(25 Nov 2011) SHOTLIST
London, UK
1. Exterior Westminster Magistrates Court
2. Head of Vladimir Antonov's legal team, Kevin Gold entering magistrates court
3. Pan down to close up of sign for Westminster Magistrates Court
4. Roman Dubov, a co-owner of Portsmouth Football Club, leaving court
Vilnius, Lithuania
5. Wide of people standing in line waiting for Snoras bank to open
6. Bank Snoras employee putting notice on door, reads (Lithuanian): "bank not operating"
7. People outside bank reading notice
8. Bank employees leaving branch of Snoras
9. Wide pan of people waiting in queue outside bank
10. Close-up of paper notice in window, reading (Lithuanian) "All offices of Snoras are closed and are not offering services"
11. Bank employees climb into car and leave
12. SOUNDBITE (Lithuanian) Albinas Navickas, Lithuanian pensioner:
"It is everyone's fault that it happened, and we believed them and the press wasn't honest and right, because the press were interested in hiding from us the truth about the leadership of bank Snoras."
13. Various of student trying to withdraw money from cash dispenser, "STOP" message appears on screen
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Jevgenija Demidova, Lithuanian student:
"I am starting Vilnius Pedagogical University and I and my friends paid for study in bank Snoras and our lecturers don't have salaries so we don't know what to do."
15. Wide of flags of Baltic states flying near new buildings in Vilnius
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Nerijus Maciulis, Lithuanian economist:
"The board of Bank of Lithuania decided to revoke the licence of Snoras and process of bankruptcy will start. This decision was taken after it became obvious after the analysis that there is some one billion assets of euros are missing, and at this point assets are well below liabilities."
17. Wide top shot of street
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Nerijus Maciulis, Lithuanian economist:
"First of all, bank of Snoras is not systemic bank which means it does not pose a significant threat for the system as a whole. Already for the past week when the problem about Snoras was known, there was no significant movement in other banks, and amount of deposits actually has increased during this week and there was no bank run on any other smaller banks. So what we can say is that government and Bank of Lithuania was able to contain the problem and panic did not start. At this time it is known that all the deposits up to 100-thousand euros will be paid out."
19. Wide of Maciulis walking in office
STORYLINE
A London court has released Russian businessman and Portsmouth Football Club owner Vladimir Antonov on bail following his arrest in connection with a massive money laundering probe that has rocked Lithuania and Latvia,
Antonov, 36, was arrested along with his Lithuanian partner Raimondas Baranauskas, 53.
Both appeared on Friday at Westminster Magistrates Court and were released on conditional bail.
Antonov was detained on Thursday on an arrest warrant issued by investigators probing alleged fraud and money laundering at his banks in the Baltic states.
The Bank of Lithuania said late Thursday that his bank there, Snoras Bank, will be liquidated, calling it the best solution for country's financial system and economy, which were jolted after the bank was nationalized and its operations halted.
Lithuanian customers of Bank Snoras attempted to withdraw money from their accounts on Friday, after it went into liquidation.
Queues of people formed outside branches of the bank in the capital Vilnius, which remained closed, and customers trying to withdraw money from cash machines outside were frustrated.
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