Vadim Mikerin was a Director of the Pan American Department of Tenex (Techsnabexport) from about 2004 through about 2010, and was the President of Tenam (its American distribution arm) from about October 2010 through about October 2014. Tenex and Tenam are subsidiaries of the Russian nuclear giant, Rosatom. Mikerin's bosses are Russian oligarchs connected to [[Vladimir Putin]]. Tenam attempted to bring common accepted business practices in Russia to the United States - kickbacks for the award of contracts.<ref>"In a highly competitive environment, it is difficult to hide unreasonable payments. Competitors and colleagues will certainly inform [[law enforcement]] agencies. Our people forget that in the United States they are in other conditions - there they will not reckon with their status and the importance of contracts, "- says former Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov.</ref> Tenam serviced 19 contracts, directly and indirectly, with 12 American energy companies<!--totaling approximately $5.8 billion at the time of their termination under the sanctions-->. The contracts were for the transport of Russian uranium from dismantled nuclear bombs to burn in American nuclear power plants under the "Megatons to Megawatts" program. Since the 1990s until sanctions the program is said to have generated about 10% of all electricity in the United States. | Vadim Mikerin was a Director of the Pan American Department of Tenex (Techsnabexport) from about 2004 through about 2010, and was the President of Tenam (its American distribution arm) from about October 2010 through about October 2014. Tenex and Tenam are subsidiaries of the Russian nuclear giant, Rosatom. Mikerin's bosses are Russian oligarchs connected to [[Vladimir Putin]]. Tenam attempted to bring common accepted business practices in Russia to the United States - kickbacks for the award of contracts.<ref>"In a highly competitive environment, it is difficult to hide unreasonable payments. Competitors and colleagues will certainly inform [[law enforcement]] agencies. Our people forget that in the United States they are in other conditions - there they will not reckon with their status and the importance of contracts, "- says former Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Skuratov.</ref> Tenam serviced 19 contracts, directly and indirectly, with 12 American energy companies<!--totaling approximately $5.8 billion at the time of their termination under the sanctions-->. The contracts were for the transport of Russian uranium from dismantled nuclear bombs to burn in American nuclear power plants under the "Megatons to Megawatts" program. Since the 1990s until sanctions the program is said to have generated about 10% of all electricity in the United States. |