once the probation period is over, the Guild of Russian Lawyers said on April 25 in a note on Calvey's case.}}</ref> }} [[User:MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam|MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam]] ([[User talk:MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam|talk]]) 12:53, 16 July 2024 (UTC) 

Done. Clear WP:BLP issue. -- GreenC 18:01, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

References

Proposed additions for your consideration.

This is Marissa again. I would appreciate it if [an] editor[s] could maybe have a look at these proposed additions. They are factual and backed up by sources, and provide some context for information that already exists within this entry. I'm trying another template.

• part one*

• Specific text to be added or removed: Calvey is currently the Chairman of Baring Ventures, a global private equity firm.
• Reason for the change: Mr. Calvey's current position, as Baring Ventures had split from Baring Vostok.
• References supporting change: https://www.mikecalvey.com/baring-ventures

 Go ahead: I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. Rusalkii (talk) 22:42, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Done. Thank you. MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam (talk) 09:49, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Proposed additions for your consideration - Part 2

• Part 2

• Specific text to be added or removed: Following a merger of Vostochny Bank (owned by Baring Vostok funds) with Uniastrum Bank in 2017, the merged entity (still named Vostochny Bank) was audited by the Russian Central Bank. Vostochny was ordered to make provisions of extra 19.6 billion Roubles by the Russian Central Bank following the audit, which found that 85% of the provisions were caused by actions “resembling asset stripping” by the owners of Uniastrum Bank in the three months prior to the merger with Vostochny.

• Reason for the change: Context and historical information that clarifies the situation and what preceded the legal case.
• References supporting change:
• https://www.ft.com/content/cbeb580c-3460-11e9-bd3a-8b2a211d90d5?accessToken%3DzwAGH3fBkrMQkdPL61gMNGAR6dO9OosqIR2Q1Q.MEUCIQDo0wDlkecbFaSwE4zHI6MniIOBMYDG7_wlGMuQtZ8_rgIgHPYSFRmG9aLUK4nnPAnhJ4oDYn3cpGrqFLA8HcHccbs%26sharetype%3Dgift%26token%3D20c877d1-c4f8-42af-8316-147cbf09b27d&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1725190398222577&usg=AOvVaw3atZDZkyCKGPRm92HDig_C

• https://www.rbc.ru/finances/20/02/2019/5c6c86d29a79479d8470cd3f

 Go ahead: Looks OK. -- GreenC 22:57, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Done. Thank you for your help! MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam (talk) 10:30, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Proposed additions for your consideration - Part 3

• Part 3
• Specific text to be added or removed: Prior to the charges being launched in Russia, the shareholders of Vostochny Bank had been engaged in an arbitration dispute over terms of the merger agreement between the Vostochny and Uniastrum shareholders. In March 2019, the London Court of International Arbitration ruled that attempts made by Mr Avetisyan to obtain a further 10% of the bank via the call option violated arbitration agreements.
• Reason for the change: arbitration for business dispute preceded the legal procedures and effectively launched the entire case.
• References supporting change: https://www.ft.com/content/ebc7a2b2-4f1c-11e9-b401-8d9ef1626294?accessToken%3DzwAGH3ewiVsokdPrx6KyTxwR6dO0AY2e8WJilA.MEQCIAjK8V4jh3j-8Rt7YR1lBC3qRE_MKeR5mrr_YXLcmEdUAiAaWYUBK3zy0s7LkMvUn6PHYIJfPQ_LhePbyHA4oQgNAw%26sharetype%3Dgift%26token%3D1ccd1d53-4be7-4db6-8532-d45f68a5f94b&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1725190398223730&usg=AOvVaw1WomN2Ix1BFbv8P16Hrk4m

MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam (talk) 10:54, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Seems like Template:TextDiff is giving you trouble on this page. I suggest either finding a different method, or try deleting previous uses of the template, in sections that are completed, see if that frees up some memory. All I see now is "Lua error: not enough memory". -- GreenC 21:05, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

I don't know what's going on with "TextDiff", it's not working right. It uses up available memory and causes any other template on this page to abort. I have commented-out previous instances using <pre></pre> tags and that seems to help. The display is beautiful, but it comes with high maintenance. The simplicity of plain text is better in this case. -- GreenC 17:46, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi, thank you. I've now reverted all the new edits into a simpler template. I hope they're clearer now. Happy to provide any additional info, and thank you for all your help. MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam (talk) 09:52, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

@GreenC I would appreciate it if you could please review my remaining requests, I don't want to be a pain in the *** but it'd be cool if we could move forward! Please let me know if I'm being rude by asking! MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam (talk) 09:56, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

 Go ahead: OK, checked. -- GreenC 22:58, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Done, thank you for all your help. MarissaFromMichaelCalveysTeam (talk) 10:30, 19 September 2024 (UTC)