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Alisher Usmanov

  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Russian billionaire Usmanov sues UBS over German probe

    Lawyers for sanctions-hit tycoon accuse Swiss bank of triggering investigation

    Alisher Usmanov and Vladimir Putin in Moscow in 2018
  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Sanctions-hit Russian oligarch wins rare legal battle over property searches

    German court says searches carried out at Alisher Usmanov’s properties last year were unlawful

    Police conduct a raid at one of Alisher Usmanov’s properties in Rottach-Egern, Germany, in September 2022
  • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Washington and London crack down on financial fixers for Russian oligarchs

    Latest moves target those who helped blacklisted individuals hide their assets in ‘complex financial networks’

    Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich
  • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
    Uzbekistan lobbies EU to lift sanctions on Alisher Usmanov

    Tashkent backs Uzbek-Russian oligarch in challenging punitive measures imposed after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

    Vladimir Putin and Alisher Usmanov
  • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
    Money laundering
    German police raid UBS over Usmanov money laundering probe

    Russian businessman rejects allegations as bank’s Frankfurt and Munich branches are searched

    Alisher Usmanov, pictured in 2017
  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Why the US has hit some Russian oligarchs with sanctions but not others

    Inconsistent regime that ignores certain people with close ties to the Kremlin raises questions about logic of curbs

    Vladimir Potanin
  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    Farhad Moshiri
    Everton-owner Moshiri holds largest stake in Royal Liver Building

    Famous Liverpool building recently put up for sale for close to £100mn

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    Everton Football Club Co Ltd
    Everton FC in financing talks after cutting Usmanov ties

    Club explores funding options after Russian investor is hit by sanctions

    Everton pictured in blue playing Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    Due Diligence
    The mystery of Sutton Place Premium content

    Plus, Apollo purses higher learning and Citigroup opens an unexpected outpost for junior bankers

  • Saturday, 12 March, 2022
    Explainer
    Does Alisher Usmanov really own Sutton Place?

    Opaque ownership structures mean some sanctioned oligarchs may be able to sell their UK properties

    Sutton Place’s buildings and grounds
  • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
    Football
    Everton FC suspends sponsorship deals with Usmanov-linked companies

    Uzbekistan-born Russian billionaire was hit by EU sanctions this week

  • Monday, 28 February, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    EU freezes assets of Russia’s leading oligarchs and allies of Putin

    Alfa Group’s Mikhail Fridman, Rosneft’s Igor Sechin and financier Alisher Usmanov on Brussels blacklist

    Mikhail Fridman, Igor Sechin and Alisher Usmanov
  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Russia: who wanted Alexei Navalny dead? 

    The anti-corruption activist — now in a coma in Berlin — was campaigning against Vladimir Putin when he was poisoned

  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
    Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov eyes stake in Everton

    Tycoon open to various forms of investment in Premier League club

    Soccer Football - Premier League - Newcastle United v Everton - St James' Park, Newcastle, Britain - December 28, 2019 Everton's Mason Holgate in action with Newcastle United's Federico Fernandez REUTERS/Scott Heppell EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Please contact your account representative for further details.
  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
    Lunch with the FT
    Alisher Usmanov: ‘I was never what you could call an oligarch’

    The Russian billionaire on working with Putin, his Premier League plans and making a fortune in the 1990s

  • Monday, 22 October, 2018
    Mail.ru Group Ltd
    Usmanov relinquishes control of Mail.ru
  • Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
    European companies
    Alibaba to set up online retail service in Russia

    Chinese ecommerce group signs joint venture with MegaFon, Mail.ru and Russian wealth fund

    Kirill Dmitriev, chief executive officer of Russian Direct Investment Fund., right, presents Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., left, with a gift during an accord signing ceremony with Russian Direct Investment Fund and Mail.ru on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. The 4th annual Eastern Economic Forum, held in Vladivostok, will run from 11-13 September. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 7 August, 2018
    LexSport
    Arsenal Football Club: goon fishing Premium content

    Fans fear Kroenke will squeeze out small shareholders and freight company with debt

    Soccer Football - Premier League - Arsenal vs Manchester United - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - December 2, 2017   Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey in action with Manchester United's Jesse Lingard    Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge    EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Please contact your account representative for further details.
  • Tuesday, 7 August, 2018
    Sport1 min
    Kroenke wins full control of Arsenal

    US sports billionaire buys out Alisher Usmanov's 30% stake

  • Tuesday, 7 August, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Kroenke emerges victorious over Usmanov in battle for Arsenal

    US sports billionaire buys out Russian rival’s 30% stake in London football club

    Enos Stanley "Stan" Kroenke, chairman of the Kroenke Group, attends the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Thursday, July 7, 2011. Media executives are gathering at Allen & Co.Õs Sun Valley conference this week looking to shed assets such as the Hulu LLC video website and G4 game channel amid a declining global stock market and slowing economic growth. Photographer: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 24 July, 2018
    Sport
    Billionaire Alisher Usmanov explores sale of 30% Arsenal stake

    Beginning of the end seen in long battle over English Premier League football club

    Arsenal's Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey scores their third goal with this flick during the UEFA Europa League first leg quarter-final football match between Arsenal and CSKA Moscow at the Emirates Stadium in London on April 5, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / IKIMAGES / Ian KINGTON (Photo credit should read IAN KINGTON/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2018
    Russian politics
    US Treasury secretary Mnuchin signals new sanctions on Russia

    Warning comes as Trump administration criticised over list of oligarchs close to Putin

    US President Donald Trump (R) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk as they make their way to take the "family photo" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017. World leaders and senior business figures are gathering in the Vietnamese city of Danang this week for the annual 21-member APEC summit. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / JORGE SILVA (Photo credit should read JORGE SILVA/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 31 October, 2017
    European companies
    Swedish mobile operator Telia completes Russia exit
  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2017
    Sport
    Usmanov refuses to budge over Arsenal stake

    Russian billionaire says his 30% holding is not for sale to majority owner Kroenke

    Alisher Usmanov said in his statement: ‘I would like to assure supporters that I am open to various future scenarios’
  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2017
    Sport
    Battle for Arsenal FC intensifies after Usmanov says stake not for sale
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