Alisher Vohidov

Stan Kroenke, the billionaire owner of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, and Colorado Rapids, has joined the board at Arsenal. Just over a year ago, the boys over in London were up in arms when Kroenke started buying shares of the club. They more or less told him where he could shove his American money. Now they are falling all over themselves in an attempt to get that same American to protect them from a different potential takeover. Russian billionaire, Alisher Usmanov, is gunning to take over Arsenal. In his corner is former Arsenal Chairman David Dein, who is heading up Usmanov’s company Red ... Read Full Story

U.S. sports tycoon Stan Kroenke has increased his stake in English Premier League soccer club Arsenal to 28.58 percent, the club said on Friday. Arsenal (AFC.PZ) issued a statement saying Kroenke, who joined the club’s board last year and became the largest shareholder in May, paid 1.5 million pounds ($2.44 million) for another 160 shares at 8,500 pounds each. Kroenke has leapfrogged Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, who was the largest shareholder with about 25 percent. The American businessman’s shareholding is now close to the 30 percent threshold that would force him to make an automatic offer for the remaining shares, although he has previously ... Read Full Story

Newsbrief : Russian billionaire, and Arsenal shareholder, Alisher Usmanov has been charged with fraud. He is being sued by De Beers Group, for fraudulently enriching himself at their expense. Newslink : http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/4899/ Read Full Story

Even though he is not on the Arsenal board and he has been treated like a pariah figure by the board since he started to build up his stake in the club, it appears that Usmanov is the man who will ensure that Arshavin joins Arsenal. The Arsenal majority shareholder, Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, who is chairman of Gazprom Investmentholding, a branch of the state-run energy giant Gazprom, which owns Zenit. “Usmanov wants Arshavin to join Arsenal. In fact he insists on this deal,” Anton Lisin, a football writer and columnist with Sovietsky Sport said. “Arshavin is desperate to leave and play abroad. Arsenal ... Read Full Story

Newsbrief : Russian metals billionaire, Alisher Usmanov seems to be in a spending mood these days. After spending several millions for a 21 percent stake in Arsenal, he recently splurged a whooping $73million on Russian artworks collected by a late cellist. Newslink : http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid;=aD4i947d8XRg&refer;=home Read Full Story